STW

[@baburaoboltoy3434]

3:08 the beginning.

[@retepoteil]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@shaolin1derpalm]

Thanks. That was the longest 3 minutes since the first couple months having sex.

[@pezzz182]

Im 32 and it feels like 100 years ago to me. 2006 was a very different time for us all. Sweet home Chicago baby!

[@chrisbills7076]

HBK vs. Eddie would have been awesome. Two of my favourites.

[@DarkPark]

Bruce's JR impersonation always cracks me up. "Well, god damn, he's from Oklahoma!"

[@RealAlphaDrum]

eeeeeeeer, uh, sassafraaaaaaaaaaaaass!

[@atenchifan]

The Edge/Mick Foley hard-core match is one of my all time favorite matches!

[@Unitenotfight]

Shelton was and still is the most talented person I’ve ever seen in a wrestling ring. Should have been, and still should be WWE champion.

[@elmer0308]

He had the talent, but not the promo. Too bad they couldn't have put him with Lesnar & Paul like they teased at Royal Rumble 2020.

[@Speedyreedy1218]

@@elmer0308 Putting him with Lesnar and Heyman, puts emphasis on...Lesnar and Heyman. He'd get lost in the shuffle.

[@elmer0308]

@@Speedyreedy1218 you mean like he did in the Hurt Business? That was all about Lashley. At least with Lesnar they had their Minnesota connection. I just liked the idea of Heyman being the mouthpiece he definitely needed. The talent was always there.

[@Speedyreedy1218]

@@elmer0308 Didn't watch the Hurt Business. But anytime Heyman associates with any other act (Big show, CM Punk, et al), it's not long before Heyman is the star in that duo, and they're not a big deal. Then he finds his way to Lesnar again.

[@Super122291]

@@Speedyreedy1218 until Roman came to

[@siqaraminmassaquoi1999]

Bruce and Conrad make my day while I'm at work listening to the podcast. Makes oblivious to the nonsense that goes on at work...thank you guys!!!!

[@AWrestlingHistorian]

“We had a call with Vince at home, and we were talking about the preliminary plans for WrestleMania. I know there’s this romanticized story about how Eddie was going to get the title, and that was the plan that he was going to get it that night or at Survivor Series. That wasn’t the plan. I think Stephanie said that, or alluded to it on the air, and that was not the plan. The plan was that he would lose, and I think they were going to return in December. We had talked about a fascinating idea; I’m not the biggest Bruce Pritchard fan, but to his credit, I believe it was Bruce Prichard who pitched putting Eddie Guerrero at WrestleMania against Shawn Michaels and doing the parallels of their careers. Being the heartthrob in Mexico and this mercurial figure south of the border, and the American version being HBK. They had never really worked, and you would’ve had such a great dynamic between the two with heel Eddie versus Shawn. That’d be your ‘tear the house down,’ high quality match at WrestleMania 22 in Chicago. Vince was like, ‘God damn, that’s really appealing. We could parallel their careers. What kind of footage of Eddie do we have outside of WCW? We could really do some impressive packages." SOURCE: The Court Bauer & John Pollock Show November 14, 2013

[@johnnydoe6717]

They weren’t gonna take the title off Batista at that point. People are so annoying with that shit

[@FIXTREME]

"It was more clothes tearing, bad wrestling" Well, sums up Torrie Wilson's career...

[@Speedyreedy1218]

😄

[@doodletaintstain8920]

I remember being at this show and man it was great to hear 75% of that building booing Cena out the door.

[@Speedyreedy1218]

The boos at the HOF and Raw after WM were equally great to hear. 😁😁😁 Not that VKM cared as he continued to push him like the top babyface anyway.

