Spotlight Indy Corner Archive

This week, world's collided as Spotlight's Joe and JP joined Benno on POST Wrestling's British Wrestling Experience alongside Martin Bushby and Oli Court to talk all the best of British and European wrestling in 2018.

Here for your convenience, is the extended version of that podcast as the guys talk all their highlights from the year with categories including Breakthrough Star, Import, Show and Promotion Of The Year and also take voicemails from friends of both networks, giving their picks for the big categories, Match and Wrestler Of The Year.

Finally, in this extended version of the podcast, the guys talk what they didn't like too much this year with votes for the “Get In The Bin” awards (2:47:40) and play some Likely/Unlikely(3:01:03) looking at potential scenarios for 2019.

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Aldi. Kwik Save. Supermarket Sweep. Raoul Moat. Jeff Jarrett. Steven Avery. Battlebowl. Matthew McConaughey. The Aces & Eights. Richie Aprile, Dynamite Kid. Trevor Morgan. Alfie Moon. All this, plus reviews of Progress, Fighting Spirit, ICW and some ROH and New Japan talk. It's an all new Spotlight with Benno, Joe and JP!

SHOWNOTES:

SHOWNOTES:

00:30 Intro

07:08 Dynamite Kid

19:00 Ospreay in New Japan/Wrestle Kingdom thoughts

47:30 ROH Final Battle

57:49 ICW Fear & Loathing

1:14:47 Fighting Spirit Wrestling

1:27:22 Progress Chapter 80

You can find the hosts on Twitter:

JP (@JPJipeee)

Benno (@BensonRichardE)

Joe (@BriloTweet)

You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

Benno, Joe and JP are back with another Spotlight to follow up their discussion from last week on NXT UK and talk everything they’ve been watching with wide ranging off topic chat from Impact, New Japan and the state of the US indies, to live reports from Fight Club Pro Schadenfreude, Rev Pro Live at the Cockpit 35 and TNT Cold Day In Hell, as well as thoughts from Progress Chapter 79 on VOD!

SHOWNOTES:

Off Topic/News & Notes:

03:50 Intro

14:10 The US indies arms race (Misc ROH, MLW, Evolve, Impact, ROH, All Elite, Creed 2 chat)

Roundtable Discussion:

43:30 NXT UK Revisited

What We’ve Been Watching:

1:05:23 TNT Extreme Wrestling

1:16:50 Fight Club Pro: Schadenfreude

1:48:50 Rev Pro Live at the Cockpit 35

2:07:20 Progress Chapter 79

You can find the hosts on Twitter:

JP (@JPJipeee)

Benno (@BensonRichardE)

Joe (@Glen_Joseph)

You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

JP returns to join Benno and Joe as they talk everything they've been watching since the last show from Progress, Rev Pro, Kamikaze Pro, NXT UK and lots of off topic chat in between from Gage vs Arquette to Bryan vs Lesnar, to a live spoiler game as Progress Chapter 79 tapes while we record (see timestamps below).

The guys also talk in detail the breaking news of Walter signing with WWE and the latest NXT UK contract rumours with a roundtable discussion on it's impact on the Brit Wres scene and the wider issues of over-saturation in the UK.

SHOWNOTES

Off Topic/News & Notes:

05:15 NJPW Tag League

07:35 Arquette vs Gage

13:53 Bryan vs Lesnar

17:25 All Elite Wrestling

What We've Been Watching:

26:30 Kamikaze Pro

33:45 Rev Pro Uprising

59:05 Progress Chapter 78

1:20:46 SPOILERS Progress Chapter 79

Roundtable Discussion:

1:31:50 NXT UK, Exclusive Contracts and Brit Wres Saturation.

You can find the hosts on Twitter:

JP (@JPJipeee)

Benno (@BensonRichardE)

Joe (@Davejone)

You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

In this episode of Spotlight Benno and Joe hold down the fort without JP and talk a whole manner of subjects from Progress Wrestling to Jose Lethario.

The guys begin the show talking what they've been watching with Joe's trip to the Cockpit for Rev Pro and Benno's trips to see some local wrestling in the North West with Grand Pro and This Is Wrestling, as well as some off topic chat on NJPW, Crown Jewel and a detailed discussion on the comparisons between Evolve's WWE relationship compared to Progress and wXw.

