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The Extraordinary Business Book ClubEpisode 313 - PR on a Beermat with Louise Third'You cannot go into PR without building relationships.' Louise Third has embraced this principle in the planning and writing of her book PR on a Beermat, first by partnering with the originators of the beermat idea to develop it for PR, by writing collaboratively with partners, and by involving journalists and other media professionals to share their expertise in her book. In this fascinating conversation we talk about PR, the role of a book as part of a business's storytelling, visual thinking, self-publishing and more. Energising and inspiring listening. 2022-04-0437 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE KASSANDRA FILES EPISODE 4 "WHO OWNS A NIGHTMARE?"THE KASSANDRA FILES EPISODE 4 "WHO OWNS A NIGHTMARE?" The Casefile of Bobby Marchant
Killers always have a story. Linked to their crime might be tales of anger, of greed, of betrayal, of woe…there might be justification, or remorse or pride. Sometimes they will be told eagerly, sometimes they will be held as unuttered secrets. But they always have a story...
written by TONY GREEN narrated by RODERICK MURRAY title music by TONY DIANA incidental music by WESTLEY JAMES SMITH & KEVIN MACLEOD produced by BEERMAT PRODUCTIONS2021-05-2131 min
Beyond The BeermatEpisode #66 - The Hitman's Hit List2021-03-181h 11Beyond The BeermatEpisode #65 - Close Encounters Of The Third Kind2021-03-111h 05Beyond The BeermatEpisode #64 - Jerking The Curtain2021-03-061h 17Beyond The BeermatEpisode #63 - Changing The Business2021-03-0437 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE U.N.I.T FANTHOLOGY 1974 - THE DARK DAUGHTERWritten by Katherine Lopez
Narrated by Steve Green
Music by Marc Schuster2021-03-0235 minBeyond The BeermatEpisode #62 - Missed Matches2021-02-251h 25Beyond The BeermatEpisode #61 - Big Show In The Big Show2021-02-171h 13
Firmað ritarBeermat Entrepreneur - frumkvöðlar og hvernig sprotar verða að fyrirtækjumBeermat Entrepreneur kom út árið 2002 og er eftir Meke Southon, frumkvöðul sem komið hefur að stofnun fjölda fyrirtækja sem hafa langt. Í bókinni er fjallað um hvað einkennir frumkvöðla, hvað drífur þá áfram og hvaða fimm stöður þurfa að vera rétt mannaðar til að fyrirtækið nái flugi, Síðan eru hin þrjú stig fyrirtækisins skoðuð og rædd frá því að fyrirtækið er sproti eða fræ þangað til það er orðið eikartré. 2021-02-151h 18Beyond The BeermatEpisode #60 - If You Build It...2021-02-101h 21Beyond The BeermatEpisode #59 - Stargazing From Afar2021-02-0449 minBeyond The BeermatEpisode #58 - Cooking Up An Over The Top Classic2021-01-2751 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE KASSANDRA FILES EPISODE 3 "THE MAN WHO HAS EVERYTHING"THE KASSANDRA FILES EPISODE 3 "THE MAN WHO HAS EVERYTHING?" The Casefile of Victor Ian Dexter
Killers always have a story. Linked to their crime might be tales of anger, of greed, of betrayal, of woe…there might be justification, or remorse or pride. Sometimes they will be told eagerly, sometimes they will be held as unuttered secrets. But they always have a story... written by TONY GREEN narrated by RODERICK MURRAY title music by TONY DIANA incidental music by KEVIN MACLEOD produced by BEERMAT PRODUCTIONS2021-01-2731 minBeyond The BeermatEpisode #57 - Royal Rumble Rollercoaster Ride2021-01-2140 minBeyond The BeermatEpisode #56 - Twenty Things From 20202021-01-131h 01Beyond The BeermatEpisode #55 - Best Laid Plans2021-01-0227 minBeyond The BeermatEpisode #54 - The Five Count: Number Two2020-10-121h 00Beyond The BeermatEpisode #53 - The Five Count: Number Three2020-09-0400 minBeyond The BeermatEpisode #52 - The Five Count: Number Four2020-08-2200 minBeyond The BeermatThe Five Count: Number FiveIt’s finally here. The start of the most ambitious and comprehensive podcasts we’ve done to date. This is The Five Count; where Beyond The Beermat goes in depth into the moments, events, people and circumstances that changed the wrestling business forever. You’ll be getting no spoilers from us in terms of the contents within this – nor any – of our amazing list; so the only way you’re going to find out what made the cut is to listen in! Number five on our list is all about perspective. In an industry surrounded by controversy, the line between...2020-07-3000 minBeyond The BeermatHistory In The MakingFifty episodes. Just how did we get here? Documenting history can be a difficult task. One that quite literally requires more work every single day. It’s good to take a step back every now and then however, to look at all the journey up until this point. In reaching the half century mark, Beyond The Beermat is kicking it up a gear. For our next run of podcasts, we will be counting down the most meaningful incidents in wrestling history. Finding out what led to a specific chain of events and knowing that things would never be the sa...2020-07-1900 minBeyond The BeermatBeer Bash (at The Beach)A moment in time can last forever. Some events are so seismic their aftershocks are felt long after the dust has settled. Twenty