I Got Your 5 Stars: Recent Episodes
Jeremy Nickerson
Long-time wrestling fan Jeremy (AKA Professor J) teams up with Referee Sean Patrick O'Brien to tackle the Indies! We provide in-depth reviews and analysis of some of the best shows and individual talents on the Indies today, as well as cool interviews with Indy bookers, wrestlers, referees, and more.
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**Originally aired Sept. 29, 2021
Sean & Jeremy chat with "The Ubermensch" Nate Matthews about New Wave Pro, wrestling Eric Dillinger, fighting for retweets from Omega & Seinfeld, and so much more!!
Jeremy and Sean say "See You Later" ... but not before we talk about Sean's big summer, our Scenic City vacation, and so much more.
**Originally aired Sept. 25, 2021
Tonight, Prof. J & Referee Sean P. chop it up with rising star Eric Dillinger!! We talk about this weekend's New Wave Pro show, training with Billy Roc, some of his biggest matches so far, IWA-MS, AWR, and more!!!
Jeremy & Sean kick it with Chris Kohlenberg, owner of Ruthless Pro Wrestling. Together, we get ready for this weekend's huge RPW show at Harpo's in Detroit!
Sean & Jeremy bring in "Senior Official" Aaron Grider to help us get pumped for this weekend's STACKED "Right Here, Right Now" show from New Wave Pro!
Tonight, Sean & Jeremy review Unsanctioned Pro's "No One Should Watch This" show. (spoiler alert: EVERYONE should watch that show!)
Tonight, Sean and Jeremy talk to rising independent star "Deathwish" Anakin Murphy! We discuss his career path, from referee to main event star.
Jeremy & Sean interview The High Voltage Ref Kat about her journey in and around the squared circle.
Tonight, Jeremy & Sean bring in ZDP to talk about his training at Grindhouse, making noise at New Wave Pro with Dude Baddington, IWA-MS, and so much more!!
Tonight, the NWP roundtable returns!! Sean & Jeremy join forces with NWP Senior Official Aaron Grider, and The Mad Scientist of NWP Earl Joseph!!! We review/recap the show in Paris, and look ahead to this weekend's "Talk of the Town" show in West Terre Haute.
Tonight, Sean & Jeremy chat with TANK ... about his career renaissance, ICW No Holds Barred, The Rev, and so much more!
**Originally aired July 20, 2021
Tonight, Prof. J & Referee Sean P. recap Sean's huge weekend in Indianapolis, including:
-Two midnight Paradigm shows
-Asylum's two-day Deathmatch tournament
-Two huge shows from ICW: No Holds Barred
**Originally aired July 17, 2021
Tonight, Ref. Sean P. and Prof. J have a conversation with Mitch Vallen!!!!
Topics include:
-Training with Tommy Dreamer
-The road to CZW
-Meeting Matt Tremont
-H20 & The 44OH! takeover
-Thoughts and memories of his ICW debut
-"Don't be a Malaka!!"... and more!
Tonight, Sean & Jeremy provide an in-depth review of ICW's Pitfighter X10 show from Chattanooga, TN!!!
The Boys are BACK!!! We get with THE Senior Official Aaron Grider to review St. Louis Anarchy's "Motivation" show!
SPO & Jeremy rap with The Struggles about all the happenings, in and out of the ring, during ICW's Chicago show!
Sean & Jeremy interview rising star Lobo Okami! We discuss his training at the Grindhouse, New Wave Pro, Paradigm, and so much more.
Landon Hale joins Jeremy & Sean to talk about his career: past, present, and future!! He discusses training with Robert Gibson, wrestling at the 2021 Futures tournament in Chattanooga, earning his spot at Paradigm, and so much more.
Tonight, we're marching ahead to November Reign, and we talk to one of the best play-by-play men on the indies Robert Black!!!! Hear about his theatre background, his love for pro wrestling, and his role as the Voice of New Wave Pro!!!!
*Originally aired 11/22/2021
Tonight, Prof J and Referee Sean P. continue our march to November Reign. This time, we talk with the New Wave Tag Team champions The Von Engelands!!! We talk about their transition from the UK to the Midwest, Paradigm Pro, and holding tag team gold!!!
