OFF THE HOP ROPE ENTERS... THE SAN ZONE: PART TWO! 🍻 PATRON-PRODUCED BONUS EPISODE #2! FRIEND/PHIL SPECTOR OF THE SHOW PETER SANZONE has returned to the mixing table, and has us pairing MILLER LITE with Demolition vs. the Hart (NOT HARD) Foundation from Summerslam 1988 for the WWF Tag Team Chamionships! We also discuss Pete and Nick fighting in 199…

GOING OUT WITH A BANG(ER)! 🍻 Mark, Troy, and CPA (!) are back together, and before we take a pause for the cause, we have to bring out some bangers in our fridge for a banger from WCW, as we pair 2SP Brewing Company's 'Top Rope', Deciduous Brewing Company's 'Mighty Glad', and Sixpoint Brewery's 'Mega Raspy' with Perry Saturn vs. Chris Kanyon from W…

IVPEACOCK! THE MEGAPOWERS EXPLODE! Chris from IVP Videos joins us as we take a trip to the LAND OF THE RISING SUN, as we run ye ol' BYOB with Jushin Thunder Liger vs. the Great Sasuke from NJPW Battle Formation in Tokyo Dome from 1996! We also chat Chris' sabotaged Japan trip, Troy's infatuation with penguins, and the RETURN of CPA! If you're not i…

COFFINS AND CONCUSSIONS MARK IS BACK, and WE are back for the (non-Patreon) SEASON FINALE of SEASON TWO: TAKER'S MARK, as we pair Abomination Brewing Company's 'Zombie Fog' with Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar from WrestleMania 30! We also pontificate over whether Undertaker's WrestleMania streak should have ever even ended, Paul Heyman's professional …

NO MARK, A MISSION, A BRAND, A SCAR 🍻 MARK IS ABSENT! Troy and Nick take the reins this week in Mark's absence, and it's B-Y-O-B, as we pair whatever is in the fridge (in this case most likely PBR) with Raven vs. Rhyno for the WWF Hardcore title from Backlash 2001! We also talk about this week's FWF Live match against the Game Marks Podcast, Nick h…

WHITE HATS, BLACK HATS, AND BAD DIVE CATCHES 🍻 Mark, Troy, and Nick are back with EPISODE FIVE of SEASON TWO: TAKER'S MARK, as we pair The Lost Abbey's 'Devotion Blonde Ale' with Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels from WrestleMania 25! We also catch everyone up on what Undertaker was up to between Mania 21 and 25, try to navigate the new look referee of …

OFF THE HOP ROPE ENTERS... THE SAN ZONE! 🍻 PATRON-PRODUCED BONUS EPISODE #1! FRIEND/RICK RUBIN OF THE SHOW PETER SANZONE has sent us on an interesting voyage as we pair Sixpoint Brewery's 'Sweet Action' with Chris Jericho vs. Nick Patrick from WCW World War 3 1996! We also chat about our individual experiences with Sixpoint Brewery, our favorite re…

TAKER CASTS A SPELL ON COWBOY BOB'S CAST 🍻 Mark, Troy, and Nick are back with EPISODE FOUR of SEASON TWO: TAKER'S MARK! We're pairing Branded Brewing Company's 'Mo Chara' with Undertaker vs. Randy Orton from WrestleMania 21! We also discuss Undertaker WrestleMania falsies, Cowboy Bob taking Nick Rhode Island show bumps, and NICK AND TROY GO HEAD-TO…

LIMP BIZKIT'S NEW SINGLE ROLLIN' (LEAD PIPE VEHICLE) 🍻 Mark, Troy, and Nick are back with EPISODE THREE of SEASON TWO: TAKER'S MARK! We're pairing Vanished Valley Brewing Company's 'Watershed' with Undertaker vs. Ric Flair from WrestleMania 18! We also discuss the time between Mania 9 and 18, our favorite Toronto Blue Jays players, and WE DISCOVER …

