Smark & Friends

Smark & Friends #76 | Rename The Hot Dog, and Other Challenges

by Zak Ralph October 21, 2021

written by Zak Ralph

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Do The Vörös Twins believe in ghosts? How does Michael Richard Blais pronounce GIF? Could Alicia Atout kill her clone?! This and more hard-hitting journalism in this week’s episode as we head Change The Game, this past Friday in Edmonton, Alberta.

Featuring appearances by Ravenous Randy Myers, Taryn From Accounting, Leo London, and more of the luminaries in Canada’s pro-wrestling scene!

Featured: Alicia Atout, Ava Lawless, The Canadian Goose, Chris Perish, Holden Albright, Kevin Faber, Michael Richard Blais, Ravenous Randy Myers, Spencer Love, Steven Crowe, Syd Greed, Taryn From Accounting, Tex Gaines, Thaddeus Archer The Third, Tom Hughes, The Vörös Twins, Zoe Sager

Smark & Friends is available through Love Wrestling’s Podbean and other major podcatchers. While we thank all listeners, this episode is perhaps best enjoyed as video, which can be done immediately at Twitch.tv./LoveWrestling, on YouTube.com/lovewrestlingca two days after this publishing.

LPW Change The Game will be available to enjoy via stream in the very near future. Stay tuned!

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PODCAST EDITING: Tina Lulham
VIDEO PRODUCTION: Zak Ralph
MUSIC: Trevor Nemeth

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S&F #70 featuring NWA’s Joe Galli
S&F #71 featuring The Punk Roquette Show host Emilie Plamondon
S&F #72 featuring Fowl Original
S&F #73 featuring The Luchador Podcast
S&F #74 featuring Animal Bob Anger
S&F #75 featuring Warren Diesel Barris

October 21, 2021 0 comments

Smark & Friends #75 | CHANGE THE GAME with Warren Diesel Barris

by Zak Ralph October 14, 2021

written by Zak Ralph

Days before Love Wrestling and Force Pro Wrestling host CHANGE THE GAME, we speak to event commentator Warren Diesel Barris! Edmonton knows Warren from his work on 100.3, and much like CHANGE THE GAME is excited to welcome him to the announce table, we’re excited to chat abou the event with him on Smark & Friends!

We’re talking about Warren’s work in radio on the Toby and Warren Show and some of the interesting opportunites it’s opened for him – one such opportunity earning him the ol’ pat on the back from Chris Jericho. And while Warren is looking forward to checking a dream off of his checklist working commentary for a wrestling show, the rivalry between he and Thaddeus Archer (which stems out of a Live, Laugh, Love sign) may rekindle at the announcer’s table! All this, an in-depth preview of CHANGE THE GAME and much more in a fun conversation!

Not in Edmonton? Catch CHANGE THE GAME for FREE on Love Wrestling’s Twitch channel. Anyone can watch, subscribers can chat. If you have considered subscribing to our Twitch in the past, THIS is the week to do it!

Smark & Friends is available through Love Wrestling’s Podbean and other major podcatchers, along with the full video of this interview on Twitch and YouTube.

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VIDEO PRODUCTION: Zak Ralph
MUSIC: Trevor Nemeth

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October 14, 2021 1 comment

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Smark & Friends #74 | Psycho Goreman with Animal Bob Anger

by Zak Ralph October 7, 2021

written by Zak Ralph

Usually, we put a bit of breathing room between return appearances – but it’s not our fault Bob Anger keeps doing cool sh-t! The Animal returns to discuss the launch of Psycho Goreman, the upcoming comics magazine based on the horror-comedy with a growing cult following. Lethal Comics was able to fund the book through Kickstarter within the first day, allowing them to feature 25 artists and writers all eager to explore the world of PG.

Our focus is on the project and how it came to be, but we’d be remiss not to discuss Anger’s in-ring exploits. From getting Tonya Harding-ed at IWS, his boiling rivalry with the returning Shayne Hawke (who is also one of Bob’s best friends), and joining Mike Bailey for Friday Night Speedball on Twitch. Smark & Friends is available through Love Wrestling’s Podbean and other major podcatchers.

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VIDEO PRODUCTION: Zak Ralph
MUSIC: Trevor Nemeth

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October 7, 2021 2 comments

Smark & Friends #73 | The Luchador Podcast

by Zak Ralph September 23, 2021

written by Zak Ralph

Masked wrestlers fighting the underbelly – both criminal and supernatural – of Mexico City. We know you’re excited about the premise, but wait until you hear this chat! With the audio adventure podcast “THE LUCHADOR: 1,000 FIGHTS OF EL FUEGO FUERTE” premiering October 5th, we spoke with series creator Dan Valero Fletcher and the voice of El Fuego Fuerte, Jeffry “Tito” Saenz on Smark & Friends!

