The Truepenny Show

James and Christy take you through all the action from Night 2 of the G1 Climax 35. Another loaded show starts with some bitter disappointment, but builds to an epic crescendo with Yuya Uemura taking on Taichi as the former Just X Guys guys, do battle, to be tope guy. Guy.

James and Christy get together for a chat about the first night of G1 Climax 35, with a loaded show topped off with Taichi going up against Hiroshi Tanahashi and key match ups like Gabe Kidd vs Konuske Takeshita and Yota Tsuji vs SANADA.

James looks back at his continuing story of Meiko Satomura's early career. Relives his interview with Kim Longinotto who directed the film GAEA Girls and follows her run to the top of GAEA via Akira Hokuto & Aja Kong.

This month guest Rachael and I talk ELPIDA disbanding, a bunch of exciting and upsetting title challenges, the upcoming junior tournament (and who has the best chance of winning), and we spin the wrestler wheel of fortune.

James, Christy and Sonal bring their perspectives to the line up for the G1, taking an in depth look at the big stars, drafting their own picks to look at through the tour and making predictions for who they would like to see in the final!

James and Christy skip back in time to see what happened to all the major players at Wrestle Kingdom 19. The missed opportunities, the rising stars and the confusing booking decisions that only NJPW can bring!

James welcomes back Marcus to take a look at the second half of Jaguar Yokota's stunning career. Picking up up with her comeback match in 1995, the pair follow her through her years with JD Star, freelancing across the Joshi landscape and bang up to date with her own self produced shows.

James and Christy take deep dive on Dominion 6 15 from NJPW as the company seems to be finding a groove with the return of some big names and some important title changes as Shingo Takagi challenges for the IWGP Heavyweight World Championship.

James is joined by Marcus Green to talk about one of the mots important wrestlers of the modern era. Rimi "Jaguar" Yokata was the dominant star for AJW between The Beauty Pair and the Crush Gals, inspired and trained by the prior to inspire and train the latter. She was arguably the best professional wrestler of her era and the most influential trainer on women's wrestling history. Enjoy part I of this epic story.

James and Christy talk the final of the NJPW Best of Super Juniors 32 as YOH takes on Kosei Fujita to see who is the best Junior Heavyweight in the World!

James and Christy talk about the last night of Block Action in the Best of Super Juniors 32. YOH, El Deseperado, Nick Wayne and MAO are all in contention, but who can make it to the final on Sunday?

James and Christy bring you all the block action from Night 11 of Best of Super Juniors 32. With Hiromu Takahashi, Kosei Fujita, Clark Connors and Master Wato all in contention to get to the final.

This fifth episode looks at the second half of Champion Carnival, the great matches that were on its final show, THAT amazing MUSASHI vs Seiki Yoshioka title match, and the many ways in which we love to fangirl about wrestling.

Darragh and Martin review the recent WWE PPV Backlash as John Cena defends the WWE Title against Randy Orton.

James is joined by Christy and Marcus Green to look at the oldest tournament in Japan The Champion Carnival. First held in 1974, this year's final night gave us two semi finals, an All Asian Tage Title match, a World Junior Heavyweight Championship match for the ages and a fun chat between three friends who love pro wrestling!

James and Christy look at today's action as the tournament starts to peak. Despe takes on Kevin Knight in a battle for the ages and Master Wato tries to continue his growth against the ultimate road block in Hiromu Takahashi.

James and Christy talk NJPW Best of Super Juniors and catch you up on the three shows that happened this week.

James and Christy talk about all the action on Night 6 of Best of Super Juniors 32 as Hiromu Takahashi wrestles Clark Connors in his home town.

James and Christy talk about the action from nights 4 & 5 of the Best of Super Juniors 32 as Hiromu Takahashi takes the lead but falls behind and a unsung hero of last year steps to the plate. Plus all the usual shenanigans, segues and dream booking of the Defy title.

James and Christy break down all the action on Night 3 of Best of Super Juniors as the tournament starts it's two night residency at Korakuen Hall. Big names come a cropper on this stunning card with some of the must fun wrestling you will see all year and some intense new rivalries on the horizon.

James welcomes Darragh O'Connor of the Wrestling Rewind to talk AJW WrestleMarinpiad in 1994. A card that stands out for its main event, but this show turns into a thorough top to bottom examination of the cutting edge wrestling at AJW was producing in 1994.

James catches you up on all the action from today's card in Miyagi.

James and Christy breakdown the action on Night 1 of the Best of Super Junior tournament with a cracking main event featuring Titan & El Desperado as well as discussing the news from Resurgence and catching up with Christy and her thoughts on the departures of Tetsuya Naito and BUSHI

This fourth episode is a mad dash of getting through as many awesome Champion Carnival matches as we can while also spending way too much time on a glorious main event that wasn't meant to be one, all brought to you by not one but TWO people who run All Japan podcasts.

James and Marcus discuss the retirement of show of Meiko Satomura, the matches, her place in wrestling history and the enduring legacy of one of the Greatest Wrestlers to ever live.

James looks at all the action from Night 2 of Wrestling Dontaku as Tetsuya Naito and Bushi say their farewells and Callum Newman steps up to the plate to challenge Hirooki Goto for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

James rounds up the action in Fukoka on the first night of NJPW's Wrestling in Dontaku as the Bullet Cub Civil War continues in a Dog Pound Cage Match.

