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Benno and JP chat the last week of AEW with some high rated matches over the weekend on Battle of the Belts and Rampage, as well as angle developments on Dynamite with Elite drama - before being joined by the great Karen Peterson to talk her own thoughts on AEW, the breaking news of further hush money payments by Vince McMahon being identified, plus Raw and Smackdown from this week.

They then get into the latest from the G1 after a big weekend in Osaka with Karen bringing strong thoughts related to the IWGP Womens Title and running through the highlights from Stardom’s 5 Star Grand Prix so far. JP also attempts to review MCW.

SHOWNOTES

0:10 Intro

16:25 AEW Battle of the Belts, Rampage, Dynamite

34:44 Karen Peterson joins, more AEW

1:02:22 New Vince McMahon payments, WWE Smackdown, Raw

1:30:10 New Japan G1, IWGP Womens Title

2:32:56 Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix

2:48:00 MCW Ballroom Brawl

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Benno and JP are joined for the first part of the show this week by Twitter’s Allan Cheapshot to talk the Weekend Of Jeff, with two huge shows his weekend in SummerSlam and Ric Flair’s Last Match featuring master worker Jeff Jarett, plus some notable switches in WWE creative and two very different but very memorable big matches in Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns and Ric Flair and Andrade vs Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal..

They also talk the state of WWE in general and Allan sounds off on New Japan launching a women’s belt before Benno and JP talk the latest from the G1 and AEW Dynamite and Rampage from the last week!

SHOWNOTES

00:24 Intro

19:11 WWE, Summerslam, Raw

1:09:00 Ric Flair’s Last Match

1:43:40 New Japan G1

1:50:15 AEW Dynamite

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Benno and JP are joined for the first hour of the show by Kingpin Will Cooling of the Pro Wrestling Torch to break down everything Vince McMahon coming out of his shock resignation, amongst allegations of sexual misconduct and hush money payments. They talk the possibilities for a Triple H led WWE creative, it’s effects on AEW, and what’s next for Vince McMahon with the possibility of further investigation.

Benno and JP then talk the Jonathan Gresham and Tony Khan bust up at ROH’s Death Before Dishonor PPV at the weekend as well as the rest of the ROH card, plus an ill-advised Barbed Wire Everywhere Match from AEW Dynamite last week, the return of Bryan Danielson, Week Two of the G1 and Benno’s live experiences at Rev Pro and TNT this week!

SHOWNOTES

01:10 Intro

02:09 Vince McMahon resigns in disgrace

1:15:20 Gresham, ROH Death Before Dishonor

2:03:40 AEW Dynamite

2:17:15 G1 Week Two

2:21:50 Rev Pro Summer Sizzler, TNT

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In the middle Heatwave '22, Benno and JP reunite as JP returns from Turkey and Benno recovers from the 24 Hour Podcast Marathon to talk Jeff Jarrett’s world as Control F Jeff is once again the centre of the universe for Ric Flair's retirement match and Summerslam weekend. They also talk G1 opening weekend, some positive booking in Pro Wrestling NOAH and rumours of the return of Kenny Omega to AEW!

SHOWNOTES

00:16 Intro

00:00 Ric Flair Retirement Show, Jeff Jarrett, Titus O’Neil, Mike Elgin

00:00 Kenny Omega, AEW Dynamite and Rampage

0:00:00 AEW Dynamite, Rampage

0:00:00 G1 Opening Weekend

0:00:00 Pro Wrestling NOAH Destination

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In a wild roaming edition of Spotlight, JP is away so Benno is instead joined by Matty Edwards, with the lads in turn joined for the intro by Martin Bushby to talk Martin and Benno’s charity stream coming up this weekend (and some Rev Pro live in Sheffield), as well as a late appearance from GRAPPL Gareth who joins to help out with a listener Q&A and talk AEW, Matty’s BOLA DVD's, this week’s Impact and the latest on Vince McMahon - plus some bonus run-ins from Shooter Steph Chase.

All this, plus Pointless, Top 5 GIGS, low rent Brit Wres, Saved by the Bell, The Word and Braden Walker.

SHOWNOTES

00:20 Intro, Martin talks the charity stream, Rev Pro

31:29 Vince McMahon

49:37 Gareth joins the show, Top 5 Gigs

1:17:34 PWG BOLA, Impact

1:46:10 AEW Dynamite, Rampage

2:03:13 Ask The Business Q&A

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It’s a packed and busy edition of Spotlight as Matty Edwards joins Benno and JP to run down a well received Blood and Guts from AEW, a WWE Money in the Bank show where WWE (allegedly) attempts to make new stars and an Impact Slammiversary show with a genuine MOTY contender.

All this, plus we talk some matches we’ve been watching from NXT, Stardom, DDT, NJ Strong and MLW, as well as some chat on the NWA, WWF ‘97, the San Francisco 49ers match, Russo (it’s a Matty show) and Art House Steve Austin.

SHOWNOTES

00:20 Intro, nonsense, plugs

29:55 WWE Money in the Bank, Theory, Logan Paul

1:01:20 Impact Against All Odds

1:38:15 AEW Money in the Bank

2:36:28 Stardom, DDT, NXT, MLW, NJ Strong

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After a long much maligned build, Forbidden Door is finally here as Benno and JP go in depth on the AEW and NJPW co-branded show and talk everything on the card with Moxley vs Tanahashi for the AEW interim title, the IWGP world title four way, a much praised undercard and all the news coming out of the show as Claudio Castagnoli debuts, Shibata appears and much more!

SHOWNOTES

00:20 Intro, Nonsense, Plugs

22:13 Forbidden Door Review

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Hello There! And it's the season finale of the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi and we wrap up Episodes 5 & 6 (having Covid didn't help. Join me and WH as we tear into some of the plot contrivances, a great lightsaber battle, overall thoughts on the series and where does Star Wars go next. Oh and there is also some pre-Forbidden Door wrestling talk at the start

Enjoy!

Theme Song: Hello There (The Democracy on the High Ground Song) by Isaac 2187

WH Comic Recommendations:

• Darth Vader by Kieron Gillen & Salvador Larroca Vol. 1
• Vol. 2
• Vol. 3
• Vol. 4

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This episode of the GRAPPL Patreon Weekend Show is available free to all here and in video on the GRAPPL YouTube feed.

If you'd like to to support GRAPPL you can use our link to order Forbidden Door via the GRAPPL website - we get a kickback from FITE and it won't cost you a penny more.

In a special Forbidden Door themed Weekend Show, we talked all the day's news with Tony Khan's conference call and AEW ratings in from Wednesday night.

We also reviewed the Dynamite ahead of Forbidden Door, as well as previewed the big show itself, and everything else going on this weekend with shows from Stardom and more!

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Benno and JP talk a wild weekend of wrestling news as Vince McMahon appears on Raw and Smackdown in the midst of hush money allegations, plus AEW has a rough week for ratings for Dynamite and Rampage amidst a continued messy build to Forbidden Door.

They also talk Impact’s well received Slammiversary show from the weekend, as well as a less well received TripleMania card, Will Ospreay vs Nick Wayne at GCW and the announcement of the G1 Blocks for this years tournament.

SHOWNOTES

00:20 Intro, BWE is dead, 24 Hour Charity stream

18:15 Vince McMahon

49:33 Forbidden Door build, AEW Dynamite and Rampage, Ratings

1:38:27 G1 Blocks announced

1:48:07 Impact Slammiversary

2:19:15 TripleMania, Ospreay vs Wayne

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