The Year of Duke and Rogue: Survivor Series 1988

Teams of five strive to survive in the second annual Thanksgiving Day extravaganza! This one is headlined by the team captained by the Mega Powers taking on the Twin Towers team, and also has a ten on ten man/five on five tag team mess of a match that likely has more tags in and out than any other match in history. There’s a lot of action on this one, so…

The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event XVII

Duke and Rogue review WWF’s Saturday Night’s Main Event from October 1988. The feud between Ravishing Rick Rude and Jake the Snake Roberts is nearing it’s climax (ughh yeah), as Jake vows to take of Rude’s pants before the night is done. Elsewhere we have a rematch for the tag titles with Demolition defending against the Hart Foundation. The Hulkster takes on King Haku and so much more!

The Year of Duke and Rogue: SummerSlam 1988

Duke and Rogue are back to take you way back to the very first SummerSlam, live from Madison Square Garden. It’s a happening, with the Mega Powers (Savage/Hogan) taking on the Mega Bucks (Dibiase/Andre) in the main event, with Jesse the Body Ventura as guest referee. Elsewhere we have a hell of an opener between The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers and The British Bulldogs. Demolition is defending their titles against the…

The Year of Duke and Rogue: WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event XVI

In the 1980’s, the WWF produced Saturday Night’s Main Event, special shows that aired on NBC in place of SNL when the comedy troupe had a week off. Today we’re covering the 16th one of these, and the first to not feature Hulk Hogan, who was busy working on the classic film No Holds Barred. Fresh off victory at WrestleMania 4, World Champion The Macho Man Randy Savage defends his…

The Year of Duke and Rogue: WrestleMania 4 (Part Two)

The guys are back to give you a taste of the thrilling conclusion of WrestleMania 4, live from the Dump Plaza in New Jersey. With Hogan and Andre both out of the tournament, who’s going to walk away with the world heavyweight title? Plus, the Honky Tonk Man looks to continue his greatest Intercontinental Championship title reign of all time, defending against Brutus the Barber Beefcake. We also have a…

The Year of Duke and Rogue: WrestleMania 4 (Part One)

The Year of Duke and Rogue is back with a brand new season and we’re kicking it off with WrestleMania 4. This bad boy was a four hour extravaganza that came on two VHS tapes, so we’re splitting WrestleMania 4 into two shows accordingly. This one has a little bit of everything, including a battle royal for a trophy and a 14 man elimination tournament for the vacant world championship….

The Year of Duke and Rogue: Season 6 Preview

Duke and Rogue are back with a brand new season, and this time they’re headed way back to the late 1980’s in the World Wrestling Federation. It’s called one of the Golden Eras of Pro Wrestling for a reason, and will be a nice step away from the putrid sludge that we covered in the past couple of seasons. We’re starting this season off with WrestleMania 4 and wrapping up…

The Year of Duke and Rogue: Season Five Finale – Good Riddance TNA!

As we enter the New Year it’s time for some new beginnings, but first we have to clean up the wreckage of last year, a year in which we covered the dying days of WCW and first year of TNA’s monthly pay per view extravaganzas. Talk about a rough year. In this episode we discuss the best and worst of Season 5 and give you a sneak peak at where…

The Year of Duke and Rogue: TNA Genesis 2005

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone listening out there. We appreciate you and look forward to getting away from TNA and giving you guys something new in 2024. With that said, the guys are back for the 13th and final TNA PPV that we’re covering this season, Genesis 2005. The card feels more like a go home show before a big event than the big event itself, but…