Better Call Creative Wrestling Podcast

Episode Seventy - Akeem

Episode Seventy - AkeemBEHOLD - The words used by Slick to Mene Gene in a smokey back alley on WWF Challenge back in late 1988, and with a puff of smoke, and a bit of tribal dancing, the One Man Gang was reimagined, was reborn even, as Akeem the African Dream! A white American playing an African Native who enjoyed a bit of jiving. So why was the One Man Gang recast into this cultrally insensitive, bizarre gimmick, and more importantly for the WWF, did this actually work? Well join the Better Call Creative podcast as the boys review the full WWF run of Akeem taking in two wrestlemania's and three saturday night main event's as well as a few other welcome pitstops along the way. Then two of the boys take the task of rebooking the run of Akeem in the WWF to salvage this doomed character, with our other brother re-imaginging what Akeem could have been in the WWF in 90s Attitude...And as wrestling has never been too sensitive to cultural gimmicks, we fantasy card a six match card of other bizarre insensitive, and inaccurate geographical gimmicks either from the past or from the deepest darkest recesses of our minds!He's a Jive Soul Bro, and well, he'd Better Call Creative, and find out who gave him this gimmick!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/better-call-creative-wrestling-podcast--3014789/support.

WATCHALONG EPISODE - PCO wins the ROH Title

WATCHALONG EPISODE - PCO wins the ROH TitleIt's the second in our monthly episodes highlighting Wrestling companies outside the big names. As ROH celebrate it's 20th anniversary this year and hopefully will be returning from hiatus with a bang in 2022. We however are checking out one of their major headlines from the past few years, when PCO, the former Quebecer and Pirate from the New Generation, reinvented himself as the French Canadian Frankenstein and captured the big prize in ROH. But was this match a dud, or was it a 5 star classic! Did PCO deliver when the time came. Well jump onto the ROH app, and join the BCCpod boys as we watch this water cooler moment from Ring of Honour's past!You'd Better Call Creative!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/better-call-creative-wrestling-podcast--3014789/support.

Episode Sixty Nine - Royal Rumble 2011

Episode Sixty Nine - Royal Rumble 2011As WWE prepare for their annual Royal Rumble pay per view with very little in the way of true build for the event, we check out 2011's event which had so little in the way of build that the event went from 30 to 40 with little in the way of publicity. But did 40 trump 30? Was the Royal Rumble 2011 a sleeper pay per view? Well we are reviewing it, so that might give you a clue, but if you want to find out why many consider this the worst Royal Rumble event ever, check out as we go match to match. We then reimagine what the Rumble could have been and end with a fantasy in honour of Santino Marella's runner up position! Yes...Santino! Oh god...please you'd Better Call Creative!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/better-call-creative-wrestling-podcast--3014789/support.

WATCHALONG EPISODE - Hell Comes to Frogtown

WATCHALONG EPISODE - Hell Comes to FrogtownHe came to kick ass and chew bubblegum....no wait that's the wrong film! He came to have sex with every woman on the planet and kill some mutant frogs...something like that anyway! Its our monthly film night and this month we are checking out Roddy Piper's starring role as Sam Hell, a virile man in a post apocalyptic world where men are no longer able to procreate. Hell Comes to Frogtown is a cult classic B Movie which features one of the most amazing pieces of dialogue in any movie! You people out there who like to spoil things...shut your HOLE! And well you had Better Call Creative!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/better-call-creative-wrestling-podcast--3014789/support.

Episode Sixty Eight - Mike Awesome

Episode Sixty Eight - Mike AwesomeImagine a wrestler, 6 foot plus, built like a gladiator, as agile as a cat and a relative of the biggest superstar there has ever been! That my friends is Mike Awesome! A huge monster of a man who entered the world of wrestling in the early 90s in FMW's Hardcore Revolution! Who went on to win the ECW title on his first night as a fully signed ECW wrestler, defeating the unbeatable Taz! So why will Mike Awesome go down as one of the biggest missed opportunities, one of the worst booked superstars of all time? Well some will say Vince Russo, some will point to his lack of true mic skills...but to find out the real answer, join the Better Call Creative brothers as they look into the career missteps of Mike Awesome. Then reimagining what might have been of Mike Awesome in WCW, in WWE and yes, in TNA too! Rounding out the episode with a little TV fun with Wrestling Hoss's of the past, this is a sleeper episode on one of the greatest big men to step into the ring! Everything is Awesome...so you had better call creative!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/better-call-creative-wrestling-podcast--3014789/support.