We talk about how the series came to be, Jeffry’s audition, the litany of guest stars from the real world of pro-wrestling, and much more! The Luchador is going to be well-loved by pro-wrestling fans, but this is one you might want to introduce to friends who love radio plays, Mexican cinema, and anyone who loves a good adventure! Smark & Friends is available through Love Wrestling’s Podbean and other major podcatchers.

The video of this review is available on Love Wrestling’s Twitch, and will be available on YouTube two days after this publishing.

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The Luchador: 1000 Fights Of El Fuego Fuerte

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VIDEO PRODUCTION: Zak Ralph
MUSIC: Trevor Nemeth

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September 23, 2021 6 comments

Smark & Friends #72 | Reviewing The Package with Fowl Original

by Zak Ralph September 16, 2021

written by Zak Ralph

Zak loves bad movies. Possibly as much as pro-wrestlers love being in bad movies. So, film reviews are also in our wheelhouse, and helping us do so in our first review on Love Wrestling is a staple of what you might call the online wrestling community, Fowl Original!

Today we are enjoying THE PACKAGE, the 2013 film directed by Jesse V Johnson, written by Derek Kolstad, and most importantly as pertaining to this podcast, starring alongside Dolph Lundgren, is Stone Cold Steve Austin. In The Package, mob debt collector Tommy Wick (Austin) is instructed by his boss to deliver a mysterious package to an enigmatic figure known only as The German (Lundgren). All the while, Wick has to avoid continued pursuit by a relentless horde of mercenaries and gangsters, all looking to collect the package.

The Package is available to watch for FREE on Tubi.

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VIDEO PRODUCTION: Zak Ralph
MUSIC: Trevor Nemeth

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September 16, 2021 5 comments

Smark & Friends #71 | featuring Punk Roquette Show’s Émilie Plamondon

by Zak Ralph September 9, 2021

written by Zak Ralph

Our latest episode is a return to form, as we welcome an uninitiated fan to watch a wrestling with us on Smark & Friends. Émilie Plamondon joins us from Quebec City. She’s the brilliant host of Punk Détente on CHYZ 94.3 FM, and more recently launched The Punk Roquette Show podcast, all in celebration of punk rock music! We talk punk, podcasting, live shows, and of course, enjoy a wrestling match.

When we run these watchalongs, Zak likes to select matches that might appeal to our guests and perhaps relates to their own content. Well, there happens to be a punk rocker in the wrestling world who happens to be making a splash in the wrestling scene right now. We’re watching Ruby Soho – then known as Heidi Lovelace – take on Kimber Lee in a match out of F1RST Wrestling! Seriously, we couldn’t have timed this release better if we had meant to, as Ruby is making HUGE WAVES in the pro-wrestling scene as recently as this weekend.

Smark & Friends is available through Love Wrestling’s Podbean and other major podcatchers. The video of this watch along is temporarily available on the Love Wrestling Twitch channel.

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S&F #70 featuring NWA’s Joe Galli

September 9, 2021 6 comments

Smark & Friends: Episode 70 | In Which We Meet Joe‘s Cats feat. Joe Galli

by Zak Ralph September 2, 2021

written by Zak Ralph

“The wrestling podcast that’s not just for wrestling fans” returns and has found a new home at Love Wrestling, and we’re kicking things off in a big way! We’re thrilled to welcome the voice of the National Wrestling Alliance Joe Galli to the show! The NWA is coming off a huge weekend with the EMPOWERRR and NWA 73 events, and Joe offers a snapshot of what the excitement in the locker room looks like en route to Chase Park Plaza, as well as working with Tim Storm and Velvet Sky at commentary, charming stories of the late Joseph Hudson (also known as The Question Mark and Jocephus) and much more.

Plus, you may know that Joe is a reporter out of San Antonio – an Emmy Winning reporter at that! We speak about the unlikely comparisons and overlap between the worlds of pro wrestling and conventional reporting, the mental taxation of covering difficult stories, and revisit a viral news clip in which Joe masterfully deals with a troll trying to drop a “FHRITP” on air.

VIDEO

Smark & Friends Episode 70 with Joe Galli on YouTube.

AUDIO

NEWS & NOTES

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PODCAST EDITING: Tina Lulham
VIDEO PRODUCTION: Zak Ralph
MUSIC: Trevor Nemeth

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September 2, 2021 8 comments

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