*Originally aired 11/25/2021
Tonight, Sean and Jeremy talk with an amazing guest. Australian Deathmatch star Joel Bateman is here to talk about his upcoming US dates, the Australian Deathmatch scene, and show off his encyclopedic knowledge of the US Independents!!!!
I Got Your 5 Stars joins forces with Faces & Feels to review RPW's "Cold Blooded" event from Maybee, MI!!
Tonight, Prof. J & Ref. Sean P. interview a true Heavy Hitter ... Detroit's own Isaiah Broner!!! We talk about his debut in The Pit, joining DTA, the Detroit wrestling scene, Paradigm Pro, and so much more!!!
*Originally aired Oct. 15, 2021
**Originally aired Nov. 2, 2021
Tonight, Jeremy & Sean talk with "Sir Knight" Merrik Donovan!!!
Topics include:
-Debuting for Paradigm and Unsanctioned
-Training with Team 3D
-There's no C in Merrik!!!
-ACTION Futures Showcase 2021
-About to get Medieval ...... and more!
Tonight, Jeremy & Sean review Paradigm's "Rhymes Like Dimes" show from The Arena in Jeffersonville, IN!!
Tonight, Jeremy & Sean catch up with the Referee f/k/a Max Recon!! He's been putting miles on the car for GCW, and he tells us all about it. Plus, we recap Unsanctioned Pro's "Royal Flush" from the Valley Dale Ballroom in Columbus!!
Tonight, Sean & Jeremy team up with NWP's Senior Official Aaron Grider to recap the Anniversary X show!!!
Tonight, Jeremy & Sean are joined by "The Voice of the Violence" The Struggles to recap ICW's return home -- back to the North Jersey/NYC area for NHB '21!
On tonight's episode, Sean & Jeremy talk with rising star KARAM about his beginnings in the sport, winning the FIP title, making waves in AAW, Glory Pro, and so much more!
**Episode first aired on 12/15/2021
Tonight. Jeremy and Sean chat with documentary filmmaker Christopher Macias about his "This is Deathmatch" series on IWTV!!!
**This episode originally aired on Dec. 18, 2021
Tonight, Jeremy and Sean chat about their recent travels for wrestling shows!! We talk about our experience in Columbus for Unsanctioned Pro, New Wave Pro's Anniversary show, ICW in Newark, and so much more.
Tonight, me and Sean team up with NWP Senior Official Aaron Grider, and NWP's "Evil Genius" Earl Joseph to prepare for this weekend's huge Anniversary show in West Terre Haute!!!
Tonight, Billy Tipton brings some of that good old "Tennessee Sunshine" to the podcast. Billy chats with Sean & Jeremy about JPWA, IWA-MS, On Point Wrestling, and more!!!
*Originally aired 12/24/2021
Tonight, Prof J & Referee SPO break down the debut show from Expect the Unexpected!!!
**Originally aired Dec. 28, 2021
Tonight, Sean & Jeremy talk with a legit superstar. It's the "Indestructible" Calvin Tankman!!!
We talk about his amazing career to date, including getting his feet under him at IWA-MS, MLW, wrestling Minoru Suzuki, this weekend's big Unsanctioned Pro show, and so much more!
Sean & Jeremy welcome Lexus Montez back to the podcast to talk about this weekend's huge Unsanctioned Pro show in Columbus, joining CMW, working in the six-sided ring at EWE, Roger Ruffen ... and so much more!
Sean and Jeremy talk with rising star Remington Rhor about his matches with Madman Pondo, Mickie Knuckles, making it to the finals of the AWR tournament, his band "Fossilized", and so much more!
*Originally aired July 24, 2021
Hear me and Sean mark out at the haunting vocal tones of the Reverend Dan Wilson!!!! We talk with him about his current run with "The Bloodbath Behemoth" TANK, ICW, NWA Wildside days, and so much more!!!
*Originally aired July 14, 2021
Sean and Jeremy team up with "Space Jesus" herself to review "The 17th Coming of Billie Starkz: Cosmic Christmas"!!
We also talk about her amazing career ... Past, Present, and Future; her thoughts on some of her huge matches, and so much more.
Sean and Jeremy bring on Mose to share thoughts on KOBK's "Souled Out" show in Chattanooga!!