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John Pollock & Phil Chertok host the UFC 253 POST Show and discuss Israel Adesanya’s dominant title defense against Paulo Costa from Abu Dhabi.

The two review the card as the UFC returned to Fight Island with two championship fights as Adesanya defended against Costa, and Jan Blachowicz took on Dominick Reyes for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title.

Plus, a rundown of the rest of the card featuring one of the best rounds of 2020, the nearly 40-year old Juan Espino, a big win for Hakeem Dawodu, and an awful fight that started the night.

MAIN CARD
*Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa for the UFC middleweight title

*Dominick Reyes vs. Jan Blachowicz for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title

*Kai Kara-France vs. Brandon Royval

*Ketlen Vieira vs. Sijara Eubanks

*Hakeem Dawodu vs. Zubaira Tukhugov

PRELIMINARY CARD

*Brad Riddell vs. Alex Da Silva

*Jake Matthews vs. Diego Sanchez

*Shane Young vs. L’udovit Klein

*William Knight vs. Aleksa Camur

EARLY PRELIMS

*Juan Espino vs. Jeff Hughes

*Khadis Ibragimov vs. Danilo Marques

Fight of the Night: Brandon Royval vs. Kai Kara-France

Performance of the Night: Israel Adesanya & Jan Blachowicz

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Martin Bushby & Andrew Thompson debut Wrestling Adventure, their new podcast looking back at classic wrestling shows and moments with a different guest each month.

Joining them for the debut is Nate Milton from The Rocky Maivia Picture Show and The Kings of Sport to revisit WWE WrestleMania XIX.

The three travel back 17 years to 2003 and discuss Steve Austin’s last match against The Rock, the serious injuries Kurt Angle had leading into his match against Brock Lesnar, the controversial promos by Triple H towards Booker T and everything else in between.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite with Jon Moxley defending the AEW title, a look at the career of Joe “Road Warrior Animal” Laurinaitis, and COVID-19 issues affecting several promotions.

[00:10:19] NEWS OF THE DAY

Road Warrior Animal Joe Laurinaitis passes away at 60

Lance Archer, Bandido and Ultimo Guerrero test positive for COVID-19

Late Night Dynamite does 585,000 viewers

WWE Raw ratings against Week 2 of Monday Night Football

John Cena to star in Suicide Squad spinoff series on HBO Max 

[00:42:05] AEW had a live edition of Dynamite with the last-minute change of Eddie Kingston challenging Jon Moxley for the AEW title. Plus, Brodie Lee defends the TNT Championship against Orange Cassidy, a big return, Miro has his first AEW match teaming with Kip Sabian against Joey Janela & Sonny Kiss, Hikaru Shida teams with Thunder Rosa, matches announced for next week’s show and more.

Plus your feedback, comments, questions from the POST Wrestling Forum, and our weekly Patreon T-Shirt Giveaway.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss the Retribution edition of WWE Raw along with a shark attack, a report on several COVID-19 cases in NXT, two CMLL performers test positive, and SmackDown’s number drops.

[00:09:14] NEWS OF THE DAY

Report of several COVID-19 cases impacting NXT

COVID-19 positives in CMLL

Friday Night SmackDown number falls, Canadian viewership

AEW signs Serena Deeb

Masato Yoshino wins Dragon Gate steel cage match, Yamato avoids hair straightening

AEW & NXT line-ups this week 

[00:23:33] Monday’s episode of Raw featured the news that Retribution has signed with WWE and they have names, along with their first match on the program against The Hurt Business. Plus, Drew McIntyre takes on Keith Lee yet again, the Raw Underground showdown between Braun Strowman and Dabba-Kato, a three-way number one contender’s match to set up the challengers for the Raw tag titles this Sunday, the return of Randy Orton, Zelina Vega vs. Mickie James, the Mysterio Family Drama, AND A SHARK ATTACK!!!!!!

And your Café feedback, comments, and questions from the POST Wrestling Forum.

Photos Courtesy: WWE

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G1 Climax season is here! Enjoy this free sampling of our coverage from our Patreon, postwrestlingcafe.com.

John Pollock & Wai Ting review every tournament match from NJPW's G1 Climax 30. Day 1 (September 19) is headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi.

A BLOCK
September 19, 2020
Osaka, Japan
Osaka Prefectural Gym

• Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi (Recommended)

Shingo Takagi vs. Jay White (Recommended)

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Minoru Suzuki (Recommended)

Jeff Cobb vs. Taichi

Yujiro Takahashi vs. Will Ospreay

Plus a full breakdown of the returning COFFEE RATINGS SCALE and a discussion of Will Ospreay's involvement in this year's tournament.