James and Marcus talk about one of the latest shows from NOAH, what to look out for as a new watcher, how to understand the factions and directions of the company and some deeper historical context. They also look at the Bloodpsort show from WrestleMania weekend and the depth of talent Josh Barnett manages to bring together from companies all over the world.

James and Marcus look at the Sendai girls show from Shinjuku FACE were Meiko Satomura continues here retirement run in a war of attrition with The King himself Minoru Suzuki and Utami Hayashishita defends Big Red against the Monster from Hanover Bozilla!

James and Christy discuss the action from the first week of action in the AJPW Champion Carnival 2025 as Kento Miyahara takes on Hideki Suzuki on the first night of the tournament.

It's the Rewind Christmas Special!

Darragh Martin list their best moments from 2024 on the North American Scene.

Go back in time with the Rewind as they pull out an interview from 2014 archive with the Legendary Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Martin and Darragh look at the fallout from the 2025 Royal Rumble

The Boys look at the best in wrestling games with the launch of WWE 2K25.

James and Christy break down three shows from the NJPW's Sakura Genesis tour Night 3 from the Road to Shows, NJPW's Junior show from Korakuean Hall as El Desperado defends the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match against War Dog Clark Connors and David Finlay challenges for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Sumo Hall against current Champion Hirooki Goto.

Episode 3: 4+ hours about AJPW's March (Madness) shows and some very silly questions, with guest Michelle. This third episode of All About All Japan we discuss the four shows AJPW ran in march, talk about a wrestler in our Wrestler Wheel of Fortune, answer some very funny questions, and discuss the upcoming Champion Carnival and its many, many dates.

Ben Spindler returns to the host's chair of the Truepenny Show for the first time in a decade. He comes back to host a special Truepenny Show with James as his guest as he looks at the Top 1oo Wrestlers of All Time, based on Cagetmatch's rating system. Can you figure out who is the number one grappler of all time?

James and Christy talk about the New Japan Cup final, and analyse the fall out from a tournament that has really tried to set New Japan in a different direction. David Finlay takes on Shota Umino in a battle of two former friends whose path to the top of the company has taken a very different path.

James looks at all the action from Night 8 of the NJ Cup as Shota Umino wrestles Shingo Takagi for a place in the final.

James and Christy bring you more news from the New Japan Cup as it reaches it semi final stage as David Finlay goes against Zack Sabre Junior for a place in the final.

James & Christy break down the New Japan Cup Nights 5 & 6 over three hours of chat, from Mouth Pieces to Mutoh and Hair Cuts to Hiro Hase, they also look at the Quarter final action in the tournament and go deep on Taichi's relationship with Zack Sabre Jnr and The War Dogs internal struggle for dominance.

James and Christy bring you all the action from Night 3 & 4 of the 2025 New Japan Cup as The War Dogs & House of Torture continue their Bullet Club Civil War and Shota Umino makes his much anticipated return.

James and Christy look at all the matches and news coming out of Amagasaki as the tournament ploughs on. Tetsuya Naito takes on Callum Newman in one of the key tournament matches and IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto tags with Hiroshi Tanahashi to take on Satoshi Kojima and Number 1 Contender Yuuji Nagata.

James & Christy breakdown all the action from the 53rd Anniversary Show and the opening night of New Japan Cup as Ren Narita takes on Gabe Kidd for Bullet Club Pride and a birth in the second round.

James Truepenny goes into his extensive back catalogue of features to talk about a profile he wrote for Wrestle Talk TV. this episode is an in depth look at the early years of Meiko Satomura. From her start in GAEA, travelling the world with WCW and reaching the main event in record time.

Continuing their Wrestle Universe Journey, James and Marcus stop by Dream Dream Star Fighting Marigold, as they go to Korukean Hall for a big show where the Twin Stars Champions Nanae Takahahsi & Seri Yamaoka defend against Marigold World Singles Champion Utami Hayashishita & Victoria Yuzuki. They break down the matches, look at the presentation and give an overview of the promotion and what you can expect from the newest major Joshi promotion in an expanding galaxy of puroresu.

Episode 2: The Wrestler Wheel of Torture (??) and AJPW's February shows with guest Jonathan Foye. This second episode of All About All Japan talks about the first three February shows, discusses a wrestler during the Wrestler Wheel of Fortune segment, and talks about the participants in the upcoming Champion Carnival.

James is joined by an All Star cast of Christy from All About All Japan, Marcus Green and Beth to talk New Beginnings in Osaka as the TMDK/CHAOS rivalry that has fuelled the opening weeks of 2025 reaches it zenith as Hirooki Goto faces Zack Sabre Jnr for the IWGP World's Heavyweight Championship.

James and Marcus explore the rich history of African American stars wrestling Japan from the early days of Bobo Brazil, the rise of Aja Kong and the biggest star of them all in Bob Sapp. With stories and a playlist of matches to inform and entertain. The Truepenny Show celebrates the African American contribution to Puroresu,

Christy's debut all About All Japan features her first guest James Truepenny where they look at two shows from AJPW's most recent tour. AJPW New Year's Fan Appreciation Day 2025 from January the 18th in Tokyo and the 3rd night of the New year Wars Tour from Chiba from January 26th. Breaking down the matches, explaining the factions and stories and is a must listen for new fans of AJPW.