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• The SmarK Rant for WWF Superstars – 08.03.96

The SmarK Rant for WWF Superstars – 08.03.96 Taped from Yakima, WA, on 07.23.96 Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Mr. Perfect & Jim Ross I think there’s 4 or 5 episodes left before it moves from syndication to USA Network, and that’s where I’ll leave it. I might actually go all the way back to […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for WCW Monday Nitro – 08.07.00

The SmarK Rant for WCW Monday Nitro – 08.07.00 I took a break from this shitshow for a few weeks but I guess we’re back into it again. Live from Denver, CO, drawing 3851. Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Scott Hudson & Mark Madden Also there’s a mudpit here. Hey, speaking of mudpits, at this […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 11.13.24

The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 11.13.24 Live from Bridgeport, CT Your hosts are Excalibur, Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness Christian Cage & Hangman Page v. Jay White & Juice Robinson Hangman Page is on Bluesky and sharing gardening pictures! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Page and White fight for the lockup to start […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for Coliseum Video presents Brains Behind the Brawn

The SmarK Rant for Coliseum Video presents Brains Behind the Brawn Could it be ANOTHER Coliseum video I’ve never reviewed? Thanks for the recommendation from Mike Campbell. Hosted by Sean Mooney, and this appears to be from sometime in 1989 judging by the clips at the start of the video. The theme here is pretty […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for WWE Monday Night RAW – 11.11.24

The SmarK Rant for WWE Monday Night RAW – 11.11.24 Live from Grand Rapids, MI Your hosts are Joe Tessitore & Wade Barrett. Man Joe has a real good, professional delivery. Hopefully they don’t drive him off. Gunther joins us, as apparently his title rematch with Priest will be at Survivor Series, which feels like […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for WWE Vault – 11.09.24

The SmarK Rant for WWE Vault – 11.09.24 Time for a roundup of some stuff from the WWE Vault on YouTube! This week we’ve got the Bret Hart-Hakushi cage match, and…that other thing people keep bugging me about. Cage match: Bret Hart v. Hakushi So this is a dark match from a Superstars TV taping […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 09.11.24
The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 09.11.24 Live from FLEXINGTON, KY. OUTRUNNERS WIN OR WE RIOT! Your hosts are Excalibur, Tony Schiavone & Taz Jon Moxley joins us backstage at All Out to start, explaining why the BCC fractured and took out Bryan Danielson, which is basically that Jon is the one true king […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for WCW Souled Out 2000 – 01.16.00

The SmarK Rant for WCW Souled Out 2000 – 01.16.00 So of course there’s some pretty heavy backstory behind this show. On the day before the show, the WCW power structure completely fell apart thanks to a locker room revolt and a series of injuries to the top stars. Bret Hart, the World champion, was […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 08.14.24
The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 08.14.24 Work and illness had my schedule all screwed up this week, which resulted in me missing Dynamite on Wednesday for the first time in a long while, but thankfully next week I’m back on vacation. Well not thankfully for any wrestlers currently on their deathbed who haven’t […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for GWF Supercard – 07.30.91

The SmarK Rant for GWF Supercard – 07.30.91 My last day of vacation (well for a week) and the light heavyweight title tournament continues unabated with no signs of stopping. Taped from the GLOBALDOME in Dallas TX, which has been manipulated by AI into making people think it’s just the Sportatorium. Your hosts are Craig […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for ECW Wrestling on TNN – 10.06.00 (Finale!)

The SmarK Rant for ECW Wrestling on TNN – 10.06.00 OK, so I know the last episode was posted just a couple of days ago, but I wrote all those weeks ago to have in the can before vacation, so it’s been a while for me since I’ve done ECW. So now, let’s finish off […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 07.31.24
The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 07.31.24 So I’m back from vacation and no one died that I know of. I did get screamed at by a homeless guy in a McDonalds bathroom on the way out of Edmonton, but that’s just part of the experience I think. Live from Greenville, SC Your hosts […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for GWF Supercard – 07.29.91

