Pancakes and Powerslams
Pancakes and Powerslams is an online radio show based out of Columbus, Ohio, about professional wrestling and pop culture. Since its inception in 2012, the show has attracted over a million listeners, and interviewed over 100 pro wrestling guests. The show was voted one of the Best Pro Wrestling Podcasts[1] in 2017. It features weekly interviews from pro wrestlers, as well as recap and analysis from Raw, SmackDown Live, Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro Wrestling, and Lucha Underground. The show has featured exclusive interviews from current WWE and NXT talent, as well as WWE Hall of Famers.
Inception[edit]
Pancakes and Powerslams was founded by pro wrestling journalist Chris Featherstone. Featherstone has been a writer for major publications such as Sports Illustrated, FOX Sports, Digital Spy, and The Inquisitr. In April of 2012, the very first episode aired on Blog Talk Radio, and immediately generated a large amount of viewership. Initially, the show format included discussing the Raw and SmackDown Live episodes, along with random pro wrestling topics and current stories. However, the show started to become more popular, and pro wrestlers became one of the featured parts of the show on a weekly basis.
Weekly pro wrestling interviews[edit]
On Episode 46, Pancakes and Powerslams featured its first wrestling interview, independent wrestler Onyx. On the One Year Anniversary show, Episode 52, the show featured former WWE and Impact Wrestling star Elijah Burke. The show then began to feature wrestlers on a more frequent basis as the podcast began to grow in popularity. In 2016, the format of Pancakes and Powerslams was changed to feature a pro wrestling interview every single week, and the show has featured numerous exclusive content from the wrestlers interviewed. Moreover, the show has become a weekly source of wrestler interviews reported by dozens of popular websites throughout the pro wrestling and sports media journalism community.
Show format[edit]
A typical episode of Pancakes and Powerslams features a weekly pro wrestling interview, followed by coverage of popular headlines that occurred throughout the week. This is followed by a quick recap of Raw and SmackDown Live. The end of show features a segment called the "Flavor of the Week", which is a discussion of a random pro wrestling topic. The topics of discussion have included reviews of previous WWE and WCW pay-per-views, watch parties of former GWF episodes, black pro wrestlers, the Four Horsemen, and many more. If the show occurs before a WWE pay-per-view, the format includes predictions of the upcoming event.
Popularity of Pancakes and Powerslams[edit]
With over 350 episodes, Pancakes and Powerslams has become one of the most popular pro wrestling shows in all of podcasting. In addition of over 100 different wrestlers featured on the show since its inception, as well as voted one of the Best Pro Wrestling Podcasts in 2017 and 2018[2], Pancakes and Powerslams was voted[3] #26 in the top 60 pro wrestling podcasts in the world.
References[edit]
- ↑ FM, Player. "Best Pro Wrestling Podcasts (2017)". player.fm. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ↑ FM, Player (January 12, 2019). "Best Pro Wrestling Podcasts (2018)". player.fm.
- ↑ "Top 60 Wrestling Podcasts You Must Subscribe and Listen to in 2019". Feedspot Blog. 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
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