Two Man Power Trip Of Wrestling

This week on Eyes Up Here!! Francine welcomes one of her favorite personalities in the wrestling world and the man who makes coffee in his underwear, RJ City. RJ City has been making a strong name for himself the last few years with his in-your-face persona and in this episode you get a first account look at this unique superstar.

This week Dr. Tom Prichard introduces the world to the mysterious Dr. X on Taking You To School. Who was Dr. X? If you attended a WWF House Show to select TV tapings in the mid 90s that was the question you were asking yourself after seeing the masked marvel. You also saw how the young superstars paired with Dr. X were being taught the master class of in ring competition by the Dr. of Desire himself.

Returning to the TMPT flagship interview podcast is AEW Superstar, Dustin Rhodes. Dustin having spent 5 decades in the wrestling world steps outside the squared circle to star in Brent Bettman's Copper Bill available for rent or purchase this Friday 2/14 on Amazon Prime Video.

This week on Eyes Up Here, you may want to brace yourself as Chad asks Francine questions in the style of the game Would You Rather... nothing seems off limits as the questions go all over the place but Francine answers all the questions honestly and some of her responses may surprise you.

This week's TMPT Feature episode #26 welcomes long time wrestling publisher, podcaster and author, Bryan Alvarez. Bryan's latest book "100 Things WWE Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die" is a great companion for fans looking to learn more not just about WWE but the history and tips on how to view many different aspects of the wrestling experience. He is also the longtime host of the Wrestling Observer Live and Figure Four Daily, and is the coauthor of the best-selling book, The Death of WCW.

Love him or hate him...you can't knock his success. This week we welcome Vince Russo back to the TMPT Interview Podcast for the first time since he appeared as our THREE YEAR anniversary guest in January 2018. This time coming back to continue the conversation of the decline in today's wrestling product and look at how and why there are ways to fix the sinking ship by thinking outside the box. Plus we dig a little more into his history and get the low down on his Russo Brand which is the EXCLUSIVE home of our Triple Threat Podcast.

Eyes Up Here has hit the airwaves. This week @ECWDivaFrancine recaps her #Disney vacation & shares all the highlights & some of the low-lights (is that even possible?) about her trip. Plus Francine recaps Vince Russo's guest appearance hosting last week's show and looks forward to the big shows of 2020 headed your way on the Eyes Up Here!! / TMPT Empire platform. Have some fun & get your Monday started right!

This week Dr. Tom Prichard's Taking You To School looks at the long anticipated look at his time in the WWF alongside his partner Jimmy Del Ray as The Heavenly Bodies stormed through the doors of federation in the summer of 1993. Dr. Tom discusses how his journey led him to Jim Cornette's Smoky Mountain Wrestling and just how all of the magic made in SMW led to The Heavenly Bodies becoming a much needed addition to the WWF's tag team scene.

Today's TMPT Empire Flagship Interview Podcast features an in depth interview with @DavidKidKash. Kash looks back at his career and all his stops along the way including @WWE @IMPACTWRESTLING #ECW #WCW and his #MMA fights. Download this weekend starter NOW!

Today feature episode #25 focuses on MLW's upcoming FIGHTLAND event taking place this Saturday night (February 1st) at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia and we are joined by special guest, Killer Kross. Kross, perhaps pro wrestling's most talked about up and coming star is set to do battle with "Filthy" Tom Lawlor at FIGHTLAND but is also getting set to make his MLW debut in the legendary Philly venue.

Last week on Taking You To School with Dr. Tom Prichard, Dr. Tom taught all about what it was like to work with and train Vince McMahon. This week we explore what it was like to work with and train Shane McMahon as he prepared for his in ring debut at WrestleMania 15 in Philidelphia, PA back in 1999. But of course, we get even more backstory into Shane's history in the company, what WWE Hall of Famer and World Champion worked with to prepare him years earlier and and how Shane feeling underpaid may have led to his early departure from the WWF before his in ring career ever began.

