We are back with all your All Japan coverage for the month of May. Join us for all the highlights coming out of Super Power Series including four major title matches and one "surprising" betrayal. We also discuss some of AJPW's exciting match and guest announcements for the next tour and preview All Together Again coming up on June 9th.

Find TTC's recommended matches on our blog. Support Joe Doering in his battle against cancer by making a gift to his gofundme.

Follow Jessie at @royalroad72 or @SisterJessiee for more All Japan news.

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A special thank you to Celia for all of our amazing Talking Triple Crown graphics!

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Theme song credit: Combustible Sushi written and performed by Don Shenenberger, ASCAP, Cabin Hill Media, LLC.

We are back with the first installment of our new monthly series with a review of Pro Wrestling NOAH's "NOAH Majestic" from Ryogoku. Captain Lou joins us to discuss the highs and lows of the card in addition to a check in on the evergreen "I am NOAH" storyline as we approach the midway point through the year. We get into some deep AXIZ lore, give our extensive thoughts on Jake Lee's GHC heavyweight reign thus far, answer a few listener questions, and more.

Follow Captain Lou on twitter @CaptainLouJapan. Read his reviews for promotions like Pro Wrestling NOAH and All Japan at Happy Wrestling Land.

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Jessie, Rachel, and first-time Talking Triple Crown guest Deswarey break down All Japan's Champion Carnival and walk through the best matches and moments of the tournament, plus a full review of May 7th's Ota Ward show. They also discuss some big match announcements coming up for the promotion, a round of news, and Carnival-inspired match recommendations. Please note, this episode was recorded on Tuesday, May 9th before the announcement Shotaro Ashino had broken his arm and would no longer be competing for the Triple Crown on May 29th.

Find TTC's recommended matches on our blog. Support Joe Doering in his battle against cancer by making a gift to his gofundme.

Follow Deswarey on Twitter @Deswarey.

Follow Jessie at @royalroad72 or @SisterJessiee for more All Japan news.

Follow Rachel & Alicia at @kickout299, email us with questions and feedback for TCC or otherwise at [email protected]. Support out work with a gift on ko-fi.

A special thank you to Celia for all of our amazing Talking Triple Crown graphics!

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Theme song credit: Combustible Sushi written and performed by Don Shenenberger, ASCAP, Cabin Hill Media, LLC.

This week, we are bringing you the third installment of our Rivals Series - All Japan Pro Wrestling's NEXTREAM. In part 1, we will cover the storied rivalry of Kento Miyahara and Jake Lee and in part 2, we will pick up with Kento's relationships with Yuma Aoyagi and Naoya Nomura. Throughout, we will discuss Kento's careful use of language to build three distinct generational rivals.

Please consider making a gift to our ko-fi to help support our work. For your professional translation needs, we highly recommend Kana. Our friend @Deswarey put together a playlist of all available matches in Jake and Kento's rivalry, which you can check out here. An extensive list of works cited for this episode will be available on our blog.

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This week, we are bringing you a book release party to celebrate our wonderful friend Sarah Kurchak's sophomore effort, Work It Out: A Mood-Boosting Exercise Guide for People Who Just Want to Lie Down out April 18th via Quirk Books. Sarah shares with us what inspired her to write Work It Out and how this book can help people incorporate exercise into their routines realistically. We also talk about Daisuke Sasaki and DDT.

Follow Sarah on Twitter at @fodderfigure. Pre-order Work It Out: A Mood-Boosting Exercise Guide for People Who Just Want to Lie Down due out April 2023 here. Buy her book I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir here.

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Join Jessie, Alicia, and our guest Smiley as we discuss All Japan's Dream Power Series throughout the month of March. Highlights include the big Ota Ward show, where we've landed with Kento Miyahara and Noah's Masa Kitamiya, and a preview of what's to come in April with Champion Carnival.

Find TTC's recommended matches on our blog. Support Joe Doering in his battle against cancer by making a gift to his gofundme.

Follow Smiley at his new twitter account @Smiley_1933.

Follow Jessie at @royalroad72 or @SisterJessiee for more All Japan news.

Follow Rachel & Alicia at @kickout299, email us with questions and feedback for TCC or otherwise at [email protected]. Support out work with a gift on ko-fi.

Special thanks to Celia for all of our amazing Talking Triple Crown graphics!

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Theme song credit: Combustible Sushi written and performed by Don Shenenberger, ASCAP, Cabin Hill Media, LLC.

Join us for a conversation with artist and author Matt Charlton to celebrate the release of his new book, A Companion on a Road Less Travelled, which features five humanizing entries from professional wrestlers Tom Lawlor, Royce Isaacs, Jetta, AKARI, and Bryan Keith. We discuss the inspiration behind the project, Matt's wonderful accompanying illustrations, questions from Twitter, and truly so much more.

Follow Matt Charlton @ShiningWizardDS and purchase Road Less Travelled and Matt's other works here. Reach out to him on Twitter to inquire about purchasing his art work.

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This week, we bring you an episode all about Stardom's storytelling style with Dana, a passionate Stardom fan well known for her translation work and coverage of the promotion. We also discuss how this storytelling style compares to other puroresu promotions and how English-speaking fans interact with them.

You can follow Dana on Twitter @ItsDanaNow, visit her Stardom blog, and check out her tumblr pages: Dana's Stardom tumblr and her personal tumblr. You can also send her a gift via her Ko-fi to support her excellent translation work.

A transcription of this episode is available via our blog.

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TTC is back with coverage of All Japan's February tour, Excite Series, plus a conversation around AJPW's match at the Tokyo Dome against NOAH for Keiji Muto's Last Love Hold Out. We talk about the very best matches and moments of the month and where we think All Japan is headed next during what promises to be an exciting year.

Find TTC's recommended matches on our blog. Support Joe Doering in his battle against cancer by making a gift to his gofundme.

Follow Jessie at @royalroad72 or @SisterJessiee for more All Japan news.

Follow Rachel & Alicia at @kickout299, email us with questions and feedback for TCC or otherwise at [email protected]. Support out work with a gift on ko-fi.

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Theme song credit: Combustible Sushi written and performed by Don Shenenberger, ASCAP, Cabin Hill Media, LLC.

Today, we are bringing you a very special episode: a review, or "companion piece", to Keiji Muto's Last Love Hold Out, a retirement spectacle that saw many, as Katsuhiko Nakajima put it, "endings, beginnings, and reunions". Captain Lou and Justin Knipper joined us for a match-by-match discussion on our favorite moments and storylines from the show, and what we hope to see for the future as wrestling bids the Hesei era goodbye.

Follow Captain Lou @CaptainLouJapan and read his review of Keiji Muto's Last Love Hold Out and many others at Happy Wrestling Land.

Follow Justin Knipper @justinmknipper and listen to his podcast Write That Down! with Fumi Saito via the Fight Game Media Network (subscribe to get all their episodes wherever you listen to your podcasts).

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