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Episode 26 - Bad Wrestling

Today we're celebrating one year of Turnbuckle Training by looking at some of the worst wrestling matches to ever take place. Bad matches, bad stories, bad gimmicks and bad outcomes - we've got it all!

  • Hollywood Hogan vs. The Warrior - Halloween Havoc 1998 
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Episode 25 - Rey Mysterio

Who's that jumpin' out the sky? Today we're talking about the most successful cruiserweight wrestler in the business: Rey Mysterio. From his early days in ECW and WCW, to his rise to the top of the WWE - we're covering all the hits and misses with the ultimate underdog and his special connection to his best friend in wrestling: Eddie Guerrero. 

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Episode 24 - TNA Hardcore Justice 2010

We continue our ECW nostalgia with TNA's Hardcore Justice. An ECW tribute show where they can't say the name of the company, show any of the video or use a lot of people's original names.

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Episode 23 - ECW One Night Stand 2005

WWE gives the ultimate tribute to Extreme Championship Wrestling with this (mostly) authentic homecoming for ECW wrestlers featuring dream matches, classic hardcore brawls and a lot of shoot promos.

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Episode 22 - The Broken Hardy Saga

Wonderful! Delightful! Dilapidated! All words to describe this week's episode. It's one of the strangest, most innovative and quite frankly best wrestling storylines in the past decade. Take a deep dive into all the lore that is the Broken Hardy universe!

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Episode 21 - Matt Hardy vs. Edge

This rivalry blurs the lines of story and real life. When Lita has an affair with Edge, her long-term boyfriend Matt Hardy goes public online and gets fired - only to be rehired months later in a storyline that makes us question what was real and what was fake.

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Episode 20 - Beyond the Mat

Today we discuss the 1999 documentary Beyond the Mat. Filmmaker Barry Blaustein gets incredible access into some of wrestling's darkest realities - and focuses on three wrestlers, who (at the time) were in varying stages of their careers. We take a look at what things were like back then, and how a documentary like this may have influenced the modern era. 

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Episode 19 - Mick Foley

Today we're looking back at the remarkable career of Mick Foley. From his beginnings as a young enhancement talent, to his stints in WCW and ECW, to his career-defining moments with guys the The Undertaker and The Rock, to his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame

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Episode 18 - Undertaker vs. Kane (Part 2)

The second part of our documentation of the Undertaker and Kane story. Taker finally comes back from the dead and it's fascinating to watch, although not quite the wrestling masterpiece we'd hoped for.

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Episode 17 - Undertaker vs. Kane (Part 1)

In this episode, we're talking about what is perhaps the longest-running storyline in WWE history. It's also the most convoluted, darkest and strangest. We're going through the biggest matches for The Undertaker and Kane. We'll also be discussing some recent WWE news that has us and much of the wrestling community pretty upset. 

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