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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BONUS: AWA SuperClash III (Lawler vs Von Erich)
This was a first watch for both of the Marks, Troy & Greg. The show itself wasn't really good, but it was certainly a time capsule into the dying territories of 1988. What could possibly go wrong when multiple rival territories hold a super show with...
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Episode 29: WWF D-Generation X: In Your House
It was the 19th In Your House of all time, it was the final WWF pay-per-view of the year 1997, it was themed for D-Generation X, and Shawn Michaels main evented against Ken Shamrock in a WWF Title match. That's about all we can say about it... It...
80 min
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Episode 28: WCW Starrcade 1996 (The Match of th...
1996 was a banner year for professional wrestling in the WWF and WCW with World Championship Wrestling's biggest show of the year, Starrcade, being no exception! Co-host Greg remembers watching this play out before his very eyes as a pre-teen while...
86 min
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Episode 27: ECW Massacre on 34th Street 2000
ECW was literally a walking corpse, but they were still trying to put on some good shows (by their standards) in December of 2000 in the Hammerstein Ballroom on 34th Street in New York City. While co-host Marks, Troy & Greg, have made their feelings...
80 min
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Episode 26: WCW Starrcade 1990: Collision Cours...
The dark fog of the Black Scorpion and his mysterious identity hovered over Sting for month and are finally coming to a head at the NWA/WCW's biggest show of the year, Starrcade. Also on the show is an international tag-team tournament for the Pat...
91 min
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Episode 25: WWE Survivor Series 2006 (20th Annu...
This one takes co-Mark, Troy, back to his teenage years and reminds the other co-Mark, Greg, of why he became a fan in the first place. However, besides it being the 20th annual Survivor Series, there wasn't anything really groundbreaking on the show....
86 min
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BONUS: WWF Survivor Series 1987 (The First One)
It's our November bonus show, and Jacob Grondy is back! They reminisce about their childhoods, video rental stores, their love of classic wrestling, and what organization brought the most heat in the '80s with their product! The main event was a...
84 min
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Episode 24: TNA Victory Road 2004 (The 1st Pay-...
TNA was finally out of the era of "weekly pay-per-views" and are now on FS1 with iMPACT! Because of this, we're starting monthly Sunday pay-per-views, and this was the first one that went for 3 hours! This was the era of TNA that was referred to by...
91 min
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Episode 23: WWF Survivor Series 1996 (Back to A...
The follow-up to our review of the WWF's October 1996 pay-per-view, In Your House: Buried Alive! This show was red hot from Madison Square Garden! Co-host Greg reminisces about watching this show live with friends and, for one of the first times of...
70 min
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Episode 22: WCW/nWo World War 3 1998
It was the fourth and final World War 3 event and Kevin Nash had the "power of the pen." Hijinks ensue as Big Sexy runs wild! WCW World Champion Goldberg was there, they made a big deal out of it, but he didn't compete. That's so WCW... Also,...
83 min
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Episode 21: WWE Raw, 10.28.2002 (Triple H vs Ka...
It's the 20 year anniversary!!! On a pre-Halloween 2002 Monday Night Raw on TNN (not the USA Network), Triple H continued his tasteless angle of using a sex doll as a stand-in for Katie Vick, who was Kane's kayfabe prom date in high school that died...
83 min
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BONUS: TNA Bound For Glory 2010 (They're Here!)
It's another BONUS SHOW for the month of October! Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, and company have been runnin' wild (BROTHER!!!) on TNA since January. So far, they've been playing it straight, but Sting, Kevin Nash, and others haven't been buying with...
84 min
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Episode 20: WCW Halloween Havoc 1994 (Rage in t...
For the first time, the Marks (Troy & Greg) have done an about-face after realizing that the advertised Halloween Havoc 1993 (and all news involved) was a stinker that they just couldn't get much out of. So today, they're covering the 62nd time Ric...
95 min
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Episode 19: WWF In Your House: Buried Alive
The Marks head back to the year 1996, which cohost Greg dubs "The nWo & Shawn Michaels Year." On this event, the Undertaker and Mankind feud takes a strange turn to where the only way to win their match is to bury the other man alive! How's that for a...
94 min
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Episode 18: NWA Halloween Havoc 1989 (The Thund...
This was the very first and very last Halloween Havoc under the NWA banner. By 1990, it would be WCW Halloween Havoc. For this first event, we're treated to Ric Flair & Sting taking on Terry Funk & The Great Muta an electrified steel cage with...
92 min
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Episode 17: WCW Fall Brawl 1997 (Four Horsemen ...
This is one of the biggest moments of Curt Hennig's run in WCW and the peak of the New World Order. Arn Anderson just retired and gave "his spot" in the Four Horsemen to Hennig right before they took on the NWO in War Games. Jeff Jarrett has been...
87 min
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BONUS: WCW Fall Brawl 1995 (Hulkamaniacs vs Dun...
1995 is notorious for being one of the worst years for all wrestling promotions in the United States. However, it was the first year WCW ever turned a profit and there are actually a few gems throughout this year. Fall Brawl 1995 is probably one of...
83 min
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Episode 16: WWF Raw is War 9-22-97 (Austin Stun...
This is one of the greatest, most historic episodes of Monday Night Raw that the WWE has ever produced. Emanating from the World's Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden, there was so much history that took place on this show. This was the final...
83 min
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Episode 15: UWF Blackjack Brawl 1994
Probably one of the most fun podcasts the Marks have recorded, they're focusing on an absolutely insane and terrible show. After "Dark Side of the Ring" on Vice TV covered the life of Herb Abrams, the Marks have been wanting to talk about him and his...
90 min
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Episode 14: WWF Saturday Night's Main Event XXIII
This may not have been one of the more memorable Saturday Night's Main Events of all time, but it sure featured quite an array of talent as well as built up to Survivor Series 1989. Hulk Hogan defends his WWF Title against Ted DiBiase while the...
90 min
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Episode 13: ALL IN 2018 (The AEW Pilot)
Whether or not we knew it at the time, ALL IN 2018 was basically the demo tape for what would become All Elite Wrestling. It was billed as "The Biggest Independent Wrestling Show Ever," and featured talent from NWA, ROH, MLW, NJPW, CMLL, and more....
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Episode 12: ECW Born to be Wired 1997
It's not on the WWE Network, but the Marks have their ways of watching. Rob Van Dam faced Tommy Dreamer, Taz took on Al Snow (who was transitioning from Lief Cassidy), Shane Douglas took on a very young Lance Storm (with a rat tail!!!), the Dudley...
77 min
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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...
91 min
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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