Wrestling history with receipts and grudges.
TMPT Empire treats professional wrestling like a living archive, moving from WrestleMania rankings to WCW road stories and AEW media arguments. It is loose, fast, and built for fans who care about title reigns, attendance debates, backstage habits, and why certain pushes worked.
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TMPT Empire is less a single-format wrestling podcast than a full feed of wrestling obsession. It moves between countdowns, interviews, historical spotlights, and current-industry arguments without pretending those lanes are separate. The rankings episodes are direct and nostalgia-heavy. A WrestleMania list can start with the emotional shock of Ultimate Warrior beating Hulk Hogan, then roll into Savage versus Steamboat, venue details, attendance arguments, and the way certain shows become permanent rewatch material. The Intercontinental Championship episode has the same energy: Razor Ramon, Tito Santana, Rock Don Muraco, reign totals, feuds, work-rate reputations, and the old question of who was almost pushed higher. The Hogan Era installments look sideways at wrestling history, using Professor Tanaka to connect WWF appearances, Hollywood work, Chuck Norris movies, and the broader pop-culture reach of a wrestling character. The feature interviews are looser and more story-led. Chad Austin’s episode centers on backstage confusion, payment problems, travel arrangements, and the weird small-business chaos that surrounded wrestling work. Robbie Rage’s appearance zooms out to WCW, live wrestling television, Ted Turner, Eric Bischoff, the NWO boom, and the difference between being on television and becoming a true superstar. The show also follows modern wrestling media with a skeptical fan’s eye. Capitol and Kayfabe weighs Tony’s interview style, AEW criticism, TNA controversy, Vince, Jim Cornette, Vince Russo, Triple H, Nick Khan, Dave Meltzer, Sean Ross Sapp, and the changing definition of a wrestling journalist. Ultimate Fighters stretches the feed into combat-sports business history, looking at UFC growth, White, Fertitta, regulation, pay-per-view, and fight promotion as another form of spectacle. The through-line is always wrestling logic. Who drew money? Who got pushed? Who had timing? Who was protected? Who looked better in hindsight than fans understood at the time? The feed is ad-heavy at the edges and sometimes transcript-rough, but the core appeal is clear: a rapid, informed, deeply opinionated archive of wrestling memories, arguments, and first-person road detail.
Made for: For fans who already speak wrestling shorthand and want more than surface nostalgia. It suits listeners who enjoy rankings, business context, old WWF and WCW history, AEW media debate, and long guest stories from inside the industry.
What sets it apart: TMPT Empire stands out through sheer range: WrestleMania lists, Hogan-era character studies, wrestler interviews, live-TV history, and modern wrestling-media arguments all live in the same feed. It favors remembered specifics over polished distance.
Host John Poz has conducted the most in depth interviews in the entire genre of Professional Wrestling. Follow @TwoManPowerTrip for Episode Previews and Show Coverage.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tmpt-empire--1420896/support.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
John Poz turns wrestling history and current disputes into detailed conversations about creative power, careers, media, and the business behind the spectacle.
TMPT Empire treats professional wrestling as a business with a long memory. John Poz moves between interviews and discussion formats, asking guests to reconstruct how careers, creative decisions, and working relationships took shape.
Wrestling's back office becomes the main event when contract politics interest you as much as the card.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Loose, combative talk that ties fight promotion, wrestling lore, and political theater together.
This episode moves between wrestling lore, combat sports hype, and political theater without pretending those threads are neatly separate. The best stretch comes when Josh Hokut's sudden rise is unpacked, especially the way one recent promo turned him into a talking point and…
A WrestleMania tour that gets most interesting when memory and attendance debates collide.
The episode reads like a wrestling history argument in real time, moving from favorite WrestleMania matches to the disputes that keep them alive.
A wrestling-business discussion that turns Tony Khan's interview into a broader argument about criticism, scrums, and who gets to ask questions.
Capitol and Kayfabe leans hard into Tony Khan's interview and the wrestling-world reflexes around it. The real interest is not the eye-contact gripe, which feels minor once the reaction starts rolling, but the larger question of who gets treated as a real wrestling journalist…
An early UFC business-history listen that ends with Tito Ortiz's 32-second knockout slam of Evan Tanner.
The episode looks back at the early UFC era, with the Fertittas, Dana White, and the Atlantic City launch all in view. It works best when it pulls later mythology apart from what people were actually saying at the time, especially on regulation and the push to make the UFC feel…
A title-lore countdown built around named reigns and the usual arguments.
TMPT Empire counts down the WWF Intercontinental Championship with an easy bias for names that invite argument as much as memory. Razor Ramon lands at number nine, Shawn Michaels stays the obvious near miss, and the list gives Tito Santana's two reigns and 443 combined days,…
A fast, opinionated wrestling-history conversation with Hall of Fame talk.