years ago, what was to be a fairly innocuous PPV in WCW history became one of it’s most infamous. It began with a match that wasn’t, featured a promo that would blur the lines in a way that few have ever equaled and ended with the crowing of a deserving champion at a pivotal point in his career. This isn’t just about what happened between Vince Russo, Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischo...2020-07-0900 minBeyond The BeermatDolph CourseHaving all the tools isn’t enough. Potential can only be realized through the right amount of time and nurturing, which does ultimately take a wrestler’s fate out of their own hands. In the case of Dolph Ziggler, who has returned to the top of the card in recent weeks, it’s the story of an entire career to date that has threatened to blossom time and again without ever really delivering. What makes it worse is that has nothing to do with the man himself. Caught in between two distinct eras in terms of pathway to sta...2020-07-0100 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE U.N.I.T FANTHOLOGY 1974 - CHUPACABRAS!Written by Paul Cooke
Narrated by Mark Baumgarten and Eduardo M. Freyre
Music by Kevin Macleod2020-06-2926 minBeyond The BeermatTNA Turns 18The names at the top of the marquees that matter the most are those of the performers themselves. The banner under which they’re wrestling shouldn’t mean anything in the grand scheme of things, and yet it does. Much like the superstars, companies change and grow over the years and we have similar peaks of interest or detachment. A few days ago, the company that is Impact Wrestling and was NWA:TNA reached a milestone. For nearly two decades now, they have been active and along the way they’ve had their fair share of memorable moment...2020-06-2200 minBeyond The BeermatReflecting On RefsNot quite all, but a large majority of the important moments in wrestling history all rest in the hands of a select group. While we see them all the time, they exist out of our conscious mind. To the point where on the occasions where they do take centre stage, it’s very clear something drastic has happened. Whether it be storyline or something even wilder, when the refs get involved it really means something. That’s even to ignore the pivotal yet deceptively simple job they perform in the middle of the squared circle. Beyond The Beer...2020-06-1700 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE U.N.I.T FANTHOLOGY 1974 - THE ONLY ALTERNATIVEWritten by Ian Howden
Narrated by James Maton
Music by Kevin MacLeod and *imp*2020-06-121h 10Beyond The BeermatGreat ExpectationsHype isn’t so much an aspect of the wrestling industry but one of it’s most important building blocks. The process of putting champions, challengers or even circumstance onto a pedestal is an art form onto itself. Part of our unwritten contract as fans is to acknowledge it all. To understand that being told someone – or something – can reach a level we all know isn’t realistic. But that’s how it has to be. Everything has to be bigger and better, more spectacular and different than anything we’ve ever seen before. That’s the business. Even that suspension...2020-06-1100 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE U.N.I.T FANTHOLOGY 1974 - THE ADVENTURE OF THE HAM-FISTED BUN VENDORWritten by David MacGowan
Narrated by Paul Phillips
Music by Paul Phillips 2020-06-1129 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE U.N.I.T FANTHOLOGY 1974 - PROJECT: XONTOGWritten by Scott Montgomery
Narrated by Wink Taylor
Music by Marc Schuster 2020-06-1126 minBeyond The BeermatDeconstructing The DeadmanTime waits for no man. Some men however, have no interest in delaying it. They are the ones that will write the pages of history, that will remain a constant in our memory. Generations will come and go and what once was future will become past. Standing tall among all of that, that’s how legends are made. With every Wrestlemania – and indeed – calendar year that passes, speculation continues to mount about The Undertaker finally calling time on his Hall of Fame career. In addition, as we’ve found out in recent weeks with the incredible behind the scen...2020-06-0800 min
Beermat ProductionsDOCTOR WHO - River Song's Bedtime StoryFan produced narration.
Written and Read by Steven Muppet
Cover Illustration by Westley J.Smith2020-06-0643 min
Beermat ProductionsAMERICAN WHO Episode One : Jack’n’AimeeCOMEDY
An aborted rebooted American version of Doctor Who written by Stephen Muppet, which would have been produced by Stephen Spleenbug, called simply WHO.
Episode One : Jack’n’Aimee
Written by Stephen Muppet
Cast:
Narrated by Sean Homrig
Doctor Jack Smith played by Jim Moon
Aimee Bond played by Kailey Bashe
Roy Willard played by Mark Baumgarten
Dave Ross played by Eduardo M. Freyre
Davlek Supreme played by Dean Packis
Sound design and editing by Westley James Smith
Dalek image by Mechmaster.
2020-06-0523 min
Beermat ProductionsDOOMWATCH - SURVIVAL CODEA fan produced reconstruction of a currently missing episode from the first season of the legendary British TV series of the same name.