[@mattm6580]

Main event should have been Cena vs Edge (c). Edge's cash in a few months earlier was awesome. He should have held that belt until Mania then dropped it to Cena but they rushed that feud to make room for Triple H

[@optimysticquest]

100% agree.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Amen. I have a feeling that Triple H cause Edge to lose the WWE Championship to Cena so he could have his WrestleMania momentum

[@Dredsed]

Agree

[@Speedyreedy1218]

No. Cena/HHH was teased October 2005. Watch the Raw after homecoming. HHH is greeted by HBK (his future face turn partner after WM 22); Big Show, then Cena (his final opponents as a heel leading to the road to WM22).

[@Super122291]

@@Speedyreedy1218 Tru. I remember

[@ROSTAFA]

3:08 Road 2 Wrestlemania 41:09 Wrestlemania 22 Begins

[@tomseville1057]

They knew Bret wouldn't be at Mania due to a commitment, but still had Howard say he was "uncomfortable" to the Chicago crowd to make him seem like a flake again. They manage to screw him again AFTER his great HOF speech....

[@deepblue8143]

Rarely do I disagree with Bruce but I thought the Foley Edge match was just incredible. I still remember it to this day.

[@johnnydoe6717]

It did nothing for me. Edge already proved he was tough and crazy throughout his tag team years and returning from a neck injury. Foley already did this type of stuff with Orton 2 years prior. I always felt if they were gonna have Edge cash money in the briefcase on Cena the way they did it,edge should have held the title until Wrestle Mania 22. The story was with them. Then they just added HHH and Mick in there. It was annoying

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

@@johnnydoe6717 Imagine if WrestleMania 22 was like this: John Cena vs. Edge Triple H vs. Mick Foley Batista vs. Randy Orton Shawn Michaels vs. Eddie Guerrero

[@robertodimas7429]

@@lancethefilmguy9392 only shawn and Guerrero I really like from this respectfully

[@Speedyreedy1218]

@@lancethefilmguy9392 HHH/Foley happened 5x in 97, and 3x in 2000. No thanks for WM22.

[@Zacktaylormusic]

Sherrie has one of the best speeches in HOF history

[@bonesbrigader]

I second this comment

[@Dredsed]

For the ric flair line alone lol

[@gothchicksbongrips5712]

I like Joey Styles, but I'd rather have JR at WM. WM was JRs show.

[@lordtrigon1733]

Didn’t they already do Shawn vs Kurt II at Vengeance 2005?

[@dakliq420]

I definitely turned on Rey at that time and my reason wasn't because of Kurt,it was because of Eddie and how much I missed seeing him on tv. It felt like to me Eddie was gone,so now let's put Rey into that spot and we were just suppose to go along with that,the entire usage of Eddie's name in storylines in 2006 left a bad taste in my mouth. Looking back I feel a little bad about it because Lord knows that wasn't easy for Rey or anyone else to get through and Rey earned his spot.

[@elijahadkins4224]

It’s so nice to get regular stw latey

[@gothchicksbongrips5712]

Love the press your luck theme

[@BrandanTheBroker]

Being a Chicagoan I can say yep, whether it's pro or amateur, we're watching!

[@deepblue8143]

That's awesome. I wish the state of lived in was like that. I know maybe 2 fans and only one that I can text about wrestling.

[@eddead4235]

Mickie v lick best mania moment eva

[@gothchicksbongrips5712]

Watched it live. Amazing.

[@MattDeMille]

Shame on WWE for cutting it out.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

As a Chicagoan, it always made me laugh that anyone couldn't figure out why the crowd took Mickie's side right around the time she did the splits, and was rabid for her from the lick on.

[@Nicholaus13]

@@palaceofwisdom9448 Lick?

[@MattDeMille]

Mysterio was BOO'd for the same reason as "Die Rocky Die". He was overpushed . . . down everyone's throats. I was boo'ing him too. Winning the Rumble from the starting-bell was too much. Nobody could believe that. Instead of giving him credibility, it worked against him, because he was a high-flier and not an endurance-man. It just smacked of "he's the chosen one" . . . but, why? If Mysterio had entered the Rumble, say, #10, or #15, and won, that would have been more believable, and he'd have had less heat at WrestleMania.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

I know people call WrestleMania 22 HEELAMANIA because most of the faces were booed. Cena, Mysterio, Trish

[@Dredsed]

It was the Eddie storyline, ppl hated it

[@a-damthemansixtynan4463]

“Bruce, take a few minutes off of Mania and go make a new podcast. It’s good shit.” -Vince

[@kennethdonaldson16]

“God Damn Pal”

[@Dredsed]

He cuts the podcast short like he does matches lol

[@deepblue8143]

WrestleMania night one was incredible, great job Bruce!! Cannot wait for night two tomorrow!

