HOW Mania: The 90s Wrestling Podcast

Ash and Paul are this week joined by the amazing Alex McCarthy (TalkSPORT/Wrestling Daily) to talk all things The Rock/Rocky Maivia/The Great One from his debut at Survivor Series 1996 through to the turn of the Millenium. Listen to the HOW Mania crew recall Rocky's start in wrestling, through his days with the Nation Of Domination, The Corporation and ending the decade as one half of the beloved Rock N' Sock Connection. Please do like and share our love letter to wrestling in the 90s and if you like what we do, you can of course subscribe. You can catch us on Twitter at HOWManiaPod [https://www.twitter.com/howmaniapod], AshRoseUK [https://www.twitter.com/AshRoseUK] and HOWPaulB. [https://www.twitter.com/howpaulb]

Following on from our last episode taking a hatchet to the booking of Survivor Series 1992, Ash and Paul have this week blown up Survivor Series 1998 and tried to piece it back together as a traditional Survivor Series card. The conclusion? Well, it looks like there was a reason Vince went down the tournament route because a team elimination based card in late 1998 ain't all that pretty! Listen to what the guys came up with and then give us your spin on it by getting in touch on Twitter. How Mania: @HOWManiaPod [https://www.twitter.com/howmaniapod] Ash Rose: @AshRoseUK [https://www.twitter.com/AshRoseUK] Paul Benson: @HOWPaulB [https://www.twitter.com/howpaulb] Remember, tickets to Hooked On Wrestling's Royal Rumble viewing parties on Saturday January 29th are available now from our ticket booking site, www.hookedontickets.co.uk [http://www.hookedontickets.co.uk/]

We are back from our late Summer hiatus and with Survivor Series on the horizon, Ash and Paul are here with a new concept where they rebook the card from the 1992 edition of the event. Famously, it was the first Series without a single 'proper' Survivor Series match (Tag team double elimination matches just don't count!) but what would the show have looked like if it featured only 4 vs 4 team battles? Who would main event? Who would survive? Would we see some surprise debuts? Have a listen, mock our dreadful team names and hit us on on Twitter at @HOWManiaPod [https://www.twitter.com/howmaniapod]to tell us which of our matches you liked and what your suggestions would be for matches for the card. Thanks as always for supporting our podcast. Reviews on Apple Podcasts are always much appreciated.

We are back from our short Summer break with a banger of an episode. In the style of the old SilverVision format, we are launching our Tagged Classics theme where we review two related PPVs back to back and where better to start than with the first two SummerSlams of the 90s? In addition, we talk to one of the biggest names of the 90s, Jeff Jarrett about his My World podcast and his reigns as Intercontinental Champion in the 90s. Talking of SummerSlam, we are bringing back our live events with a SummerSlam 2021 viewing party in nine venues across the UK. You can get info and tickets from this link. [https://buytickets.at/howrestlinguk] Please also note our new social media platforms dedicated solely to viewing parties, podcasts and quizzes. You can find us on Twitter [https://www.twitter.com/howrestlinguk], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/howrestlinguk]and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/howrestlinguk] and our username on all three is HOWrestlingUK. Our HOW Mania Twitter feed [https://www.twitter.com/howmaniapod] is unchanged. Please reach out to us and chat wrestling any time on Twitter: Ash: @AshRoseUK [https://www.twitter.com/AshRoseUK] Paul: @HOWPaulB [https://www.twitter.com/howpaulb]

This week marks the 23rd anniversary of the most famous bump in wrestling history during the infamous Mankind vs. Undertaker Hell In A Cell Match at King Of The Ring 1998. Paul and Ash take a look back at this unique time in the Attitude era when Mick Foley used his unique mix of physical skills, charisma and vulnerability to make himself one of the biggest stars in wrestling, with this match being a key part of that. The guys discuss: - How the fame of the big bumps have completely warped the memories of the match as a whole. - Why the thumbtacks are just like a church in Rome. - What did the rest of the card offer behind this match? (Spoiler: Not a lot) - Where were we when we saw this match? This episode marks the end of the first season of HOW Mania. Thank you so much for your support for our first 20 episodes. We will be taking a 5-6 week break before coming back with our new bumper episode 'Tagged Classic: The glorious SummerSlams of 1990 and 1991' Tickets are still available for our massive SummerSlam viewing parties across the UK on Saturday 21st August. Find out your nearest venue and get tickets from www.hookedonwrestling.co.uk/tickets [https://www.hookedonwrestling.co.uk/tickets]. Until then, stay in touch with us on Twitter with the following @'s @HOWManiaPod [http://www.twitter.com/howmaniapod] @AshRoseUK [https://www.twitter.com/AshRoseUK] @HOWPaulB [https://www.twitter.com/HOWPaulB] @HO_Wrestling [https://www.twitter.com/HO_Wrestling]