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This week, STRIGGA & Dylan start the show talking about the new Hayabusa and from there discuss mask gimmicks in modern japanese pro wrestling including Tiger Mask and Mentai Kid. The biggest point of discussion on the show follows with Wrestling Dontaku, Resurgence and Best Of The Super Junior leaving their marks on New Japan Pro Wrestling in May leading up to Dominion in June. Hirooki Goto still carries the World Title, Yota Tsuji and Gabe Kidd battle for prime positioning and what about Callum Newman? More questions are asked with All Japan Pro Wrestling and their Champion Carnival. Who came out stronger? What about the Saitos and where is it all leading? This brings DRAGONGATE into the conversation as well with Madoka Kikuta turning to Z-Brats, U-T winning the Brave Gate and GOLD CLASS winning the services of Hyo. Finally, the Eastern Lariat team brings up OZAWA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya in Pro Wrestling NOAH that may or may not have an extra stipulation.
This week JCB and 3 Beer Zach pick up the slack in the wake of Bill's absence. The 1 count is WWE. Seth Rollins vs Jey Uso for the World Heavyweight title. Becky Lynch and Lyra Valkyria go face to face in an interesting promo battle. Austin Theory gets thrown under the bus by Greyson Waller. Jade Cargill setting her sights on Tiffany Stratton's women's World title. Gunther and Pat McAfee exchange words on RAW. The 2 count is AEW. FTR vs the Paragon in a 2 out of 3 falls match. Sammy Guevara returns to AEW winning 100k. Hangman Page and Will Ospreay have an intense promo on Dynamite. The 3 count is a quick review of NXT. Myles Borne wins the 25 man battle royal. Trick Williams gets the tables turned on him. Jordynne Grace vs Giuli in the main even where the winner faces Stephanie Vaquer. Backlash predicitons and some NJPW odds and ends to close things out!Available on all major podcast platforms. Listen Share Subscribe Repeat! Rate and review on Apple and Spotify!WWEAEW 48:55NXT 1:38:02
This week with no JCB; Bill and 3 Beer Zach continue to fight the good fight. The 1 count is WWE. John Cena faces Randy Orton for the first time since Orton dropped Cena the night after WrestleMania. FRAXIOM returns to the main roster. Motor City Machine Guns DIY and the Street Profits have their own personal WrestleMania match. Sami Zayn catching hell from Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker. Pat McAfee challenges Gunther for a match at Backlash. The 2 count covers AEW. Collision highlighted with Top Flight vs the Kru and FTR vs the Paragon. The men's Owen Hart final is set as Hangman Page will meet Will Ospreay. 8 man tag opens Dynamite where Kenny Omega and Okada meet in an AEW ring. Samoa Joe pays a price for his attack on Moxley then ups the ante on their title match. The 3 count is NXT. Joe Hendry returns to confront Trick Wiolliams only to get attacked by Darkstate. Stacks and Tony D'Angelo face off. Ricky Saints vs Lexis King. Ava makes a 25 man battle royal; the winner faces Oba Femi for the NXT title at Battleground. Some odds and ends to close the show!Available on all major podcast platforms. Listen Share Subscribe Repeat! Rate and review on Apple and Spotify!WWEAEW 50:15NXT 1:27:43
Golden Week 2022 is over and once again it was one of the busiest weeks in japanese pro-wrestling. This goes to show as this is the second episode dedicated to events, matches and stories going on in this particular week. This time STRIGGA & Dylan focus on the important shows Big Japan, DRAGONGATE, All Japan and New Japan ran between 4/29 and 5/5 with some additional topics at the beginning, among them the electric announcement of Fujita “Jr” Hayato's return.
Following the episode on the history of Sumo Palace earlier this week, The Eastern Lariat has a quick turnaround and stays on the topic at first with a preview of Pro Wrestling NOAH's double shot in that exact building. What's to be expected from these two shows? Who is X? What's with all the foreign talent coming in? From there, STRIGGA and Dylan take it to GLEAT and their three shows in April that saw Lindaman's first defense of the G-REX Championship. His stablemate T-Hawk is still in the running for the Champion Carnival, which is the 3rd topic on the show. Last, but not least, the Eastern Lariat team looks at New Japan Pro Wrestling following the announcement of the big AEW/NJPW supershow in June. Also Zeus. Zeus is always important.
