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Under the Ring

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Under the Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations is a weekly interview program discussing careers, issues, matches and all the fun from the multi-billion dollar pro wrestling industry. The people behind the personas you see each week on TV are unique and connect with audiences locally and worldwide. This podcast will go behind the curtain and under the ring and bring you their perspectives.
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We Don't Know Wrestling

Sam DiMascio

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We Don't Know Wrestling is a podcast about wrestling? Sounds about right. Sam talks with guests about a gambit of things from New York, to hot dogs being sandwiches, to the best wrestlers on the planet for the WDKW100. Solid banter on something that is actually bad, pro wrestling.
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Greg DeMarco invites you along his morning and afternoon commute twice each day (weekday) on Driving With DeMarco! Greg tackles an exciting topic in the world of professional wrestling in his unique solo style, usually in 15ish minutes. Plus Greg interacts with traffic, the GPS lady, and more! Listen, engage, and enjoy...Driving With DeMarco!
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This week, we're joined by Jaida Parker, who will face NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez for the title at NXT Mercy Sunday in Denver. Jaida discusses the training process behind who she's become in the ring and the creative process behind who she's become on screen.USA TODAY SPORTS
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This week, we're joined by Brock & C.W. Anderson, who have started teaming over the last year, seeking to continue the Anderson tradition from Brock's father Arn Anderson, as well as Gene, Ole & Lars Anderson over the years. The modern-day Anderson are wrestling at MLW's Summer of the Beasts at 7 p.m. Thursday at Melrose Ballroom in Long Island Cit…
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This week, we're joined by TNA World Heavyweight Champion Nic Nemeth, the former Dolph Ziggler, ahead of his 60-man ironman match against Josh Alexander at TNA Emergence August 30 on TNA+ in Louisville, Kentucky. We talk about his starting anew in TNA and wrestling after 19 1/2 years in WWE, as well as his thoughts on the recent talent crossovers b…
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This week, we're joined Kris Statlander ahead of her match on All In: Zero Hour at Wembley Stadium where she teams with Stokely Hathaway to take on Willow Nightingale and Tomohiro Ishii. Statlander talks about performing on that big card and also what a unique match that is and how it leads into her one-on-one match in Chicago at All Out on Sept. 7…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by one-half of the WWE tag team champions DIY, Johnny Gargano. He discusses being tag team champions with best friend Tommaso Ciampa. He also discusses the ways that NXT and his stint on the indies in places like Evolve and PWG helped shape him into the performer he is today. Al…
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This week, we're joined by prolific wrestling writer Keith Elliott Greenberg, who discusses what it's like to be a writer in the wild world of pro wrestling. Greenberg wrote the biographies of Ric Flair, Superstar Billy Graham and Classy Freddie Blassie, so he discusses the process on something like that. His next project is about WrestleMania III …
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by the Young OG, Je'Von Evans. The 20-year-old NXT newcomer is already in his first NXT premium live event PPV, coming up Sunday in Toronto when he challenged NXT champion Trick Williams, alongside Shawn Spears and All Ego Ethan Page. He discusses what the journey's been like fr…
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This week, we're joined by Orange Cassidy of AEW, who will face New Japan's Zack Sabre Jr. at AEW x New Japan: Forbidden Door on Sunday, June 30 on pay per view from Long Island's UBS Arena in Elmont. Orange explains what his approach to facing a technical master the level of Zack Sabre Jr. is and also gives his thoughts on other potential crossove…
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This week, we're joined by one of the English voices of AAA Lucha Libre, Larry Dallas. Larry will be calling Triplemania XXII this year. The second leg of Triplemania will be held in Tijuana on June 15. The first leg happened April 27 in Monterrey and the final leg will be August 17 in Mexico City. Larry discusses the challenge of calling a Lucha L…
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Today on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by NXT's Lola Vice, who faces Shayna Baszler in an NXT Underground match at NXT Battleground on Sunday in the first pro wrestling card held at the UFC Apex. The card streams on Peacock. Lola Vice, known as her given name, Valerie Loureda in her combat sports days, talks about how he…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by the author of the new book "The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of WrestleMania," Brad Balukjian. Brad's new book takes a literary and journalistic approach to piecing together an important time in pro wrestling history - the dawn of Hulkamania and the explosion of the W…
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This week, the guest is renowned wrestling photographer/writer George Napolitano, whose work has been seen in magazines, in books and everywhere else across 50+ years covering pro wrestling. Napolitano discusses traveling to the different territories, as well as what his relationships were like in wrestling from The Rock to Superstar Billy Graham t…
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Today on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by Brian Myers of TNA Wrestling's The System, who face Broken Matt Hardy and Speedball Mountain at Under Siege on TNA+ Friday night in Albany. Myers talks about teaming with Moose and Eddie Edwards and Alisha Edwards and what kind of fit TNA is for him at this part of his career. He…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by Mr. Northeast Wrestling, Brian Anthony. Brian is competing in his final match at Northeast Wrestling's Hat City Havoc II in Danbury, Connecticut on Saturday, April 27. He discusses his recent injuries and why he is stepping away from the ring and discusses some of the most me…
