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Death Match Canon: TV Death Matches : With J.R. Goldberg and Bucky Barnett
Sep 4, 2025
1h 44m 38s
Buzz Sawyer vs. Roddy Piper EMERGENCY POD With Eric Ritz
Jul 11, 2025
57m 47s
Death Match Canon: IWA-MS With J.R. Goldberg and Bucky Barnett
May 8, 2025
1h 43m 03s
AEW Bloody Matches Review with Tony Khan
Apr 22, 2025
1h 30m 57s
Death Match Canon: CZW With JR Goldberg and Bucky Barnett
Apr 18, 2025
1h 44m 24s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 9/4/25 | Death Match Canon: TV Death Matches : With J.R. Goldberg and Bucky Barnett | Phil, J.R. and Bucky take on TNA, WWE, Lucha Underground and AEW Death Matches!! | 1h 44m 38s | ||||||
| 7/11/25 | Buzz Sawyer vs. Roddy Piper EMERGENCY POD With Eric Ritz | WWE Vault drops a Omni Show with Buzz Sawyer and Roddy Piper in a dog collar match and we have to do a show. Eric and Phil do a late night ramble on a new classic | 57m 47s | ||||||
| 5/8/25 | Death Match Canon: IWA-MS With J.R. Goldberg and Bucky Barnett | The gents discuss midwest death match wrestling, including Necro Butcher, Ian Rotten and more | 1h 43m 03s | ||||||
| 4/22/25 | AEW Bloody Matches Review with Tony Khan | Phil is joined by the founder and CEO of AEW Tony Khan, and they talk about some of the great matches in the promotions history which are featured in the Way of the Blade:AEW Edition, and stay tuned to the end for a big announcement!! | 1h 30m 57s | ||||||
| 4/18/25 | Death Match Canon: CZW With JR Goldberg and Bucky Barnett | The boys discusses Combat Zone Wrestling and Assign matches to the Pro Wrestling Canon | 1h 44m 24s | ||||||
| 4/9/25 | Chris Hero vs. Eddie Kingston with Eddie Kingston | Phil welcomes the Mad King to the Way of the Blade Pod! We talk about his feud with Chris Hero, why he works better with guys he doesn't like, and we dig into some of the hidden gems of his career!! | 1h 33m 00s | ||||||
| 3/20/25 | Death Match Canon: Pre Born to Be Wired with JR Goldberg and Buck Barnett | Back with another episode of the Death Match Canon, Phil and the Boys discusses and canonize matches death matches before and including ECW's Born to Be Wired. We talk Puerto Rico, Taipai Death Matches, Lawler and much more! | 1h 25m 29s | ||||||
| 3/6/25 | Death Match Canon: FMW with Bucky Barnett and JR Goldberg | We launch a new project on the Way of the Blade Pod, discussing the canonical pro-wrestling matches. Season One of the Canon is the Death Match Canon and in this episode we talk about FMW and which FMW death matches deserve canonization | 1h 09m 05s | ||||||
| 2/27/25 | Kendo Nagasaki vs. Kodo Fuyuki with Tom Karro-Gassner | Phil talks with his friend and fellow Segunda Caida founder Tom Karro-Gassner about one of the odder matches in his book a lumberjack match from WAR between Kodo Fuyuki and Kendo Nagasaki, we talk about the greatness of WAR, Japanese Indy scum wrestling and much more | 1h 01m 20s | ||||||
| 2/20/25 | Trauma 1 vs. Canis Lupus with JR Goldberg | Phil talks with his good friend and zine co-author JR Goldberg about the epic IWRG mask match between Trauma 1 and Canis Lupus | 1h 04m 08s | ||||||
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| 2/13/25 | Duggan vs. Sawyer with Eric Ritz | Phil and Eric talk about the Duggan vs Sawyer dog collar match, a bit, and talk a whole lot about other stuff | 1h 38m 44s | ||||||
| 1/30/25 | Sandman vs. Sabu with The Sandman | Phil talks with the legendary Sandman!! We talk about how much he loved working with Sabu, working Jerry Lawler early in his career, his favorite opponents, wrestling on Ecstasy, the WCW Junkyard match and much more! | 1h 00m 29s | ||||||
| 1/23/25 | Villano 3 vs. Atlantis with Daniel Makabe | Phil is joined by the Wrestling Genius Daniel Makabe to talk about the epic Villiano 3 vs. Atlantis mask vs. mask match. We talk about the way lucha libre has changed, the greatness of old luchadores, Daniel's bloody retirement match, DEAN~! and much more!! | 1h 18m 05s | ||||||
