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After last week’s news that Paul Heyman has been named the Executive Director of WWE Raw, John Pollock and Wai Ting review Monday’s show to see what changes, if any, would be evident. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:24:29]

Also on this week’s show from Dallas, Texas: A major angle to lead off the show involving Bobby Lashley and Braun Strowman, a rematch between Ricochet and AJ Styles for the United States title, one 2-of-3 Falls match, Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch team up, a much different pace to the show, and is Maria Kanellis pregnant?

POST WRESTLING's G1 Climax Contest

Our annual G1 Climax predictions contest is live and free to enter. Entry deadline is this Thursday at Midnight ET: https://www.postwrestling.com/g1

POST WRESTLING Live in TORONTO!

This SummerSlam weekend in Toronto, join John & Wai at the Second City's John Candy Box Theatre on August 11th, 2019 at 1 pm for a live Q&A and Meet & Greet. Tickets and information (including a $5 discount for patrons): https://www.postwrestling.com/live/

NEWS OF THE DAY

**John’s quick thoughts on AEW Fyter Fest and ROH Best in the World 

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

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WH Park is joined by JP Houlihan of the GRAPPL Spotlight podcast to discuss the finals of NJPW’s tenth annual G1 Climax tournament: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Kensuke Sasaki from August 13, 2000.

WH and JP talk about his start as a wrestling fan in the U.K., British soap operas, the “realism” of the original Degrassi Jr. High, the wonders of Nakanishi’s Hacksaw Jim Duggan schtick, the dark days of BritWres in the early 2000s and other topics.

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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. New episodes every Saturday and Sunday morning.

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Wai Ting & Davie Portman review AEW Fyter Fest from Daytona Beach, FL headlined by Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela in an Unsanctioned Match.

We review the entire show including The Buy-In preshow and a main card also featuring The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega vs. Lucha Bros. & Laredo Kid. Plus, we take your phone calls and read your very divisive feedback to this show from the POST Wrestling Forum.

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AEW Fyter FestSaturday, June 29th, 2019The Ocean CenterDaytona Beach, Florida

*Unsanctioned Match: Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela*The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) & Kenny Omega vs. The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero M & Rey Fenix) & Laredo Kid*Cody vs. Darby Allin*Hangman Page vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Jungle Boy vs. MJF*Riho vs. Nyla Rose vs. Yuka Sakazaki*CIMA vs. Christopher Daniels*Hardcore Match: Michael Nakazawa vs. Jebailey*Allie vs. Leva Bates*Winners receive an opportunity at a bye in the first round of the AEW Tag Team Championship Tournament: Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent) vs. SCU (Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky) vs. The Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)

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WH Park and Chris Thunder review NJPW’s Southern Showdown event from Melbourne, Australia featuring Will Ospreay vs. Robbie Eagles for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW Southern Showdown in MelbourneJune 29, 2019Festival HallMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

*Bad Luck Fale & Jay White vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada*IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Robbie Eagles*IWGP Tag Team Title: Guerrillas Of Destiny (c) vs. Juice Robinson & Mikey Nicholls*RevPro Undisputed British Cruiserweight Title: El Phantasmo (c) vs. Rocky Romero*Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI*Gino Gambino & Taiji Ishimori vs. Toru Yano & YOH*Aaron Solow vs. Slex*Andrew Villalobos, Mark Tui & Michael Richards vs. Nick Bury, Shota Umino & Toa Henare

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WH Park and the returning Matt McEwen come together again to talk about the finals of NJPW’s ninth G1 Climax tournament: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Keiji Mutoh from August 15, 1999.

Matt and WH talk about Keiji Mutoh’s hairline, tie-breakers in the G1, the psychology or lack thereof of Nakanishi’s offense, Atlantic wrestling history, Anne of Green Gables and other topics.

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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. New episodes every Saturday and Sunday morning.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting broadcast live from the POST Office for this week’s Café Hangout:

**Paul Heyman & Eric Bischoff are named WWE Executive Directors

**Ex-WWE writer Brian Mann joins us for his thoughts on this story

**A preview of this weekend’s AEW Fyter Fest and ROH Best In The World cards

**Damian Abraham joins us to discuss last night’s editions of The Wrestlers:

Episode 7 features a look at the world's craziest wrestling promotion, DDT including interviews with Kota Ibushi and Danshoku Dino.