The SmarK Rant for GWF Supercard – 07.29.91 And now it’s time for ROUND TWO of the light heavyweight tournament as my marathon of reviews before vacation continues! Taped from the GLOBALDOME in Dallas, TX Your hosts are Craig Johnson & Scott Hudson Thankfully this edit omits the first 10 minutes of recaps completely. Chaz […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 07.10.24

The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 07.10.24 Well it’s 34 degrees C here in Saskatoon today so god bless Ben Franklin for inventing central A/C and ice cubes. Live from CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA. My friend Zen had an extra ticket for me but unfortunately my vacation time isn’t until August so I couldn’t get […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for NWA Power Hour – 06.15.90

The SmarK Rant for NWA Power Hour – 06.15.90 Well my vacation has come to an end this week, with a lot of Jedi Survivor being played but no wrestlers dying that I know of, so that’s a win overall. Clash XI has come and gone and it’s time for the build to Great American […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for ECW Guilty as Charged 2000 – 01.09.00

The SmarK Rant for ECW Guilty As Charged 2000 – 01.09.00 Lots of demand to see a redo of this one and I’m still on vacation for a couple of days anyway. Live from Birmingham, AL, drawing 4700 and a 0.22 buyrate. Your hosts are Joey Styles & Cyrus, who has penned a greeting for […]...2023
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• The SmarK Rant for GWF Supercard – 07.31.91
The SmarK Rant for GWF Supercard – 07.31.91 On the subject of the Mr. McMahon documentary, which will be out on Netflix by the time you’re reading this, I won’t be reviewing it for the blog because I’m already contracted to do a review for Inside the Ropes magazine. I think Miss Peacockery is going […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 08.21.24
The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 08.21.24 Live-ish from Cardiff, Wales Your hosts are Excalibur, Taz & Tony Schiavone TBS title contract signing: As usual, there is to be no physicality. So they do their promos and sign the contract, and Britt gets a good line when she says she never had a Plan […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for WWE Money in the Bank 2024 – 07.06.24

The SmarK Rant for WWE Money in the Bank 2024 – 07.06.24 Took the fam to see Despicable Me 4 today. That was certainly a movie which existed. Live from Toronto, ON, which means that any MITB cash-in will only be worth 70 percent as much. Your hosts are Michael Cole & Corey Graves Money […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 07.03.24
The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 07.03.24 “Beach Break” Live from Chicago, IL, famous home of beaches and sharks Your hosts are Taz, Excalibur & Tony Schiavone Meanwhile, Daniel Garcia promises that he’s not losing the match to Will Ospreay tonight, and MJF stops by to offer his corner services. And even Daddy Magic […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for Georgia Championship Wrestling – 11.17.79

The SmarK Rant for Georgia Championship Wrestling – 11.17.79 Taped from Atlanta, GA Your host is Gordon Solie We pick things up with Bobby Heenan offering Tommy Rich a shot at Harley Race’s World title, and all he has to do is pass one more test. So Rich signs the contract, and Bobby immediately reveals […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for WCW Spring Stampede 2000 – 04.16.00

The SmarK Rant for WCW Spring Stampede 2000 – 04.16.00 So the last Nitro was the GREAT RESET, where they promised to re-establish all the champions on this show after stripping everyone of their titles and somehow making everything seem even more worthless as a result. But aside from the main event, we never heard […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for…WCW Uncensored 2000? (NETCOP VERSION)

Let’s take a trip back in time to 2000. I had originally reviewed Uncensored 2000 for Wrestleline, concluding even then that it was wretched, but Mike “Micasa” Samuda, who had brought me onboard the site, made me an offer. What I suspect is that he and Rick Scaia had made a pretty good amount of […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling – 03.15.86

The SmarK Rant for Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling – 03.15.86 Taped from North Carolina somewhere. Your hosts are Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver BREAKING NEWS: Tully Blanchard’s 4 week deadline to win the National title has ended, and Dusty Rhodes is still the champion! I’m not so sure about your detective work there, Bob. Although I […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Collision – 12.23.23