[@gregharper6382]

So glad Bruce disagreed about the streak picking up steam! It was definitely a year or two before this match!

[@CptWhit3y]

We need more Bio episodes.

[@dw1985]

Austin's favorite building to work in was The Rosemont.

[@joaquindelossantos7140]

Absolutely right 🤙🏽

[@Dredsed]

Not much special about it tbh.

[@dw1985]

@@Dredsed No, but neither is The Garden. Its just the history that makes the buildings special

[@Dredsed]

@@dw1985 The Garden is pretty awesome compared to the Rosemont lol

[@jamie.777]

For Once! I love Bruce.. hammered Bruce is amazing, my brother

[@Y2Jerms]

3 things: 1. I heard a rumor that the reason the crowd turned on cena was because after an appearance, cena left a building and just ignored fans on the way to his ride. Triple h however, stayed, took pictures and posed for photos. 2. Why was bruce ok with the vince/hbk match but not the foley/edge match? 3. Why was it that the royal rumble winner stopped headlining some of the wrestlemanias?

[@Speedyreedy1218]

Cena was booed since he joined Raw. From his 2nd week in June on.

[@daeleonmanuel5360]

I kinda agree with Conrad , I wanted and was going for Kurt Angle to win

[@henrikschmidt3964]

I'd say the greatest Kurt Angle match I've ever seen was his Royal Rumble '03 with Chris Benoit. Sadly, in WWE, this match no longer exists.

[@williammcmillan-johnstone3962]

Hbk wm21

[@Stinson4ever1984]

It's still on the network & I agree. That was actually 1 of the top 5 matches in ring of all time. Maybe #1

[@williammcmillan-johnstone3962]

Best technical match ever was owen vs bret at wm10 imo

[@fmthebaron]

@@williammcmillan-johnstone3962 HBK/Angle WM21, HBK/Jericho WM19, and HBK/Bret WM12 were better.

[@williammcmillan-johnstone3962]

Hbk vs jericho is very overrated

[@Nicholaus13]

I have become such a big fan of Prichard in the last several months because of this podcast. I think hes one of the most entertaining people I've ever listened to. I dont even listen to podcasts but ive been listening to SWC podcasts every day as part of my routine. Prichards is my fav, but I like them all.

[@jamie.777]

I hated him, now I love Bruce. He is drinking truth serum! Love this

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

That mobster outfit and entrance was guaranteed heel heat on Cena. Many of us in Chicago are sick and tired of hearing about Al Capone. Nobody equates Italy with Mussolini, and that's two decades more recent.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

But why is Chicago such a Smarky City like NYC and Philly?

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

@@lancethefilmguy9392 At my first house show in '87 a large contingent of us pulled for Macho Man to beat Hogan. We booed "Rocky Maivia" mercilessly at WM13 and made the Bret/Austin double turn work. We just generally don't like posers.

[@Dredsed]

Italy is the most stereotyped country on earth. Pizza, Mafia etc.

[@kevinkthedj]

This was one of the best weekends of my life. I loved the details and appreciate all of the BTS info and insight to how it all came together.

[@Nicholaus13]

Who did you work with? Or you were part of the crew?

[@brandonford4474]

1:45:59

[@henrikschmidt3964]

As much as I'd like to like Joey Styles, I find him the most overrated play-by-play announcer. To me he always overacted, screaming and yelling. 'Oh, my God' indeed.

[@TheBlindEye90]

Absolutely! He sounded ridiculous.

