Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae discuss the 1983 Christmas Star Wars show with more biased refereeing by David Manning. Ric Flair defends the NWA World Title against David Von Erich, Kevin and Mike team against Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts where someone is leaving Texas for a month...I mean forever. Then Chris Adams defends the American Title against Jimmy Garvin with Sunshine getting 5 minutes with Precious if Adams wins. All that plus they mostly stay on topic for their first regular show of the year! A fun show as always!

Arya and Trae return for the first show of 2025 discussing the two New Japan Tokyo Dome shows, WrestleKingdom 19 and Wrestle Dynasty. Who were the stars? Who weren't? Who knows?

Today it’s a very special episode of Something Else. Today, as a special bonus, we have taken all the wacky, crazy pre-show stuff Arya and Trae recorded and compiled it into one fun episode. On today’s show, Arya and Trae discuss Trae’s hard drive crashing, tech issues, XWT, No Mercy 2002, thinking about Tim Horner at Wal-Mart, Dixie Dy-no-mite unmasking, Arya getting paid $315 from a former employer, predicting what happened during AEW Collision, Claudio’s travel woes, AEW not promoting Tomohiro Ishii, Trae’s tummyache, marijuana, Trae making his doctor laugh with his depression, Sprite Zero, Arya screaming about Zoom, Mike Winner, Trae’s cats, linear titles, Money In The Bank, cleaning glasses, Jerry Jarrett lying to Panda Energy, Trae watching New Japan shows on his iPad during meetings his wife attends, Matt Striker, bad commentators, WWE ECW, drag queens, Christopher Daniels challenging for the TNT Title, Marko Stunt, wrestlers not being buried because they aren’t the champion, the Hangman Page quest to the World Title, Arya’s car accident, Arya’s notes disappearing, going to school when you’re almost 40, Toni Storm’s return to Stardom, cable companies having legal monopolies, Josh Allen fumbling the basketball, Buffalo, the economics of book writing, the 2024 US Presidential Election, Hellfire Club pizza rolls, Another Broken Egg Cafe, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, Arya’s electrical fire, Trae seeing a car accident, a discussion of whether aliens would be fascinated by human’s peeing and orgasming out of the same organ and so much more! A fun show as always!

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae finish 1983 with a bang! On Mid South Wrestling, it is the debut of two of the most famous announce teams ever: Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler and then Ross and Jim Cornette. Yes, we get both of those duos here. We get the implosion of Butch Reed & Jim Neidhart after they lose the tag team titles to Magnum TA & Mr. Wrestling II, Jim Duggan vs Krusher Darsow twice, Lanny gets his 4th partner in 5 weeks and Terry Taylor is on his way. Over on World Class, Ernie Ladd makes his World Class debut going one on one with Kamala and Jimmy Garvin & Terry Gordy face Chris Adams & Johnny Mantell in the main event. If you’re like us and hate John Mantel, this is the match for you. Plus 6 weeks before he dies, WCCW plays a creepy music video for David Von Erich, made creepier by the music choice WWE made to dub in a track. Plus since they talked about 3 shows, they mostly stay on topic!

This week Arya and Trae discuss yet another promo battle between Jim Cornette, Terry Funk and Bullet Bob Armstrong? Who is the winner going into the Funk-Armstrong match in Knoxville? Plus, it is Wrestler’s Court, but when we lack Undertaker and JBL, we have Dutch Mantell overseeing a discussion between Dirty White Boy, Primetime Brian Lee, Tammy Fytch and Mr. Ron Wright. On top of that, the Rock and his partner Roll Express take on White Boy and Kevin Sullivan allegedly and Jimmy Del Ray defends the Beat The Champ TV Title. All that plus Arya and Trae can’t stay on topic, but Arya couldn’t be bothered to keep track of what they discussed, so listen!

Today on Something Else, it’s Wednesday, so it’s Total Nonstop Arya! Arya and Cyndi are looking at the December 18, 2002 episode of NWA: TNA. It’s the final episode of the year and we couldn’t have picked a better day to take a three week break. This show is book ended by two fantastic X-Division matches featuring Amazing Red and the Maximos, but the show also features two very long promo segments featuring Vince Russo that throw off the timing of the entire show and cancel Percy Pringle’s sitdown promo. Plus it is the debut of the faction that becomes Triple X as Low-Ki, Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper form a scumbag alliance. Sonny Siaki defends the X-Division title against Jerry Lynn and EZ Money. A fun show as always.

Today on Something Else, Arya and Trae dive head-first into December 17, 1983! On Mid South Wrestling, we are taken over by Kings. Carl Fergie, Jerry Lawler, and future WWF king, Jim Duggan are all in action. Plus everyone is still upset that Krusher Darsow aligned with Nikolai Volkoff, Mr. Wrestling II is upset that Magnum TA didn’t let Jim Neidhart & Butch Reed reveal his identity and Carl Fergie is upset he made an ass out of himself. Over on World Class, Iceman Parsons & Junkyard Dog take on the Super D’s for the American Tag Team Titles, we finally find out who won the Kerry Von Erich-Michael Hayes Loser Leaves Town match, Jimmy Garvin wants a rematch with Chris Adams and Precious does’t. Why? Find out. Plus they discuss Blacktop Bully, Dustin and Dusty Rhodes feuding, discarding DVD cases, Saturday Night’s Main Event, CM Punk, John Cena vs The Rock, The Ryback, the War of 1984, Haku as the linear King of Houston wrestling, Jerry Lawler, Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper’s books, Ronda Rousey, Joe Hendry vs Nic Nemeth, Jordynne Grace and John Layfield. A fun show as always.

Today on the Smoky Mountain Re-Watch-Along Project, Arya and Trae discuss Episode 84 of SMW. This week Arya and Trae discuss yet another outstanding promo filled show. Jim Cornette, Bullet Bob Armstrong, Dirty White Boy, Mr. Ron Wright, Primetime Brian Lee, Tracy Smothers and Tammy Fytch, all battle it out to see who is Promo Of The Week. Plus, in between promos, we have an occasional pro wrestling match including Ricky Morton vs Jimmy Del Ray for the Beat The Champ TV Title. Plus they discuss Arya’s cold, Arya’s near electrical fire, the death of Owen Hart, Arya and Trae’s fear of heights, public speaking, arguing star ratings, Al Snow & Head vs Too Much, New Jack, Pam Lawson, Tracy Smothers vs Toshiaki Kawada, Demolition Ax vs Kurrgan, Michael Cole, Don West, Taz, Jay Sulli, Matty In The House, Doctor Who and 1993 SMW vs ECW. Another fun show as always.