| 1/16/25 | Jinsei Shinzaki vs. Great Muta with Bad Boy Joey Janela | Phil is joined by Indy wrestling icon Joey Janela to talk about his favorite Dome match Jinsei Shinzaki vs. Great Muta from 4/29/96. We talk about him wrestling Shinzaki and Sasuke, the greatness of wrestling spectacle and his upcoming match against Masato Tanaka | 1h 01m 32s | ||||||
| 1/9/25 | Four Horseman vs. Superpowers and Road Warriors with Charles from Wrestling Playlists | Phil talks with Charles from PWO and Wrestling Playlists about the greatest War Games ever, we rank the contenders, talk about what made J.J. Dillion so great and the problems with modern War Games | 1h 22m 19s | ||||||
| 1/1/25 | Valentine vs. Piper with Mad Dog Connelly | Phil is joined by Mad Dog Connelly to talk Piper vs. Valentine from Starcade 83. We talk about his history with the Collar, how hard Valentine hits and much more. | 1h 08m 21s | ||||||
| 3/17/22 | Murakami vs. Nagata with Filthy Tom Lawlor | Phil is joined by pro wrestler and ex-UFC fighter Filthy Tom Lawlor to talk about Kazunari Murakami vs. Yuji Nagata from New Japan December 2002. We talk about the beauty of simplistic wrestling, who hit Tom the hardest in the ring, and overlaps between MMA and pro-wrestling. | 1h 08m 10s | ||||||
| 3/10/22 | Tenryu vs. Fujinami with David Bixenspan | Phil talks with writer and podcaster David Bixenspan about Genichiro Tenryu vs. Tatsumi Fujinami from the New Japan Dome show. We debate whether Tenryu was protecting Fujinami or abusing him, and how much a broke bloody nose hurts | 1h 21m 51s | ||||||
| 3/3/22 | 2021 Year in Blood with Eric Ritz | Special Episode of Way of the Blade Pod as Eric and I look back on the best bloody matches of 2021, we talk about Mickie Knuckles and Tank's triumphant comeback, the greatness of CM Punk and Eddie Kingston and the all time iconic year of Black Terry | 1h 25m 14s | ||||||
| 2/24/22 | Slaughter vs. Sheik with Owen Ellickson | Phil is joined by TV Writer(The Office, Superstore) and DVDVR veteran Owen Ellickson to talk bombastic 80s wrestling, NBA conspiracy theories and much more | 1h 15m 47s | ||||||
| 2/17/22 | Kawada vs. Taue with Alan Counihan | Phil talks with Alan Counihan of the Pro-Wrestling torch about the nasty fist fight between Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue. We talk about the 4 Pillars era of All Japan, the weird Kawada US and Canadian excursion and much more | 1h 23m 28s | ||||||
| 2/10/22 | Savage/Adonis vs. Santana/Bruno with Lee Benaka | Phil talks with wrestling historian and member of the board of the Pro Wrestling Studies Association about the cage match with Tito Santana and Bruno Sammartino against Randy Savage and Adrian Adonis. We discusses the academic study of pro-wrestling and a long aside on the career of Evad Sullivan | 58m 16s | ||||||
| 2/3/22 | Fenix vs. Mil Muertes with Mike Dikk | Phil is joined by podcaster Mike Dikk to talk about the wild Lucha Underground casket match between Fenix and Mil Muertes, we talk about the Lucha Underground experiment, where we diverge in our wrestling opinions and much more | 1h 09m 58s | ||||||
| 1/27/22 | Gringos VIP vs. Chico Che/Dr. Cerebro/Black Terry with Gringo Loco | We talk with Gringo Loco about his wild brawls in IWRG, coming to Mexico as a teenager to wrestle, working with a pacemaker, and much more | 1h 04m 00s | ||||||
| 1/20/22 | Jimmy Jacobs vs. BJ Whitmer with Jimmy Jacobs | Phil is joined by indy wrestling legend Jimmy Jacobs to discuss his gory I Quit match with BJ Whitmer from IWA-MS. We discusses the Jimmy loves Lacey storyline, starting wrestling at 15, and his first and bloodiest blade jobs | 58m 49s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.