YETI TO TAKE(R) A CHANCE AGAIN 🍻 Mark, Troy, and Nick are back with EPISODE TWO of SEASON TWO: TAKER'S MARK! We're pairing Great Divide Brewing Company's 'Chocolate Cherry Yeti' with Undertaker vs. Giant Gonzalez from WrestleMania 9! We also discuss our FAVORITE incarnations of the Undertaker, which opens a huge debate as to how long exactly Americ…

TAKER DROPS THE SNAKE ON HIS MIND 🍻 Mark, Troy, and Nick are back to open a new chapter as OFF THE HOP ROPE PRESENTS: SEASON TWO - TAKER'S MARK, and we're pairing Undertaker vs. Jake "the Snake" Roberts from WrestleMania VIII with Remnant Brewing's 'Mind Mischief'! We also give some UNDERTAKER FAST FACTS: WHICH FOOD SCARES THE UNDERTAKER? WHO WAS S…

EPISODE 143: THE SEASON ONE FINALE! 🍻 Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're pairing Hoof Hearted Brewing's 'Combat Spandex' with Iron Sheik vs. Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship from the 1/23/1984 MSG show! We also discuss Nick making love at a Waffle House, Troy having a bounty taken out on him, and SEASON TWO OF OFF THE HOP ROPE! 🍻 If you're…

OFF THE HOP ROPE PRESENTS: ONLYCANS! 🍻 Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're pairing Greater Good Imperial Brewing Company's 'WOOO!!' with Ric Flair vs. Vader from WCW Superbrawl 4! We also discuss the Guardian Angels organization, Harley Race taking bumps in his 50s, and OFF THE HOP ROPE ON ONLYFANS?! 🍻 If you're not in a mail truck and would l…

THE HOPS AND THE MOUNTAINTOPS! 🍻 Aaaaaaand we're back! Mark, Troy, and Nick are drinking Jackie O's Pub and Brewery's 'Comolungma', and we're pairing it with Bobby Lashley vs, JBL from No Way Out 2006! We also discuss our Super Bowl parties, mountain climbing, and New England wrestling legend Big Woody spotted in the crowd?! 🍻 If you're not in a ma…

OFF THE HOP ROPE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY SEXUAL TOOTHPASTE 🍻 Aaaaaaand we're back! Mark, Troy, and Nick are drinking Notch Brewing's 'Raw Power' and we're pairing it with Tatanka and the Nasty Boys again Shawn Michaels and the Beverly Brothers from the February 22nd, 1993 episode of Monday Night Raw! We also talk about our merge with the Major Pod Net…

OFF THE HOP ROPE RUMBLE 2021: MILD TO WILD . Our THIRD ANNUAL Royal Rumble episode is upon us, and we didn't come alone! We are joined by (in no particular order): VSK, Eric James, Bear Boulder, Brian Milonas, Nick Delta, Mr. C, and the DEBUTING Dan Champion, and we are providing what should undoubtedly soon be the alternate commentary track over R…

SMART MARK STERLING AND RUGGED RONNIE GARVIN HAVE HEAT! . TROY IS BACK! Nick and Mark are joined once again by thought-to-be-lapsed co-host, Troy, and we are diving into one of the more interesting matches we have watched on our show: Greg "the Hammer" Valentine against "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin in a SUBMISSION MATCH from Royal Rumble 1990, which we a…

THE MEGA POD POWERS UNITE! . We are joining forces with our PODCAST FRIENDS OF THE SHOW, John and George (Ringo and Paul couldn't make it) of the Game Marks Podcast, and we are drinking whatever is in the fridge, while playing WWF Royal Rumble for the Super Nintendo! This is the podcast crossover you didn't know you needed, but absolutely needed, a…

TINY LISTER APPRECIATION EPISODE! . Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're pairing Schilling Beer Company's 'Dörst' with Hulk Hogan and Brutus 'the Barber' Beefcake vs. Zeus and 'Macho Man' Randy Savage from Supertape! We also discuss Troy learning where to hang up coats, Mark pulls off a Christmas miracle, and Nick still has his homemade Mr. Soc…

