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John Pollock and Wai Ting review the first night of the Superstar Shakeup with WWE Raw from Montreal, Quebec.The show featured a six-man tag main event with Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns teaming with the incoming AJ Styles against Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley & Baron Corbin, Lacey Evans met Natalya to determine the next Raw women’s title challenger, the Viking Experience made their Raw debut, plus numerous SmackDown performers moving over and a review of the whole show.

NEWS OF THE DAY:

Ronda Rousey posts tweet indicating she is taking a hiatus to start a family

 

Kurt Angle discusses his health and his thoughts on his retirement match with Baron Corbin Sami Zayn speaks about his new character direction and his contract extension with WWE

 

AEW announces the signing of CIMA Inside the Ropes announces changes to their upcoming shows with The Undertaker in the U.K.

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

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John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok to review the excellent UFC 236 card from Saturday night featuring two of the best fights of 2019. The two go through the entire card from Atlanta with Dustin Poirier fighting Max Holloway for the interim lightweight title and Israel Adesanya and Kelvin Gastelum fighting for the interim middleweight title.

MAIN CARD *Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier for the interim UFC lightweight title*Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastelum for the interim UFC middleweight title*Eryk Anders vs. Khalil Rountree Jr. *Alan Jouban vs. Dwight Grant *Nikita Krylov vs. Ovince Saint Preux

PRELIMINARY CARD *Jalin Turner vs. Matt Frevola *Wilson Reis vs. Alexandre Pantoja *Max Griffin vs. Zelim Imadaev *Boston Salmon vs. Khalid Taha

FIGHT PASS CARD *Curtis Millender vs. Belal Muhammad *Andre Soukhamthath vs. Montel Jackson *Lauren Mueller vs. Poliana Botelho *Brandon Davis vs. Randy Costa

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John Pollock and Wai Ting welcome Benno (British Wrestling Experience, GRAPPL Spotlight) to recap a very eventful WrestleMania 35 Weekend in New York/New Jersey, discussing its best matches, best shows and standout performers.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown from Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center.

The WWE wrapped up WrestleMania Week with the New Day teaming against The Bar and Drew McIntyre, The Hardys challenging The Usos for the SmackDown tag titles and battle to see who were the “better brothers”, a follow up involving Becky Lynch and Lacey Evans, the return of Paige, another attack by Lars Sullivan & the greatness of Greg Hamilton.

NEWS OF THE DAY:

Raw’s viewership coming out of WrestleMania 35 Sasha Banks cancels a talk show appearance T.J. Dillashaw handed a two-year suspension by USADA Report on the frontrunner for the location of WrestleMania in 2021 Plus, a report on Dasha Fuentes being released, XFL conversion rule, EC3 paired with Drake Maverick in a dark match & more

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

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony from Saturday night featuring DX, Harlem Heat, The Hart Foundation, Torrie Wilson, Brutus Beefcake, and Sue Aitchison Episode 146 of Being the Elite “Pissant” with Kenny Omega’s announcement of the Fyter Festival & more. A review of Viceland’s new series Dark Side of the Ring discussing Episode 1 covering Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw After WrestleMania 35 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Coming off WrestleMania 35, Raw saw an unadvertised appearance by The Undertaker to interrupt Elias, a Title vs. Title bait-and-switch match involving Seth Rollins and Kofi Kingston, the return of Sami Zayn with a new direction, the main roster debut of Lars Sullivan, a tease of Becky Lynch’s next program, and all of the fallout from the night prior.

NEWS OF THE DAY: -Update on Ronda Rousey and finish of the women’s main event at WrestleMania 35-AJ Styles pulled from his Axxess signing on Monday-Chaos for fans leaving MetLife Stadium after the show -Dave Bautista announces his retirement-NJPW announces cards for April, Wrestling Dontaku cards in May-Injury to Hiroshi Tanahashi & more

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

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John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE WrestleMania 35 from the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

We discuss our live experience attending the longest show in WWE history featuring Becky Lynch defeating Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair in the first women’s WrestleMania main event, Kofi Kingston defeats Daniel Bryan in one of the best moments in WrestleMania history, Seth Rollins defeats Brock Lesnar in the show opener, and much more.

