Writing the Vince McMahon Biography (w/ Abraham Josephine Riesman)

Cena and Lesnar Bleed a Lot: The April Watch-Along: April is usually the quietest month on the wrestling calendar, but not on Awesome Truth! Instead of digging through the archives to find the 'best' ho-hum Backlash match, we're watching a legendary showdown from Extreme Rules 2012: John Cena versus... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

32 min listen

WrestleMania 40 Recap: Awesome Truth's Road to WrestleMania finally stops here; we're departing from our usual format to recap the 2-night spectacular, especially the showdown between Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes. Did it live it up to the hype? Was it too much Rock or... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

43 min listen

Roman Reigns' Heel Era on WWE Evil: The last stop on Awesome Truth's Road to WrestleMania is all about the Tribal Chief himself, Roman Reigns. His episode of WWE Evil examines the life of the real Joe Anoa'i, including the recent bout with leukemia that led to time away from wrestling... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

46 min listen

Cody's Torn Pec Makes Hell in a Cell History: The Road to WrestleMania XL Watch-Along: Our next stop on the road to WrestleMania 40 is yet another look at the rise of Cody Rhodes, namely his showdown with Seth Rollins at Hell in a Cell 2022. You may know this as "the one with Cody's fully torn pectoral muscle," but it's also a match... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

39 min listen

American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes: Cody Rhodes is about to main event two WrestleManias in a row, and his return to WWE from AEW has been about the biggest success story one could imagine. So it's no surprise that, in summer 2023, they released a documentary about his life in and... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

50 min listen

Twice in a Lifetime: The Rock/Cena II Watch-Along: As Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson threatens a return to the ring and a leap into the WrestleMania main event picture, we felt we owed it to our fans to revisit the last time he had a true wrestling match. That's right, we're watching along with John Cena... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

36 min listen

Ospreay: The Rise of an International Pro Wrestler: As Will Ospreay prepares to make his full-time debut with AEW, we thought it was time to revisit his ascent through the ranks of wrestling via the 2020 documentary Ospreay: The Rise of an International Pro Wrestler. Is it a good, well-made doc? Not... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

32 min listen

Brock Lesnar Takes On Everyone: The 2020 Royal Rumble Watch-Along: If it's January, then it's time for a Rumble watch-along. Awesome Truth is revisiting a recent classic and maybe the best of all time: the 2020 Royal Rumble. It's one of the best-booked matches in Rumble history, from Brock Lesnar's attempt to take on... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

71 min listen

The Iron Claw: Despite being incredibly depressing, A24's The Iron Claw is one of the winter's biggest movies, and you better believe the Awesome Truth boys bought themselves two tickets during Christmas break. The tale of the Von Erichs has been told before but... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

47 min listen

Austin, Rock, HHH, and Undertaker in a Cell: The Holiday Watch-Along: Happy holidays! To celebrate the season, and the end of 2023, we're watching one of the Attitude Era's defining matches: the 6-man Hell in a Cell featuring Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Undertaker, Kurt Angle, HHH, and Rikishi. It's the infamous... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

40 min listen

The Legendary Al Snow on Netflix's Wrestlers, OVW, and His Top ECW Moment: What does everybody want?! That's right; Al Snow (minus Head) is on Awesome Truth. The living legend and 'star' of Wrestlers joins us to talk about his Netflix-fueled return to the wrestling spotlight, what it's like to book Ohio Valley Wrestling, and... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

41 min listen

Dolph Ziggler and Sting vs The World: The Survivor Series Watch-Along: It's our November Watch-along! Awesome Turth celebrates WWE’s favorite November gimmick matches by revisiting one of our favorite Survivor Series matches from recent history! 2014’s Survivor Series main event has it all: The Authority, a Big Show... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

53 min listen

Netflix's Wrestlers: Worth a Watch?: You may remember Ohio Valley Wrestling from countless mentions in other wrestling documentaries; it's the company where Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Batista, and Randy Orton cut their teeth. Now, however, it's gone from WWE minor league to barely... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

41 min listen

Hogan vs Giant in Monster Trucks: The Halloween Havoc Watch-Along: We really had no choice for our October watch-along: It's the spookiest match of all time, Hulk Hogan versus The Giant in a monster truck showdown at Halloween Havoc 1995, followed by an impromptu battle featuring the bearhugging debut of The Yeti.... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

37 min listen

Cassandro, the Lucha Libre Biopic on Prime Video: Pro wrestling has returned to the silver screen, or at least the streaming screen. Cassandro, the new biopic of a beloved exótico played by Gael García Bernal, is now on Amazon Prime Video, and we're talking all about it. Does the film provide a... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

