On this week's show, Paul Fontaine and Jeff Hawkins break down a frustrating episode of AEW Dynamite that they both felt better about by the time they were done. The show included:

• A lot of good matches with the same formula that, in the end, felt like they accomplished nothing
• AEW fans chanting ECW during the main event while 50+ Rob Van Dam wrestled Swerve Strickland
• Toni Storm once again taking away all the focus during an important women's match
• The Young Bucks starting to find their groove with their new character direction
• The invasion of CMLL as they target the Blackpool Combat Club

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On this week's show, Ryan Frederick and Paul have a slower than usual week but do manage to get to the following:

• Preview of UFC Fight Night on ESPN+, which is a typical card from the UFC Apex but has two interesting fights at the top of the card
• More discussion on Kayla Harrion's upcoming UFC debut including whether or not she can safely make 135 lbs
• Alexandre Pantoja scheduled to defend his flyweight title at UFC 301 but no obvious opponent seems lined up
• UFC Atlantic City loses it's main event of Sean Brady and Vicente Luque and what the potential replacement fight could be

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The latest episode of The WRAP is live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash and Scott Young recap the highs and lows of the Royal Rumble. The Rundown Includes:● A conversation about the Vince McMahon Lawsuit

● Bayley wins the Women's Royal Rumble

● Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles vs. LA in a Fatal Four Way match for the Undisputed Universal Championship

● Kevin Owens vs. Logan Paul for the United States Championship

● Cody Rhodes is still on track to finish his story at WrestleMania

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Scott Edwards is back with another edition of the Five Star Joshi Show to talk about the first and second rounds of the TJPW Max Heart Tournament, Megan Bayne's farewell from STARDOM, review a busy weekend for STARDOM, and close out the show with a Q&A!

1:24: Ice Ribbon Winter Story 2024 Preview

3:20: TJPW Max Heart Tournament Update

14:33: ShuPro Awards

24:32: Farewell Megan Bayne

30:26: STARDOM Awards in Takadanobaba Day 1 & 2 Review

51:38: Q&A

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On this week's show, Jeff Hawkins and Paul Fontaine break down AEW Dynamite from Savannah, GA which included:

• A sparse crowd that really liked Jeff Hardy but not much else on the show
• A heavy emphasis on rankings and moving up and down the card
• Samoa Joe setting the tone with a promo that didn't quite hit it's mark
• Adam Copeland and Minoru Suzuki in the main event with a match that didn't live up to the promise

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On this week's show Ryan Frederick and Paul Fontaine open up the show with some breaking news regarding a UFC signee who will make their debut at UFC 300. They then recap an eventful UFC 297 from Toronto, which included:

• Dricus Du Plessis beating Sean Strickland to become the new UFC Middleweight champion
• Raquel Pennington outlasting Mayra Buena Silva in a terrible fight to win the vacant UFC Bantamweight title
• Canadian males going 0-7 while the crowd turned on the show

Ryan and Paul also discuss a busy week in MMA news:

• Bellator and PFL co-branded PPV card set for April 24 with some big fights
• UFC 300 gets a title fight, a legends fight and one of the biggest free agent signees in years
• Dana White talks a little bit about Conor's return
• UFC 301 and 302 rumored locations

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With the news of WWE RAW going to Netflix and The Rock becoming a TKO board member, it was time for Broken News. We don't break the news, but we damn sure talk about it.

Big D joined GG to go deep into both topics. They also talked about the passing of Ice Train.

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Kazuchika Okada became the biggest free agent in wrestling this week when he announced his departure from New Japan Pro Wrestling. James and Kevin talk about the Rainmaker’s future, with some suprising opinions about whether AEW or WWE would be a better choice.

Also:

Samoa Joe vs. Hook reminds us why we like pro-wrestling

What Hangman Page and the Young Bucks’ mustaches say about their characters

The return of rankings, and how they could work

The Bang Bang Scissor Gang’s T-shirt idea

Why the Cope Open should be for the TNT title

Predicting dissension in the Blackpool Combat Club

Dynamite preview featuring Adam Copeland vs. Minoru Suzuki

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The latest episode of The WRAP is live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash, Scott Young, and extra special guest Jeremy Finestone recap the week that was in WWE.

Hot Topics Include:●Seth Rollins' Knee Injury

●Okada leaves New Japan

●Cody Rhodes-Drew McIntyre Segment

●DIY vs. JD MCDonagh and Dominik Mysterio

●Becky Lynch-Rhea Ripley Segment

●The greatness of Bron Breakker and Baron Corbin

●Royal Rumble Preview and Predictions

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(Speaking of Strong Style is one of our two YouTube exclusive streaming shows. Since the Okada news was such a big deal, we've added their breaking news show to our podcast feed as a bonus show. You can watch the video version of their breaking news show here: https://www.youtube.com/live/HY5UWQvnx5M?si=CWP7e6_1qbYYdcX5.)

Steven Conway and Jeremy Finestone are back with an emergency episode following the news of Kazuchika Okada's decision to leave New Japan Pro Wrestling. Topics covered include:

• Discussion of the factors at play, Japan's economic conditions and the state of American wrestling today.
• A look at why Okada should be a special case and not treated the way other Japanese talent has over the years.
• What's ahead for Okada's faction, CHAOS? Should they continue with a new leader, or disband altogether?
• Talk of the lack of strong leaders among New Japan factions. Who could step up, and who should form new ones?
• Will New Japan strap the rocket to one of their new stars such as Shota Umino, Ren Narita, Yota Tsuji or Yuya Uemura?
• Are there other stars from Japan that could make an impact by moving to New Japan?

Okada's departure is seismic event in professional wrestling. Will this shakeup lead to a new period of creativity, or will New Japan be hurting going forward? Speaking of Strong Style covers the angles of one of the year's biggest stories.

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