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Our rewind series comes to a close with the match that sits atop the STAR rating board. We are of course talking about the final episode from season 3, Kazuchika Okada with Gedo vs Kenny Omega with t…

Our TIA Rewind series is nearly over as we look back to the very first episode of the accursed season 9 of This is Awesome and one of the best matches in the history of the original NXT. 

This is Pet…

Live from Comiskey Park in Chicago, it is a 2 out of 3 falls contest for the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship and the season 5 entry in our TIA Rewind series!

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers takes on c…

Can a match that is over an hour long be defined by a single moment? If this entry in our TIA Rewind series is to judge, the answer is absolutely not.

From all the way back in season 4 of TIA, this i…

Our rewind series takes us back to season 7 and our first visit to CMLL -- its Lucha de Apuestas. Volador Jr and Negro Casas lucha their hearts out in front of a rabid crowd for the right to continue…

Our TIA Rewind series continues with one of our favorite episodes of Season 2 that marked our show's first look at All Japan Pro Wrestling.

Featuring one of our favorite guests, Will Wiesenfeld, this…

This rewind takes us back to the height of our pandemic-era sessions that saw at least one of our cohosts recording most of the episodes in a closet.

Today we are flashing back to season 8 and the Ri…

The retro TIA rewind rolls on and we're setting the dial on the wayback machine all the way to season 1 when we covered the classic matchup between Randy Savage and The Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMan…

CONTENT WARNING: The match discussed in this episode is highly graphic and should only be viewed by those comfortable with excessive blood and violence. Seriously.

The first episode of our TIA rewind…

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Watch Great Wrestling is a podcast from Los Angeles-based wrestling crew Muscle Temple.

Formerly known as This Is Awesome? WGW is an informal resear…

While looking for a new pro wrestling autobiography to read, Chuck discovered that many of these books have forewards written by other pro wrestlers. Naturally, he made a game out of it.

Frank and Jo…

Inspired by Matthew J. McPherson's one shot role playing game Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf, Joaquin has crafted yet another one-session game of wrestling madness to confound Frank and Chuck. For this…

All eyes fall upon the newest creative director of the WWE to see if he can set up the perfect main event for a WrestleMania taking place in the shadow of Hollywood, California. Will Paul be able to …

This episode features your croix boys taking their very first dive into the Official WWE Encyclopedia of Sports Entertainment New Edition.

Joaquin has crafted a weirdly complicated points system that…

On this off-season episode Chuck challenges Joaquin, Frank and returning guest Geoffrey Golden (@geoffreygolden) to compete against one another in a classic TIA knockout game with a fresh twist.

This…

Welcome to episode 3 of Watching the Underground! The internet’s only podcast binging, recapping and annotating AwesomenessTV's The Underground.

Your hosts are the boys of This is Awesome? - Joaquin,…

Welcome to episode 2 of Watching the Underground! The internet’s only podcast binging, recapping and annotating AwesomenessTV's The Underground.

Your hosts are the boys of This is Awesome? - Joaquin,…

Welcome to episode 1 of Watching the Underground! The internet’s only podcast binging, recapping and annotating AwesomenessTV's The Underground.

Your hosts are the boys of This is Awesome? - Joaquin,…

Another off-season episode ahead of the premiere of season 10 of the program.

First, Joaquin delights his co-hosts with details of his enlightening lucha libre adventure with his tag team partner.

TH…

It is the off-season again, so that means it is time for more silly games and nonsense talk. Joaquin kicks things off by hosting a fresh round of Muscle Temple Jeopardy. It's just like normal Jeopard…