DEADLOCK: A Pro Wrestling Podcast
Aug 25, 2026 · 2 hr 16 min · 35 segments
"EVEN MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY BOUGHT IT!" Somehow, this is an episode we have never covered before, but it is a moment that we have referenced many, many times over the years. On this episode of the…
I think we've covered literally everything surrounding this, like the week before, the week after, but we have not covered this particular episode where the greater and/or higher power is revealed.
Yeah, I was surprised too, so I was kinda happy that we hadn't done it, 'cause, uh, yeah I mean, I mean, it's been a while since I even looked at this.
Yeah, I mean, I, uh, uh, obviously this is an infamous promo, an infamous moment, um, but there's a lot around it that I forgot, including how fucking long the reveal takes.
Man, I think it was like 30 something minutes into the show before we got to the first match.
Obviously we'll get into that here in a second, but let's talk about what was going on in the world of wrestling at the time with the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
From the Observer, June 7, 6/7, 1999, Meltzer writes, "Muscle-bound action figure toys are now getting bad publicity for influencing children to eventually wind up doing steroids, similar to the flak Barbie dolls receive for the ridiculous breast-waist differential." Did you ever walk through the toy aisles as a young, young small James and saw the big muscly action figures and said, "I really need to get on steroids right now"?
I think we've covered literally everything surrounding this, like the week before, the week after, but we have not covered this particular episode where the greater and/or higher power is revealed.
Yeah, I was surprised too, so I was kinda happy that we hadn't done it, 'cause, uh, yeah I mean, I mean, it's been a while since I even looked at this.
Yeah, I mean, I, uh, uh, obviously this is an infamous promo, an infamous moment, um, but there's a lot around it that I forgot, including how fucking long the reveal takes.
Man, I think it was like 30 something minutes into the show before we got to the first match.
Obviously we'll get into that here in a second, but let's talk about what was going on in the world of wrestling at the time with the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
From the Observer, June 7, 6/7, 1999, Meltzer writes, "Muscle-bound action figure toys are now getting bad publicity for influencing children to eventually wind up doing steroids, similar to the flak Barbie dolls receive for the ridiculous breast-waist differential." Did you ever walk through the toy aisles as a young, young small James and saw the big muscly action figures and said, "I really need to get on steroids right now"?
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