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John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite’s Fyter Fest Night 1 from Texas with Jon Moxley’s return and a main event Coffin Match. Plus a recap of NXT, news and more.

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[00:00:00] Intro & Announcements

[00:08:22] NEWS OF THE DAY:

• Samantha Tavel drops suit against Matt Riddle
• Michael Elgin
• Mandy Rose moving to NXT
• NXT to air on Syfy for two weeks due to Olympics
• UFC 264 does big number, per report
• Nick Diaz returning at UFC 266 in September
• Bet between Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley

[00:33:46] AEW Dynamite Review: AEW had a sold out show in front of a red-hot crowd in Cedar Park featuring the promotion’s first Coffin Match between Ethan Page and Darby Allin in the main event, Jon Moxley returns to defend the IWGP U.S. Championship against Karl Anderson, a big segment involving Kenny Omega and Hangman Page, Christian Cage seeks his first-ever singles win against Matt Hardy, Yuka Sakazaki is back, and Ricky Starks challenges for the FTW Championship.

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw with the final broadcast from the ThunderDome and chat about the passing of Paul Orndorff, the fallout to UFC 264 with Conor McGregor, and more.

[00:00:00] Intro & Announcements

[00:12:06] NEWS OF THE DAY:

• Paul Orndorff passes away at 71
• Conor McGregor has surgery for broken leg
• Ariel Helwani speaks on his three years at ESPN 
• NJPW releases full card for Wrestle Grand Slam
• ROH Best in the World 
• Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley on 8/29 in Cleveland

[00:49:55] WWE Raw: On the final WWE broadcast from the ThunderDome, it was the Raw go-home show for Money in the Bank. The episode was highlighted by a Falls Count Anywhere match between John Morrison and Ricochet, Omos had his first singles match on Raw, a surprising finish involving Bobby Lashley and Xavier Woods, the second most-famous 18 second match involving Sheamus, and a VIP Lounge to close the era.

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Welcome back to “The Nubian Wrestling Advocates”!

Nate Milton & “The Professor” Kris Ealy respond to listener feedback from last month’s POST Wrestling debut before welcoming Andrew Thompson back for another informative installment of “Nubian News”!

Then, The Advocates meet The Embassy as veteran performer/producer/promoter Prince Nana stops by to discuss his career, his thoughts on the WWE (including his opinions on Kofi Kingston & Apollo Crews), his many business ventures, and why social activism is important. All that and more on a truly enlightening edition of The NWA Podcast!

The NWA Podcast is a monthly podcast that drops every 2nd Sunday on POST Wrestling!

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John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok for a review of UFC 264 featuring Dustin Poirier defeating Conor McGregor by TKO after McGregor suffered an injury in their third fight.

MAIN CARD
*Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor
*Stephen Thompson vs. Gilbert Burns
*Tai Tuivasa vs. Greg Hardy
*Irene Aldana vs. Yana Kunitskaya
*Sean O’Malley vs. Kris Moutinho

PRELIMINARY CARD
*Carlos Condit vs. Max Griffin
*Niko Price vs. Michel Pereira
*Ilia Topuria vs. Ryan Hall
*Dricus du Plessis vs. Trevin Giles

EARLY PRELIMS
*Jessica Eye vs. Jennifer Maia
*Brad Tavares vs. Omari Akhmedov
*Zhalgas Zhumagulov vs. Jerome Rivera

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John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok and Eric Marcotte to preview UFC 264 featuring the third fight between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor from Las Vegas.

 

MAIN CARD
*Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor
*Stephen Thompson vs. Gilbert Burns
*Tai Tuivasa vs. Greg Hardy
*Irene Aldana vs. Yana Kunitskaya
*Sean O’Malley vs. Kris Moutinho

PRELIMINARY CARD
*Carlos Condit vs. Max Griffin
*Niko Price vs. Michel Pereira
*Ilia Topuria vs. Ryan Hall
*Dricus du Plessis vs. Trevin Giles

EARLY PRELIMS
*Jessica Eye vs. Jennifer Maia
*Brad Tavares vs. Omari Akhmedov
*Zhalgas Zhumagulov vs. Jerome Rivera
*Alen Amendovski vs. Hu Yaozong 

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite’s Road Rager from Miami, the debut of Malakai Black, Jimmy Uso’s arrest, and the deaths of Chris Youngblood & Sid Cooper.