[@nbaldwin45]

He got too shrieky a lot of the time but he was really good with Cyrus or Joel Gertner. The catchphrases and Momma's Boy persona got laboured but he was great at just calling moves ... much like Excalibur in AEW now but he was more versatile and enthusiastic. I don't think he was a good fit for WWE though - that's not what Vince and Dunn want from a commentator.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

@@nbaldwin45 Honestly, Excalibur reminds me of Mongo

[@dougripley861]

Did they cover wm 2000 yet?

[@retepoteil]

That’s one I would like to hear Bruce’s take on that one

[@PrinceAkkanatan]

Me too, that was the first WM I remember not really enjoying.

[@LeathalSMg]

Why was there no mention of tony Atlas HOF induction?

[@Super122291]

@@JarodJoseph Hhmm

[@deepblue8143]

Female violence with blood? It's wrestling, it's sports entertainment, it's entertaining action there is nothing wrong with it at all.

[@RobVanDelay_WholeFnContest]

Damn Wrestlemania 22 is one of my favorites WM's and i have absolutely NO MEMORY of a Undertaker vs Mark Henry match😮😮 it must have been that bad😂 😂😂

[@jrdoo7x]

Which was the worst loss for booker t. This wm when he lost to the boogeyman or when he tapped out to a bear hug from the shockmaster at wargames 93?

[@bryantobin9792]

Triple h bury job

[@jrdoo7x]

@@bryantobin9792 Losing to a hall of famer like triple h not really a big deal in fact gives him sympathy because allot of people hate triple h. However tapping out to the shockmaster early in his career could have easily derailed it.

[@secondbest2877]

Brother Love is great at this….gotta be top 5 wrestling podcast.

[@Super122291]

Always baby

[@migue.5]

My favorite wrestlemania

[@lotokiba851]

Then again thinking back it seemed like the company was building itself around orton and cena in 04 so if anything batista was orton replacement cuz orton couldnt play a good face lol

[@Dredsed]

True

[@tomseville1057]

Hilariously, the har-har about Vince over-tanning in 2006 concerns the same year as he was sued for sexual harassment by a woman who worked at a tanning salon.

[@debking3064]

We are getting another stww oh my god is my birthday or Christmas

[@dragonbreederschizo8333]

Wow releasing a tag team you NEED in your women's division is just beyond mind blowing. This company just hires talent just to WASTE them.

[@mohammadrock4164]

Wrestlemania 22 15 yrers anniversary 😍😍❤️

[@josephboza7448]

I love it when Bruce rips Meltzer a new one. Meltzer acts like Clint from Hershey when he does his reviews. Torrie Wilson vs Candice Michelle was a fun match to calm down the crowd after Rey won the World Heavyweight Championship. This is such an underrated mania. I liked this one edition. I loved the hall of fame class. Sherri Martel scared shitless of Eric Bishoff being there my favorite moment. I agree with everything that Conrad and Bruce said about this mania.

[@KnowPhere]

Lmao I love how everyone in the higher ups gets upset at the Micky James spot but Vince McMahon blasphemy against god is just “good shit”

[@adam-thesportsguy6147]

Bruce shit all over Mick Foley’s Wrestlemania moment…and the match that proved Edge wasn’t just a pretty boy. This match was to Edge what the IYH Mind Games Mankind match was for Shawn Micheals. It proved Edge was tough. This match was a highlight of the event.

[@adam-thesportsguy6147]

Lita was Roll Tide as hell in this time period.

[@anomaalii5546]

One 0f my fav Manias 4Sure...

[@tomseville1057]

Is Meltzer deaf, or did he not hear the loud boos for Bret's no-show and JBL's Eddie mockery?

[@Probblems]

What Mickie James did was in poor taste. Next segment Vince McMahon get on his knees and prays to God.

[@kamfisher1714]

Cena’s coronation.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Actually that was the year before at WrestleMania 21 with JBL

[@Dredsed]

No lol

[@Speedyreedy1218]

@@lancethefilmguy9392 No. It's not official until you beat HHH. The established, tenured alpha heel.

