Kings of the Ring
 

Kings of the Ring

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To most, WWE is your only exposure to pro-wrestling, but did you know up until 30 years ago, pro-wrestling was more like the Mafia than a sports league? Did you know that in the 80’s, while wrestling presented a show literally designed for children, that behind the curtain was the most Rated R, sexual, drug addled, sexified, violent, and cutthroat world imaginable? It was a sex, drugs, and muscles world while a nationwide SUCCESSION-like corporate war for national supremacy waged. In this crazy world of 80’s wrestling, ALL these things happened: A wrestler bit a man’s nose off in a bar, a promoter offered a rival’s wrestler $500k to jump leagues with the rival’s title belt, wrestlers were killed for gambling debt with the Mafia, arch-enemies in the ring arrested for drugs WITH each other, a Hollywood actor was slapped on a late night talk show, wrestlers tried to form a union, a wrestler broke his back in an airplane crash to become the greatest wrestler ever, backstage brawls with guys almost killing each other with scissors, guys wrestling a match while an orchestra played music to match the action, a Black wrestler given the character of an African savage animal, a legendary wrestler pulled a ‘57 Magnum on the most famous wrestler in the world, while a fan held off a group of bad guy wrestlers at gunpoint at ringside, and wrestlers were given World title reigns in exchange for sex! These are just some of the building blocks of KINGS OF THE RING, a fictional soap opera that re-creates all the crazy, unbelievable, and outrageous tales of the real world of 80’s wrestling! In the 1980’s, anything went and wrestlers lived a life much wilder than the hardest partying rock stars, because fans then believed that wrestling was 100% real, and the wrestlers went to incredible lengths to protect this illusion. Often at the cost of their own souls... The characters will seem familiar to you, but never exactly the same as real people, and the stories will blow your mind, as you listen knowing that everything is based on the truth! It’s wrestling... it’s the 1980’s ... it’s sex, drugs, and muscles, baby... welcome to the Kings of the Ring.

Episodes

Season 7 "Return of the Brit" #62 [Season Premiere]

Friday Jul 04, 2025

Friday Jul 04, 2025

At the end of 1983, the 7 major territories collectively known as the World Wrestling Alliance had brought wrestling to its peak. Each kingdom ruling a different territory of the country with their own wrestlers, fans, and shows. And then the patriarch of the Alliance and owner of the New York territory, Jonathan Cain died. His genius, but obsessive and borderline psychotic son Julian Cain took over New York, with a mission to turn the Empire State, into an Empire. A wrestling league that would expand nationwide, obliterating the other 6 territories and re-shaping the sport into a family friendly living cartoon, ruled exclusively by him. 

The war has raged on for years, forever altering countless lives, and even ending several. As we enter 1987, only 3 Territories remain to oppose Julian Cain. The war will end, What is known is the Territory Wars will end by the end of the year, but who will remain standing?  

Please welcome our 2 incredible Guest Voice Actors this season:

"THE BIG LG" DOC GALLOWS!! Brutal Bob Walker will now be played by the one and only Bullet Club original and co-captain of the Good Brothers, WWE, New Japan, and AEW superstar!

"HOLLYHOOD HALEY J!" will be playing our first lady wrestler in the Kingsverse, Terri Blaze! Haley J is one of the top free agent female wrestlers in the world today. You’ve seen her on Netflix’s The Wrestlers, Dana White's POWERSLAP, WOW Women of Wrestling, and Booker T.’s Reality of Wrestling, or on shows around the world. She’s got the look, she’s got the charisma, and she’s got the attitude, and now she’s in the Kingsverse!

Previously on Kings of the Ring,

Nigel Davies convinced Julian Cain to give his old Alliance voting shares to make Daniel Hawkins the President gambling on Hawkins to mismanage the Alliance into the ground, then proceeded to quit the EWF and return to the Alliance where Hawkins would let him run everything. This ending the legal Civil War between the Alliance territories and Daniel Hawkins.

The Oil Crash of 1986 has devastated much of the Mid-South, including Burt Ironside's personal investments, while Krusher Krawcyk has found new life training a bunch of rambunctious and eager wrestlers.

After Hercules Harris reached his breaking point, he finally quit M'Butu Zulu and the EWF, forcing the Empire to scramble for a last minute replacement at Empire-Mania III, which ended up being Killian Kavanagh who got far more over than anyone expected.

Vladimir Rykoff defected to the EWF feeling he was being sabotaged by the Booker in the Alliance, but tag partner, and childhood friend, Dmitry isn't sure he should join him.