IT'S THURSDAY. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. . Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and this episode is all about Brodie Lee (fka Luke Harper), as we are watching Luke Harper vs. Dominik Dijakovic from WWE Worlds Collide: NXT Vs. NXT Alumni, and drinking whatever we see fit to commemorate the Exalted One! Join us as we commemorate the nearly 20-year legacy o…

HOPPY HOLIDAYS! . Mark, Troy, and Nick are your proverbial Ralphie, Randy, and Flick this Christmas Eve, and we're pairing Tröegs Brewing Company's 'Mad Elf' with Mr. T vs. Kevin Sullivan from WCW Starrcade 1994! We also recall old Christmas Eve memories and traditions, Evad Sullivan's wardrobe malfunctions, and NICK GETS HIS TONGUE STUCK TO A FLAG…

OFF THE HOP ROPE GETS WOOD! . Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're pairing Hardywood Park Craft Brewery's 'Gingerbread Stout' with the Hardy Boyz vs. the Dudley Boyz in a Tables Match for the World Tag Team Championships from the 2/1/2001 Smackdown! Xtreme episode of WWE Smackdown! We also go over Troy still struggling with the pronunciation of…

TAKES THESE HOPS AND SHOVE 'EM! 🍻 Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're pairing BREWERY FRIEND OF THE SHOW Two Weeks Notice Brewing Company's 'Pink Slip' with The Rock vs. Mankind in a Pink Slip on a Pole match from the 12/27/1999 episode of Monday Night Raw! We also discuss Troy pronouncing the name of his new town, Nick quitting his job, and T…

BIG BUGGY NOTES! Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're joined by ECW ORIGINAL Danny Doring (and his ECW Tag Team Title Belt)! We're pairing Wet Ticket Brewing's 'Dream Ticket' with Danny Doring and Roadkill vs. the FBI (Tony Mamaluke and Little Guido) for the ECW Tag Team Championships from ECW Massacre on 34th Street from 12/3/2000 (20 YEARS AG…

OFF THE HOP ROPE PRESENTS BLACKOUT FRIDAY . Mark, Troy, and Nick are back with holiday correspondent Nick Delta, and sorry mama, but we're CLEANING OUT THE FRIDGE! Mark has a banana stout, Nick has NATTY LIGHT, Nick Delta has a sour, and Troy has Clamato, and we're watching the FIRST EVER Survivor Series match from the inaugural event in 1987, pitt…

TWO NICKS STRIVE TO SURVIVE! . HAPPY THANKSGIVING, HOPPERS! Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we are joined by FAMILY MEMBER OF THE SHOW, Nick Delta, as we pair Revolution Brewing's 'Thundertaker' with Undertaker vs. Kamala in a coffin match from Survivor Series 1992! This is the definitive Nick Delta episode, and we grill him on all topics, such …

OFF THE HOP ROPE FREESTYLE! Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're pairing Exhibit A Brewing Company's 'Demo Tape DDH DIPA' with Stunning Steve Austin vs. PN News from Clash of the Champions 17 for the WCW Television Championship! We also discuss our favorite wrestling music acts, what became of people in the crowd at Clash of the Champions 17, a…

THE SHORTEST EPISODE OF OFF THE HOP ROPE EVER Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're pairing Bare Bones Brewery's 'Squared Circ-Ale' with the WeeLC match from WWE Extreme Rules 2014 featuring Hornswoggle against El Torito, but we're doing it with one of the participants: FAMILY MEMBER OF THE SHOW, Swoggle aka Hornswoggle aka Dylan Postl! This is …

OFF THE HOP ROPE GETS CULTURED . Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're pairing Martin House Brewing Company's 'Buffalo Wangz' with Octagón and El Hijo del Santo against La Pareja del Terror (Art Barr and Eddie Guerrero) from AAA/WCW When Worlds Collide! We also discuss Mark's hike getting snowed out, Troy throws up on air, and Nick calls out Dav…

