This Is Awesome is an informal research project with no methodology asking the question: What makes a great pro wrestling match and why?
We watch the best wrestling matches of all time, suggested by you, and then we show it to a non-fan to see if it holds up!
Back at it again with some delicious wrestling pizza for your ear mouths (that will make sense after you listen), your boys are talking the instant classic from last year's WrestleMania weekend: Shin…
What's This is Awesome doing in The Impact Zone?! Watching the X-Division Championship match from TNA's Unbreakable 2005 show, of course. This week Joaquin, Frank, and Chuck dive into their first tri…
Holy Demon Army Batman! This week Frank, Joaquin and Chuck are diving head first into All-Japan Pro Wrestling as they check out the hard-hitting barn burner that is Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi v…
Season two is here, Chico! We're kicking things off by talking about the minimalistic masterpiece that is the Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon ladder match from Wrestlemania X to determine who is the un…
In this week's off-season episode, your pod boys (Joaquin, Frank, Charlie and Producer Tom) kick things off with a discussion of the best and worst performances by professional wrestlers in movies. T…
It's another mini episode for you on this beautiful Thursday morning! This time, your boys are getting in the weeds about one of the most basic offensive maneuvers in wrestling: The Dropkick. Who inv…
In this week's episode of TIA After Dark, your boys (Joaquin, Frank, Chuck and Producer Tom) take a break from pointing at the WrestleMania sign to talk current events! With the Royal Rumble right ar…
In this week's episode, the boys (Joaquin, Chuck, Frank and Producer Tom) talk briefly about how to navigate a world with this much wrestling content to consume. Then, the hat that starts the chat ma…
This week, your boys (Joaquin, Frank, Chuck and Tom) crack open a few cans of LaCroix and start by talking about their favorite Attitude Era mid-card acts. Then, they take a look at issues 0 and 0.5 …
A hearty Happy New Year from your podcast boys Joaquin, Frank, Charlie and Tom. In this week's off-season episode we talk about wrestling related new year's resolutions. Then, it's story time as we p…
Yet another off-season 'sode for your ears to feast on. Joaquin, Chuck, Frank and Tom start things off with a conversation about finishing moves in wrestling. THEN it's game night as we play "Pick Fr…
It's still off-season time, so settle in and listen to your wrestle-boys Joaquin, Chuck, Frank and Tom talk about the term "mark" and what it means in today's wrestling landscape. Then, fire up the n…
Back again, it's another off-season 'sode from your wrestle boys Joaquin, Chuck, Frank & Tom. We're talking Beating Brock Lesnar before doing a (not-so) deep dive into the silliness of some wrestler …
It's off-season time at This Is Awesome, so thing's are going to get a little weird. Join us this week as we talk bad crowds, play "Pick From the Hat & Believe That" and hear a very special confessio…
We did it! We took Thanksgiving off! But we also watched ten great wrestling matches over the past couple of months with a bunch of great non-wrestling fans... but what did we learn?
Joining us on ho…
We're going to Disneyland and we're going to ride Space Mountain! It isn't actually the oldest ride and right now the deliciously 90s Nightmare Before Christmas has the longest line (or the Cars ride…
Ever felt deep in your heart that professional wrestling was missing something? Well let us fill that hole in your life with a corporate account at Home Depot, because we're about to misuse some furn…
Brooklyn Brooklyn! This episode is one of mystic wonder as magician's assistants Joaquin, Frank and Chuck take notes on one of the top women's wrestling matches in WWE history, Sasha Banks vs Bayley …
It is the year 1991, Wrestlemania VII, and careers are on the line as the Ultimate Warrior takes on The Macho Man Randy Savage in wrestling's greatest (only?) love story. Joaquin, Frank and Chuck get…
Look up in the sky! It's a Superman joke! Actually, that would be much more pleasant. Instead it’s Mick Foley readying himself for one of a multitude of terrible landings and damn near killing himsel…