And Nelly Gotch unleashed his frustration at the reveal of his secret half-brother by beating Julian Cain near to death and selling Charlie's AMW to him, wiping his hands clean, while a similarly disenchanted Jesse James quit the WWA after learning Daniel Hawkins' dark secret

Kings of the ring is intended for mature audiences. Today's episode would be rated MA for profanity, drug use, and graphic sexual descriptions.

Order your official merchandise from Pro-Wrestling Tees! https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/kingsotr

Official Novel adaptations exclusively on Amazon: KingsOTR.com/book

"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai.  Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media.  Voice characterization by Steve Te Tai, with Guest Voice Actors:

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Story So Far... (Primer for Season 7)

Tuesday Jun 17, 2025

Tuesday Jun 17, 2025

New to the show? Not ready to binge Seasons 1-6 first? Worried you'll get lost jumping in with Season 7? Old fan, but it's been a while since you last heard Seasons 1-6? Listen to this 7-minute primer to get caught up to speed as we continue with the Final Season of the KINGS OF THE RING saga: 1987...

Kick off any Season with the Story So Far series:

Story So Far (Season 6)

Story So Far (Season 5)

Story So Far (Season 4)

Story So Far (Season 3)

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Season 6 "Ghosts Part Two" #61 [Season Finale]

Friday Nov 08, 2024

Friday Nov 08, 2024

Today's DELETED SCENE was the Alliance reacting to the big AMW news with Julian Cain. If you did not hear that scene, then you're listening to the Theatrical Version of KINGS OF THE RING, and we invite you to Patreon.com/KingsOTR where you can hear the Extended Version of the entire 60 episode run with all Deleted and Expanded Scenes.

Previously on Kings of the Ring,

Julian Cain has struggled his entire life with father issues and in recent years found father figures in other people, but he's been thrown in a tailspin since learning Charlie Gotch was his biological father.

All-South Wrestling going through all sorts of issues in their decline, made worse by Michael Angel's personal problems and Gabriel's criminal issues, all while Burt Ironside is in the midst of an internal Alliance war with Daniel Hawkins over the Presidency.

Thor Hansen has officially become the most famous wrestler ever and his loyalty to Julian Cain is renewed, while Jesse James's career has pulled back, wrestling outside the Alliance.

And finally, Julian Cain thought he was a goner when Nelly Gotch ambushed him and choked him near to death, only to awaken alone with no front teeth but ownership papers of AMW, with his first action to shut AMW down.

Kings of the ring is intended for mature audienes. Today's episode would be rated MA for profanity, drug use, and graphic sexual descriptions.

Order your official merchandise from Pro-Wrestling Tees! https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/kingsotr

Check out A.I. renderings of the Kingsverse! KingsOTR.com/characters

How bout the NOVELS! https: KingsOTR.com/book

Become a Patron and hear the full Extended Edition episodes from the entire season, plus hear new episodes 2 weeks before regular people! Patreon.com/KingsOTR

"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai.  Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media.  Voice characterization by Steve Te Tai, with Guest Voice Actors:

At the Foot of the Sphinx by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Season 6 "Ghosts Part One" #60

Friday Nov 01, 2024

Friday Nov 01, 2024

The Season Finale so big and major we had to break it into two parts!

Previously on Kings of the Ring,

Julian Cain showed up at Empire-Mania 3 with a busted up face and no front teeth! Nelly Gotch has been a mess since his father died and is running AMW down the tubes and is being strong-armed by Julian to sell AMW!

Empire-Mania 3 was a runaway success with over 100,000 people in the building, and Thor Hansen emerged as King of the world! Would be main eventer Vance Armstrong was run out of the business while his old buddy Nate Wilkinson AKA Vladimir Rykoff showed up at EM3 looking to defect to the Empire!

All while Julian's sacrifice blew Thor Hansen away, who's never felt more loyal to Julian.

Kings of the ring is intended for mature audienes. Today's episode would be rated MA for profanity, graphic violence, sexual content, and sexual dialogue. 

Order your official merchandise from Pro-Wrestling Tees! https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/kingsotr

Check out A.I. renderings of the Kingsverse! KingsOTR.com/characters

How bout the NOVELS! https: KingsOTR.com/book

Become a Patron and hear the full Extended Edition episodes from the entire season, plus hear new episodes 2 weeks before regular people! Patreon.com/KingsOTR

"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai.  Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media.  Voice characterization by Steve Te Tai, with Guest Voice Actors:

 

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Season 6 "Empire-Mania 3" #59

Tuesday Oct 01, 2024

Tuesday Oct 01, 2024

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In today's SPECIAL EWF EXCLUSIVE EPISODE, everyone gets the full extended edition with Deleted Scenes included!!!

