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WH Park welcomes John Pollock to discuss the finals of NJPW’s inaugural G1 Climax tournament: Keiji Mutoh vs. Masahiro Chono from August 11, 1991.

WH talks about the inspirations for Cruel Summer. He and John look at the history and creation of the G1 itself, John’s love of 90s pop music, what would the Yakuza/Mafia kick be called in other countries and giant cheques in 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. New episodes every Saturday and Sunday morning.

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John Pollock & Wai Ting are joined by a number of guests on this week’s Café Hangout:

**Andreas Hale (The Corner Podcast) joins us to discuss his recent Starrcast II panel on race, gender and minority representation in wrestling. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9v8tnnZrKU

**Smash Wrestling’s Sebastian Suave talks about Smash’s partnership with China’s OWE for SummerSlam Week events in Toronto. Tickets: http://smash-wrestling.com/

**Damian Abraham joins us for a weekly discussion about his Viceland series, The Wrestlers. This week we dissect Episode 2: The Changing Face of Wrestling focusing on the career of MVP. Watch it here (US Only): https://www.viceland.com/en_us/show/the-wrestlers

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John Pollock and Wai Ting to review WWE SmackDown from the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:32:02]

SmackDown featured several 24/7 title changes revolving around R-Truth, the main event involving Roman Reigns & Truth taking on Elias & Drew McIntyre, dissension among Charlotte Flair & Lacey Evans, a rematch with Kofi Kingston taking on Kevin Owens, and Daniel Bryan lectures Oklahoma about the dangers of fracking and subsequent earthquakes.

NEWS OF THE DAY

**Notes coming out of Double or Nothing, FITE TV’s top markets that purchased the show, comparisons to “All In” & more.

**B/R Live streaming Fyter Fest and Fight for the Fallen

**New match announced for Fyter Fest between Moxley and Joey Janela

**New Japan confirms Juice Robinson vs. Jon Moxley for Sumo Hall on June 5th

**Roman Reigns comments on the upcoming Super Showdown card in Saudi Arabia  

**All Elite Wrestling announces two more signings

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

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw from Kansas City, Missouri. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:26:36]

The show featured a Fatal Four-Way involving Baron Corbin, The Miz, Bobby Lashley & Braun Strowman to determine Seth Rollins’ opponent for the Super Showdown card, the introduction of The Electric Chair interview segment involving Sami Zayn, Lance Anoa’i faced off with Shane McMahon, The Usos’ Block Party featuring CORN HOLE, and a 31-minute opening to the show involving Boombox Brock, Seth Rollins, Kofi Kingston, and Dolph Ziggler.

NEWS OF THE DAY

**Jon Moxley appearing at Sumo Hall next week for the final night of NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors, plus Moxley’s dates with Northeast Wrestling

**Starrcast III announced for Labor Day weekend

**News and notes coming out Double or Nothing

**Taka Michinoku out of the rest of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament due to injury

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John Pollock chats with Fred Ottman about breaking into the industry through Boris Malenko, his territorial work, meeting Dusty Rhodes in Florida, the call from the World Wrestling Federation that led to the Tugboat character, teaming with John Tenta as The Natural Disasters, the connection to Hulk Hogan, the legend of The Shockmaster and its viral popularity, plus his thoughts on AEW and his nephews Cody and Dustin Rhodes.Catch Fred Ottman at the Chinlock Wrestling Legends Convention on Saturday, June 15th in Kingston, Ontario at the Leon’s Centre.Subscribe to POST WrestlingiTunes & iOS  | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Double or Nothing from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

We review the entire card headlined by Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho, an incredibly violent bladejob from Dustin Rhodes, and the AEW debut of Jon Moxley.

