1 year in wrestling by Matt & Chris
Last Updated: June 18, 2026
"Welcome everyone!!... Welcome....to the 1 Year in Wrestling Podcast!!!"
Each year we run parallel a past year in Pro Wrestling and cover & review all the PPVs of WWF, WCW and even some ECW.
For example:
in 2020 we covered 1996
in 2021 we covered 1997 (and 1990 for bonus material)
in 2022 we covered 1998
What year(s) will be covered in 2023??
Tune in to find out!
Each year we run parallel a past year in Pro Wrestling and cover & review all the PPVs of WWF, WCW and even some ECW.
For example:
in 2020 we covered 1996
in 2021 we covered 1997 (and 1990 for bonus material)
in 2022 we covered 1998
What year(s) will be covered in 2023??
Tune in to find out!
WrestleMania 8 (1992)
Wrestlemania 39: Review (w. Jason LaChance)
Wrestlemania 39: Predictions
1992 Royal Rumble
LIVE from the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York
The Wrestling Year in Review
A Year in Review of both 1998 and 2022.
WWF Summerslam (Aug 1998)
August 30th, 1998: NEW YORK: MADISON SQUARE GARDEN: attendance 21,588
WCW Road Wild (Aug 1998)
August 8, 1998: STURGIS, NORTH DAKOTA: 8500 attendance
WWF In Your House: Fully Loaded (July 1998)
It took place on July 26, 1998, at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California. Nine matches were contested at the event.
WCW Bash at the Beach (July 1998)
July 12, 1998. Cox Arena in San
WWF King of the Ring (June 1998)
This event is one of the Mount Rushmore events of the Attitude Era, simply due to 1 match...
WCW The Great American Bash (June 1998)
Goldberg....Da Man....hits 100-0 after destroying Konnan.
WWF IYH: Over the Edge (May 1998)
Steve Austin v Dude Love II as the headliner - and what a headliner it was!!
WCW Slamboree (May 1998)
You really get the sense that the wind is coming out of the WCW sails at this point.
WCW Spring Stampede (Apr 1998)
As with our previous episode, this one is a watch-along as well!
WWF Unforgiven (Apr 1998)
Sorry for the late podcasts this month!!
Wrestlemania 14 (March 1998)
This is one of the most pivotal events in modern wrestling history.
WCW Uncensored (March 1998)
RIP Scott Hall. One of the Greats, no doubt.
WCW SuperBrawl 8 (Feb 1998)
On the flipside - WCW follows up their brutal January show (Souled Out) with a very solid outing here with SuperBrawl 8!
WWF In Your House : No Way Out of Texas (Feb 1998)
After such a strong PPV of Royal Rumble 98, this one kind of tanked..
WWF Royal Rumble 1991
HAPPY ROYAL RUMBLE WEEKEND!
WCW Souled Out (Jan 1998)
So how did WCW follow up the blunder that was the December 97 PPV 'Starrcade' ??
WWF Royal Rumble (Jan 1998)
Stone Cold!! Stone Cold!! Stone Cold!!
WCW Starrcade (Dec 1997)
This PPV is well-known (except to Chris) as the PPV with the botched ending that, in some folks opinion, showed the first crack in the WCW armour.
WWF In Your House : D-Generation X
2 things come to mind when I think of this PPV :
ECW November to Remember (Nov 1997)
ECW is back with their final PPV offering for 1997!
WWF Survivor Series 1990 (BONUS EPI)
We have been loving watching these old 1990's PPVs!
WCW World War III (Nov 1997)
60 men. 3 rings. 1 winner. YOU DO THE MATH!!
WWF Survivor Series (Nov 1997)
One of, if not THE, most infamous PPVs of all time...the Montreal Screwjob : Survivor Series 1997.
WCW "Slim-Jim" Halloween Havoc (Oct 1997)
(Old) Age in the Cage!! Roddy Piper puts Hollywood Hogan to sleep!!...but doesn't win the belt. Annnnnd WCW sends the fans home angry, yet again.
WWF In Your House : Badd Blood (Oct 1997)
The First Ever 'Hell in a Cell' match with Shawn Michaels v The Undertaker!! ..and, one of the best debut of all time - Kane!! ("That's gotta be Kane!!")
WWF One Night Only (Sept 1997)
Sept 20, 1997 the WWF travels "across the pond" to Manchester for the One Night Only PPV.
WCW Fall Brawl (Sept 1997)
This Fall Brawl saw the infamous Curt Hennig nWo turn, as the 4 Horsemen took on Nash, Konnan, Buff Bagwell and Syxx.
WWF In Your House : Ground Zero (Sept 1997)
The first 3-hour In Your House features the double main events of : Shawn Michaels v Undertaker & Bret Hart v The Patriot.