Previously on Kings of the Ring,

After the heat Julian Cain got for putting Empire-Mania 2 in Milwaukee to taunt Charlie Gotch, Julian proclaimed EM3 would be from the 100,000 seat LA Olympic Coliseum. After months of struggling to find or create a main event to fill this stadium, Julian made a deal with the devil, bringing in Goliath to challenge Thor Hansen. But just like in AMW he's caused nothing but problems for the EWF and Thor Hansen and is now demanding $1 million to put Thor over at the show.

After Julian Cain had another vision for M'Butu Zulu as a babyface, he split him off from manager Jack Trades, but was steered by Trades to make this angle resemble an African trying to escape slave ownership. When the NAACP got onto this and mounted an enormous press campaign against the EWF, Zulu was sent to the NAACP to shut this down, but instead cracked and spilled his true feelings on the gimmick and EWF's role in the gimmick. A conflict that spread onto his friendship with Tommy Aloha and Zulu's family for the past 2 years.

Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences. Today’s episode would be rated MA for violence, threats of violence, threats of sexual violence, profanity, and racist dialogue and slurs.

Check out A.I. renderings of the Kingsverse! KingsOTR.com/characters

How bout the NOVELS! https: KingsOTR.com/book

Become a Patron and hear the full Extended Edition episodes from the entire season, plus hear new episodes 2 weeks before regular people! Patreon.com/KingsOTR

"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai.  Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media.  Voice characterization by Steve Te Tai, with Guest Voice Actors:

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Season 6 "One Million Dollars" #58

Sunday Sep 01, 2024

Sunday Sep 01, 2024

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Previously on Kings of the Ring,

Miss Kitty has been M.I.A. since the blowup in the locker room and being dumped by Beautiful Barry Lovelace, while Daniel Hawkins lost the legal right to change the name of his territory to the "WWA". After finding out about what happened with Kitty and Daniel, Jesse James quit and was eventually replaced by Brutal Bob Walker.

Goliath threatened Thor Hansen refusing to do the job at Empire-Mania 3, and M'Butu Zulu was told by Julian to claim to the NAACP their slavery angle is more comparable to a baseball contract dispute, and Daniel Daybreak continues to try to build Thor's movie & TV career to varying degrees of success.

Nelly Gotch has been in a mess since father Charlie Gotch died and now is confronted with the reality that Julian Cain is his brother including a buyout of AMW, despite them winning the regional wrestling war. Dan Sanders' retirement angle continues as Corporal Punishment is being groomed across the country to become the new AMW champion, while the Corporal rebuilds his career since being cast out by the EWF and Hasbro last year.

And Gabriel Angel, Denny Wayne and the rest of All-South have been sweating the pending verdict to their court case where these two in-ring enemies were arrested together with drugs across state lines, as Burt hopes for All-South's fortunes to finally reverse.

Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences. Today’s episode would be rated MA for profanity, racist dialogue, sexual content, sexual descriptions

Check out A.I. renderings of the Kingsverse! KingsOTR.com/characters

How bout the NOVELS! https: KingsOTR.com/book

Become a Patron and hear the full Extended Edition episodes from the entire season, plus hear new episodes 2 weeks before regular people! Patreon.com/KingsOTR

"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai.  Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media.  Voice characterization by Steve Te Tai, with Guest Voice Actors:

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Season 6 "Taking Over" #57

Thursday Aug 01, 2024

Thursday Aug 01, 2024

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Previously on Kings of the Ring,

Julian's been acting quite bizarre in front of Nigel and Louie, ever since learning Charlie Gotch was his biological father, while Nelly Gotch has been a mess since Charlie died.

All-American Dan Sanders was greenlit to pass the top guy babyface torch to Corporal Punishment and began booking their program designed to get CPL over as a huge star.

Krusher Krawcyk was forcibly retired and moved on until a group of rambunctious wrestlers began pestering him to train them, while Hollywood Buddy Melrose has had his own issues with retirement life, which is spent watching the news all day.

M'Butu Zulu has turned babyface thanks to Julian Cain's big plans, which culminated in an angle of Zulu wrestling his former partner for his "freedom".

After outdrawing a Jesse James-Donny Gold show, Bobby Lee Rivers defiantly touted the Rock'n'Rollers prowess in the business demanding more respect from Jesse James, who recently quit Hawkins Promotions.

Diamond Donny Gold was heartbroken to learn about Miss Kitty's arranged affair with Daniel Hawkins and Goliath debuted in the EWF by winning a Battle Royal and turning heel, to match his persona in the locker room by completely shitting on and undermining top guy Thor Hansen! 

