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Cruel Summer returns and WH Park is back to talk about the finals of NJPW G1 Climax 29 with UK-based wrestling journalist, Stephanie Chase: Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White from August 12, 2019.

Stephanie talks about her fandom for “The Switchblade” which contrasts with WH’s less than enthusiastic view. They provide a breakdown of each participant’s path to the finals and the match itself. Plus, they discuss the refereeing of Red Shoes Unno.

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WH Park and a special guest look back at the finals of every NJPW G1 Climax tournament in Cruel Summer, a limited-edition podcast from POST Wrestling. Visit POSTwrestling.com for previous episodes.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review a Thursday edition of AEW Dynamite in front of limited fans featuring a Jon Moxley-MJF contract signing, Dark Order celebrating Brodie Lee’s TNT title win, and a Tables Match between Matt Hardy and Sammy Guevara.

Plus, John & Wai preview the month of September for members of the POST Wrestling Cafe including their coverage of the G1 Climax.

[00:12:42] NEWS OF THE DAY

• NBA and other leagues postpone games

Karrion Kross relinquishes the NXT title

Four-Way Iron Man Match announced for NXT Super Tuesday

NXT ratings from Wednesday night

Matches announced for NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed in September

NJPW Summer Struggle line-up for Jingu Stadium

Breaking news with the passing of “Bullet” Bob Armstrong

[00:39:19] On AEW’s Thursday edition of Dynamite, the build-up to All Out continued as a Tag Team Gauntlet Match featured FTR, Best Friends, The Young Bucks, and Natural Nightmares to determine the #1 contenders. Plus, a Tables Match between Matt Hardy and Sammy Guevara, Big Swole attempts to get a 1-on-1 match with Britt Baker, a member of The Elite is kicked out of the group, Chris Jericho provides commentary, and more.

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 are back with another bonus show covering the latest news including WWE Raw & Saturday Night Dynamite ratings, and a review of Wednesday’s New Japan card featuring KOPW matches.

NEWS OF THE DAY

WWE Raw ratings hit their highest mark since April

WWE issues statement over imagery that made its way onto Raw this week

AEW Saturday Night Dynamite ratings on TNT following the NBA game

NXT line-up for tonight

Review of NJPW’s Summer Struggle card at Korakuen Hall featuring the four KOPW tournament matches with stipulations to qualify for Saturday’s four-way match

Photos Courtesy: NJPW / WWE

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review the first episode of WWE Raw inside the WWE ThunderDome with the fallout to SummerSlam and the immediate turnaround for Payback this weekend.

[00:17:08] NEWS OF THE DAY

KOPW match stipulations announced for the first round

Renee Young issues farewell message to WWE

Friday Night SmackDown ratings 

[00:30:32] The post-SummerSlam edition of Raw was also the go-home show for Payback. The focus of Raw was Randy Orton’s continued attacks on Drew McIntyre resulting in a possible skull fracture! Plus, the Raw debut of Keith Lee, a Lumberjack Match for the Raw Women’s Title between Asuka and Sasha Banks, an Arm Wrestling Challenge between Apollo Crews and Bobby Lashley, more of Raw Underground, and Rey & Dominik Mysterio team against Seth Rollins & Murphy.

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

Photos Courtesy: WWE

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE SummerSlam featuring the return of Roman Reigns, Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship, Braun Strowman vs. The Fiend for Universal Championship, and Asuka going for double gold.

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

WWE SummerSlam 2020
August 23, 2020
WWE ThunderDome (Amway Center)
Orlando, FL

*WWE Universal Championship Falls Count Anywhere: Braun Strowman (c) vs. The Fiend Bray Wyatt
*WWE Championship: Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Randy Orton
*Raw Women’s Championship: Sasha Banks (c) vs. Asuka
*Street Fight: Seth Rollins vs. Dominik Mysterio w/ Rey Mysterio
*Loser Leaves WWE Match: Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville
*Raw Tag Team Championship: Street Profits (c) vs. Andrade & Angel Garza
*SmackDown Women’s Championship: Bayley (c) vs. Asuka
*[KICKOFF] United States Championship: Apollo Crews (c) vs. MVP

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review a special Saturday night edition of AEW Dynamite and share their thoughts on the NXT TakeOver: XXX card along with notes from Paul Levesque’s post-show media call.

