GRAPPL Spotlight

As announced during the Match Of The Year podcast recording we'll be LIVE in Leeds on WrestleMania Sunday 3rd April with our friends from the British Wrestling Experience and Graps and Claps for an afternoon of three LIVE podcasts at the Northern Monk Refectory, followed by an afterparty at the Hooked On Events live viewing of WrestleMania on the night, at Walkabout Leeds.

Tickets will be available from Monday 24th January from GRAPPLapp.com with discounted tickets to Hooked On Wrestling provided if you wish to stay for the night's festivities.

Hope to see you all there!

Announcement Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBxtStR9jqw

In a bumper episode, Benno, JP and Gareth talk a busy week in wrestling as they talk all three days of Wrestle Kingdom with Okada vs Ospreay and Shingo, and the NOAH interpromtional show, plus a packed week for AEW with the Danielson vs Hangman rematch, Rampage, and Battle of the Belts.

They also talk Impact Hard to Kill, WWE releases from this week, Royal Rumble announcements and yes, William Regal. 

SHOWNOTES

00:10 Intro, Regal

16:50 WWE Releases, Royal Rumble announcements

52:45 New Japan Wrestle Kingdom Day 1, 2 and 3

2:47:13 Hangman vs Danielson, Dynamite, Rampage, Battle of the Belts

3:25:23 Impact Hard to Kill

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

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Due to this week's wacky schedule, Spotlight will be at the weekend, but in the mean time, find here a special Monday edition of our usual Patreon News & Previews show as we preview all three nights of Wrestle Kingdom, as well as talk the latest news with the big PROGRESS Takeover news and Big Tone's bad weekend on Twitter.

We also talk the results from WWE, NOAH & STARDOM at the weekend and preview everything happening this mad week with NJ vs NOAH, AEW's debut on TBS, Rampage, Impact, NXT 2.0 and more!

SHOWNOTES

00:10 Intro

08:53 PROGRESS Takeover

36:06 Tony Khan & Big Swole

46:19 WWE Day 1 Results

53:04 GCW Jeff Jarrett Results

59:13 NOAH New Year Results

1:05:25 STARDOM Results  

1:12:00 Wrestle Kingdom Preview 

1:41:30 AEW on TBS Preview, Rampage, Battle of the Belts

1:55:39 Impact Hard to Kill 

2:00:11 NXT 2.0 New Years Evil

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

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It’s the 2021 GRAPPL & Friends Christmas Q&A Spectacular as we are joined by friends of the show Matty Edwards, Allan Cheapshot, Andy & Geoff Ogden, Alan & Sarah 4L, Davie Portman, Eddie Sideburns, WH Park, Suit Williams, Will Cooling, patrons Carl Gac, Simon Mulvaney and more to answer your questions!

You can get the full 6 hour recording session unedited on the GRAPPL YouTube in glorious video, or in audio free for all on the GRAPPL Patreon (and for patrons of all levels, in their personal RSS feed)

JP is fine, we're pretty sure.

SHOWNOTES

00:10 Intro

17:10 Matty Edwards

47:48 The Ogdens

1:10:23 Allan Cheapshot

1:48:19 Alan and Sarah 4L

2:25:48 Davie Portman

3:14:10 Eddie Sideburns

3:32:10 WH Park

3:59:52 Suit Williams

4:15:39 Will Cooling

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

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Benno, JP and Gareth discuss Kevin Owens re-signing with WWE in a reported multimillion dollar deal, as well as the big match of the week Hangman Page vs. Bryan Danielson that has attracted lots of 5 star ratings on the GRAPPL App.

They also talk the rest of the goings on from the Winter is Coming edition of Dynamite and Rampage, New Japan's BOSJ and Tag League finals, as well as the final cards for WrestleKingdom, NJPW vs NOAH and some Aussie Graps with the big PWA vs MCW show from this weekend!

SHOWNOTES

00:10 Intro

27:14 Kevin Owens re-signs with WWE

38:10 Hangman vs Danielson, AEW Winter is Coming

1:39:40 New Japan BOSJ, Tag League, Wrestle Kingdom cards

2:19:00 PWA vs MCW

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

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As mentioned on the show we’re delighted to partner with Top Rope Brewing to help them celebrate 5 years of making wrestling themed beer! They’ve created a GRAPPL birthday pack which you can order at https://grapplapp.com/support - use the code GRAPPLMANIA for free delivery!

