The boys AND the NFL are back in town as Nick and Bacon go into Full Gear with our weekly breakdown of the ins and odds of the NFL season. This week we start with the AFC West and NFC West. Who will be our big money picks to win the toughest division in the NFL? Will anyone have a chance to take Kansas City's crown? We also discuss QB Controversy as training camp starts with Carson Wentz, Deshaun Watson and Aaron Rodgers. Get ready for season 2 of First Bake as we go big with our special guest Justin Tunis. 

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First Bake Season 2 - NFC West and AFC West Divisional Breakdown

Continuing our special mini-series on the Invasion era of the early 2000's, Nick and Matt do a watchalong of the InVasion PPV main event alongside Jon and Bacon.  "The main event was the "Inaugural Brawl", a no disqualification ten-man tag team match between Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) and Rhyno (Team WCW/ECW), and Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, The Undertaker, Kane and Chris Jericho (Team WWF). WCW Owner Shane McMahon, ECW Owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, ECW General Manager Paul Heyman, and WWF Owner Vince McMahon were at ringside." -Per Wikipedia. So you know it's true. Beforehand, Jon, Nick, and Bacon break down this week in pro-wrestling. Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, and Becky Lynch!    Fire up the peacock. Thank our newest sponsor! Buy a shirt! Sign up for Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/WhatsSizzlingSizzleSquad https://squad-merch-5.creator-spring.com/  

WWF/WCW InVasion 20 Years - What's Sizzling? Episode 89

It's the Culmination of our 20 year anniversary show for the most controversial angle in wrestling history. 7/22/01 was the INVASION pay per view and 20 years later Nick and Matt are joined by Jon Roy and Big Bacon Brad Hollister to rewatch the infamous event. Join us as we go nuts over Nick Patrick's technical prowess in the ring against Earl Hebner, discuss how perfect of a matchup Jeff Hardy vs RVD is and just how many asses on the card would Bradshaw soap up in the shower. This was INVASION XX!   

InVasion XX - InVasion PPV Watch-a-long

This week is the 20th anniversary of ECW invading the Hallowed Halls of Atlanta, GA and Nick and Matt are joined again by "Sexy Jesus" Justin Tunis. Atlanta has been home of WCW for over 10 years, and with the blunder in Tacoma, the Invasion of the WWF is hotshotted to the EXTREME. We have Ref Fights, Michelle McCool, Great J.R. Calls and after weeks of high tier comedy...will we see THE OLD STONE COLD?!?!? Find out this week on   INVASION XX - ECW INVADES ATLANTA GA   Join our Facebook Group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/invasionxx to discuss current episodes and share fun memories of 20 years ago.    Check out our podcast on Spotify to get caught up with past episodes and other shows under the What's Sizzling Umbrella - https://open.spotify.com/show/5eP4fbQxAZ4tfjzXMZSwor     Or Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-sizzling/id1474169261    

Invasion XX - Week 3 - ECW Invades Atlanta GA

Nick, Jon, and Bacon talk about the big things happening in life and wrestling this week. Bacon's return to a full crowd post covid, follow up knee surgery, Jon wins a match, and Nick is invading and vacationing. Fun little talk session, followed by our thoughts on WWE's 50 greatest tag teams list. It's very disagreeable. LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS!   You could have chimed in along with our squad members for just 3$ a month! https://www.patreon.com/WhatsSizzlingSizzleSquad    

Summer Sizzler - What's Sizzling? Episode 88

This is it. The moment wrestling fans never though possible. WCW wrestlers main eventing the flagship program of the WWF....in Tacoma, Washington. We hit a MAJOR stumbling block on the Road to Invasion as we go over the July 2nd and July 5th episodes of Raw and Smackdown in 2001, we couldn't do this alone. No. We needed a guide to bring us on this trip to traverse the hot shot crash TV programming of this week, we needed..."No Gimmicks Needed" "EWR Promoter of the Year" "PVP President" "Sexy Jesus" Justin "Hammer" Tunis. Join us this week, as it's our last week of WWF having WWF matches on WWF television before we get EXTREME INTERPROMOTIONAL WARFARE!!!   Join our Facebook Group at - https://www.facebook.com/groups/invasionxx

Invasion XX - Week 2 - WCW Road Block in Tacoma

We made it! The 20th anniversary of one of the most controversial angles in wrestling history begins this week. We cover what happened at King of the Ring 2001, and what occurs on the "Raw After WrestleMania"-esque Monday Night Raw on June 25th 2001, which emanates from the hallowed halls of the World's Most Famous Arena. Madison Square Garden. For over 35 years, other than the WWF, no other wrestling superstars stepped foot in those sacred grounds. That all changes this week. And on Smackdown, a special Matriarch returns to cut the promo of her life.    Join our Facebook Group to follow us along on our journey to Survivor Series 2001.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/invasionxx/

