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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss the lizard brain master himself, YOSHIHITO SASAKI! After much consideration of various themed programming for the podcast, the boys dive into Sasaki in all of his caveman glory, the Stop the Matsunaga angle, 2005’s Sky High, Will Poulter, and Rainforest Cafe. Then, for this week’s Best in the Worlddraft, in honor of Sasaki’s prehistoric roots, we draft the top 5 dinosaurs. 

MATCHES COVERED:

Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (ZERO-ONE 11/17/2005)

Yoshihito Sasaki & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Yuji Okabayashi (BJW 5/4/2010)

Yoshihito Sasaki vs. Ryota Hama (BJW 12/9/2012)

Next week, we tackle: BOBBY ROODE

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss one of the monster ABYSS! The boys dive into the interesting role the big man had as one of the most visible hardcore-adjacent wrestlers in the 2000s, as well as some Coldplay talk, tribal tattoos, our best friends Jeremy Borash and Josh Matthews, R.E.M. and Playboi Carti. In a special return of the Best in the Worlddraft segment, we draft the top 5 monsters.

MATCHES COVERED:

Abyss vs Monty Brown vs Raven (TNA 11/7/2004)

Abyss vs Sting (TNA 2/11/2007)

Abyss and Jeremy Borash vs Scott Steiner and Josh Matthews (Impact! 7/2/2017)

Next week, we tackle: YOSHIHITO SASAKI

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss one of the greatest tag teams in TNA history, AMERICA’S MOST WANTED! The boys start the Chris Harris fan club and talk about AMW’s place in history as the last masters of the Southern tag, with sojourns into the West Texas Rednecks, Elix Skipper’s second career as a fast casual dining manager, Jeff Brohm and the Louisville Cardinals, and whether Scott D’Amore is the wrestling Newman.

MATCHES COVERED:

America's Most Wanted vs. Triple X (TNA 12/5/2004)

America's Most Wanted vs. Team Canada (TNA 1/16/2005)

Chris Harris vs. James Storm (TNA 5/13/2007)

Next week, we tackle: ABYSS

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss Mr. Brazo de Plata himself, SUPER PORKY! The boys break down Porky’s perfect approach to wrestling, Hardee’s marketing, the world famous Egg Bowl, natural disasters, and Manu Ginobili.

MATCHES COVERED:

Los Brazos vs Los Infernales (CMLL 11/24/1991)

Brazo de Plata, La Parka Jr. and Octagon vs Muerte Cibernetica, Shocker and Zumbido (AAA 7/16/2006)

Super Porky vs Rey Escorpion (CMLL 10/18/2013)

Next week, we tackle: AMERICA’S MOST WANTED

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss the NECRO BUTCHER! After explaining the brief hiatus, the boys dive into Necro’s patron saint of the show status, shirtless guys, the online tree community, Grave Digger, and Lawson’s excursion to the mall Sonic.

MATCHES COVERED:

Necro Butcher vs. Super Dragon (PWG 9/2/2006)

Necro Butcher vs. Thumbtack Jack (IWA East Coast 11/29/2008)

Necro Butcher vs. Minowaman (IGF 2/22/2010)

Next week, we tackle: SUPER PORKY

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss the ONE YEAR OF THE BEST IN THE WORLDCAST! The boys reflect on how the show has evolved over the weeks of episodes and answer questions from the audience, including what the next movie episode will be, what director they’d like to see take the reigns of a wrestling promotion, favorite non-Shining Jack Nicholson role, and who they would cast in a remake of the hit cartoon Pro Stars. For this week’s Best in the Worlddraft, we draft the top 5 months of the year.

MATCHES COVERED:
Big C vs Savio Montana (WMWA 4/23/2017)

Next week, we tackle: NECRO BUTCHER

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss the late career of Mr. Orange Crush himself, KENTA KOBASHI POST-2005! After some brewery talk and a new potential financial opportunity for the show, the boys break down Kobashi’s skillset porting over to old man matches, fence hopping, a potential Bull Buchanan episode, the mongolian chop, and Matt Classic.

MATCHES COVERED:

Kenta Kobashi and Jun Izumida vs Akebono and Takeshi Rikio (NOAH 1/22/2006)

Kenta Kobashi and Akihiko Ito vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Kazuchika Okada (NOAH 5/6/2009)

Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama vs Kensuke Sasaki and Masa Kitamiya (Diamond Ring 2/11/2012)

Next week, we tackle: ONE YEAR OF BITWCAST

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey celebrate 50 episodes of the only wrestling podcast that matters, besides the few that are run by our friends and Six Feet Under with Mark Calaway. The boys work through some electronics-related trauma and recite some legendary Accidental Bronson tweets before diving into a special grab bag of matches celebrating the history of the show, including some beautiful fat guy lucha, a return to the land of Rotten, and a lost canon classic of Zero-1. We also get into the controversy surrounding friend of the show Chris Martin, special treats at the state fair, and plans for the year anniversary episode coming up in a few weeks. For this week’s Best in the Worlddraft, as a hangover from last week’s Texas adventure episode, we draft the top 5 cowboys.

MATCHES COVERED:

Los Brazos vs Los Bucaneros (CMLL 11/10/1989)

Chris Hero vs Chris Candido (IWA-MS 1/4/2002)

Shinjiro Otani vs. Kazunari Murakami (ZERO1 7/16/2007)

Next week, we tackle: POST-2005 KENTA KOBASHI

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss their IRL rendezvous at AEW ALL IN TEXAS 2025! After a discovery about the show’s newfound popularity, the boys discuss their attendance at the show and the various activities we got up to, their friendship with the King of Small Talk, Internet phenom The Rizzler, RateYourMusic, and Nick Wayne’s hot mom.

MATCHES COVERED:

The AEW All In Texas 2025 Pay-Per-View

Next week, we tackle: 50TH EPISODE GRAB BAG!

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss an angel From The Heavens himself, JACK EVANS! Before a brief history of brain injuries and drunken stumbles from show associates, the boys dive into Jack’s unique stuntman-inspired high flying style and his status as the ultimate swagged-out white boy, Adam Sandler’s fashion, Coolmath Games, the 2008 Miami Heat roster, and a potential rebrand of the show. For this week’s Best in the Worlddraft, in honor of Jack, we draft the top 5 crackers.

MATCHES COVERED:
Jack Evans & Austin Aries vs. AJ Styles & Matt Sydal (ROH 3/31/2006)
Jack Evans vs Necro Butcher (ROH 5/9/2008)
Jack Evans vs. Extreme Tiger (AAA 5/18/2009)

Next week, we tackle: AEW ALL IN TEXAS 2025 LIVE

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