The SmarK Rant for AEW Collision – 12.23.23 This is probably the last Collision I’ll do for a while, as FITE TV has jacked up the price of AEW Plus to $13 per month and that’s more than I want to pay. That being said, the PPV discount might still be worth it, so I […]...2023
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• The SmarK Rant for Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling – 12.18.82

The SmarK Rant for Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling – 12.18.82 Daryl is having a rough time of it again, so let’s head back to the Carolinas to hopefully cheer him up a bit. Taped from Charlotte, NC Your host is Bob Caudle Sweet Brown Sugar joins Bob to start, with footage of a contract signing between […]...2023
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 08.14.24
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• The SmarK Rant for WCW Monday Nitro – 05.08.00
The SmarK Rant for WCW Monday Nitro – 05.08.00 Here’s a weird thing: As a result of the WWE Network’s interface getting fixed a few weeks back, the Chromecast function has now been removed. Again, not that it really matters anymore. Even if they pull Nitro off whatever the Network turns into when it gets […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for WCW Spring Stampede 2000 – 04.16.00
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 05.29.24

The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 05.29.24 Live from Los Angeles, CA Your hosts are Excalibur, Taz & Tony Schiavone Mercedes Mone joins us without even a show opening, celebrating her title win. So she puts Willow over as having a great match, but points out that Willow is way too nice and she […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for Mid-South Wrestling – 08.14.82

The SmarK Rant for Mid-South Wrestling – 08.14.82 Now I’m scared to check Cagematch for career history stuff and match results because I’m worried I’m gonna get yelled at. Taped from Shreveport, LA Your hosts are Boyd Pierce & Bob Roop, who is wearing a SUIT. What kind of a fancy-pants wrestling show is this, […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for WWF Monday Night RAW – 01.06.97

The SmarK Rant for WWF Monday Night RAW – 01.06.97 OK, so it turns out that my gap in the Monday Night reviews extends from this show until Thursday RAW Thursday, and I need to redo everything from January as a result. So here’s a brand new Christmas Day rant for the first RAW of […]...2023
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• The SmarK Rant for Prime Time Wrestling – 11.08.88

The SmarK Rant for Prime Time Wrestling – 11.08.88 This is a very special THREE HOUR episode of the show from 1988, which I had intended to review ages ago but forgot as usual. But what with whatever’s going on in France at the moment in everyone’s minds, I thought this was a good time […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 07.24.24
The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 07.24.24 Took my kid to see Longlegs this afternoon like a responsible adult father would do, and she LOVED it. It’s definitely not a horror movie as such, more like a creepy as hell psychological thriller like Silence of the Lambs that leaves you unsettled and bothered for […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for WCW Slamboree 2000 – 05.07.00

The SmarK Rant for WCW Slamboree 2000 – 05.07.00 (For those wanting context around the writing of these things, both the Nitro episode from yesterday and this one were done in one marathon session on Canada Day because the family was out of town for the day anyway, so I pounded some energy drinks and […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 04.10.24
The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 04.10.24 Live from Charleston, WV Your hosts are Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Taz Samoa Joe v. Dustin Rhodes This is of course non-title, since no one would buy a member of the Rhodes family beating a Samoan for a World title. Swerve attacks Joe before he can even […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 02.14.24

The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 02.14.24 Live from Austin, TX Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Taz & Excalibur Jon Moxley v. Dax Harwood They jostle for the hammerlock and Dax flips him off, so Mox gives him a Valentine’s Day smooch. I’m confused but strangely aroused. Kind of like my wedding night. So […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling – 04.05.86
The SmarK Rant for Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling – 04.05.86 Oh man KrisPLettuce has got 1983 Georgia Championship Wrestling and I’m waiting anxiously for it all to appear on the Drive. Although even if I just have early Road Warriors matches to review for the moment I’ll take what I can get. Taped from a high […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AWF Warriors of Wrestling – Episode 12

The SmarK Rant for AWF Warriors of Wrestling – Episode 12 Well it’s a longshot for Paul Alperstein, but I suppose he could technically land Okada. BREAKING NEWS: Paul Alperstein is dead. Well, never mind then. Taped from CM Punk’s mother’s boyfriend’s basement in the Chicago area Your hosts are Mick Karch & Terry Taylor, […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 01.17.24

