Must See Matches

The glass smashes for JP Houlihan from GRAPPL Spotlight to talk with Mark & Kieran about the first televised match between "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Bret "The Hitman" Hart from Survivor Series 1996 - November 17, 1996.

PLUS: The Ringmster, Wayne's World, “Sony’s PlayStation, featuring the hit video game Crash Bandicoot, presents In Your House: Buried Alive”, Pillman's got a gun, The Sad Guy and Kevin Wish, Kazuki Hashimoto, Toy Story and much more.

Follow the project and podcast on Twitter, Instagram & Mastodon: @MustSeeMatches // http://linktr.ee/mustseematches

Follow Mark: @monkey_buckles

Follow Kieran: @kieranedits

Follow JP: @JPjipeee // Follow GRAPPL: @GRAPPLapp // patreon.com/GRAPPL

MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.

The Podcast is not even once until now! St. Louis Anarchy Wrestling’s Sean Orleans returns to talk Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles (and the fallout therefrom) from Wrestle Kingdom 10 on January 4, 2016.

Follow Sean: @seanorleans and St Louis Anarchy Wrestling: @stlanarchy

Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles

MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.

Jamie from DramaticDDT joins Mark and Kieran on a very special episode, for reasons we get into, to cover the ASUKA vs. Akito IPPON Lighttube Death Match from DDT's Wrestle Peter Pan 2019 on July 15, 2019; the ONLY singles match these two have ever had!

PLUS: The politics of covering Japanese wrestling, blow-up dolls, a dip into ancient DDT history, the comedy genius of Yukinori Matsui, Sugi/Yoshitsune/El Blazer, and much more!

Follow the project and podcast on Twitter: @MustSeeMatches http://linktr.ee/mustseematches

Follow Jamie @DramaticDDT// @jamieOD // DramaticDDT.wordpress.com

Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles

MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.

Men with a mission, Kieran & Mark break the contradictions to welcome back Eastern Lariat's Dylan Fox to talk the 2018 G1 final: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi from August 12, 2018.

PLUS: Rey Misterio Jr., Open The Voice Gate, Mike Bailey (for the second week in a row), Ikuto Hidaka, “a constant dripping tease”, Katsuyori Shibata, Terminator Tanahashi, the G1 trophy IRL, and the "daddy or chips" question: Okada or Tanahashi?

Follow the project and podcast on Twitter: @MustSeeMatches http://linktr.ee/mustseematches

Follow Dylan @Viva_Zero and Eastern Lariat @EasternLariat

Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles

MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.

It's another famous series we're tackling in the wrong order! Pro-Wrestling Torch's Rich Fann (and all that implies) joins us to talk one hour of Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega from New-Japan's Dominion 6.11, June 11, 2017.

Follow the project and podcast on Twitter: @MustSeeMatches

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Follow Rich and the Torch: @rich_fann // @pwtorch // pwtorch.com

Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles

MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.

Independent wrestler of note, Daniel Makabe joins Kieran & Mark to talk one of his all-time favourite matches: The 1988 Real World Tag League Final of Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada from December 16, 1988.

PLUS: Car washes, Al Tomko ’s All-Star Wrestling, The Destroyer, ramen, “the most mountainous evil combination in history”, the balance of a tag team, Captain New-Japan, the folding powerbomb, VPW2, and “Speedball” Mike Bailey.

Follow the project and podcast on Twitter: @MustSeeMatches

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Follow Daniel: @danielmakabe

Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles

MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.

Adrenaline, in our souls! Eddie Sideburns, on the show! 

And he's here to talk with Kieran & Mark about modern classic, Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes from the first ever AEW show, Double or Nothing on May 25, 2019.

Follow the project and podcast on Twitter: @MustSeeMatches

http://linktr.ee/mustseematches

Follow Eddie: @eddiesideburns

Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles

MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.

Closing music: "Cody Rhodes - Kingdom (Final Fantasy Boss Version)" by J.D. Spears. https://youtu.be/pW1b1XmeF08

Creator of the finest video essays on pro-wrestling, Joseph Montecillo joins Mark & Kieran to talk the second ever All-Japan Pro-Wrestling Triple Crown defence: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu from June 5, 1989.

Honestly, worth it alone for the story of how Joseph became a wrestling fan.

Follow the project and podcast on Twitter: @MustSeeMatches

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Follow Joseph: @josephweirdness

Support Joseph's work: youtube.com/c/JosephMontecilloYT // @thateggsobig 

Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles

MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.

Joshi historian, Alex returns to guide Mark & Kieran through probably the wildest match covered so far: Dump Matsumoto vs. Yukari Omori from March 20, 1986.

Plus Mark’s reading habits, the Greatest Wrestler Ever project, another Mark wacky travel story, Devil Masami, dubious hairstyles, pioneering violence, and another tremendous history lesson.

http://linktr.ee/mustseematches

Follow Alex: @NOAHs_savior

Support Alex's work: isayyousayheisei.home.blog/ // ko-fi.com/noahs_savior // We Don't Know Wrestling Podcast  Network

Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles

MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.

Eamonn Bell joins Kieran & Mark to get deep in the weeds on “the Dragon Gate six-man”: Do FIXER (Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito & Dragon Kid) vs. Blood Generation (CIMA, Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi) from Supercard of Honor on March 31, 2006.

We talk about the match itself, the history behind it, its legacy and influences, the Dragon Gate of January 2023, and much, much more.

Plus, The Wrestling Channel, computer viruses, ROHbots, WCW, a look at the Dragon System then and now, and the most press Magnitude Kishiwada has had in at least 15 years.

Follow the project and podcast on Twitter/IG: @MustSeeMatches

http://linktr.ee/mustseematches

Kieran: @kieranedits Mark: @monkey_buckles

Follow Eammon: @no_more_mutants

MUSIC: "Chuck Kick Ass" by Nicolas Jeudy. Used under license from Dark Fantasy Studio.