Auf Die Fresse - the unofficial wXw review podcast

The dust has settled on another festival of wrestling in Oberhausen. Ian and Mike return to talk about 2024’s wXw World Tag Team Festival - a weekend that saw every title change hands once again, the return of Timothy Thatcher, and the Y2Kuties going all New Jack on us.

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 via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram.

Intro music: "Retrofuture Dirty" by Kevin Macleod

Twelve tag teams - and a whole lot more - are about to descend on Oberhausen as 2024’s World Tag Team Festival kicks off later this week. Ian Hamilton and Mike Kilby run through what to expect, as the tag festival weekender also sees a wXw homecoming for Timothy Thatcher, and a return of an extreme wrestling party.

This episode was recorded before the Shotgun vlog dropped - and features the cards as of that point.

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 via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram.

Intro music: "Retrofuture Clean" by Kevin Macleod

Ian and Mike return to look over the last stop before wXw’s World Tag Team Festival - topped by Aigle Blanc’s latest defence of the European championship. We look at the return of an Avalanche, a pair of qualification matches, and some El Hijo de Performante Jr.

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 via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram.

Intro music: "Heavy Metal Hyperbole" by Teknoaxe

The Dream Factory opens its doors once again as Mike Kilby (“@MikeKilby on everything”) joins us to talk about this past weekend, where Rev Pro tore down the Copper Box Arena at their 12 Year Anniversary show. We go over the Michael Oku vs. Luke Jacobs main event, Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hechicero, the Cut Throat Collective’s no-disqualification outing, and the rest of a stacked show - along with a quick look at this upcoming weekend’s cards in Berlin with the GWF, and the usual stop at the 229 in London.

Note: this weekend's Rev Pro shows with the GWF can be streamed via www.youtube.com/@GWF

Reviews of Rev Pro shows, and links to our photo albums, can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Find us on social media… @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram. For the websites, it’s @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads.

Intro music: Forever Never - As I Lie

Rev Pro’s 12th anniversary show hits the Copperbox this weekend - and we’re here to preview of much of it as we can on the Dream Factory! Ian’s joined by Voices of Wrestling’s Neil David (@chubby_chtulu) to go over Saturday’s card, along with a quick check over the results from this month’s Summer Sizzler and Live in Southampton events.

There's even time for a quick chat over the state of independent wrestling streaming, and why shows feel like they're either going live or being forgotten.

Reviews of Rev Pro shows, and links to our photo albums, can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Find us on social media… @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram. For the websites, it’s @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads.

Intro music: Forever Never - As I Lie

We’re back for another episode as Ian and Mike take a look at High Performer Ltd.’s latest acquisition - and how that’s changed the landscape of wXw going into World Tag Team Festival.

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 via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram.

Intro music: “Deep Haze” (edited) by Kevin MacLeod

We’re weeks away from Rev Pro’s 12th Anniversary at the Copperbox Arena in London - so what better time to kick off a new podcast? We take a look at Rev Pro's Live in Coventry show… which ended with MJF popping up out of nowhere and challenging Michael Oku for York Hall. The remainder of the card for Summer Sizzler came out today, so we’ll take a look at that, along with a look at what’s announced for Rev Pro's 12th Anniversary show and the rest of a packed end-of-year.

Reviews of Rev Pro shows, and links to our photo albums, can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Find us on social media… @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram. For the websites, it’s @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads.

Intro music: Lipstick on a Pig - Teknoaxe

Auf Die Fresse returns as Ian and Mike take a look at the Wrestling EM from Frankfurt, with an eight-man tournament to crown wXw’s first ever European champion… we also take a look ahead to next month’s Shortcut to the Top, with announced names and some spitballing at who could be surprise entrants.

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 via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram.

Intro music: Curtain Call by Our Waking Hour

It’s a quiet month as wXw took the month off for the Euros - even if football didn’t come home to Germany. Instead, Ian and Mike spent the time going through one of wXw’s iconic rivalries - and on this episode we go through five matches from the back catalogue of WALTER and Ilja Dragunov. We also cover the latest news bits, as we finally have a line-up for the Wrestling EM in Frankfurt!

You can watch all the matches we talk about on this show on wXwNOW.com:

• Borken (September 2015) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyxU9JBZuEc (German audio)
• Carat 2017 Night Three - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnlYC8DJznk (English audio)
• Carat 2018 Night Two - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiGq8DJQDyA (English audio)
• True Colors 2018 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dya11gGF7Ac (English audio)
• Superstars of Wrestling 2018 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A46kZ6cGl9Q (English audio)

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 via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads/BlueSky.

Intro music: Unstoppable by NEFFEX

Am Freitag kommt der Fußball nach Haus… but first, Ian and Mike return for a look at this month’s Drive of Champions - an eventful show that marked the end of a reign, and maybe the end of an era. We also bring you up to speed with announcements for Frankfurt and October’s World Tag Team Festival.

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 via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram/BlueSky/Threads along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads/BlueSky.

Intro music: I’ve Got a Bazooka by TeknoAXE