This week the boys discuss Kevin Owens resigning with WWE and the ramifications of it. They breakdown AEW for the week highlighted by Danielson vs Page. WWE main roster is discussed with some NJPW sprinkled on top!
This week JCB and 2 Beer Zach take over the pod recapping NXT WarGames and the Tuesday night episode. AEW Dynamite comes out swinging highlighted with another CM Punk promo. NJPW comes back with a quick discussion of Best of the Super Juniors and World Tag League. Jeff Hardy's release and other WWE news finishes the odds and ends!
Time for Dominion! STRIGGA & Dylan look back at one of the biggest and most important New Japan shows of the year since this is always kind of a midway point of New Japan's business year. The Eastern Lariat crew discusses all the matches from this show plus some from the final of the Best of the Super Junior. Another big talking point is of course KENTA's debut and the upcoming G1 Climax.
In a special bonus podcast-only edition of SGTW, Stew talks to NJPW World's Kevin Kelly about the fallout from New Japan Pro-Wrestling Best of the Super Juniors, and they look at what could happen this Sunday at NJPW Dominion in Osaka. Plus they start looking towards the opening night of the G1 Climax coming to Dallas. And, we give you a way to watch NJPW Dominion on us, thanks to FiteTV.
Brian Fritz and Connor Casey discuss the finals of the New Japan "Best of Super Juniors" show including Will Ospreay's big win and Jon Moxley's NJPW debut, NXT TakeOver XXV including Adam Cole winning the NXT championship, Johnny Gargano's epic run, reaction to the Moxley interviews, the hype or lack thereof for WWE Super ShowDown, Lars Sullivan speaks, and your questions and more.
This week on Lucha Talk the Trio covers CMLL's Juicio Final card with a MOTYC that nobody saw coming, and an overall strong show. We also talk a bit about the Luchardores representing in NJPW's BOSJ, the Young Bucks vs. Lucha Brothers match in AEW, and AAA's recent show on the 25th. Back from memorial day with a vengeance, it's Lucha Talk! Talk Lucha with the Trio on Twitter: @DylanZeroSky - @therealfredo - @MICROMANFEVER
The 26th Best of the Super Junior is almost over, but with two days off before the Block B final the Eastern Lariat crew got back together to give their takes on 7 more events from the biggest Junior Heavyweight tournament in New Japan history after looking back at the first 6 days on the previous episode. Besides that STRIGG A & Dylan also make sure to debate the announcement of Jon Moxley being Juice Robinson's opponent and what that all has to do with comfort zones.
The Eastern Lariat returns with a show focusing on the first 6 days of the 26th Best of the Super Junior tournament by New Japan Pro Wrestling. STRIGGA & Dylan highlight the best performers, name their top three matches, talk about ongoing storylines and how the English commentary adds to the overall enjoyment of the product. This tournament is no different than others so where's light there's also the shadow realm. Oh, and there's a discussion whether Taichi is a Pokemon or a Digimon.
Running Wild Podcast’s Rich and Runz bring you another episode of wrestling discussion, sharing their thoughts on all the latest in the world of professional wrestling. On this episode of Running Wild Podcast, the guys preview ROH’s Honor United tour, talk about NJPW’s Best of the Super Junior Tournaments so far, Rich gets a little emotional about Macho Man Randy Savage and much more!
Halfway through the 25th edition of New Japan's big junior heavyweight tournament STRIGGA & Dylan got back together to take a special look at each of the 16 participants and what they contributed to the tournament so far. They highlight the best performers, matches and developments that the Best of the Super Junior has to offer. Plus: What can we expect from New Japan's new president? How do New Japan in Cow Palace and All In effect one another?
