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John Pollock & Wai Ting review the TBS debut of AEW Dynamite featuring an AEW Championship rematch between Hangman Page and Bryan Danielson.

We first react to the latest round of WWE releases, this time affecting NXT staff and trainers including William Regal and “Road Dogg” Brian James.

AEW Dynamite Review: The launch of the TBS era was highlighted by a rematch for the AEW championship, the first TBS champion is crowned when Jade Cargill meets Ruby Soho, The Lucha Bros. defend the AEW tag team championship against Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus, MJF starts off his year 0-1 due to CM Punk, Brian Pillman Jr. seeks revenge on Malakai Black, and Chris Jericho is confronted by 2point0.

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw with the first episode of 2022 including an appearance from Brock Lesnar and his next challenger is determined.

From Greenville, Brock Lesnar is reunited with Paul Heyman as the new WWE champion. A fatal 4-way headlines the show with the winner challenging Lesnar at the Royal Rumble as Big E., Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins and Bobby Lashley square off. Plus, Damian vs. Priest vs. Dolph Ziggler, Doudrop talks her way into a #1 contenders match with zero justification, Liv Morgan didn’t really lose at Day 1, and Edge & Beth Phoenix issue a challenge to The Miz & Maryse.

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Former AEW wrestler Big Swole criticized AEW’s diversity on Friday, leading Tony Khan to defend the company on Twitter. We look at the data on how often wrestlers of color, including Black wrestlers, appear in main events on AEW’s weekly TV programs compared to WWE, as well as other data related to the diversity of those companies’ rosters and audiences.

Plus, Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo discuss live events and Gullo’s personal experience at the WWE house show in Buffalo this past week.

Brandon’s conversation with David Bixenspan was too long to fit in this episode and is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utE9AHetcmk 

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Day 1 2022 as Brock Lesnar enters Raw’s WWE Championship match following Roman Reigns’ COVID-related removal from the event.

They discuss the entire card and the many last-minute changes from the Reigns announcement, the main event’s surprising outcome and its fallout, Becky Lynch vs. Liv Morgan for the Raw Women’s Championship, The Uso’s vs. The New Day for the SD Tag Team Championships, and an unfortunate injury to Ridge Holland on the Kickoff.

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John Pollock is joined by WH Park for the final POST Puroresu of 2021.

The two preview all three Wrestle Kingdom 16 cards taking place from the Tokyo Dome and Yokohama Arena, the key matches on each night, the NJPW vs. NOAH line-up and the state of both companies.

A review of STARDOM’s Dream Queendom card highlighted by the third match between Utami Hayashishita and Syuri for the World of STARDOM & SWA Championships.

WH Park’s Year-End Awards including Best Wrestler, Best Match, Best Tag Team, and Best Card.

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Phil Chertok & Eric Marcotte are back to review the year that was in the world of Mixed Martial Arts. They pick their favourites, discuss poll results from the POST Wrestling Discord and make predictions for 2022.

Fighter of the Year (Male)

 • Kamaru Usman

 • Charles Oliveira

 • Jake Paul

 • Cyril Gane

 • Islam Makachev

 • Max Holloway

Fighter of the Year (Female)

 • Kayla Harrison

 • Julianna Peña

 • Valentina Shevchenko

 • Rose Namajunas

 • Marina Rodriguez

 • Cris Cyborg

Fight of the Year

 • Gaethje vs. Chandler 

 • Holloway vs. Rodriguez

 • Yan vs. Sandhagen

 • Sandhagen vs. Dillishaw

 • Volkanovski vs. Ortega

 • Burgos vs. Braboza

 • Chandler vs. Oliveira

 • Reyes vs. Procházka

 • Wilder vs. Fury III

Round of the Year

 • Geathje vs. Chandler - Round 1

 • Volkanovski vs Ortega - Round 3 

 • Witt vs Barberena - Round 3

 • Reyes vs Procházka - Round 2

 • Chandler vs Oliveira - Round 1

 • Poirier vs Oliveira - Round 1

 • Holloway vs Rodriguez - Round 1

KO of the Year

 • Barbosa vs Burgos 

 • Usman vs. Masvidal II 

 • Jake Paul vs Woodley II 

 • Sandhagen vs Edgar 

 • Namajunas vs Zhang I 

 • Procházka vs Reyes 

 • Pettis vs Horiguchi 

 • Bahmondes vs Roberts 

Submission of the Year

 • Chimaev vs Li

 • Makachev vs Hooker

 • Luque vs Chiesa

 • Hernandez vs Vieira

 • Muniz vs Souza

 • Peña vs Nunes

 • McKee vs Pitbull

Event of the Year

 • UFC 268 - MSG - New York

 • UFC 261 - Jacksonville, Florida

 • UFC 262 - Houston, Texas

 • UFC on ABC 1: Holloway vs. Kattar - Abu Dhabi

 • UFC 266 - Las Vegas, Nevada

 • UFC 269 - Las Vegas, Nevada

 • Triller Fight Club: Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren - Atlanta, Georgia

