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John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw involving the return of Triple H to fight Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre speaks about his positive COVID-19 case, and more.

[00:01:43] NEWS OF THE DAY:

• Drew McIntyre tests positive for COVID-19
• Nick Jackson reveals he had COVID-19 last year
• Friday Night SmackDown ratings
• Settlement in lawsuit between Jeff Jarrett and Anthem
• George Barrios and Michelle Wilson launch company
• Line-ups for AEW Dynamite and NXT 

[00:18:08] Raw featured a show-long build towards a fight between Randy Orton and Triple H. WWE Champion Drew McIntyre provided an update on his COVID-19 diagnosis while answering Bill Goldberg’s challenge for the Royal Rumble, Sheamus and Keith Lee teamed up and squared off in the same night, Jeff Hardy also pulled double duty in matches with Jaxson Ryker and Elias, a bizarre U.S. title match between Bobby Lashley and Riddle, and a fireball closes the show. 

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WH Park walks down the Long & Winding Royal Road with Ed Kody from the Pod Van Dam podcast. Ed and WH skirt along the parameters of the show’s boundaries to the year 2000, discussing a very important match for Jun Akiyama as he takes on former mentor and now rival, Mitsuharu Misawa from February 27 of that year.

WH and Ed discuss their mutual appreciation for Akiyama, the background between him and Misawa going into this match, and the ramifications of the outcome. 

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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.

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John Pollock is joined by ESPN’s Ariel Helwani for The 2021 MMA Prediction Show.

We will revisit the predictions made on the 2020 edition and see how Helwani did compared with past years and then, it’s time to make a new list for 2021 as we play “Likely or Unlikely”.

You can go back and listen to the 2020 MMA Prediction Show

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review the first AEW Dynamite of 2021: "New Years Smash – Night 1" featuring Kenny Omega vs. Rey Fenix and a Bullet Club reunion.

[00:10:42] On Dynamite: Kenny Omega defended the AEW Championship in a fantastic match with Rey Fenix, The Good Brothers arrived in AEW to assist Omega, the return of Jon Moxley, Hikaru Shida faced off with Abadon for the AEW Women’s Championship, MJF continues to infiltrate the Inner Circle, a solid eight-man opener, and Snoop invents the Dogg Splash.

Plus, John & Wai discuss the horrifying events from D.C. on Wednesday at the start of the show.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss highlights and results from NJPW New Year Dash!! 2021 and Monday’s ratings from WWE Raw Legends Night.

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review Legends Night on WWE Raw featuring a WWE Championship match between Drew McIntyre and Keith Lee and the post-match challenge by Bill Goldberg.

[00:02:22] NEWS OF THE DAY:

• ROH parts ways with Marty Scurll
• Eddie Kingston’s speech on Being the Elite
• AEW and NXT ratings from last Wednesday
• Line-ups for Dynamite and New Year’s Evil
• NOAH card at Korakuen Hall on ¼
• Title change at Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling
• UFC Fight Night airing on ABC on 1/16
• Michael Chandler vs. Dan Hooker added to UFC 257

[00:16:18] Raw featured Drew McIntyre defending the WWE Championship against Keith Lee in the main event and an appearance from Bill Goldberg, Randy Orton terrorized the legends throughout the show, an update on Alexa Bliss from last week, several non-title matches with the champions losing, a new pronunciation for AJ Styles’ bodyguard, a brutal edition of Miz TV, and countless names from the past in search of segments to be utilized in.

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John Pollock, Wai Ting and WH Park preview NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 from the Tokyo Dome on January 4th and 5th, 2020 featuring Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi, Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay, and more.

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POST Wrestling’s John Pollock & Wai Ting are joined by upNXT’s Braden Herrington & Davie Portman to discuss the high points of a low year in our Best of 2020 Show. Plus, your Zoom calls! This year’s categories:

BIGGEST STORY OF 2020

MATCH OF THE YEAR

BEST WRESTLER (Male)

BEST WRESTLER (Female)

BEST TAG TEAM

BEST PROMOTION

CINEMATIC MATCH OF THE YEAR

BEST FEUD

BEST EVENT

BEST ON THE MIC

BEST GIMMICK

BEST BROADCASTER

MOST IMPROVED PERFORMER

BEST SERIES (In-Ring)

BEST NON-WRESTLING MEDIA (ie: Book, Documentary, Podcast, Web Series, etc.)

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review the Brodie Lee Tribute edition of AEW Dynamite.

[00:00:00] On Dynamite: It was a two hour tribute for the late Jon Huber a.k.a. Brodie Lee featuring Dark Order represented in all the matches. In the main event, Cody teamed with Orange Cassidy and 10 to take on Team Taz, Colt Cabana & The Young Bucks took on Matt Hardy & Private Party, Erick Rowan made a surprise appearance, the crowning of Brodie Jr as the Lifetime TNT Champion, and many heartfelt tributes throughout the show.

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[00:56:39] NEWS OF THE DAY:

• Friday Night SmackDown hits second best figure on Fox
• WWE RAW does its best number since 11/23
• Kenny Omega appearing on IMPACT next week
• Knockouts title match added to Hard to Kill
• ESPN+ increases the price of UFC pay-per-views 

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw with a hot ending, the wrestling world continues to mourn Brodie Lee, AEW announces a tribute card for Wednesday and more.

[00:11:29] NEWS OF THE DAY:

• Tony Khan reveals details for Brodie Lee Tribute on AEW Dynamite
• AEW New Year’s Smash moved back
• Being the Elite remembers Brodie Lee
• WWE Network releases in January
• Royal Rumble Odds

[00:24:40] On Raw, Alexa Bliss requested to be burned alive by Randy Orton and this headlined the show, Keith Lee squared off with Sheamus in a match to determine next week’s challenger for Drew McIntyre, Groundhog Day continued for Ricochet in his quest to lose to every member of Retribution, The Miz is handed back his briefcase with an elaborate explanation, and more entrants added to the Royal Rumble matches.

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