Battleground

Before we get into the show, we pay respect to two amazing wrestlers who we lost. We give a moment of silence for Shad Gaspard and Hana Kimura. Today on the show, we're joined by the Ultimate Predator. We dive into his wrestling career, hetalks hot takes, how he got involved with the Nashville Predators and how he came up with the Ultimate Predator name! Also, if you'd like to help out Shad's family you can grab one on of his shirts https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/shadgaspard or https://store.collarandelbowbrand.com/collections/mens/products/beast. At this time, reports are saying a fund will likely go through Bushiroad. Once we get more information, we'll post it!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's episode, KB and Lana welcome Lauren Moran to the show to talk about her favorite matches of all time, that Becky Lynch design that went viral, and her new "Exalted One" Brodie Lee shirt you can find on the AEW shop right now!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sorry about your damn luck! On today’s show we have one half of the NWA world tag team champions, the “Cowboy” James Storm drops by to talk about all things wrestling! We dive into his beginnings with USWA, signing with WCW, being with TNA/Impact for almost 15 years, becoming World Champ, his brief stint in NXT and the recent rebirth of the NWA. We also get him to address some comments one Eric Bischoff recently made about him. This is a conversation you do not want to miss! Also, make sure you show your support for James and grab his merch at https://www.lastcalloutlaw.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on the show, Battle is joined by special guest Justin Del Rio! Justin is the founder of Nerds of Wrestling on Facebook. We talk about how he got into wrestling, creating the group, his podcast and MORE!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Catch up with Lana and KB as they discuss the best matches of the week, Money in the Bank this weekend, and homework we all need to do before their next guest co-hosts next week!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the show today, Battle and Eli sit down with The 'Original Gangsta' New Jack! Yep, you read that right! We talk about his episode on Dark Side of The Ring, his career, being banned on twitter PLUS more! He also tells an interesting story about doing stand up comedy with Rowdy Roddy Piper!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lana hops on the podcast to brief you on the week of women's wrestling and events leading up to Money in the Bank. We also hear from Lana's mom and she tells us her favorite match of the week! PLUS info on next week's guest!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the show today, 2019 Ring of Honor Wrestler of the Year, Matt Taven calls in. We catch up on what he's been doing while in quarantine, the future of ROH, could he be getting back with an old tag team partner, he calls out past guest of the show, Vinny Marseglia. Matt also tell's an interesting story that involves Tiger King and MORE!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Queen of the Ring, Alex, joins the Belles of the Brawl this week to discuss wrestling, the current state of events and more! This is the first in a series of indie women’s wrestlers, content creators, artists, and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Battle and Eli are back with more from ECW, WCW, and WWE legend Raven! The second part of this interview we dive into the later part of his career in TNA/Impact and WWE. We discuss the famous WrestleMania match with Kane and the Big Show. Him showing up at AEW and his thoughts on the product and so much MORE!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the show today, Battle & Eli sit down with ECW, WCW, and WWE legend Raven. The interview was so good, we had to break it up into 2 episodes! The first part we dive into the early stages of his career, wrestling in Memphis, his first stint in WCW and ECW and how the Raven gimmick came about! Enjoy episode 1 with Raven!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's episode of Belles of the Brawl, the ladies talk about the road to Money in the Bank including that awkward moment with Shayna and Sarah, plus who will be the Man's next opponent?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In what could be one of our longest episodes, Battle, KB, and Lana recap a memorable and unique WrestleMania 36. They first start off by discussing what took place on Raw after Mania and who made their return and who got called up and how excited they were for the call up! They then put their focus on what they liked and loved for the 2 nights of WrestleMania! Also, they dive into a deeper look at the Fire Fly Fun House Match!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Belles of the Brawl, Lana discusses the tying up of some loose ends before their story's culmination at Wrestlemania, wonders what Wrestlemania look like and wants to know if can you even call it Wrestlemania? Lana tries to answer all this and more on this week's episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Something that we are big fans of on the show is Vice’s Dark Side of The Ring. For those of you that don’t know Dark Side of The Ring airs on Tuesday nights on Vice and has told the darkest stories of professional wrestling such as the Montreal Screw job, Macho Man & Miss Elizabeth, and this upcoming season Owen Hart, Road Warriors, Chris Benoit, and more! We’re joined today by the executive producer and co-creator Evan Husney!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are stoked to have one of the best and brightest stars on the independent scene on theshow today. He has been featured in GCW, Black Label Pro, CZW, Beyond Wrestling, locally inSUP and SCI, and even popped up on Impact Wrestling last year. On Dec 8th 2019 here inNashville, he defeated Nick Gage to become GCW World Heavyweight Champion after Gage’shistoric 722 day reign as champion. Joining Battle, Eli, and KB is non other than Indie Superstar AJ Gray!If you enjoyed this episode, could we ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and helps us out tremendously to spread the word about the show.Email: thebattlegroundpodcast@gmail.comMerch: https://whatamaneuver.net/collections/battleground-podcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/battlegroundpodcastTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/battlegroundihrFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/battlegroundpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/battlegroundpodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information

Belles of The Brawl (lite) returns this week for a very brief overview of what the road to Wrestlemania looks like in the middle of a pandemic. Brandi Rhodes is now a top tier meme, and an injured superstar returns and makes KB cry. Plus, NEW indie match suggestion of the week!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the show today, Battle and Eli discuss what took place last week with WWE and AEW. They dive into how AEW made their show fun for the fans with the wrestlers being ringside. The appearance of Brodie Lee and Matt Hardy. WWE making shirts for Wrestlemania saying 'I Wasn't There' and we discuss the heartbreaking season 2 debut of Chris Benoit's Dark Side Of The Ring.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Belles of the Brawl, join Lana on a brief update of this week's women's wrestling, Wrestlemania, Austin 3:16 day and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been a crazy few days for Battle & Eli! The guys wanted to put out a show to take your mind off of the craziness that is going on. They're talking about 2 nights of Wrestlemania, Bret Hart on the Broken Skull Sessions and the upcoming Dark Side of The Ring series. Also, get out and support your local independent wrestler during this time!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.