The Fight Game Podcast: Pro Wrestling, MMA & Boxing

Ryan Frederick and Paul Fontaine are back to go over the week that was and is to come in the world of MMA on the latest episode of In the Clinch. There was no UFC this past week so the guys watched One FC on Prime Video 1, featuring Demetrious Johnson winning the ONE flyweight title over Adriano Moraes. The guys share their thoughts on the fight and the show in general and in our "We Have to Talk About" segment, they go over the trade from four years ago which brought Johnson to ONE and sent Ben Askren to UFC and speculate on who won it. They read some thoughts from the Twitterverse as well. Ryan came up with three questions for the month of the September and the last quarter of 2022 including which fights he and Paul are most looking forward to over the rest of the year. And then they went over UFC Paris, which is pretty much a two fight show with former champions in the main and co-main event squaring off against top contenders with Cyril Gane facing Tai Tuivasa and Robert Whittaker vs Marvin Vettori. Both fights have title implications and Ryan goes over them all as well as previewing the rest of the card. They close off the show by going over the news of the week including Nick Diaz getting back on Twitter and looking to fight again as well as some big fight announcements taking us through the end of the year. 

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Everyone is mad at everyone when it comes to AEW lately, and The Boom is no exception. James and Kevin are a little cranky about the state of things in their favorite wrestling company, mostly centering around the backstage friction and lack of focus that seems to be hurting their momentum going into the All Out PPV. They preview what still should be a very good show and think of ways the final episodes of Dynamite and Rampage could set the stage.

Also discussed:

Eddie Kingston & Sammy Guevara's altercation

Thunder Rosa's injury and impact on the women's division

FTR's alleged disrespect

The rising stars of Powerhouse Hobbs, Ricky Starks, and Daniel Garcia

Will Ospreay outshining everyone

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The latest episode of The WRAP is now live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash, Scott Young, and extra special guest Jeremy Finestone recap the week that was in WWE.

Hot Topics Include: The mixed bag structure of the Women’s Tag Team Championship Tournament, Dexter Lumis kidnaps The Miz, Johnny Gargano is back, Edge returns to Toronto as a hometown hero, the final act of NXT UK ahead of Worlds Collide, Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn produce more backstage magic, Sheamus and GUNTHER have a staring contest, and The Bloodline put Drew McIntyre on a t-shirt ahead of Clash at the Castle. Enjoy and leave a five-star review today!

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Scott is joined by Anna DeMarco to discuss all the happenings in Joshi including an update on the 5STAR Grand Prix, crying about KAIRI having to miss STARDOM x STARDOM and her match with Saya Kamitani, a review for STARDOM x STARDOM, and thoughts on TJPW's decision for the Tokyo Princess Cup.

1:45: KAIRI Misses STARDOM x STARDOM

14:55: 5STAR Grand Prix Update (Including Korakuen Hall show)

53:01: STARDOM x STARDOM review

1:46:13: TJPW Tokyo Princess Cup thoughts

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This weekend on the Take It Home Podcast, John LaRocca is back reviewing West Coast Pro. John reviews night one of the West Coast Cup, a sixteen man tournament featuring Chris Sabin along with exciting young stars like Titus Alexander, Starboy Charlie, Midas Kreed and more. This event also featured a West Coast Pro Championship Match with the champion, Jacob Fatu defending against "Speedball" Mike Bailey. 

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On this week's episode, Mike and JD talk about the Motor City Machine Guns heading to AEW and then break down IMPACT wrestling featuring the Time Machines vs Violent By Design and give high praise to their new character JesSICKa.

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Fumi Saito & Justin Knipper return with a unique episode centered on the history of seasonal wrestling tournaments in Japanese pro wrestling history. From Rikidozan’s World League tournament to Giant Baba’s Champion Carnival to Riki Choshu’s G1 Climax to all the round-robin and single-elimination tournaments in between, this episode of Write That Down! covers it all.

Rikidozan and sumo culture’s strong influence on Japanese pro wrestling

1959 World League hosted by Rikidozan

AJPW’s Champion Carnival: 1973

NJPW’s G1 Climax & “Mr. August” Masahiro Chono

NJPW’s own version of the ‘World League’ from 1974–78

This turns into NJPW’s MSG Series from 1979–81

The Japanese network television wars

IWE 1966–1981

NJPW IWGP tournament & Hulk Hogan

Vince McMahon at Wrestling Summit

Ted DiBiase vs. Ultimate Warrior

Bret Hart vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (Tiger Mask II)

AJPW Champion Carnival 1997

Kazuchika Okada’s recent G1 Climax 33 victory

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Robert Silva welcomes GG in the first half of the show. It's part of the Patreon show that came out right after Usyk Vs. Joshua 2. Then, Robert talks about the Saturday night ESPN and Showtime fights and then profiles Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez.

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Ryan Frederick and Paul Fontaine are back to go over the week that was and is to come in the world of MMA. It's a much deserved week off for the guys with no UFC show this coming week to preview so they spend a little more time going over a noteworthy UFC 278 PPV featuring Leon Edwards scoring one of the biggest knockouts in a title in UFC history over Kamaru Usman to win the welterweight title. They talk about what's next for both guys and how it compares to other comeback fights in the past. We also saw the apparent retirement of former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold after a memorable fight where he lost an unanimous decision to Paulo Costa. After discussing the PPV, they also talk about this past week's PFL show which set up the million dollar finals in October as well as the Contender Series, which saw five fighters earn UFC contracts. They close out the show by going over some big fights in the past week that have been made including a strawweight title fight in the co-main event of the MSG show in November. Ryan also has some news on the return of Jon Jones potentially later this year. 

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AEW was the House of Dragons last week, but CM Punk still managed to make himself the center of attention. James and Kevin share some strong opinions about all of the drama surrounding Punk, his off-script challenge to Adam Page, and how it affects AEW moving forward. Plus, the weekly Heat Index ranking the hottest stars and angles of the week - did Kenny Omega's comeback top the list?

Other topics discussed:

All Out's main event plans

MJF's possible return

Bryan Danielson and Daniel Garcia's epic match

Ricky Steamboat's feel-good moments

Miro's crusade against pagans

The Gunn Club exploding...again

Ideas for a Young Bucks/Dragon Lee team

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