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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring Adam Cole vs. Seth Rollins for the NXT title. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:42:27]

On Monday’s episode from Long Island, the NXT invasion continued with the main event featuring Adam Cole defending the NXT title against Seth Rollins, Brock Lesnar is set out to hunt Rey Mysterio, the latest chapter involving Rusev and Bobby Lashley, Shayna Baszler confronts Becky Lynch, and several matches are announced for the Survivor Series.

NEWS OF THE DAY:

WWE issues press release announcing they are expanding their deal with the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) of Saudi Arabia and the latest from last week’s flight delays

Reactions from WWE talent over the weekend 

205 Live taking place from Full Sail University this week

Nick Jackson shuts down the possibility of AEW and NJPW working together

NJPW announces lineups for San Jose & Los Angeles this weekend

Matches announced for the both Tokyo Dome shows in January

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

Photos Courtesy: WWE

Rewind-A-Raw Theme by Colby John: soundcloud.com/colbyjohn

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WH Park and Benno of The British Wrestling Experience and The GRAPPL Spotlight podcasts get together for the first time to discuss Jushin Liger’s foray into American independent wrestling in the 2000s as he takes on Bryan Danielson during Ring of Honor’s Weekend of Thunder from November 5, 2004.

Click here to watch this match on ROH’s YouTube channel.

[PRODUCER'S NOTE: Pardon the occasional audio "skips" on WH's mic in this early episode. Best efforts were made to clean these up so they shouldn't be too bothersome to most listeners.]

Next week on Thunderstruck: Jushin Liger vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (12/29/96)

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 Phil Chertok are back for the UFC 244 POST Show covering Saturday night’s card from Madison Square Garden with Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal for the BMF title.

On the show, they discuss the main event, the nature of the stoppage, The Rock’s appearance, several impressive knockouts involving rising stars, the debacle at the MGM Grand Garden Arena as fans awaited the Canelo Alvarez vs. Sergey Kovalev fight, President Donald Trump attends the show and lots of news coming out of the UFC card.

MAIN CARD
*Jorge Masvidal vs. Nate Diaz
*Darren Till vs. Kelvin Gastelum
*Stephen Thompson vs. Vicente Luque
*Blagoy Ivanov vs. Derrick Lewis
*Kevin Lee vs. Gregor Gillespie

PRELIMINARY CARD
*Corey Anderson vs. Johnny Walker
*Shane Burgos vs. Makwan Amirkhani
*Brad Tavares vs. Edmen Shahbazyan
*Andrei Arlovski vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik
*Katlyn Chookagian vs. Jennifer Maia
*Chance Rencountre vs. Lyman Good
*Hakeem Dawodu vs. Julio Arce

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In a special Café Hangout “After Dark”, John Pollock and Wai Ting review the results of WWE Crown Jewel featuring the first women’s wrestling match in Saudi Arabia. We also take your calls and discuss WWE’s Q3 Earnings Results and last night’s NXT and AEW ratings.

LINKS

• WWE Crown Jewel Results: The Fiend wins title, Lesnar submits Velasquez
• SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.30.2019
• WWE Q3 Results: Key sectors decline, stock takes a hit

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review this week’s AEW Dynamite featuring a contract signing between Chris Jericho and Cody Rhodes. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:26:12]

Also on this week’s show, the first AEW tag team champions were crowned as SCU met The Lucha Bros. in the final of the tournament, Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks dress up for Halloween, The Rock ‘N’ Roll Express get jumped, and Jake Hager returns from his MMA fight with a new maneuver.

NEWS OF THE DAY

WWE adds women’s match between Natalya and Lacey Evans to Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia 

Raw’s viewership from Monday sees the show’s third-lowest average of 2019

WWE promoting big guest for Backstage next Tuesday on FS1

Tuesday night’s highlights of Impact Wrestling on AXS TV and NWA Power

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

Photos Courtesy: AEW

Rewind-A-Dynamite Theme by Jacob Chesnut
Rewind-A-Dynamite Theme (Close) by Chris & Dasha

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring Rusev & Lana's Divorce Court. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:38:04]

Monday’s episode of Raw from St. Louis featured the continued focus on The Street Profits, Humberto Carrillo & Sin Cara, the introduction of a new masked female with Sin Cara, Becky Lynch taking on Kairi Sane following an angle with the Kabuki Warriors and Paige, cameos from Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair prior to Crown Jewel, and Rusev and Lana joined Jerry Lawler for the main event segment of the show.

NEWS OF THE DAY:

Jordan Myles speaks out on racist t-shirt design, WWE’s response and the followup statements from Myles 

WWE’s WrestleMania schedule and moving the Hall of Fame to a new night 

Friday night’s ratings for SmackDown on FS 1

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

Photos Courtesy: WWE

Rewind-A-Raw Theme by Colby John: soundcloud.com/colbyjohn

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In his new series that looks at Jushin Thunder Liger’s greatest matches, WH Park welcomes Damon MacDonald of the Super J-Cast (at the Voices of Wrestling website) to discuss Liger’s history as well as one of his most famous matches against Naoki Sano from January 31, 1990.

Click here to watch this match on New Japan World (account required).

[PRODUCER'S NOTE: Pardon the occasional audio "skips" on WH's mic in this early episode. Best efforts were made to clean these up so they shouldn't be too bothersome to most listeners.]

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 this week’s news including reactions to the glitch-filled release of WWE 2K20, AEW vs. NXT Week 4 ratings, Conor McGregor’s plans to fight in January, a report on Randy Couture, thoughts on this week’s NXT & NWA Power episodes, and our thoughts on “Joker”.

Plus, your calls about the week in wrestling and MMA news.

LINKS

• SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.23.2019
• Primetime cable viewership for 2018
• IGN’s review of WWE 2K20

 

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review this week’s AEW Dynamite featuring Jon Moxley vs. PAC while television time remains. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:12:00]

Also on the show: The continuation of the AEW tag title tournament with Private Party vs. The Lucha Bros. and SCU vs. Dark Order in semi-final matches. Plus, a wild brawl involving The Inner Circle with Cody and his back up, Dr. Britt Baker competes in her hometown, and The Young Bucks take on The Best Friends.

Plus, it’s the REWIND-A-DYNAMITE THEME SONG CONTEST. Wai & John listen to all the submissions and choose a winner for the show’s new theme song. [STARTS AT 01:14:23]

NEWS OF THE DAY

Raw’s viewership from Monday against the NFL

Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport announced for WM weekend

Impact announces matches for AXS debut

EVIL injury update

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John Pollock has a pair of interviews heading into this weekend’s Bellator 231 & 232 cards from Uncasville, Connecticut.

Up first, “Big” John McCarthy discusses his role as a Bellator broadcaster, the typical duties the day of the event, the rematch between Rory MacDonald and Robbie Lawler, the moments he has shared with MacDonald inside the cage, the recent weight-cutting rule passed by the California State Athletic Commission, and an update on his health following neck surgery two years ago.

Then, MMA analyst Robin Black discusses the MacDonald vs. Lima rematch, how he dissects fights and how it’s changed over the years, the unique approach he takes versus how the fight is called in real-time and utilizing Instagram to find an audience.

Bellator 231 airs Friday night at 9 pm ET on DAZN & Paramount Network followed by Bellator 232 on Saturday night at 10 pm on DAZN. 

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