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John Pollock & Wai Ting chat Raw from OKC featuring a bizarre match between Charlotte Flair and Nia Jax. Plus, SmackDown & Rampage numbers, NWA EmPowerrr, Jake Paul-Tyron Woodley & more.

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[00:14:11] NEWS OF THE DAY:

• NWA 73 & NWA EmPowerrr
• AEW Rampage & Friday Night SmackDown numbers
• Status of Adam Cole
• WWE Performance Center additions 
• Wrestle Grand Slam cards including Stardom 
• NJPW Strong moving to Saturdays next month
• NXT lineup for Tuesday

[00:38:56] WWE Raw: For the past week, three matches were advertised for the show and we’ll let you guess how many were delivered on Monday night. Instead, we had RK-Bro defend the Raw Tag Team Championship against Bobby Lashley & MVP, a U.S. Championship Match with Damian Priest defending against Drew McIntyre and Sheamus, the attempt to have Omos have a singles match and...Charlotte Flair vs. NIA JAX. 

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On this bonus episode of POST Puroresu, WH Park is joined by POST Wrestling’s writer/podcaster Andrew Thompson to talk about a variety of topics regarding the Japanese scene as well as happenings in American wrestling.

WH and Andrew look at Minoru Suzuki’s upcoming American tour, how All Japan should book the Royal Road finals and subsequent title match, and the recent standings in Stardom’s 5 Star Grand Prix. They also delve into topics regarding NOAH, DDT and AEW

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite from Milwaukee with CM Punk’s first appearance on Dynamite, latest COVID cases in the industry, WWE Raw & NXT viewership, and more.

[00:00:00] Intro & Announcements

[00:04:51] NEWS OF THE DAY:

• Pat McAfee and KENTA share COVID updates
• WWE Raw & NXT viewership
• Reporter removed from NXT tapings 
• Mistico II done with CMLL
• Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa debut

[00:27:26] AEW Dynamite Review: Wednesday’s show featured the first Dynamite appearance by CM Punk as he was interviewed by Tony Schiavone, the Tag Eliminator continued with The Varsity Blonds facing The Lucha Brothers, Chris Jericho puts his AEW career on the line for one more match, Brock Anderson defends his father against Malakai Black, and how old was Kenny Omega when Don Callis fired Christian Cage?

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John Pollock & Wai Ting chat about the fallout from SummerSlam and follow-up edition of Raw, AEW Rampage viewership for CM Punk’s debut, and the Nick Khan-Ariel Helwani interview.

[00:00:00] Intro & Announcements

[00:14:24] NEWS OF THE DAY:

• AEW Rampage does monster number for CM Punk’s debut
• Friday Night SmackDown viewership
• Nick Khan interviewed by Ariel Helwani
• NXT TakeOver 36 & SummerSlam thoughts
• NJPW Summer Struggle this week

[01:01:39] WWE Raw: Coming off SummerSlam, Raw featured WWE Champion Bobby Lashley being confronted by United States Champion Damian Priest, Charlotte Flair is approached by her next adversary, the evaporation of The Miz & John Morrison, Nikki A.S.H. and Rhea Ripley team against Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax, and Riddle holds a special celebration for Randy Orton. 

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John Pollock, Kate from MTL and Nate Milton review WWE SummerSlam 2021 featuring Roman Reigns vs. John Cena for the Universal Championship and the return of Becky Lynch.

PLUS: Seth Rollins vs. Edge, Nikki A.S.H. vs. Charlotte vs. Rhea Ripley for the Raw Women’s Championship, Bobby Lashley vs. Goldberg for the WWE Championship, your calls and more.

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John Pollock & Wai Ting take audience calls and reactions to CM Punk’s return to professional wrestling at AEW Rampage “The First Dance” in Chicago. Support the podcast and listen to our full review on Rewind-A-SmackDown at postwrestlingcafe.com

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite with Chris Jericho vs. MJF, Sting wrestles on TNT, and the hype for The First Dance in Chicago this Friday.

[00:00:00] Intro & Announcements

[00:16:00] NEWS OF THE DAY:

• Update on Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks
• WWE Raw & NXT viewership
• NXT & AEW Dark from Tuesday 
• Shingo Takagi & BUSHI test positive
• Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi at Wrestle Grand Slam

[00:26:02] AEW Dynamite Review: Wednesday’s show featured Chris Jericho get to the Fifth Labour as he took on MJF in the main event, The Young Bucks defend the AEW Tag Team Championship against Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus, Sammy Guevara has a big night in his hometown, Paul Wight makes an announcement, Sting wrestled on TNT for the first time since 2001 teaming with Darby Allin against 2.0., and lots more.

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John Pollock & Wai Ting chat about the SummerSlam go-home WWE Raw featuring Goldberg, AEW Rampage’s debut numbers, WWE house shows absences, COVID issues in Japan and more.

[00:00:00] Intro & Announcements

[00:07:07] NEWS OF THE DAY:

• AEW Rampage and SmackDown viewership
• NJPW Resurgence and TripleMania
• Bianca Belair, Sasha Banks, Charlotte Flair miss house shows
• WWE lists updated touring schedule
• Eight performers miss Monday’s NJPW show
• G1 Climax commentary notes
• Stardom cancels shows this weekend
• PWG Threemendous VI lineup 

[00:26:44] WWE Raw: The go-home edition of Raw before SummerSlam was headlined by a face-to-face between Bobby Lashley and Bill Goldberg, the reunion of RK-Bro is completed, Nikki A.S.H. and Rhea Ripley square off and team up in the same night, The Miz returns to action against Damian Priest, Doudrop is sent on a mission to kidnap Lilly, and will Drew McIntyre be allowed to bring Angela to ringside this Saturday at SummerSlam? 

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John Pollock is joined by WH Park as they provide a complete review of NJPW Resurgence from Saturday featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi winning the IWGP U.S. Championship and the return of Will Ospreay.

Plus, WH chats about the retirement of Masato Yoshino, Takashi Sugiura wins the Zero1 World Heavyweight Championship, the N-1 Victory participants, Stardom kicks off its 5* Grand Prix, and lots more news.

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John Pollock is joined by Ariel Helwani to discuss the return of The MMA Hour next week and leaving ESPN.

In an open and candid discussion about his career - both past and present - Ariel discusses the past year, opting to leave ESPN, the puzzle he has constructed including his return to MMA Fighting, his work with BT Sport, The Ringer, his YouTube channel, and launching a Substack.

The two chat about the highs and lows he experienced over the past three years, when he decided to move, setting the record straight about UFC 199, and why he had a great summer.

The MMA Hour returns next Monday & Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET on MMA Fighting and you can follow Ariel’s writing at https://arielhelwani.substack.com/. 

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