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ChroNoSo #33 - WWF Madison Square Garden Dec 1989, Superstars, PrimeTime

It’s… ChroNoSo! The North-South Connection Podcast Network takes you down memory lane each month by exploring one match from WWE history.
This month on ChroNoSo, the crew dives into WWF from December 1989. They also cover other matches, segments & events from WWF Superstars, Big Matches from Primetime Wrestling, VHS matches, and MSG from December 1989 into January 1990! Including Piper vs Rude in a Steel Cage with Scott Keith.
 

Row 1, Seat 1 #79: Dylan Hager

Ben welcomes on fellow Superfan Dylan Hager to this week's show! @dhagerj15 and Ben discuss the life of a traveling fan, finding a community in wrestling, and our history of attending hundreds of shows. A fun show so check it out!

This Week in the NFL 2024: Week 1

This Week in the NFL is back! Your favorite three-man booth returns just in time for kickoff! With the 2024 NFL season starting tonight, be sure to join Cowboy, Senior, and John for this jam-packed preview. The guys take you through each division, make their picks, and talk through all the biggest stories heading into the season. Football is back, baby!!

X-Position: An X-Men Podcast #11- X2

Before delving into the second season of X-Men: The Animated Series, our periodic explorations of the X-Men on film continues with another special episode! Up next for the burgeoning 20th Century Fox franchise is fan-favorite sequel X2: X-MEN UNITED. Jenny and Tim are joined by Keith Langston for a retrospective on the 2003 summer spectacular that in many respects established the template for big budget superhero blockbusters. As a paltry $75 million production, 2000's X-MEN was very much a story of managed expectations. However, by achieving the rare hat trick for a comic book movie of being faithful to the source material, receiving critical acclaim, and (more importantly) making money, a sequel was all but assured. Time had only been kind to the principal players: director Bryan Singer saw his stock rise considerably on the back of the film's success, and Hugh Jackman's performance as Wolverine proved to be a star-making role. Halle Berry, meanwhile, had since gone on to win a historic Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002. Producer Lauren Shuler-Donner cemented her reputation as a hitmaker, and was rewarded with a vastly increased budget to do the same - but more! - with X2: X-MEN UNITED. Suffice to say, everything is a little more polished this time around. The costumes, the props, the make-up, the sets, the effects, and particularly the action, are all a cut above X-MEN's modest trappings. X2's set pieces are grand and memorable individually, in ways its predecessor's are not. And while the fight choreography stands out for its jarring and dated generous use of "wire-fu," this was very much in keeping with the style at the time. Other early 2000s aesthetics threaten to date the film, but instead have a grounding effect - anchoring the fantastic elements in a reality that feels tangible and familiar. From Bobby Drake's domestic troubles to Jean's unfortunate triangle hair, it feels like these charactergs and conflicts occupy the world outside your window (or at least that of 2003). The overall result is incredibly important and effective in selling the metaphor of mutants as a real-world persecuted minority. All told, it's tempting to look back on X2 and call the film dated. A fallacy that implies it has aged badly. On the contrary, X2 simply remains both as good and as bad as it ever was. What stands out as glaringly messy today - in terms of plot, characters, and pacing - didn't work in 2003 either. But what the picture gets right - the cast, the performances, the effects and action scenes - still holds up remarkably well. Though once considered the gold standard in superhero filmmaking, the reality is that X2 has always been characterized by high peaks and low valleys. It's to no great shock that it has since been surpassed in prestige by subsequent efforts; after all, X2 is competing with another 21(!) years worth of genre films. Uneven though the movie may be, X2's reputation isn't sustained merely on the strength of nostalgia. It truly cashes in on the inherent, restrained potential of the first film, taking the franchise to new heights. In that sense, it can be said that X-MEN walked so X2 could fly.

NoSo Draft #5 - Wrestlers Who Played Football

NoSo Draft #5 - Wrestlers Who Played Football
In this episode of NoSo Draft, host JT Rozzero & Ryan Gray welcome Kelly Nelson & Mike Rossi to compete in a draft to build the best roster of Wrestlers who played Football!
Tune in, play along, and then VOTE for the best roster in the comments below!
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NoSo Post Show - Bash in Berlin 2024

WWE Bash in Berlin 2024 from Berlin Germany is over. It's time for NoSo Post Show to give their thought on the event. From Live to Tape on YouTube, Ryan Gray and Richie Mars give you their thoughts on the PLE. 
 
Check out the YouTube channel for the video version. 

Hail To The Keith # 4 - The Big Election

Join us this week on a very special Hail to the Keith as Kethie welcomes Rich Rubino; an independent political analyst, historian and an author of five political books.
Rich has appeared on national TV and is a frequent guest on numerous radio stations across the country.
Together Rich & Keithie discuss a variety of topics that are concerning the American public this election season and provide you, the listener, a breakdown of truths so you can be informed at the polls. 
Check out Rich's website @ richrubino.com, watch all his videos on YouTube and buy his books (multiple times) on Amazon.

WWE Bash in Berlin Preview!

It’s WWE Bash in Berlin season and Ryan Gray is joined by a rotation of fellow wrestling fans to preview every match on the card!
Ryan and JustLayingDown (JLD) discuss Dominik Mysterio & Liv Morgan vs Damian Priest & Rhea Ripley at the WWE Bash in Berlin.
Ryan and Richie Mars discuss Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre vs Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair, for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship at the WWE Bash in Berlin.
Ryan and Mikey Gregoire Jr. discuss CM Punk vs Drew McIntyre in a Strap match at the WWE Bash in Berlin.
Ryan and Mike Rossi discuss GUNTHER vs Randy Orton, for the World Heavyweight Championship at the WWE Bash in Berlin.
Ryan and Pudgy Mike discuss Kevin Owens vs Cody Rhodes for the WWE Championship at the WWE Bash in Berlin.
Enjoy this Bash in Berlin Preview Video!!

Wrestling War Zone: The Monday Night Wars #130 - WWF In Your House: A Cold Day in Hell

In this episode of Wrestling War Zone: The Monday Night Wars, JT Rozzero & Chad Campbell dive into WWF In Your House: A Cold Day in Hell!
They catch up on their personal lives for a few minutes and then get into Rocky Maivia's struggles, a surprisingly fun night of action, Ahmed Johnson trying to end the Nation, Ken Shamrock's in ring debut, the Hart Foundation stalking Steve Austin, a big time World Title Match and much more.
So sit back, settle in and join JT and Chad as they work their way through the one and only Monday Night Wrestling War era!

ChroNoSo #32 - WWF Superstars, PrimeTime, No Holds Barred & Rank the 80s Golden Era Star

It’s… ChroNoSo! The North-South Connection Podcast Network takes you down memory lane each month by exploring one match from WWE history.
This month on ChroNoSo, the crew dives into WWF from December 1989. They also cover other matches, segments & events from WWF Superstars, Big Matches from Primetime Wrestling, VHS matches, and NO HOLDS BARRED & Ranking the Top Singles Stars of the 80s Golden Era!