WATCHALONG EPISODE - Wrestle Kingom IV - Funk vs Abdullah!

WATCHALONG EPISODE - Wrestle Kingom IV - Funk vs Abdullah!It's our first episode of 2022 and as a change of pace, we will be doing monthly focus episodes on companies that we do not normally get to check out. One of the biggest dates on the wrestling calendar is Wrestle Kingdom held on the 4th January, so in honour of this event we are checking out the worst rated Wrestle Kingdom match of all time(well that ended cleanly at least), as we watch the Legend never Rots match from Wrestle Kingdom IV 2010....that feautures Terry Funk...and Abdullah the Butcher!! Head over to njpwworld and watchalong as we review this not so fondly remembered, but no less classic from the far east! Its BCC doing New Japan, so somebody had "Kurieitibu to yobu kata ga ī"-google it!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/better-call-creative-wrestling-podcast--3014789/support.

Xmas Episode - Santa with Muscles

Xmas Episode - Santa with MusclesHo Ho Hogan.....Merry Christmas Brother! It's Christmas time again and what better thing to do at Christmas then to snuggle up and watch a Christmas Movie! Well in this Watchalong episode of Better Call Creative, at the festive time of year we are watching a Christmas Movie that feautures Hulk Hogan in the lead...it features a Santa Claus outfit...and well thats about it! Oh...and Brutus...as a Ninja Sumo! Thats pretty Christmassy right?Happy Christmas to you all, and to all...well you'd Better Call Creative!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/better-call-creative-wrestling-podcast--3014789/support.

Episode Sixty Seven - Starrcade 97

Episode Sixty Seven - Starrcade 97It's December and in Wrestling and amongst Wrestling fans at least, one of the staples of the most wonderful time of the year was Starrcade! A tradition that dates back further than Wrestlemania, it was the first recognised NWA ppv! 14 years after the debut of the event and NWA has become WCW and WCW has become the biggest Wrestling company on the planet! And creatively they re on fire as NWO dominate the landscape with only one hope, Sting! So how could a PPV that is this big, be considered one of the most disappoitting of all time? Well join the BCCPod boys as they dissect the event and discuss why it deserves that monikor. Then a reimagining of what the event could be! And as WCW laid all their hopes on Larry...to quote Sam, we fantasy card out a six match card of Announcer versus Authority figures! Sting, Hogan, Hart....how could you screw this up...somebody had Better Call Creative!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/better-call-creative-wrestling-podcast--3014789/support.

Episode Sixty Six - Wrestling Does Christmas

Episode Sixty Six - Wrestling Does ChristmasIt's the most wonderful time of the year...well for most things, but wrestling? Has Wrestling ever really "got" Christmas? Have they ever done it right? Well we are checking out some of the most infamous Christmas moments from Wrestling's past. Santa v Kurt Angle, an Evil South Pole Santa, a giant wrestling Christmas tree? All thats missing is a giant mince pie...or is it? Join the Better Call Creative boys as they review Christmas in Wrestling and then reimagine it with a mega Christmas themed Fantasy Card? Can somebody pass the pigs in blankets please oh and you'd Better Call Creative.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/better-call-creative-wrestling-podcast--3014789/support.

Episode Sixty Five - Escape The Taker

Episode Sixty Five - Escape the Taker As the WWE try and navigate the scary new landscape of the world around them, once again they find themselves trying new ideas and seeing what works. One of the more interesting ideas is a concept that they have never before tried, a choose your own adventure style mini film featuring it's WWE Champion, It's King of the Ring, and it's most iconic Wrestling Legend! It's Escape the Taker, and the BCCPod boys(or namely Sam) is taking THE POWER, and joining the New Day in attempting to steal the Undertaker's Urn! Will he survive, will he perish, will it matter? Join us in this interactive watchalong and find out!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/better-call-creative-wrestling-podcast--3014789/support.