Alex Sharkey (AKA Captain Idol, idoliside) returns to watch TNA for the first time. Poor guy. This week, ZOW covers the worst matches from NWA-TNA 23-25, WWA The Retribution, and Armageddon 02. Sorry to say, that includes three Jeff Jarrett matches. But hey, Sonny Siaki is here and Gavin feels good about that! Topics include Curt Hennig's bizarre TNA theme song, Undertaker's would-be nemesis Hade Vansen, the greatest faceturn in wrestling history, and confusion over THE RUSSO FACTOR.

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Somebody call Christopher Nolan because karmicknight comes back again for a trilogy of Bruce. It's that gimmick's swansong and before he goes out, things are going to get bananas! Gavin and karmicknight talk up the worst matches of NWA-TNA #19-22 and Survivor Series 02. Things get so bad that there's a match where Syxx goes into injured, gets more injured during it, and it's still not the lowest-rated match of that PPV. Otherwise, topics include GTV, the beauty of Chuck Taylor, and a discussion about the Harris Twins' alignment during this time that gets karmicknight so worked up that he turns into Charlie Day for a minute.

Spoiler alert for future episodes, Gavin is way off when it comes to that argument.

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Gavin's good buddy David Burszan returns to the show and what an episode he's walked into. The two tackle the worst matches from NWA-TNA #16-18, No Mercy 02, and Rebellion 02. There is so much to talk about, such as BG James' horrendous goatee or how BG James' rampant homophobia can be weaponized against him in such a cathartic way. Just how bad was Hermie Sadler on the raceway? Was Albert secretly the gamma-irradiated version of Adam DeVine? All that and Gavin gets to explain THAT Triple H funeral segment from 2002 to David, whose life was way better before being educated. Get bizzy to the gizzy and give the ep a listen.

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Hey! Wait! I got a new complaint! And that complaint is about yet another eye-rolling TNA gimmick. ZOW's guest this week is karmicknight (https://startplaying.games/gm/karmicknight) and folks, it's a long one. There is a lot to talk about, from Eric Bischoff plotting hate crimes to a TNA tag team Royal Rumble where there's no rhyme or reason as to how you earn a spot into it. Gavin and karmicknight discuss the lowest-rated matches from NWA-TNA 11, 13-15 (episode 12 was a clip show), and Unforgiven 02. Things get so crazy here that Road Dogg does his knee drop BEFORE his punch combo and it blows Gavin's mind! You can do that?!

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This week there's a Dr. Zoggle in the house and our guest prescribes an unhealthy dose of Total Non-Stop Action. Things get crazy for this one as Gavin and Doc go through the worst matches from NWA TNA #7-10 as well as SummerSlam 02. Indeed, one of these things is not like the other. This episode not only features the fever dream that is the Dupp Cup Invitational but also the match that even TNA doesn't want you to see! And it's not because of Malice's awesome etch-a-sketch tattoos.

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Continuing on with the TNA weekly PPVs, Gavin is joined by a returning Christie J. (Twitch.tv/thewivesanarchy). It's quite a rollercoaster ride as the two go through NWA TNA Episodes 3-6 with Vengeance 2002 thrown in there. In 2001, K-Kwik got to wrestle Bob Holly, but here in early TNA, he got to take on a real life Sparky Plugg! It wasn't very good! Otherwise, Gavin goes on a tangent about Jerry Lewis, Christie is constantly flabbergasted, and Buff Bagwell's spirit is broken due to his own homophobia. What a time!

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Mass Replay's Steve Trezza and Scott Burnett stop by as WWF becomes WWE and the TNA era begins! Gavin and his guests crack open this new promotion and discuss the lowest-rated matches from Insurrextion 02, Judgment Day 02, TNA Week 1, TNA Week 2, and King of the Ring 02. Topics include "Above Average Poppa Pump" Del Rios, Gavin excitedly explaining "That's the Wall, brother!" for the umpteenth time, the Power Team cartoon, Discount Batista, and whether or not 2002 Triple H had hired somebody to wipe his ass for him.

