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Put overs: 
Cap – Dolemite Is My Name
Teek – Black Jesus – RIP John Witherspoon and Charlie Murphy 
G1 – Westside Gunn – Hitlers Wears Hermes 7

The gang touches on a few things from Raw and Smackdown.

Congratulations to the New Day who are now 7 time tag champs!!!  Does Kofi not care about losing the big title?The big story is the Invasion angle which saw RAW and Smackdown invaded by NXT!!!  What’s going to happen with Adam Cole, Finn Balor and The O.C. for NXT War Games and Survivor Series???  Who’s going to turn?

The bigger story is AEW full gear. The first official AEW PPV since being on TV.  The boys talk  why the lucha bros don’t need the tag titles and is Cody injured for real? Why is Kenny Omega putting himself thru so much in these non-sanction matches and much more.

In the debut episode of The Bulletproof Podcast, the guys from Bulletproof Action countdown Dolph Lundgren’s Top Ten Movies. Plus, Chad and Todd compete in the “How Dolph Are You?” contest hosted by Chris The Brain. 

It’s not every day we get to introduce a new podcast on the Geekscape Network, but this isn’t everyday! And to sweeten the deal, we’re discussing another meta horror flick from the rapidly-dwindling list of meta horror films that we haven’t hit yet: the charmingly goofy RETURN TO HORROR HIGH (1987). Our guest is Bacon from 19 Donkey Lane, a fantasy/comedy show that you really need to do yourself a favor and check out. Also, bonus George Clooney sighting in the movie, schwing!

This week Julie is joined by Erik who talks to us about the Pilot episode of Pushing Daisies (creatively called Pie-Latte). Julie and Erik discuss the whimsical nature of this short lived show, who they’d bring back from the dead if they could bring anyone back and are interrupted by a cricket.

It’s finally happened: Scott had a pick fall on Halloween, and his dream of discussing awkward brunettes and their creepy dolls came truuuuuuue! We snuggle up to the one and only MAY (2002), which most forget is seasonally-appropriate – and we’re here to remind you forever. Brian somehow didn’t watch it, even with a week extension, so Matt and Scott do their best to explain the plot to him, which sort of works a little bit. Fill your cooler with some cold ones and get spooky with us for the best day of the year, we promise we won’t criticize your kissing skills.

Neoecks: Letter Kenny – Hulu
Teek Hall: Black Phillip
ROK: Milo aka Meatloaf Happy 2nd Birthday!!
G1: Todd McFarlane

Tonight we start the show off on a somber note with the news of the passing of John Witherspoon! RIP pops!

Hello Mat Maniacs thank you so much for joining us again for another episode. We are glad to have you here. We kick it off as we always do with the put over segment, let us know if you are feeling what the fellas are into. ROK has some words regarding Kanye West and would like Mat Mania to be a Kanye free zone….what do you think Mat Maniacs? Please be sure to listen to Teek Hall’s newest release “Black Phillip”.

Wrestling time! FINN IS NXT. Finn Balor is the Prince of NXT and rising to be the king. Where doyou see Finn in NXT? Where would want Finn Balor? Is he Undisputed?

What about AEW? RIP Rock and Roll Express. Proud and Powerful are the wolves of AEW right now. Pure street, pure shooters! We cannot wait to see more of tag team matches. Congratulations to SCU! The inaugural AEW Tag Team Champions.

Lastly Crown Jewel is Thursday. Will you watch? G1 say he will, the rest of the boys say enjoy the glorified house show.

Snack of the Week: Ana Cheri @anacheri

Check out Teek Hall’s new Song – The Ritual –http://teekhall.bandcamp.com/track/the-ritual

This week on the show Julie is joined by one of her oldest friend Kathleen to discuss the pilot episode of Haunting of Hill House. This Netflix original series is a great way to ring in Halloween and it scared the crap out of Julie even when watching it at 9am on a Sunday. Happy Halloween from My Favorite Episode Of…

It’s Halloween week and time for our last horror anthology, so of course we pulled out the big guns with 2007’s TRICK R TREAT! We are joined by Jason of Creepy Co, and spend the entire episode just gushing about what a great piece of entertainment this one is. We also get into a nice tangent about Super Troopers, so don’t worry, still on-brand for us. Make sure your jack-o-lantern is lit all night long, just in case!

In the Debut Episode of the Podcast Julie is joined by her Brothers Matt and Brian of the Horror Movie Night podcast to discuss their collective favorite episode of Boy Meets World. The infamous Scream parody (that’s not a Halloween episode!) ‘And Then There Was Shawn’.

The podcast comes to an end but we celebrate it remembering the history of the Sanderson Theory

It’s week three of October, and time for a heavy sociopolitical discussion that Matt has been dreaming of having since before HMN’s inception: 1995’s depressingly-still-relevant TALES FROM THE HOOD! This is one of the more difficult films for a show like ours to discuss, so hopefully we navigate the treacherous waters well enough to not sound like total idiots. This is one of the best horror anthologies out there, and still required viewing in 2019 – Clarence Williams III commands you!