On this W2M episode, Sean Garmer (@W2MSean), Gary Vaughan (@W2MGary), and Paul Leazar (@hailtothechimp7) go through all the happenings in the world of wrestling.First up, they do some Quick Hits. The guys break down Ryback's thoughts on the independent scene, a few names that are being associted with the soon to be Billy Corgan owned NWA, and some more details on the WWE Women's Tournament, now dubbed the "Mae Young Classic".Then, Paul and Sean will break down Nights Six and Seven of New Japan's Best of the Super Juniors. Who has taken over the leads of their various blocks?Finally, the guys will wrap it all up by crowning a Superstar of the Week! And talking about what it means for Jinder Mahal to be WWE Champion.
On this W2M episode, Sean Garmer (@W2MSean), Gary Vaughan (@W2MGary), and Paul Leazar (@hailtothechimp7) go through all the happenings in the world of wrestling.First up, they do some Quick Hits. The guys break down Ryback's thoughts on the independent scene, a few names that are being associted with the soon to be Billy Corgan owned NWA, and some more details on the WWE Women's Tournament, now dubbed the "Mae Young Classic".Then, Paul and Sean will break down Nights Six and Seven of New Japan's Best of the Super Juniors. Who has taken over the leads of their various blocks?Finally, the guys will wrap it all up by crowning a Superstar of the Week! And talking about what it means for Jinder Mahal to be WWE Champion.
Its a long one folks but a lot of good stuff going on this week! We're back on a Sunday and have Louie Dee from Pro Wrestling Illustrated Magazine back on with us talking last nights NXT Takeover Chicago, previewing tonights WWE Backlash and way more news and notes from around the wrestling world, including Adam Cole, last weeks CZW Sacrifices card and the week of Best Of The Super Juniors action so far in New Japan. After all that, stick around for our podcast exclusive interview with The Product David Starr! Follow us on all Social Media outlets: @tsswrestling on Instagram and Twitter Facebook.com/tsswrestling for our weekly LIVE feed Shoot us an email at thesundayshoot@gmail.com
On this episode of Wrestling 2 the MAX, Sean Garmer, Gary Vaughan and Paul Leazar discuss Smackdown going picture-in-picture on commercials. Randy Orton setting the internet on fire. Io Shirai signs with WWE. Plus, a lot of New Japan news with a Hiroshi Tanahashi injury. News from the strategy meeting. an IWGP US Title is real, and more. Sean and Paul give a preview for the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 24 Tournament. They discuss potential block winners from each block, matches they are looking forward to and of course, give their predictions for the tournament too. Finally, Gary and Paul give their review of the War of the Worlds show. Then, they cover this week's ROH TV.
On this episode of Wrestling 2 the MAX, Sean Garmer, Gary Vaughan and Paul Leazar discuss Smackdown going picture-in-picture on commercials. Randy Orton setting the internet on fire. Io Shirai signs with WWE. Plus, a lot of New Japan news with a Hiroshi Tanahashi injury. News from the strategy meeting. an IWGP US Title is real, and more. Sean and Paul give a preview for the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 24 Tournament. They discuss potential block winners from each block, matches they are looking forward to and of course, give their predictions for the tournament too. Finally, Gary and Paul give their review of the War of the Worlds show. Then, they cover this week's ROH TV.
On this W2M EXTRA, Tom Reese joins Sean and Paul to discuss the NJPW BOSJ XXIII Final show, go through the matches on the card, as well as the guys look back at the tournament as a whole, who impressed, who’s profile was raised by their work, and of course have their Top 5 Performers of the tournament too. Then we finish things out by looking ahead to NJPW’s big Dominion show and what we are looking forward to the most out of the show.
On this W2M EXTRA, Tom Reese joins Sean and Paul to discuss the NJPW BOSJ XXIII Final show, go through the matches on the card, as well as the guys look back at the tournament as a whole, who impressed, who’s profile was raised by their work, and of course have their Top 5 Performers of the tournament too. Then we finish things out by looking ahead to NJPW’s big Dominion show and what we are looking forward to the most out of the show.
