GRAPPL Spotlight

Benno and JP talk the world of wrestling this week quite literally as they bounce around and talk AEW Grand Slam week in Mexico, New Japan’s Dominion (and the G1 lineup), as well as TripleMania Regia in a tale of two past their peak bookers, plus speaking of which they talk GOLDBERG returning to WWE and whether he will win the World Title.

SHOWNOTES
0:00 Intro/Nonsense/Plugs
28:09 Goldberg, Ron Killings, WWE News and TV
1:06:11 AEW Grand Slam, Ticket Sales, Private Party, News
1:37:21 NJPW Dominion, G1 Lineup
2:03:40 AAA TripleMania Regia
As a reminder, for those that wish to donate, our friend Andrew Carberry has created a fundraising page in memory of Dylan 'Dilz' Shah where all profits will go to Marie Curie. You can donate at the link here: Andrew Carberry is fundraising for Marie Curie

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Benno and Matty talk the hot topics in wrestling this week, unbelievably coming out of this week’s Monday Night RAW, including Ron Killings return to WWE, CM Punk going to Saudi and the death of YEET as Jey Uso is main event no more. They also review WWE Money in the Bank and talk WWE vs AAA Worlds Collide and the rest of the news from the week in wrestling.

As a reminder, for those that wish to donate, our friend Andrew Carberry has created a fundraising page in memory of Dylan 'Dilz' Shah where all profits will go to Marie Curie. You can donate at the link here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/dileshshah

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With no Spotlight proper this week, me and JP went live for an impromptu live stream, chatting about last night's AEW Fyter Fest mammoth 4-hour broadcast as well as catching up with our thoughts on R-Truth being released from WWE and the reaction to it, Mariah May debuting in WWE and more.

Enjoy!

Benno

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Benno & Gareth record a special Bank Holiday Spotlight to review Double or Nothing from last night as they talk Ospreay/Hangman, another well received Anarchy in the Arena, Mercedes/Hayter and the rest of the card, plus all the news and more coming out of the show!

As a reminder, if anybody would like to send condolences to the family of our friend Dylan Shah after the sad news of his passing this week, please send them to [email protected]

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With a busy weekend, Benno and Matty jump on to talk WWE’s Saturday Night Main Event from last night featuring lots of ad breaks (or does it), and the return of Cody, John vs Ron, Punk and Sami together again and another memorable night for Jesse Ventura.They also talk WrestleMania in Vegas and argue about attendance numbers.

As a reminder, if anybody would like to send condolences to the family of our friend Dylan Shah after the sad news of his passing this week, please send them to [email protected]

GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Kings and Queen Of The Mountain - Conor O'Loughlin, Eddie Sideburns, Chris Platt, Carl Gac, Sophia Hitchcock & Simon Mulvaney!

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It's been a very tough couple of days for many in our community due to the news of the sad passing of Dylan Shah. Dylan was a friend of us all and a happy face we all will miss seeing at live shows up and down the country. His family have set up an email address for anybody who wants to pass on their condolences [email protected]. He'll be hugely missed.

On Spotlight this week, we talk the alleged launch of NXT Europe and what it all means, All Out Toronto and Forbidden Door sales as Darby climbs the mountain, Jeff Cobb becomes JC and all roads lead to AEW Double or Nothing, and to a lesser extent, WWE Saturday Night's Main Event.

SHOWNOTES

0:00 Dylan Shah

8:10 Intro, Plugs

28:44 NXT Europe

54:19 AEW Toronto, Forbidden Door, Double or Nothing, Darby Allin

1:24:35 WWE SNME, Jeff Cobb, Vince McMahon

1:41:55 NJPW, NOAH, AJPW, DSOTR

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Benno and Matty convene after their fiery Weekend Show preview to talk whether Backlash hit expectations and whether that is good enough, plus surprisingly agree on a few things as they talk McAfee vs Gunther, Goldberg rumours, Cena vs R-Truth and more coming out of the show, as well as more on the sad death of Sabu this week.

They also talk TNA and AAA, the rumoured Evolution show, AEW’s 300th Dynamite, Collision, Beach Break, Steve Maclin, the slow end of PWG and more!

SHOWNOTES0:00 Intro, Plugs, Corrie vs Emmerdale15:58 Sabu dies aged 6035:28 Backlash Review, WWE news1:41:48 AEW, NJPW, TNA, other news

GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Kings and Queen Of The Mountain - Conor O'Loughlin, Eddie Sideburns, Chris Platt, Carl Gac, Sophia Hitchcock & Simon Mulvaney! 

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Benno and JP catch up in a Spotlight proper as they talk AEW Forbidden Door’s record gate, as well as the CMLL and AAA proxy war with WWE announcements for TripleMania.

They also talk the WWE releases of Braun Strowman, Shayna Baysler and more, plus Naito leaving new Japan, some NOAH and lots more!

SHOWNOTES

0:00 Intro, Plugs

13:09 AEW Forbidden Door sales, CMLL, ROH releases, Okada vs Omega

1:02:51 WWE Releases, AAA contracts, Vince McMahon vs shareholders, Nick Khan

1:44:30 Naito leaves New Japan, Callum Newman vs Goto, Wrestling Dontaku, Other News

GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Kings and Queen Of The Mountain - Conor O'Loughlin, Eddie Sideburns, Chris Platt, Carl Gac, Sophia Hitchcock & Simon Mulvaney! 

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It’s a very special Spotlight this week as we have a compilation of Matty’s audio from his dream trip to WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas! Join him as he talks all of the highlights of his week including meeting Jey Uso, Damien Priest, his Wrestlecon adventure featuring TROY and (his new podcast co-host) AHMED as well as many other notable names (KURT!), his scrans of the week, his reviews of both nights of Mania, the Hall of Fame, Raw, being on Jaycataion and much, much more

Btw guess how much a coke zero is at the Fontainbleau Hotel….

Enjoy!

JP

SHOWNOTES

0:13 MattyMania - Friday

10:09 MattyMania - Saturday

31:51 MattyMania - Sunday

1:00:17 MattyMania - Monday

1:22:43 MattyMania - Tuesday

GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Kings and Queen Of The Mountain - Conor O'Loughlin, Eddie Sideburns, Chris Platt, Carl Gac, Sophia Hitchcock & Simon Mulvaney! 

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