The Fight Game Podcast: Pro Wrestling, MMA & Boxing

A fresh episode of The WRAP is now live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash and Scott Young recap the week that was in WWE. They take a deep dive into all things NXT 2.0 as the latest round of talent cuts reveals serious problems bubbling beneath the surface when it comes to the developmental process in WWE. From bad booking to horny hours gone wrong, the dynamic duo goes in on how NXT went from the gold standard to a hard pass most weeks.

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The celebration of Randy Orton continues, Asuka makes everything better, Roman Reigns makes a rare miscalculation, and Charlotte Flair continues to make Drew Gulak’s life a living hell. The show wraps with the always entertaining Guilty Pleasure/Avoid at all Costs picks of the week. Follow us and leave a five-star review today!

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After a week off, the Take it Home Podcast is back! Your host John LaRocca reviews West Coast Pro's "Game Related" which took place on April 15th in San Francisco, CA. This show featured a mix of NJPW stars, independent wrestling stars and Northern California independent wrestlers. John reviews all the matches and gives his critiques of the bookings of the matches. 

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With Mike Gilbert moving into his palatial estate Hawaii, Scott Young from The WRAP sits in with J.D. Oliva to discuss this week’s episode of IMPACT Wrestling.

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Today Fumi Saito & Justin Knipper went over the shift in All Japan ownership as we entered into the Keiji Muto era of AJPW that featured stars like Genichiro Tenryu and Satoshi Kojima as well as Muto himself winning the tournament.

They also talked quite a bit about HUSTLE, too, since Muto would wrestle as the Great Muta for HUSTLE at the time. Of course, with HUSTLE talk also comes general discussion of the Dark Ages of Japanese pro wrestling and the overarching influence of MMA from this point on. They also went over the importance of Minoru Suzuki to AJPW in the late ’00s and early ’10 when he won the CC in ’09 and ’10 in addition to winning the Triple Crown and basically returning to traditional pro wrestling. All this and lots more in this week’s episode.

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Robert Silva is back on Pound 4 Pound talking about Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte and then talks about his 10 greatest heavyweights of all-time. He then goes onto profile his 43rd greatest fighter of the last 45 years, Wilfred Benitiez.

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Ryan and Paul are back to recap a big week in MMA with 4 shows from 3 different promotion. Kicking off the show in our "We Have to Talk About Segment", the guys talk about Cris Cyborg retaining her Bellator featherweight title in the last fight on her contract and her impending free agent status. They then go over the results for both Bellator shows from Hawaii on Friday and Saturday. They also talk about the PFL show last Wednesday featuring a fight of the year contender in the main event. And the UFC's latest offering was a great show with a ton of finishes and Ryan and Paul go over the main event and give their 3 stars of the show. They then go over the upcoming week with just 2 shows, PFL and UFC. The UFC main event is a potential great bantamweight fight between Rob Font and Marlon "Chito" Vera and there's a lot of big names on the undercard as well. The news of the week includes an injury to a former UFC champion causing him to pull out of a big fight in June as well as some news on the future of Francis Ngannou. As always, they close off with new fight announcements although there's not much of those this week. 

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The Forbidden Door has been knocked down once and for all and put on PPV! James and Kevin talk the upcoming joint show between AEW and New Japan, their dream matches, and some of the most-wanted matchups suggested by listeners. Then, a run-down of the week's news and events, including a fantastic old-school match between CM Punk and Dustin Rhodes, the awesomeness of Wardlow, Sammy and Tay's heel act, and a discussion of whether or not the Jericho Appreciation Society has been good for its members.

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A deluxe edition 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. They discuss Rhea Ripley turning on Liv Morgan before celebrating the best and worst in sports entertainment when it comes to $1 fines, lie detector tests, vampirism, and double weddings from hell. The trio offer their thoughts on KUSHIDA leaving WWE, bury Joe Gacy shoving Bron Breakker off a platform and feeding him to a flock of druids, wonder if Ronda Rousey can turn things around by embracing the heel way of life, and give props to Sami Zayn becoming an unlikely informant for The Bloodline. The crew also takes a deep dive into the career of Randy Orton as he celebrates his 20th anniversary in WWE. The show wraps with the always entertaining Guilty Pleasure/Avoid at all Costs picks of the week! Enjoy and leave a five-star review today!

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New Japan Pro Wrestling stats guy, Chris Samsa joined GG and Paul on Bruise News to talk about the upcoming AEW/NJPW co-promoted PPV, The Forbidden Door. We talked about why it is happening now, what the booking could look like, if there could be some synergy with the two companies throughout the year, and more.

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Fumi Saito & Justin Knipper kicked off their latest deep-dive on the history of the Champion Carnival, AJPW’s annual Spring round-robin tournament, going over JWA’s World League tournament held from 1959–1972, then on to the first AJPW Champion Carnival in 1973 and past winners. They also spent a bit of time talking about appearances from Abdullah the Butcher, the Funk Bros., Prince Tonga/Haku, and more.

The tournament itself was retired for a brief time, from 1983–1990, when the Grand Champion Carnival took its place. It came back in 1991 and the event itself helped usher in the next generation of AJPW superstars like Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue, and others.

Part two will focus on the AJPW Champion Carnival in the ’00s and on, post-Giant Baba.

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