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CJAE 110: KISS Breaks Kayfabe!

This week’s episode began with a question from Captain Jack (@JackHeartless) to longtime KISS fan and manager extraordinaire Halston Boddy (@HalstonBoddy): “Is UNMASKED any good?” The resulting conversation covers, but is not limited to, face paint, helmets, Cher, Diana Ross, fraud, the record industry in the 70s, Studio 54, disco, punk, piles of autobiographies, and so much more.  Strap in [Read More]

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CJAE 107: The Last Dance! (Pt. 2)

Captain Jack (@JackHeartless) and PWInsider’s Mike Epsenhart (@MikeEpsenhart) are back to discuss the second half of the Bulls docuseries The Last Dance. They cover everything from MJ’s retirement, baseball sojourn, un-retirement, The Shot, re-retirement, Space Jam, Scottie toughing it out, RODZILLA, Utah fans being terrifying, Gary Payton being Gary Payton, and being nWo 4-4-4-4 LIFE! What time is it?! GAMETIME! [Read More]

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CJAE 106: The Last Dance! (Pt. 1)

And now for something completely different… Captain Jack (@JackHeartless) welcomes PWInsider’s own Mike Epsenhart (@MikeEpsenhart) as they step away from the squared circle to talk about the most anticipated sports and TV event of the year: the massive ESPN/Netflix co-production The Last Dance, chronicling the final season of the Chicago Bulls dynasty. In part 1, covering Episodes 1-5, Jack & [Read More]

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CJAE 88: What’s That Smell?!

By popular demand, Captain Jack (@JackHeartless), along with returning friend of the show Christopher Pelletier, sit through *another* terrible wrestling movie for your enjoyment, as they watch wrestler/actor/sentient hot dog Hulk Hogan in the infamous No Holds Barred.  Bask in the hamminess of Kurt Fuller, thrill to Rip’s incomprehensible hand signals, try to decipher why Zeus was inserted into WWF [Read More]

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This Week’s Episode 3: There Is No Environment In This Dojo!

Annnnd they’re back (and sponsored by Coor’s Banquet, to boot)!  The original idea for episode 3 has been postponed, as the gang is on fire to talk about the newest addition to one of Zach’s (@realzachhiggins) favorite franchises. That’s right, Syd (@sydneespeaks), Zach and Jack (@JackHeartless) are talking all things Cobra Kai, how it ties back to the original Karate [Read More]