The Wrestling Purists
This is a professional wrestling podcast spanning the globe. Ryan and Jeff are two lifelong fans of professional wrestling who look at shows from the past and bring them to the present.
Episodes
Off the heels of covering Mania 12, Ryan and Jeff discuss Mania 13 from the following year!
Ryan and Jeff return from hiatus just in time for the Road to WrestleMania! Up this week is the Mania from 1996, featuring a classic between Royal Rumble winner Shawn Michaels and WWF Champion Bret Hart in their infamous Iron Man match.
Ryan and Jeff do a brief deep cut into Royal Rumble 2026, THEN talk about Takeover: Philly from 2018.
Ryan gives his feedback on yesterday’s Royal Rumble PLE!
The guys are joined by Travis (Wrestling Recommendations) to decide which Royal Rumble match is the best!
Ryan and Jeff give out their awards for pro wrestling in 2025!
The guys are joined by TANTALIZING TONY to talk about the career of John Cena!
The guys welcome Travis Lassiter (Wrestling Recommendations) back to the pod to talk about WCW Starrcade 1992! This show also features the Lethal Lottery and Battlebowl 2! Go figure that the two best matches have nothing to do with any of that! Listen to us talk about that, plus some current wrestling!
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With Survivor Series: War Games wrapping up last weekend, it felt right for the guys to cover one of the better recent Survivor Series events, from 2019!
WE’RE BACK! After a 3 month hiatus, Ryan and Jeff come back together to talk about World Wrestling All-Stars and their inaugural show “The Inception” from 2001.
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Ryan and Jeff are back with Eddy from Wrestling Recommendations…AND Next Generation Wrestling: Tennessee (NGW), which is the promotion covered on this episode! They talk about NGW’s return show post-pandemic, The Party Bowl from 2021. Of course it was good, but how good was it? Listen to find out!
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Breaking news!
WWE has sold its streaming rights to ESPN and Disney! Hear Ryan’s thoughts as he shares the news.
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The guys welcome back Travis Lassiter (Wrestling Recommendations) to talk about WWF Summerslam from 1995!
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Following the passing of Hulk Hogan, the guys share a “retrospective” on his career and life.
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Ryan talks about and reviews the most anticipated TNA event in quite some time, Slammiversary 2025! Was it worth the hype? Listen to hear his thoughts!
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The guys welcome Travis (Wrestling Recommendations) back to the pod as they watch Ric Flair’s Last Match from 2022. A card put on by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) has the legend main eventing in his first match since 2011. Should he have come out of “retirement” to have a “final match”? Is this card any good? Listen to us and find out!
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In honor of Evolution (2025), Ryan and Jeff finally talk about the inaugural Evolution. Headlined by a championship match between Ronda Rousey and Nikki Bella, the historic event also featured the finals of the Mae Young Classic and a classic Last Woman Standing match!
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Ryan covers all FIVE wrestling shows, starting from ROH Supercard of Honor and finishing with WWE Evolution!
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Ryan and Jeff take a look at AEW’s 2nd PPV in company history, Fyter Fest from 2019! Featuring their first ever “Unsanctioned Match”, a star-studded 6-man tag, and a solid opener, this is sure to be as good as “Double or Nothing” the previous month, right? You’ll have to listen to our thoughts to find out!
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Ryan talks about his trip to New Jersey from Sunday for FIGHTT Pro’s “Enter the Fightt ROUND 2”!
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