Grapple City Rewind
Step into the time machine and rewind the glory (and the weirdness) of pro wrestling’s VHS era. Hosted by Bradley Palermo and Aaron Fink, Grapple City Rewind dives deep into classic pay-per-views from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s—unpacking everything from five-star classics to glitter botches, fake Diesels, and forgotten squash matches.
Each episode blends play-by-play recaps, backstage trivia, and plenty of sarcastic banter. Sometimes it’s reverence, sometimes it’s ridicule, but it’s always passionate. Whether we’re debating star ratings, laughing at signs, or reliving Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind, we’re here to remind you why you fell in love with wrestling in the first place.
We kick off every show with a look at today’s wrestling headlines, then rewind to the pay-per-views that shaped us as fans. Think of it as a tape-trading party with your loudest friends, only with better audio.
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Grapple City Rewind – part history lesson, part comedy roast, all love for the squared circle.
Grapple City Rewind
Wrestling, on Meth - WWF No Way Out 2001
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WWF No Way Out 2001 is where the Attitude Era officially flies off the rails.
We’re talking shopping carts, stop signs, barbed wire, blood everywhere, and a level of sleaze and chaos that feels less like wrestling and more like a bad decision made at 3 a.m. This show exists in that weird space between WrestleMania hype and total creative insanity—and somehow manages to be both fascinating and exhausting.
Brad and Aaron break down a night that includes:
- A hardcore match that immediately asks “what am I signing up for?”
- Vince McMahon being aggressively gross
- Jerry Springer–level storytelling disguised as wrestling
- A brutally violent Three Stages of Hell match between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H that absolutely did not need anything to follow it
- One of the most unhinged vibes we’ve covered on the show so far
Is this peak Attitude Era madness? A cautionary tale? Or just wrestling on meth?
We sort it out so you don’t have to.
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