The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 01.17.24 Live from Charleston, South Carolina Your hosts are Ian Riccaboni, Excalibur & Taz TNT title: Christian Cage v. Dustin Rhodes I feel like Christian could be the father figure that Dustin was lacking for most of his life. They fight for the lockup to start and Christian’s […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for WCW Halloween Havoc 1993

This is a show I do not even remember watching, but I did a rant way back in the day, and I know I ordered the show when it aired live, so I’ve seen it twice. But you could have fooled me. And we start with a bunch of kids going trick-or-treating in yet another […]...2023
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• The SmarK Rant for WWF Superstars – 03.23.96
The SmarK Rant for WWF Superstars – 03.23.96 Taped from Corpus Christi, TX Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross & Mr. Perfect Goldust v. Alex Porteau Yes, it’s the momentous Superstars debut of THE PUG. But he’s not a pug yet. Barely even a puppy. Fun fact: My emergency backup dog, Libby, is a […]...2023
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• The SmarK Rant for WCW Spring Stampede 1994

Live from Chicago, IL Your hosts are Tony & Bobby. Diamond Dallas Page v. Johnny B. Badd. Ah, back in the days when DDP wasn’t having himself pushed to the main event and we didn’t have to listen to Kimberly talk. Page attacks, but gets rolled up for two. He bails and gets dragged back […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for WCW Starrcade 1993

Live from Charlotte, NC, drawing 8000 for a legit sellout. Your hosts are Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura Meanwhile, Vader shows up in the parking lot, already wearing his mask and gloves, with a nice Japanese steakhouse jacket to keep him warm. However, Ric Flair has not yet arrived, so Mean Gene shows up at […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for WCW Saturday Night – 08.27.84

The SmarK Rant for WCW Saturday Night – 08.27.94 So this was presented as a live streamed episode by the WWE Vault YouTube channel, and I’m doing my part to make sure it gets some more engagement and views so they’ll keep doing this kind of thing. However, as a suggestion to them in the […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for WWF Survivor Series 96 – 11.17.96

The SmarK Rant for WWF Survivor Series 1996 – 11.17.96 Scott, In honor of Sid would you consider redoing his finest hour, Survivor Series 96? You would also get the first Bret/Austin match and the debut of The Rock. Stuff HAPPENED on that card and it would be interesting to look back on it […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for WWF In Your House: Beware of Dog – 05.26.96

The SmarK Rant for WWF In Your House: Beware of Dog – 05.26.96 So we come to this one again, one of the biggest disasters in WWF PPV history, although only some of that was their own fault. Although presented as “Beware of Dog” here, it’s more rightly called “Beware of Dog 2” as shown […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for Coliseum Video presents Invasion of the Bodyslammers

The SmarK Rant for Coliseum Video presents Invasion of the Bodyslammers Just trolling through the Network for content and here’s yet another one that I never did either in the original Coliseum Video rants or the redone versions! Your hosts are Lord Alfred Hayes & Reverend Slick, so that would place this around 1993. They’re […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 04.17.24
The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 04.17.24 Snowstorm here in April. Yup. That’s a thing that’s happening. Live from Indianapolis, IN Your hosts are Taz, Excalibur & Tony Schiavone Jon Moxley joins us with his newly won IWGP World title, finally bringing some gold back to the Shield after the long drought they’ve been […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Battle of the Belts X – 04.13.24

The SmarK Rant for AEW Battle of the Belts X – 04.13.24 Not really in the mood for three hours of wrestling tonight, but one hour is workable. Oddly enough, TSN is carrying Battle of the Belts, but not Collision, so this is the show I’m reviewing. Live from Highland Heights, KY. That is one […]...2024

