Some people talk with their hands. Our hands are a major way we express ourselves. And expression is a critical part of professional wrestling, just as much as the wrestling itself. So which wrestlers’ taunts and gestures made Nate and Eric’s Mount Rushmores? What evoked emotion—happiness and hatred alike? What symbolized excellence, and what symbolized rebellion? And what’s just a thumb? Listen up and find out!

Ric Flair/Jay Lethal Woo-Off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct7IWkiiWgA&pp=ygUSd29vIG9mZiBqYXkgbGV0aGFs

Hulk Hogan's Wind-Up Ear Cup: https://youtu.be/aE08Am4_bqc?si=QapSnoDW-zlz2WJ2&t=525

SNL "Suck It Trebek": https://www.tiktok.com/@nbcsnl/video/7273192840279248158?lang=en

Let's Get Ready to Suck It: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ordVBW1JL4Q&pp=ygUjdHJpcGxlIGggbGV0J3MgZ2V0IHJlYWR5IHRvIHN1Y2sgaXQ%3D

Cougar Jay's hind-end cougar print: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6rq_azufF0&pp=ygUVZ3JlYXQgbXV0YSBjb3VnYXIgamF5

Great Muta mists the Giant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNrqWw6VPRs&pp=ygUWZ3JlYXQgbXV0YSBtaXN0cyBnaWFudA%3D%3D

Are you ready? Nate and Eric break it down--"it" being the greatest factions in wrestling history. Which star-making, storyline-driving, historically and culturally impactful groups of wrestlers individually came together to collectively dominate their respective federations? Which ones are too sweet? Which ones dodged a bullet? Which linked their legacies in blood? (And aren't Nate and Eric really *your* favorite wrestling faction?)

Also: Don't you want an "Americana In Your Loins" T-shirt worse than you need your next meal? Tell four friends about The Mount Rushmore of Wrestling, send us proof via email at 123Rushmore@gmail.com, and you'll be entered into a drawing for a too sweet new T-shirt.

Clips from this episode:

Four Horsemen - 4 Horsemen The Elite (youtube.com)

NWO - Hulk Hogan forms The nWo with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash: WCW Bash at the Beach 1996 (youtube.com)

The Bloodline - Roman Reigns Entrance after War Games: WWE SmackDown, Dec. 16, 2022 (youtube.com)

DX- Shawn Michaels officially names D-Generation X: Raw, October 13, 1997 (youtube.com)

D-Generation X State of the Union Address, Special Report - RAW IS WAR, February 2nd, 1998:

It's like they always say, whatever (fill in the female valet's name) wants, (fill in the female valet's name) gets. So find out which female managers and valets get a prestigious spot on Eric's and Nate's Mount Rushmores. Which amazing talkers, heat-seekers, cat-fighters, and beauty queens did the guys consider before etching their top four into the mountain? Listen and find out, sweethearts!

Who's that jumpin' out the sky? N-A-T-E! And E-R-I-C! The guys debate the greatest high flyers in wrestling--with one caveat: We HAD to narrow it down by focusing on U.S.-born wrestlers who made their name in America. Having said that, which wrestlers' aerial moves, innovative styles, and long-term influence etched them onto our Mount Rushmore of High Flyers? Old school, new talent, all-around athletes...we thought of them all. And we somehow whittled it down. But you can't keep a good high flyer down, so give this episode a listen!

Recommended matches:

Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEZp0V8IrqI&pp=ygUfc3RlYW1ib2F0IHNhdmFnZSB3cmVzdGxlbWFuaWEgMw%3D%3D

Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqRYKCH8dUc&pp=ygUbcmV5IG15c3RlcmlvIGVkZGllIGd1ZXJyZXJv

Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlb82g

Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3dzz65

Do you ever feel like you've been trapped inside a 15-foot-high, 15-foot-wide, titanium, reinforced, no-way-in, no-way-out, two-hour podcast about gimmick matches in professional wrestling? Because you're about to be! What types of gimmick matches do Nate and Eric put on their Mount Rushmores? Which ones didn't quite make the cut, and for which ones is the jig up? And best yet, what match type did Nate's argument for cause Eric to flip? Listen to find out!

After what Bananarama and Taylor Swift would call a cruel summer for Nate and Eric, the boys get back to work in time for a special pre-Labor Day episode: Who do they put on their Mount Rushmore of Wrestling Day Jobs? Yes, from the golden era of giving wrestlers gimmicks based on 9-to-5 (give or take) occupations, which of those rose to the top of Eric’s and Nate’s list? Some are funny, some are serious, many are just unfortunate. Tune in to find out. (Warts and all: Eric in particular needs to knock some of the rust off, so any struggles with words, idioms, audio editing, or hall of fame inductees should be met with grace.)

Nepo-babies? More like NO-po-babies! These wrestlers carried on their family's legacy with pride and honor, reaching high heights and avoiding low lows--as much as you can, anyway. Who did Nate and Eric include on their Mount Rushmores of Second-Generation Wrestlers? Listen up and find out!

You ever watch pro wrestling with some friends or loved ones, and an awful character or bad wrestler comes on your screen? And even though the rest of the room turns its collective nose up, you think to yourself, "Hey, this is pretty awesome. I wish this would go on forever"? Well, this episode goes on forever: It's the Mount Rushmore of Guilty Pleasures in professional wrestling! Who would Nate and Eric never turn their noses up at, no matter how silly the character, how poor the quality of moves, or how questionable the true entertainment value? We've got questionable entertainment value for you... right here!

Half the brain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhA0Gd-GBpY

You fat, bald-headed little oaf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6Gbu8a5OBk

Jurassic Slap-@$$: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-bgJth7zso

Cat-Bo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSkUUjhQSqE

The corrupt politics of Music City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJpRsVAbxfo&t=79s

Don't you just love the way leather feels against your body? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I-au--SHXY