Memphis wrestling talk with the edges left on.
Shooting the Shiznit treats wrestling like a busy local scene, not a polished media beat. Episodes move from sponsor reads and show plugs into Memphis Wrestling lineups, USWA nostalgia, Patreon side clips, and opinionated match-by-match verdicts.
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Shooting the Shiznit is a wrestling podcast that sounds rooted in the room. It is busy from the jump. Local show announcements, sponsor reads, affiliate plugs, Patreon mentions, and podcast roll calls often arrive before the main segment has fully settled. That clutter is part of the texture. The feed treats Memphis Wrestling, Power Pro Wrestling, USWA history, and regional live events as a living circuit of people, venues, angles, and grudges. It is not built for casual onboarding. Terms like heat, heels, pre-tape, shoot, and booking are used as normal speech, and the show expects listeners to keep up. Recent episodes move through Memphis Wrestling cards, championship matches, women’s division stories, parking-lot confrontations, and quick-fire match reviews. The verdicts are immediate. A good bit gets praised hard, a weak performer gets called out, and a booking choice can turn into a running aside before the recap snaps back into place. Retro material gives the show another lane. Flashback episodes and review segments revisit USWA and older wrestling business history, including talk about Turner, Jim Crockett Promotions, and Vince McMahon-era national competition. The side-feed clips add a looser layer. B-side material can drift into backstage chatter, coffee ventures, music projects, local sponsors, and off-mic scraps that would not fit a cleaner recap format. The result is uneven by design. It can be funny, abrasive, nostalgic, sincere, and safety-conscious within the same stretch, especially when the topic turns from jokes to injuries in the ring. Shooting the Shiznit works best for fans who enjoy regional wrestling as an ecosystem: the matches, the promos, the local ads, the old stories, and the people still keeping the scene loud.
Made for: For wrestling fans who already know the difference between a hot tag, a pre-tape, and a shoot. It especially fits listeners drawn to Memphis Wrestling, USWA history, regional cards, and opinion-heavy recaps.
What sets it apart: The show keeps the local wrestling ecosystem intact instead of sanding it into a clean national recap. Ads, plugs, side clips, retro history, blunt match notes, and community shout-outs all remain part of the experience.
STSPOD posts TWO 30 minute podcasts a week where the host Brian Tramel sits down to "shoot the shiznit" with wrestling personalities, friends and just people that he finds interesting. Tramel has been a wrestling fan, wrestler, manager, fanzine editor and podcaster in his almost 40 years of wrestling fandom. Also a "special edition" each week that could include "Cool Kids Countdown," "WTF News Desk," "Kayfabe Flicks," "Was It Really THAT Good?" "Observing the Observer," and "CHOKEHOLD: THE PODCAST." Check out the links below for our website & more great content!
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Brian Trammell connects match-level criticism, wrestling safety, territory history, and the business customs behind the action.
Shooting the Shiznit treats professional wrestling as both a working business and a living archive. Brian Trammell moves from detailed Memphis Wrestling recaps and industry news to retro reviews and conversations about figures such as Eddie Gilbert.
Memphis wrestling minutiae gets full main-event stakes, and you get a seat beside the booking desk.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Local wrestling dates give way to a blunt rant about a crowned trainee.
The episode opens with Memphis Wrestling dates, moves into a Natural State Wrestling summer tour pitch, and then folds in a Surfshark VPN read before landing on a blunt complaint about a crowned trainee who has only been training about six months.
A rough-edged wrestling talker that keeps safety ahead of the show.
Shooting the Shiznit lands on a blunt, practical idea: if someone in the ring looks hurt, the match should stop. The host's account of a seizure gives that point real weight, and the episode keeps circling back to the same basic priority, putting wrestler safety ahead of the…
A brisk Memphis Wrestling scorecard led by DDT's tornado DDT win and the next angles taking shape.
This Memphis Wrestling review frames the episode as a fast pass through angles that spark, settle, and set up the next beat. Its sharpest stretch comes with DDT and Seven Crews, where KJ's leg grab, the blocked body slam, the turnbuckle spot, DDT's tornado DDT win, and the…
Randy Hales traces Power Pro and USWA working rules back to booking logic and real-life availability.
Randy Hales keeps this wrestling-history conversation grounded in the practical rules that shaped where people could work. He explains why Power Pro allowed outside bookings, arguing that a loss somewhere else would not damage business, and contrasts that with the stricter USWA…
Bob Barnett's Eddie Gilbert memories turn a wrestling tape into a personal time capsule.
Episode 39 turns Bob Barnett's memories of Eddie Gilbert into a loose but revealing piece of wrestling history. Barnett walks through how the shoot interview came together, why the tape ended when the batteries died, and why he can only estimate how many copies were sold.
This episode announces upcoming Memphis Wrestling events including Vince Russo's appearance on March 29th and a trip to Little Rock on April 11th.
Host Brian Tramel interviews Bob Barnett, credited as the father of shoot interviews, in episode 39 of Shooting the Shiznit.
This episode features an interview with Blue Meanie discussing wrestling fandom and personal connections rather than typical wrestling topics like ECW or JBL.
This episode promotes Surfshark VPN for accessing WWE premium live events globally and Vitality Chiropractic for pain relief.
BT’s episode 293 recap centers on Big John Dalton winning the Memphis Wrestling Internet Championship from Bashawn Harvey.
Jeff Osborne hosts Cassette Wrestling News issue 67, covering Memphis, USWA, WWF, and FMW wrestling.
Gene Jackson's "Rollin' Into Mempho" reviews Memphis Wrestling Week 283 through a steel-cage match, a women's title bout, and a tag-team title rematch.
Joel Goodhart, former Philadelphia promoter and co-host of the 'Wrestling Radio' show, tells Brian Trammell that his show ranked number three in Philadelphia on Saturday mornings with 22,400 listeners per quarter hour on WIP.
Shooting the Shiznit opens on a stack of wrestling plugs.
The host discusses Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins entering the coffee business, comparing it to a similar failed venture by another podcast and analyzing their potential for success outside WWE.
Vince Russo's Memphis Wrestling arrival is framed around the promotion's heritage and Andy Kaufman.
This episode features an interview with JD McKay discussing historical wrestling business decisions, particularly Turner Broadcasting's takeover of Jim Crockett Promotions and the financial challenges of competing with Vince McMahon.
This episode announces upcoming Memphis Wrestling events, including matches and appearances by wrestlers like Eugene and Jimmy Valiant, and promotes ticket sales and a post-match party at Cinco de Mayo Bar and Grill.
This episode promotes Surfshark VPN for accessing WWE premium live events globally and Vitality Chiropractic for pain relief.
Shooting the Shiznit opens with sponsor reads, then shifts into a serious warning after a wrestler appears to be having a seizure.
Shooting the Shiznit episode 1049 and Rolling Into Mempho 268 centers on Vince Russo's Memphis Wrestling appearance, the Eli Knox box reveal, and a high-drama internet title rematch.
A wrestling event promo opens the feed.
This episode promotes upcoming Memphis Wrestling events and a Surfshark VPN offer for streaming WWE premium live events globally.
This episode promotes Surfshark VPN for accessing WWE premium live events globally and mentions Vitality Chiropractic for pain relief.
This episode promotes upcoming Memphis Wrestling events, a pro wrestling seminar with WWE talent scout Gabe Sapolsky, and offers Surfshark VPN for streaming WWE premium live events globally.