Hammerlock Hangover
Join Steve and Jeff, two life long wrestling fans, as they discuss all the wrestling highlights and lowlights of the week. They also provide the news from around the world of wrestling, including breakdowns of ratings and trends. This show also provides unique deep dives into the legal and financial aspects of wrestling, including contracts, intellectual property, and legal disputes. The Garden of Doom is definitely not a wrestling show, nor is it easy to describe. Whatever Jeff finds interesting, he explores. This ranges from the paranormal to hard science to pop culture. Guests include Hollywood big shots, world champion martial artists, clergy, alternative theorists, and podcasters from around the world. There’s a special obsession with pan cultural commonalities, current and from the distant past.
Episodes
May 10, 2024 • 122 mins
This week, we look into all the recent bad behavior in the wrestling industry! From Ric Flair's stupor at a pizza restaurant, to the AEW women enduring sexual harassment during their recent matches. Also, we look at Tony Khan's recent behavior as the "leader" of AEW and how he's been terrible at kayfabing a broken neck. We open up the Listener Mailbag to answer questions on recent WWE roster cuts and run down the WWE roster to see ...
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May 5, 2024 • 131 mins
Jeff and Steve grab the reins of this week's show to review WWE Backlash from Lyon, France. Was the crowd REALLY that much of a distraction? Steve puts over AJ Styles vs Cody Rhodes. Now that they're tag champs, Jeff speculates when Jade will turn on Bianca, while Steve predicts why it will be Bianca instead. The Bloodline expands...the boys argue over why Vince McMahon would be highly disappointed. In AEW news, we continue to exam...
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April 28, 2024 • 113 mins
Jeff does a rare solo show that begins with a mea culpa. He provides some annoyingly vague update on talks between AEW & WBD. He weighs in on legal matters like the Defense Answer and Motion in Grant v McMahon et al, the new FTC rule (related to releases?), shares for sale and related items. What did Kenny imply about Rossy? Who’s Rossy? Jeff liked, and disliked, Dynasty and has other arguments with himself. All this plus Swerv...
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April 22, 2024 • 112 mins
Negative 1 wasn't the only bad kid at WrestleMania, Bad Guy Jack was too...sort of. He shares his excellent adventures in Philly. Jeff and Ron also discuss whether WWE is squandering the renewed interest in the product with weak episodes of Raw. Did WWE disresepct Damien Priest again? Did Tony disrespect the AEW title and AEW itself by opening Dynamite with the IWGP/New Japan Pro Wrestling champion, Jon Moxley? Did AEW regain any m...
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April 16, 2024 • 147 mins
This week...Jeff and Steve review WWE Wrestlemania 40 as the dawn of a new era begins to set. We explore what the "new era" exactly means and what differences in booking and production have taken place since WM. We ponder what's next for all the major WWE champions like Bayley, Sami Zayn, and Cody Rhodes. In AEW News, we look at the fallout from the CM Punk/Wembley footage airing last week on AEW Dynamite. Was this a good idea? Is ...
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April 5, 2024 • 107 mins
Join Jeff and Steve as they run down the WWE Wrestlemania 40 card and discuss the CM Punk/Ariel Helwani interview, the odd way to begin AEW Dynamite this week, NXT Stand and Deliver predictions, ratings, and Vince McMahon's love letters.
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March 31, 2024 • 117 mins
This week...Jeff and Steve review The Rock putting an EPIC beatdown on Cody Rhodes; did this go too far? Who did this segment bring to tears? We discuss it all including what current booking eludes to Cody giving The Rock the main event at WWE Wrestlemania being the plan all along? CM Punk, Drew McIntyre and Seth Rollins tease their match-up for WM. Is this the right role for CM Punk? Also, which host speculates a Damien Priest cas...
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March 23, 2024 • 114 mins
This week...Steve and Jeff cover Mone debut Part Deaux as well as the week in wrestling. We question what is Mercedes the CEO of? And, Steve fantasy books a new nWo with the artist formerly known as Sasha Banks as the leader. We also have an "almost" exclusive piece of breaking news from our special guest, one of the fastest growing wrestling-focused YouTube channels, MARVIN THE MOVIE MONSTER from Tooney Town Wrestling! We discuss ...
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March 17, 2024 • 129 mins
Ron & Jeff cover the week in wrestling, but not before getting side tracked on a variety of items, like Ron's grade school days and Jeff's latest spin off project. Then we talk about...NXT! Oh yeah, we discuss Mercedes Mone's debut; how the choice of car can really make a difference; and how done is Wardlow? The other noteworthy AEW bits are discussed like Max Caster's week on social media and what is happening in Darby-world. ...
