Lawrence O’Brien

Lawrence, Izzac and Jahmale focus on the bevy of happenings and shows in Puro during the jam packed time of Christmas through the beginning of January!

Welcome to the the first episode of PITR spinoff series Puro In The Flesh, where we talk to fans that have made the trip to Japan to see wrestling shows and get their perspective of what it's like to be in Japan and see wrestling there! Miriam (@Flame286)is our first guest and tells us about her numerous trips to Japan for the past couple years, some crazy post wrestling bar trips, and encounters with wrestlers!

Izzac, Lawrence and Jahmale are together once again and we talk the AJPW and BJW tag league finals, Hideki Suzuki going in for business for himself on the BJW 25th anniversary show and BJW's continued struggles. big cards for AJPW, NOAH and more around the New Year, the New Year's tag team shuffle show lineup...and Masakatsu Funaki vs Dan Severn!? In Shinkiba!?

Lawrence and Izzac are joined by special guest and long time friend of the show, the Realhero himself, Jahmale of puro uploads fame! We talk some big December show cards for NOAH, Big Japan and Wrestle-1, the Stronghearts touring what seems like every (and we mean EVERY)Japan Indie, The Destroyer Memorial show and much more. Izzac and Lawrence do puro match recommendations on the second half of the show.

Izzac and Lawrence make a surprise return to podcasting with the relaunch of Puro In The Rough! We come back at a perfect time as we get to discuss THREE big Ryogoku shows held by NOAH, DDT and BJW all within days of each other this month. We also talk about the crazy NXT Japan rumblings, Minoru Suzuki possible landing spots if he leaves NJPW and more!