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

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AEW Double or NothingSaturday, May 25th, 2019MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas, Nevada

*Chris Jericho vs. Kenny Omega*AAA World Tag Team Titles: The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) (c) vs. The Lucha Brothers (Fenix & Pentagon Jr.)*Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes*Britt Baker vs. Kylie Rae vs. Nyla Rose*SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky) vs. Strong Hearts (CIMA, El Lindaman & T-Hawk)*Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent) vs. Angelico & Jack Evans*Aja Kong, Emi Sakura & Yuka Sakazaki vs. Hikaru Shida, Riho & Ryo Mizunami*21 Man Casino Battle Royale: ??? vs. ??? vs. ??? vs. ??? vs. ??? vs. ??? vs. Ace Romero vs. Brandon Cutler vs. Brian Pillman Jr. vs. Dustin Thomas vs. Glacier vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Joey Janela vs. Jungle Boy vs. Luchasaurus vs. Maxwell Jacob Friedman vs. Shawn Spears vs. Sonny Kiss vs. Sunny Daze*Kip Sabian vs. Sammy Guevara

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John Pollock details the making of his Owen Hart's Final Day: A POST Profile audio documentary and discusses the 20th anniversary of Owen’s passing with Wai Ting.

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[50:42] Damian Abraham joins us for a weekly post-discussion about his Viceland series, The Wrestlers. This week we chat Episode 1: The Best New Talent in America focusing on Evolve Wrestling and Gabe Sapolsky. 

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John Pollock and Wai Ting to review WWE SmackDown from the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

Tuesday’s show featured the Money in the Bank rematch between Roman Reigns and Elias, the return of Dolph Ziggler to attack and set up a title match with Kofi Kingston, the continuation of R-Truth’s reign as 24/7 champion, Big E. returns and is attacked right away, and Becky 1 Belt teams with Bayley 1 belt to face Charlotte & Lacey No Belts. Plus, the history of Triple H vs. Randy Orton and a debate over the cash-in tease.

NEWS OF THE DAY:

WWE Raw does its highest viewership since the Superstar Shakeup against the NBA playoffs TMZ reports on the latest regarding the passing of Ashley Massaro Starrcast confirms the Roast of Ric Flair has been postponed, new shows announced Tye Dillinger announced for the Casino Battle Royale this weekend The Best of the Super Juniors tournament resumes Wednesday with 40 matches in five days TSN posting the entire Vince McMahon Off the Record interview from 1999

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

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John Pollock is back with Wai Ting to review WWE Raw from Albany, New York. Coming off Money in the Bank, Raw featured Mick Foley’s announcement of a new 24/7 title eligible for members of any roster with multiple title changes on the first night. Brock Lesnar appeared to tease a cash in on either Seth Rollins or Kofi Kingston as the show-long hook. Plus, Becky 1 Belt, another match added to Super Showdown, State of the U.S. title next week, and Cesaro gets new music.

NEWS OF THE DAY:

The latest on Ric Flair following his heart procedure on Monday and being removed from Starrcast II events AEW to run PAC vs. Hangman Page match on Tuesday that was taped at the recent WrestleGate card in Nottingham, England Notes from Being the Elite with new signings and participants in the Casino Battle Royale Jordynne Grace signs contract with Impact Wrestling NXT confirms War Games for November TakeOver card in Chicago Location and date announcement for Joey Janela’s Spring Break 4 in 2020

 

 

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John Pollock goes back to May 23rd, 1999, the night Owen Hart tragically passed away in Kansas City, Missouri. In this special audio documentary, we speak to those that knew Hart and were present at the Kemper Arena that evening, as well as media members that covered the story and were around Hart in the hours before his passing. In the coming weeks, we will release the interviews in full on the POST Wrestling Café. AUDIO CREDITS: WWE, NBC 4, FOX 11 News, TSN, CBC, and Live Signing MUSIC CREDITS:"At Rest", “Basement Floor”, Colorless Aura”, “Crowd Hammer”, “Day of Chaos”, “Dreams Become Real”, “Drums of the Deep”, “Heavy Heart”, “Impact Prelude”, “Lost Time”, “Symmetry” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ADDITIONAL NOTES:“Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling” by Heath McCoy “Broken Harts: The Life and Death of Owen Hart” by Martha Hart and Eric Francis “Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring” by Marsha Erb “Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling” by Bret Hart “Wrestling Observer Newsletter” by Dave Meltzer Subscribe:iTunes & iOS  | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS

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