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
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
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Previously on Kings of the Ring,
Dan Sanders answered the cocky challenge of a truck driver and humiliated him in a bar with an incredible feat of strength, and Corporal Punishment took the role in Predator meant for Thor Hansen, thanks to Nigel Davies.
Thor Hansen has been riding high and throwing his weight around, while Julian Cain has been grooming Vance Armstrong to potentially take his place.
Tommy Aloha has become the best worker in the land with Donny Gold sidelined, who was recently attacked by the Russians while receiving bags of fanmail in the WVBS Studios since returning to the road.
Krusher Krawcyk is somewhat enjoying life since Donny Gold bought him a new house in suburban St. Louis, while the Texas Outlaws slowly build to a showdown with the Apocalypse in AMW.
Since laying the law down on Jesse James and scoring with Miss Kitty, Daniel Hawkins has been riding on a major high and even standing up to Burt Ironside and Charlie Gotch in an Alliance meeting.
And finally Burt Ironside got a late night phone call from Japan, coldly and cruelly informing him his son Michael Angel was dead!
"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:
- Lanny Poffo (WWE)
- RJ City (AEW) Hey EWW! Playlist!
- Cyrus Fees (UFC) LINKS HERE!
- Evan Ginzburg (350 Days, The Wrestler) LINKS HERE!
- LA Smooth (Samoan Dynasty/Bloodline) LINKS HERE!
For any questions or feedback email us at PartsUnknown@KingsOTR.com
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
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Previously on Kings of the Ring,
Jesse James informed Vladimir Rykoff he would be winning the World title, yet was ordered by Daniel Hawkins to drop the belt to Barry Lovelace instead.
Thor Hansen's Hollywood career has been moving up with Predator coming up next, as he keeps rubbing Nigel Davies' face and disrespecting the venerable legend.
After Gabriel Angel and Denny Wayne were arrested together with pot, Criss Stanley jokingly suggested to make an angle out of it, which Burt seized on.
Michael Angel has settled into life in Japan and Vance Armstrong trains as Julian Cain's plans for him seem to get bigger by the day.
To combat the invading EWF, Charlie Gotch brought in the Texas Outlaws from Japan to challenge the Apocalypse as their most credible opponents to date.
Corporal Punishment was fired by Julian Cain for refusing to turn into a Communist turncoat heel.
And finally, Daniel Hawkins and Miss Kitty both fulfilled their parts of the bargain as 'Beautiful' Barry Lovelace indeed beat 'Outlaw' Jesse James for the WWA World Heavyweight title.
"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:
- Lanny Poffo (WWE)
- RJ City (AEW) Hey EWW! Playlist!
- Cyrus Fees (UFC) LINKS HERE!
- Evan Ginzburg (350 Days, The Wrestler) LINKS HERE!
- LA Smooth (Samoan Dynasty/Bloodline) LINKS HERE!
For any questions or feedback email us at PartsUnknown@KingsOTR.com
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
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- Patreon.com/KingsOTR (Deleted Scenes, 2-weeks early, Breaking Kayfabe)
- Facebook.com/KingsOTR
- YouTube.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:
- Lanny Poffo (WWE)
- RJ City (AEW) Hey EWW! Playlist!
- Cyrus Fees (UFC) LINKS HERE!
- Evan Ginzburg (350 Days, The Wrestler) LINKS HERE!
- LA Smooth (Samoan Dynasty/Bloodline) LINKS HERE!
For any questions or feedback email us at PartsUnknown@KingsOTR.com
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
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Previously on Kings of the Ring,
After getting so high he passed out in the ring during Empire-Mania 2, Michael Angel was finally fired by Julian Cain.
The Russians destroyed Jesse James on All-Star Wrestling and draped a Russian flag over his body, the Southern Rebels returned to All-South Wrestling and immediately shook up the territory, in front of and behind the curtain, while "Pretty Boy" Willie Dean was recruited by Jesse to join SCW.
Looking to boost their top act the Apocalypse, Nelly Gotch looks to recruit in Japan and Thor Hansen has a new hotshot agent, Daniel Daybreak, who is about to take his movie career to the next level.
Julian Cain told Corporal Punishment he's in line to headline Empire-Mania 3 at the LA Olympic Coliseum but he'll have to turn into a Russian turncoat.
And finally Miss Kitty agreed to sleep with Daniel Hawkins in exchange for making her husband Beautiful Barry Lovelace the new World Champion.
Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences. Today’s episode would be rated MA for profanity, graphic sexual situations, drug use, and violence.
"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:
- Lanny Poffo (WWE)
- RJ City (AEW) Hey EWW! Playlist!
- Cyrus Fees (UFC) LINKS HERE!
- Evan Ginzburg (350 Days, The Wrestler) LINKS HERE!
- LA Smooth (Samoan Dynasty/Bloodline) LINKS HERE!