Summerslam 1990 (bonus episode)
Ahhhh nostalgic early 90s WWF....so amazing.
WCW Road Wild (Aug 1997)
This is my favourite WCW PPV of the past 2 years! Very solid card, great moments, great matches...nWo at its height...very entertaining.
WWF Summerslam (Aug 1997)
A tremendous Summerslam that saw all members of the Hart Foundation fight in Singles Matches that had stipulations to them :
ECW Hardcore Heaven (Aug 1997)
ECW is back with their 2nd-ever PPV : Hardcore Heaven.
WCW Bash at the Beach (July 1997)
It is the 1 Year Anniversary / Birthday of the nWo !!
WWF IYH : Canadian Stampede (July 1997)
This was a HUGE PPV for Chris and I - as it happened right in our backyard.
WCW Great American Bash (June 1997)
DDP v Macho Man II headlines! ..a great match that really brings DDP into the Main Event picture for good.
WWF King of the Ring (June 1997)
Hunter Hearst-Helmsley is finally crowned the King of the Ring! He defeated Mankind in a classic Finals match..this is shortly after Mankind's "Mrs Foleys Little Boy" series of tell-all interviews with Jim Ross.
WCW Slamboree (May 1997)
A fairly heavy NFL presence on this show - Kevin Greene and Reggie White both show up tonight.
WWF In Your House - Cold Day in Hell (May 1997)
Stone Cold Steve Austin main-events his 2nd straight PPV as an emerging "character babyface" antihero - facing The Undertaker for the coveted WWF Heavyweight Championship.
WWF In Your House : Revenge of the Taker (Apr 97)
This is a bit of a sleeper PPV to follow up Wrestlemania 13.
WCW Spring Stampede (Apr 1997)
A 41 year old Diamond Dallas Page finally takes his spot as a main eventer in this PPV as he takes on Macho Man!!
ECW Barely Legal (Apr 1997)
The first ECW PPV and, as a result, the first ECW PPV of our 1 Year in Wrestling Podcast!
Wrestlemania 37 - Review
Wrestlemania 37 is in the books and what a spectacle it was! The first ever rain delay in WM history, but also 25k strong each night..great to see fans back!
WWF Wrestlemania VI (Apr 1990) - BONUS EPI
The Ultimate Challenge!!
WWF Wrestlemania 13 (March 1997)
This Wrestlemania has long since been referred to as a "one match show" but looking back - this was a great PPV!
WCW Uncensored (March 1997)
Rodzilla!! Dennis Rodman almost missed his NBA Championship Playoff game to be at Hollywood Hogan's side for the tag match at the end...also DDP is humiliated by Macho Man - which sets up their April PPV match that really kicks DDP into that headliner classification.
WCW Superbrawl 7 (Feb 1997)
Live from the Cow Palace !! 13.4k strong in a attendance!
WWF In Your House : Final Four (Feb 1997)
WWF had to call an audible on the road to Wrestlemania 13 : HBK "lost his smile" and forfeited his title shortly after the Royal Rumble - which caused the main event of the PPV to crown a brand new WWF Champion.
WWF Royal Rumble (Jan 1990) - BONUS EPI
We teleport ourselves back to a golden time in WWF : 1990 !
nWo Souled Out (Jan 1997)
WCW takes a risk in Jan 97 with their nWo PPV - Souled Out.
WWF Royal Rumble (Jan 1997)
The first PPV of 1997 is a doozy!
The Christmas Classic - 1996 in Review
Chris and Matt look back on the stellar year that was 1996 in the timeline of WCW and WWF !
WCW Starrcade (Dec 1996)
The first season of '1 Year In Wrestling' comes to an end!
WWF In Your House : It's Time (Dec 1996)
A very strong PPV that saw Sid take down Bret Hart in the main event - thanks, in part, to a surly Shawn Michaels on commentary.
WCW World War III (Nov 1996)
60 men. 3 rings. 3 giants.
Survivor Series Throwbacks!
I just rewatched some killer old-school Survivor Series matches from the years past, highly recommend all of which I talk about today :
Current News - November
Survivor Series Weekend!
WWF Survivor Series (Nov 1996)
Live from MSG!!
WCW Halloween Havoc (Oct 1996)
"Snap into a SlimJim! The meat that snaps!!"
Hell in a Cell reaction show!
Very solid show last night on the WWE Network!
WWF In Your House - Buried Alive (Oct 1996)
"Someone is going to be buried alivvvvveee!!!"
How Good is Sami Zayn??
A celebration of the (underrated) greatness of Sami Zayn!
