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Welcome to Awesome Truth, a wrestling book club in podcast form. Every episode, your hosts Steve Cimino and Walt Schwenk will dissect a documentary or a piece of wrestling literature. From autobiographies to exposés, WWF to WCW to WWE, it's an in-depth look at pro wrestling's best stories.

Nov 8, 2023

You may remember Ohio Valley Wrestling from countless mentions in other wrestling documentaries; it's the company where Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Batista, and Randy Orton cut their teeth. Now, however, it's gone from WWE minor league to barely surviving regional Kentucky promotion, and it's up to Al Snow and a...


Aug 30, 2023

Against all odds, Heels is back on Starz for a second season. But just because the pro wrestling drama has returned doesn't mean we're watching; should we all stick around for another helping of the Duffy Wrestling League? Join us as we discuss the Stephen Amell-led series and try to figure out if Ace and Jack Spade...


Mar 1, 2023

A&E continues to embrace pro wrestling with WWE Rivals, another documentary series that covers the greatest rivalries in sports entertainment history, and they've chosen to kick off their second season with a look back at Hulk Hogan versus Andre the Giant. Is there more to say about the Hulkster going up against the...


Sep 28, 2022

"This is awesome" is a chant most wrestling fans know well, whether it's screamed along with a great match, a classic promo, or an epic staredown. But on Peacock's new WWE show, This Is Awesome, it's reduced to a watered-down cliché applied to a countdown clip show. Join as we return to what was once the WWE Network...


Dec 22, 2021

Well, it's the holidays! And to celebrate, we are revisiting the final episode of Paul Wight's The Big Show Show on Netflix, entitled "The Big Christmas." Did Big Show's sitcom end up on the naughty or the nice list? Is Show a true TV leading man? We've invited friend of the show (and Big Show expert) Matt Reis back on...