Terry Funk is the WCW Commissioner as we approach WCW Souled Out! At the PPV on Sunday Terry Funk will battle Kevin Nash for total control of the company, before that Funk is going to book the entire show on the fly. He books Jeff Jarrett in 3 different matches tonight to prepare him for the Triple Threat Theater Match vs Chris Benoit. He will have a Bunkhouse Brawl Match against George The Animal Steele, A Dungeon Match vs Tito Santana, and a Steel Cage Match one on one with Jimmy Snuka!...

The Sandman left ECW for WCW and now makes his triumphant return to the land of extreme! One of the most iconic moments in the entire company, The Sandman surprises everyone and shows up during the Impact Players vs Tommy Dreamer and Raven Tag Team Title Main Event. Also, Sign Guy Dudley is upset that the Dudleys left him behind and he is now known as Lou E. Dangerously, the greatest manager in all of pro wrestling. The first thing he does is bring back former ECW Champion, Mikey Whipwreck!...

1998 was an interesting year for the WWF! We are in the thick of the Attitude Era, however it is still a bit raw and rough around the edges. Every single Superstar on the roster is involved in multiple storylines. One of the most infamous storylines was the Val Venis and Kai En Tai program. Val Venis was sleeping with Mr. Yamaguchi-San’s wife, who ended up being Taka Michinoku’s sister. In response to this, they kidnap Val Venis and take him hostage backstage. The very last thing you see as...

Stone Cold Steve Austin planted a Rattlesnake backstage and threw Triple H in the room with it on Monday Night Raw. Now, Triple H shows up on SmackDown! with a giant snake bite on his face. He tells everyone that wrestling has changed and it’s not worth his life. Triple H is going to hand over the WWF Championship to Stone Cold and retire at the end of the night. Or is he brother… Also, Mick Foley convinced The Rock that Rock 'n' Sock Connection needed to have one final match before The Rock...

The Main Event Mafia had 4 victories over the TNA Originals at TNA Turning Point 2008. Now on Impact, Mick Foley gives a pep talk to the entire group of TNA Originals and tells them they need to get on the same page. He gives them a few more chances including giving AJ Style & Samoa Joe a Tag Team Title Match against Beer Money, Eric Young an X Division Title Match, and Black Machismo Jay Lethal gets a shot at Sting’s TNA World Heavyweight Championship. The other big focus is that...

Evolution is the Solution! Randy Orton is the youngest WWE Champion in history of the WWE by defeating Chris Benoit at WWE SummerSlam 2004! Now the “Randy Orton Era” has begun. Orton is here to celebrate his victory on RAW, however that is short lived as Chris Benoit uses his rematch clause tonight in the main event! Randy Orton ends up retaining his title with help from Evolution. However, during the post match celebration Triple H gives Orton a thumb up and thumbs down. Batista then drops...

“I DID IT FOR THE ROCK!” The mystery about who hit Stone Cold Steve Austin with a car comes to an end. Commissioner Mick Foley leads his investigation to figure out who the culprit was. He interrogates a slew of suspects including Shawn Micheals, Linda McMahon, Scotty 2 Hotty and more. All fingers point to The Rock. Ever since Austin was run down, The Rock has become the top guy. The night ends with Mick Foley discovering that it was, in fact, Rikishi who hit Stone Cold with The Rock’s car....

It’s the final lost episode of the interesting XWF! A promotion built on no prima donnas featuring Hulk Hogan, The Nasty Boyz, The Road Warriors, Buff Bagwell, Vampiro and a host of other wrestling icons. This episode we resurrect the explosive feud between the legendary Roddy Piper and the enigmatic Jimmy Snuka. Brace yourselves as we welcome the debut of none other than WWF Tough Enough standout, the rising star, Josh Mathews. Also, Kid Kash defends his XWF Cruiserweight Championship...

It’s the first WCW Nitro of 2001! Ric Flair is the owner of WCW and we are getting ready for the WCW Sin. There is a mystery man running around and nobody knows who it is. As the episode goes on, the pieces for the main event at the ppv are falling into place. Shane Douglas fights Sid Vicious for his spot in the WCW Championship match. Schedule is Scott Steiner vs Jeff Jarrett vs Sid Vicious vs The Mystery Man! We have no idea who this mystery is! Also, Goldberg and Sarge are very upset with...

AJ Styles was the backbone of TNA Wrestling. Without him in the early days, Total Nonstop Action may not have been as popular as it was. AJ Styles was the one constant in the company, and you knew if he was on the card you would get a phenomenal match! When his contract expired at the end of 2013, it was time to renegotiate. All he wanted to stay in the company was the same amount of money he was getting paid. TNA Management couldn't afford that AJ Styles left the company. However, AJ Styles,...

D-Generation X has reformed on WWF Monday Night Raw and now they are here to take over. The plan is to make each member of DX feel important and have them challenge other top level superstars. DX opens the show and challenges The Rock, Stone Cold, and tells Mr. McMahon, “We’re Taking Over!” Road Dogg ambushes The Rock when he arrives at the building and they lock him in the trunk of a car and drive off. When they get word that Stone Cole arrives, they split up to go find him. Austin has a...

On the search for the best Undertaker WWE Raw main event we visit The Undertaker vs Jeff Hardy Ladder Match! The Undertaker is the Undisputed Champion and he's got a full plate. Coming up he’s got a match with Kurt Angle and a match with The Rock, however he is overlooking his ladder match with Jeff Hardy. This is a huge moment for Jeff Hardy and a star making performance against The Undertaker for the WWE Undisputed Championship. We are one week removed from the infamous “Ruthless...

