February 5, 2026

The Retro Review for the next DEADLOCK Podcast is..

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On the next episode of the DEADLOCK Podcast, we'll be reviewing the November 4, 2004 episode of WWE SmackDown!

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Oh hey, not sticking around for the Patreon names main event huh? Lemme go get my boy Gangrel real quick · February 8, 2026

"I heard the guy liked prison!" Well, I heard he liked peas, he had them before

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X-Pac looking at Kane in late '99 like I HATE THIS RED THING I SPIT ON YOU · February 8, 2026

Tajiri with the hair

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Steele Lukas · February 8, 2026

I know as soon as word got back to gorilla about Puder shootin’ on Kurt….they had JBL and Hardcore Holly armed and ready in the hallway 😂😂😂

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Steele Lukas · February 8, 2026

Can you guys use the one of Triple H seeing Austin an Kaientai on the ovaltron

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Hobo Joe · February 8, 2026

Angle's theme at x2 speed goes kinda crazy

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ImATennesseeVoluteerTheWaySheGivesMeGoodOlRockyTop · February 8, 2026

Every clip I see of Tough Enough is the trainers hazing the rookies and making them eat pasta for some reason

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those poor shingles are suffing from jawny · February 7, 2026

04 smackdown yo

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PT · February 7, 2026

That opening segment was absolute death. No segment involving Tough Enough or the Diva Search was any good, but whoa boy. Also Al Snow is a bad wrestler, trainer, booker and also a terrible mind for the business in general. He stinks and I hate him. ...and then JBL. Yeah. Thank god I wasn't watching at this time.

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I Jake my thing until I have a dead cock · February 6, 2026

Idk about you jabronis but I'm playing def jam fight for NY

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I AM RICHARD’S SON: RICHARD THE FOURTH · February 6, 2026

I HAVE THIS EPISODE ON VHS. My mom used to tape the shows for me when I had baseball games. I still have this one taped over a Christmas special of SpongeBob

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AL? Kidneys · February 6, 2026

Around the time the WWE Network shut down, I went on a rewatch of 2004 WWE, where I watched every Raw, Smackdown, and then PPV. I remember not totally hating this episode. Now I don't know if that's because this one was good, or because it was just less shitty than the average show around that time, especially Raw.

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Hank Kronenberg · February 6, 2026

Smackdown was more enjoyable than Raw in 2004

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Scotty too hottie Dudley............ Dudleyson · February 6, 2026

Sunny days are here again

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Connor Braun · February 6, 2026

wait did puder actually go at angle for a sec and forgot he was suppose to lose ?

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Sir Jennings Cockburn · February 7, 2026

I don't believe the story about him shooting on Angle, but he definitely went harder than he was supposed to and could have seriously injured him.

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Big Mike · February 6, 2026

I couldn’t finish this show. I’m not doing this to myself anymore this year.

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Garrett Kenney · February 5, 2026

The amount of joy that I had when Kurt Angle's music hit, and the tough enough participants were in the ring. The smile that was on my face, knowing what was about to go down. I LIVE FOR THIS

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Nick Cumberbatch · February 5, 2026

WWE did Josh Mathews dirty with that graphic lol

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women be shoppin' and koko be ware · February 5, 2026

it's 2004, hellboy is in theatres and you want me to watch the MIZ?

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polo bear · February 5, 2026

This show wasn’t really that bad despite literally all of the things that were wrong with it. Regardless of this, though, in 2004, one could have been (given that it came out two weeks before this episode) playing GTA San Andreas or have been doing maybe literally anything else lmfao

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polo bear · February 6, 2026

THE TOUGH ENOUGH STUFF WAS HORRIBLE THOUGH. That was fucking dogshit. The rest was alright, I swear

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Logan Vetter · February 5, 2026

Kurt Angle vs the Miz? Kurt and the RYBACK? JESUS? BIG BOWL OF SHITTY PASTA??? Some people just don't see 2004 smackdown like I do.

