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Hosted by Steve Cimino and Walt Schwenk · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 241 episodes
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The only thing better than watching wrestling and complaining about wrestling is reading about wrestling. That's why we have Awesome Truth, the internet's finest pro wrestling book club. On every episode, your hosts will discuss a classic wrestling book, movie, or documentary. WWE, AEW, even WCW, and ECW; they've got it all covered.
Steve Cimino and Walt Schwenk hosts Awesome Truth: A Wrestling Book Club, a sports show with 241 episodes published.
Ronda Rousey's short WWE career was filled with high highs and low lows; she main evented one WrestleMania and particpated in a 4-way tag match in the other. She was a UFC legend who was treated like a mega-star and then
He did it! Somewhat out of nowhere, in Saudi Arabia, at a second-tier PLE, Sami Zayn won the world title. To celebrate, or at least check out the video evidence, we're watching along with Night of Champions 2026 and (hop
It's finally time to talk about the Hulkster's Netflix doc. Hulk Hogan: Real American is a very high-profile look at the life, times, and death of a pro wrestling legend; it's also executive produced by Paul "Triple H" L
Yes, sigh, it's Hulk Month on Awesome Truth. That's what happens when Netflix releases an exclusive 4-part documentary on the life, times, and utter bullsh*t of the Hulkster. To gear up for discussing that series next ep
To end our short run talking about Shawn Michaels and begin our short run talking about (sigh) Hulk Hogan, we're watching along with their "classic" match at SummerSlam 2005. It's remembered as the night when HBK made Ho
Despite mostly moving their content to Netflix and ESPN, WWE is still putting out documentaries on Peacock. Their latest entry, The Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels, is a full feature-length look at Mr. WrestleMan
Now that WrestleMania 42 has entered the history books with a resounding "meh," it's time to revisit the already maligned Night 1 main event from this year's show: Cody Rhodes versus Randy Orton. It could've been the eas
How would you rank the top 50 WrestleMania matches of all time? Pageantry, work rate, legacy, recency? WWE has taken a crack at this very project with a YouTube playlist, led by Undertaker versus Shawn Michaels from Wres
With WrestleMania 42 only weeks away, we decided to travel very briefly back in time and get a preview of this year's premier match (plus Seth Rollins). That's right, we're watching the Night 1 main event from WrestleMan
Sometimes YouTube recommends videos and sometimes Walt clicks on them, and that's how we ended up watching The Epic Story of The Shield, a wrestling documentary from the good people at Spotfight. What is Spotfight? How d
To celebrate ElimChamb week, the most thrilling week of the wrestling season, we're revisiting one of the best matches in the history of the event: The Wyatt Family versus The Shield. It's from way back in 2014, when Blu
Now that AJ Styles has ridden off into the sunset, temporarily or otherwise, we felt it was time to revisit a classic WWE Network documentary on The Phenomenal One. The years 2017 and 2018 were fascinating ones for Style
Hot on the heels of reading Keith Elliot Greenberg's This Book Is All Elite, we're giving AEW an official Awesome Truth performance review. How has the company evolved from 2019 to today? How do the so-called Four Pillar
Welcome to 2026! With Royal Rumble season right around the corner, we're watching a very famous Rumble singles match: The Rock versus Mankind for the WWE championship at the 1999 Royal Rumble. This is the infamous I Quit
Happy holidays from Awesome Truth! We are currently on Christmas vacation so please enjoy this classic episode from January 2024, an in-depth discussion of the very depressing feature film The Iron Claw.
It's somehow been 6 years since AEW opened its doors, which means its time to chronicle the company's dramatic rise in book form. And there's no better man to do it than Keith Elliot Greenberg, author of This Book Is All
I don't think anyone expected Braun Strowman to go from "pro wrestling goliath" to "food show host," but here we are! Strowman's new USA show, Everything on the Menu With Braun Strowman, has been a surprise hit for the b
We all know November is Survivor Series month, so we're harkening back to when this event was truly about surviving: 1990, when the babyface and heel survivors of each match met in the main event. That meant Hulk Hogan,
You knew we'd get to it eventually: It's time to review Dwayne Johnson's Oscar play, the 2025 film The Smashing Machine. How does Rock do as UFC original Mark Kerr? Is he finally showing off some dormant acting chops, or
As John Cena's very bumpy retirement tour nears its conclusion, WWE did the smartest thing since re-turning him babyface: They booked a match with AJ Styles. Cena vs AJ is quietly one of the best rivalries of the last 10
AJ Styles
British Heavyweight Champion · Rev Pro
1 appearance on this show
Keith Elliot Greenberg
New York Times best-selling author and author of many WWE books
3 appearances on this show
Triple H
wrestler
1 appearance on this show
Kurt Angle
Olympic gold medalist
1 appearance on this show
Ronda Rousey
UFC and WWE champion, multi-ESPY award winner, Olympic judo medalist, Hollywood actress, and graphic novelist
1 appearance on this show
Stephanie McMahon
chief brand officer · World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
1 appearance on this show
Ric Flair
wrestling legend
1 appearance on this show
Arn Anderson
1 appearance on this show
Lex Luger
2025 WWE Hall of Fame inductee
1 appearance on this show
Ron Killings
1 appearance on this show
Hulk Hogan
Real American Freestyle Wrestling
1 appearance on this show
Bret Hart
champion · WWF
1 appearance on this show
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