OFF THE HOP ROPE GOES TO THE DENTIST . Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're pairing Widowmaker Brewing's 'Candymaker (FKA 'There's No Wrong Way')' with Bret Hart vs. Isaac Yankem, DDS from the 10/16/1995 episode of Monday Night Raw! We also talk about the Fugees, nosebleeds, and Rene Goulet's hair! . If you're not in a mail truck, pop back a fe…

THE HUNT FOR BLUE RAS-BURY! . Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're pairing Artisanal Brew Works' 'Warheads Sour' series with Ultimo Dragon vs. Yuji Nagata from WCW Halloween Havoc 1997! We also talk about Nick's extreme doctor's office, Off the Hop Rope trading cards, and Troy going on a global quest for a new beer! . If you're not in a mail tr…

TAH-BOO TUESDAY!.Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're pairing Alltech's Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company's 'Kentucky Pumpkin Barrel Ale' with Chris Jericho vs. Shelton Benjamin for the Intercontinental Championship from Taboo Tuesday 2004! We also answer several months' worth of questions from the Hoppers, football entrance music, and N…

ONE LAST PARTY AT TROY'S POOL . Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're pairing Sawbelly Brewing's 'Caribbean Wedding' with John Cena vs. Carlito Caribbean Cool for the WWE United States Championship from the 10/7/2004 episode of Smackdown! We also discuss Nick getting married, Troy getting into the refrigeration business, and Paul Heyman running …

HOPTOBERFEST Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and where the rest of the world has had Oktoberfest canceled for them, we are diving into the thick of it with an absolutely insane match between Kid Kash and EZ Money from ECW Anarchy Rulz 2000! In classical Oktoberfest fashion, we are drinking Barewolf Brewing's 'Marzen Retrograde'! We also discuss Nick…

OFF THE HOP ROPE DANCE PARTY . Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're celebrating the greatest German wrestler of all time: Das Wunderkind, Alex Wright, as we pair Alex Wright vs. Jean-Paul Levesque from Starrcade 1994 with Brauerei Heinrich Reissdorf's 'Reissdorf Kölsch'! We also discuss Ruth getting into politics, Off the Hop Rope trading cards…

OFF THE HOP ROPE PRESENTS HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT . Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're downloading old ECW shows off of Napster, as we pair Stone Brewing Company's 'Enter Night' with Sabu vs. Sandman from the 9/30/1997 episode of ECW Hardcore TV! We also talk Nick's cinematic match, Ruth Bader Sterling becoming a metalhead, and Troy going to …

OFF THE HOP ROPE HITS THE GRIDIRON.Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and they are joined by FRIEND OF THE SHOW Flex Rumblecrunch aka Sean Burke, and we're kicking off the football season (well, Mark, Troy, and Sean are, while Nick smiles politely) by pairing Steve "Mongo" McMichael against Kevin Greene from Great American Bash 1997 with "Spaten's 'Fra…

OFF THE HOP ROPE ENTERS THE SNAKE PIT!.Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're pairing Jake "the Snake" Roberts against Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat in a SNAKE PIT match from the Big Event 1986, with Stone Brewing's 'Stone Soaring Dragon Imperia IPA'! We also discuss Nick becoming an ECW original, another boring week for Mark, and Mark thinks Rick…

OFF THE HOP ROPE COMPLETES A STORYLINE ARC . Who said podcasts didn't tell stories?! We have circumnavigated pretty much the entire Bret Hart-Owen Hart feud from the beginning, and this bookends it with a bang! Or, a banger, as it were, as we're pairing the classic Bret and Owen steel cage match for the WWF Championship from SummerSlam 1994 with Bi…

OFF THE HOP ROPE HEAVILY EDITED FOR TV . Mark, Troy, and Nick are sitting down to watch a Last Man Standing match between Undertaker and the Great Khali from the 8/18/2006 episode of WWE Smackdown!, and pairing it with Shovel Town Brewery's 'Summer Ale'! We also chat Nick going viral, Mark's boring weekend, and TROY LIES ABOUT HIS MAINE TRIP?! . If…