Modest to the top! We're back in TNA again, as we review the March 29, 2010 episode of IMPACT. Black Machismo is running the show with Eric Bischoff while Hogan is out of town... or is he, brother? The main event sees Jeff Hardy, Eric Young, and Rob Van Dam facing off against The Band: Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and Sean Waltman! ...and Bubba the Love Sponge is also here for some terrible reason. We also have a first blood match for the TNA Knockouts Title, as Tara and Daffney collide! The Pope...

The fallout from WWF Unforgiven 1998 happens on this episode of WWF Monday Night RAW! Stone Cold defended the WWF Championship against Dude Love! During the match Austin hit Mr. McMahon with a chair! Mr. McMahon addresses what happened at the PPV and makes Stone Cold defend the WWF Championship against Goldust with Gerald Brisco as the special guest referee. Austin is angry that he has to do this match and Dude Love is pissed that he feels like Goldust stole his opportunity. Plus, we get the...

The tribe of extreme has risen again! The year is 2006 and WWE has rebooted ECW. Recently Paul Heyman turned and helped the Big Show beat Rob Van Dam to become ECW Champion. Tommy Dreamer is upset that Paul Heyman turned his back on the people who helped make ECW successful. He wanted answers, instead he got a kiss from Paul Heyman and beat up by Test. As WWE ECW World Champion, The Big Show has invited The Undertaker to come to the land of extreme to challenge for the title! This would be...

Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff have the night off from WCW Thunder. They put “The Franchise” Shane Douglas in charge but that doesn’t really work out. The New Blood arrive in a school bus and quickly all mayhem breaks out as the Millionaires Club brawl. As there is no authority figure here, the wrestlers pretty much book their own matches. We get The Filthy Animals vs MIA, Terry Funk vs The Cat in a Hardcore Title Match and Mike Awesome vs Scott Steiner. Hulk Hogan calls out his nephew Horace...

On September 25th, 2000 the WWF left the USA Network and moved Monday Night Raw to TNN. This was a huge move for the company as TNN would center the entire channel around the flagship show. Kicking things off huge we have Stone Cold Steve Austin returning to television after being hit by a car. This took him out for months. Throughout the entire episode he interrogated many different people, but didn't find out who ran him down. In the main event The Rock defends the WWF Championship against...

In 2005 Randy Orton had claimed that he had killed The Undertaker and that he is now The Phenom! However, at Survivor Series The Undertaker Returned after lightning hit a casket. We are 9 nights away from WWE Armageddon 2005 and Randy Orton calls out The Undertaker. Instead of answering Randy Orton, The Undertaker plays mind games on him. He messes with his entrance music, randomly appears out of thin air, causing Bob Orton to bleed, and even making Josh Matthews talk like The Undertaker....

TNA Wrestling Impact 2010 presents a PPV quality show for free on TV; The Whole F’N Show! The episode is headlined by The TNA World Champion Rob Van Dam vs Abyss in a “Stairway To Janice” Match! Janice, by the way, is a 2x4 covered in nails! After the match we are treated to one of the most infamous moments in TNA history. Abyss sends RVD to the hospital after using Janice on RVD backstage! Also, The Motor City Machine Guns finish off the Best of Five series with Beer Money in a 2 out of 3...

Now it’s time to celebrate the 200th episode of the DEADLOCK Podcast. We have covered a lot of pro wrestling, however we never covered “The End of The Kiss My Ass Club! That’s right, this is the infamous WWE SmackDown! where The Rock makes Mr. McMahon kiss the backside of Rikishi. The build up, the execution, and the aftermath are all tremendous. This is also the go home show to WWF Vengeance 2001, the night the WWF Undisputed Champion was crowned. The World Heavyweight Champion The Rock...

🌎Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ↣ https://nordvpn.com/deadlock It’s risk- free with Nord’s 30-day money back guarantee! 👍 As WCW is getting to the end of the line we get to look at the final episode of WCW Thunder. Even though this is the final episode of Thunder, WCW wasn’t officially purchased by the WWF until after this episode aired! All the pieces were still falling in place and there was even a chance that Eric Bischoff and his team would buy WCW and keep it running. The plan was to...

This is the WWE Raw episode where the “Summer of Kane” begins. Around 5 months ago, Evolution had taken the mask off of Kane, but this time Eric Bischoff wanted it for good. Kane had a choice to make: he could either choose to join Evolution or he could vs Triple H for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. He chose to fight Triple H however Eric Bischoff put in a stipulation, if Kane loses he has to take the mask off and show everyone his face! This is the night that Kane finally took the...

We time skip to the 80’s for the 37th Annual WWF Slammy Awards! Jesse The Body Ventura and Mean Gene host this blizzard take on an award show. As the show goes on we get many musical performances from various WWF SuperStars promoting the Piledriver album. This is where the infamous Vince McMahon Stand Back performance came from. Also, Hacksaw Jim Duggan and King Harley Race brawl all over the building during the entire show. Plus, you won’t wanna miss the Hulk Hogan Real American Award! The...

The biggest threat the WWF has ever faced is WCW and ECW teaming up! Vince McMahon is begging Stone Cold Steve Austin to come back as the old Stone Cold and lead the WWF into The Invasion PPV. Stone Cold is drinking at The Friendly Tap drinking the night away. At the end of the night the WWF, WCW, and ECW were brawling as Stone Cold came back to the arena with a broken pool cue. Austin beat up everyone and gave out a million Stunners. Whether you like the Invasion storyline or not this is one...

In 1996 Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall formed the New World Order. On this episode of WCW Nitro the nWo show up and cause chaos in the back of Disney MGM where the show is being taped. Scott Hall and Kevin Nash show up with baseball bats and take out the American Males. On top of that, they throw Rey Mysterio into a production trailer like a lawn dart. This stops the show for some time as they try to recover and get medical attention for the hurt wrestlers. The show is disrupted and...