The Basement Bookers
An entertaining journey down the road of pro wrestling as seen through the eyes of two best friends of twenty years, and the occasional peek into their wacky lives...or something like that. Wrestling made them friends; lifelong ball-busting made them family.
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Episodes
Saturday Jan 27, 2018
Saturday Jan 27, 2018
In addition to our Guest Guessers and our very own Rumble predictions, we discuss Alexa's performance as Champion, Cena in Duke Nukem, and Raw 25. Jer also has a prediction for the soon-to-be 205 Live GM.
Saturday Jan 20, 2018
Saturday Jan 20, 2018
This is it Booker Verse! The first ever Booker Rumble Free Per Listen a collaboration of Rich The Riz and Jerry On The Spot! Plenty of news rumors and BS before you get to the main event. Rich tells about some interesting new signings to the WWE, Impact Departures and we briefly talk Smackdown and Raw for the week.
Saturday Jan 13, 2018
Saturday Jan 13, 2018
In addition to our final episodes of Riz's Raw and Jer's SmackDown before the Booker Rumble, we discuss Jer's wacky experiences in VR chat, his Undertaker theory that Riz doesn't like, and who he blames for Paige's rumored potential WWE retirement. We also discuss the odd Gable/Shelton/Usos double-turn and Dana Brooke's memorable victory celebration dance.
Friday Jan 05, 2018
Friday Jan 05, 2018
Happy New Year to the Bookerverse! This week we are comin in hot, we talk about what we did for New Year's Eve! Riz has his news rumors and bullshit including the relationship status of a certain Staten Island native. Don't forget we have episodes! Rizs Raw episode and Jer has his Smackdown for your listening pleasure.
Saturday Dec 30, 2017
Saturday Dec 30, 2017
Our monumental 200th episode coincides with the New Year, so we mark the occasion with our 2nd annual Golden Pencil Awards, aka the Bookies! Jer tries to get an inappropriate hashtag trending and, of course, we discuss who should win each award and why, and a special thank you to our loyal listeners!
Sunday Dec 24, 2017
Sunday Dec 24, 2017
Rich runs down the top 25 matches of 2017 and we talk about what happened after the Clash Of Champions PPV. Jer shows his math skills, Scott Steiner style. We talk about Vince bringing back the XFL to take on the NFL, Ric Flair wrestling for real and Dolph Ziggler what's that about? Oh yeah and we talk about the women's Royal Rumble announcement!
Thursday Dec 21, 2017
Thursday Dec 21, 2017
THIS REUpload is being done by Jer because he cares. Unlike RichTheRiz! who is a hypocrite! Just like his fans!
This week, in addition to our predictions and those of our Guest
Guessers, we discus Rich Swann’s legal troubles, the possibility of
Ronda vs Asuka, rumors of Cena winning the Rumble, and the
two-champion format.
Friday Dec 08, 2017
Friday Dec 08, 2017
This week we talk about gray hairs, Bret Harts bad luck, Riz's gripe with certain commentators and more rumors and bullshit than you could ever want all while slightly buzzed. We even have more another episode of Riz's Raw and Jer's Smackdown for your listening pleasure. Thanks for tuning in and don't forget to follow the bookers!
Saturday Dec 02, 2017
Saturday Dec 02, 2017
The Bookers are back this week with their own renditions of Riz's Raw and Jer's Smackdown, and the fallout from Booker Series. Jer tells us about his YouTube issues, and we discuss the Riott Squad / Absolution factions.
Saturday Nov 25, 2017
Saturday Nov 25, 2017
This post-Thanksgiving episode of the Basement Bookers podcast is brought to you by SURVIVOR series! We are talking about what went down last weekend over at Wargames and Survivor Series and talk about Raw and Smackdown as usual. Do we have a new guest guessers champ? Is Jer still the Champ? Oh, Rich is Hungover and I'm exhausted! We love you guys!
Saturday Nov 18, 2017
Saturday Nov 18, 2017
The Basement and Inconsequential Titles are on the line again this week, as Riz and Jer give their predictions for Survivor Series. We also discuss War Games and our thoughts on the match concept. Jer has a new favorite thing, and he takes us to a weird place.
Sunday Nov 12, 2017
Sunday Nov 12, 2017
This week is Booker Series! Rich and Jer create a joint Free-per-listen with their respective fantasy brands facing off against each other Survivor Series style! Three interpretational (interpromotional?) matches will decide the winner! The winning brand gets the number 30 spot in the Booker Rumble. Loser gets 1st.
Of course, that's the main course. Rich the Riz has your appetizers! After BookerSeries we talk about the huge news from New Japan.
Jer gets stupid and emotional over Smackdown's title change! We aren't afraid to share our feelings here!
Rated R for REALNESS!
If you took a chance we want to thank you because that's all we ask.