It’s no secret we love the Sanderson Sisters but can anyone be a Sanderson? We try the impossible this week on DisNeato Podcast

The boys are back and nearly at full strength as the Neoecks is absent this evening. Fear not MatManiac’s the rest of the crew is live from the illustrious DigiLabs Arena and there is a lot to get into tonight. 

As always we begin with the put over segment:

ROK – His weekend in Cali
Teek – Upcoming show at Valley Bar 10/14
G1 – Harold’s Chicken opening in Phoenix 
Ran – NYC Comic-Con

Now let’s deep dive into some wrestling!!! The Wednesday night wars have begun and the crew asks “is this really a war?” And does WWE care about the numbers?  Smackdown premiered on FOX and we saw our champ Kofi Kingston drop the strap in less than 10 seconds?  Was that the right call and was Kofi’s eagerness to bring the fight to the beast incarnate a good move?  Oh and speaking of Brock a familiar face from his UFC days made his debut….do we care?  Smackdown also saw the return of The Great One who with some help from The Man laid out King Corbin!  The boys also talk about the debacle that was HIAC. Lastly before closing out the show we have a major announcement from Lead Booker Mega Ran!

Snack of the Week – Dani Fernandez 

For our second October anthology movie, Brian once again shows how inscrutable his tastes are by hitting us with 1971’s ironically bloodless THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD. After Matt and Scott rip this one to shred, Brian explains that he plans to start his future children with this kind of movie on their horror journeys; so basically his kids won’t be horror fans after all…

With it being Spooky Season, the 70 Year Anniversary of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad AND the fact that Brooke and Andrew had never seen this classic cartoon… it seemed like a great time to watch it. Instead of our usual watching style they did a live commentary to the movie so find a copy of the short and watch along with us!

Neoecks: Dissect on Spotify
Teek: Phoenix New Times Two Time Rapper of the Year (Two Times!)
G1: Herstory in the Making – Young M.A.

Mat Maniacs welcome to another episode of the Mat Mania Podcast.

We loved the premier episode of Monday Night Raw in Phoenix AZ. Over all the show
was amazing and PYRO!!!! We hope Dominique feels better,and King Corbin gets a new throne, and
Rusev. C’mon Rusev get your house in order. Don’t let big ole bald head Bobby Lashley take your
girl. All this booking that is happening. What do you think so far of the season premiere of RAW?

We didn’t dive too much into AEW vs NXT, but we are excited over what is to come over the results.
Over all, Wrestling is Fun, and wrestling is cool. If you don’t like wrestling, well i dunno why you are listening to this podcast. Maybe it is just for the jokes and stuff, so thank you.

Check out Teek Hall’s new Song – Back to Back

It’s October, and we’re lifting our moratorium on anthologies for one month only, starting with the oddly forgotten NECRONOMICON: BOOK OF THE DEAD (1993), directed by the immortal Brian Yuzna, Christophe Gans, and Shusuke Kaneko! We are joined by Cyborg Joe of THE LETHAL WEAPONS all the way from Japan, your new favorite band and you just don’t know it yet. The star of the film is obviously Bruce Campbell, I mean Jeffrey Combs’ prosthetic nose, but there’s also a sick body melt (hey, it’s the TGRI guy!), sea monsters, and bat-aliens with brains in their tummies. It’s a good time all around, as Joe and the guys can attest (Brian is just a grump). Strap in for a month of anthologies, as well as 907.185kg of bonus content because it’s Halloweentime finally and fuck the customary system – metric 4 life!

This week Brooke and Andrew react as Producer Matt explains the things happening this year at Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party

Well, we did it, y’all. We talked about all of the TCM movies applicable to the show. Our fourth and final listener submitted pick is TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3: LEATHERFACE (1990), and is the mirror opposite of last week’s fantastic 3rd installment in the COTC series in pretty much all possible ways. Recorded live at Creature Feature Weekend in Gettysburg PA with our friend JoshuaDoesCosplay, we even have the listener who suggested it (Eli B.) come up and read his email/defend this abomination of a film! If you couldn’t get enough phallic chainsaw imagery with our PIECES discussion, here’s your chance for another helping of questionable content.

Neoecks: Downtown Los Angeles Grand Central Market

ROK: Gangstarr – Family and Loyalty

Ran: Japan

Teek: Brittney Runs a Marathon (Movie)

G1: 100,000 streams for Felix Chevrolet & Grammy Nominations

Happy episode 150 Mat Maniacs!! Thank you so much for continuing to rock with us. We appreciate all of your love and support. Cheers!! Heres to many more episodes to come!! We have a full squad today to go over all that is wrestling. Additionally, we go over our favorite moments of the podcast. What are your favorite moments? Let us know.

