Love The Graps

Episode 160 And so Alan has completed his journey through american indie wrestling's underbelly and the GCW Collective weekend. Is he broken? Probably Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 159 More of alan maybe losing his mind over too much wrestling... Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 158 As is tradition, wrestling has decided that one show is not enough, and this weekend GCW and a group of other weirdo promotions are putting on 12 shows under The Collective banner. Alan is going to watch them all Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 157 Alan made an episode without Chris because Chris hates wrestling right now and Alan is watching plenty for both Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 156 Alan twisted Chris' arm and made him watch a 2 match show that Chris Brookes put together on the other side of the world. One man was dressed as the joker. It was fun. Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 155 NXT goes back to the 90s and digs out an old set for some reason, and also has a match in a carpark Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 154 A big show with a football stadium in Florida but it ain't Vince and his cronies Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 153 We get together for a fun chat about what in the heck we could do to get indie wrestling running again and other nonsenseFind out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 152 WWE go site specific and we watch a documentary about naked men in cowboy bootsFind out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 151 We continue our chats about the Vice Dark Side of the Ring series with an almost quaint topic this week. Also some AEW chat and we do a sweep up on a very good missed question from our 150th episode Q&AFind out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 150 Can you believe how old we are??? So many questionsFind out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 149 Listen, as 2 ageing men discuss a children's filmFind out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 148 We got through itFind out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 147 The sun is shining and we are talking about a wrestling show in a warehouse in Florida. Part 1.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 146 AEW keep doing stuff with no audience and we keep watching, and Vice stop being depressing but keep showing us violent mad men.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 145 We have junior Northern correspondent Joe Atherton join us to talk about one of our favourite matches of all time. Plus we caught the second part of the Vice Benoit doc, and new AEWFind out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 144 Chatting about pt 1 of Vice's Benoit documentary, and WWE's profile of FCWFind out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 142 We continue doing what we need to do to get byFind out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 142 Still locked in. Still chatting. It seems like Alan will be making me (Chris) watch a bunch of wrestling as a punishment. Here we go. We are living in Boris Johnson's Apocalypse Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 141 In an attempt to put something out there in the world we got together via skype to chat about how we are coping with THE CURRENT SITUATIONFind out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 140 RIP PW Clash, long live B-wood! We headed to Clarsh's final show to pay tribute and lay a wreath at the feet of the short lived promotion.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 139 Alan went back to Biggleswade for another go round of Ubdub's patented molten rock themed battle royal show. Chris has a bad cold, so sorry for all the sniffling.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 138 After more than a year and a half away we made it back to ATTACK, but for the first time to their London home in Tuffnell Park.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 137 Alan went to another installment of 'The Surge's Arthouse WrestlingFind out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 136 In a break from our usual format, Alan has drafted in his former tag team partner as a substitute for his more recent collaborator to talk about last night's GOOD Wrestling show (the usual Chris was navigating trains into the wee hours of the morning instead)Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 135 Alan went along to Eve's signature showcase, taking place in a new venue for the first time. We also touch on a number of other topics, including the upcoming GOOD No Ring show, and the recent notable Japanese graps stuff.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 134 Separated by geography, our heroes embark on a new adventure and attempt to continue on with this pointless endeavour. Alan makes his first ever trip to Sacrifice Pro in Leighton Buzzard, whilst Chris went to the PROGRESS mystery show gimmick.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 133 In our last episode of 2019 LTG comes to the end of an era, with Chris and Alan parting ways, geographically at least. We try and round up a bunch of pressing topics given to us by listeners, and fail miserably.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 132 I know we are doing less and less right now, but I promise you it is still high quality material. We get together to chat about this past weekends GOOD Wrestling show, Alan liked it I think.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 131 We touch briefly on last night's big FCP show with all the messy stuff with weapons and a cage, and also talk about what happened in the aftermath of that messy stuff.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 130 We get together and have a chat about GOOD wrestling's show this past weekend, where the whole line up was thrown out the window and the script was rewritten at the 13th hour.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 129 On our return to the Electric Ballroom after nearly 2 years we took in the 1 night NPS tournament, normally reserved for the unknown up and comers of the British scene, this time round we had a few faces that are much beloved all over the country. Who would come out on top? Could we ever be satisfied?Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 128 For the first time PROGRESS' Natural Progression Series is a one day tournament, marking our long awaited return to the Electric Ballroom. We chat about our picks and break down each of the competitors.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 127 It's been a little while since we did an episode so we figured we would have a bit of a catch up. Alan has been to a bunch of shows, Chris hasn't, but we chat about what's been going on in a turbulent few weeks for British wrestling.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 126 Back we go to Wolverhampton for Fight Club Pro. All the same wrestlers doing wrestling things. Some of it good, some of it not as good.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 125 Free wrestling happened at The Bull in Newport Pagnell and we found that we had a lot of fun. Somehow, we had a lot of fun.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 124 Back in Wolverhampton for another show without a strict finish time [insert eye roll emoji] and some fun wrestling. You know the drill by now. We recorded it in the car and it was raining.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 123 Chris was busy so Alan went to the UBW trainee show BALDOCK BASH on his own, but had a grand old time. Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 122 in coventry you see all sorts of things. Joey Janella, a dragon man, a 15 year old. and moreFind out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 121 yet. another. trip. to Fight Club Pro in wolverhampton, for a show with a bunch of debuts and pretty pretty pretty good main event.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 120 Chris and Alan hook up on skype to round out the big PROGRESS SSS16 weekend, with added Kaiju!Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 119 There were some good matches today and some silly stuff too. Just listen to it so you can hear me pick on Joe. Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 118 With special guest Joe Atherton of Tables, Athers & ChairsFind out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 117 We head back to Wolverhampton for the FCP annual 'tag team tournament weekend'. We only managed to make it to one night but we had fun.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 116 We watched too much wrestling. Here's another podcast. It's free so what.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 115 So we caught up with NXT, also watched some AIW and more ISW. Mostly this episode involved us promising to talk about stuff on an episode we will record tomorrow. CRYPTIC!Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 114 Today is a day for weird stuff. But then maybe that's what this whole weekend is. I don't know. We watched Chikara and Carling Black Label Pro and a bit of last night's Bloodsport.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 113 We kick off the worst tradition of all time, our annual Wrestlemania binge of all things streaming and wrestling. In particular we talk about WXW, Family Reunion and Beyond. We also talk about a lot of weird non-wrestling stuff. Sorry.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 112 Rev Pro come to our yard and bring celebrity Geordie 'Pac' with them. Please forgive the technical difficulties and wonky sound, we will strive to do betterFind out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 111 After another successful GOOD Wrestling show, we get together to break it down, complete with a bunch of questions from YOU, the faithful and adoring listener.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co

Episode 110 It's that time of year, when the borders open, and all the foreign wrestlers wander over to a warehouse in the West Midlands for Fight Club Pro's annual INTERNATIONAL TEKKERS, this year featuring a trio of Japanese folks and a bunch of other tourists.Find out more at https://love-the-graps.pinecast.co