S4E2: The 2008 Royal Rumble w/Mikey McManus

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On this week's 'sode your boys are heading to the mecca of sports entertainment to check out the rumble match with the highest Meltzer rating to date! It's the 2008 Royal Rumble which, as per tradition, sends the winner on to challenge for a world title at WrestleMania.

This match has everything... except for good pacing, good commentary, innovative eliminations, and decent music for any of the lower card wrestlers. Let's get ready to Rumble!

Entering the booth this week is producer, professional masshole and returning guest Mikey McManus! (wearemanenough.com) 

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S4E1: Bret Hart vs Stone Cold Steve Austin w/Tyson Hesse

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Imagine that for over three seasons, you have podded about the best matches in wrestling. Then you walk away. When you return one off-season later, nothing is the same. 

Or nothing's changed at all, because your boys are back once again tackling one of the WWF's premiere heavy-hitter matches - it's Bret Hart vs Steve Austin from WrestleMania 13. We cover it all in this one, from double-turns and Ken Shamrock's surprising competence as a special guest referee to the location of Canada's belt line and the dangers of head-touching.

This week, joining your boys in the booth is writer, director and animator Tyson Hesse! (@tyson_hesse) 

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TIA Off-Season - Let's Watch: Wrestling Society X Episode 1

This week, your boys gather together for the final time this off-season to check out episode 1 of MTV's Wrestling Society X. The conversation covers a range of topics including XPW, Joaquin's backyard wrestling connections, and the benefits of having a screaming ring announcer slash hype man.

Wrestling Society X Episode 1

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TIA Off-Season - 2018 Royal Rumble Surprises

On this week's pod, your boys gather together once again and turn their attention toward everyone's favorite yearly tradition. That's right... We're talkin' 'bout rumbles!

Joaquin, Frank, Chuck and Tom go around the table for both the men's and women's rumbles this year and make predictions on four categories: who will be called up from nxt, who will make a surprise return, who you WANT to win the rumble, and who you think will ACTUALLY win the rumble.

So put on your favorite hat, prepare yourself for the inevitability of Roman Reigns, and have yourself a listen.

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TIA Off-Season - Favorite Real Matches of 2017, Potential Dream Matches of 2018

In this week's Awesome off-season episode, the gang gathers together to reflect on their favorite matches of 2017 (that didn't include Okada or Omega). Then, things get a little hypothetical as they talk about what would be their ideal dream-matches for 2018. 

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TIA Off-Season - The Everything is Wrestling Quote Game Returns

Happy new year from all of your friends at This is Awesome! On this week's off-season podcast, Joaquin has resurrected his Everything is Wrestling quote game and challenges Frank, Chuck and Tom to pull out their buzzers and throw down in quote-tastic combat. 

Who will emerge victorious? What comes after a lightning round? How is the lightning round even different from the other rounds? All of these questions are asked and answered (sort of)!

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TIA Off-Season - 2018 New Year's Revolutions & Win/Loss Ratio Ruckus

In our final podcast of 2017, the whole gang gathers together for another round of New Year's Revolutions. Joaquin, Frank, Chuck and Tom choose wrestlers at random from a bowl and giving them a resolution to take into their new year. 

Then, Frank has been messing around with Cagematch.net's internet wrestling database and has put together a quick game about Win/Loss ratios - not only do we end up with a winner, but your boys also learn a thing or two along the way.

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TIA Off-Season - WWE Christmas Cookbook & A PWI Top 500 Game

Happy holidays to all of our friends in the TIA universe. This week, we kick things off with Tom giving some holiday hosting tips to Joaquin, Frank and Chuck by way of a few wrestling-themed recipes culled from the internet.

Then, Charlie hosts one of the more esoteric games of the off-season that involves the career average positions of wrestlers all-time on the PWI Top 500 wrestlers of the year list. It's more entertaining than it sounds, we promise!

If you want more information about the charity that Frank plugs during the show, please visit their website at www.worldcentralkitchen.org

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TIA Off-Season - Chris Jericho's Rock N Wrestling Rager at Sea & Season's Beatings Gimmick Matches

In this week's off-season episode, hop aboard the Ship of Jericho with Joaquin, Frank, Chuck and Producer Tom as they break down Chris Jericho's Rock N Wrestling Rager at Sea. Find out everything you need to know before you book your tickets, from which band and comedians will be performing to the importance of making sure Glacier is your +1.

Then, the boys pitch some holiday-themed gimmick matches for a brand new December network special called "Season's Beatings" that they just made up and isn't actually happening.

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TIA Off-Season - New Additions to the Women's Division & Joaquin's Faction Fractions

In this week's off-season episode, your boys talk about the most recent additions to the WWE women's division and ask important questions like: What are the implications of these two new stables? Why would WWE run the same angle on back-to-back nights? And what effect will this have on NXT?

Then, Joaquin springs yet another closest-to-the-pin game on Frank, Chuck and Tom as they play Faction Fractions (working title) and learn a little something about how long stables really stick together.

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