The missing DOOMWATCH television episode "Survival Code", that closed Season 1 (ep.13) has been reconstructed into a new full cast audio production by Beermat Productions. The TV version may be lost forever but working from the surviving Camera Script (which in itself would have differed slightly from the transmitted version) a new version has been adapted by us Beermat Productions. The story is (unusually) low on scientific content but high on drama and tension, and...2020-06-0553 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE KASSANDRA FILES EPISODE 2 "A SOUNDTRACK IN BLOOD"The Kassandra Files Episode 2 – ‘A Soundtrack in Blood’ – The Casefile of Vincent Isaac Drogo
Killers always have a story. Linked to their crime might be tales of anger, of greed, of betrayal, of woe…there might be justification, or remorse or pride. Sometimes they will be told eagerly, sometimes they will be held as unuttered secrets.
But they always have a story...
written by TONY GREEN, narrated by RODERICK MURRAY, title music by TONY DIANA, incidental music by MARC SCHUSTER, produced by BEERMAT PRODUCTIONS2020-06-0324 minBeyond The BeermatDon't Call It A ComebackThat flash of recognition is all powerful. Coming face to face with the familiar once again. Reunions – even with those we didn’t fully appreciate – are always joyous; on the outset at least. Wrestling feeds this feeling to the extreme. Often the biggest cheers, the loudest pops and wildest reactions are reserved for those we haven’t seen in a while. Absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that. Part of the thrill of wrestling television of the last twenty plus years, have been when an unexpected appearance shakes the whole landscape. Even if their fol...2020-06-0100 minBeyond The BeermatEpisode #42 - Famous Faces & Hollywood HeelsWhether it be from the world of acting, music or even other sports; wrestling loves extending the invitation across media outlets. In a world already full of outrageous characters, when you add an extra helping of star power can add to the spectacle of it all in a big way. Over the years, there have been many successes and failures when it comes to celebrities stepping inside the squared circle. Beyond The Beermat is back to take a look at the very best and worst examples, as well as picking apart why certain personalities are b...2020-05-2600 minBeyond The BeermatCashing ChecksWhile the world around us continues to change, it’s nice to have certain things you can rely on. The joys of a nice cold refreshing adult beverage after a hard day of staying at home, the sheer fact this podcast will always remain the very epitome of high quality content and the idea that things move at a breakneck speed within the world of wrestling. Last week – just twenty four hours after the PPV in question – we had two Money In The Bank briefcase holders, now we are down to one. The circumstances of Asuka b...2020-05-1800 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE U.N.I.T FANTHOLOGY 1974 - NIGHT OF THE STRANGELINGSWritten by KATHERINE LOPEZ
Narrated by JAMES MATON
Music by KEVIN MACLEOD, ALEXANDER NAKARADA
Illustration by TONY GREEN2020-05-1759 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE U.N.I.T FANTHOLOGY 1974 - WHITAKER HILLWritten by Mike Wilson
Narrated by James Maton
Music by Tony Diana2020-05-1726 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE U.N.I.T FANTHOLOGY 1974 - THE AMBASSADORWritten by Andrew McDonald
Narration by Wink Taylor
Music provided by Wink Taylor2020-05-1716 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE U.N.I.T FANTHOLOGY 1974 - DRAG NETWritten by Tom Powers and Marc Schuster
Narrated by Jonathon Carley
Music by Kevin MacLeod Forget Me Not E's by Jammy Jams Sabana Havana & ChaCha Fontanez by Jimmy Fontanez2020-05-1709 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE U.N.I.T FANTHOLOGY 1974 - CHARLEY'S WARWritten by Paul Cooke
Narrated by Jonathan Carley
Music by Westley James Smith.
A U.N.I.T soldier wounded in action faces the very real prospect of his death by an alien invader...2020-05-1708 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE U.N.I.T FANTHOLOGY 1974 - DULL IT ISN'TWritten by by Ken Shinn
Narrated by James Maton
Music by Tony Diana
A prequel to the BBC TV story The Invasion. Corporal Benton investigates a mysterious electronics corporation by visiting an elderly inventor working for them at his home with disastrous consequences...2020-05-1712 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE U.N.I.T FANTHOLOGY 1974 - A LOGICAL PROBLEMWritten by Ian Marchant
Narrated by RJ Bayley
Music by Kevin MacLeod, Westley James Smith, Rafael Krux2020-05-1725 min
Beermat ProductionsDoctor Who - The Happy ManThe Happy Man
By Stephen Muppet
Cast
The Eighth Doctor - played by Scott Burditt
Punk, the Doctor’s companion - played by Tegan Harris
The Happy Man –played by Scott Burditt
Freddie, a loser – played by Paul Phillips
Phil, another loser – played by Steve Green
Sergeant Steve Stanley, undercover cop - played by Terry Cooper
Unwin, Chief of Police - played by James Maton
De Little, the pathologist - played by Lee Orchard
Tony, drug dealer - played by Tony Green
Crew
Voice...2020-05-171h 40
Beermat ProductionsTHE U.N.I.T FANTHOLOGY 1974 - THE HALMSTADT TROLLA prequel to the BBC TV story The Mind of Evil written by Tony Green
Starring Tony Green • Laura King • Duncan Blagrove • Wink Taylor
Music by Westley James Smith • Kevin MacLeod Fabio Keiner • Brian Hodgson • boringXtreme2020-05-1717 min
Beermat ProductionsDoctor Who - The Two Deaths of Private WilliamsA full cast Doctor Who audio adventure starring the rather awesome Wink Taylor as The Tenth Doctor...
