The Flagship Wrestling Podcast

This week on The Flagship: the life and career of Bill Mercer, reviews of CMLL's Homenaje A Dos Leyendas 2025 and AAA's Rey de Reyes 2025 plus thoughts on the Slam Dunk Collision ratings, the rumors of AEW/WBD doing similar shows around the NHL playoffs, roster movement/free agent news (Mariah May, Saraya, Mina Shirakawa, Anthony Greene, THE NOMAD Bishop Dyer) and last but not least: the latest in the world of MLW, a world that never stops.

With Joe Lanza unable to join due to March Madness commitments, Rich welcomes not one, not two, but THREE special guests to this week's Flagship!

In hour one, Joe Gagne (Five Star Match Game / Joe Gagne's Funtime Arcade) joins the show to recap and review the New Japan Cup finals, discuss John Cena's promo on RAW and what in god's name Jeff Jarrett has to do with Acclaim video games.

In hour two, thecubsfan (luchablog.com) joins us to preview a huge CMLL show this Friday and try (but likely fail) to make sense of what's going on in AAA.

In our final hour, Charles (WrestlingPlaylists.com) hops on to discuss some of the newest projects he has going on at Wrestling Playlists, WWE's recent YouTube upload spree, and the importance of preserving and discussing pro wrestling history.

This week on The Flagship: a catch-up on New Japan Cup, the aftermath of AEW Revolution 2025, an update on the WrestleMania lineups, a review of MLW Intimidation Games 2025, a preview of this weekend's Maple Leaf Pro shows, Sareee vs. Syuri, and more!

A brand-new series from Case and Mike of Open the Voice Gate looking at the formation and history of Michinoku Pro.

Available now at https://redcircle.com/shows/open-the-voice-gate or wherever you get your podcasts.

The Flagship returns in full this week to preview AEW Revolution 2025, discuss the report of how John Cena's heel turn came about, Fenix's free agent status, reviews of NJPW's Anniversary show, NOAH Memorial Voyage In Yokohama & more!

• AEW Revolution 2025 Preview
• How John Cena's heel turn came about
• Fenix's free agent status
• NJPW 53rd Anniversary Review
• NOAH Memorial Voyage in Yokohama Review
• WWE EVOLVE debut
• & more!

Instant Reaction LIVE: AEW Revolution 2025

Right after AEW Revolution 2025 ends, catch Joe & Rich of The Flagship Podcast for Instant Reaction LIVE!

We're bringing you the best and most in-depth post-PPV breakdown, covering every match, the big picture, and everything in between.

Available exclusively on the $10 tier: https://www.patreon.com/posts/instant-reaction-123714310

No, this is not a real Flagship episode. Yes, it's a ten minute commercial for the paywall. But if you are disappointed and hankering for your weekly Flagship fix, please take a listen to hear all about all of the bonus audio you could be getting if you become a Flagship Patreon subscriber.

This week alone, we produce FIVE episodes of Flagship Plus, our supplemental Flagship companion show, that covers all of the topics that don't make the cut for the weekly free Flagship. That's more hours of audio than you would have gotten on a full edition of The Flagship this week, plus a wide range of additional audio and written content including two new episodes of Tour Of The Territories, two new Watch Along matches, the Thursday Dynamite Review, a 2+ hour recap and analysis of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards, and more. There is over 10 new hours of audio behind the paywall this week alone, and a $10 sub unlocks access to thousands of more hours and everything we have ever produced.

Subscribe here: www.flagshippatreon.com, and we'll see you next week.

The Flagship returns this week to review and recap NXT's Vengeance Day, discuss the newly-named Ricky Saints, the current state of NXT, the life and career of Gran Hamada, Grand Slam Australia ratings, & much more!

This week on The Flagship: A review of NJPW New Beginning in Osaka, Hirooki Goto finally winning the IWGP World Heavyweight Title, and a real Dumb Jock Wrestling show through and through.

We also dive into the New Japan Cup, NJPW's upcoming anniversary show, recent WWE & AEW releases, Ricky Stark's (maybe?) NXT debut, Grand Slam Australia preview, MLW SuperFight & more!

Join us for Grand Slam Australia Instant Reaction LIVE!

Joe & Rich are going live immediately following Grand Slam Australia for Instant Reaction LIVE — available exclusively on the FlagshipPatreon.com $10 tier.

This week on The Flagship Podcast: a preview of NJPW's New Beginning in Osaka and a catch-up on the entire New Beginning tour, AEW's Grand Slam Australia card taking shape, Jey Uso's potential as a WrestleMania main eventer, Netflix numbers for Royal Rumble/RAW & more!

This week on The Flagship Podcast: a preview of this weekend's Royal Rumble, a review of WWE's Saturday Night's Main Event, analysis of the Toni Storm/Mariah May angle from AEW Collision, Grand Slam Australia, the life and career of Col. DeBeers/Ed Wiskoski & more!

The Flagship Podcast is back this week to review GCW's return to the Hammerstein Ballroom (The People vs. GCW), TNA Genesis 2025, preview this weekend's Saturday Night's Main Event, peek in on WrestleMania Weekend, look at recent ratings trends & much more!