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Today, we're joined by Prince Nana of AEW ahead of Swerve Strickland challenging Samoa Joe for the AEW championship at AEW Dynasty on Sunday in St. Louis on pay per view. Nana discusses his beginnings and his journey in pro wrestling, from training with Johnny Rodz to ECWA and ROH, all the way to managing in the main event of AEW. He also discusses…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we participated in the WrestleMania XL press junket and spoke to WWE superstars Rey Mysterio and Natalya, NXT superstars Roxanne Perez and Lyra Valkyria and the voice of NXT, Vic Joseph.USA TODAY SPORTS
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we’re joined by 80s and 90s pro wrestling star The Warlord. He talks about how he got into wrestling, his longtime friendship and partnership with The Barbarian as the Powers of Pain and what it was like to be part of WCW and WWF in the 1980s and 1990s.…
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Today, we’re breaking down the WWE Hall of Fame and pro wrestling halls of fame overall with acclaimed author Greg Oliver of Slam Wrestling. We discuss this year’s WWE Hall of Fame class and the ways halls of fame are chosen and what the criteria should be. We also discuss who some huge stars are who may have been lost in history.…
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Today, we’re joined by Game Changer Wrestling promoter Brett Lauderdale to discuss his upcoming series of shows in Philadelphia, partnered with several promotions called The Collective, which is also available on Triller TV+. He shares some of the story of GCW’s rise and why it’s so relevant and what it’s like working with so many other companies, …
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by Ring of Honor Hall of Famer Mark Briscoe. Briscoe will challenge Ring of Honor champion Eddie Kingston at Supercard of Honor on April 5 in Philadelphia. Briscoe speaks about losing his brother and tag team partner Jay Briscoe and how he moved forward. He also talks about work…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, it's the first woman to ever win the main event of WrestleMania, "The Man" Becky Lynch. Becky speaks about her newly released biography, "The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl," which is now available. She also discusses her match with Rhea Ripley for the Women's World Championship, as well…
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Today, we're joined by pro wrestler and mixed martial artist Josh Barnett, whose GCW Bloodsport X takes place April 4 at Penns Landing Caterers in Philadelphia on Triller TV+. For the first time, his Bloodsport lineup features an active WWE wrestler, a Barnett protege, Shayna Baszler. Barnett talks about how this was put together and what the goals…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, Phil is joined by Wrestling Junkie managing editor Nick Tylwalk and Wrestling Junkie columnist Vaughn Johnson to break down WrestleMania XL, which takes place April 6 and 7 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. We discuss all of the big matches, the news surrounding Vince McMahon and W…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by independent pro wrestling veteran Kurt Adonis. Kurt is starting a new project called Wrestling With Character, which sounds like a unique combination of pro wrestling and performance and is geared toward children with an eye toward teaching lessons and inclusivity. He explain…
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Joining us today is wrestling and pop culture icon Sgt. Slaughter, whose WWE Legends: A&E Biography premieres at 9 p.m. on Sunday, March 3. Sarge discusses his early wrestling personas before conceiving Sgt. Slaughter and how he came up with it. He discusses his younger friendship with Iranian wrestler Khosrow Vaziri, who went on to become one of h…
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This week, we're joined by Roderick Strong, who challenges AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy at AEW Revolution on Sunday, March 3 in Greensboro, North Carolina. He discusses the importance of that match, which he considers the biggest of his career. He details how he broke into wrestling under the training of Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart when h…
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This week, we're joined by Bobby Fish, who returns to MLW on Feb. 29 at MLW Intimidation Games at Melrose Ballroom in New York City to face Alex Kane. Fish discusses how he got into wrestling under the tutelage of Tony Devito and how his style changed over the course of his career. He also discusses what it was like getting to team with Kyle O'Reil…
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This week on Under The Ring, we're joined by Jesus 'Ricardo' Rodriguez, who shares his unique story of pro wrestling and how different breaks in his career changed its course. He also speaks about training wrestlers and promoting shows in 3 Legacies Wrestling, as well as challenges in his personal life that led him to where he is now. We, of course…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by Kevin Von Erich, the surviving brother of the Von Erich wrestling family. We discuss his thoughts about the movie and whether it accurately portrayed people and events, specifically his father Fritz Von Erich. We also discuss his recent trip to Israel, where the Von Erichs st…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're owned by the owner and trainer of the World Famous Monster Factory, Danny Cage. Cage tells us all about how the Monster Factory became one of the first wrestling schools in the 1980s and its origin story with Buddy Rogers and Larry Sharpe. He tells us what it's like to train wrestlers …
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Host Phil Strum, with managing editor Nick Tylwalk and columnist Vaughn Johnson discuss the allegations of sex trafficking and sexual assault that came out regarding Vince McMahon, which led to his resignation Friday as Executive Chairman of TKO and WWE and also discuss the company's reaction to it, both in their statement, but also at Saturday's R…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by the legendary Magnum TA. He talks about his career highlights and his big rivalries and also where he thinks his career might have headed if he hadn't been in a horrific car crash that ended it in 1986. He also discusses his new podcast Gagne and Magnum with Greg Gagne and hi…