On this episode of W2M, we discuss the RAW after Extreme Rules, the releases of Adam Rose and Cody Rhodes, the “Shane Tell-All” Podcast, the POP TV executive interview concerning TNA, and we also have our thoughts on what went down during Night Two and Three of NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors XXIII Tournament as well. We start out talking about all things WWE RAW, but we do it a little bit differently than we have since we started the two show format. Then we move on to the wrestling news in “Quick Hits,” where we discuss the releases of Cody Rhodes and Adam Rose, the POP TV executive interview, Sasha Banks having a concussion, and we have our thoughts on the Shane McMahon Tell-All Podcast. Finally, we end things by looking at night two and three of the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXIII tournament.---------- Time Stamps ----------(5:50-51:45) WWE RAW in the new format(51:45-1:09:25) Shane "Tell-All" Discussion(1:09:25-1:40:50) Wrestling News: Cody Rhodes & Adam Rose Released, Ryback trolling, POP TV President positive on TNA, Sasha Banks injury and more.(1:40:50-End) NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Night 2 & 3 Thoughts
On this episode of W2M, we discuss the RAW after Extreme Rules, the releases of Adam Rose and Cody Rhodes, the “Shane Tell-All” Podcast, the POP TV executive interview concerning TNA, and we also have our thoughts on what went down during Night Two and Three of NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors XXIII Tournament as well. We start out talking about all things WWE RAW, but we do it a little bit differently than we have since we started the two show format. Then we move on to the wrestling news in “Quick Hits,” where we discuss the releases of Cody Rhodes and Adam Rose, the POP TV executive interview, Sasha Banks having a concussion, and we have our thoughts on the Shane McMahon Tell-All Podcast. Finally, we end things by looking at night two and three of the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXIII tournament.---------- Time Stamps ----------(5:50-51:45) WWE RAW in the new format(51:45-1:09:25) Shane "Tell-All" Discussion(1:09:25-1:40:50) Wrestling News: Cody Rhodes & Adam Rose Released, Ryback trolling, POP TV President positive on TNA, Sasha Banks injury and more.(1:40:50-End) NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Night 2 & 3 Thoughts
On our latest W2M Special, we are joined by the guys from Wrestling Unwrapped, Harry Broadhurst and Patrick Ketza, and also Tom Reese to discuss everything about WWE Extreme Rules 2016. We breakdown the matches, what we liked, what we didn’t like, we discuss the decisions and of course we have our final rating for the show as well. So, don’t miss our WWE Extreme Rules 2016 Review.After that, Tom sticks around to help us go through the first night of New Japan’s Best of the Super Juniors XXIII tournament, which includes the great main event between KUSHIDA and Kyle O’ Reilly. Just F.Y.I. (New Japan posted the tournament matches for BOSJ Night 2 right before we started the podcast, so we will cover Night 2 and 3 together on tomorrow morning’s show, along with RAW, the Cody Rhodes release, and whatever else is going on in wrestling.-------- Time Stamps -------(1:00-1:59:30) WWE Extreme Rules 2016 Review (This does include time spent with three different callers as we go through the matches. So, that's why this is a bit longer than usual.) (1:59:30-End) NJPW BOSJ Night 1 Review
On our latest W2M Special, we are joined by the guys from Wrestling Unwrapped, Harry Broadhurst and Patrick Ketza, and also Tom Reese to discuss everything about WWE Extreme Rules 2016. We breakdown the matches, what we liked, what we didn’t like, we discuss the decisions and of course we have our final rating for the show as well. So, don’t miss our WWE Extreme Rules 2016 Review.After that, Tom sticks around to help us go through the first night of New Japan’s Best of the Super Juniors XXIII tournament, which includes the great main event between KUSHIDA and Kyle O’ Reilly. Just F.Y.I. (New Japan posted the tournament matches for BOSJ Night 2 right before we started the podcast, so we will cover Night 2 and 3 together on tomorrow morning’s show, along with RAW, the Cody Rhodes release, and whatever else is going on in wrestling.-------- Time Stamps -------(1:00-1:59:30) WWE Extreme Rules 2016 Review (This does include time spent with three different callers as we go through the matches. So, that's why this is a bit longer than usual.) (1:59:30-End) NJPW BOSJ Night 1 Review