39 min listen

Omega vs Bryan: The AEW Grand Slam Watch-Along: It's our September watch-along! On the heels of the recent third installment of AEW's annual Grand Slam event, we went back to the first-ever Slam to watch what many considered the modern dream match: Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson. Relive this... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

43 min listen

Angle: Kurt Angle's Olympic medal wasn't a gimmick; in 1996, he won the gold in Atlanta and became the best amateur wrestler in the world, a journey that's covered in detail in Peacock's new documentary, Angle. Peacock is taking a broader approach with their... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

33 min listen

Should We Tag In for Heels Season 2?: Against all odds, Heels is back on Starz for a second season. But just because the pro wrestling drama has returned doesn't mean we're watching; should we all stick around for another helping of the Duffy Wrestling League? Join us as we discuss the... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

40 min listen

Bulldog Beats Bret in Wembley: The SummerSlam Watch-Along: SummerSlam 2023 may be over and done, but it's still August so there's still time for a watch-along! Join us as we revisit a 5-star classic from 1992: it's the "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith versus Bret "The Hitman" Hart in front of nearly 80,000... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

42 min listen

Awesome Classic: The Miz, Shawn Michaels, and Becky Lynch Make a Marine Movie: It's rerun time on Awesome Truth! Steve had a baby and Walt is being worked to the bone, so let's revisit an old episode that made everyone smile: an in-depth discussion of The Marine 6: Close Quarters. Yes, just a few years ago, The Miz, Shawn... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

46 min listen

Bret Hart's Canada vs Steve Austin's USA: The Canadian Stampede Watch-Along: For this month's watch-along, we're revisiting one of the best main events in In Your House history: The Hart Foundation versus Stone Cold Steve Austin and friends. That's right; it's Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith, Jim Neidhart, and Brian... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

53 min listen

WWE Legends: Dusty Rhodes: Against all odds, the A&E network keeps churning out high-level WWE documentary programming, including this excellent episode of Biography: WWE Legends on "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes. With Cody's return and subsequent rise to the top of... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

46 min listen

The Story of Chris Candido and Sunny: Wrestling fans have been waiting for the Chris Candido and Tammy "Sunny" Sytch story on Dark Side of the Ring since the show premiered, and now it's finally here. Does it live up to the hype? Did we learn more about Chris and Tammy as people and... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

36 min listen

CM Punk Beats John Cena in Chicago: The Money in the Bank Watch-Along: Remember when CM Punk was the hottest thing in wrestling? And it was because of his talent and not backstage bullsh*t? We do, mostly because we just rewatched the classic Punk/Cena match from Money in the Bank 2011. Join us for our June watch-along as... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

52 min listen

Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America: The story of Vince McMahon is a difficult one to tell, especially in the wake of the retirement and resurgence that has kept the WWE chairman in the limelight despite numerous financial and sexual accusations being leveled against him. Vince is one of... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

38 min listen

Cena vs HBK vs Edge vs Orton: The Backlash Watch-Along: It's April, which means it's (sigh) Backlash season. While this year's event features stars like Cody Rhodes, Brock Lesnar, and Bad Bunny, this post-WrestleMania show is not usually a highlight for WWE. That said, to give you all the watch-along you... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

40 min listen

WWE 24: WrestleMania 38 (and Mania 39 Thoughts): WWE 24 is the most consistent documentary series on the WWE Network/Peacock, and their WrestleMania 38 episode is no exception. Even 15 minutes on Rick Boogs can't slow down this intimate backstage look at Stone Cold Steve Austin, Becky Lynch, Kevin... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

41 min listen

The Top 10 Wrestling Themes: Our 150th Episode Spectacular: We've made it to 150 episodes! To celebrate, we're diving into the rich history of pro wrestling theme songs and ranking our 10 favorites. What will make the cut? Will the glass breaking for Stone Cold Steve Austin top Triple H's Motorhead classics,... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

68 min listen

The Dawn of Tables, Ladders & Chairs: The WrestleMania Watch-Along: It's WrestleMania month, which means it's time for another world-famous Awesome Truth watch-along. This time, we're revisiting WrestleMania XVI, also known as WrestleMania 2000. And, of course, the match we're discussing is one of the greatest... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

35 min listen

WWE Rivals on A&E: Hogan vs. Andre: A&E continues to embrace pro wrestling with WWE Rivals, another documentary series that covers the greatest rivalries in sports entertainment history, and they've chosen to kick off their second season with a look back at Hulk Hogan versus Andre... by Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club

38 min listen

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