
Step into the squared circle of yesteryear with When It Was Real, the ultimate throwback podcast for fans of the golden era of professional wrestling. Each week, this deep-dive audio experience transports listeners to the gritty, unfiltered days of the 1970s World Wide Wrestling Federation, when larger-than-life characters and blood-and-guts rivalries captivated fans and made wrestling feel real. ... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 66 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | WrestlingSports | |||

🔥 WHEN IT WAS REAL – EPISODE 71 🔥
LIVE Wednesday, July 8th at 7:30 PM ET only on The Playa Entertainment Network!
🌡️ JULY...HOT AS HELL! 🌡️
The temperature is rising, and so is the excitement as Nikita Breznikov and Benny "The Playa" Scala fir... more
Every Wednesday night at 7:30 PM, climb aboard The Wrestling Wayback Machine with Nikita Breznikov and Benny "The Playa" Scala as they transport you back to the golden age of professional wrestling... WHEN IT WAS REAL!
From legendary championship ba... more
🚨 THE WRESTLING WAYBACK MACHINE IS HEADED BACK TO THE MECCA! 🚨
This Wednesday night at 7:30 PM, Episode 69 of When It Was Real takes a trip to one of the most legendary cards in professional wrestling history as Nikita Breznikov and Benny "The Pla... more
Here's a little something to get you through the weekend! Our Christmas Eve episode entitled "The Night The Music Died." Nikita and Benny hop into the Wrestling Wayback Machine and visit Madison Square Garden on December 26, 1983. The fateful night w... more
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Apple Podcasts | #149 |
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