SHOWNOTES:

What We've Been Watching/News and Notes:

2:22 Crown Jewel/Evolution

14:02 Joe's take on Dragunov/Gunns from wXw

17:22 NJPW Power Struggle

29:04 Jose Lothario

32:24 Grand Pro Wrestling

40:31 This Is Wrestling

46:37 Welsh Wrestling

49:37 Rev Pro Live At The Cockpit/Uprising Preview

1:12:27 NXT UK/Rev Pro TV

Discussion Topic/Featured Review

1:26:04 WWEvolve

1:39:51 Progress Chapter 77

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You can find the hosts on Twitter:

Benno (@BensonRichardE)

JP (@JPJipeee)

You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

The lads are back with another episode of the Indy Corner's Spotlight pod. In hour one, hosts Benno, Joe & JP talk everything they've been watching & the news stories that have been catching their eye since the last show with discussion topics ranging from Walter vs Ospreay from OTT, IPWUK inexplicably travelling out for Wrestlemania Weekend, a possible NXT Germany & some off topic talk on Bound For Glory and WWE's Saudi Arabia woes.

In hour two, the guys debate the winner of week one of Brit Wres new "TV" war of NXT UK versus Rev Pro on Freesports and give their in depth thoughts on Rev Pro's Global Wars from last weekend that Joe attended live.

SHOWNOTES:

Newsnotes/What We've Been Watching:

02:00 WWE in Saudi Arabia

14:00 Impact Bound For Glory

26:25 NXT Germany

31:35 OTT Walter vs Ospreay.

49:00 WrestleMania Weekend

Roundtable Discussion:

58:00 Rev Pro on Freesports vs NXT UK

Featured Review:

1:24:20 RPW Global Wars

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You can find the hosts on Twitter:

JP (@JPJipeee)

Benno (@BensonRichardE)

You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

Joe is back with Benno and JP, as the guys review Progress Wrestling's "Hello Wembley" and talk the good, the bad & the indifferent of the company's biggest ever show.

Before that, in hour one, the guys talk what they've been watching with a cavalcade of wrestling and non-wrestling subjects, from Rev Pro Live at the Cockpit and Global Wars, to Fight Club Pro's upcoming shows and tangents to New Japan, WWE, Connor McGregor, Eastenders, DDP Yoga, Meat vending machines and more!

SHOWNOTES:

What We've Been Watching (01:50)

Progress Hello Wembley (01:05:20)

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You can find the hosts on Twitter:

JP (@JPJipeee)

Benno (@BensonRichardE)

You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

Spotlight Special: wXw World Tag League Oberhausen Weekender

In a special episode of Spotlight, JP and Benno talk their trip this past weekend to the wrestling mecca of Oberhausen, going through their weekend in Germany starting at Thursday's Inner Circle event, the three days at Tag League and everything in between from the #OberhausenOpen to the Saturday afterparty.

Come for the talk of incredible matches and atmospheres, stay for the stories of lads travel woes and tips of what not to do abroad.

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You can find the hosts on Twitter:

JP (@JPJipeee)

Benno (@BensonRichardE)

You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

Spotlight: The Road To Wembley

**Note: Progress talk begins at 52:00**

It's a tangent heavy and Progress Wrestling heavy edition of Spotlight, as hosts Benno, Joe and JP talk everything Progress leading into their biggest ever show at Wembley this weekend, with talk of the go-home show Chapter 75 and a breakdown of all the key matches coming up on Sunday.

Before that, the guys talk everything they've been watching in both Brit Wres and abroad with some off topic discussion of the big New Japan Jay White angle, WxW World Tag League, Wrestle Island, Fight Club Pro, MLW War Games, early 90's WCW, OTT and all kinds in between.

SHOWNOTES:

00:34 Intro/What We've Been Watching: Tangent Edition.

00:52:00 Progress Hello Wembley full preview, Chapter 75 thoughts, Progress business chat and more.

You can find the hosts on Twitter:

JP (@JPJipeee)

Benno (@BensonRichardE)

Joe (@MattyEdwards86)

You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

This past weekend, Joe, JP and Benno attended the first ever Wrestling MediaCon at Bowlers Exhibition Centre just outside of Manchester.

The guys give their full thoughts on the weekend as a whole with talk of the Impact vs The UK live show, the Rev Pro British J Cup and all the other live events happening over the two days. JP also fills us in on the goings on of the Rev Pro TV Tapings at York Hall, with some minor spoilers contained.

SHOWNOTES

00:47 Intro

10:30 Rev Pro TV Tapings

20:04 Wrestling MediaCon

58:10 British J Cup and Impact vs The UK Live at MediaCon

You can find the hosts on Twitter:

JP (@JPJipeee)

Benno (@BensonRichardE)

Joe (@Colin_Rice)

You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)