Invasion XX- Week 1 - WCW Invades The Hallowed Halls of Madison Square Garden

It's part 2 of our INVASION 20th Anniversary podcast, and on this episode we take you behind the scenes, and in the ring, from May 28th to June 23rd. We go into details on a few wrestlers who won't be making it to Invasion and why, including incidents that lead to the arrest of Brian "Roaddogg" James and Brian "Grandmaster Sexay" Christopher, and what lead to rehab for Eddie Guerrero. We also dive deep into the contract negotiations between WWF and Goldberg, Ric Flair, Nash, Booker T and DDP. This is a crazy time in pro wrestling and join us as we bring you on the Road to the Road to Invasion!   Join us on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/invasionxx as we traverse from King of the Ring to Survivor Series 2001! 

Invasion XX- Part 2 - The Road to WWF King of the Ring 2001

March 26, 2001. Over 20 years ago the Wrestling industry was changed forever with a document signed by (redacted) McMahon. In honor of the 20th anniversary, Matt and Nick will take you, weekly. from the beginning through the end of one of the most controversial angles in wrestling history. Episode 1 deals with all of the changes that March 2001 brought to the industry, including the bankruptcy of ECW and the historic purchase of WCW by the WWF. We also discuss the main players that will be missing from this tale and why. Episode 2 will be released on Wednesday 6/23.  Join us on the Road to the Road to the Road to INVASION XX!     

Invasion XX- Part 1 The 20th Anniversary of the purchase of WCW by the WWF

Happy Fathers Day! For the boys we decide to celebrate Father's Day the only way we know how...finding out exactly WHO is the current father of Dominik Mysterio. That's right. There's a theory online about lineal championships, and what if The Custody of Dominik Mysterio was a championship that Rey Mysterio won, but he also had to defend. Nick takes Matt, Bacon and Jon on a journey from Summerslam 2005 through vipers, tribal chiefs, invisible men, the dead AND the undead...traveling all over the globe as we make our way to present day to figure out..exactly who...is Dominik Mysterio's Father.  This is an EXTREMELY fun time. 

What's Sizzling Episode 87 - The Lineal Custody of Dominik Mysterio

It's episode THIRTY FOUR and Just like controversy in baseball WE'RE BACK and STICKING AROUND! Bacon and Nick talk about the fallout of Mayweather/Paul event, breakdown the main card of UFC 263, talk about Julio Jones going to Tennessee and where that leaves the AFC Hierarchy, MLB's sticky situation and we get personal with Michael Jordan and the NBA playoffs. Join us on the Patreon to see what we were fumbling with in the first minute of the show (We're Live Pal)   Now I wish I put "Bon Jovi - Raise Your Hands" as the last song on the show.     

First Bake Episode 34 - Michael Jordan Just Got Personal

It's officially been one year since we started the Sizzle Squad over on Facebook and Patreon, and what better way to celebrate than to do a podcast about it? With Jon Roy working up in the woods for the weekend, special guest Hammer Tunis joins Brad Hollister, Nick Scholtz, and Matthew James, in Studio Jamesia to kick off the party.   Join the afterparty: www.patreon.com/WhatsSizzlingSizzleSquad  

One Year Squadversary - What's Sizzling? Episode 86

This week on First Bake we have 2 special Sizzle Guests to join us as we invite the quarantine crew to Studio Jamesia to talk the history of Rhode Island Hockey, NBA Playoffs, NBA Hall of Fame, TEBOWMANIA and The Paul Brothers? This one is special and a lot of fun as we try out the new locale on the cusp of our SIZZLE SQUAD ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! 

First Bake Episode 33 - What's Sizzling?

85 Episodes, two ACL's, and one quarantine later, we've ran out of ideas. Not really, but we didn't feel like tackling a single topic today, so Bacon, Matt and Nick hopped in to Studio Jamesia, while Jon ran controls from his production van live via satellite. Things just kept rolling on. Check it out. (Pardon the audio. We're working out some in-house kinks.)   See all the unaired content over at https://www.patreon.com/WhatsSizzlingSizzleSquad

Wrestling Tonight - What's Sizzling? Episode 85

The smokescreen is over. We are here for the NFL Draft live this Thursday and Nick is joined by two seasoned arm chair scouts in Erik Hammer and Tim Jennings. We break down each pick as Erik and Tim provide their choices for the upcoming draft. It deviates pretty quickly with the selections but OH MAN we get some synergy at some opportune moments. Join us as we discuss Jacksonville and Trevor Lawrence's potential downfall, the Patriots sneakily moving around the draft and which QB the Packers will take in the first round. Tim and Erik have a wealth of knowledge that you'd look for when you preview the draft coming up this Thursday.    Patreon - (for the upcoming exclusive INVASION XX) https://www.patreon.com/WhatsSizzlingSizzleSquad

First Bake Episode 32 - NFL Mock Draft 1.0

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