Talking Taker
Digging up the career of The Undertaker one PPV match at a time every Friday. Hosted by wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White.
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Friday Mar 18, 2022
Friday Mar 18, 2022
Scott Hall. Razor Ramon. The Bad Guy. Whatever you want to call him, he was one of our all-time favorite wrestlers. And with his untimely and sudden passing earlier this week, we wanted to pay tribute to a legendary performer that we never covered in the original run of Talking Taker since he surprisingly never had a PPV match with Taker. Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration of The Undertaker's career as they do a Watch-Along commentary for two rare matches featuring Scott Hall and Mark Calaway. The first is from New Japan Pro Wrestling in 1990 with Hall teaming up with a young Taker, known at this time as Punisher Dice Morgan! They take on Masa Saito and Shinya Hashimoto for the tag team titles in a match unlike any we've covered on this show before. Then they fast forward a couple of years to Rampage 92, a classic Coliseum Video you can find on Peacock, and one of the only singles matches in history between Razor Ramon and The Phenom! Plus we share our favorite memories of a man who revolutionized the wrestling business including the times we met him and saw him live and how his mannerisms and catchphrases transcended the wrestling business. Download, enjoy, Taker Easy, and Rest In Peace Scott Hall!
You can find the New Japan match we're covering by clicking here!
Don't forget to join us on April 1st for our Hall Of Fame special episode - contribute your #ThankYouTaker message to the pod by sending a video or audio message to talkingtaker@gmail.com by Sunday, March 20th!
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Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
The Ministry Of Darkness is one of the greatest factions in WWE history - but what if we could make it better? That's the question we're asking on an all new Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White and on their journey digging up The Dead Man as they welcome back friend of the show Randy Turco for a one of a kind Fantasy Draft crafting an all-time Ministry Of Darkness faction! Alex, Travis, and Randy each have 10 picks to select wrestlers from any era and any company to stand behind The Undertaker and create their own unique and ultimate dark, demonic, dominant group. The picks go from the obvious to the obscure as each of us try to outmaneuver the other - you won't believe some of the choices (and some of our reactions)! Once you've heard all of our selections, hit us up on social media and let us know who you think came out on top crafting their Ministry - @TalkingTaker on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram! Before we get to the draft we'll also catch up with Randy and discuss the latest acquisitions to his Undertaker merch collection as well as this month's Undertaker Sighting on "Rowdy's Places" on ESPN+. Download, enjoy, and, as always, Taker Easy!
Follow Randy @PokeysLittleDog on Twitter and listen to his guest appearances on Collecting Deadman!
Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!
Pick up a "Taker Easy" Talking Taker shirt & more merch at TeePublic to help support the show!
Subscribe to Travis's YouTube channel to stay connected and hear his latest release, "Radical" - also available on Spotify and Apple Music!
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
The news finally broke on Friday, February 18th that The Undertaker would headline the 2022 WWE Hall Of Fame class! Join Alex and Travis for this emergency session of the podcast as they share their reactions, talk about the obvious stats that make up his HOF resume, discuss the outpouring of support from the wrestling community, wonder what his attire might look like and speech might sound like, and share who they'd like to see induct The Phenom!
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Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
We're celebrating the 25th anniversary of one of our favorite underrated Undertaker matches as we revisit the Final Four on this month's Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their journey digging up The Dead Man as they cover the topic you the listeners voted for them to discuss this month and look back at a Top 20 Taker match of all time watch-along style. And who better to join us than friend of the show Watchalong Tommy to give his unique analysis on this legendary match! The Undertaker faces off against Vader, Stone Cold, and Bret Hart in the first major 4-Way match in WWE history and it's brutal and bloody brawl that influenced so many classic Attitude Era matches that came after it. The three of us discuss the impact of this match on the business and on all 4 men's careers as well as just how much freaking fun this match is! Watchalong Tommy (the Forrest Gump of wrestling fans) wasn't there for this show, but the does share some great stories of some other events he was at around this time, plus his memories of attending another lost Royal Rumble match from 1994. We also talk about Tommy's case of mistaken identity with a Travis sound-alike in Las Vegas, The Undertaker's recent appearances including his role in the new WWE 2K game, and our fantasy WrestleMania opponents for The Dead Man just in case he were to step in the ring this year. Plus Alex unboxes his birthday gift from Travis on this jam-packed episode! Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!