And finally, Julian Cain not only revealed to Nelly Gotch they were half-brothers he tried to buy majority control of American Midwest Wrestling!

Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences. Today’s episode would be rated MA for profanity, drug use, graphic sexual dialogue, subtle racism, and dialogue referencing underage girls.

Check out A.I. renderings of the Kingsverse! KingsOTR.com/characters

How bout the NOVELS! https: KingsOTR.com/book

Become a Patron and hear the full Extended Edition episodes from the entire season, plus hear new episodes 2 weeks before regular people! Patreon.com/KingsOTR

"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai.  Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media.  Voice characterization by Steve Te Tai, with Guest Voice Actors:

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Season 6 "Blood Brothers" #56

Monday Jul 01, 2024

Monday Jul 01, 2024

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Previously on Kings of the Ring,

Julian Cain dropped all nationwide touring to focus on driving AMW out of business in the Midwest and Dan Sanders turned heel to set up a final run against Corporal Punishment.

Diamond Donny Gold found out about Miss Kitty sleeping with Daniel Hawkins and went into a funk, Jesse James did, told off Daniel Hawkins and quit as Booker! Meanwhile Miss Kitty and Beautiful Barry Lovelace haven't been seen since Shark outed her affair and she stabbed Shark, and Daniel Hawkins battles the Alliance in the court to market his promotion as the "WWA".

Gabriel Angel's concern grows about Michael Angel's new playboy lifestyle at the behest of their father Burt and Julian Cain finally secured his stadium main event by recruiting GOLIATH!!!

Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences. Today’s episode would be rated MA for profanity, drug use, graphic sexual dialogue, subtle racism, and dialogue referencing underage girls.

Check out A.I. renderings of the Kingsverse! KingsOTR.com/characters

How bout the NOVELS! https: KingsOTR.com/book

Become a Patron and hear the full Extended Edition episodes from the entire season, plus hear new episodes 2 weeks before regular people! Patreon.com/KingsOTR

"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai.  Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media.  Voice characterization by Steve Te Tai, with Guest Voice Actors:

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Season 6 "Deals with the Devil" #55

Saturday Jun 01, 2024

Saturday Jun 01, 2024

Previously on Kings of the Ring,

AMW Champion Dan Sanders convinced Nelly Gotch to let him book his retirement program against Corporal Punishment, and Julian Cain ordered Louie the Greek to begin a quick angle to turn M'Butu Zulu babyface.

Since Michael Angel returned from a near death overdose and came back to All-South and the family, he's been acting out Burt's delusion that he's no longer gay, which is frustrating his brother Gabriel who doesn't see this ending well.

Luke St. Pierre long promised Julian Cain a meeting with the Montreal territory, the only province EWF doesn't run, all while Julian scrambles to find a main event for his stadium show, since Vance Armstrong turned out to be a bust.

The Rock'n'Rollers phenomenon became official when they ended up drawing huge crowds as headliners for WWA's official second tour, and in their first day on the job, Shark of the Apocalypse told the entire locker room that Barry Lovelace won the World title because his wife, Miss Kitty, slept with the boss, Daniel Hawkins.

Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences. Today’s episode would be rated MA for profanity, drug use, graphic sexual dialogue, subtle racism, and dialogue referencing underage girls.

Check out A.I. renderings of the Kingsverse! KingsOTR.com/characters

How bout the NOVELS! https: KingsOTR.com/book

Become a Patron and hear the full Extended Edition episodes from the entire season, plus hear new episodes 2 weeks before regular people! Patreon.com/KingsOTR

"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai.  Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media.  Voice characterization by Steve Te Tai, with Guest Voice Actors:

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Season 6 "Miss Kitty" #54

Tuesday Apr 30, 2024

Tuesday Apr 30, 2024

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Previously on Kings of the Ring...

The most impactful season ever continues in the newest episode as Julian’s lost it for Vance Armstrong after Thor Hansen psyched out his would be successor, AMW is spiraling, the Alliance Civil War continues behind the scenes, Gabriel Angel worries about Michael, Jesse James had to make adjustments after Vladimir Rykoff accidentally broke pal Beau Riggs’ ribs, Beautiful Barry Lovelace dispenses unsolicited wrestling advice, Dan Sanders falsely accused Corporal Punishment of being a druggie, the Apocalypse arrived in Atlanta, and the Diamond Club dominates the WVBS airwaves!

Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences. Today’s episode would be rated MA for profanity, drug use, sexual dialogue, and graphic sexual descriptions. 

"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai.  Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media. Voice characterization by Steve Te Tai, with Guest Voice Actors:

For any questions or feedback email us at PartsUnknown@KingsOTR.com

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