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This month on The Rocky Maivia Picture Show, Nate Milton arranges an East Coast/West Coast collaboration with guests Brandon From NJ and Kris From L.A.! The guys head into the theater to review The Rock’s 2013 direct-to-DVD “based on a true story” classic, “Empire State”!

Topics discussed include: The continued rise of DJ’s film career in 2013, what WE would’ve done to improve this film, the works of director Dito Montiel, Taryn Terrell’s “big break”, and our definitive ranking of the Hemsworth brothers! All that and more on an action-packed edition of TRMPS!

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In celebration of one year of their Patreon, Braden & Davie are releasing one of their favourite shows that they've done... for free!

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman nerd out over more old school wrestling with another BEST MATCH EVER, and this time they are joined by POST Wrestling's John Pollock to review, rate, and dissect the best matches of Stan Hansen. The lads go in-depth through the history of the always angry Texan who had a huge wrestling career over in Japan.

From his matches with Andre the Giant in 1981, to Kenta Kobashi in 1993, to the infamous Vader "eye socket" incident in 1990, and all the lariats in between. They soak in all the wrestling knowledge and stories from John (who busts out his G1 coffee match rating system) as they all give their thoughts on which Stan Hansen match is the best.

(This show was recorded on May 22, 2020)

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite and one of the craziest main events they have had, USA Network president is leaving, Raw ratings, and Daniel Cormier chats WWE.

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[00:12:39] NEWS OF THE DAY

Matt Riddle withdraws request for restraining order in case involving Samantha Tavel

Chris McCumber leaving NBCUniversal, served as President of USA Network & Syfy and point-person with WWE

WWE Raw ratings against the Monday Night Football doubleheader

Original Hollywood Blond Jerry Brown passed away

NXT TakeOver confirmed for October 4

Daniel Cormier confirms he tested positive for COVID-19 in July, discusses possible future in WWE

United Wrestling Network launches its weekly pay-per-view series

NXT matches for next week

[00:45:06] AEW had a taped edition of the show headlined by the Parking Lot Fight with Santana & Ortiz taking on Best Friends. FTR faced Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus in a non-title match, Jon Moxley and Lance Archer and selected partners for next week’s six-man tag, Kenny Omega sits in for commentary as Hangman Page takes on Frankie Kazarian, and Thunder Rosa defends the NWA Women’s Title against Ivelisse. 

Plus your feedback, comments, questions from the POST Wrestling Forum, and our weekly Patreon T-Shirt Giveaway.

Photo Courtesy: AEW

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John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss IN YOUR FACE WWE Raw, the identities of Retribution, the Conor McGregor story, SmackDown’s viewers, and a big week coming up on the site. 

[00:14:45] NEWS OF THE DAY

Conor McGregor detained and questioned over new allegations, rep denies accusations

Dana White and other fighters attend rally for Donald Trump in Nevada

An update on Ivar, per report

Friday Night SmackDown hits highest viewership since April

AEW unveil a seven-show season pass option for ticket-buyers in Jacksonville, Florida

Dynamite airing on its regular night this week on TNT

One-hour version of AEW airing next week

NJPW releases dates for Road to Power Struggle tour and Power Struggle in Osaka

Being the Elite starring Michael Nakazawa and Eddie Kingston vs. Cookie

[00:31:12] Monday’s episode of Raw featured WWE’s answer to Monday Night Football with the In Your Face edition headline by Drew McIntyre vs. Keith Lee, a Steel Cage Match between Seth Rollins and Dominik Mysterio, the latest on Retribution, Braun Strowman shows up for Raw Underground, a very strange finish involving Asuka and Mickie James, Adam Pearce enlists The Hurt Business for help, and a Champions vs. Champions match involving the Raw and SmackDown tag team champions.

And your Café feedback, comments, and questions from the POST Wrestling Forum.

Photos Courtesy: WWE

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John Pollock is joined by author Keith Elliot Greenberg to discuss his latest release Too Sweet: Inside the Indie Wrestling Revolution.

The two discuss the whirlwind period of writing this book as All Elite Wrestling took formation, attending All In in 2018, the many independent companies profiled in the book, how AEW and NXT are changing the independents, the impact of the Speaking Out movement, COVID-19 shutting down so many groups, and a sequel he is already working on.

Too Sweet: Inside the Indie Wrestling Revolution is available through ECW Press wherever you purchase books.

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