Plus, our reactions to this morning’s POST Wrestling Live in NY Q&A, and your feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum.

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WWE WrestleMania 35Sunday, April 7th, 2019MetLife StadiumEast Rutherford, NJ

*WWE RAW Women's Title / WWE SmackDown Women's Title: Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Becky Lynch*WWE Title: Daniel Bryan (w/ Rowan) (c) vs. Kofi Kingston (w/ Big E & Xavier Woods)*WWE Universal Title : Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman) (c) vs. Seth Rollins*No Holds Barred: Batista vs. Triple H*Kurt Angle's Retirement Match: Baron Corbin vs. Kurt Angle*Falls Count Anywhere: Shane McMahon vs. The Miz*Drew McIntyre vs. Roman Reigns*AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton*WWE SmackDown Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) vs. Aleister Black & Ricochet vs. Rusev & Shinsuke Nakamura (w/ Lana) vs. The Bar (Cesaro & Sheamus)*WWE Women's Tag Team Title: The Boss 'N' Hug Connection (Bayley & Sasha Banks) (c) vs. Beth Phoenix & Natalya vs. Nia Jax & Tamina vs. The IIconics (Billie Kay & Peyton Royce)*WWE United States Title: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Rey Mysterio*WWE Intercontinental Title: Bobby Lashley (w/ Lio Rush) (c) vs. Finn Balor

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Braden Herrington and Davie Portman are LIVE in Brooklyn to review NXT TakeOver: New York. They are joined by friends of the show Scrump & Jesse from The 6 to give their live perspectives.

The lads run down the entire card including Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole for the NXT title, Matt Riddle vs. Velveteen Dream, Walter vs Pete Dunne, & more!

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John Pollock and Wai Ting deliver a special edition of the Hangout discussing all the highlights of WrestleMania Week 2019. We preview WrestleMania, NXT TakeOver, ROH/NJPW G1 Supercard, and every other show you might want to check out during the busiest weekend of the wrestling calendar.

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown from Baltimore, Maryland.

On the final episode before WrestleMania, Daniel Bryan and Kofi Kingston engaged in the annual WrestleMania contract signing, Becky Lynch left jail under her own recognizance and was driven to Baltimore, the SmackDown tag titles will be defended at WrestleMania in a fatal four-way, The Miz took on Sanity, and Randy Orton’s Wellness Policy violations became promo material for AJ Styles.

NEWS OF THE DAY:

Raw’s viewership going into WrestleMania The Alliance of American Football is in bad shape Amazing Red announces his retirement The USA Network renews Miz & Mrs for a second season And more additions to Starrcast announced.

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

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John Pollock and Wai Ting chat more about HBO’s Last Week Tonight segment, the issues the piece raised, the balance of its portrayal of the WWE, how it’s been received and issues to address moving forward Episode 145 of Being the Elite “The World Ain’t All Sunshine and Rainbows” with Cody channeling Sylvester Stallone, Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks must find the perfect librarian, the voice of Marty Scurll returns, Brandi Rhodes meets Allie, and a Chris Charlton shout out John shares his thoughts on the segment from last week’s Impact Wrestling with Rosemary returning to the Undead Realm to bring back Allie’s soul

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review the final WWE Raw before WrestleMania from Washington, D.C.

[NOTE: There were some issues with Wai’s mic for the first 20min of the show. Excuse the temporary change in quality as we resorted to a backup recording.]

On the final Raw before WrestleMania, Ronda Rousey teamed with Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch against The Riott Squad before the main event participants were arrested. Plus, Kurt Angle’s final Raw before his farewell match, Rey Mysterio vs. Baron Corbin, a great Batista promo, the Demon version of Finn Balor is advertised for WrestleMania, and Stephanie McMahon announces it’s “Winner Take All” in the women’s main event.

NEWS OF THE DAY: The WWE responds to HBO’s piece on Last Week Tonight, Brutus Beefcake is added to the WWE’s Hall of Fame class, the latest on WrestleMania, updates on cards for this weekend, and more as the biggest week of the year begins.

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