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The Cheap Pop Wrestling Podcast
2011 Archives Ep #56 - 12/11/2011 - After a two month hiatus, Dale and Dave have a lot of catching up to do. We recap Daniel Bryan getting screwed out of cashing in Money in the Back, Mark Henry's dominance, the Ryder Revolution, the in ring return of Kevin Nash, the in ring return of The Rock and most importantly the in ring return of the TNA turkey suit. We also highlight the WWE returns of Mick Foley and Lillian Garcia and the releases of John Morrison and Jack Korpella. Dave has his impressions of the new videogame, WWE 12 and we finish things off with a plethora of DVD reviews featuring the new Stone Cold DVD, Ladder Match 2, TNA Fandemonium, Beyond the Mat and a movie review for the Kurt Angle lead starring slasher flick, River of Darkness. (108 min) Ep #55 - 10/15/2011 - For the first time in over half a year Dale, Dick and Dave are back in studio together again. This was a spur of the moment recording, so we did not have time to prep up a proper show and just freestyle our thoughts on the latest in wrestling and cover the new RAW GM, the latest on the Hardyz, USO's DUI troubles and more. (43 min) Ep #54 - 10/4/2011 - On this Cheap Pop, Dick and Dale keep that love for Mark Henry rolling with his latest victory as they recap Hell in a Cell PPV. They then discuss the fallout of the bizarre walk out that took place the next night on RAW. The two are optimistic for RoH's future as they rundown the first two episodes of RoH's new tv show on Sinclair Broadcasting. We then discuss a variety of news items featuring Jeff Hardy starting his 10 day jail sentence, Hulk Hogan's return to the ring, Kurt Angle's latest two movies Warrior and River of Darkness and the blazing lyrics in MVP's debut music video. Finally in DVD talk, Dick reviews WWE's Top 50 OMG Moments and Dale covers Wrestlemania XV. (113 min) Ep #53 - 9/22/2011 - This Cheap Pop is a special Mark Henry appreciation episode, as Dale and Dick celebrate Mark Henry's first world championship victory and recap the Night of Champions PPV and the fallout from the RAW thereafter. In TNA crossfire we have the latest Matt Hardy shenanigans and fail in our attempt to recap an episode of Impact. We end things on a brighter not with Dick's reviews of PWG's Kurt Russel Mania. (74 min) Ep #52 - 8/23/2011 - The Cheap Pop returns with Dick, Dale and special guest Jarrod. The three recap where they left off on the electric feud between CM Punk and John Cena by covering Money in the Bank, Summerslam and everything inbetween. We spotlight the latest WWE releases and suspensions as we say farewell to Melina, Chris Masters and Vladimir Kozlov. In TNA Crossfire we celebrate the release of Matt Hardy and speculate on the controversy between Hulk Hogan and Vince Russo and continue our wishes for TNA's demise. We finish things off with covering the latest wrestling DVDs with our thoughts on the Macho Madness set, the Best of Nitro DVD set and two classic Hulk Hogan movies. (120 min) Ep #51 - 7/5/2011 - After a temporarily hiatus, the Cheap Pop is back with Dick and Dale being joined by special guest Marcus. The three catch up on past headlines with their thoughts Edge's sudden retirement and the passing of Macho Man Randy Savage. They bring it back to recent wrestling with thoughts on CM Punk's controversial promos, heel R-Truth, Randy Orton spearheading Smackdown, SinCara, Impact Wrestling, X-Division returns and Sinclair acquiring Ring of Honor. (94 min) Ep #50 - 4/10/2011 - We deliver only the best for our 50th episode with over two hours of Cheap Pop goodness with Dick, Dave and Dale. We kick things off with our in-depth roundtable review of Wrestlemania XXVII. We then hit up some news items with our analysis of heat between Morrison and Trish at Wrestlemania, the Tough Enough premiere, WWE officially being rebranded as WWE Inc and Billy Graham wanting out of the Hall of Fame. We also have some RoH coverage with thoughts on their new tag team champs and their final episode on HDnet. In TNA Crossfire we have follow-up on Kurt Angle's plea agreement from his Actual Physical Control charge in North Dakota, and how Dave managed to watch 40 minutes of