Auf Die Fresse - the unofficial wXw review podcast

The dust’s settled on wXw’s Pro-Wrestling Grand Prix, so of course Ian and Mike are here to go over the major events - the tournament winners and the injuries - from our latest weekender in Oberhausen. We also talk a little about PAC, following his passing last month, but maybe with not so much of a wXw spin on there…

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.

Intro music: RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod

It’s sneaking up on us all - 2026’s Pro Wrestling Grand Prix is this week, and with the names and matches available, Ian and Mike return to talk about the autumnal wrestling festival. What are you gonna see in Oberhausen (or on your sofa, if you’re just watching the streams?)

Note: this was recorded prior to wXw announcing Cowboy Way vs. Greedy Souls for Inner Circle on Thursday!

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.

Intro music: RetroFuture Dirty by Kevin MacLeod

The dust’s barely settled on last weekend’s Shortcut to the Top… and Ian and Mike are back to recap all of the news coming out of that show. We’re also going to talk about the breaking news of Ilja Dragunov’s release from WWE - and fantasy book a potential wXw return - as well as go over the finalised fields for next month’s Pro Wrestling Grand Prix.

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.

Intro music: Barge by Gunnar Olsen

Ian and Mike return for a quick look at this month’s Broken Rules - featuring an excellent main event with the Cowboy Way against Ahura and Elijah Blum - before pondering over the upcoming weeks for wXw ahead of the Pro Wrestling Grand Prix. Come for the wXw talk, stay for the dig at football transfer gossipers…

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.

Intro music: Mass Pike Road Rage by TeknoAXE

We’ve got a catch-up episode as Ian and Mike return to look over a pair of wXw shows - True Colors from Hamburg, and Drive of Champions from Oberhausen. We’ll talk about Quick & Dirty, Yota Tsuji, Eddie Kingston, Jun Akiyama, and the rest of those shows, plus the pick and mix stuff that dropped on Thursdays in the meantime.

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.

Intro music: Melood by Meizong

After a few weeks off, Ian and Mike return to recap a hattrick of We Love Wrestling shows - looking over shows in Frankfurt, Dresden and Leipzig. There’s a lot of wrestling to go over, and a lot of news to talk about, including the latest round of WWE tryout offers, and the stacked Drive of Champions line-up in June.

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.

Intro music: Dangerous Waves by TeknoAXE

The lads are back from Oberhausen, and Ian & Mike have got a LOT to talk about. In this bumper episode, we cover the nuts and bolts of just about every show from 16 Carat Gold weekend, the winners, the losers… and yes, the return of Shotgun! It’s our longest episode yet, so buckle down!

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.

Intro music: Sirius Beat by My Story

It’s wXw 16 Carat Gold week! So you know what that means… Ian Hamilton and Mike Kilby return for our Carat preview podcast, running down every match that’s been advertised for this upcoming week in Oberhausen (since the shows in Gelsenkirchen and Essen are mystery cards so far!) Whether you’re going to the Ruhrpott, or sitting down to watch it at home on wXwNOW this weekend, we’ve got you covered… apart from the change that was made after we recorded this!

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.

Intro music: Sirius Beat by My Story

With wXw 16 Carat Gold around the corner, Ian Hamilton and Mike Kilby return to take a look at a pair of wXw shows that set the table - the Road to 16 Carat Gold out of Leipzig, featuring a tournament for the final spot in 16 Carat Gold; and Dead End, with Los Tranquilos de Japon challenging for the tag titles… and a wild trios main event that saw Ahura face Elijah Blum one last time in Hamburg.

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.

Intro music: Base Chase Theme by TeknoAXE

We’ve got a surprise episode as wXw’s Managing Director Felix Kohlenberg joined Ian Hamilton and Mike Kilby to talk about next month’s 16 Carat Gold weekender. We talk about the variety of names being brought in for Carat - such as former IWGP World Heavyweight champion Tetsuya Naito, Erick Stevens and Chihiro Hashimoto - and take a trip down memory lane as we also bring up wXw’s return to Essen over Carat weekend.

- Watch wXw Dead End 2026 this Saturday (February 21st) on wXwNOW.com or IndependentWrestling.tv

- 16 Carat Gold will also be available to stream through both those platforms - or if you want to grab last minute tickets, head over to wxw-wrestling.com

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.

Intro music: Deep Haze by Kevin Macleod