GRAPPL Spotlight

Benno and JP are reunited on Spotlight and joined by special guest WH Park of POST Wrestling (and GRAPPL’s own “Hello There!”) to talk the build so far for AEW and New Japan’s Forbidden Door, the booking of a divisive episode of Dyanmite as AEW attempts to resolve the messy interim title situation, plus New Japan’s G1 Lineup announcement and major developments at Dominion as Jay White wins the IWGP title.

As well as all that we talk Jeff Hardy, Cyber Fight, JP’s trip to the holiday camps, WH’s surprising love for WWF 1996, Obi Wan Kinobi, Shooter Steph, Big Gulps, Genki Sudo, Roy Keane in Saipan and Rob Van Barrymore.

SHOWNOTES

00:20 Intro, Nonsense, WWF 1996, Plugs

42:04 Forbidden Door build so far, AEW Dynamite, Rampage

1:39:00 G1 Lineup announcement, Dominion

2:14:22 Cyber Fight Festival

Thanks to our patrons for supporting the podcast, with special thanks to current Kings Of The Mountain - Robert Brockie, Carl Gac, Günther Daniel, Conor O'Loughlin, Eddie Sideburns and Simon Mulvaney.

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Hello There! It's Vader Time in Part 4 of the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi and we go deep into an episode that mysteriously resembles A New Hope in many ways, some large plotholes including the shoddy security at Fortress Inquisitorius as well as loads of off wrestling talk and even some Eastenders/Corrie thoughts frrom WH!

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Almost home but stranded by COVID, Benno and Steph talk their trip to Vegas and LA and the latest on MJF, CM Punk's injury and AEW's complicated solution, as well as their live thoughts from Dynamite and some bonus notes from seeing Double or Nothing live. 

They also take questions from Patrons and talk Cody Rhodes, WWE Hell In A Cell, NXT Stand and Deliver, GCW, Mark Journos and much more!

SHOWNOTES

00:48 Intro, Vegas & LA

29:25 MJF

50:52 CM Punk vacates AEW title

1:12:33 Misc Live Double Or Nothing and Dynamite thoughts

1:33:13 Q&A (Cody, HIAC, NXT, Goto, Jeff jarrett and more!)

Thanks to our patrons for supporting the podcast, with special thanks to current Kings Of The Mountain - Robert Brockie, Carl Gac, Günther Daniel, Conor O'Loughlin and Eddie Sideburns.

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Hello There! It's Vader Time in Part 3 of the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi and we go deep into a Vader heavy episode, all time lightsaber fights and get into the various Easter eggs as well as loads of off wrestling talk

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WH Comic Recommendation

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Welcome to Episode 2 of the Karen Peterson Show as Karen is back to talk the big stories on the Puro and Joshi landscape! 

We get into the Hana Kimura Memorial Show: BAGUS!, the 5* Star Grand Prix, potentials imports, NJPW of America, BOSJ, Kota Ibushi, Forbidden Door AND CyberFight Festival. That's a fair bit. Oh and Tokyo Vice

Enjoy

Join GRAPPL Gareth and Matty for a historic episode of Souled Out Spotlight as they get into all 47 matches on 17 hour Double or Nothing (Bear Boulder vs Shawn Dean didn't need to be on PPV), whatever this MJF story is about and the Champions League final

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*SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 1 & 2 OF OBI-WAN KENOBI"

Hello There! And we branch out into the non-wrestling world for a podcast about the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi! We both got up far too early but we go into the first two episodes so join us as we talk our Star Wars fandom, Great O'Khan in Vegas before we get deep into these first two episodes and get into the various Easter eggs. We had great fun so hopefully this is the obi wan podcast you've been looking for

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With Benno upping sticks and going on holiday to Double or Nothing sho without telling anyone, JP is joined by GRAPPL Gareth & Matty! They dive around loads of news stories including Stephanie McMahon's leave of absence, Sasha & Naomi fallout, before getting into all things AEW and the upcoming Double or Nothing PPV this weekend (which Benno is at). They also talk Clash at the Castle, the sad demise of the Evoque, the mentalness that is WES aka NFT UK and the feedback to the recent RevPro show at York Hall. Even manage to squeeze in a little bit of BOSJ.

Before all that though they talk Terry Wogan, Eurovision, end of the Premier League season, the GRAPPL FPL league as well as other nonsense

Anyone know where Benno has gone?

SHOWNOTES

00:20 Intro, Nonsense,

25:30 Evoque, RevPro

45:00 Stephanie McMahon, Sasha & Naomi, Clash at the Castle, WES

1:22:00 AEW Double or Nothing Preview

2:29:50 BOSJ

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Benno and JP are joined by the great Alan 4L of PW Torch to talk the ongoing issues between Kota Ibushi and New Japan, as well as rumors of MJF contract issues. They also talk this week’s Dynamite and Rampage, plus another solid New Japan Strong PPV Capital Collision the BOSJ opening day, some King of Gate talk out of Dragon Gate and Miayahara vs Aoyagi from All Japan’s 50th Anniversary tour.

Before all that though they talk David Seaman, Nayim, Hipster Wrestling, TWA, Pat Kenny, Pat Tanaka, Knickerbocker Glories, Desmonds, German Teletext, 1PW and Justin Liger!

SHOWNOTES

00:20 Intro, Nonsense, Plugs

43:22 MJF Contract Speculation, AEW Dynamite, Rampage

2:00:00 Kota Ibushi, Capital Collision, BOSJ Day One

3:06:10 King of Gate, AJPW Anniversary

Thanks to our patrons for supporting the podcast, with special thanks to current Kings Of The Mountain - Robert Brockie, Carl Gac, Günther Daniel, Conor O'Loughlin and Eddie Sideburns.

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Benno and JP are joined by GRAPPL WWE correspondent Matty Edwards to talk WWE WrestleMania Backlash, Cody on Broken Skull Sessions and the Top 10 GRAPPL Matches of John Cena, plus a stellar Impact Under Siege, all the happenings from Dynamite and Rampage, Champions Carnival and even some MCW.

Before all that though we talk cutting onions, Dennis Waterman, Minder, Stephen Mulhern, Teletext, Bamboozle, Barrymore, David Duchovny, Oz and lots more!

SHOWNOTES

00:20 Intro, Nonsense, Plugs

35:50 Top 10 Cena Matches, Cody on Broken Skull Sessions, WrestleMania Backlash

1:23:42 Impact Under Siege

2:01:20 AEW Dynamite, Rampage

2:44:12 Champions Carnival Final, MCW Australia, Smackdown

Thanks to our patrons for supporting the podcast, with special thanks to current Kings Of The Mountain - Robert Brockie, Carl Gac, Günther Daniel, Conor O'Loughlin and Eddie Sideburns.

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