Karen Peterson and Bruce Lord review NJPW Windy City Riot at the Wintrust Arena with Hiroshi Tanahashi bidding America farewell in his final U.S match against Konosuke Takeshita and Hirooki Goto defending the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Shota Umino.   

Plus: Zane Jay heads to Japan to prepare for his debut. Shirakawa vs. AZM ends in a double countout. Ishii dethrones Kidd in Sudden Death. Young Bucks issue a challenge to The War Dogs for Resurgence (and they’re not arriving outnumbered). Takeshita and ELP bump heads at the show’s end. 

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NJPW Windy City Riot 2025

April 11, 2025

Wintrust Arena, Chicago, Illinois

• Hiroshi Tanahashi’s Final USA Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. KONOSUKE TAKESHITA - Recommended
• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shota Umino
• David Finlay vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. - Recommended
• El Phantasmo & Rocky Romero vs. Tetsuya Naito & Titán
• NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship Ironman Match: Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii - Recommended
• NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Championships: World Class Wrecking Crew (c) vs. Intergalactic Jetsetters
• NJPW STRONG Women’s Number One Contender’s Match: Mina Shirakawa vs. AZM
• TJP vs. Tom Lawlor
• Kickoff: STRONG SURVIVOR Match: Zane Jay (NJPW STRONG SURVIVOR) vs. CJ Tino

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John Pollock & Neal Flanagan review WWE SmackDown featuring the face-to-face segment between Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite with Swerve Strickland taking on PAC, and the Young Bucks explaining their actions at Dynasty.

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Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review WWE NXT from April 8th, 2025 featuring Oba Femi, Trick Williams & Je’Von Evans vs Dark State! 

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• Izzi Dame vs Wren Sinclair (NXT Women’s North American Championship Qualifying Match)
• Wes Lee vs Yoshiki Inamura
• Hank & Tank vs The Culling

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John Pollock and Brandon Thurston discuss the latest filings in the ring boy lawsuit, and welcome Brandon Ross and Richard Deitsch.

Richard Deitsch from The Athletic joins the show to speak about WWE’s transition to Netflix, the impact of the first WrestleMania on the platform, and the brand's popularity while transferring its leadership away from Vince McMahon.

Brandon Ross of LightShed Partners discusses the economic impact on the media industry, specifically TKO, as it shops the UFC and WWE streaming rights.

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00:03:48 WWE, Vince & Linda McMahon respond to ring boy lawsuit

00:13:57 Brandon Ross of LightShed Ventures

00:41:12 Richard Deitsch from The Athletic

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• Vince McMahon & WWE respond to ring boy lawsuit
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John Pollock and Wai Ting review the penultimate WWE Raw before WrestleMania with Seth Rollins confronting Paul Heyman about CM Punk’s favour.

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• Kevin Owens addresses neck injury
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• NJPW Sakura Genesis highlights
• Participants for the Best of the Super Juniors
• G1 Climax 35 dates 
• MLW Battle Riot VII 
• NXT & AEW Dynamite lineups 

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynasty 2025 featuring Jon Moxley vs. Swerve Strickland for the AEW Championship.

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AEW Dynasty 2025

April 6, 2025

Liacouras Center

Philadelphia, PA

• AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Swerve Strickland
• AEW International Championship: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Ricochet vs. "Speedball" Mike Bailey
• AEW Women's World Championship: Toni Storm (c) vs. Megan Bayne
• AEW World Trios Championship: The Death Riders (PAC, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) (c) vs. Rated FTR (Cope, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler)
• ROH World Championship vs. Mask: Chris Jericho (c) vs. Bandido
• AEW TNT Championship (No Time Limit, No Outside Interference): Daniel Garcia (c) vs. Adam Cole
• Men's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Quarterfinal: Will Ospreay vs. Kevin Knight
• Women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Quarterfinal: Mercedes Moné vs. Julia Hart
• Men's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Quarterfinal: Kyle Fletcher vs. Mark Briscoe
• AEW World Tag Team Championship: Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) (c) vs. The Learning Tree (Big Bill & Bryan Keith)
• ZERO HOUR: Nick Wayne & CRU (Action Andretti vs. Lio Rush) vs. AR Fox & Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin)
• ZERO HOUR: Max Caster vs. TBA

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE SmackDown, where CM Punk revealed the favour owed to him by Paul Heyman.

Plus: Braun Strowman takes on Jacob Fatu for a U.S. title shot, the debut of Rey Fenix, Naomi takes on B-Fab, and a #1 Contenders match between DIY and the Motor City Machine Guns.

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• Tony Khan on Max streaming numbers
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• NJPW Junior Genesis & Sakura Genesis 
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John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite with a Mixed Tornado Tag as Moxley & Marina Shafir face Swerve & Willow Nightingale.

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• Dark Side of the Ring - Ludvig Borga: Hellraiser from Helsinki

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John Pollock and Brandon Thurston go through the results of an AEW fan survey conducted by Jesse Collings and the state of its fanbase.

Collings joins us to break down the results, how fan sentiment has changed over the past year, positive and negative responses, who is connecting, whether the company is growing its audience, and other insights.

Plus: WWE launches on Netflix in India, Nick Khan speaks about a potential PLE in the country, Janel Grant’s team pushes to move its case into discovery, a report on Max’s AEW streaming figures, UFC-Meta partnership, AEW All In Texas Week, and WWE Raw & Collision viewership figures.

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• 2025 AEW Fan Survey Results (Jesse Collings)
• Nick Khan says a PLE in India is the goal
• Janel Grant’s attorneys ask court to start discovery
• Report: AEW streaming number on Max 
• UFC announces multi-year partnership with Meta 
• AEW Collision viewership
• WWE Raw on Netflix - March 24 

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