The Two Deaths of Private Williams
To – Brigadier General H Lathby, Surgeon General, War Department, London, England
From – Colonel HG Evans, Senior Medical Officer, No 13 General Hospital, Brecourt, Belgium
MOST SECRET
Received your note dated 10-09-17. Situation does appear to warrant further investigation. Have sent special investigator forthwith. Please arrange for storage of body and availability of witness statements upon his arrival. Do not speak of dead men walking to anyone. Do no...2020-05-1736 min
Beermat ProductionsDoctor Who - CHOICESAn RSF Audio drama following the life of Section Leader Elizabeth Shaw before the events of the TV story Inferno.
Our realities are determined by the choices we make. Somewhere out there in the infinity of dimensional existence lie other worlds, other Earths, where other choices have been made, where the other path was taken... Some worlds that rest in peace and tranquillity, others that see an inferno of destruction and evil...
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Narrated by Jenny Shirt
Written by David MacGowan2020-05-1725 min
Beermat ProductionsDoctor Who - THE DESDEMONA FILEA Resurrection of the Daleks Interlude written by Tony Green
Cast
Sir Richard ‘Bunny’ Pink – Harley Street Psychiatrist (BUNNY) –Duncan Blagrove
Sir George Finney – Head of Civil Service Security (GEORGE) – Tony Green
Commander Coleman – S10, Special Operations (COLEMAN) – Laura King
Receptionist (RECEPTIONIST) – Duncan Blagrove
Production
Music by KevinMacLeod
2020-05-1717 min
Beermat ProductionsDoctor Who - JUST ANOTHER DRILLWritten by Tony Green. Just Another Drill is set in-between the action seen in episode 3 of the classic Doctor Who story, Warriors of the Deep.
Cast
Sgt Grakov (GRAKOV) Played by Tony Green
Command Post Operator (CPO) Played by Tracy Hughes
MilTek Pegley (PEGLEY) Played by Lee Orchard
MedTek Saunders (SAUNDERS) Played by Laura King
Cpl Mordak (MORDAK) Played by Terry Atkinson
Production
First stage editing by Scott Burditt. Final edit and music by Westley James Smith2020-05-1719 min
Beermat ProductionsDR. WHO - TERRA INTERSTELLAR ENTERTAINMENTWritten by Scott Burditt
Narrated by Wink Taylor
Music by Kevin MacLeod2020-05-1704 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE DARKLING MAN – A Moonbase InterludeLiselle – played by Laura King
Ackermann – played by John Hawkins
Eiger played by Tony Green
Music by Kevin MacLeod2020-05-1713 min
Beermat ProductionsDoctor Who - The Riddle of the UnicornWhen the Doctor and Cileste arrive in Oxfordshire in 1977 it quickly becomes clear that something is very wrong. The TARDIS appears to have been minutely drawn off course to a small theatre which has a reputation for being haunted. However, this is only one of many mysterious and unsettling events that the time travelers find themselves involved in.
Why is it raining outside during the hottest summer on record?
Why won’t any of the doors open?
Why are people from other time zones suddenly appearing in the theatre?
And…most distur...2020-05-1739 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE U.N.I.T FANTHOLOGY 1974 - THE COURT MARTIALA full cast play written by Tony Green
Gen Hasking played by Duncan Blagrove. Capt Pascoe played by Tony Green. Lt Rymer played by John Hawkins. Music by Kevin MacLeod2020-05-1705 min
Beermat ProductionsDR. WHO - THE CABINET OF ILLUSIONA narrated story from the Peter Cushing FANNUAL written by Scott Burditt and performed by James Maton.
Music by Tony Diana
Illustration by Westley James Smith2020-05-1743 min
Beermat ProductionsDR. WHO - JOURNEY INTO TIMEJourney into Time was the first episode of a Doctor Who Radio series written by Malcolm Hulke from Stanmark Productions that was actually recorded in 1966 but then the tapes have been sadly lost. The Doctor was played by the late Peter Cushing but nobody knows who played the other actors and it’s anyone’s guess as to what it originally sounded like…. So, Bandril Productions have recreated this lost half hour radio classic.
Voiceover announcer played by Jim Moon
Dr. Who played by Jim Moon
Susan played by Tegan Harris
Teacher (Miss Jennings) played...2020-05-1725 min
Beermat ProductionsTHE KASSANDRA FILES EPISODE 1 "A FAMILY OF THINGS"The Kassandra Files Episode 1 – ‘A Family of Things’ – The Casefile of Virginia Isobel Davis
Killers always have a story. Linked to their crime might be tales of anger, of greed, of betrayal, of woe…there might be justification, or remorse or pride. Sometimes they will be told eagerly, sometimes they will be held as unuttered secrets.