Alright it is wrestling time! We take time to go into the state of wrestling. But more importantly support your local wrestling!

For New Japan Pro Wrestling Mega Ran got to experience the Road to Destruction. And what a time! Learn from Sensei Mega Ran to learn the tips and tricks of Japan. LIJ > BC.

Shout out to Rocky Romero and Roppongi 3K. Thank you Japan

Neoecks talks about the PWG BOLA 2019, and it was/is phenomenal. Everybody should experience a PWG show in their lifetime. If you can’t make it to the show buy, a DVD or Blu Ray! More importantly the amount of Latino representation on the show was something to be admired. Thank you LA. #HappyHispanicHeritageMonth

NXT is now live and active and The Undisputed Era is running the place.

WWE is live and firing on all cylinders. The women are really showing they are the top talent and top stories amongst the company. What of The Fiend? How is his current position in the company? How would you book em?

ROK: Snack of the Week: Troy Cherie Mullins Pro Golfer

Burial of the Week – @ringsidenews_ for speaking negatively about Kofi Kingston’s title run.

Catch Mega Ran on Tour https://megaran.com/shows/

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This week Andrew and Brooke breakdown their favorite films under the TouchStone Pictures label!

You know you’re from the Midwest when you’re more disgusted watching a man eat a raw ear of corn like a goddamn savage than by the insane corn monster swallowing teenagers whole. Our 3rd listener submitted pick is CHILDREN OF THE CORN III: URBAN SACRIFICE (1995), and good lord is this movie good! This is 100% USDA organic HMN perfection in celluloid form, and we just can’t say enough nice things about it. If you haven’t seen it, THIS is the one that gets the show stamp of approval! Though we’re left to wonder if Screaming Mad George has ever actually SEEN an ear of corn…

We take another break from Disney Talk in order to focus on the Top 5 Reasons Andrew is Single as decided by Andrew. Brooke is there to either disagree or support this list. This is one of our most introspective episodes.

Summer is winding down and Brooke and Andrew haven’t been able to talk about any of the fun exciting things they’ve been up to the last few months. Hear about Brooke’s riveting Labor Day, Andrew’s thoughts on Lion King and how he almost died inner tubing.

It’s Listener Submitted Month, and we’re kicking it off with a huge mistake on everyone’s part, the abysmal BOOGIEMAN 2 (2007). Imagine everything you love about Dream Warriors, take away the charm, talent and budget, and maybe, just maybe you end up with this movie. Your hosts have about 1 compliment a piece for this one, and spend the rest of the episode in total regret for their life choices. Witness the misery inflicted by Horror Movie Night listeners all month, starting….NOW!

Putovers: 

Neo: Wu-Tang: An American Saga – Hulu

ROK: Joell Ortiz – Monday

Ran: Bad Boys 4 Life – Movie

Teek: Meyhem Lauren – For Members Only

G1: Happy Birthday Jason David Frank (Green Ranger > White Ranger)

Happy Wrestling to all! This week has been chock full of wrestling. AND WE LOVE IT. NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff, AEW All Out, NJPW Royal Quest, and Starrcast. I hope you all had the best time. Thank you for supporting our friends, Pro- Wrestling Tees, Wrestling Travel, Haoming, and NERD Clothing. We take the time to go over all the wrestling and our favorites of the week. Walter VS Tyler Bates, is ROK the unofficial UK booker for MatMania???  We talk Luchasaurus,!The Cracker Barrell Clash, Lucha Bros vs Young Bucks & Pac Vs Omega. 

We do talk about WWE and all the wrestling going on over there. We break down the latest matches in the King Of The Ring Tournament, Bayley turning heel and much more! What is your opinion on WWE so far? Let us know.

We also go over some of the highlights from Starrcast and The Wrestling With Stereotypes panel Mega Ran was apart of. 

ROK: Snack of the Week: NXT Superstar – Xia Li

Burial of the Week – Cody Rhodes for not protecting Pharaoh during his entrance.

Check out Mega Ran’s New Song : Home

Thank you to Black Forest Gummy Bears for being the official snack of the show.

Catch Mega Ran on Tour https://megaran.com/shows/

Mega Ran tour dates 

With SkyBlew

9/10 @ Illegal Pete’s, Tucson, AZ
9/11 @ Last Exit Live, Phoenix, AZ
9/12 @ Toxic Toast Theater, Long Beach, CA
9/13-15 @ MAGWest, San Jose, CA
9/16 @ Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco, CA

Japan Tour With Cartoon Violence:

9/18 @ Environment 0g, Osaka
9/19 @ Cafe la Siesta, Kyoto
9/21 @ Koenji High, Tokyo
9/22 @ Kabuki Lounge, Tokyo

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Producer Matt collected the most exciting news from D23 and made sure that Andrew and Brooke knew as little of what was announced as possible. They break down the announcements coming to the Parks (specifically Epcot), Disney+ and theaters.