Puro Pourri Podcast

The hosts conclude their look at the best Wrestlemania for at least twelve months. Between Daniel's impassioned defence of Roman Reigns, George's unaccountable love for Triple H and David's interior decorating, they take in fake wedding proposals, Love Actually, Bob Marley's disappointing children and, of course, when Pitbull will finally be given his long-sought green light.

With scorching cold takes fresh from the barrel, the Puro Pourri Podcast boys are here with a slight deviation from the norm, as they look at Wrestlemania 33. Along the way we take in Daniel's visceral hatred of Mojo Rawley, David's small part in getting Impact cancelled in the UK, and the time George got his ass handed to him by a grandmaster (a chess grandmaster, not Brian Lawler). Give these three the green light, cos they're ready to go.

After a difficult gestation involving lost audio, a re-recording and one of the presenters' dogs shitting everywhere mid-episode, George, Daniel and David are back with another look at the famous NJPW vs. UWFI feud from 1995-1996. Continuing their look at the October 1995 Tokyo Dome show, the hosts bemoan booking, laugh themselves into a stupor at one of the most hilariously one-sided squash matches of all time, reveal which British supermarket has a better opinion on Wrestle Kingdom 11 than other leading brands, and fantasy book Jushin Liger against one of the UK's leading Brexiteers. All this and more on the Puro Pourri Podcast!

Matches:

Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (NJPW, 9 October 1995)

Riki Choshu vs. Yoji Anjo (NJPW, 9 October 1995)

Kensuke Sasaki vs. Masahito Kakihara (NJPW, 9 October 1995)

Shinya Hashimoto vs. Tatsuo Nakano (NJPW, 9 October 1995)

Keiji Muto (c) vs. Nobuhiko Takada (IWGP Heavyweight Championship) (NJPW, 9 October 1995)

Episode 4 sees the hosts begin their first story arc, as they start to explore one of the most famous and most controversial feuds in the history of puroresu - New Japan vs. UWFI. Join George, Daniel and David as they give you the lowdown on the history of shoot style and New Japan's dalliances with martial artists, get into Street Fighter and Nuts TV, and discuss how long they think they'd have lasted in the ring with Rickson Gracie. All this, and more, on the Puro Pourri Podcast!

Matches:

Yuji Nagata and Tokimitsu Ishizawa vs. Kazushi Sakuraba and Hiromitsu Kanehara (NJPW, 9 October 1995)

Shinjiro Otani vs. Kenichi Yamamoto (NJPW, 9 October 1995)

Takashi Iizuka vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (NJPW, 9 October 1995)

Episode 3 sees the hosts looking at Daniel's first Japanese wrestling match, as they review one of the hardest-hitting fights you're ever likely to see outside of Friday night in Newcastle. On this episode we explore the answers to life's mysteries, such as: What is Dan's holy book and why does it have so many star ratings in its pages? Does the fact that George went to a school with a house cricket competition and an army cadet force explain his accent? Will the boys ever go more than one episode without reviewing a Kawada match? All this and more on the Puro Pourri Podcast!

Matches:

Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada (NJPW, 9 October 2000)

In Episode 2 the hosts take their first trip into Japanese women's wrestling, and into the gory world of the deathmatch! How does the nature of a wrestling match change when you replace the ropes with barbed wire and rig them with explosives? (Answer: a lot) Which current WWE superstar is hard enough to drink undiluted double concentrate orange squash? What on earth is an unvoiced plosive? All this and more on the Puro Pourri Podcast!

Matches:

Combat Toyoda (c) vs. Megumi Kudo (Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch for the FMW Independent Women's Wrestling Championship and the WWA Women's Championship) (FMW, 5 May 1996)

It begins...

In these first three episodes, the hosts each take it in turns to tell the story of how they got into Japanese wrestling, how they reacted to the first match they watched, and how it feels to rewatch it now. In Episode 1 it's George's turn, as we take a look back at a match often cited as the best in-ring wrestling contest of all time. Does it deserve the label? Which participant in the match would David have as his best man? Is human blood an appropriate ingredient for pasta sauce? All this and more on the Puro Pourri Podcast!

Matches:

Kenta Kobashi and Mitsuharu Misawa (c) vs. Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue (AJPW World Tag Team Championship) (AJPW, 9 June 1995)