But they always have a story...
written by TONY GREEN, narrated by RODERICK MURRAY, music by TONY DIANA, produced by BEERMAT PRODUCTIONS2020-05-1726 minBeyond The BeermatA Show Of EmotionsOur relationship with the superstars we see on a weekly basis is a uneven one. Especially when you mix their personal lives with their professional. Now – more than ever – these connections matter. Becky Lynch announcing her pregnancy and subsequent vacation of the Raw Women’s title on Monday highlighted a very real sentiment. We don’t often get the chance to feel any great happiness for wrestlers as people and it is only once they are gone – be it retirement or injury – that we fully appreciate what we had. Not only that, our emotional association with wrestling when we’re y...2020-05-1300 minBeyond The BeermatFight For The FutureTo keep going is one thing, to do so in the right direction another entirely. As the wrestling business at the top level at least looks to march on hesitantly, there can be no doubt as to the importance of the months that lay ahead. What happens now will shape history and likely define years to come. Right now we can’t look that far ahead but we can look to the immediate future. Whether wrestling of any kind should be going on right now. There is a very distinct possibility that this could all lead to a...2020-05-0500 minBeyond The BeermatInternet DisconnectIt’s hard to put into words quite simply how big of an impact the internet has had on, well everything. For one, you certainly wouldn’t be reading this right now. For the sheer fact of bringing Beyond The Beermat to the masses, it ranks up there among mankind’s (no not that one) greatest inventions. With the entire world now cut off from one another, we’re relying on technology to bring us together more than ever before. But even before lockdown there’s a whole host of ways in which the world wide web has affect...2020-04-2800 minBeyond The BeermatAt All CostsNo publicity is bad publicity, as the saying goes. That being said, at a time when we’re all looking at companies through a very different lens, the powers that be with the WWE could have picked a better time for their annual spring cleaning in terms of talent releases. Perceptions can change very quickly in the wrestling world and while it was only two seconds ago that we were all praising the company for putting on any kind of show, questions of safety are being be asked. Looking further ahead, we examine a couple of potential co...2020-04-1900 minBeyond The BeermatWrapping Up WrestlemaniaAn event so big they had to split it over two nights, taking place in unprecedented circumstances that are being felt on a global scale. There’s only one podcast that could do it justice. Once we’re done listening to it, we’ll have a couple of drinks and have a go ourselves. Not so much a review as a reaction to the reaction of all the weekends action, Beyond The Beermat is here to take a look at Wrestlemania 36 and all of the fallout. What worked, what didn’t work and everything in between. Controversial content...2020-04-0700 minBeyond The BeermatStories From The RoadBeing there live in person for a Wrestlemania the show itself is only part of the experience. With no one able to attend this years event in Tampa, we’re gonna take some time to appreciate the times that we actually made the trip that every wrestling fan should do at least once. Beyond The Beermat has made the pilgrimage out for two very different Mania experiences in Houston and Miami, with an additional trip out to Atlanta for the Royal Rumble for good measure. From our adventures and experiences of the event to the nightlife and th...2020-04-0300 minBeyond The BeermatSo Close (And Yet So Far)From Wrestlemania to the podcast itself, the best laid plans always go to waste. Whatever we thought was going to happen, that’s gone. Now what matters is that we try. The show must go on. Brought together by a love for wrestling – as well as half decent internet connection – Beyond The Beermat is going to take a in depth look at what awaits us in the performance centre next Sunday. Of all the things we don’t know, what can we anticipate from the little information we do have? Not only that, how much do we have to...2020-03-3000 minBeyond The BeermatAcceptable In The NoughtiesAt certain milestones, it’s good to look back at what came before to see how far you’ve come. That’s why as we approach the first Wrestlemania of the new decade, this episode we’re gonna take a time out to examine everything that went down at the Mania across the last ten years. We forget certain points in wrestling history for a variety of different reasons. It can mean there were do clear defining moments, both for good or bad. Given the degree of change in the industry in the very first part of the mill...2020-02-2400 minBeyond The BeermatWhat's NXT For British Wrestling?Whether it’s shows, PPVs or superstars themselves; we’re always looking to the future. The wrestling business itself is constantly in motion, whether we agree with the direction or not. The developmental system is unrecognisable from what it once was, both in terms of scale and scope. Much like the federation as a whole, it is a worldwide operation now. What’s more, we sit in the midst of a similar revolution with NXT on network TV – and the reasons for why they did it – are changing the game yet again. Beyond The Beermat however sits in a very...2020-02-1400 minBeyond The BeermatDrew ValueThere is no greater force than when the WWE machine gets behind someone. We may push back from time to time, but on the rare occasions that they decide to strap the rocket onto a given superstar at the exact right moment that we as an audience are primed for it; that’s when the magic happens. The