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John Pollock and Wai Ting are joined by former WWE referee / Aftermath co-host Jimmy Korderas to discuss a recent incident involving a RevPro referee getting injured in a controversial unplanned spot. Plus, Jimmy helps us preview Sunday’s WWE Clash of Champions PPV.

LINKS

Impact Wrestling confirms move to AXS TV beginning in October (POST)

UK wrestler sacked for attacking referee in 'heat of the moment (Metro)

Jimmy Korderas’ #ReffinRant videos (Twitter) 

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown as Shane McMahon replaced an injured Elias to face off with Chad Gable in a King of the Ring semi-final match. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:37:12]

On this week’s episode, The Undertaker returned to Madison Square Garden, Kofi Kingston and Randy Orton time-warped to 2009, Erick Rowan and Roman Reigns set up Sunday’s match and more on the go-home show before Clash of Champions.

NEWS OF THE DAY:

WWE Raw falls 15% and does its second-lowest audience of 2019 against Monday Night Football

Anthem CEO Leonard Asper discusses the AXS TV purchase 

Major Cuts at AXS TV following the sale 

The Verge interviews WWE co-president George Barrios on the changes to the WWE Network this past year and more to come

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

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring Steve Austin’s return to Madison Square Garden. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:40:50]

Monday’s Raw from The Garden featured Steve Austin moderating the contract signing between Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman, the Four Horsewomen squared off in a tag match, the semi-finals of the King of the Ring with Ricochet vs. Baron Corbin vs. Samoa Joe, Rey Mysterio vs. Gran Metalik, and a ten-man tag main event. 

NEWS OF THE DAY:

• Anthem buys a majority interest in AXS TV & HDNet Movies
• AEW going to Nashville, Tennessee in November 

Revolution Pro releases a statement on the incident involving referee Aaren Wilde; ties cut with Josh Bodom

Cain Velasquez discusses his future in MMA & Pro Wrestling 

 

 

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John Pollock is joined by WH Park for their monthly chat on POST Puroresu.

On this month’s show, WH shares his final thoughts on the G1 Climax with his top matches and performers, next year’s changes, and who gets the invite back (or not).

They dive into this past weekend’s Royal Quest show, the problems with the live stream on FITE TV, not airing shows live, assessing New Japan World’s strategy, and more.

A look at the Destruction cards in Beppu, Kagoshima, and Kobe and the matches announced for King of Pro Wrestling.

Plus, a look at Stardom’s 5 Star Grand Prix, NOAH’s N-1 Victory tournament, All Japan’s Royal Road & more.   

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John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok for the UFC 242 POST Show.

The two review Saturday’s pay-per-view card from Abu Dhabi that was headlined by Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Dustin Poirier for the UFC lightweight title.

The co-feature saw a welterweight rematch between Edson Barboza and Paul Felder, plus Islam Makhachev taking on Davi Ramos, a heavyweight fight between Curtis Blaydes and Shamil Abdurakhimov, and the pay-per-view opened with Mairbek Taisumov vs. Diego Ferreira.

Plus, Nate Diaz is set to fight Jorge Masvidal at UFC 244 at Madison Square Garden, Dana White will not book BJ Penn for another fight, and a look ahead to Donald Cerrone vs. Justin Gaethje in Vancouver next weekend and Robert Whittaker vs. Israel Adesanya at UFC 243 for the middleweight title.

MAIN CARD
*Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Dustin  Poirier for the UFC lightweight title
*Edson Barboza vs. Paul Felder
*Islam Makhachev vs. Davi Ramos
*Curtis Blaydes vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov
*Diego Ferreira vs. Mairbek Taisumov

PRELIMINARY CARD
*Joanne Calderwood vs. Andrea Lee
*Lerone Murphy vs. Zubaira Tukhugov
*Liana Jojua vs. Sarah Moras
*Teemu Packalen vs. Ottman Azaitar

FIGHT PASS PRELIMS
*Belal Muhammad vs. Takashi Sato
*Nordine Taleb vs. Muslim Salikhov
*Omari Akhmedov vs. Zak Cummings
*Fares Ziam vs. Don Madge

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John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss the latest news in wrestling/MMA including Ric Flair threatening legal action with WWE over “The Man” trademark, Raw and SmackDown receive new lead writers, and UFC’s return to Abu Dhabi this weekend.

At 30:14, Pat McAfee speaks to John Pollock about working with WWE, the creation of Watch Along, his WrestleMania incident with Michael Cole over a pair of shorts, and launch of The Pat McAfee Show.

The Pat McAfee Show streams on DAZN beginning September 9th, 10am-Noon ET, Monday to Friday.

LINKS

Ric Flair Declares War On WWE Over 'The Man,' You Need To Pay Me!!! (TMZ)

Several changes made to the WWE’s writing staff, per report (POST Wrestling)

DOUBLE SHOT: GLOW Season 3 Ep. 5 & 6, CM Punk intv, Starrcast III, Adrian Street doc (POST Wrestling Patreon)

Five Questions with Phil Chertok: UFC 242 (POST Wrestling)

Arabian fights: inside the UFC’s long-term partnership with the UAE (The Guardian)

Royal Patronage: The Middle Eastern monarchies conquering combat sports (Bloody Elbow)

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown as Daniel Bryan demands an apology from Roman Reigns (again). [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:32:46]

SmackDown featured the latest chapter in the saga involving Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan, and Erick Rowan, two Quarterfinal matches in the King of the Ring as Ali took on Elias and Chad Gable faced Andrade, Bayley’s explanation for attacking Becky Lynch, Aleister Black exits The Room, Shinsuke Nakamura’s personal commentator, “The Ramdeen Laugh”, and lots more.

NEWS OF THE DAY:

AEW’s countdown special on TNT draws 390,000 viewers

Chris Jericho files a police report for a lost or stolen championship 

KENTA not working any New Japan Shows until 9/15, reaction to the handling of his injury

Bellator signs Cris Cyborg Justino

The UFC returns to Abu Dhabi this weekend

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring Bayley’s attack on Becky Lynch. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:38:30]

On Monday’s episode, Raw & SmackDown women’s champions Becky Lynch and Bayley teamed against the WWE women’s tag champions Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross with a familiar alliance at the end, the King of the Ring Quarterfinals took place with Baron Corbin vs. Cedric Alexander and Ricochet vs. Samoa Joe, odd tournament logic, Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman fought The OC, and Steve Austin is coming to moderate a contract signing next week!

Plus, a discussion on the AEW media scrums, Royal Quest added to New Japan World, and fallout from the weekend. 

NEWS OF THE DAY:

Tony Khan speaks to the media after All Out with notes from the scrum

Paul Levesque’s interview with talkSPORT in the UK

New Japan announces Destruction cards and Kazuchika Okada’s next title defense in October 

 

 

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Martin, Benno & Jamesie are back to review the two big shows from this weekend: NJPW Royal Quest (Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki) and WWE NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff (WALTER vs. Tyler Bate).

Will Cooling drops in to give a live report from RevPro Summer Sizzler and the controversial match between Will Ospreay & David Starr. 

Finally they chat the British interests at AEW All Out with Jimmy Havoc & PAC.

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WH Park reunites with John Pollock on the final episode of Cruel Summer (for now) to discuss the finals of NJPW G1 Climax 28: Kota Ibushi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi from August 12, 2018.

They also discuss being able to see all 3 shows at Budokan Hall and how it compares to Sumo Hall, the significance of Katsuyori Shibata being in Tanahashi’s corner for this match, WH’s Top 10 G1 Finals and Top 5 G1 Final wrestlers. Plus a special announcement about WH’s next project on POST Wrestling.

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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.

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