Contesting Wrestling

Merry Christmas, folks! Join Ben and Doc for a discussion of an event we went to personally that shaped our fandom and relationship with wrestling. In 2007 JAPW was a large regional indy that competed directly with ROH and had a different roster and a different flavor. We attended this event in early 2007 and wanted to give our modern impressions, as well as illustrate the growth of the indy world at the time. Subscribe for $5 a month to access our full catalog of nearly 100 premium episodes at patreon.com/contestingwrestling !

Doc, Ben and Ben's old, old friend Will Fink talk about the time Will was paying attention and the saga of Bret, Yoko and Hulk.

In celebration of Thanksgiving and the recent Survivor Series, please enjoy one of our earliest Premium Episodes, featuring the debut of The Undertaker at Survivor Series 1990 and 2 matches from Xtremely Serious Wrestling, including one with Orange Cassidy! Subscribe for $5 a month at Patreon.com/contestingwrestling to access our full Premium library of nearly 100 Premium episodes! Happy Thanksgiving!

As a belated Halloween gift, please enjoy this premium episode from last year, in which we discuss the late, great, spooky wrestling manager extraordinaire, William Moody, aka Paul Bearer. Ohhhhh Yesssss!!!!!!

The Contesting Wrestling gang went to AEW Grand Slam and we took a new guy! Ben's friend Sergio had never been to a live wrestling event before and had barely paid attention to it in his life so let's get his impression of all the action.

Evan, Ben and Doc talk to author, philosopher and scholar of Islam Michael Muhammad Knight! We talk almost exclusively about wrestling. Shawn Michaels vs. Sid from Survivor Series 1996 and the triple cage match from Nitro 2000!

To celebrate the return of CM Punk to pro-wrestling and Samoa Joe's return to the ring in NXT, here's a Premium Episode in which Ben and Doc revisit the first ROH show they ever attended, back in 2004, which was also the first time they saw either Punk or Joe, who battled in the main event for the ROH World Championship. Subscribe for $5 a month at Patreon.com/contestingwrestling to access our full library of now almost 100 Premium Episodes with a new one dropping every week!

Evan, Ben and Doc check out some British Wrestling! Plus, Evan has had enough and addresses his status with Contesting Wrestling.

A short message from Dr. Ben Abelson for the purpose of excusing our recent absence

In Contesting Wrestling Premium Episode 76 we are joined by @matt2jay Matt Josephson and discuss a classic Madison Square Garden WWF House Show featuring one of the first ever one on one meetings of Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair. Subscribe at Patreon.com/contestingwrestling $5 a month gets you a new Premium Episode each week plus access to our full library of Premium Episodes.