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John Pollock is joined WH Park for their monthly edition of POST Puroresu featuring previews of the G1 Climax, Champion Carnival, and N-1 Victory tournaments coming up.

On this month’s show, they dive into the G1 announcements of the A & B Blocks, the match listings, the return of several foreign-based wrestlers, the return of Will Ospreay, potential outcomes, and figuring out why Yujiro is here.

Then, they chat about All Japan’s Champion Carnival, NOAH’s N-1 Victory tournament, an update on Stardom’s 5* Grand Prix, the formation of GLEAT, and the craziest match of the year coming up next week.

Photos courtesy: NJPW, Dragon Gate, LEDET

To submit your picks for our POST Wrestling G1 Climax Contest, visit www.postwrestling.com/g1 and enter your picks by 11:59 pm ET on Friday, September 18th. There is no fee to participate and is open to everyone. Wai Ting & John Pollock will begin their G1 Climax podcasts next Saturday for members of the POST Wrestling Café.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite following All Out, discuss Miro’s debut, WWE Raw ratings on Labor Day, and New Japan reveals the blocks for G1 Climax 30.

[00:06:10] NEWS OF THE DAY

G1 Climax 30 Blocks announced including foreign talent returning to New Japan

WWE Raw ratings fall back down to Earth

AJ Styles comments on WWE’s stance regarding streaming

UFC 254 airing earlier on October 24th, good news for Impact Wrestling

Finn Balor wins the NXT title, other thoughts on the show

[00:29:17] AEW came out of All Out with a show headlined by Brodie Lee defending the TNT title against Dustin Rhodes. Plus, the debut of Miro as The Best Man, Chris Jericho and Jake Hager set their sights on the tag titles, reaction from Kenny Omega and Hangman Page, The Young Bucks are fined, FTR celebrates their tag title victory, MJF fires his staff, and Matt Hardy gives a speech following Saturday’s scary bump he took in the Broken Rules Match.

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

Photo Courtesy: AEW

Rewind-A-Dynamite Theme by Jacob Chesnut

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw with Retribution’s speech, an update on Ivar, more on WWE’s third party restrictions and more. 

[00:01:03] NEWS OF THE DAY

WWE clarifies restrictions for talent on YouTube and Twitch, per report

All Out fallout with thoughts on the handling of the Matt Hardy injury

G1 Climax participants to be revealed by NJPW on Wednesday

NXT’s Super Tuesday II line-up

Being the Elite feat. Sinbad

[00:45:43] Monday’s episode of Raw featured a speech by Retribution, Drew McIntyre makes a remarkable recovery and stalks Randy Orton, a pair of handicap matches, Billie Kay vs. Peyton Royce, Cedric Alexander is ready to learn and earn with The Hurt Business, Kevin Owens and Aleister Black have a marathon on Raw Underground, the return of Daba Kato, and a Street Fight between Dominik Mysterio and Murphy.

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

Photos Courtesy: WWE

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WH Park continues his journey down the Long & Winding Royal Road and joining him this week is JP Houlihan from the Grappl Spotlight podcast.

WH and JP discuss one of the most famous matches in the history of both All Japan Pro Wrestling and the entire industry: Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta from June 8, 1990.

They give a ton of background on the lead up to the match with a lot of details on how Misawa’s deadly elbow strikes were established during this time, how the feud encompassed Jumbo and Misawa’s respective factions, as well a comprehensive review of the match itself.

Click here to watch the match for free on YouTube.

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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 & Wai Ting review AEW All Out 2020 featuring Jon Moxley vs. MJF for the AEW World Title, Kenny Omega/Hangman Page vs. FTR for the AEW Tag Titles and a very controversial handling of a stunt gone wrong in Sammy Guevara and Matt Hardy’s Broken Rules match.

The show also featured the culmination of the Chris Jericho-Orange Cassidy Trilogy, Thunder Rosa challenging Hikaru Shida for the AEW Women’s Title, a Casino Battle Royale featuring a scary debut, and a unique Tooth and Nail Match between Big Swole and Britt Baker.

Plus, your phone calls and feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum.

AEW All Out 2020
September 5, 2020
Daily’s Place
Jacksonville, FL

*AEW World Title Match: Jon Moxley (c) vs. MJF
*Mimosa Mayhem Match: Orange Cassidy vs. Chris Jericho
*AEW Tag Title Match: Kenny Omega & Hangman Page (c) vs. FTR
*Scorpio Sky, Matt Cardona, Dustin Rhodes & QT Marshall vs. Brodie Lee, Colt Cabana, Stu Grayson & Evil Uno
*AEW Women’s Title Match: Hikaru Shida (c) def. Thunder Rosa
*Broken Rules Match: Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara
*21-Man Casino Battle Royale Match
*The Young Bucks vs. Luchasaurus & Jungle Boy
*Tooth and Nail Match: Big Swole vs. Dr. Britt Baker
*Buy-In Pre-Show Match: Private Party vs. Alex Reynolds & John Silver
*Buy-In Pre-Show Match: Joey Janela vs. Serpentico

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Tony Khan spoke with members of the media on Thursday afternoon to promote this Saturday’s AEW All Out show.

