With This Ring #49

Ryan and Cindy continue their trip through 1998 and go just up the road to the Rosemont Horizon. Before getting there, however, they look at some of the more noteworthy segments in Raw history, especially a fun night at the local medical facility for Mr. McMahon. They get to the actual show and the less-than stellar in-ring action. Topics include
-last stand for the LOD
-Dustin Runnels' career arc at this point
-The Headbangers getting a World Tag Team title match
-A ridiculous finish to Mankind and Ken Shamrock
-a shocking Mark Henry match
-aa main event that leaves much to be desired.
We finish the night off with a memorable Raw the next night, ending with the crowd cheering an assassination attempt. Enjoy!
 

With This Ring #48

After a fantastic SummerSlam, Ryan and Cindy are back in this edition of With This Ring, talking about the follow-up, In Your House: Breakdown. In this episode they discuss
WWF being at its hottest and then having no Raw for two weeks due to the U.S. Open.
The Rock’s full face turn and the merits of the People’s Elbow as a finisher. 
Steve Austin being a master of disguise to attack Steve Austin. 
A once again underwhelming undercard to start the show with a lot of matches for matches sake. 
A somewhat forgotten great match between Mankind, The Rock and Ken Shamrock in the big blue bar cage.
The risque factor of Val Venis and Terri Runnels
The Triple Threat match between Steve Austin, Kane and the Undertaker and how it does result in Vince McMahon wearing the Smoking Skull belt on Raw
Discussion of Detroit/Toronto/Hamilton geography
The next night on Raw from Detroit featuring a zamboni, steel steps to the ankle and a Big Gulp drink. All that and more!
Enjoy!

WIth This Ring #47

No stop signs, speed limit, nobody’s going to slow us down. Ryan and Cindy have reached the Highway to Hell and discuss SummerSlam 1998 and all that led up to it, including:
Cindy finding out we skipped over the epic Val Venis/Kaientai feud and us being forced to watch it as soon as we stopped recording
Discussions on how CAHOOTS was the most used word on WWF TV in 1998 on Kane and Undertaker
How this led to the forgotten Hell in a Cell match between Kane and Mankind
The new addition of Sunday Night Heat and how that helped add a pre-game show for PPV nights.
An undercard filled with exciting singles matches for European titles, hair and inside Lion’s Dens.
A star making performance in a ladder match between two upper mid-carders,
Undertaker and Steve Austin having a landmark Attitude Era main event. 
Enjoy!

With This Ring #46

With This Ring #46: Fully Loaded 1998
Ryan and Cindy are back in the summer of 1998 and smackdab in the middle of the Highway to Hell! Unfortunately before we get to SummerSlam they cover Fully Loaded 1998. Topics discuss include:
The big July 6th Nitro from the Georgia Dome featuring Goldberg against Hollywood Hogan and how the WWF countered it…UNDERKANE!
The continued slow first hour of the secondary Pay-Per-Views, outside of D-Lo Brown and X-Pac
The Dungeon match and how disgusting wrestling around the rest of the Hart House would have been
Was 30 minutes too much for Rock/Triple H at this time?
Jerry Lawler going full blown pervert
Is it a good idea for the Fully Loaded Pay-Per-View main event to just be table setting for the SummerSlam main event?
Enjoy the show!

With this Ring #45

With This Ring #45: King of the Ring 1998
Ryan and Cindy continue to journey through the 1998 Pay-Per-View calendar, going over the historic King of the Ring. Topics include:
Jeff Jarrett's career seeming a bit stalled at this point
D-Lo Brown and his protective chest pad, 
WWF was setting up a Shamrock/Severn final 
Ken Shamrock’s beginnings in pro wrestling
Long discussion about the Hell in the Cell
Steve Austin and Kane having two great matches in two nights
Then they rank the matches and see where King of the Ring goes in our overall rankings. Enjoy the show!

With This Ring #44: Over the Edge 1998

With This Ring #44: Over the Edge 1998
In this edition of With This Ring, Ryan and Cindy continue their journey through the WWF in 1998. Included are the following topics:
-Legion of Doom, Sunny and Droz
-The lackluster IYH Undercards
-Nuclear Rock
-Austin vs. Dude Love
They finish it with their top 2 matches and ranking of PPV shows overall. Enjoy!
 

With This Ring #43: Unforgiven 1998

In this edition of With This Ring, Ryan and Cindy look at the WWF’s follow-up to WrestleMania XIV, In Your House: Unforgiven.
-Steve Austin/Vince McMahon feud and how Mick Foley is put in as Mr. McMahon’s proxy title challenger
-The Raw/Nitro ratings war and gave Raw a much needed win
-The the continuation of Nation/Faarooq/Ken Shamrock feud
So much to talk about they completely forgot to mention the Jeff Jarrett/Sawyer Brown duet. Enjoy!

With This Ring #42

Tis the season! In this episode of With This Ring, Cindy and Ryan continue their journey through 1998 with the Granddaddy of them all, WrestleMania XIV. DIscussion includes Tag battle royals, the rise of the Rock continues, is the DX band Star Spangled Banner/America the Beautiful the worst performance in WrestleMania history, They then look at the Raw after WrestleMania, one of the first truly big Raws after WrestleMania. We took about the new belts, Steve Austin’s first of many trips to jail, the Rock rising even higher and the new and “improved” DX, including a brutal cage match for Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie. Enjoy!