GRAPPL Wrestling Podcast

We were live tonight for Live Patrons and YouTube Members as me and Gareth talked AEW Worlds End from the weekend, the story of Mox and the Continental Classic, MJF, the AEW title picture coming out of the show and everything in between, as well as a couple of other news and notes from the last few days with Brandon Thurston's piece on Vince McMahon, the latest on Chris Jericho, William Regal and more.

Enjoy!

Benno

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In a special Christmas week edition of Spotlight, Rev Joe returns and joins me to talk all his thoughts heading into Worlds End week with the Continental Classic, his thoughts on MJF and the AEW title scene as a whole. We also talk John Cena on Cody Rhodes podcast and his thoughts on WWE going into the end of the year, the Wrestle Kingdom card (featuring Chris Brookes) and even some AAA.

(Also, Eastenders Christmas special, Brookside, Barrymore, the best items on a Roast Dinner, Coffee, Hammerstein, and many more tangents.)

Enjoy!

Benno

SHOWNOTES

0:00 Intro, Cena and Cody, WWE in 2025, CM Punk

50:11 AEW Worlds End, Continental Classic, Christmas Roasts

1:57:18 NJPW, AAA, Joe's Films and TV of the year

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 & Marty Ellis!

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Benno and Matty talk John Cena's retirement, the reaction to Paul Levesque and all the other fallout from Saturday Night's Main Event at the weekend as well as AEW in the UK and all the other news and notes of the week.

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 & Marty Ellis!

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Hey all,

On the Weekend show this week Gareth fills in as we catch up on AEW with Winter is Coming Dynamite as well as talk the upcoming weekend in Cardiff (and Manchester), John Cena's retirement at SNME and everything else going on this week.

Note from Benno - As you will hear on the show or may have already seen, JP is taking some time away for his own health after a difficult week. He’s safe, he’s getting support, and we’re giving him all the time and space he needs. Thank you for your patience, kindness and support — it means a lot to the rest of us and more than anything to JP for all the love given this week.

Thanks

Benno

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Benno and Matty review WWE Survivor Series from the weekend and debate the happenings (or lack there of) from the show with two War Games matches, John Cena's last PPV match and apparently, directions set for WrestleMania.

They then talk Samoa Joe winning the AEW title and Matty's views on it, Eddie Kingston, TNA's new TV deal and other happenings from the week in wrestling.

SHOWNOTES

0:00 Intro, Plugs

12:11 WWE Survivor Series Review, state of WWE booking, Raw

1:13:24 AEW, Samoa Joe, Eddie Kingston, TNA TV Deal

1:43:30 GRAPPL Patreon Preview - The GRAPPL Syxxtape

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 & Marty Ellis!

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On Spotlight this week Gareth joins Benno to talk AEW Full Gear 2025 with the shocking main event result of Samoa Joe beating Hangman Page, what it means for Hangman and Joe, Hook's involvement and the return of Swerve Strickland.

They also talk Mark Briscoe beating Kyle Fletcher, Moxley vs O'Reilly, FTR vs Brodido, Darby vs Pac and the rest of another long night in New Jersey.

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 & Marty Ellis!

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We were live tonight as promised for a Tony Khan style megashow as we catchup on all the news and big Spotlight topics this week with Tony Khan on Helwani, TNA's mad week, more on WrestleKingdom and big returns on WWE Raw, as well the Weekend Previews with AEW Full Gear upon us, and last night's Dynamite to talk.

Enjoy!

Benno

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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 & Marty Ellis!

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Benno and JP on another Wednesday Spotlight talk the announcement of Okada vs Tanahashi for WrestleKingdom, Nakamura and Naito rumours, and more drama between AEW and WWE, plus the Nixon Newell and Miranda Alize story, Ridge Holland’s confusing statements and the other big news stories of the week.

They also talk the state of Eddie Kingson, the US indies, Pro Wrestling Eve, Chris Jericho, NOAH and Rev Pro, as well as a bizarre Jey Uso and Chelsea story, Michael Owen and Hulk Hogan, CM Punk’s hair and a Linkin Park Lucha show.

SHOWNOTES

0:00 Intro, Plugs

26:01 WrestleKingdom, Okada vs Tanahashi, Nakamura, Naito rumours

48:03 Nixon Newell, Mirana Alize, Ridge Holland

1:02:11 Deadlock, Prestige, state of the US Indies, EVE

1:22:39 AEW Cardiff, Manchester sales, Eddie Kingson, Full Gear

1:33:19 Chris Jericho, TNA Bound for Glory

1:41:22 WWE, Raw, CM Punk, Dom vs John

1:57:42 NOAH, Rev Pro, And Finally

2:14:25 5 to 1 TIERLIST PREVIEW

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 & Marty Ellis!

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Benno and JP return for a Wednesday Spotlight as they talk Benno’s trip to Tokyo and everything he missed from the last couple of weeks with a catch up on AEW and all the fallout from WrestleDream and build to Blood and Guts and Full Gear. They also catch up on New Japan and the card for WrestleKingdom, as well as WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event, CM Punk’s world title win and more.

SHOWNOTES

0:00 Intro

4:23 Benno in Tokyo

30:35 Plugs, November Schedule

37:28 AEW, WrestleDream follow-up, Full Gear

1:10:15 NJPW, WrestleKingdom card

1:28:48 WWE, SNME, CM Punk

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It's a new episode of TIME, a nostalgic look back through the four pillars of culture - Music, Films, TV and Sport!

Join us as we cover everything happening in November 2003 in TIME!

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