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Change is on the horizon. A new promotion is about to start weekly shows. The top wrestling company in North America is about to change its name and initials. An infamous plane ride is about to go down. Before all that happens, Gavin enjoys the calm before the storm with Kung Fu Grip as they watch the lowest-rated matches from No Way Out 02, WWA The Revolution, WrestleMania X8, WWA The Eruption, and Backlash 02. Topics include the strangest pre-show dark match of 2002, Steve Ray's Evo Moment, and whether or not the Spineroonie is comparable to a hat.

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This week's guest is a returning Erin M. Fiasco, who helps Gavin discuss the lowest-rated matches from WWA Inception, Rebellion 01, Survivor Series 01, Vengeance 01, and Royal Rumble 02. The topics are aplenty, including the Anti-Montreal Screwjob, Bubba Ray Dudley giving it all to sell getting kicked in the head, Jim Ross' love of the world "percolating," Kane's comic book sister Jezebel, and whatever "Big Bun Day" is.

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(Sorry about the audio on this one. The background noise was a bit on the overwhelming side)

Gavin brings back his old improv teammate Caitlin Coleman, who doesn't know wrestling, but boy is she intrigued by such concepts as two warring promotions deciding supremacy by having women try to strip each other to their underwear or how you can get pregnant from Japanese mist or how you can just do basically whatever when the ref isn't looking. Anyway, WWF is the only game in town at this point, so the two watch the lowest-rated matches from King of the Ring 01, InVasion, SummerSlam 01, Unforgiven 01, No Mercy 01. They also discuss Garbage Pail Kids, Gavin sings that song from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and he brings up his bucket list of one day backing up into a large wrestler and acting silently horrified. Don't kinkshame.

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Zeroes of Wrestling has reached the end of World Championship Wrestling. Now that the Superstation's promotion of choice is dead and buried, Gavin decided to check out Cagematch.net's list of the 20 worst WCW matches of all time. Mongo Underscore Ebooks (The Monumental Podcast) helps with the 8 matches that have yet to be covered.

BUT! For the sake of self-indulgence, Gavin made this special edition that uses segments from older episodes to fully cover all 20 matches! That means going back and throwing in guests like Joe Sposto, Chris Cummins, Dan Lennane, Rissa Pappas, Vinny Murphy, DJ Cummerbund, and more!

Don't want to sit through 50+ episodes of ZOW, but inexplicably want to sit through 3 hours+ of highlights and various states of audio quality! This is the episode for you!

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Zeroes of Wrestling has reached the end of World Championship Wrestling. Now that the Superstation's promotion of choice is dead and buried, Gavin decided to check out Cagematch.net's list of the 20 worst WCW matches of all time. Via this podcast, 12 of those matches have already been covered! That leaves the other eight, which Gavin goes through with the help of Mongo Underscore Ebooks (The Monumental Podcast). Whether it's a rumble (?) in a junkyard, a hardcore match with a Ms. Hancock interlude, or two separate Vince Russo cage matches, there's a lot of awfulness to discuss.

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World Championship Wrestling is dead! Murdered! David Brothers, serve the first course! Yes, writer and editor and all around awesome dude David Brothers returns as we see the end of both WCW and the WWF career of Chyna. This 4thletter! re-reunion has our heroes discussing the lowest-rated matches from Greed, WrestleMania X-Seven, Backlash 01, Insurrextion 01, and Judgment Day 01. Other topics include the balance of having a Dean Malenko match center around Terri Runnels panty shots, the lost art of wrestlers drawn as South Park characters, and that questionable theme song for X-Factor.

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You know how they say that "Let the Bodies Hit the Floor" and "It's Raining Men" are the same event told from different perspectives? Gavin's guest this week is the man, myth, and legend who made that a reality. This week's guest is the Messiah of Mashup, DJ Cummerbund (https://djcummerbund.com/), joined by his hydration specialist Scott and his aura specialist Mr. Pe*cough**cough*. The matches for this week are the lowest-rated to come from Guilty as Charged 01, Sin, Royal Rumble 01, SuperBrawl Revenge, and No Way Out 01. As ECW gasps its final breath, Gavin and guests discuss whether or not Rhino taught Edge how to be an opportunist, DJ Cummerbund's rivalry with Bull James, DJ Cummerbund's wholesome friendship with Lanny Poffo, and how there was an RTC match where no matter who won, someone probably should have called the police.