 • UFC Fight Night: Holloway Vs Rodriguez - UFC Apex

Comeback of the Year

 • Heelwani and The MMA Hour

 • Glover Teixeira

 • Pettis vs Horriguchi

 • Khamzat Chimaev

 • Charles Oliveira

 • Guida vs Santos

 • T.J. Dillishaw

 • Ray Cooper 3 vs Magomed Magomedkerimov

 • Dominick Cruz

Prospect/Breakthrough Fighter of the Year

 • André Muniz

 • Casey O'Neil

 • Rafael Fiziev

 • Erin Blanchfield

 • Mateusz Gamrot

 • Tom Aspinall

 • Sean O'Malley

Rivalry of the Year

 • McGregor vs Poirier

 • Paul vs UFC

 • Usman vs Covington

 • Heelwani vs Schaub

 • Vettori vs everyone

 • Zhang vs Namjunas

Upset of the Year

 • Peña vs Nunes

 • Poirier vs McGregor II

 • Adriano Moraes vs Demetrious Johnson

 • Hernandez vs Viera

 • Blachowicz vs Adesanya

Story of the Year

 • Paul vs UFC

 • Triller Fight Circus Club

 • McGregor Decline/Injury

 • UFC vs Fighter Pay

 • UFC Record Setting Business / Endeavor goes Public

 • Bellator moves to Showtime

Lowlight of the Year

 • McGregor Post-Fight Antics vs Poirier III

 • Jon Jones arrested again

 • Frankie Edgar eating 2 brutal highlight reel K.O.s

 • Vitor Belfort K.O. of Evander Hollyfield

 • PFL broadcast pacing / interview with CC Sabathia

WTF moment of the Year

 • Dom Cruz vs Monster Energy

 • Beneil Dariush vs Communism

 • Dana White vs Media Video

 • Oscar De La Hoya @ Triller Fight Club

 • Derrick Lewis throwing his "NFT" cup into the crowd

 • Julian Marquez blowing it with Miley Cyrus

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Davie Portman and B Detroit talk all about the December 29th, 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite - “New Year’s Smash” headlined by Best Friends vs Adam Cole, Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly!

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The Lads also talk about CM Punk’s first time at Daily’s Place, Brandi Rhodes wanting to fight Dan Lambert, the debut of Mercedes Martinez, give their predictions for next week, Toni Storm’s release from WWE, take your feedback…and more!

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As we enjoy the week off from our usual recording schedule, here's a free repost of one of our favourite 2021 podcasts from our Patreon, the POST Wrestling Café.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWF WrestleMania VI (1990) featuring “The Ultimate Challenge” between Hulk Hogan vs. The Ultimate Warrior for the WWF and Intercontinental Championships.

Later in the show, we’re joined by Dan “The Mouth” Lovranski (Sunday Night’s Main Event) to discuss attending the event live in Toronto, the buzz within the city for WrestleMania’s arrival, and the reactions of crying children following the main event’s result.

We also discuss the rest of the 14-match (!) card featuring Jake Roberts vs. Ted DiBiase, Macho King & Queen Sherri vs. Dusty Rhodes & Sapphire, and the very controversial half-blackface promo/match from Roddy Piper as he took on Bad News Brown.

This edition of the Rewind-A-Wai is presented by Espresso Executive Producer, Cesar Silveira.

Watch the full show on WWE Network (Account Required): https://watch.wwe.com/episode/WrestleMania-6-5466

WWF WrestleMania VI

Sunday, April 1, 1990

Toronto, Ontario at SkyDome

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Next time on Rewind-A-Wai… EVOLVE 1: Richards vs. Ibushi (2010)

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Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo look back on the biggest stories in the wrestling business of the year.

2021 was the year of Nick Khan and Tony Khan (no relation), both of whom gained influence in the industry. WWE president Nick Khan sold U.S. WWE Network rights to Peacock. The former CAA agent made numerous other licensing deals as WWE revamped its talent development vision. Meanwhile, AEW CEO Tony Khan led All Elite Wrestling to overcome NXT in the Wednesday Night War. “TK” signed CM Punk and Bryan Danielson as Dynamite’s 18-49 rating inched closer to Raw.

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Many surprise guests stop by the POST Office to chat with John Pollock and Wai Ting for the annual POST Wrestling Christmas Show! Plus, the annual POST Christmas Jingle Contest. Time stamps:

[00:00:00] Intro w/ MJF

[00:03:47] Welcome w/ John Pollock & Wai Ting

[00:14:20] Denise Salcedo

[00:35:06] Brandon From NJ

[00:38:00] Damian Abraham

[01:01:52] Brandon Thurston & Chris Gullo (Wrestlenomics)

[01:25:02] Martin Bushby, Benno & Andy Ogden (British Wrestling Experience)

[01:44:29] Andrew Thompson

[02:05:43] WH Park & Mike Murray

[02:21:39] Karen Peterson

[02:37:59] Braden Herrington & Davie Portman (upNXT)

[03:03:11] Kate From MTL & John Siino

[03:20:33] Jordan Goodman

[03:43:43] Nate Milton & Kris Ealy (Nubian Wrestling Advocates)

[04:00:31] Phil Chertok & Eric Marcotte

[04:16:34] Ariel Helwani

[04:46:53] Jason Agnew & Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski (Sunday Night's Main Event)

[05:03:15] POST Wrestling Christmas Jingle Contest 2021

[05:47:10] "Crack Addict" by Neal Flanagan

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from everyone at POST Wrestling.

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