The Fight Game Podcast: Pro Wrestling, MMA & Boxing

The latest episode of The WRAP is now live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash and Scott Young recap the week that was in WWE. They have a thoughtful conversation on Sasha Banks and Naomi walking out during Monday Night Raw when it comes to questionable booking, knowing your worth as a performer, and not being afraid to take a stand when silence is no longer an option. Other Hot Topics Include: Stephane McMahon’s leave of absence from WWE, the so-so babyface push of Mustafa Ali, the confusing presentation of Lacey Evans, Joe Gacy is an insult to all cartoon villains, and The Bloodline actives GOAT mode by unifying the Tag Team Championships. Enjoy and leave a five-star review today!

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Mike and JD are back reviewing a very good episode of IMPACT featuring three excellent matches including The Briscoes vs Violent By Design. 

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Today, Fumi Saito & Justin Knipper talked about the history of modern junior heavyweight pro wrestling in Japan and around the world. Topics included Tatsumi Fujinami’s initial impact on junior heavyweights and how they were perceived from 1978 on, plus Tiger Mask & Dynamite Kid, and later the Top of the Super Juniors and later Best Of the Super Juniors and Jushin “Thunder” Liger’s influence on the junior style of wrestling.

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Robert Silva is back to talk about Jaron Boots Ennis' fight, Jermell Charlo's knockout of Brian Castano and then he reads from his essay on Winky Wright before ranking his top 154-pound champs of all-time.

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Ryan and Paul are back going over the week that was and is to come in the world of MMA. They start off the show talking about Dustin Poirier and how he wants to fight soon but UFC won't give him a fight. We speculate about why that might be and what could be next for the lightweight contender. They then go over a busy week in MMA with The Ultimate Fighter, Bellator and, of course, UFC on ESPN 2. Former light heavyweight champ Jan Blachowicz picked up a big win in the main event and may get a title shot over whomever wins the upcoming Glover Teixeira vs Jiri Prochazka fight. The guys do a quick preview of the Eagle FC promotion with a lot of big name former UFC stars on the show including Junior Dos Santos in the main event and then talk about Holly Holm vs Ketlen Vieira and the rest of the upcoming UFC on ESPN+ card next Saturday. The news of the week includes Nate Diaz trying to get himself fired and to close the show, Ryan goes over all of the big fights that have been over the last seven days in UFC. 

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AEW was MJF’s world this week, both inside and outside the ring. James and Kevin talk about MJF’s rumored salary dispute with Tony Khan behind the scenes, and his triumphant return to Long Island on Dynamite. Plus, James taps into the multiverse to recall a Hook moment that didn't happen, and Kevin celebrates a wrestler on Dark with a pretty great backstory.

Also:

Hikaru Shida’s Twitter drama

CM Punk trolls Hangman Page

The next Blood and Guts match

Why Sammy Guevara and Chris Jericho should reunite

A disappointing Danhausen match, but not for the reason you may think

Owen Hart Foundation Tournament predictions

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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 CJ Tappin recap the week that was in WWE. The trio flip the usual format upside down as they offer their hot takes on Roman Reigns becoming a part-time WWE Superstar which leaves the Unified Universal Championship picture uncertain heading into stadium season before blasting WWE for turning Lacey Evans heel despite her harrowing backstory.

Other Hot Takes include: The presentation of the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament in terms of match layout and in-ring experience, the versatility of Sami Zayn as a performer, and RK-BRO continues to antagonize The Bloodline in hopes of becoming the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions. The show wraps with a new segment shouting out the best damn television matches of the week. Enjoy and leave a five-star review today! 

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This week on the Take It Home Podcast, your host John LaRocca gets in his time machine and takes a look back at the WWF PPV event, The Wrestling Classic. This event took place on November 7th, 1985 at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois. Wrestling Classic was a 16-man tournament, plus a battle between the WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and his bitter rival, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.  John will review the matches on this PPV event and also share how he would have booked The Wrestling Classic if he was given the pencil back in 1985.  

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Mike and JD are back talking IMPACT featuring the retirn of Gauntlet for the Gold. They break down Eric Young’s victory and talk about whether him headlining a pay oer view in 2022 is a good idea. 

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In part two of their History of AWA series, Fumi Saito and Justin Knipper talked about Saito’s memories of working as a ringside photographer for AWA in Minnesota during the early ’80s. They also spent a good bit of time discussing important AWA alumni like Nick Bockwinkel, Hulk Hogan, Bobby Heenan, Jesse Ventura, Adrian Adonis, Paul Ellering, the Road Warriors, Masa Saito, Jumbo Tsuruta, and Stan Hansen, among dozens of others.

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