[@lotokiba851]

Batista was huge in 05 it was like cena and batitsa after that injury batista had it was over from there.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Both were over at the same time. Hence WrestleMania 21

[@lotokiba851]

I was alive when batista came back he lost steam

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

@@lotokiba851 Not really my friend. I say that happened towards 2010

[@lotokiba851]

@@lancethefilmguy9392 ok in 06 batista was a crybaby. He cried everytime he lost. Was you watching wwe at that time?

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

@@lotokiba851 Yes I was. When did he cry?

[@RealAlphaDrum]

1:29:50 What you all came here for

[@bigsteve8921]

Mickie James was just released today. SMH

[@filfil9960]

That beaver joke was funny

[@Official_WaltClyde]

My favorite part of these shows is when Bruce kinda gets defensive about something and then Conrad says "Alright you ain't gotta get hot about it"..lol..

[@phettywappharmaceuticalsll8842]

Well know you

[@bryantobin9792]

Conrads that kid in school who talks a bunch of shit then says no man i aint got an issue with you, hes a fuckin joke

[@garyleesjukejoint9510]

I love thus interviw.

[@sergioflores7172]

Undertaker at the time was 41 not.44 Meltzer

[@stans303]

Sounds like Bruce was three sheets to the wind in this episode

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

UNPOPULAR OPINION:: WrestleMania 22 is Overrated in my opinion. I used to enjoy this WrestleMania back in the day when I was in High School. However, as I get older, I like it less & less. One of the reasons why I started to dislike this WrestleMania is because of the matches that COULD HAVE BEEN instead of what we ended up with. Batista was injured so we didn't get to see him go against Randy Orton. John Cena should have face Edge and Triple H should have went against Mick Foley. And had Eddie Guerrero not passed away, we could have seen Eddie versus Shawn Michaels. Imagine that dream match. Not to mention I wasn't a fan of the Chicago crowd. This WrestleMania is known as HEELAMANIA because most of the faces were booed whereas the heels were cheered. John Cena was booed, Rey Mysterio was booed even though he was doing it for the late Eddie Guerrero, and even Trish Stratus was booed over Mickie James. I remember hearing JR. saying something like, "This crowd must have come from the insane asylum!" There was a old wrestling forum from 2006 where the Smarks were HATING ON JR. & saying things such as "WE CAN BOO AND CHEER WHOEVER WE WANT!!" I think some fans like this WrestleMania because it was the last one held in an arena. After this, all of the WrestleManias in the future would be held in stadiums. I don't hate WrestleMania 22 but I don't like it as much as I use to.

[@chrisatkins9195]

I'm sure that Ladder Match lasted longer than 12 minutes lol

[@gator9339]

It was at least 16 minutes

[@chrisatkins9195]

@@gator9339 for real. I think sometimes hes not accuracte with the time

[@andrewbowyer5043]

Jim Ross sounds very childish when it comes to "his spot" and "his jersey" , Vince Russo was right about JR having an ego that a commentator shouldn't have

[@bolouniverse]

I could hear red *ss Jr saying that about stop playing games and bring in the professionals 🤣

[@mitrisaosefh9610]

“Get me another crown royal”

[@jamesf791]

So what I don't get is what Mickie James did is not in good taste, but both Shawn Michaels and Triple H x chopping was? I know that they were bringing back DX, but that actually proves my point more because DX was allowed to do sexual stuff all the time in their skits. Or doing the kiss my ass club? That is a weak answer and bad of Conrad not to push a little bit on that part.

[@johnnydoe6717]

Most of Bruce’s responses are bullshit

[@Dredsed]

Those examples are not similar at all.

[@jamesf791]

@@Dredsed sorry you can't it but others disagree

[@Dredsed]

@James that doesn't make it true lol. Kiss my Ass club isn't sexual and DX's sexualisation was greatly decreased in 06, they didn't even say suck it anymore. Mickie James was simulating a sexual act literally, there is a difference whether you see it or not.