[00:04:07] On Saturday Night Dynamite, AEW shot a major angle to close the show involving Cody and Brodie Lee following their TNT title match. Plus, the finals of the AEW Women’s Tag Team Cup, Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks vs. Dark Order, FTR aligns with Tully Blanchard, the reveal of the Mimosa Mayhem Match, Thunder Rosa challenges Hikaru Shida, Darby Allin is attacked, and the line-up for this Thursday’s episode.

[01:11:00] Then, they go through their thoughts on the NXT TakeOver: XXX card and Paul Levesque’s call with the media after the show.

[01:22:51] John & Wai preview Sunday’s WWE SummerSlam card match-by-match.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting present a special bonus show going over the news of the day including Renee Young’s pending departure from WWE, Paul Levesque’s call with the media, the latest on Sonya Deville & this week’s Raw ratings.

[00:00:42] NEWS OF THE DAY

• Renee Young set to leave WWE

Paul Levesque hosts pre-TakeOver media call

The latest on the story involving Daria Berenato/Sonya Deville from this past weekend

Raw Ratings from Monday including the third hour drop

NXT line-up for tonight heading into TakeOver

UFC fight announcements including Dominick Reyes vs. Jan Blachowicz at UFC 253 for the vacant light heavyweight title 

[00:32:02] The complete audio of Paul Levesque’s call with members of the media promoting NXT TakeOver: XXX, addressing the investigation into the allegations against Patrick Clark, running at Full Sail, NXT’s head writer, Raw Underground & more. 

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John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss the go-home edition of WWE Raw leading into SummerSlam. Plus, the WWE ThunderDome, Jon Jones vacates the light heavyweight title, and lots of other news.

[00:10:09] NEWS OF THE DAY

Frightening story involving Sonya Deville, man arrested after breaking into her home

Paul Levesque discusses Patrick Clark being off TV due to a car accident, didn’t find anything regarding allegations

WWE ThunderDome with comments from Kevin Dunn

Friday Night SmackDown finishes above two million viewers

Former ROH champion Xavier passes away

NJPW reveals stipulations for the KOPW matches

Jon Jones announces he has vacated the UFC light heavyweight title

The finals of the AEW Women’s Tag Team Cup Tournament 

[00:42:05] The go-home edition of Raw for SummerSlam featured Shawn Michaels addressing Randy Orton and one last angle before the match with Drew McIntyre. Plus, the Raw Underground arrivals of Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir, Montez Ford returns, several 24/7 title changes, Asuka teams with Shayna Baszler against Bayley & Sasha Banks, and Rey Mysterio appears and calls out Seth Rollins.

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

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John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok to review UFC 252 from Las Vegas featuring Stipe Miocic retaining the UFC heavyweight title against Daniel Cormier.

The two review the main event, how each scored the fight, the keys to this fight, and what differed from the previous two, as well as the future for both.

Plus, a rundown of the card including Marlon Vera’s win against Sean O’Malley and the injury during the fight, Jairzinho Rozenstruik stops Junior dos Santos, and lots more.

MAIN CARD
*Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier for the UFC heavyweight title
*Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera
*Junior dos Santos vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
*Herbert Burns vs. Daniel Pineda
*John Dodson vs. Merab Dvalishvili

PRELIMINARY CARD
*Jim Miller vs. Vinc Pichel
*Felice Herrig vs. Virna Jandiroba
*TJ Brown vs. Danny Chavez
*Ashley Yoder vs. Livinha Souza

EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD
*Chris Daukaus vs. Parker Porter
*Tony Kelley vs. Kai Kamaka

Fight of the Night: Kai Kamaka vs. Tony Kelley
Performance of the Night: Daniel Pineda and Virna Jandiroba

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This month on The Rocky Maivia Picture Show, Nate Milton welcomes first-time guests Stephen Gutteridge (Mid-South Moments) & MJ From NJ into the theater to review the 2015 pilot episode for HBO’s “Ballers”!

Topics discussed include: Dwayne Johnson’s purchase of The XFL (and the league’s prospects going forward), the impetus behind “Ballers”, the show’s similarities to “Entourage”, America’s obsession with football, and the greatness of John David Washington. All that and more on an action-packed edition of TRMPS!

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