Current News - October 2020
We're back!! And we have A LOT of wrestling to watch and catch up on!
WWF In Your House : Mind Games (Sept 1996)
Main event'd by the criminally-underrated Shawn Michaels v Mankind, this PPV was tremendous!
WCW Fall Brawl (Sept 1996)
Great card here! The best WCW show of 96 thus far.
September Current News : AEW All Out, PWI 500, Reigns' Teeth
All the thing listed in the title, plus the Cody Angle, the Genius of Brock Lesnar...Current News : September Edition!
WWF Summerslam (August 1996)
Live from Cleveland, Ohio - The Gund Arena - 17,000 strong!
Beyond Thunderdome - NXT XXX Review
A somewhat long-winded bonus episode involving Thunderdome and NXT XXX content and chatter!
WWE Summerslam preview
WWE Summerslam weekend is here!!
WCW Hog Wild (August 1996)
Live from Sturgis, South Dakota - in front of 5000 biker low-lifes,,,WCW takes to an outside venue at this annual biker rally.
WWF In Your House : International Incident (July 1996)
In Your House is coming to you from Vancouver, BC, Canada!
WWE Extreme Rules - preview
We discuss what a computer-animated eye might look like, if there will be live alligators in the Wyatt v Strowman match..and what will be the best and sleeper matches on the card!
WCW Bash at the Beach (July 1996)
The 24th Anniversary of the Biggest Heel Turn in wrestling history!!
Current News - July 2020
AEW Fyter Fest vs NXT Great American Bash!...the Greatest Wrestling Match of All Time, Taz calls out WWE in his heated promo...SummerSlam is pulled from the Boston Gardens...
WWF King of the Ring (June 1996)
The birthplace of Austin 3:16 !!
WCW Great American Bash (June 1996)
Live from Baltimore! 9000 fans were on hand to watch Nash & Hall attack an "innocent" Eric Bischoff...DDP continues his strange comeback from being a homeless person...Scott Steiner botches his Frankensteiner big time...Rey Mysterio makes his WCW in-ring debut in an instant classic vs Dean Melenko...Mongo McMichael turns on his friend to join the 4 Horsemen...
Backlash Preview & current news
The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever is tonight!!
WWF In Your House : Beware of Dog (May 1996)
"The Night the Lights Went Out" !!
AEW Double Or Nothing - review
Just a quick review of AEW's PPV from last night!
WCW Slamboree - Lethal Lottery (May 1996)
This was a surprisingly enjoyable PPV!
Undertaker : The Last Ride, more Dark Side of the Ring epis!
We talk about the Undertaker : The Last Ride documentary series that is airing on the WWE Network (which is amazing)...as well as delve into the Dino Bravo, Dr. D and the UWF episodes of Dark Side of the Ring
WWE Money in the Bank review & other current news
Money in the Bank review, Becky Lynch is pregnant, The Undertaker - 'The Last Ride' episode 1 drops and The Road Warriors are on tonight's (Tues) Dark Side of the Ring!!
WWE Money in the Bank - preview
On the eve of the unusual / innovative WWE Money in the Bank PPV - Chris and I run down the card and discuss how hilarious this whole PPV could be with the main MITB match taking place in and around Titan Towers!
WWF In Your House : Good Friends, Better Enemies (Apr 1996)
Diesel and Razor Ramon have their last PPV matches in WWF before they head down south to change the wrestling landscape forever!
Dark Side of the Ring
Chris and I discuss the tremendous TV series "Dark Side of the Ring" - which you can view on CraveTV, as well as YouTube (for the most part the episodes are up on the latter).
Black Wednesday - WWE Cleans House !
On Wednesday, April 14th WWE released over 30 employees - from wrestlers to production crew...
Wrestlemania 36 Review (Part 2)
The review so big it needed 2 episodes!
Wrestlemania 36 Review (Part 1)
The review so big..it needed 2 episodes!
Wrestlemania Preview!!
What a strange Wrestlemania this will be...but there are still some killer matches on the card!!
Wrestlemania 12 (March 1996)
The boyhood dream!!!
WCW Uncensored (March 1996)
The Doomsday Cage is here!!!!....*cough, cough*
Elimination Chamber preview, AEW rumours...
What would happen if the Hardy's end up in AEW??
AEW Revolution, WWE Super ShowDown, Takeover Portland
Timely PPV reviews this time!! (....for the most part).
WCW SuperBrawl VI (Feb 1996)
"I respect you, booker man!!"
WWF In Your House : Rage in the Cage (Feb.1996)
This was a really good PPV!
February - Current News
We are on the Road to Wrestlemania!! The card is starting to shape up - but not without another "international pay per view" and, of course, the Elimination Chamber!
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