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On this special edition of Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, Phil is joined by pro wrestler Vik Dalishus and Wrestling Junkie columnist Vaughn Johnson to discuss the latest news on the appropriate day of 1/23 of WWE moving Raw to Netflix in January 2025 in a 10-year deal worth $5 billion and the announcement of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson …
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This week, on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by one of greatest women's wrestlers of her generation, it's Bayley. Bayley is participating in the 2024 Royal Rumble on Jan. 27 where she says she will win and subsequently challenge Rhea Ripley for the Women's World Championship. She also discusses what it's been like teaming…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by multi-time Hall of Famer Gerald Brisco, one of the most notable figures in modern pro wrestling history. We discuss his tag team with his brother Jack, one of the best NWA Worlds Heavyweight champons ever and their rivalry with Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr. We discuss his role…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by Paul Burchill, who recently returned to the ring in the NWA. We discuss where he's been, what he's doing now and what spurred his decision to come back to wrestling after years away. We also discuss his time in WWE, including his time as a pirate character, and how that shape…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, Phil and veteran pro wrestler Vik Dalishus look back at 2023 in wrestling and look ahead at 2024 for what trends and predictions we might be able to forecast. We attempt to break down every company we can with a critical eye.USA TODAY SPORTS
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by AEW's Willow Nightingale ahead of the AEW World's End pay-per-view on Dec. 30 at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. Willow discusses how she ended up in AEW and talks about some of the memorable matches and moments she's had. She also discusses some of the creative inspiration f…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by writer and internet personality Cameron Hawkins (@CeeHawk). He discusses how his start in writing about wrestling and what he's learned from the conversations he's had with the biggest stars. We also discuss what it's like to work on some of the long-form stories he writes an…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by Ring of Honor women's champion Athena, the longest reigning women's champion in ROH history. She's defending the title on Friday, December 15 on Honor Club against young Billie Starkz. We discuss Athena's origins in wrestling, including being trained by the late Skandor Akbar…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, our guest is NXT's Trick Williams, who is part of the Iron Survivor challenge at NXT Deadline on Dec. 9 in Bridgeport, Conn. Trick has really risen through the ranks of NXT quickly and his partnership with Carmelo Hayes has been a favorite for NXT fans. He discusses his evolution in wrestlin…
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This week, on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, a panel of host Phil Strum with Wrestling Junkie managing editor Nick Tylwalk and Wrestling Junkie columnist Vaughn Johnson break down the return of CM Punk after nearly a decade to WWE at Saturday's Survivor Series and his return speech on Monday Night Raw. We break down what it all means,…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by UFC veteran and current pro wrestler "Filthy" Tom Lawlor, who discusses his upcoming match on MLW One Shot Dec. 7 at Melrose Ballroom in Long Island City, Queens against New Japan Pro Wrestling's Satoshi Kojima. Lawlor talks about working with a wide variety of opponents in M…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by the ring general. the longest reigning Intercontinental champion in history, Gunther. Gunther will defend his title against The Miz at Survivor Series on Saturday in Chicago. He discusses the styles clash of that match and what his opinion of The Miz is, what his long reign a…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by AEW International champion Orange Cassidy ahead of his title defense against Jon Moxley at AEW Full Gear on Nov. 18 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on pay-per-view. Orange discusses his rivalry with Moxley and also the unique nature of his first run as International champion.…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by "The Total Package" Made in the USA, Lex Luger. Lex discusses what his life is like today and how his handicap helped him have a new lease on life. He discusses his beginnings in wrestling training under Hiro Matsuda and facing all the big stars of his era, en route to multip…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by esteemed wrestling reporter Mike Johnson from PWInsider.com to discuss how exactly he got into pro wrestling journalism. We discuss how one of his best friends, Vladimir Abouzeide, became the ultimate WWE and pro wrestling superfan and how WWE's documentary on Vladimir should…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by women's wrestling icon Mickie James, who's facing Impact Knockouts champion Trinity for the championship on Saturday in Chicago. She also discusses what makes Impact Wrestling a great fit for her at this point of her career and even discusses the early part of her career as a…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, Wrestling Junkie managing editor Nick Tylwalk joins us to discuss hot topics in wrestling. We discuss the impacts of the Endeavor merger on WWE, most notably Vince McMahon not being involved in creative. We theorize what the main event of WrestleMania might be. We discuss the ups and downs o…
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This week on Under The Ring: Pro Wrestling Conversations, we're joined by Father James Mitchell, who will host the NWA PPV, "NWA Samhain" on Oct. 28 in Cleveland on FITE.TV. The good father discusses how he evolved from Smoky Mountain Wrestling to the collector of oddities, James Vandenberg, to ECW's Sinister Minister to what he became in TNA/Impac…
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