Episode 57: Wrestlemania 42 Week

What a BIG show we have for you today! In the broadcasting business, especially with the music formatted stations, we used to have a term when we “went outside the rules” or “played a song or songs not on the authorized playlist”, we called that “breaking format”. It was just a term for going outside the norm and doing something outside the box or beyond the regullar programming. Well we are “breaking format” today and doing something a little different. I kick off the show with a visit with a first-time guest on the show, John Mayor McCall who has been doing a podcast for the last three years centered on the Memphis Territory in the 80s and 90s. John recently accounced that these next 4 or 5 shows will be the last and before he does that, I wanted to have him on the program here at The Rance for a conversation. He’s such a good dude, I dont think you are going to want to miss this. Then, I also recently had my wrestling buddies, Steve Gennerelli and Brian R. Solomon over to the Bunkhouse for a roundtable discussion about Wrestlemania 42. We talk all things Wrestlemania, from the basics of the brand, to what have become fans’ expectations for the show, how the show started and many of its changes through the years and we discuss this weekend’s line-up from Smackdown to Raw and the Two-Day Card over the weekend match by match. We will also run the down this year’s Hall of Fame inductees and provide plenty of analysis and commentary around those. Its a little something different and we had a whole lot of fun doing it and I hope you’ll enjoy it as well. We will return to 1976 next week with a little layover this week in Las Vegas! Chapters (00:00:02) - Podcast(00:00:33) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel(00:02:58) - I Had A Fun Evening With John Mayer McCall(00:04:03) - Tracking the World Champions for the Month of March in Professional Wrestling(00:08:06) - letters from the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel(00:15:03) - Interview at the Richards Ranch With John Mayer McCall(00:16:05) - Former Memphis wrestler on Ending His Podcast(00:19:24) - Willie and Foxy on The Handsome Podcast(00:23:40) - Pat Tanaka Send Care Package to His Sister(00:26:20) - Pod Talk: Hard to Get Talent on-Air(00:31:20) - Ken Patera On Talking To Ric Flair(00:31:52) - Tony Jones on His First Experience With WWE(00:35:56) - Jerry Lawler Knows Who My Dad Is(00:37:22) - Memphis Heat vs Bullfrog Corner(00:41:55) - John Brody on Being an Old Guy on Wrestling(00:46:01) - Ric Flair on His Favorite Person In His Life(00:48:05) - Jerry Lawler On My Son's Birthday(00:51:56) - Jerry Lawler on His Last Day(00:53:31) - John Mayer McCall On His Retirement(00:57:13) - WWE 14: The Paradigm Shift(01:05:16) - Steve Austin on WWE's WrestleMania(01:09:25) - Roman and Punk's WrestleMania Main Event(01:13:22) - The WWE Hall of Fame vs The Wyatt 6(01:16:46) - Stephanie McMahon Going In to the WWE Hall of Fame(01:24:24) - AJ Styles on The WWE Retiring Kurt Angle(01:27:46) - Demolition Is A Ripoff Of The Road Warriors(01:35:26) - Vince McMahon On Ric Flair's WWF Match(01:38:31) - Dennis Rodman Inducted Into The WWE Hall of Fame(01:41:41) - Sid Vicious Should Be In The WWE Legacy Wing(01:47:11) - Lex Luger Was Put In The WWE Hall of Fame(01:55:03) - Bad News Brown on Roddy Piper vs Hulk Hogan(01:57:08) - immortal moment(01:58:19) - WrestleMania 42(02:01:20) - The Referees Should Be More Involved in Wrestling(02:07:51) - Tony Jones on WWE Referees(02:12:27) - WrestleMania 33 Match(02:16:54) - Rhea Ripley vs Alexa Bliss(02:20:33) - Brock Lesnar vs Sami Zayn(02:24:46) - Rhea Ripley vs Jade Cargill(02:29:10) - CM Punk vs Roman Reigns(02:35:35) - WrestleMania 33 And The WWE Hall of Fame(02:37:26) - WrestleMania 3(02:41:22) - John Mayer McCall On The WWE Podcast(02:42:39) - WrestleMania 20(02:47:31) - George Goulis On The Roy Welch Legacy Episode 11