Impact before reaching his breaking point. Finally, we conclude this landmark show with our definitive thoughts on Smackdown vs. RAW 2011. (121 min) Ep #49 - 3/30/2011 - On this jam packed episode of The Cheap Pop, Dave and Dale preview the entire Wrestlemania XXVII card, and share their thoughts on the new IC and US champs. They also throw their two cents in on Kurt Angle, John Cena and Michael Cole's latest public screw ups. Dale is depressed over Mark Henry announcing his future retirement, but not as depressed as he was after witnessing the latest TNA PPV main event between Sting and Jeff Hardy. To conclude our biggest TNA Crossfire segment yet, Dave has his in-depth recap of his experience at a TNA House Show. (122 min) Ep #48 - 3/3/2011 - Take a wiff of what Dale and Dave are cooking on this episode as we cover the return of the great one himself, The Rock and his first two electrifying return promos. We also cover the returns of Undertaker and Triple H, as well as the return of Sting TNA Crossfire. The Ds are also psyched of the signing of the Mexican superstar, Mystico in WWE. Also covered is the final of NXT Season 4 and coverage of all the announced trainers of the returning Tough Enough. We wrap this episode up with a review of Big Show's documentary on his newly released DVD and a look back at the 1994 Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania X. (65 min) Ep #47 - 2/14/2011 - It is just Dick and Dale on this Cheap Pop. The duo gives the highlights of the latest RAW, Smackdown and Impact. Dale also has 411 on the latest NXT elimination and the horror of the rumors of an upcoming season 5 of the worst wrestling show of all time. We got news on WWE's leaked list of planned 2011 DVD releases that has us extremely excited, and we recap the first episode of the new Adult Swim cartoon, Mongo Wrestling Alliance. Besides the latest on Impact, we have a recap of the shenanigans that transpired in the latest TNA PPV, Against All Odds. This episode wraps up with our 5th ever listener email. (96 min) Ep #46 - 1/31/2011 - Welcome to the 2011 Royal Rumble recap edition of the Cheap Pop. Dale, Dick and Dave recap the RAW and Smackdown leading up to the Royal Rumble, and then dissect the Royal Rumble PPV itself and the fallout from the Rumble and the Smackdown thereafter where we learned the surprising individual who would be challenging The Miz for his WWE Title at the Elimination Chamber. Finally, it would not be a Cheap Pop with a ton of TNA hate in TNA Crossfire, which features Ric Flair going crazy and being abandoned in Europe, and TNA's new THEY angle being destroyed with WWE nabbing Kevin Nash and Booker T away from TNA contract negotiations. (121 min) Ep #45 - 1/24/2011 - Dick and Dale kick off this episode of The Cheap Pop recapping the latest Smackdown and RAW and are later joined in progress by Dave. We discuss the latest developments with Nexus and Barrett's new stable on Smackdown, The Corre, yes with two Rs. Also on this episode we discuss the mystery entrant possibilities on the upcoming bigger and badder 40-man Royal Rumble match. Dale has the latest on the first two eliminations of NXT season 4, and the guys even recap an episode of ROH on HDnet. In TNA Crossfire we are frothing at our demand for the return of Karen Angle on TNA TV, anticipate the second coming of They and ponder if we care if Nash returns to TNA or not. Finally Dale has two micro-reviews for two classic DVD releases in ECW Bloodsport and Blade Trinity. (95 min) Ep #44 - 1/13/2011 - On this episode of the Cheap Pop, Dale, Dick and Dave have all sorts of show to unleash. They discuss Cena's latest bogus injury, the release of Kaval and thoughts on an amazing week of wrestling featured on RAW and Smackdown. Also discussed is thoughts on the new Nexus reformation and HBK's first in ring appearance in nearly a year. In TNA Crossfire the Cheap Pop crew is just salivating over the possibilities of what Matt Hardy's debut will mean for the future of TNA and how high he will raise the proverbial bar and are distraught at the cancellation of TNA Reacion. Finally we have thoughts on NXT Season 4, the announcement on the return of Tough Enough and Ring of Honor's HDnet woes. (70 min) |