Royal Rumble did a incredible job of putting Drew McIntyre over. It is one of the best instances of establishing a new star we’ve ever seen. The question hanging over this all now is how do you keep a gu...2020-02-0300 minBeyond The BeermatRoyally Good MatchesHaving a guaranteed draw is such a precious commodity in the world of wrestling for many reasons, but one of the often overlooked factors is that it allows you to experiment with the formula a bit and put together matches that you wouldn’t otherwise, safe in the knowledge that fans will still tune in. The Royal Rumble itself is one of those. Everyone is already watching for the main event, so what do you do with the rest of the card? Aside from the headline battle royale, there have been many matches over the years that ha...2020-01-2600 minBeyond The BeermatThe Numbers GameRenewed, refreshed and ready for another Royal Rumble, we are back again after far too long to inject the wrestling world with another dose of our intoxicated ideas. You’re welcome internet. For our glorious return, we’re going to put our pints down and get our abacus out as we attempt to count to thirty. Only joking, we’d never put our pints down. We are however going to take a long look at all the numbers behind the numbers that matter. Winners, runners up – even the final four – everything is on the table when it comes to l...2020-01-2200 minBeyond The BeermatSpoiler AlertThe thirst for knowledge is a noble pursuit. But when it comes to wrestling, have we gotten to a point where knowing every little thing that goes on – both on and off camera – has become a little counter productive. We’re so interested in jumping ahead of the story that when it comes to criticism, we jump on the negative before it’s even been played out in its entirety. There are two sides to every discussion. Those that feel the comfort in knowing – for better or worse – what’s to come so they can prepare accordingly. On the other h...2019-04-2800 minBeyond The BeermatA Change Would Do You GoodReinvention is an absolute necessity in the wrestling world. Nobody at the top level stays the same forever. Whether it’s little tweaks or something a bit more comprehensive, going back to the drawing board is just part of the process. It is something of a rarity however, to go through that process more than once. Bray Wyatt has already had his big repackaging. The former Husky Harris went through a widely acclaimed transformation only to eventually run out of steam. This episode we’re going to take a look at exactly how that all was dropped as w...2019-04-2000 minBeyond The BeermatThe Pursuit Of HappinessWith Wrestlemania 35 now firmly consigned to the pages of history, Beyond The Beermat returns to deliver a very different kind of review. In fact, this one might be about a bigger bout than any that was even on the card. The fight between our own cynicism and optimism. Between enjoying the moment and not caring because it won’t ultimately matter. Really rather unusually for a modern WWE show, when it appeared that the choices were obvious there was no swerve for the sake of it. We’ve become so used to not getting what we want as a...2019-04-1400 min
Beyond The Beermat@Wrestlemania 25Both as part of the build up to years Wrestlemania and also to celebrate finally making it to a quarter century of episodes, we’re going to take you back to Houston in 2009. A show that contains what some say is the best WWE match ever. Even more impressively, an event for which we were in attendance. The experience of watching something live in person versus being at home is something else entirely. Also we’re going to get into how our memories of the PPV compare with watching it back again, parts of it for the very...2019-04-0700 min
Beyond The BeermatNXTeachingJust when you thought you could have your fill of intoxicated wrestling analysis for one day, along comes another incredible dose of solo Beyond The Beermat goodess. Over the last few years as it’s grown, NXT has really give WWE programming as a whole a real shot in the arm. The sheer quality of matches, number of exciting young talents coming through and overall warmth from a fanbase that has been through the ringer these last few years has lead to an unprecedented and genuine wave of optimism for the future. But is it as simple as...2019-04-0600 min
Beyond The BeermatWrestleMainEventAs part of the build up to this years Wrestlemania and as part of our commitment to our amazing listeners, we’re giving to you the first of a two edition solo podcast extravaganza. That’s a really glorified way of describing one man drinking alone, talking wrestling to whomever will listen. Traditions are always an interesting – if not fraught – concept in today’s day and age. We’re so used to change in wrestling, sometimes for the sake of it, that the things we hold on to simply because that’s the way they used to be done are ac...2019-04-0600 min
Beyond The BeermatThe Bag Of ProblemsWe are hot on the heels of a historic event and if you thought that Beyond The Beermat would let it pass without getting ourselves down to the nearest watering hole and going all in the you seriously doubt our commitment to you the listener, the art of wrestling itself and – of course – the allure of a drink or ten. All is not sunshine and roses however, for though the road to Mania rolls on and leads us ever closer to what promises to be a great show, still there is trepidation in the days ahead. In othe...2019-04-0400 min
BOSS IT with Carl ReaderInterview with Mike Southon: The beermat that sold 100,000 books.I’m not exaggerating when I say bestselling business author Mike Southon is one of my inspirations in business - and indeed even in life.
That isn’t the kind of praise I dish out lightly.
