Eastern Lariat

To celebrate the first ever March Madness, Dylan is hosting a series of shows breaking down the entire Brackets of the 3 categorized tournaments. For this episode Dylan is joined by special guest Izzac Mackenroth of Puro in the Roth to deep dive the Jr. Heavyweight Puroresu March Madness bracket, filling out every match in all four regions and picking our own winners, as well as speculation on how the tournament itself will go when it's decided by YOU, the voters.

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This week The Eastern Lariat tries to unravel the bundle of event cancellations in Japan due to the Coronavirus outbreak while explaining the reasons behind WRESTLE-1 closing down. Another major topic of course is Tokyo Sports breaking the story of meetings between All Japan Pro Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment and the involvement of Jun Akiyama. Closing out the show is a discussion about current independent talent to pay attention for.

It's time for a New Japan centric episode with STRIGGA & Dylan looking back at The New Beginning from Sapporo, Korakuen and Osaka by discussing some of the top names of the company both during this tour and what their future holds in 2020. Will Naito hold on to the double title? Where's KENTA gonna fit in after his title shot? Are SANADA, Shingo Takagi or Will Ospreay knocking at the main event door? What about Okada? The Eastern Lariat tries to predict where the pieces fall until G1 Climax!

In an effort to compile and to reflect on japanese pro-wrestling from 2010 to 2019 The Eastern Lariat presents the "Best of the Decade". STRIGGA & Dylan go into depth when it comes to categories like MVP, best wrestler, best tag team, best promotion, best match and much more. Who qualifies? Who doesn't? The past 10 years have argubly been the most exciting years in japanese wrestling ever so join us in our attempt to recall the past.

It's Pure Heart X Joshi Pod! Dylan is joined by Eric Howard to run through the entire year in Joshi for 2019, covering everything from Joshi MVP to best in-ring performer, to most charismatic, and everything good about Japanese Women's Wrestling in 2019.

Enjoy the ride and follow us both on Twitter @DylanZeroSky - @EasternLariat & @TheJoshiPod - @ericsandiego for all the Joshi coverage in 2020 and beyond!

Wrestle Kingdom weekend is over and the end of Wrestle Kingdom always is the beginning of the new season for New Japan Pro Wrestling. So the Eastern Lariat takes a look back at New Year Dash which featured Jushin Thunder Liger's retirement and set the direction for some programs in months to come. Besides that STRIGGA & Dylan also discuss the mystery show Pro Wrestling NOAH had in Korakuen on 1/5 that had a great main event.

The second day of Wrestle Kingdom 14 is in the books and it was an historic event for many reasons. STRIGGA & Dylan got together to discuss their top 5 moments and matches from the show including the main event, Jushin Thunder Liger's retirement, Minoru Suzuki's entrance and the Jay White character. Other topics include a discussion about the general idea of running two Tokyo Dome shows, the post main event angle and – starting the show – a look at Joshi Wrestling in the year 2020.

It's Wrestle Kingdom weekend! This means that not only NJPW, but a lot of different promotions put on big shows for their fanbases so in the first 15 minutes of this show The Eastern Lariat duo talks about the beginning of the year for DDT and AJPW before turning their attention to the first day of Wrestle Kingdom 14! In a rundown STRIGGA & Dylan each present their top 5 moments and matches from the Tokyo Dome.

It's the Final Lariat of 2019! STRIGGA & Dylan first revisit the Year End Awards episode, name their Joshi MVP of 2019, debate about Hazuki, Kagetsu and Miyu Yamashita's plan to make TJP the #1 Joshi company before turning their attention to Dramatic Dream Team's D-King Grand Prix 2020 that also took place in 2019. From there on it's all about the future as the Eastern Lariat previews the AJPW double header on Januar 2nd & 3rd as well as the NOAH double header on January 4th & 5th. With NOAH's show on the 5th being a mystery show STRIGGA & Dylan go deep into fantasy booking bot mode. Last, but not least, Dylan brings up his thoughts on Tanahashi, AEW and The Elite which brings STRIGGA to an interesting business model between AEW and NJPW in the US.

Pure Heart, Pure Lariat returns! The #1 Joshi Podcast comes at you with a holiday gift and a special report of the last show of Stardom's 2019 and the first officially in the BUSHIROAD era, live from Korakuen Hall with WH Park. We talk about the difference between the Stardom live experience now compared to how it was before, some business talk on merchandising, followed by getting into the show and talking about one of the biggest Joshi shows of the year and how the matches came across, Hana Kimura on Terrace House, Hazuki's "retirement" and finishing up with talk on the announcement of STARDOM's offer match on NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom. Keep an eye out for part 2 of the show talking about the Stardom World version coming up soon on patreon.com/easternlariat - wait until the New Year to sign up so you don't get charged twice! And thank you for all the listeners and support of the first year of Pure Heart, Pure Lariat!