For any questions or feedback email us at PartsUnknown@KingsOTR.com
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
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- Facebook.com/KingsOTR
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Previously on Kings of the Ring,
Beautiful Barry Lovelace is having a hard time dealing with everyone talking about his wife Miss Kitty's having an affair with Diamond Donny and wants a divorce, despite having nothing else going on his life.
Krusher Krawcyk had an awful 1985, losing a civil lawsuit for hitting a reporter, costing him the St. Louis Territory, his house in bankruptcy, and that same house bought and demolished by Julian Cain.
After feeling embarrassed that Golden Globe winner, Michael Caine mistook him for Corporal Punishment, Thor Hansen politicked to have the Corporal fired.
After seeing the Meat Machine wrestlers pop up throughout the entire Alliance for a year, Julian Cain went to their hometown and may have found the guy with the most star potential. Meanwhile the previous 'chosen one' Apollo Sampson, after months of being bullied walked out of All-South in the middle of their main event cage match!
When Nelly Gotch caught Daniel Hawkins and Jesse James trying to poach wrestlers from other territories, the rest of the Alliance tried to do the same back at them.
Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences. Today’s episode would be rated MA for profanity, violence, and graphic sexual descriptions and dialogue.
"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:
- Lanny Poffo (WWE)
- RJ City (AEW) Hey EWW! Playlist!
- Cyrus Fees (UFC) LINKS HERE!
- Evan Ginzburg (350 Days, The Wrestler) LINKS HERE!
- LA Smooth (Samoan Dynasty/Bloodline) LINKS HERE!
For any questions or feedback email us at PartsUnknown@KingsOTR.com
Sunday Jan 01, 2023
Sunday Jan 01, 2023
R.I.P. Lanny Poffo 1954-2023
This season is dedicated to the memory of Lanny Poffo, who graced KINGS OF THE RING as a Guest Voice Actor for this Season 5 into Season 6. Thanks so much Lanny for helping this little show and for your lasting legacy in the wrestling business...
Get your official #KingsOTR MERCH on Pro Wrestling Tees!
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- Facebook.com/KingsOTR
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It's Civil War everywhere in the Kingsverse as 1986 kicks off!
Previously on Kings of the Ring,
The Super Bowl of Wrestling blew up in everyone's face, with tensions sky high between all Heads of the World Wrestling Alliance while Thor Hansen started distancing himself from Julian Cain and Nigel Davies, crediting a new agent for doing more for his movie career.
Thanks to the support of Miss Kitty and some tribal soul searching, Diamond Donny Gold is on the way to recovery from his paralytic back breaking, however Beautiful Barry Lovelace did not appreciate how close his wife got with the Golden one, with everyone believing their having an affair.
Apollo Sampson had a bizarre cage match with his real life tormentor Brick Sawyer and ended up running away mid-match and walked straight out the door, and Charlie Gotch finally conceded to son Nelly, to let him steer AMW, as long as priority is placed on eliminating Julian Cain and the EWF.
Jesse James has major heat on him from the Alliance and the fans for the perception that he caused famous comedian Jimmy Buck to commit suicide following his slap on national TV before 25 million viewers.
After getting so much heat from Nigel, Arnold, and everyone else for putting Empire-Mania 2 in Milwaukee, Julian Cain boasted that Empire-Mania III would come from a stadium. And after a year of watching all Alliance territories catch fire using the bouncers turned wrestlers from a tiny saloon in the upper Midwest, Julian paid his own visit and may have found the best of the bunch, who was ditched by the others and is looking to make his own mark in the wrestling business.
Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences. Today’s episode would be rated MA for profanity, violence, and sexual dialogue.
"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:
- Lanny Poffo (WWE)
- RJ City (AEW) Hey EWW! Playlist!
- Cyrus Fees (UFC) LINKS HERE!
- Evan Ginzburg (350 Days, The Wrestler) LINKS HERE!
- LA Smooth (Samoan Dynasty/Bloodline) LINKS HERE!
For any questions or feedback email us at PartsUnknown@KingsOTR.com
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Season 5 promises to be monumental all leading up to the exciting climax of the 50th episode of Wrestling's Greatest Saga!
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Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
New to the show? Not ready to binge Seasons 1-4 first? Worried you'll get lost jumping in with Season 5? Old fan, but it's been a while since you last heard Seasons 1-4?
Listen to this 8-minute primer to get caught up to speed as we enter Year 3 of the KINGS OF THE RING saga: 1986...
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
- #22 "Kickstart"
- #23 "Training Day"
- #24 "Mr. Miyagi"
- #25 "Calling Kennedy"
- #26 "Meat Unleashed"
- #27 "USA! USA!"
- #28 "Crazy Nights"
- #29 "The Verdict"
- #30 "Wrestle America"
- #31 "Keep it in St. Louie"
- #33 "Invitations"
- #36 "Old Dogs"
- #37 "Being the Elite"
- #38 "Giving Thanks"
- #39 "Super Bowl of Wrestling"
- #40 "Empire-Mania 2"
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