Nick Piccone
This week, we head back to 2002 for another Patreon request. Remember, you can sign up at patreon.com/shootersradio and request your own deep dive for us to fulfill for only $2/month!
It was August of 2002 and World Wrestling Entertainment was moving ahead to a new era – the Ruthless Aggression era. I was on a pro wrestling sabbatical off and on for a few years, and this was a time where I was off. I wasn’t a fan of strapping a title to an unknown in Brock Lesnar – but, of course, I didn’t pay attention to anything going on in the developmental system WWE had in place at that point, because I didn’t even know they had one. They had Ric Flair wrestling, Rey Mysterio debuting on pay-per-view when I thought he was literally on the verge of retiring, and The Rock was basically finishing up his full-time wrestling commitment.
I was just out.
Eventually, I would get pulled back in, and start kicking myself for missing one of the greatest SummerSlams of all time. And this week, we’re diving deep into it all.
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨#SummerSlam 2002 deep dive w/ @VaughnMJohnson & @_piccone … one of the greatest SummerSlams of all time!
The Next Big Thing™️ takes the reigns 5 months after his WWE debut!
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🚨EPISODE 335🚨#SummerSlam 2002 deep dive w/ @VaughnMJohnson & @_piccone … and Shawn Michaels’ incredible return to a WWE ring.
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Next week. @ShootersRadio. #SummerSlam 2002 deep dive. A @Patreon request. We ain’t your normal ho-hum wrestling podcast.
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— Nick Piccone (@_piccone) August 19, 2022
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