Adventure Book Theatre: WWE Race to the Rumble

Love relistening to Johnny Frenchly Hatched. We need another WWE Pick-a-Path

Caldwells Big Show impression is so good 🤣😂.

Absolutely incredible "I take out my illegal weapon" had me laughing out loud every time

I just joined this Patreon shortly after listening to this and their opening promo for their match with Tyler Reks is one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard. I laughed myself to tears in the break room at work.

This is one of the best episodes of 8-bit bookclub. Instant classic

Caldwell's little "Get over here" as the Big Show is peak comedy

I actually did an anthropological research project on professional wrestling!! It was like. a binder full of research. so. there is a future for the research!!

The Michigan shoutout but we still haven’t gotten a live show 😭

Your chickens got squished

This was fantastic!

Getting some Pieyon from Oshi no Ko vibes.

Neon James Evangelion sent me in a spiral

Didn’t the Vegas show get canceled? 😶‍🌫️🤨🧐

I've never needed an isekai dnd WWE world until now. Spells and abilities are wrestling moves

The return to 8-bit book club has been the #1 thing that I look forward to on this podcast! So good.

also it's wild listening to this and hearing Tyler Reks who has transitioned, her name is Gabbi Tuft and she's pretty open about her (past and current) life she's on tiktok if any of y'all are interested.

the Era's go The Golden Era, The New Generation Era, The Attitude Era, The Ruthless Aggression Era, The PG Era, The Reality Era and now we're in The New Era. we're definitely entering a new era with the merger to Endeavor and will probably get called the Endeavor Era or Post Vince Era.

i wanna get into WWE how do i go about that lmao

This is a goddamn masterpiece, thank you so much for this gift of an episode

At first I was picturing the characters of Billy Hatcher and the Giant egg.

this is one of the funniest fucking things I've ever heard

Murphs Vince McMahon voice is so good.

so we’re definitely getting drawings of johnny fresh-ly hatched and his chickens as caldwell’s stream this month right?

10/10 A+ episode 🤼‍♂️🐣

I was kind of amazed that the book didn’t just let you make bad decisions, if you made ANY wrong decision it was instant game over.

It's honestly just so great that the Lorelords are gracious enough to include a new guy like Jack

Facecluck?

The choice to shoot a heel promo was the right one! Would love to know if the good guy promo was also and ending right away

For the last 20ish years I've been in love with the big shows entering music. WEEEELLLL WELL ITS THE BIG SHOW!! BEST 8BBC EVER!!

As a resident of Stamford, CT: love all the vitriol, we deserve it.

What’s everyone’s favorite modern wrestler/storyline? I’ve been digging the rise of Judgement Day, they’re very fun.

Can we get THE BIG SHOW as a guest dnd player

Will Johnny Freshly-Hatched (and his chickens) be the one to finally defeat Roman Reigns?!

Small correction: most people consider the end of the Attitude Era to be around 2001-2002, and most put it at Steve Austin’s retirement. 😌

Such a weird coincidence, but I was at Monday Night Raw this week! I got tickets for my dad as a birthday gift, partially inspired all the NADDPOD wrestling talk 😂

Dalton Castle, the human peacock, wrestles in AEW and Ring of Honor and his gimmick include his Boys which are other wrestlers in tiny brief style trunks and masquerade masks. He feeds them out of his hand and he refers to them as his baby chicks. A baby chick based character is extremely feasible!!

Meh

Forever glad you all have kept 8-Bit going <3

This rules. More wrestling based content please, I'm so confused and I love it

"Neon James Evangelion" made me produce a laugh-groan I didn't know I had

Insane I love it

I think this is the most unhinged 8-bit bookclub yet, also my favorite

I’m assuming this episode was Murph’s birthday gift, so Happy Birthday Murph

Stomp! Clap! Stomp! Clap! Stomp! Stomp! Clap! The eagle's born out of thunder. He flies through the night. Don't you mess with his eggs now, or you'll see us fight! Yes we have feathers, but the muscles of men. 'Cuz we're birds of war now, but we're also men! Birds of war! Ah ah ah ah!!

This episode gave me anxiety. So much yelling and bawking. I love it

The special guest, I think it was Jake, was actually right about a few of the decisions.

Jake hurwitz is on this episode? Uhhh check please!

could not help but see the muppet chicken choir throughout most of this ep. I <3 the wwe content

Truck-kun strikes again

I remember back in the early days of the short rest show, that the gang was talking about famous wrestlers and what class they'd be in DnD... I was the most engaged in the convo that I've ever been in any podcast... but Murph shut the conversation down because he was afraid the audience wouldn't be into it. And, fair enough. He obviously knows what the people want. I'm just glad it came back full circle.

I am very excited to give this one a listen

“I don’t care if this is the PG era.. FUCK. YOU.” is one of the best lines Murph has ever said lol

How do 2 of my favorite podcasts separately decide to do WWE themed episodes in the same week???

It's crazy to hear a "choose your own adventure" published in the last 15 years, I'm so used to them living in the 80's and 90's!

This is it. This the one!

I have been here since campaign 1 and I have to say, I would adore a wrestling Mixed Bag all about wrestling. Watching Murph's favorite PPV and him trying to explain the density of the lore would be fantastic. I know it's niche but c'mon.

Unironically love the idea of the Warlords, maybe you could make it where you write down the name of who you challenge? Could totally see them using modern 3d projection technology to display the name over the crowd

Ruthless agression era was 2002-2007… did 9/11 trigger the ruthless agression era?

And as of the release of this ep the sale to Endeavor went through and we're entering the TKO era, alert the scholars!

Wow I'm gonna be brave and say it. This damn book railroaded you. Every wrong decision ended in game over

Wow, and I thought Murph was a wrestling fan.....

This was freaking awesome! Absolute nonsense of the finest kind. And so great to have Jake join the 8 bit book buds for the first time.

hell yea

If we don't see Johnny Freshly Hatched cameos in Bahumia i'm going to be a little disappointed

This is so weird, I *just* finished my binge if catching up on all the old episodes for the first time. It's like you knew!

Nighty night, murph

Just got home from seeing you all in Madison! More Naddpod! What a treat!

I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE EXCITED TO LISTEN TO AN EPISODE

First time for everything Jake!

Wild that Jake is on this episode. Never thought he’d show up but it’s a great surprise

Guys, Tim Hornbaker has made a career out of pro wrasslin history. He has a new book out- a biography of "Nature Boy" Ric Flair

"After the episode, it's the bonus episode!" Call back to Emily for the first ever Hearthside. Thank you so much, 2Crew. I wish I could go to all you Midwest shows coming up, but finances and scheduling have defeated me. I saw a reference to the Minnesota show that involved a suggestive potato. I'm VERY curious to hear them deets. Love you. Love all of you.

Hearing this theme always takes me back. Anyone remember the name of the special guest on the last episode 8BBC? Jan was it?

The only thing left is to have Murph on the chilluminati podcast to talk about WWE like last week's episode.

Jake the cake is such a wrestler name! Wooooooooo!

All I see is the title. Murph is going to be in rare form for this one and I can’t wait. Also, someone send him that weird book with WWE Superstars as super spies.

Oh shit Jake's gonna be on this ep?? What a get!

Praise be!!!

Caught it before the email