Series 2 - Episode 27 - The Death of the AWA In the early 80s, the AWA was the place to be. A talented roster that featured the future hall of famers of wrestling like Hogan, Hennig, Heenan and Bockwinkle, the promotion wasn't prepared for the aggressive expansion of Vince McMahon and the WWF. By the end of the decade, anyone with any star power had been snapped up by McMahon and taken to all new heights, and the AWA were left on the verge of bankruptcy and with a thin roster loyal to the...

Season 2 Episode 28 - JCW Bloodymania Wrestling is a spectrum, and a huge one at that. A million matches, thousands of wrestlers, and hundreds of wrestling companies, you simply never could complete it. However anyone who has watched Bloodymania from JCW in 2007 may very well be able to claim that they have found an watched wrestling's worst match! How ironic then that the match features two WWE Hall of Famers! JCW the ICP led and Juggalo backed promotion was making waves in the indies in mid...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE 27 - Bastion Booger Some gimmicks are destined to succeed, think The Wyatt Family, The NWO, The Ultimate Warrior...others...not so much! Mike Shaw found this out time and time and time...and time again throughout his some 3 decade career. Beginning in Canada, travelling to Mexico, and having ppv matches for both WCW and WWF, it is fair to say that Mike Shaw mad the most of his wrestling career. Not the most agile of big men, but a big man nonetheless, he would go through...

Wrestlemania XI -  When you have a legacy now at 40, you would be hard pushed to hit a home run every year. For every Wrestlemania 17 there is a Wrestlemania 9, for every Wrestlemania 20 there is a Wrestlemania 32....but one without comparasion may just be Wrestlemania XI. A Wrestlemania where it very much felt that wrestling got in the way, a Wrestlemania headlined by Football versus Wrestling, on a wrestling show, where wrestling.....lost! That though is just part of the story, as top stars...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE TWENTY FIVE - Rock n Wrestling's Connection Anyone who has studied the history of wrestling will point to a moment in the early 80s where wrestling was transformed by it's connection with Rock n Roll Music! The MTV era hlpd launch wrestling into th show we all now know and love. Wrestling and Music has always had a great union, wrestling with music would just simply not be the same, and so we are here to celebrate that connection. From Rock and Rap Concerts, to classical...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE TWENTY FOUR- Fastlane 2017 March now is the road to wrestlemania and in 2017 the WWE presented Fastlane, a pay per view one month ahead of Wrestlemania. A raw exclusive ppv this show would be headlined by Kevin Owens, the universal champion, fresh off turning on his Best Friend Chris Jericho, the Owens Show was the hottest heel, and on a sure fire fastlane to Wrestlemania. However on the road to wrestlemania was a huge bump in the road named....GOLDBERG! The return of...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE TWENTY THREE - XPW Baptised in Blood III Here on Better Call Creative, we always celebrate birthday's differently. This year the power is going to be shared around. Jack celebrates his birthday in our first birthday episode, and with the power, he chooses a company we have yet to visit...XPW. Rob Black, Supreme, Death Match, this company has lived, died and been reborn in infamy. We are heading back to peak XPW in 2002 and Baptised in Blood III. The return of Shane Douglas...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE TWENTY TWO - Elimination Chamber 2015 A new concept in wrestling is difficult to come up with. In 2002 on the back of the attitude era and the death of any real competition, the WWE created the Elimination Chamber. Four chambers, six competitors and a whole new way of deciding titles, contenders and feuds. Like any concept be it the Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania, Ladder Matches and the like, there will always be ups and downs. By 2015 the Chamber had its own ppv, but strangely...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE TWENTY ONE - Uncensored 1995 Oh 1995 what a terrible year you were! Well at least in wrestling terms it was, WWF was struggling to find a new direction with a New Champion in Diesel, but over in WCW despite having hold of the two biggest names in Wrestling, they were putting out pay per views like Uncensored! A show that featured a wrestling match on the back of a truck, a boxer versus wrestler contest, the most bizarre martial arts style match, and a main event strap match...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE TWENTY- Wrestling Weddings Love is in the air this valentines day as Better Call Creative celebrate the truest way one can express their love in the world of wrestling, a wrestling wedding! Since the early 80s it seems that wrestling and weddings have gone together like a horse and carriage as the old song says! From Butcher Vachon and the wild antics of Captain Lou Albano, to Rusev jumping out of a giant wedding cake. As many Wedding Crashers as I Do's, its fair to say a...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE NINETEEN - WCW Sin Going into 2001, WCW was on life support. On the back of a terrible year creatively, and financially, with a series of bookers coming and going, it's fair to say optimism wasn't high. A rebrand of the ppv schedule was designed, around the seven deadly sins. The launch for this concept was the ppv named Sin, and it would feature a fatal four way main event with Scott Steiner defending his title against stable mate Jeff Jarratt, Sid Vicious and WCW's...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE EIGHTEEN - Royal Rumble 1999 Timing in life is everything isn't it. Given the terrible revelations and at the time of publishing, allegations about Vince McMahon, it is somewhat poorly timed that we would release a podcast looking back at his Royal Rumble win. However, creatively this show is a show that has performed poorly against the now lengthy Royal Rumble history. A Royal Rumble built around the biggest storyline in wrestling possibly ever in Austin v McMahon, and the...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE SEVENTEEN - Giants in Wrestling In the immortal words of the Hall of Fame opener, it started with one! Well kind of anyway. For many when you say Giant and Wrestling, Andre will be the first name from their lips. So imposing was his legacy that it can be easy to forget those who came before and after him. However the legacy he carved has meant that the world of wrestling has been littered with Giants. No podcast could review them all, and plenty small time 6 foot plus...

