Eastern Lariat

In a new Eastern Lariat episode STRIGGA & Dylan go over the most recent set of New Japan shows from Hokkaido plus KUSHIDA's final match and also discuss AEW's possible impact on Japan, KENTA leaving WWE and NOAH being sold...yet again. And there's more! The Eastern Lariat crew also previews the big Baba Memorial show with a huge interpromotional main event.

The time around the turn of the year for japanese pro-wrestling has almost become comparable to WrestleMania weekend in the United States because of the strahlkraft of Wrestle Kingdom. Beyond New Japan's biggest show of the year there's a lot more happening at this time of the year so STRIGGA& Dylan took an extensive look at ZERO1, WRESTLE-1 and Big Japan Pro Wrestling while also making sure to reminisce about indie wrestling 10 years ago. Besides these topics the Eastern Lariat crew also discusses the two big title matches that started the year for All Japan and NOAH. Is Kaito Kiyomiya the guy?

Wrestle Kingdom 13 and New Year Dash!! lie behind us and with Hiroshi Tanahashi the beloved ace is back on top – but for how long? In this episode STRIGGA & Dylan take an extrensive look at all the matches and developments of New Japan's anual Tokyo Dome show, praise New Japan for their booking decisions and criticise them for meaningless belts and the missing focus on for example the junior heavyweights. With the big dates of 2019 having been announced the Eastern Lariat crew also discusses the promotion's business plans for the year to come and wonders where this leaves the Elite guys.

STRIGGA & Dylan end 2018 with an exclamation point as they review Pro Wrestling NOAH's Great Voyage from Yokohama and WRESTLE-1's Autumn Bout from Korakuen Hall. Both companies tried to set the stage for the months to come – with varying success. The duo discusses Kaito Kiyomiya, Daisuke Harada, Shotaro Ashino and T-Hawk being key parts of the NOAH & W-1 storylines going forward. Other topics include the D King Grand Prix 2019 and Joshi with Stardom, WAVE & Tokyo Joshi Pro.

Special guest WH Park (@whpark9 on Twitter) from POST Wrestling joins the Eastern Lariat crew to discuss this year's "Pro Wrestling Grand Prix", better known as the Tokyo Sports awards. The trio goes through every categorie and extensively debates the winners, names their choices and sometimes even tries to get to the bottom of what the awards actutally stand for. On top of that STRIGGA, Dylan and WH also talk about their top company and some of the most improved wrestlers in 2018.

STRIGGA & Dylan set sail for a new voyage of the Eastern Lariat after the longest hiatus in the show's history. The crew is testing the waters to get into smooth sailing by giving a digest of the most important developments in japanese pro-wrestling from mid November until today. They talk about the New Japan World Tag League, NOAH's Global League, the AJPW Real World Tag League, Big Japan Death Vegas, Hideki Suzuki & Masashi Takeda as champions and the company working with ZERO1, DDT's D-Ou Grand Prix and for a special treat STRIGGA explains the build towards this year's GREAT SPACE WAR in Michinoku Pro Wrestling. It's a jam packed episode so join us and find out why a cape could be Pro Wrestling NOAH's cash cow.

It takes Understanding to accept NJPW as a whole, Knowledge to set the proper pace of watching an AJPW show, Courage to get through Danshoku Dieno's main event at DDT's Peter Pan, & Dedication to follow NOAH through their various ups & downs. All these skills are needed to finish off the MEGA SOLO PURO POTPOURRI! Dylan goes solo after a month away from the Eastern Lariat and cover all of the above, going in on NJPW, Power Struggle, & Naito's questionable booking, AJPW & Kento vs. Zeus, DDT & Peter Pan and one of the worst matches of the year (and a heartwarming personal favorite, as well as the Giant Baba/Tokyo Sports show and a daring main event idea. Check it out before STRIGGA's back next episode!

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Plans change, they say. Even in podcasting not everything goes as planned and as promised here are some of the bloopers or outtakes that - for different reasons - have been cut from the past 100 episodes. Enjoy!

Come on in and celebrate our 100th episode with us! Right off the bat STRIGGA talks about the japanese influx in this year's wXw World Tag Team League as well as Meiko Satomura in Femmes Fatales before him and Dylan toss it back to Japan to discuss King of Pro-Wrestling and everything surrounding it. You'll hear takes on the Jay White vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi match including the aftermath, on the three way main event and much more. Then Dylan takes over and reviews Stardom's 5 Star Grand Prix and finally the Eastern Lariat crew previews the big DDT Sumo Hall show that's coming up on October 21st. As for most of the 99 previous episodes it's a melange of everything in japanese pro-wrestling. Here's to a 100 more!

STRIGGA & Dylan are back with another XXLariat in which they cover the month of September in All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling. All Japan saw the 6th Royal Road (or Oudou) Tournament thrat had some outstanding action featuring the names you're used to from AJPW, but that also had Kengo Mashimo in some stellar performances. Over in New Japan they had three Destruction shows and the Eastern Lariat crew takes a look at the big matches, storylines and further developments before switching over to Long Beach where New Japan presented Fighting Spirit Unleashed. STRIGG A & Dylan have a hot and yet not so hot take on the match of the night and also preview the upcoming King of Pro-Wrestling show.