Welcome to the TMPT Empire's 5 Year Anniversary special. Today's amazing flagship interview podcast episode features a dream guest of ours since day one all the way back in January 2015, the legendary One Man Gang AKA Akeem. The Gang, a staple of the WWF during the federation era changed gimmicks right in front of our very eyes as he transitioned into the "African Dream" Akeem and jive danced his way into the history books as a now beloved bad guy of the late 1980s World Wrestling Federation.The One Man Gang will be appearing at the Superstars of Wrestling FAN FEST in Rome, Georgia on Saturday April 25th please visit www.superstarsfest.com for more info. This anniversary is also powered by Manscaped and the new 3.0 trimmer. Visit www.manscaped.com for more info and to save 20% and FREE SHIPPING when you use the code POWERTRIP.

Prior to our HUGE 5th year anniversary podcast release we debut the first feature series interview of 2020 as we welcome the NWA's lead commentator, Joe Galli to the TMPT Empire's airwaves. The NWA presents Hard Times LIVE on Fite.TV on Jan 24th at 7:00 PM EST featuring the crowning of the next NWA Television Champion. In this interview, Joe discusses the NWA's success so far with their NWA Powerr YouTube show, breakout stars, legends returning to the company and what is next for the powerhouse NWA brand.

This week Eyes Up Here!! discusses the recent controversy surrounding now IMPACT World Champion, Tessa Blanchard. From her history making week of becoming the first female World Champion of a major wrestling company to the accusations made by fellow performers about comments she has made in the past..Francine and Chad go through and give their perspective on each of the details. All that plus Francine reveals a detail from her ECW days that many fans may not have recognized about Rick Rude's extreme entrance music.

Taking you to school once again with the good doctor, Dr. Tom Prichard as he details this week the complex and intense training of WWE's head honcho, Vince McMahon. Training someone who has been around the wrestling business is one thing but working with the most powerful man in the entire business is another and in typical Dr. Tom fashion, the stories behind the story is exactly what you would expect.

One of the most talked about stories in wrestling the last few years has been the success of veteran wrestler Tim Storm. Tim captured the NWA World Championship at a time the company was poised to make its big comeback to the national scene and Storm was slotted as the man to lead the charge. In this interview today we get to hear all about the journey of Tim Storm and how his life and career have changed since he carried the ten pounds of gold. Checkout the upcoming NWA's upcoming Hard Times PPV LIVE Friday Jan 24th at 7:00 PM EST on FITE TV https://www.fite.tv/watch/nwa-it-returns/2p57c/

Starting the show HOT! This week's guest of Francine On Eyes Up Here!! is former ECW World Champion and ECW original, Mikey Whipwreck. Always a ton of fun to chat with, Francine and Mikey reminise about their ECW days, Mikey's history on how he got started wrestling in ECW and what wrestlers on the main TV shows today were actually Mikey's students. All that plus Francine and Chad's breakdown of a CRAZY viral video fight that took place at Disney Land late last year.

This week the TMPT Flagship interview podcast welcomes a staple of the late WCW Nitro era and a member of the Natural Born Thrillers faction, "Above Average" Mike Sanders. At a point in time Mike Sanders may have been considered to be one of the top men on the mic in all of professional wrestling and it was with that gift of gab that he thrust on to the scene at WCW in 2000 alongside his fellow Power Plant graduates in the Natural Born Thrillers group. Hear today from Above Average how that group formed, his time training at The Power Plant under Paul Orndorff and all of the amazing stories he has to tell from his wrestling career.

What a great start to the #NewYear as Francine settles into the podcasting groove in 2020 by answering more listener submitted questions. During the full spread of questions one particular response triggers a full backstory to one of the most famous incidents in ECW history. For the first time on this podcast, The Queen of Extreme sets the record straight about this highly debated topic.

Taking You to School with Dr Tom Prichard" is a collaboration between Dr. Tom Prichard, The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling's Podcasting Empire and the JPWA Wrestling Academy. TMPT's John Poz (JP) joins Dr. Tom as co-host to discuss the former WWF and SMW Tag Team Champion’s history in professional wrestling both in and out of the ring. This podcast journey for Dr. Tom will give him the opportunity to share stories, training techniques and observations from his over 40 years of wrestling experience with the wrestling fans as well as wrestlers themselves. Join us for the debut offering where the listeners and TMPT Empire get to know Dr. Tom Prichard.