Topics addressed included the departure of Kevin Reilly from WarnerMedia and his impact on AEW, his comparison of Double or Nothing to this past year’s WrestleMania, the safety protocols at Daily’s Place during the pandemic, increasing attendance for Saturday’s show, the decision to put Britt Baker and Big Swole on the Buy-In and the type of match it will be, plans for their additional hour of content and when to expect it, his philosophy on booking go-home episodes of Dynamite, Brock Lesnar’s free agency & more.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review the go-home Dynamite heading into AEW All Out and discuss the NXT & Raw ratings, Renee Paquette’s first interviews post-WWE, and Tuesday’s NXT Ironman Match.

[00:00:53] NEWS OF THE DAY

• Reporter Casey Michael passes away

Dwayne Johnson and family recovering from COVID-19

NXT hits its second-highest viewership and top demo rating of 2020

The 60-Minute Ironman Match on NXT

WWE Raw ratings from Monday night

Renee Paquette speaks about WWE’s reaction to COVID-19 tweet, leaving the company, and her future

Gabe Sapolsky confirms departure from WWN, retired from independent wrestling 

[00:46:48] On the final show before All Out, Jon Moxley took on The Lawyer Mark Sterling with an intense ending involving MJF and Wardlow. Plus, Chris Jericho takes on Joey Janela, The Young Bucks display an edge teaming with Luchasaurus & Jungle Boy, a large brawl hyping the Casino Battle Royale, Thunder Rosa makes her Dynamite debut, Hangman Page is conflicted, and Excalibur returns to the program.

[01:38:32] John & Wai preview this Saturday’s AEW All Out PPV.

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Wai Ting & John Pollock kick off their look back at the greatest combat sports film franchise of all time with a review of Rocky (1976), written by and starring Sylvester Stallone.

They discuss the circumstances that led to the then-unknown Stallone writing and starring in the film, the debated influence of Chuck Wepner vs. Muhammad Ali on the film’s story, the performances of its supporting cast featuring Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers and Burgess Meredith, the creative ways in which the film dealt with considerable budget limitations, the film’s incredible box office and Academy Awards successes, the classic Bill Conti score, and how unfavourably several of the film’s scenes have aged through a modern lens.

Synopsis from Google:

Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a small-time boxer from working-class Philadelphia, is arbitrarily chosen to take on the reigning world heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), when the undefeated fighter's scheduled opponent is injured. While training with feisty former bantamweight contender Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith), Rocky tentatively begins a relationship with Adrian (Talia Shire), the wallflower sister of his meat-packer pal Paulie (Burt Young).

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VUblDwa648

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw following Payback, a discussion on Brock Lesnar’s status with WWE, Daniel Cormier’s retirement, an update on Rey Mysterio, and Mauro Ranallo leaving WWE.

[00:02:42] NEWS OF THE DAY

Mauro Ranallo parts way with WWE

Brock Lesnar not under contract to WWE

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Titles to be determined in a four-team round robin tournament

Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara added to All Out

MLW plans to return in October

Game Changer Wrestling releases scheduled for The Collective shows in October

Daniel Cormier announces his retirement

[00:32:18] Monday’s Raw following Payback was built around seeking the challenger for Drew McIntyre at Clash of Champions with Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens, Keith Lee vs. Dolph Ziggler, and Seth Rollins vs Dominik Mysterio leading to the three winners facing off. Plus, the break-up of a tag team, dissension between Rollins and Murphy, the return of Jessamyn Duke & Marina Shafir, three babyfaces get annihilated & more.

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

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Payback 2020 featuring Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman vs. The Fiend for Universal Championship and Keith Lee vs. Randy Orton.

Despite taking place just one week after SummerSlam, Payback featured several major storyline developments including a new Universal Champion being crowned, a major upset involving a recent NXT call-up, and perhaps the best submission finish you’ll see this year from Shayna Baszler. Plus, we discuss a bizarre storyline development for Matt Riddle, the continuation of Big E’s singles push, another fantastic performance from Dominik Mysterio, and the PPV ending at 9:32pm!

Plus, your phone calls and feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum.

WWE Payback 2020
August 30, 2020
WWE ThunderDome (Amway Center)
Orlando, FL

*WWE Universal Championship: “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (c) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman
*WWE Women’s Tag Titles: Sasha Banks & Bayley (c) vs. Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax
*WWE United States Championship: Apollo Crews (c) vs. Bobby Lashley
*Randy Orton vs. Keith Lee
*Seth Rollins & Murphy vs. Rey & Dominik Mysterio
*King Corbin vs. Matt Riddle
*Big E. vs. Sheamus
*IIconics vs. Ruby Riott & Liv Morgan (Kickoff)

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