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John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE WrestleMania 36 Night 1 featuring The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles in a Boneyard Match main event that everyone is talking about. Plus, Goldberg defends the WWE Universal Championship against Braun Strowman.

WWE WrestleMania 36 Night 1
April 4, 2020 (recorded earlier)
WWE Performance Center
Orlando, FL

**Boneyard Match: The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles
**WWE Universal Title: Goldberg vs. Braun Strowman
**Raw Women’s Championship: Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler
**Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins
**WWE Intercontinental Title: Sami Zayn vs. Daniel Bryan
**Ladder match for SD Tag Titles: John Morrison vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Jimmy Uso
**WWE Women’s Tag Titles: Kabuki Warriors vs. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross
**Elias vs. King Corbin
**Kickoff: Cesaro vs. Drew Gulak

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

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WH Park and John Carroll from Voices of Wrestling’s Wrestling Omakase podcast talk for the first time to review yet another Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama tag match. This time it’s against the legendary NOAH tag team of KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji in a match to determine the first ever NOAH Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.

Click here to watch this match on YouTube

Next week on Thunderstruck: Jushin Liger vs. Samoa Joe (10/23/05)

WH Park and a special guest look back at the greatest matches of Jushin Thunder Liger’s career in Thunderstruck, a limited-edition podcast from POST Wrestling. New episodes every Sunday.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss the latest news involving AEW’s recent tapings, NXT-AEW ratings, and financial aid info for independent contractors.

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NEWS OF THE DAY [00:10:59]

• Options in the U.S. and Canada for independent contractors

AEW believed to have enough television content to last them a while and other notes from the recent tapings

AEW and NXT viewership drops as empty arena shows continue

The season premiere of Total Bellas and the move to Thursday nights

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John Pollock and Wai Ting couldn't do their live show in Tampa this year, but that won't stop them from bringing it to your homes with the first ever Café Grande Hangout.

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They’ll be joined by special guests from the POST Network while they take your questions via Skype Calls and YouTube Super Chats.

Commemorate the first ever Café Grande Hangout with our limited-edition t-shirt by artist and event producer Robert S. Pearson. (Click Here)

100% of proceeds from the shirt and our Super Chats go towards Sunnybrook Foundation and The New York Community Trust to support their fight against COVID-19.

Links

Sunnybrook Foundation: Research team has isolated the COVID-19 virus

The NY Community Trust: The NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund

Café Hangouts are recorded live every Thursday at 3pm ET (12pm PT / 7pm UK). All Patreon supporters have access to watch, chat and call-in live each week.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite from an undisclosed location. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:45:44]

The show featured Cody & Darby Allin taking on Sammy Guevara & Shawn Spears ahead of next week’s TNT Championship tournament. Kenny Omega took on Trent, Lance Archer made his AEW debut, an on-location scene with Vanguard 1 invading the palatial estate of Chris Jericho, and the reveal of the full bracket for the TNT title tournament.

CAFÉ GRANDE HANGOUT: Join us for a special 2-hour Q&A live stream this Thursday 2PM ET at YouTube.com/postwrestling.

NEWS OF THE DAY [00:08:23]

Florida issues a stay-at-home order for at least 30 days, effective Thursday

WWE and FOX Sports announce a deal for WrestleMania and Tuesday night programming

WWE Raw viewership hits another low for this week’s episode

Jon Jones enters plea agreement following last week’s arrest

Tony Ferguson addresses the fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov being off

An update on Hana Kimura on Terrace House

Dark Side of the Ring schedule for season two 

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

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review the final episode of WWE Raw before WrestleMania 36 this weekend. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:46:44]

The go-home show for WrestleMania featured finals words from The Undertaker as he prepared for Allen Jones, Edge addresses Randy Orton for the final time, Becky Lynch is attacked by Shayna Baszler, Andrade’s replacement is revealed, the WWE women’s tag title is officially added to WrestleMania, and Paul Heyman has a show-closing message directed at Drew McIntyre.

CAFÉ GRANDE HANGOUT: Join us for a special 2-hour Q&A live stream this Thursday 2PM ET at YouTube.com/postwrestling.

NEWS OF THE DAY [00:08:57]

Roman Reigns posts video addressing his decision to pull out of WrestleMania 36

Edge speaks about his comeback

AEW adding the TNT Championship with an eight-man tournament beginning April 8

Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson is likely off, UFC still moving forward with UFC 249

Bellator cancels its shows in May, PFL puts its season on hold

The very unique match between Go Shiosaki and Kazuyuki Fujita from Sunday’s Pro Wrestling NOAH show

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

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John Pollock & Wai Ting present a special Sunday night bonus POST Roundtable featuring three guests stopping by:

• [00:03:55] Dr. Alex Patel returns for the latest on the COVID-19 pandemic, how things have changed, the public acclimating to social distancing, his feelings on wrestling shows continuing, Roman Reigns & more.
• [00:28:57] Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics discusses the financial implications of WWE’s move to stage WrestleMania at the Performance Center and the importance of WWE’s television deals during this time.
• [00:53:37] Marcus Vanderberg of Yahoo Sports and The Kings of Sport joins us from Los Angeles to discuss how the city is handling the pandemic, WrestleMania next weekend, what to expect from major sports leagues when play resumes, and what WrestleMania Week in LA could look like in 2021.

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WH Park and Alan4L from Pro Wrestling Torch’s ProWres Paradise pontificate about many topics including this awesome tag match between Jushin Liger & Minoru Tanaka taking on the NOAH Jr. team of Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

As a bonus, we veer off on a tangent about the awesome “Stop the Matsunaga” storyline featuring deathmatch wrestler Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (don’t ask but just listen).

Click here to watch this match on YouTube for free

Next week on Thunderstruck: Jushin Liger & Takahiro Murahama vs. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji (7/16/2003)

WH Park and a special guest look back at the greatest matches of Jushin Thunder Liger’s career in Thunderstruck, a limited-edition podcast from POST Wrestling. New episodes every Sunday.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss the latest news involving major changes to WrestleMania 36 including Roman Reigns, Miz and Andrade being taken off the show, the latest on Jon Jones' arrest, Brodie Lee on TIJ, and Dana White speaks.

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NEWS OF THE DAY

Roman Reigns, The Miz & Andrade off the WrestleMania 36 and all the latest changes to the show with updates across the board

Stephanie McMahon outlines the precautions WWE is taking while moving forward with their shows

Update on Teddy Hart following his arrest on Thursday

More details on Jon Jones’ arrest

Brodie Lee’s interview on Talk is Jericho and decision to leave WWE

Becky Lynch interviewed by Ariel Helwani and talks about WrestleMania

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Join John Pollock and Wai Ting for the Café Hangout as they take your calls and discuss the Chris Benoit episode of Vice’s Dark Side of the Ring. Plus, the latest on today’s arrests of Jon Jones and Teddy Hart.

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Café Hangouts are recorded live every Thursday at 3pm ET (12pm PT / 7pm UK). All Patreon supporters have access to watch, chat and call-in live each week.

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