OFF THE HOP ROPE PRESENTS: SELZTERSLAM.Mark, Troy, and Nick are back to watching their figures, and they're doing so by drinking their favorite light seltzers, while watching Ultimate Warrior vs. Ravishing Rick Rude for the WWF Intercontinental Championship from Summerslam 1989! For reference, Mark chose a Bud Light Selzter, Troy chose a decidedly …

MARK AND NICK WATCH SCORPIO MATCH AND REMEMBER IT.Mark, Troy, and Nick are in, and we're pairing Dionysus' Brewing Company's 'Super Funkadelic' with 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Chris Jericho from ECW's 'The Doctor Is In'! We also discuss Mark's social distanced camping trip, bad wrestling rings, and Nick becoming a backyard wrestler?!.If you're not in a mai…

OFF THE HOP ROPE GETS SERIOUS FOR A MINUTE . Mark, Troy, and Nick are back to watch THREE Lance Storm matches from WCW in 2000, so this is a guaranteed romp. We're pairing Molson Canadian Lager, with Lance Storm vs. Mike Awesome for the WCW United States Championship from the 7/18/2000 episode of Nitro, vs. Big Vito for the WCW Hardcore Championshi…

HOPS AND POPS BARBER SHOP!.Mark, Troy, and Nick are back, and we're watching BOTH Chavo Guerrero vs. Stevie Ray AND Chavo vs. Eddie Guerrero in a hair vs. hair match from WCW/nWo Bash at the Beach 1998, and we're pairing it with Devil's Purse Brewing Company's 'Handline Kolsch'! We also chat about Nick's weekend video game excursion, Troy's aquatic…

AHMED JOHNSON APPRECIATION SUMMER CONTINUES! . Mark, Troy, and Nick are back with something resembling a normal, straight-forward episode for the first time in what feels like ages, and we are pairing Goldwater Brewing Company's 'Apricot Dayum!' (sent by new FRIEND OF THE SHOW Shawn Turner) with Ahmed Johnson and Shawn Michaels challenging the Smok…

CANS OF OPPORTUNITY! . Mark, Troy, and Nick are joined by FAMILY MEMBER OF THE SHOW Jeremy Leary, and we're pairing a beer Jeremy HIMSELF helped brew, Two Weeks Notice Brewing Company's ''Merica', with the WWE Championship Scramble match from Unforgiven 2008, involving HHH, Brian Kendrick, MVP, Shelton Benjamin, and Jeff Hardy! We also discuss Nick…

FLIP, HOPS, AND FLY . Mark, Troy, and Nick are back for SEASON THREE, and they're pairing Burley Oak Brewing Company/Evil Twin Brewing's 'Cherry Cola Float J.R.E.A.M. with Dusty Rhodes vs. Ric Flair in a steel cage match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from the 7/26/1986 stop on the Great American Bash 1986 tour! We also cover Nick's hai…

PEARL RIVER BONUS EPISODE 2! . We're here for a HUGE bonus episode, and we're pairing Tilted Barn Brewery's 'The Other One' with Ahmed Johnson vs. Goldust for the WWF Intercontinental Championship from King of the Ring 1996! This show is our HUGE thank you to our FRIENDS OF THE SHOW who bought our shirts from prowrestlingtees.com during the Memoria…

TWO YEARS OF HOPS AND POPS! . Mark, Troy, and Nick are commemorating their TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY, and we're doing it with an absolute banger of a match, as we're pairing SingleCut Beersmith's "All in All is All Elderflower Maibock" with Shane McMahon vs. Kurt Angle from King of the Ring 2001! We also talk our favorite matches and beers of the last t…

ASS WEEK! . Mark, Troy, and Nick are celebrating ASS WEEK on the pod, as we are watching every single King of the Ring 1999 tournament match involving eventual winner, Mr. Ass Billy Gunn (Viscera, Ken Shamrock, Kane, and X-Pac, and pairing them with Smuttlabs' 'Ring King'! We also discuss internal bleeding, nude photos, and our favorite monarchy! .…