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It's the Zeroes of Wrestling Episode 50 Spectacular! Wowee! Gavin's guest for this one is Chris Sims (War Rocket Ajax), who feels that four of the five matches discussed this week aren't really all that bad. The other one, though? Oof! This time they talk about the lowest-ranked matches from Rebellion 00, Massacre on 34th Street, Armageddon 00, Starrcade 00, and Millennium Final (which makes Gavin feel sad and emotional about WCW's coming demise). Topics include whether Bull Buchanon was a monk or a monkey, the German WCW tournament that makes no sense, and how they really should have updated Val Venis' finisher name when he joined RTC. On top of that, Gavin ends the episode by discussing his five favorite bad matches that he discovered from doing this podcast. Here's to 50 more episodes!

Also, here's Chris' article on the Alfred TV show: https://www.the-isb.com/2025/03/03/in-for-a-penny/

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On the eve of hitting 50 regular episodes, ZOW welcomes in Gavin's old "went to school together, but a couple years apart" friend David Zanko. After a brief discussion about how they were brought together by the release of Mortal Kombat 3 in a sadly-defunct Paramus, NJ arcade complex, the two talk up the worst-rated matches from No Mercy 00, Halloween Havoc 00, November to Remember 00, Survivor Series 00, and Mayhem 00. While we do reach the thankfully one-and-done match of Naked Mideon, we also get the lowest-rated match in WCW history! Does it deserve that honor? Gavin thinks otherwise, but its ending sure is pretty damn stupid!

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Mac (also known online as sleepwalkers) is our guest this week, helping Gavin inch his way towards the end of the Monday Night War... except they're discussing shows that aired on Sundays. They talk about the lowest-rated matches from iGW Superstars Of Wrestling: Rodman Down Under, SummerSlam 00, Fall Brawl 00, Unforgiven 00, and Anarchy Rulz 00. Topics include the Insane Clown Posse's weird nicknames for people, the Extreme Forbidden Door, the subtleties of getting stabbed in the eye in kayfabe, and the shocking existence of Sugar Daddy!

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This week, Gavin chills with his old improv friend Rissa Pappas (https://www.rissapappas.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rissapappas/), who knows wrestling, but not enough to be fully prepared for WCW in 2000. For this episode, the targets are the worst matches from King of the Ring 00, Bash at the Beach 00, Heat Wave 00, Fully Loaded 00, and the infamous New Blood Rising. Discussions include WCW giving lip service to the idea that their top guy sucks compared to WWF's comedy jobber, the bizarre final time we see Hulk Hogan on screen in WCW, ECW's inability to do subtle humor, and how even a macabre blood feud looks lame as hell when you're brawling in a lake. All this, and Gavin introduces Rissa to the American Males theme!

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This week, Gavin crosses paths with indie wrestling renaissance man Jason Heat (https://www.instagram.com/jasonhowardheat/) and they hit it off in the name of bad wrestling. Well, maybe not all bad as there's a fun banger on the WWF side. The low-ranked targets this week come from Insurrextion 00, Slamboree 00, Hardcore Heaven 00, Judgment Day 00, and Great American Bash 00. So many questions are asked, such as: Was Jim Ross always horny? Did Big Show cry at his father's funeral? If a post-match brawl has a three-count thrown in there out of nowhere, does it constitute a wrestling match? Did Jerry Lawler actually pay attention when watching the Lion King? How does the lowest-rated WCW PPV mirror the highest-rated WWE PPV? There's a lot to talk about here.

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Marc Quill, fresh from writing recaps for the wasteland that is WWE SmackDown, returns as we continue onward with the madness of 2000. Gone away is the nWo 2000. Here to stay is the New Blood. The two discuss the lowest-rated matches from Living Dangerously 00, Uncensored 00, WrestleMania 2000, Spring Stampede 00, and Backlash 00. You know it's late WCW when Ric Flair is wrestling with a shirt and 90% of his offense is chops. Four of the five matches are tags, though to be fair, the other match has Sid in it and he's twice the man that Kevin Nash is, so that's kind of a tag team. Yeah? Also, Gavin comes to grips with the realization that maybe he's a Bull Buchanon fan.

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