It’s that end-of-term feeling as Ian and Mike sit down and chat about most of the year that was 2024 in wXw - looking back on the top stories of the year, and dish out our picks for wrestler of the year, match of the year, newcomer of the year… and some predictions going into 2025.

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: “Punk Sitcom Intro” by TeknoAXE

(mors mors!) Ian and Mike return to take a look over Broken Rules - perhaps the best wXw show of the year - from a packed Markthalle in Hamburg. The lads chat about OSKAR’s latest homecoming success, the surprise appearance of Ludwig Kaiser, and just what’s going on with Bobby Gunns in wXw?

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: “Hyperbole” by TeknoAXE

Ian & Mike return for a quick look at this past weekend’s wXw FAN from Frankfurt, featuring a LOT of High Performer Limited, with Elijah Blum looking to upset Peter Tihanyi’s reign at its start. We chat about that, announcements for 16 Carat Gold, Ambition, and a spot of the Young Gym Pump Guns?! 

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: “Break Me Down” by Our Waking Hour

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