I absolutely loved this chat with the serially-successful “Beermat Entrepreneur”, where we talk about how to turn a good idea into a great business, his journey to success and what he’s learnt along the way – oh and we touch on cat litter, too ;)
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Beyond The BeermatLeaving On A CliffhangerThough it may not always be the case, the ties that bind wrestling to more conventional media are stronger than some would care to admit. Played out in – and around – the squared circle, the stories that are told still connect the same dots that your favorite TV shows would. Of those aspects which they have in common, there is one that has a much more unsuccessful track record than the others. One thing is for sure though. They love to leave us hanging. This episode takes a hard look at the process of continually trying to pull in v...2018-11-1600 min
Beyond The BeermatSaying The Smack DownWARNING: The following podcast contains a large amount of drunk talk. Beyond The Beermat are experienced inebriated conversational specialists and as such we implore you not to try this at home. Smackdown celebrates getting to a thousand shows and we wanted to join in with all the festivities. There’s no better way to show our appreciation than for a very special episode taking a deep dive into the blue brand. From it’s humble beginnings as a simple catchphrase days, through a roster split (or two) and into today. Not to mention it’s rocky relationship with R...2018-10-1700 min
Beyond The BeermatReal Names, No GimmicksWrestling has many ways to draw your attention, to grab your imagination from an early age and ever let go. Quite possibly the most flamboyant and ultimately biggest of these are the superstars themselves. These larger than life athletes decked in these incredible costumes. So in today’s WWE we have to ask ourselves, where have they all gone? Even more alarmingly, did we make them all go away? Beyond The Beermat is back to confront perhaps the deadliest question of all, did we just get old? We’re going to have to have a serio...2018-10-1400 min
Beyond The BeermatEnjoy The ViolenceEveryone has their own line to be drawn when it comes to the level of brutality in wrestling. That’s the way it’s always been. It’s not the way we’ve always been shown it though. The hardcore revolution in the late nineties and it’s legacy still holds a fond place in the hearts of fans of the time. To the point where some would say that WWE moving away from that and playing it safer – especially in regard to their policy regarding blood in match – is a big factor in the product as a whole suffer...2018-10-0900 min
Beyond The BeermatEpisode #17 - Points Of AuthorityWhen the stars align and something works so far above all expectations, it’s only natural to try and recreate the set of circumstances that allowed for such great success in the first place. That’s why all our good ideas come at the four/five pint rage and we continue to hit that mark as regularly as possible. But sometimes you fall back on the same idea too often, long after it’s continued producing the same initial results. Which is how you end up every few years with a tired old rehash of Steve Austin vs Vince McMaho...2018-09-2400 min
Beyond The BeermatBy The BookStorytelling is a complicated process when it comes to wrestling. Due to it’s organic nature, irregular structure and the fragile nature of the active participants, the same rules that would normally hold up the tale you want to tell don’t apply. None of that is an excuse for the lazy – and at times insulting – writing we sometimes see from the WWE. It’s one thing to have an extra set of eyes on a problem, it’s entirely another when that set is multiplied by a significant proportion of your watching audience. While there are valid critic...2018-09-0500 min
Beyond The BeermatWonder WomenMajor changes rarely happen in an instance. What usually happens is that a series of small – almost imperceptible – events build up to a point where something big becomes inevitable. This is the point we’re at now with women’s wrestling in the WWE. Evolution in the truest sense of the word. It’s not about the newly announced all female PPV as it is both the journey up until this point and also the foundation from which it will build. We also have to look at certain individuals along the way who have helped lead the way, as we...2018-08-2300 min
Beyond The BeermatSweet Dreams Are Made Of ThisAll of us have our own preferences and tastes. Often they aren’t limited to a specific individual. It doesn’t matter that they may be two wildly different characters, or even that they are separated by not being in the same company. The idea that they could one day – under the right circumstances – square off against each other is enough to ignite the imagination. A match made in your own personal wrestling heaven. This internal checklist of potential excitement is what drives our anticipation. But as the years go by – after a decade of seeing more or less ev...2018-08-1600 min
Beyond The BeermatMaking An Impact! In The WWEIt doesn’t matter where you got over, or how you got over, does it? No promoter in their right mind would have a childish and ridiculous prejudice against the guys he didn’t personally break through, surely? They’d be leaving bags of money potentially on the table for the most pedantic of reasons, they’d have to be mad. Oh yeah no that does sound like Vincent Kennedy McMahon. Though the landscape may have changed somewhat from the Monday Night Wars and the immediate aftermath, still that old perception remains. But without a platform the size of...2018-08-0100 min
Beyond The BeermatWhen It Comes Crashing Down (And It Hurts Inside)In attempting to completely cover the world of professional wrestling – something that we in spite of it’s flaws we actually love – there comes a choice. When a story like this breaks, we could choose to ignore it. To pass it on over to those that are better equipped to say what needs to be said. We come from a place of light heartedness and this is very much not that, carrying with it a weight that it would be easy for us to be buried under. But we choose to step up and add our voices to the...2018-07-2800 min
