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Grand Finale (Part 5): Jim Ross

Legendary voice of wrestling Jim Ross joins the WrestleMania Series podcast for its grand finale, discussing the main event of WrestleMania 14, which saw "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defeat Shawn Michaels for the world title, sparking the flame that ignited the "Attitude Era" in WWE.

Part 4: Jack Swagger

Jack Swagger discusses his WrestleMania 29 match against Alberto Del Rio, which took place during the height of Swagger’s “We The People” heel storyline. Swagger discusses the match, the storyline, and his February arrest two months prior to the biggest moment of his career. Next week is the final episode of this five-part podcast series!

Part 3: Zack Ryder

The most memorable moment of Zack Ryder’s WWE career occurred at WrestleMania 32, when he captured the Intercontinental title in a seven-man ladder match. Also featuring Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Stardust, Sin Cara, Dolph Ziggler, and The Miz, the match opened WrestleMania 32 and will forever stand as the first pinnacle moment of Ryder’s career. Ryder is featured as this week’s guest on The WrestleMania Series podcast, detailing how talked his way into the match, discussing what the moment meant to his father (who helped celebrate the WrestleMania 32 victory in the ring), and explaining every piece of significance from the match, including his tribute to the Macho King Randy Savage.

Part 2: DiBiase, Roberts, Duggan

WWE Hall of Famers Jake "The Snake" Roberts, the "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan discuss the star-studded event of WrestleMania VI. Duggan battled Dino Bravo right before Roberts and DiBiase met in a legendary encounter for the Million Dollar belt. The three discuss their match, the moment, and meaning of WrestleMania VI.

Part 1: Shawn Michaels

WWE Hall of Famer, "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, is the debut guest in Justin Barrasso's Five-Part WrestleMania Series Podcast. HBK discusses his legendary WrestleMania showdowns with The Undertaker, his current work with NXT, and coming out of retirement for a match at this past year's Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia. http://archive.org/download/WMSPEp1/WMSP_ep1.mp3

Introduction

Sports Illustrated's Justin Barrasso Presents: The WrestleMania Series A five-part series, with a 30-minute time limit per episode, exploring the moments that shaped WrestleMania. Beginning on Wednesday, March 6, a new episode will post every Wednesday. http://archive.org/download/WMSeriesIntro/WM%20Series%20intro.mp3