Talking Taker

The Boys Of Summer are back to dream up our Ultimate SummerSlam cards of all tiz-iiiiime on an all new Talking Taker! Alex Doriot and Travis White are joined by their Pod Street Krew Brothers Randy Turco, Stephen Zieman, Tommy On The Spot, and Trey Ciampa for a sequel to our WrestleMania Draft earlier this year. We're taking turns building our fantasy 8-match card of the greatest matches from 37 years of The SummerSlam - and you won't believe what does AND what doesn't get picked! From classic main events to obscure title matches to, well, whatever the heck it is Randy selected, you're just gonna have to follow along to find out what surprises are in store. It's the perfect complementary podcast to the biggest party of the summer so we hope you'll join along with us and dream up what your fantasy SummerSlam might look like. Plus we've got another edition of Undertaker Sightings with some actual follow-up on Taker's relationship with Wildfire Tommy Rich from The Dead Man himself - seriously! Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!      Make sure you're subscribed to the Watchalong Wrestling YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@WatchalongWrestling] to see Tommy's adventures at this year's SummerSlam!   Pick up our new P.S.K. Motorcycle Patch Logo merch over TeePublic.com [https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/75444008-psk-patch?store_id=152053] and celebrate 25 years of the Biker Taker with us!    Listen to "Reconstruction", the new full length album from Travis White [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lwSfJZUd68ACVKjuilVXBPZ__CCvESOtI&si=puUN7fnVw4574qpI]! Stream Travis's new album of original tunes on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or wherever you love to listen!   Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on Instagram [http://www.instagram.com/talkingtaker] and Facebook! [http://www.facebook.com/talkingtaker]   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQCEMwE-R6Oazfe1ui_Fn0g] and check out all our travel vlogs from SummerSlam and Royal Rumbles past!

We're celebrating the final year of John Cena's career by revisiting his first PPV encounter with The Undertaker from 22 years ago this month with this classic episode of Talking Taker, BACK FROM THE DEAD at the top of your podcast feed! Originally released in June of 2019 as episode 93, It's Vengeance 2003 featuring Cena trying to prove himself against Big Evil in the biggest match of his career up to that point. Cena showed no fear with his non-P.C. battle raps calling out Taker in the build to this one and there's a lot of fun stuff to revisit, including a strangly heavy presence of the F.B.I.! This is also a timely episode for us to revisit as we give our instant reactions to the recently retired Goldberg's match with The Undertaker from Super Showdown 2019. Check it out and then be sure to join us on August 1st for a brand new episode as we bring on our fellow Pod Street Krew members for the Ultimate SummerSlam Fantasy Draft - you don't want to miss this one!

Put on your Nintendo Power Gloves and travel back with us 1990 for another deep dive into Mean Mark on this month's Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they take the time-traveling hearse back again to WCW to discuss his rise up the ranks in the formative days of his pro wrestling career. When we last left the man who would become The Undertaker he was scoring a win in his first ever PPV match against Johnny Ace. Now he's continuing to fly high with his Heatseeking Missile elbow drop and the devastating heart punch as he runs through another incredible crew of jobbers like Max Miles and "Ding Dong Bundy". Plus he's got a new manager watching out for him as Teddy Long sells his contract to Paul E. Dangerously which leads to an even meaner streak in his matches. It all leads up to a big showdown with Flyin' Brian at Clash Of The Champions: Coastal Crush that just might be Mark Calaway's best wrestling match to date. We'll cover all the ridiculousness of 90's wrestling including Jim Cornette's savage commentary digs at Paul E., the legendary movie character that Mean Mark definitely influenced, Tommy Rich's incomprehensible word salad, and our apologies to the family of Ray Gunkel. All that plus another round of Undertaker Sightings including the return of 6 Feet Under, Taker's recent health scare, a random sighting in the New York Times Games section, and Travis and Alex's recaps of their recent trips to Smackdown and an indie show meeting a couple of Hall Of Famers! Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!    Check out all of the Mean Mark matches discussed here on our YouTube Playlist [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuX9FHuJAwQE8Pjwyu2n495Iq22IQUKs&si=irPcwyU4vsEThDQ6]!    Pick up our new P.S.K. Motorcycle Patch Logo merch over TeePublic.com [https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/75444008-psk-patch?store_id=152053] and celebrate 25 years of the Biker Taker with us!    Listen to "Reconstruction", the new full length album from Travis White [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lwSfJZUd68ACVKjuilVXBPZ__CCvESOtI&si=puUN7fnVw4574qpI]! Stream Travis's new album of original tunes on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or wherever you love to listen!   Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on Instagram [http://www.instagram.com/talkingtaker], and Facebook! [http://www.facebook.com/talkingtaker]   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQCEMwE-R6Oazfe1ui_Fn0g] and check out our collection of figure unboxings, vlogs, video podcasts, and more!

Before he was the Dead Man, he was the Mean Man! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as we take the time-traveling hearse all the way back to early 1990 for part one of a deep dive on a prequel chapter to The Undertaker's career - his singles run in WCW as Mean Mark. Taker has often downplayed this run in interviews and talked about how there were never any plans for him down south - but was that really the case? After The New Skyscrapers collapsed, Mean Mark had a moment to shine as a singles star and we're diving deep in into his first couple of months of squash matches. It all culminated in Mark Calaway's first ever PPV singles match against Johnny Ace! Along the way to that match we cover all the absurdities of early 90s WCW including some horribly racist and drunken commentary, the Return Of Robocop, the power of the Heart Punch, Teddy Long never being able to find the camera, forgotten sponsors like Western Union and Castrol GTX, the Slam-O-Meter, the definition of "Gunkel-ing", and some big matches against the likes of Road Warrior Animal and Tommy Wildfire Rich! All that plus another loaded month of Undertaker Sightings including his big win on "L.F.G.", his appearance on "Stephanie's Places", NXT cameos, and more. Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!    Check out all of the Mean Mark matches discussed here on our YouTube Playlist [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuX9FHuJAwQE8Pjwyu2n495Iq22IQUKs&si=irPcwyU4vsEThDQ6]!    Pick up our new P.S.K. Motorcycle Patch Logo merch over TeePublic.com [https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/75444008-psk-patch?store_id=152053] and celebrate 25 years of the Biker Taker with us!    Listen to "Reconstruction", the new full length album from Travis White [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lwSfJZUd68ACVKjuilVXBPZ__CCvESOtI&si=puUN7fnVw4574qpI]! Stream Travis's new album of original tunes on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or wherever you love to listen!   Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on Instagram [http://www.instagram.com/talkingtaker], and Facebook! [http://www.facebook.com/talkingtaker]   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQCEMwE-R6Oazfe1ui_Fn0g] and check out our collection of figure unboxings, vlogs, video podcasts, and more!

We've got our python pants on for our trip in the time-traveling motorcycle celebrating 25 years of the Biker Taker on this throwback Talking Taker, BACK FROM THE DEAD at the top of your podcast feed! Originally released in November of 2018 as episode 67, It's Survivor Series 2000 featuring an overlooked classic between The Undertaker and Kurt Angle. Perhaps it's kind of forgotten about due to a random finish featuring Eric Angle? Or maybe it's truly forgotten about because the only thing anyone remembers about this match is THE UNDERTAKER'S PANTS?! We break down all the rumor and innuendo associate with Taker's most infamous look on a special segment of "Talking Trousers" including debunking the oft-repeated stories about these pants and offering our own theories. Check it out and then be sure to join us on June1st for a brand new episode as dive into part 1 of The Complete History Of Mean Mark In WCW!