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Johnny bringing in duel as fake Tonypizzamang · February 5, 2026

Guy like me goes back in a timemachine, sees 12 year old me watching this shitty ah show, and kicks his ass Sting Sprite commercial style

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mehow28 · February 5, 2026

I popped for Sunny, now this is how we honor Toby's contribution to the show 4eva 4truski

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Jared Clemons · February 5, 2026

i do love the implication of teddy being like handicap match? oh hell no, why do that when we can have a tag team match.

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Monk E. Dangerously · February 5, 2026

Thousands of fans paid for tickets to this show only to find themselves watching rookie Miz do terrible squat thrusts. WWE should have died here.

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Real North Carolina judge Dick Boner · February 5, 2026

What a stinky little card for this show lmao

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The homunculus · February 5, 2026

It’s funny the last ep had you guys talking about cameramen getting in the ring when this ep has an interviewer getting in the ring. Also in like 2018 my local indie PWX in NC had a storyline where a cameraman got annoyed at a wrestler messing with him so he got in the ring and immediately had the shit beaten out of him. Next show he had a match and won, huge pop brother.

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Monk E. Dangerously · February 5, 2026

SUNNY DAYS

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She Ghal on my Maraz until I warhammer · February 5, 2026

I was not paying attention at this time is 04 any good?

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Monk E. Dangerously · February 5, 2026

It's arguably one of the worst years in Smackdown history.

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Rhea hitting me with the stinkface John Blud style · February 5, 2026

Ah yes the night Josh Mathews hit JBL with Da Muscle Buster

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CZW Kane with da flaming weedwhacker GONG · February 5, 2026

Young Bucks fully turned around watching TV should be one of these if we're suggesting ideas for new ones

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itreatthepluglikehulkhoganandjuststraightuplietoem · February 5, 2026

Sunny? Its like Tony never left

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Stop the Matsunaga · February 5, 2026

OH MYYYY

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Cole · February 5, 2026

Main event josh Matthews

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Mark of Minos · February 5, 2026

Nothing better to chase down a plate of pasta than a nice tall cold glass of milk!

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The MK Zer-Yooooooooooooooooooo · February 5, 2026

Loving all these new announcement pics. There's one of the Young Bucks watching TV I hope you use in the future.

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Daniel Beesley · February 5, 2026

damn Sunny out here lookin at me like my name is Elmo

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El Hijo de John Blud · February 5, 2026

I could’ve been watching Toonami, but I was watching ‘04 Al Snow kicking off a Smackdown.

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Oscar Gutierrez · February 5, 2026

Guy like me had my finger on the channel switch button every commercial

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HEY YO… ITS ME THE MANG CALLED STANKKKK!!! · February 5, 2026

WHAT?

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Taylor · February 5, 2026

How do we feel about 2004 wwe? I wasnt even a year old yet so i dont know anything about it

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Porn Name is Gape Sapolsky. Shoot name is El Hijo del Totally a Botanist · February 5, 2026

You just turned me to dust.

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Curly Bill · February 5, 2026

Josh Mathews and Booker T is such a crazy tag team lol

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John Nickell · February 5, 2026

Yo that’s Toby’s goat right here

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Pickles! · February 5, 2026

Most downloaded diva of all time!

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Chris Camilus · February 5, 2026

Please use the one with Big E watching TV one of these days

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Day'mon Harris · February 5, 2026

Wow they actually used the image from IYH

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🐻 · February 5, 2026

And i will not be denieeeuuuuddgggghhhhh

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paynexkiller · February 5, 2026

Shoutout convicted murderer Sunny.

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Big Gooch · February 5, 2026

Thought you guys were talking about using this image as a joke on the last SGH 😂

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Steele Lukas · February 5, 2026

Oh hell yeeeeeeaaaahhhhh

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John Bates · February 5, 2026

Ah hell yeah