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John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss the news coming out of the weekend involving #SpeakingOut, plus a review of WWE Raw and the finale of The Undertaker: The Last Ride documentary series.

Championship Monday featured several title matches including Asuka vs. Charlotte Flair, Bayley & Sasha Banks vs. The IIconics, and The Street Profits vs. Viking Raiders. Dolph Ziggler arrives on Raw as a future consideration to confront Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley forgets about his divorce threat to Lana, MVP continues to recruit Apollo Crews, Charlotte is taken out with an injury, Big Show confronts Randy Orton, and an update from Edge. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:29:59]

Plus, John & Wai review the final episode of Undertaker: The Last Ride - Revelation. [01:32:07]

NEWS OF THE DAY [00:02:26]

Joey Ryan and Dave Crist released by Impact Wrestling, Michael Elgin suspended

AEW suspends Sammy Guevara indefinitely following 2016 rape comment surfaces

Sasha Banks issues statement regarding Guevara

Highspots issues statement regarding content involving Joey Ryan

FS1 scales back production for WWE Backstage

New Japan Cup notes from Monday’s show 

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

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John Pollock & Wai Ting welcome Kristen Ashly (Bell to Belles) to discuss the #SpeakingOut movement and the creation of the Association of Women in Wrestling. [00:02:07]

NEWS OF THE DAY [00:28:24]

WWE, AEW, Impact Wrestling, Progress Wrestling among promotions to issue statements

Jack Gallagher released by WWE

Jordan Devlin, Ligero, a legal rep for Matt Riddle issue denials

David Lagana resigns from his position at the NWA following sexual assault allegation 

Our SmackDown review can be found on the extended version of this podcast available for patrons at www.postwrestlingcafe.com

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite featuring two title matches and more matches confirmed for Fyter Fest. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:48:59]

Wednesday’s episode featured Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara taking on Best Friends in the main event with the winners earning an AEW tag title shot at Fyter Fest. Plus, Cody defends the TNT title against a POWERRRful challenger, Kenny Omega & Hangman Page defend the tag titles against Dustin Rhodes & QT Marshall, Britt Baker gets dumped, and another title match is announced for Fyter Fest.

Plus, a review of The Last Ride Ep. 4: The Battle Within [01:45:06]

NEWS OF THE DAY [00:04:37]

• David Starr addresses allegations

The latest on WWE’s tapings on Wednesday in Florida and their schedule

WWE issues statement on those in attendance at Monday’s tapings

Jerry McDevitt responds to lawsuit allegations regarding last November’s Crown Jewel event

WWE Raw ratings from Monday featuring Randy Orton vs. Christian

New Japan Cup notes after the first two shows 

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 news of a new COVID-19 case in WWE before reviewing WWE Raw featuring fallout to Randy Orton vs. Edge from Backlash. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:25:35]

Monday’s show was built around the set-up of an Unsanctioned Match between Randy Orton and the returning Christian that built throughout the night. Plus, three title matches with Drew McIntyre & R-Truth vs. Bobby Lashley & MVP, Asuka vs. Nia Jax, and Apollo Crews vs. Shelton Benjamin, the Big Show appears, MVP attempts to land a new recruit, Lashley wants a divorce, and Ric Flair is on the show.

Plus, John & Wai welcome WH Park to discuss New Japan’s return with the Together Project special and a preview of the New Japan Cup. [01:33:55]

NEWS OF THE DAY [00:01:31]

WWE developmental talent tests positive for COVID-19

TV tapings not happening on Tuesday

An amended lawsuit filed against WWE includes two witnesses addressing WWE-MENA region TV deal, issues surrounding Crown Jewel last year

WWE confirms Edge’s torn triceps, has undergone surgery

Kris Statlander out with ACL injury, facing surgery

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

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Backlash 2020 featuring Randy Orton vs. Edge in The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever.

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

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WWE Backlash
June 14, 2020
WWE Performance Center
Orlando, FL

**The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever: Edge vs. Randy Orton
**WWE Title Match: Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Bobby Lashley
**WWE Universal Title Handicap Match: Braun Strowman (c) vs. John Morrison & The Miz
**WWE RAW Women's Title: Asuka (c) vs. Nia Jax
**WWE Women's Tag Team Titles: Bayley & Sasha Banks (c) vs. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross vs. The IIconics
**WWE RAW Tag Team Title: The Street Profits (c) vs. The Viking Raiders
**Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus
**WWE United States Title: Apollo Crews (c) vs. Andrade

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Wai Ting welcomes Andrew Thompson to co-host this week's Rewind-A-SmackDown. While RASD exists as a Patreon-exclusive, we wanted to release the first portion of the podcast publicly to allow viewers to hear Andrew's current thoughts on the #BlackLivesMatter movement, responses from the public, recommended resources, as well as your phone calls.