On this episode of W2M, we have a full show packed with stuff to talk about. Two huge events occur this weekend, with WWE having their second PPV in the month of May fashioned after going hardcore. So, we do a WWE Extreme Rules 2016 Preview and give our predictions on that show. There’s also a thing called the Best of the Super Juniors XXIII Tournament that starts up on Saturday morning and ends on June 7. We give our predictions on who will win each block, exact points for every wrestler involved, and ideas on who has the best chance to win it all. Paul also has his thoughts on Lions Gate Project2 show as well. Not to mention, all the wrestling news that’s come out in the last few days and more. We start as always, with the wrestling news in “Quick Hits” discussing Vince selling a boat load amount of WWE stock, NXT Takeover: Revenge matches, more news on TNA and their current situation with TV, the release of Alex Reyes, some news coming out of Japan, and more. Sean gives his short recap of WWE SmackDown and then we get into the WWE Extreme Rules 2016 Preview, then we finish up WWE talk with NXT. We discuss what’s going on with Lucha UndergroundAfter that, we go into a double dose of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, as Paul has his thoughts on the Lions Gate Project2 show and then we go into our big Best of the Super Juniors XXIII Preview. We finish things out with TNA Impact Wrestling and of course our W2M Power Rankings.---------------- Time Stamps --------------(7:00-44:50) Wrestling News: Vince McMahon sells a lot of stock, TNA and POP TV situation, Alex Reyes released, NXT Takeover: Revenge, a possible storyline between Del Rio, Paige, and Charlotte, and more. (44:50-55:40) WWE SmackDown(55:40-1:17:05) WWE Extreme Rules 2016 Preview(1:17:05-1:37:30) WWE NXT(1:37:30-1:46:27) Lucha Underground(1:46:27-1:50:25) Lions Gate Project2 Thoughts(1:50:25-02:02:30) NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXIII Preview(02:02:30-02:20:00) TNA Impact Wrestling(02:20:00-End) Superstar of the Week
On this episode of W2M, we have a full show packed with stuff to talk about. Two huge events occur this weekend, with WWE having their second PPV in the month of May fashioned after going hardcore. So, we do a WWE Extreme Rules 2016 Preview and give our predictions on that show. There’s also a thing called the Best of the Super Juniors XXIII Tournament that starts up on Saturday morning and ends on June 7. We give our predictions on who will win each block, exact points for every wrestler involved, and ideas on who has the best chance to win it all. Paul also has his thoughts on Lions Gate Project2 show as well. Not to mention, all the wrestling news that’s come out in the last few days and more. We start as always, with the wrestling news in “Quick Hits” discussing Vince selling a boat load amount of WWE stock, NXT Takeover: Revenge matches, more news on TNA and their current situation with TV, the release of Alex Reyes, some news coming out of Japan, and more. Sean gives his short recap of WWE SmackDown and then we get into the WWE Extreme Rules 2016 Preview, then we finish up WWE talk with NXT. We discuss what’s going on with Lucha UndergroundAfter that, we go into a double dose of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, as Paul has his thoughts on the Lions Gate Project2 show and then we go into our big Best of the Super Juniors XXIII Preview. We finish things out with TNA Impact Wrestling and of course our W2M Power Rankings.---------------- Time Stamps --------------(7:00-44:50) Wrestling News: Vince McMahon sells a lot of stock, TNA and POP TV situation, Alex Reyes released, NXT Takeover: Revenge, a possible storyline between Del Rio, Paige, and Charlotte, and more. (44:50-55:40) WWE SmackDown(55:40-1:17:05) WWE Extreme Rules 2016 Preview(1:17:05-1:37:30) WWE NXT(1:37:30-1:46:27) Lucha Underground(1:46:27-1:50:25) Lions Gate Project2 Thoughts(1:50:25-02:02:30) NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXIII Preview(02:02:30-02:20:00) TNA Impact Wrestling(02:20:00-End) Superstar of the Week