[@jamesf791]

@@Dredsed telling someone to suck on a private part and having the entire audience engage with the chant, yes it's not the same you are right

[@ryanbratoc]

Man there #s have went way down what the hell is going on here?

[@Dredsed]

What happened to this podcast 😞

[@tomseville1057]

Women bleed in horror movies all the time. If WWE didn't want the horror crowd in 06, they wouldn't have had this match. Or Gene Snitsky licking Mae Young's feet...

[@mattcaporuscio6956]

My favorite Wrestlemania from my era of watching from 03 to present.

[@danieltravis5082]

I dONt ReMEmBeR tHe SpeCifICs oF iT just say, you dont wanna say Bruce, jesus christ

[@nbaldwin45]

Michael Cole is absolutely NOT a good play-by-play guy. He is dreadful.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

He was passable with Tazz on Smackdown

[@Dredsed]

2nd worst ever after Davey Crockett.

[@nbaldwin45]

@@lancethefilmguy9392 ‘CENA WITH THE POUND AND GROUND’

[@ILoveFilm247]

Peacock is garbage. Yeah, the WWE's own network had problems, but it was much better than what Peacock has done.

[@AmericanGypsy206]

I don’t like the way Bruce and Conrad are basically shitting on the Mick Foley versus edge match that was literally the best match at wrestlemania 22 even if it wasn’t your traditional wrestling match, they stole the fucking show if it wasn’t for their hardcore match wrestlemania 22 wouldn’t even be remembered because it was a mediocre event. Just like Bret Hart vs Austin at wrestlemania 13 nine years prior to this if it wasn’t for their match wrestlemania 13 would have sucked

[@shaolin1derpalm]

Classic beaver joke

[@gregharper6382]

Mickie Crotch grab too far but the prayer is cool??🤨 what?!?

[@JM-223-]

Just sighed up with peacock 🦚 love it ! Adds suck though

[@sharonjoseph5314]

This was a bad episode and I’m upset because this could’ve been so much better ….. Bruce needs to just leave the podcast

[@scottyjacobs716]

bret hart was an still is jealous of shawn michaels! I bet it really chaps the shitman's ass that hbk had such a long & prosperous career

[@CurmeLeila-m5w]

Lopez Kimberly Allen Jason Young Amy

[@cats362]

wow one part you didnt talk about was vince actually getting busted open with the ladder cause he refuses to protect himself

[@tomseville1057]

He bladed off the chair shot, but then took the ladder shot full-on into his cut. I think even Shawn expected him to get his hands up...

[@matthewalkman386]

Stopped to listen if this got any better and sure didn’t, exited out in 3 min

[@TheBlindEye90]

Shame. It started around the 3 min mark. Maybe go back and keep your intention span up for more than 5 min next time.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Smark 🙄

[@tomseville1057]

Simon Miller of whatculture could have "played God", in his wizard of the sky outfit...

[@Dredsed]

No thanks keep that corny mark away from wwe.

[@LaffinKing]

22 is probably my favorite Wrestlemania as far as pure entertainment. It's a shame the WWE edited out some of the crowd chants and the V lick

[@stfi7566]

The V lick was even removed from the original DVD release back in ‘06. I remember going over that spot three times to see if my disc had skipped.

[@LaffinKing]

@@stfi7566 yea I also had that DVD. They drowned out all those 'F U Cena" chants lol. But how cool was it to see HBK and HHH do the crotch chop at that time. And the debut of HHH King of Kings theme song was awesome

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

@@LaffinKing I never understood why Chicago was cheering for Triple H

[@LaffinKing]

@@lancethefilmguy9392 by this point half of the fans were booing Cena because they felt he was being shoved down their throats. Triple H was still heel but he was considered to be more of a traditional wrestler so the fans naturally backed him up. But I think mainly it was people being tired of super good guy John Cena.

[@Dredsed]

@@lancethefilmguy9392 because John Cena sucks ass and was hated because he can't wrestle well and was overpushed.