Episode 8 sees Damian and his crew travel to Northern Quebec where a group of wrestlers brave weather and isolation to bring professional wrestling to remote and disadvantaged First Nations communities.

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Watch this show and follow the live chat on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Fb9ivZlVlV4

Café Hangouts are recorded live every Thursday. Patreon Double Double, Iced Capp and Espresso supporters have the opportunity to watch and interact live each week.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SmackDown where 2-of-3 Falls matches took over the show including the main event between Kofi Kingston and Dolph Ziggler. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:34:34] 

Also on this week’s show from the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon: The Miz took on Elias for the chance at another match with Shane McMahon, Nikki Cross took on Bayley in order to secure another title shot for Alexa Bliss, and a recap of Samoa Joe’s SHARK ATTACK. 

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This SummerSlam weekend in Toronto, join John & Wai at the Second City's John Candy Box Theatre on August 11th, 2019 at 1 pm for a live Q&A and Meet & Greet. Tickets and information (including a $5 discount for patrons): https://www.postwrestling.com/live/

NEWS OF THE DAY

**WWE Raw’s viewership coming off Stomping Grounds and how it compared to the other post-PPV editions of Raw this year.**Seth Rollins defends his recent comments about WWE and addresses Jon Moxley’s statements after leaving the company during an interview with the SI Media Podcast.**Zack Sabre Jr. defeats Yoshi-Hashi at Kizuna Road card in Sendai, retains his spot in the G1 Climax  **Jinder Mahal re-signs with WWE

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

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw from Everett, Washington. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:35:10]Monday’s Raw following Stomping Grounds featured a surprise appearance from The Undertaker to set up a match at Extreme Rules, the expected Mixed tag match involving Seth Rollins & Becky Lynch vs. Baron Corbin & Lacey Evans was put together, a match involving Ricochet and AJ Styles, many 24/7 title changes, and how WWE’s wrestling-free commercial break format came off in execution. Plus, all the information for POST Wrestling’s G1 Climax Contest that is free to enter. (Click here)

POST WRESTLING Live in TORONTO!

This SummerSlam weekend in Toronto, join John & Wai at the Second City's John Candy Box Theatre on August 11th, 2019 at 1 pm for a live Q&A and Meet & Greet. Tickets and information (including a $5 discount for patrons): https://www.postwrestling.com/live/

NEWS OF THE DAY

**Seth Rollins spends 24 hours on Twitter, we’ll analyze the results **Axios releases documents involving Linda McMahon’s vetting process from 2016 covering tons of WWE’s past controversies and other findings**WALTER vs. David Starr from OTT’s WrestleRama and spot with the NXT UK title 

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

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Stomping Grounds from Tacoma, WA headlined by Seth Rollins vs. Baron Corbin for the WWE Universal Championship with a mystery referee. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:17:28]

Plus, John discusses seeing Aqua last night, your phone calls and feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum.

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WWE Stomping GroundsSunday, June 23rd, 2019Tacoma DomeTacoma, Washington

**WWE Title Steel Cage Match: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler**WWE Universal Title (w/ Mystery Guest Referee): Seth Rollins (c) vs. Baron Corbin**WWE United States Title: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Ricochet**WWE RAW Women's Title: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Lacey Evans**WWE SmackDown Women's Title: Bayley (c) vs. Alexa Bliss**WWE SmackDown Tag Team Titles: Daniel Bryan & Rowan (c) vs. Heavy Machinery (Otis & Tucker)**WWE Cruiserweight Title: Tony Nese (c) vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Drew Gulak**Drew McIntyre vs. Roman Reigns**Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn vs. The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods)

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WH Park welcomes one of the co-hosts of the Eastern Lariat podcast, Dylan Fox to discuss the finals of NJPW’s 8th G1 Climax tournament: Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kazuo Yamazaki from August 2, 1998.

Dylan and WH discuss Big Mouth Loud, a history of Kazuo Yamazaki, the merits of ¥5,000,000 cheques, and a bit of talk about latter-day FMW among other topics.

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

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. New episodes every Saturday and Sunday morning.

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