Beyond The Beermat[Insert Title Here]Holding the top prize in any promotion is a balancing act of faith and expectation. Quite literally carrying the hopes for the future. As far as the WWE is concerned one man above all others shoulders all of that, almost by default. His name is Brock Lesnar. We rarely see him. The ultimate dilemma within all of this is a different kind of balancing act. Title reigns become prestigious through a variety of means, one of which involves the champion actually being there. Yet his absence makes him feel like a much bigger star. Going one step...2018-07-1600 min
Beyond The BeermatRetirement HomiezWhat makes a legacy? How do you add to one? How do you ruin it? Anyone answering Manu to any of those questions, give yourself a nice big pat on the back from us. Deciding to hang up your wrestling boots is usually a decision that’s made for you. As such it’s not the kind of choice that tends to stick. With a wave of speculation regarding Shawn Michaels and the potential for him donning those leather chaps one more time, we thought it was only fair to send our own leather chaps (the sun has...2018-07-1400 min
Beyond The BeermatSize MattersLet’s face it, there are certain rules to wrestling that you have on choice in whether you want to abide by them or not. At the very top of that list is that no matter how good you think you are, if Vince McMahon doesn’t see it, you may as well be invisible. We’re not sure how this applies to John Cena. Times have moved on. For a generation now, that stereotypical bodybuilding type (we’ve all see the gif) isn’t as prevalent as it once was. On the face of it at least, tha...2018-07-0100 min
Beyond The BeermatRight On The Money (In The Bank)To have made such a lasting impact in a short space of time is a mark of true quality. For once we’re not even talking about ourselves, although there are some obvious parallels in terms of innovating and reinvigorating wrestling at the top level. From its inception as a concept to the PPV that bears its name. How it helped make certain stars and even begin to define an era, the Money in The Bank briefcase has become one of the most important pieces of the WWE jigsaw in recent years. But as with everything, as it...2018-06-1600 min
Beyond The BeermatBad Gimmicks, Undercover Bosses & Danger on The IndiesIt’s good to be back! When you’re ahead of the game such as we are, taking a short break to allow a chance for all the other – inferior – wrestling podcasts to catch up is only fair. We’ve seen first hand what happens when you destroy all your competition to a point where you’re the only game in town and it isn’t great. To ease you all back into our wonderful podcast world, we’re going to take a look at some of the stories bubbling under the surface of pro wrestling, as well as some off...2018-06-0300 min
Beyond The BeermatShooting At The StarsWe’re not supposed to say this because those at the top of the wrestling podcast industry won’t like it. There are some things that should be said, that need to be said. Those boys from WhatCulture.. *microphone cuts* Without wanting to go all Matrix on you all, knowing what’s “real” has been on an upward curve for some years now. In theory it’s nothing new, the idea of adding a personal aspect to any given rivalry goes back as far as the business itself. But as the demand for what goes on behind the curtain...2018-04-2700 min
Beyond The BeermatA Comprehensive ShakedownOne of the all time keys to success is to never get too comfortable. Always be looking for ways to improve, even in the wave of unparalleled success (that we are truly seeing). That’s why Beyond The Beermat had to make a change. We looked at an ever expanding world of emerging wrestling writers and media personalities… and then we added the same person we were always going to as soon as he was available. While the brand split might be the second worst enforced thing in wrestling behind our own alcoholic abstinence pledge, that they’re att...2018-04-2100 min
Beyond The BeermatEpisode #4 - Greatest Royal Rumble, Greatest PodcastIt takes a lot to call yourself the greatest. You’re likely so full of yourself and so completely divorced from reality that you don’t even care how it will appear to others. Paul Heyman once said that it was so much better to declare someone else the greatest rather than do it yourself as it looks more authentic. With that in mind, the self proclaimed greatest wrestling podcast of all time would like to welcome you along to our latest episode. Transitioning out of Wrestlemania is always an interesting period, so as an appetizer to toda...2018-04-1800 minBeyond The BeermatThe Autopsy Of WrestlemaniaAfter the bell has rung, after the lights have gone out and after everyone has gone home. Questions still remain. The answers we were given have led to even more. The only thing that remains ever constant and rings true is that Beyond The Beermat has everything you need and more. We just might have to have some more drinks to go back over it all. We had suspected that this years show would be filled with it many twists and turns, even if the main event had a very familiar feel about it. Discover and indeed...2018-04-1700 min
Beyond The BeermatEpisode #2 - The Anatomy Of WrestlemaniaIt was a event so big, it’s impact in the wrestling industry still reverberates around the world. A legacy that will stand among all of the great moments that we have witnessed while shaping the future to come. A vision come to life, of how we ca truly revolutionise the field of sports and entertainment. We are talking, of course, about Beyond The Beermat; our premiere wrestling podcast. This years Wrestlemania promises to be a big one, in every sense of the word. With a mammoth run time being reported as well as a whole host of...2018-04-0800 min
Beyond The BeermatGetting Ourselves OverSo many wrestling companies have promised real change in the industry over the years. The list is as long as there are wrestling podcasts out there. But by not very popular demand into a media niche that is already over-saturated it's time, The Beermat finally has it's very own squared circle internet talky thing. Armed with a pint in each hand and a wrestling knowledge that spans having watched more than three episodes of Raw, we will be coming off the ropes to bring you our unique take on the world of pro wrestling. The...2018-04-0200 min