BONUS EPISODE - TNA Impact No.1 A podcast favourite is our trips to TNA Impact and so we have been excited at the imminent return of the TNA wrestling brand! We celebrate the TNA brands wonderful past, buy looking back at it's first ever TNA Impact back in 2004! A show that highlights everything that makes TNA so wonderful, Don West, Shark Boy, AJ Styles, Popeye! It's weird its wonderful and it's back! Cross the line and listen to Better Call Creative now!

SEASON 2 - EPISODE SIXTEEN - Starrcade 1998 We round out the year in wrestling tradition as we look back on Starrcade from 1998. One of the biggest years in WCW history, and whilst the 83 weeks dominance of WWF has now gone, WCW continue to look strong with the rise of the undefeated WCW Champion Goldberg going into 1999! All he must do is survive the challenge of Kevin Nash....so what could possibly go wrong! Then there is the return of the Nature Boy Ric Flair! Gone for almost a year, Slick...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE SIXTEEN - Crown Jewel 2018 It's Christmas time and we wanteed to keep everything on gimmick, and celebrate all things christmas....but that Saudi Blood Money was just all too much to turn down so we are going back to 2018 and the return match for Shawn Michaels! DX versus the Brothers of Destruction and a World Cup! Well.....it's not quite as great as it sounds on paper...or maybe it is! Yes its the match where Triple H tears his pectorial muscle, and where Kane's mask just...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE FIFTEEN- AEW All Out 2020 2020 was hardly a stealler year for any industry, but with the recovery from covid in its early stages, the wrestling industry had been hit pretty hard. A commitment to delver a product for an audiance unable to watch it live meant stilted stage hands at ringsides, with little to no atmosphere being created. AEW was starting to flesh out its roster, picking up some of WWE's biggest talent in FTR, Brody Lee and Miro but was struggling to continue...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE FOURTEEN- Survivor Series 1994 It's the Annual Thanks Giving Tradition! It's the Survivor Series! Yes this maybe the least important of the so called big ppvs, but it still has played host to many memorable moments. The Screwjob, the Undertaker's Debut, Stings WWE Debut....and Dink, Wink and Pink! 1994 was a very strange year for the wwf, coming of a successful steriod trial, Vince McMahon was left with little confidence in his top babyface, and despite having some talented...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE THIRTEEN- TNA Destination X 2007 Oh how we've missed TNA. It was great news to hear that Impact Wrestling will return to the once loved brand of TNA Wrestling in early 2024. We will be back to celebrate TNA's legacy around that time but before we do, we are checking out one of the reasons why the brand needed a break. In 2007 TNA was expanding it's roster and it's global appeal. Kurt Angle was the poster boy whilst the likes of Christian, AJ Styles, Sting and Samoa Joe...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE TWELVE- ECW November to Remember 1996 We take a well earned vacation in the land of extreme and head back to Autumn 1996, and a November to Remember! ECW were riding high, with a tv deal being ut together and a long awaited debut on ppv a few months away, this card was set to build the main event for that show, Taz versus Sabu! What a build, and what a moment on this card as the lights went out just as they were about to hook up....and another hour of wrestling took place...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE ELEVEN- Halloween Havoc 1991 We have reached the end of our Horror Month here on Better Call Creative and we land on All Hallows Eve, Halloween night and we are reviewing Halloween Havoc 1991. Remembered for the Chamber of Horrors match, an 8 man tag taking place inside a cage structure where the match ends when somebody is legitimately put into the electric chair. All that screams Halloween and Horror, but what we got was a Horrorshow for all the wrong reasons, and of...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE TEN- Send in the Clowns Horror and Clowns go together like.....well Wrestling and Clowns! It seems that clowns have been in and around the wrestling world for many decades and whilst many fans will know the name Doink the Clown, many may not have as wide a knowledge of Dave the Clown, or Fukigen Death, or Pogo the Clown. In our third Halloween episode of the month we celebrate and review the clowns of wrestling, a tour that covers most of the world, and different decades...

SEASON TWO - EPISODE NINE - IWA King of the Deathmatch 1995 Can you consider one of the biggest tape trading wrestling events ever, considered my some to be the finest "Hardcore Wrestling" card, and featuring Mick Foley and Terry Funk, something worthy of being reviewed by Better Call Creative? Can you truly say that this show was a bad show? Well, don't ask us, ask Terry Funk and Cactus Jack who both have trashed their finals match! This card is a mix mash of the bizarre and down right...

SEASON 2 - EPISODE EIGHT - Blood Runs Cold - Glacier On the back of our Invasion Arc we head into the month of October and a month full of the horrors of wrestling's past. We start with a podcast well overdue for one that focuses on the worst of wresting, as we check out Glacier and the Blood Runs Cold storyline! The brain child of Eric Bischoff at a time when the NWO was running roughshot over WCW, and Hollywood Hogan had been crowned the champion, Sting had headed to the rafters and WWF was...