[00:00:00] Intro & Announcements

[00:01:47] NEWS OF THE DAY:

• Chris Youngblood and ‘Cyanide’ Sid Cooper pass away
• Jimmy Uso arrested for DUI
• WWE Raw hits 1.47 million viewers
• Friday Night SmackDown at Rolling Loud Festival
• State of pandemic in Tokyo, AJPW announces more positives 
• CM Punk vs. Mike Jackson from UFC 225
• NXT Great American Bash
• Hit Row’s Cypher Celebration

[00:30:28] AEW Dynamite Review: AEW returned to the road with Road Rager from Miami headlined by the Street Fight for the Tag Team Championship between The Young Bucks and Eddie Kingston & Penta El Zero Miedo. Plus, the debut of the former Aleister Black, the first mixed tag match on Dynamite, Andrade El Idolo’s debut, a Face-to-Face Standoff between Chris Jericho and MJF, a South Beach Strap Match, and the star of the night - Dan Lambert.

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring the New Day taking on Bobby Lashley & MVP, Drew McIntyre’s sword is stolen, and Ripley & Flair’s feud continues.

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[00:14:31] NEWS OF THE DAY:

 

• Natsuko Tora suffers torn ACL
• Tegan Nox works dark match, per report
• Stardom 5* Grand Prix participants
• Fight on the Farm
• NXT Great American Bash
• AEW Road Rager in Miami

 

 

 

[00:27:08] WWE Raw: With two weeks until Money in the Bank, Raw featured Bobby Lashley & MVP taking on Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods in the main event, a Miz TV segment with the Raw MITB participants, Riddle takes on AJ Styles with an injured foot, a totally ridiculous segment with Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair, Jinder Mahal steals Drew McIntyre’s sword, and more.

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Walking along the Long & Winding Royal Road with WH Park this month is POST Wrestling show reviewer, Mark Buckeldee. Mark has chosen a match from October 23, 1999 as Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (The Untouchables) defend their AJPW World Tag Team Titles against challengers, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (Burning).

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Mark and WH discuss the credentials of Yoshinari Ogawa, how important it was for him to be chosen as Misawa’s tag partner, how well the World Tag Team Titles were booked by All Japan in this period, plus THE BURNING HAMMER!!!!

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WH Park and a special guest look back at the greatest matches of All Japan Pro Wrestling from the 1990s in The Long & Winding Royal Road, a limited-edition podcast from POST Wrestling.

Music: "Across the Danube, Op. 36" by John Philip Sousa | Performed by United States Marine Band (band) and Jason Fettig (conductor) | The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa, No.4 | Washington, DC: United States Marine Band, 2015. | Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 | Public Domain Letter

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John Pollock & Wai Ting bring you a special preview of this week's Rewind-A-Wai as they dedicate the entire episode to one of the greatest feuds in WWE history: Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels from April to October 2008.

If you enjoy this first half, join the POST Wrestling Café (http://postwrestlingcafe.com) to hear the rest as former WWE writing staff member Brad Corbitt joins us to share his behind-the-scenes memories about this story. Plus, Espresso Executive Producer Jake Simpson joins us to discuss his selection before going through the Trivia Gauntlet for 2008.

Matches/Segments Discussed (WWE Network links):

Judgment Day 2008 - starts at 40:00 until 1:06:00

Monday Night Raw - June 9, 2008 - starts at 42:30 until 53:00

Great American Bash 2008 - starts at 45:00 until 1:12:00

SummerSlam 2008 - starts at 30:00 until 46:45

Unforgiven 2008 - starts at 44:20, later the same night at 2:42:00 until end of show

No Mercy 2008 - starts at 2:07:45

The Highlight Reel 6/9/08 (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpALtCcfQ2o

Next time on Rewind-A-Wai… WWF Royal Rumble 1992

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite as the show returns to Wednesday for the end of the Daily’s Place era featuring Sammy Guevara vs. MJF in a fantastic main event.

[00:00:00] Intro & Announcements: Café Menu for July

[00:07:17] NEWS OF THE DAY:

• NXT thoughts from Tuesday
• Mercedes Martinez injury
• Great American Bash card
• Sonjay Dutt leaves WWE, reportedly at AEW
• AEW running three nights at NOW Arena in September
• NJPW cards this week, crazy stretch in Tokyo
• Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay on Oral Sessions
• WWE cuts from April with 90-day no competes ending soon

[00:28:44] AEW Dynamite Review: AEW wrapped up their extended stay at Daily’s Place with a hot show highlighted by MJF vs. Sammy Guevara in the main event and a non-title match between The Young Bucks and Eddie Kingston & Penta El Zero Miedo. Plus, Jungle Boy goes for his 50th win in AEW, the Dark Order campaigns on behalf of Hangman Page, Miro defends the TNT title against Brian Pillman Jr., and the updated card for next week’s Road Rager in Miami.

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