Benno, JP and Gareth discuss the final ROH show for now, ROH Final Battle 2021 and talk the news coming out of the show with Jonathan Gresham becoming ROH champion, FTR and Deonna Perrazo appearing and what it all means for the landscape of wrestling going forward. They also discuss the breaking news of the sad passing of Jimmy Rave, talking memories of him in ROH and TNA.

They also talk AEW Dynamite and Rampage with the debut of HOOK, a completely different first half hour of Dynamite with Punk and MJF switching roles plus Cody, the build for Winter is Coming and Gareth's trip to NORTH, with some quick New Japan chat at the end!

SHOWNOTES

00:10 Intro

20:50 Jimmy Rave

33:01 ROH Final Battle 2021

1:27:08 AEW Dynamite, Rampage, HOOK

2:23:45 NORTH Wrestling

2:45:10 New Japan Strong, BOSJ, Tag League

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

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As mentioned on the show we’re delighted to partner with Top Rope Brewing to help them celebrate 5 years of making wrestling themed beer! They’ve created a GRAPPL birthday pack which you can order at https://grapplapp.com/support - use the code GRAPPLMANIA for free delivery!

After a week off Benno, JP and Gareth are back to catchup on AEW with discussion of MJF vs Punk, the Danielson vs Hangman build to Winter is Coming and just what is going on with Cody Rhodes.

They also talk NXT War Games, NOAH with the highly regarded Kenoh vs Nakajima match from The Best, as well as Fake TripleMania, some STARDOM, Gareth's trip to TNT and more!

SHOWNOTES

00:10 Intro, The GRAPPL Million, Steve Austin in ECW

26:30 AEW Catchup, Punk vs MJF, Cody, Ratings

1:31:12 NXT War Games, Kyle O'Reilly and Johnny Gargano

1:55:05 NOAH Kenoh vs Nakajima, STARDOM

2:15:37 TripleMania Regia

2:24:40 TNT Extreme, Alexxis Falcon vs Lizzy Evo

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

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Due to scheduling issues and sickness GRAPPL Spotlight will be back next week, however in the meantime, enjoy this preview of our GRAPPL Patreon 5 to 1 episode from this month. You can get shows like this, our Weekend Preview Show, JP's Daily Updates, our Mixtapes, Film Clubs, Deep Cuts, Flashback reviews and more at Patreon.com/GRAPPL!

In this edition of GRAPPL 5 to 1, the great Matty Edwards joins us as we talk our Top 5 Favourite Wrestlers of all time (and more importantly, discuss our Top 5 Chocolate Bars of all time!)

Listen as we countdown our picks and sound off in the comments with your own personal Top 5's! 

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

Visit Patreon.com/GRAPPL and join us for bonus podcasts, LIVE video episodes of Spotlight and more!

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We’re delighted to partner with Top Rope Brewing to help them celebrate 5 years of making wrestling themed beer! They’ve created a GRAPPL birthday pack which you can order at https://grapplapp.com/support - use the code GRAPPLMANIA for free delivery!

As mentioned on the show we’re delighted to partner with Top Rope Brewing to help them celebrate 5 years of making wrestling themed beer! They’ve created a GRAPPL birthday pack which you can order at https://grapplapp.com/support - use the code GRAPPLMANIA for free delivery!

Benno, JP and Gareth talk yet more WWE releases as the company releases Hit Row, John Morrison, Nixon Newell and more, as well as talk WWE Survivor Series. They also talk New Japan vs NOAH announcements, AEW's first Dynamite in the Hangman Page era, as well as Rampage, MLW and more!

SHOWNOTES

00:14 Intro

31:55 WWE Releases, Survivor Series

1:31:01 New Japan vs NOAH

1:56:15 AEW Dynamite, Rampage

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

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If you decide to purchase AEW Full Gear on FITE please support GRAPPL and order it using the link on our website https://grapplapp.com/support

It won’t cost a penny more and helps support the app!

In an early Sunday night edition of Spotlight, Benno, JP and GRAPPL Gareth talk AEW Full Gear with the most anticipated match of the year as Hangman Page defeats Kenny Omega, as well as the rest of the card with strong matches from MJF and Darby Allin, Bryan Danilson vs Miro, CM Punk and Eddie Kingston have a banger, Jay Lethal debuts,and more!

SHOWNOTES

00:04 Intro

12:55 AEW Full Gear Review

If you decide to purchase AEW Full Gear on FITE please support GRAPPL and order it using the link on our website https://grapplapp.com/support

It won’t cost a penny more and helps support the app!

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

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