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March 10, 2024 • 95 mins
This week Jeff and Steve discuss Sting's retirement at AEW Revolution and ponder where Sting lands amongst the greatest wrestlers of all time. We review AEW Dynamite's new look, Okada's debut...was pairing him with the Young Bucks the best choice? With AEW Dynasty being unveiled as a new April PPV, is AEW looking to setup the Undisputed Kingdom as their new undisputed dynasty? The boys speculate on what MJF have to do with the new ...
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March 2, 2024 • 125 mins
In this episode, Jeff and Steve bring your AEW Revolution 2024 Predictions. We run down the card and attempt Meta AI to try and improve the booking of some of the matches. Jeff and Steve debate over the right for fans to boo or heavily criticize talent, like Maxxine Dupri, at live events. The boys bring you their final thoughts on WWE Elimination Chamber and analyze how the Grayson Waller segment lays out clues to Seth Rollins even...
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February 25, 2024 • 142 mins
Ron & Jeff take you through the week in wrestling including Vince talk (because no one is tired of that); O’Shea Jackson Jr tried to give Tony Khan constructive criticism; and all the news, notes & a few rumors. Who’s the NXT promised surprise? Was Deonna Purazzo v Madison Rayne the worst tv match by 2 veterans? Elimination Chamber predictions (we did pretty good) including how Bobby and Knight were protected.
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February 18, 2024 • 123 mins
In this episode, Jeff and Steve deep dive into the AEW roster, including all the new CMLL talent. Find out if Ultimo Guerrero is related to any Guerrero, and his connection to The Ultimate Warrior. Also, a lot of criticism of the AEW rankings and career Wins and Losses. Plus, we fantasy book Seth Rollins vs The Rock and Jon Moxley with midgets.
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February 11, 2024 • 114 mins
Steve and Badguy Jack open the show discussing the WWE press conference to end all press conferences. Will Cody Rhodes vs Roman Reigns remain the main event of Wrestlemania 40 or can we still expect The Rock to push his way in to the match? We break down all the possibilities and why the WWE can't run back the same main event from last year. Also, how "ROYAL" is the Rhodes family in professional wrestling? We examine all the other ...
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February 3, 2024 • 166 mins
LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED. On this special edition episode, Jeff and Steve review the 67-page legal complaint against Vince McMahon and WWE involving his alleged sexual misconduct, abuse, and sex trafficking. Jeff helps us break down what all the legal mumbo-jumbo means as we run down the timeline from how McMahon met Janel Grant to Linda McMahon finding out about his affair, and to the Non-Disclosure agreement. Will this go to t...
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January 21, 2024 • 127 mins
It’s a Legion of Doom episode where the Bad Guy and Evil Dos are running this joint. We start with the mailbag and a meander into the Batman is evil conspiracy. From there we have you covered on the Hook v Samoa Joe controversy, Seth Rollins & Jinder Mahal, all your wrestling news and rumors, R-Truth is amazing, and ratings! We also devote a bunch of time to NXT. What’s up with Trick-Melo game? Is the Dusty Cup too storyline dr...
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January 13, 2024 • 138 mins
Hammerlock Hangover continues bringing you the latest wrestling news! On this week's episode, Jeff and Steve discuss Tony Khan's first Twitter meltdown of 2024. Find out how it started and the cast of other wrestling stars that got involved as Tony came to defend his booking of Hook. In our AEW Dynamite review, we toss around ideas on who's next for Samoa Joe; The Young Bucks return: are we slated to see Darby Allin and Sting vs Th...
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January 6, 2024 • 151 mins
Jeff, Ron and Steve guide the SS Hammerlock into 2024 with analysis on The Rock calling out Roman Reigns. What does this mean for Cody Rhodes? Will he be able to finish his story? We look at the odds of Rock vs Roman at Wrestlemania vs at Elimination Chamber in Australia. Steve shares his live experience at AEW's Worlds End PPV. You'll never guess how much an AEW World Title costs at a live show! We examine why the merch selection ...
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January 5, 2024 • 33 mins
With all the latest news on Non-Disclosure Agreements in wrestling, we've decided to drop a bonus episode to have our in-house legal expert, Jeff, to help explain what you need to know about NDA's in professional wrestling. Are all NDA's necessarily bad? What reasons would organizations need confidentiality agreements? Tap in to find out!
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December 31, 2023 • 149 mins
Join The Hammerlock Hangover as we ring in the New Year with our 2024 #Wrestling Predictions! Who will be 2024 top stars in #WWE, #AEW and indys? What wrestling feuds are we looking forward to in 2024? Plus, we bring you AEW Worlds End predictions, Chris Jericho XMas tweets, and the latest in wrestling news.
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