This episode moves through wrestling history and business talk at a brisk clip, with JP and Jack jumping from one point to the next. The draw is how a passing remark can open into a sharper argument about what the sport owes its past, especially when the conversation reaches the…
A scrappy, road-worn wrestling interview with real backstage mileage.
Brian Logan's story sits comfortably among wrestling interviews that care about the road, the learning curve, and the odd moment when Jimmy Cornette says someone is about to be TV champion.
WCW politics, Raw detours, and a fuzzy chain of command, with Russo carrying the load.
The episode opens with a Raw-and-Disco Inferno detour, then settles into the messier question of who knew what, who said what, and where Brad Siegel and Eric Bischoff fit inside the chain of command. Russo is strongest here when he sticks to motive, timing, and leverage.
The episode opens with sponsor reads, then lands in a conversation about wrestling, politics, and fight promotion.
TMPT Empire ranks the top 10 WWE WrestleMania matches and starts with an honorable mention for Cody Rhodes vs.
This episode features a wrestling podcast production discussion with AJ Stiles, including sponsor promotions for Underdog Fantasy and introductory content from the Work Friends podcast.
TMPT Empire opens with J.P.
This episode segment is a sponsored advertisement for Mando whole body deodorant products, highlighting their features and a special offer for listeners.
This episode features an ad read for Ben & Jerry's and Mando deodorant, but the show focuses on in-depth interviews about professional wrestling.
White had a Super Bowl-sized pitch.
Razor Ramon lands at number nine, mostly on the strength of the Intercontinental run and the Shawn Michaels feud.
Host John Poz reads a sponsorship ad for Mando Whole Body Deodorant, describing its features and offering a discount code.
The episode promotes a new audio drama about 1980s wrestling wars and then begins a wrestling podcast interview.
Host John Poz discusses TNA Thursday Night Impact and promotes a deodorant sponsor.
A podcast featuring in-depth interviews with professional wrestling personalities, hosted by John Poz.
The episode discusses the 1980s wrestling era and promotes a fictional audio drama about wrestling, then transitions into a podcast production discussion.
A wrestling podcast featuring interviews with professional wrestling legends and personalities.
Host TC introduces herself and her podcast, then promotes a sponsor product.
Kayfabe is the doorway.
Host John Poz interviews wrestling personalities and discusses professional wrestling topics.
Host John Poz reads a sponsorship ad for Mando Whole Body Deodorant, describing its features and offering a discount code.
Host John Poz reads a sponsorship ad for Mando Whole Body Deodorant, promoting its products and a discount code.
This episode features sponsor advertisements for jewelry and deodorant, but the show primarily focuses on in-depth interviews with professional wrestling figures.
The episode begins with a sponsor segment for Mando Whole Body Deodorant, promoting its products and offering a discount code.
Promotional segment for 'Kings of the Ring', a fictional audio drama about the 1980s wrestling wars.
"You're gonna be Beat the Champ TV Champion today." The guest remembers that line as the jolt: one handshake with Jimmy, then a title nod he did not see coming.
The episode begins with sponsor ads and then transitions into an interview format about professional wrestling.
After the plugs and a quick Disco Inferno prompt, the excerpt gets into the Brad Siegel problem.
Ads crowd the front door.
The episode promotes a new audio drama about 1980s wrestling wars and then begins a wrestling podcast with host and guest AJ Styles.
The host introduces a new sponsor, Mando whole body deodorant, and promotes their products.
This episode features a promotional segment for Mando Whole Body Deodorant, highlighting its products, benefits, and a special discount offer for listeners.
This episode is a special feature counting down the top 10 transitional champions in WWF history, focusing on wrestlers who briefly held titles during key periods.
This episode features host John Poz conducting in-depth interviews within the professional wrestling genre.
This episode introduces and promotes the audio drama podcast 'Kings of the Ring', which fictionalizes the 1980s wrestling wars with elements of corporate conflict and personal drama.
This episode features sponsor ads for Ben & Jerry's and Mando deodorant, typical of a wrestling interview show.
This segment promotes Mando whole body deodorant products, highlighting their effectiveness for odor control during activities like gym workouts and offering a discount for listeners.
This episode is a special feature ranking the top 10 matches of AJ Styles in TNA wrestling.
The ad copy hits first.
Kayfabe sets the table.
Eddie Gilbert gets a sharper what-if spotlight.
Buddy Rose is judged by the losses.
This episode includes advertisements for a music cruise and LASIK surgery, but the podcast focuses on in-depth interviews about professional wrestling.