Plus, a discussion about the top stories from the wrestling world:

Bruce Prichard takes over WWE Raw creative, Paul Heyman to focus on on-air duties

AEW and NXT ratings from Wednesday night

Total Bellas renewed for 6th season, Season Finale rating

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite featuring Cody vs. Marq Quen for the TNT championship. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:26:58]

On Wednesday’s show, Chris Jericho returned to commentary and later was involved in a big beatdown angle. Plus, The Inner Circle takes on Best Friends & Orange Cassidy, Colt Cabana’s slide continues, the debut of FTR against The Butcher & The Blade and another interaction with The Young Bucks, Hikaru Shida & Kris Statlander take on Nyla Rose & Penelope Ford, an update on Darby Allin, the return of several missing faces and Joey Janela has been drinking.

NEWS OF THE DAY [00:08:04]

Johnny Walker Mr. Wrestling II passes away

New Japan releases its guidelines for COVID-19 prevention at the upcoming events

Raw ratings from Monday night

MLW signs distribution deal with DAZN

Tessa Blanchard advertised by Impact Wrestling for a return at Slammiversary in a five-way match

UFC 251 and three other cards set for Yas Island in Abu Dhabi in July

Trilogy fight between Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier is set for August

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw from the Performance Center with the go-home episode heading into Backlash this weekend. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:33:25]

On Raw, Christian returned for a segment of The Peep Show speaking with Edge ahead of “The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever” with Randy Orton, the new women’s tag champions Bayley & Sasha Banks appeared for an impromptu match, a #1 contender’s match for a shot at the U.S. title with Andrade vs. Angel Garza vs. Kevin Owens, the Viking Raiders vs. Street Profits Decathlon, an update from Rey Mysterio, the Claymore vs. the Full Nelson, and the main event with Asuka taking on Charlotte Flair.

Plus, John & Wai share their thoughts on NXT TakeOver: In Your House. [00:17:28]

NEWS OF THE DAY [00:05:06]

New Japan Pro Wrestling holds a press conference with an update on their live events

Edge speaks about the Greatest Match Ever marketing for Backlash

Update on Elias

Friday Night SmackDown rating

Matches announced for NXT this week

Conor McGregor’s retirement tweet and interview with ESPN, Jon Jones, and Jorge Masvidal speak out about issues with UFC

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

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WH Park starts his new series about All Japan Pro Wrestling during the 1990s with a special prelude episode looking at the creation of AJPW’s top title, The Triple Crown.

Joining him is Joseph Montecillo, a wrestling video essayist who does outstanding work on his YouTube channel.

They look at the matches leading up to the unification of the top 3 singles titles in All Japan into the Triple Crown as well as the first title change after it is formed.

Matches:

Click here for Genichiro Tenryu vs. Ted DiBiase NWA UN Title

Click here for Tenryu vs. Stan Hansen for the PWF Heavyweight Title

Click here for Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Bruiser Brody for the NWA International Heavyweight Title

Click here for Hansen vs. Tenryu PWF/UN Heavyweight Title match

Click here for the final unification match Jumbo vs. Hansen

Click here for the first title change

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 Phil Chertok for their UFC 250 POST Show covering Saturday’s card from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The two review all the fights including the main event with UFC featherweight champion Amanda Nunes defending her title against Felicia Spencer. Plus, a big discussion on the state of the UFC’s bantamweight picture with several important fights on the card with Cody Garbrandt’s return against Raphael Assuncao along with Aljamain Sterling taking on Cory Sandhagen.

We also open it up to the live chat and take your questions after the review.

MAIN CARD
*Amanda Nunes vs. Felicia Spencer for the UFC women’s featherweight title
*Raphael Assuncao vs. Cody Garbrandt
*Aljamain Sterling vs. Cory Sandhagen
*Neil Magny vs. Anthony Rocco Martin
*Sean O’Malley vs. Eddie Wineland

PRELIMINARY CARD
*Alex Caceres vs. Chase Hooper 
*Gerald Meerschaert vs. Ian Heinisch
*Cody Stamann vs. Brian Kelleher
*Charles Byrd vs. Maki Pitolo

EARLY PRELIM CARD
*Jussier Formiga vs. Alex Perez
*Devin Clark vs. Alonzo Menifield
*Evan Dunham vs. Herbert Burns – 150-pound catchweight fight

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