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Pick up a new "Taker Easy" Talking Taker shirt & more merch at TeePublic to help support the show!
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Friday Dec 31, 2021
Friday Dec 31, 2021
We've got a different kind of New Year's Countdown on this month's Talking Taker as we look at the Royal Rumble match you thought you'd never see! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as they unearth a lost Royal Rumble from Osaka, Japan that turns out to be the first Rumble ever won by The Undertaker! We're doing it watch-along style as we always do for Royal Rumbles, but this one isn't available on Peacock (see below or our social media channels for the link). In fact this match is so rare there's only footage available from a fan's home camera footage! And though it's an unofficial Royal Rumble and it only has 18 superstars in it, it's an important historical footnote in The Dead Man's career and we're excited to bring it to you. We'll discuss the odd timeline of this match as it occurs during Taker's supposed hibernation in the spring of 1994, Undertaker's squash of the future Hakushi earlier in the night, an impressive performance from Bob Backlund, the surprising effort these superstars put into a house show match, the rare interaction between Randy Savage and Taker, and so much more. Plus, we'll also discuss Undertaker's recent appearance on Kevin Hart's "Cold As Balls" YouTube show and share our hopes and dreams for The Phenom in 2022! Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!
Watch the match along with us:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjrodb
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Pick up a new "Taker Easy" Talking Taker shirt & more merch at TeePublic to help support the show!
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Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
We enter the multiverse of Undertaker podcasts as the host of Collecting Deadman joins the show! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as fellow Creature Of The Night Stephen Zieman cross over to Talking Taker for the first time. Stephen started the Collecting Deadman podcast earlier this year to chronicle the vast and never-ending world of Undertaker figures, merchandise, and collectibles - and we do our best to talk about it all on this special crossover episode! Stephen schools us on some of the rarest, wierdest, and most WTF Undertaker merch ever created, gives us a checklist of the 3 Undertaker figures you must have to start a collection, shares his favorite Batman movie, and then we all share some of our favorite wrestling-related Christmas memories!
Of course, the main event for this month's episode is a special watch-along of - what else? - The Undertaker vs The Undertaker from SummerSlam 1994! It's widely regarded as one of the worst PPV main events of all time, and we have a blast looking back at this bizarre moment of The Phenom's career. Plus we discuss recent Undertaker news and notes from The Bump, The Broken Skull Sessions, and a Pitbull concert! Don't miss this jam-packed episode - download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!
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Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!
Pick up a new "Taker Easy" Talking Taker shirt & more merch at TeePublic to help support the show!
Subscribe to Travis's YouTube channel to stay connected and hear his latest release, "Windrush Sessions: Volume 2"!
Check out our Spotify Playlist highlighting all the music featured across our episodes throughout the years and see if you can remember which songs went with each match - updated every week!
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
It's time for the Undertaker to battle his greatest opponent - himself! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their journey through every PPV match of the Dead Man's career as they cover the unforgettable main event of SummerSlam 1994 of the Undertaker vs. The Undertaker. We break down the all the insanity leading up to the match including Undertaker sightings and Leslie Nielsen's investigative skills as well as Paul Bearer's obscenely large new urn, Ted Dibiase's confusing endgame, and the deafening silence of the Chicago crowd.
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
The ritual has begun! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as we cover the most unexpected journey our time-traveling hearse has ever taken: "Escape The Undertaker" - an interactive Netflix special starring The Phenom and The New Day! We never could have predicted when we started this podcast something as wild as this, and we needed to call in some backup to be able to cover all the different paths and scenarios brought about by this "Create Your Own Adventure" experience. Undertaker Experts and returning guests Randy Turco and Saint Ridley Santos join us as we talk about every possible path through Taker's haunted mansion as he tries to collect the souls of Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods before they can collect his urn. It's a wild, hilarious, and spoiler-filled discussion, so be sure you've watched "Escape The Undertaker" before you listen. Along the way we'll cover all the easter eggs and hidden jokes we could find, "Uncle Taker's" haunted home decor, the confusing and ever-changing state of Taker's hair, surprising cameos from Pat McAfee and Paul Bearer, Batman and Harry Potter and Star Wars comparisons, what The Dead Man eats for lunch, and so much more. Plus we discuss our fantasy casts for a potential sequel! Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!
Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!
Pick up a new "Taker Easy" Talking Taker shirt & more merch at TeePublic to help support the show!
Subscribe to Travis's YouTube channel to stay connected and hear his latest release, "Windrush Sessions: Volume 2"!
Check out our Spotify Playlist highlighting all the music featured across our episodes throughout the years and see if you can remember which songs went with each match - updated every week!
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Friday Oct 01, 2021
We're looking back at our favorite Undertaker match of all tiz-iiiime on this month's special edition of Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their journey digging up The Dead Man as they take a look back at the match they unanimously chose as The Undertaker's greatest ever for the first time in nearly 150 episodes - In Your House: Badd Blood 1997 vs Shawn Michaels in the first ever Hell In A Cell match. We're doing it Watch-Along style so we'll give you the timestamp on the Peacock app for you to join us as we provide a running commentary for a match with a huge historic impact on the career of Taker, HBK, and of course, Kane! We'll explain exactly why this match holds such a special place in our hearts and why we (still) rank it above Taker and Shawn's WrestleMania classics. October 1997 was a wild time in the WWF and we'll put this match into the context not just of that timeline but of the history and future of pro wrestling as some things would truly never be the same after this match. The psychology in this match and in the entire Taker and Shawn storyline is unprecedented and we'll dissect all the intricate pieces at play. Of course, we'll still have some laughs along the way at things like Sgt. Slaughter's flashlight, "Jay Lethal" the camera man, Shawn's droopy drawers, and other absurdities we find throughout the match. Plus, we'll give our first reactions to the "Escape The Undertaker" Netflix trailer and tell you our plans for covering this incredible new addition to The Phenom's legacy! Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!
Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!
Pick up a new "Taker Easy" Talking Taker shirt & more merch at TeePublic to help support the show!
Subscribe to Travis's YouTube channel to stay connected and hear his latest release, "Windrush Sessions: Volume 2"!
Check out our Spotify Playlist highlighting all the music featured across our episodes throughout the years and see if you can remember which songs went with each match - updated every week!
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Before he was The Undertaker, he was The Master Of Pain! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White as they take their time-traveling hearse the furthest into the past it's ever gone to explore the origins of the man who would become The Phenom as he cuts his teeth in 1989 Memphis Wrestling! Mark Calaway is known here as the Master Of Pain in this footage so rare it's not even owned by the WWE. He's also greener than grass as he learns the ropes inside the squared circle, but it's fascinating to see him develop some of the moves, mannerisms, and intensity that he would go down in history for. It's also absolutely hilarious as we laugh harder than we ever have on the show diving into this old school, non-PC, southern-fried wrasslin' footage! We'll cover the ridiculous misspelling in the opening credits of this special, Master Of Pain's shaky promo delivery and confusing backstory, the ridiculous evolution of his look, his first ever title win, some of the most unfortunately named jobbers you'll ever see, some casual racism and promos that wouldn't fly in 2021, upcoming events at the local "high skoo", garbage bag ring canvasses, tar-and-feather match stipulations, and so much more. Plus we'll discuss the likes of Jerry The King Lawler, Dutch Mantell, Sid Vicious a.k.a. Lord Humongous, Downtown Bruno, Bam Bam Bigelow, P.Y. Chu-Hi, "The Japanese Team", Detroit Demolition, and our new favorite character, the incredible Ronnie P. Gossett! Do yourself a favor and watch the entire hourlong special streaming on the Wrestling TV app or on the website. Then download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!
Stay connected with our Creature Community by following us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!
Pick up a new "Grateful Dead Man" Talking Taker shirt & more merch at TeePublic to help support the show!
Subscribe to Travis's YouTube channel to stay connected and hear his latest release, "Windrush Sessions: Volume 2"!
Check out our Spotify Playlist highlighting all the music featured across our episodes throughout the years and see if you can remember which songs went with each match - updated every week!