Main Event Marks
It's the best of retro wrestling! Former media personality, Troy, & walking Wrestling Encyclopedia, Greg, will teach you something and make you laugh with breakdowns of the best, worst, and funniest subjects from pro wrestling's past! These two lifelong wrestling marks and memorabilia collectors will bring you not only the fan's perspective, but all the news and backstage goodness they can dig up after-the-fact!
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Episode 11: WWF SummerSlam 1998 (Highway to Hell)
This show was at the peak of co-host Greg's fandom and at the beginning of co-host Troy's fandom. Jeff Jarrett was just starting to warn people not to piss him off as he cut people's hair for no reason, Stone Cold was white hot as he put his title on...
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BONUS: WWF SummerSlam 1988 (ft. Jacob Grondy fr...
It's time for another b-b-b-bonus show! This time, Main Event Marks host, Troy, is being joined by Jacob Grondy from the Curtain Jerkin' podcast on the Wrestling With Wrestling network. Together, they break down the very first ever SummerSlam in WWE...
78 min
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Episode 10: WCW Road Wild 1999 (WCW's Final Rid...
Hulk Hogan finally dropped the "Hollywood" moniker, started donning the red & yellow, and became a good guy again. After that, Kevin Nash agreed to put his career on the line for a shot at Hogan's WCW Title. How can it get any better (he asks,...
82 min
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BONUS: San Diego Comic Con 2020 Figure Reveals
Besides retro wrestling, the Marks are passionate about one other thing: Toys! In this bonus episode for August, Troy & Greg are running down all the latest figure reveals by AEW and WWE at San Diego Comic Con 2020, along with a few more new figures...
91 min
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Episode 9: WWE SummerSlam 2015 (The Marks Were ...
The Marks (Troy & Greg) were physically in New York City and Brooklyn all week for this show, doing typical touristy stuff and, of course, hardcore figure hunting! SummerSlam 2015 was the biggest SummerSlam ever up to that point and was the first one...
85 min
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Episode 8: NWA WrestleWar 1989 - The Music City...
It was the show that was supposed to go head-to-head with WrestleMania 5 on pay-per-view before PPV providers stabbed Ted Turner in the back and the NWA was forced to move the date of the show. The Marks (Troy & Greg) are wrapping up their review of...
89 min
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Episode 7: WWF In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
This one is a tad longer than usual, but for good reason. The World Wrestling Federation held their 16th In Your House event in Canada during the red hot rivalry between the Canada-loving Hart Foundation and the entire United States of America. With...
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Episode 6: Clash of the Champions VI
The Marks are diving into the second match in the trilogy between Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat. In the Marks' opinions, this match was even better than the first one and co-host Troy has a, possibly, unpopular opinion about the infamous 2-Out-of-3...
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Episode 5: ECW Heat Wave 1999
It was a hot one Dayton for Extreme Championship Wrestling. For as much as the Marks (Troy & Greg) disliked many things about ECW, they didn't dislike this event. In full heel form, the Dudley Boyz nearly start a riot with a blistering promo on the...
80 min
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Episode 4: NWA Chi-Town Rumble 1989
This is the match that kicked off the infamous Ric Flair/Ricky Steamboat trilogy of 1989. While this was before the Marks' time, they can appreciate some old school NWA. The show may have dragged in the beginning, but it picked up near the end. A lot...
81 min
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Episode 3: WWE Vengeance 2005
A sleeper show from a sleeper year. After one of the best, unsung WrestleManias of all time (21), Vengeance kind of played as the buffer to where the WrestleMania feuds ended and the SummerSlam feuds began. John Cena had just been drafted to RAW and...
69 min
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Episode 2: WCW Great American Bash 1996
Coming off of one of the worst pay-per-views of this era (Slamboree 1996), World Championship Wrestling brings the heat, without Hulk Hogan, just one month before the New World Order is formed at Bash at the Beach. Lots of historic stuff happens on...
78 min
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Episode 1: WWF King of the Ring 1998
"Good God almight! As God as my witness, he's been broken in half!" If that line summons up great memories for you, or if you remember Kane's 24-hour reign as WWF Champion, you're going to want to hear this in-depth rundown of King of the Ring 1998 by...
77 min