Best in the Worldcast

Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss TAKESHI MORISHIMA! After a couple of life recaps, the boys dive into Morishima’s utterly fascinating and mildly disappointing career, Harley Race, Shaun White, their worst nut shots, and the Hammerstein Ballroom. For this week’s Best in the Worlddraft, in tribute to Morishima, we draft the Top 5 Guys with Girl Hair and Corey makes history.

MATCHES COVERED:

Takeshi Morishima and Takeshi Rikio vs Jun Akiyama and Akitoshi Saito (NOAH 9/23/2002)

Takeshi Morishima vs Daisuke Ikeda (NOAH 6/1/2004)

Takeshi Morishima vs Bryan Danielson (ROH 12/27/2008)

Next week, we tackle: BLACK TERRY

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss Mr. Wonderful, PAUL ORNDORFF! After Corey cleans up an oopsie, the boys dive into Orndorff’s surprisingly fast-paced brawling style in front of molten crowds, war museums, Jesse Ventura, and the disgusting textures of 80s WWF. For the Best in the Worlddraft segment, we draft the top 5 Floridians in honor of Orndorff’s homeland and a couple of old friends show up.

MATCHES COVERED:
Paul Orndorff vs Roddy Piper (WWF 7/13/1985)
Paul Orndorff vs Hulk Hogan (WWF 8/28/1986)
Paul Orndorff vs Cactus Jack (WCW 2/21/1993)

Next week, we tackle: TAKESHI MORISHIMA

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss The Last Outlaw, JEFF JARRETT! The boys talk about Jarrett’s unique career and all of his different runs, taking pit stops to discuss Swedish Fish, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the 2009 Carolina Panthers and Heinz Mayochup. For the Best in the Worlddraft, in honor of Jarrett’s own country music career, we draft the top 5 country songs.

MATCHES COVERED:
Jeff Jarrett vs Shawn Michaels (WWF 7/23/1995)
Jeff Jarrett vs. Kurt Angle (TNA 1/11/2009)
Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal vs Darby Allin and Sting (AEW 11/19/2022)

Next week, we tackle: PAUL ORNDORFF

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss Jon M. Chu’s STEP UP 3D! After we check in with Corey’s weather and 2010s legendary hookmaster Travie McCoy, the boys dive into the aggressively Obama-era time capsule of a dance movie, Xbox Kinect Sports, the Voros Twins, the Beats Pill, and Skrillex. For this week’s Best in the Worlddraft, in honor of the film, we draft the top 5 dance moves.

MATCHES COVERED:
NONE, YA DUMMY!

Next week, we tackle: JEFF JARRETT

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss Mr. Insanity, TOBY KLEIN! After catching up with MLB Opening Day and Corey’s trip to AEW Dynamite, the boys dive into the oddly expressive deathmatcher and his incredible monologuing, the modern impact of his now infamous VCR throw, a fruits and vegetables deathmatch, and the charm of IWA East Coast. For this week’s Best in the Worlddraft, we hit the gym and draft the top 5 lifts, capped off by Corey performing 10 pushups live on air.

MATCHES COVERED:

Toby Klein vs Necro Butcher (IWA-MS 8/1/2003)

Toby Klein vs Danny Havoc (IWA-EC 11/29/2008)

Toby Klein vs Thumbtack Jack (IWA-EC 3/22/2009)

Next week, we tackle: JEFF JARRETT

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss the recently departed Osamu Nishimura and his incredibly unique career. After some March Madness talk, the boys get serious once again about Nishimura’s approach to wrestling, what he represented in the wrestling landscape at large, and how he represents the last chain in the classic 70s style of work. For the Best in the Worlddraft, we draft five wrestlers to make a basketball starting five to play against each other.

MATCHES COVERED:

Osamu Nishimura & Yuki Ishikawa vs Tatsumi Fujinami & Shinichi Nakano (MUGA 3/3/1998)

Osamu Nishimura vs Yoshihiro Takayama (NJPW 8/10/2002)

Osamu Nishimura vs Tatsumi Fujinami (MUGA 9/25/2006)

Next week, we tackle: TOBY KLEIN

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss the Notorious 187, HOMICIDE! After recapping Corey’s tumultuous week of oral surgery and spilling eggs on the floor, the boys dive into Homicide’s sneaky long and great career as the pocket main character of Ring of Honor, Abdullah the Butcher’s late period Biden era, fan altercations, Tracy Smothers, and the new hit film, Mickey 17. For this week’s Best in the Worlddraft, we pick our top five beverages.

MATCHES COVERED:

Homicide and Abdullah the Butcher vs The Carnage Crew (ROH 12/7/2002)

Homicide vs Bryan Danielson (ROH 12/23/2006)

Homicide and Low Ki vs Necro Butcher and Toby Klein (IWA-MS 6/30/2007)

Next week, we tackle: OSAMU NISHIMURA

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss the King of Old School, STEVE CORINO! After a brief foray into more draft ideas, Will Howard, and our younger more athletic days, the boys break down Corino’s role as the last ever American stooge, Fletch, fire alarms, band names, Gabe Sapolsky and The Blair Witch Project. For this week’s Best in the Worlddraft, we draft the best wrestling commentators!

MATCHES COVERED:

Steve Corino vs Yoshihiro Tajiri (ECW 5/14/2000)

Steve Corino vs Shinya Hashimoto (NWA 10/13/2001)
Steve Corino vs Homicide (ROH 8/16/2003)

Next week, we tackle: HOMICIDE

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss the ORIGINAL Living Legend, BRUNO SAMMARTINO! After a medical report on the boys’ various ailments and some Adderall talk, we dive into Bruno’s power as the greatest dad wrestler ever, the grittiness of old Madison Square Garden, Bill Walton and his basketball commentary, and the magic of show tunes. For this week’s Best in the Worlddraft, we take it back to basics and select our top five fast food chains.

MATCHES COVERED:

Bruno Sammartino vs Ken Patera (WWWF 3/7/1977)

Bruno Sammartino vs Larry Zbyszko (WWF 1/22/1980)
Bruno Sammartino vs Randy Savage (WWF 1/3/1987)

Next week, we tackle: STEVE CORINO

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Welcome back to the Best in the Worldcast~! Lawson and Corey discuss the Speed Star, MASATO YOSHINO! Before we open the gate for the very first time on the podcast, the boys discuss the forgotten and potentially maligned Simpsons Movie from 2007, Austin Collie and all-time highlight tapes, the THX sound buffer, Bill Clinton and cartoon police officers. Then, for the newly-christened Best in the Worlddraft segment, we head to the 2025 Impact Zone to draft the best possible teams of current TNA wrestlers.

MATCHES COVERED:

Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi vs Shingo Takagi and BxB Hulk (Dragon Gate 1/15/2008)
Masato Yoshino vs Don Fujii (Dragon Gate 1/18/2011)
Masato Yoshino vs YAMATO (Dragon Gate 10/10/2013)

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