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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 11.06.24
The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 11.06.24 Guys, I’m starting to think that democracy might not be all it’s cracked up to be. Thankfully I can pay attention to something tonight without doomscrolling on Twitter until 1AM because I literally can’t sleep. I’ve been trying to doomscroll on BlueSky (rspwfaq.bksy.social of course) instead lately […]...2024
• The SmarK Rant for WWF Superstars – 05.25.96
The SmarK Rant for WWF Superstars – 05.25.96 Taped from Des Moines, IA on 04.30.96 Your hosts are Vince McMahon & Mr. Perfect & Jim Ross LAST WEEK ON RAW: Diana Smith has a restraining order against Shawn Michaels! This one’s really heating up. Also say goodbye to Diesel and Razor Ramon from the Superstars […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 08.14.24
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• The SmarK Rant for WWF Action Zone – 10.30.94

The SmarK Rant for WWF Action Zone – 10.30.94 Totally forgot that I started doing this show last year. Hopefully this episode has a legendary tag team match to keep me hooked. But what are the odds of THAT? Your hosts are Vince McMahon & Todd Pettengill WWF World tag team title: Shawn Michaels & […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Old School – MSG 11.30.91

The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Old School – MSG 11.30.91 Um, I don’t know when THIS got added to the MSG collection on the Network, but it’s a pretty damn cool show. Like given the lineup I’d assume I would have done it before, but I haven’t. And I’d like to get as many […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for WCW Monday Nitro – 03.27.00
The SmarK Rant for WCW Monday Nitro – 03.27.00 Welcome to the lamest of lame duck shows, as Kevin Sullivan was fired the week before and replaced with Russo & Bischoff team, but they weren’t scheduled to start producing TV until April 10. So we get this fill-in episode that was deliberately set up to […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for GWF Supercard – 07.16.91
The SmarK Rant for GWF Supercard – 07.16.91 Taped from Dallas, TX, where there is currently a hockey team still in the playoffs. Sigh. Your hosts are Craig Johnson & Scott Hudson As usual, the first 10:00 of the show are a recap of the tournament thus far. Global TV title tournament round two: RASTA […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 05.08.24

The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 05.08.24 Live from Edmonton, AB, who can go SCREW THEMSELVES until the playoffs are over. Your hosts are Tony Schiavone & Excalibur Adam Copeland is having kind of bad day, so tonight it’s a no DQ match against Brody King so he can work out his aggressions. Orange […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 05.01.24
The SmarK Rant for AEW Dynamite – 05.01.24 Live from Winnipeg, MB. I chose not to attend this year, by the way. Your hosts are Taz, Tony Schiavone & Excalibur Tony Khan joins us from Jacksonville, still wearing his neck brace like a trooper. Sadly the signal is interrupted by someone unknown, which leaves Matthew […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for AEW Collision – 11.09.24

The SmarK Rant for AEW Collision – 11.09.24 Haven’t watched this show in a while but the buzz from last week’s episode was really good so back to it. Nearing 1000 follows on Bluesky, by the way. Jump into the action of actual positive wrestling discussion and not toxic ratings discourse over at rspwfaq.bsky.social. And […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for ECW Wrestling on TNN – 08.04.00
The SmarK Rant for ECW Wrestling on TNN – 08.04.00 We’re immediately joined with Rhino putting Nova through a table and pinning him to retain the TV title. Taped from Houston, TX Your hosts are Joey Styles & Joel “I was with this stripper named Alexis, she couldn’t believe how good my sex is, when […]...2024
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• The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Old School – MSG 09.26.77
The SmarK Rant for WWE Network Old School – 09.26.77 Well I guess we should finally review the show that Cody Rhodes has been going on about for months. Although these 70s WWWF shows are certainly not my favorite period to review. Taped from MSG Your host is Vincent Kennedy McMahon, who hopefully didn’t sexually […]...2023
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• The SmarK Rant for WCW Power Hour – 01.26.91
The SmarK Rant for WCW Power Hour – 01.26.91 Your hosts are Jim Ross & Paul E. Dangerously, coming to you from somewhere likely too ashamed to reveal the location. The Minotaur v. Keith Hart Oh my stars and garters, I get to see STEVE DISALVO on a 1991 WCW show against a jobber named […]...2023
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