Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2020-05 to 2026-07.
The people on the most episodes about this topic over the trailing three months, excluding their own shows — ordered by VoiceRank, their score across the whole corpus. The chart tracks each one’s episodes month by month.
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The Monday Night Wars era, when WWF was in direct competition with WCW, represented the peak of professional wrestling history.
“Well, I think if you look at the peak, it was when uh Eric Bishoff went down in WCW working for Ted Turner and they decided, hey, man, WWF at the time, you know, they got it Monday Night Raw. Well, why don't we go headtohead and and you know, cuz Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, some of those guys have migra”
Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Dirty Mo Media · Nov 2025 · 1 episode · 535K views on this topicJeff Jarrett believes that the X-Division style he promoted in TNA became the primary style of the modern wrestling industry.
“And so, as it's progressed along and now that I look back on it, this the X division style of wrestling now is the main event style of wrestling.”
Chris Van Vliet · Jul 2026 · 1 episode · 219K views on this topicHe claims he held a mid-card role during his time in WWE and maintains a realistic perspective on his career limitations.
“I know I like and I get reminded of it weekly on a weekly basis you know just how you know limited and brief my WWE career was”
Chris Van Vliet · Mar 2024 · 1 episode · 205K views on this topicJake Roberts believes he was the first anti-hero in professional wrestling who was a bad guy that people loved.
“but I was the first anti-hero yeah no doubt you know bad guy that people loved”
Chris Van Vliet · Nov 2024 · 1 episode · 98K views on this topicShane Helms asserts that wrestlers must commit entirely to a gimmick for it to succeed and maintain audience belief.
“you have to commit you know i mean this you can't imagine every actor in hollywood has wanted to do you think captain kangaroo wanted to be captain kangaroo for 30 years that's i'm actually still in the sam kenneth a bit there but um cause you gotta commit and everything has to match your music has ”
Chris Van Vliet · May 2020 · 1 episode · 79K views on this topicProfessional wrestling should be treated as a form of theater where the best performers are the ones who can effectively entertain an audience and tell a story.
“it's not mma it's not boxing it's professional wrestling and the best professional wrestlers are the are the best actors the best actors get the best scripts they they're the leading man”
Chris Van Vliet · Dec 2020 · 1 episode · 51K views on this topicChris Masters considers Shawn Michaels to be the best and easiest professional wrestler he has ever worked with in the ring.
“by far the for me he was even to this day still by far the easiest working experience I've ever had”
Chris Van Vliet · Mar 2023 · 1 episode · 19K views on this topicJohn Cena is a top-tier wrestler in history who deserves to be ranked among the greatest of all time.
“But if you have a list of 10 and John Cena ain't on that list, then your list I'm not even calling you hater. I'm just gonna say your list is invalid”
The Rich Eisen Show · Dec 2025 · 1 episode · 8K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.