Top Marks

We shake of the hangover cloud of WhiskeyMania and get back to basics, as the #goodfriends return to break down the top 3 stories in the world of professional wrestling. And this week they are:

1. NXT TakeOver New Orleans! We review NXT's latest. Was it its greatest? And where do we go from here? 2. Raw After Mania! Have our WrestleMania opinions changed with some room to breathe and hints at the next direction? 3. SmackDown After Mania! Breaking down the Carmella cash-in and early returns on the Nakamura heel turn!

All that plus listener questions have us drafting international Survivor Series teams, and the triumphant returns of Sunday Night Tweet and Keep It or Kick It! It's just what the world needed: another wrestling podcast.

Support the show at patreon.com/TopMarks, where $5 this month gets you Josh's WrestleMania weekend special Half Marks covering Joey Janela's Spring Break 2, Impact vs LU, and Supercard of Honor! Not to mention an Andre The Giant HBO doc review show and a yet-to-be-determined retro review! It's all going down on the donor feed, so get over there!

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Your intrepid hosts did a shot of whiskey before every match on the entire card of WrestleMania 34, then sat down to talk about it. This... is their story.

Support the show at patreon.com/TopMarks where this week you'll get the debut of Half Marks, as Josh sits down with our friends Brock and Max to go over Lucha Underground vs Impact, Joey Janela's Spring Break 2, and Supercard of Honor. Some time next week we'll have an Andre documentary special, and who knows, maybe something else before April is out as well. We're going all out this month!

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It's the first annual Top Marks WrestleMania House Party and the #goodfriends are opening the door to all of their good friends to talk up not just the Grand-Daddy of them all, but the entire weekend's festivities! Joining us for this fine party are:

Rob Rousseau (@robrousseau) - 0:12:42 Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) - 0:24:26 Andrew Zuber (@the_Zubes) - 0:37:19 Jamison Isaak (@teendaze) - 0:53:29 Brendan Batchelor (@BatchHockey) - 1:09:35 Will Macklin (@WillMacklinShow) - 1:24:40 John Cullen (@cullenthecomic) - 1:38:47

Support the show at patreon.com/TopMarks for access to Bonus Marks, our donors only bonus show that is always a ton of fun. And BE SURE TO ENJOY WRESTLEMANIA, GANG!

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THANK YOU TERESA AND GARY!!!

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Like Braun Strowman's tag partner at WrestleMania, you just don't know what you're going to get on this week's Top Marks. The #goodfriends are back to break down the top three stories of the week in the world of professional wrestling, and this week they are:

1. Strong Style Evolved! We review the latest foray into the American market by New Japan, and what the end result means going forward for both the Golden Lovers and the Young Bucks! 2. Braun's Mystery Partner! We take a look at the top suspects for who we expect to see tagging with the Monster Among Men at this year's show of shows... Who we'd be disappointed by, and who we can't wait to see! 3. NXT's North American Championship! Does WWE's developmental brand need a secondary title? What should we expect from the match? And who should walk away as the inaugural champ?

All that plus listener questions force us to put our differences aside and say something nice about each other, the triumphant return of Sunday Night Tweet, and brand new game: Hall For All! It's just what the world needed: another wrestling podcast.

Top Marks is now on Patreon! Support the show at patreon.com/TopMarks where $5 gets you access to our donor show Bonus Marks! This month we review the very first live special in WWE Network history, NXT TakeOver Arrival, and cut a live commentary of its Bo Dallas vs Adrian Neville ladder match main event!

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DANIEL BRYAN IS BACK, BABY. What more do you need to know? The #goodfriends are also back to break down the top 3 stories in the world of professional wrestling, and this week they are:

1. Daniel Bryan's return! We reminisce on his career, his retirement, how wrestling has missed him, and the big speech on Tuesday night to announce he's back! 2. The Ultimate Deletion! After months of teasing us with the Broken Matt character, WWE finally let Matthew Hardy run free, off-leash, exactly as he was in TNA. Did the segment(s) succeed? Did the company believe in it? And where does Bray Wyatt go from here? 3. Daniel Bryan's future! We look ahead to Bryan at WrestleMania, and the dream matches we want to see him have with a roster that has loaded up with talent since his retirement.

Plus listener questions have us going full Naked Mideon, and our old friend Gil stops by with an update on WWE XP. All that plus the return of Sunday Night Tweet! It's just what the internet needed: another wrestling podcast.

Top Marks is now on Patreon! Support the show at patreon.com/TopMarks where $5 gets you access to our donor show Bonus Marks! The debut episode is now available, where we review WrestleMania V and cut a live commentary of its Hogan vs Savage main event while extremely high on edibles. This month we'll be reviewing NXT TakeOver Arrival, the first special in the history of the WWE Network.

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Vice Sports wrestling contributor ROB ROUSSEAU returns to the show this week for a record-breaking third appearance alongside the #goodfriends, making him an honorary #goodfriend. Rob's here to break down the big story in wrestling this week, as not only did the WWE step in a big mess, they actually made moves to undo the damage done! And that story, as well as the others we tackle this week, is:

1. The Fabulous Moolah Memorial Battle Royal is announced and rescinded in just three and a half days. Rob Rousseau joins to discuss Moolah's shady history, exactly why this was so problematic, and if WWE admitting defeat on Moolah's legacy gives hope to the idea they may stop pushing Ultimate Warrior as well. 2. WWE Fastlane 2018 review. The final PPV before WrestleMania is in the books, and we look over the card, its impact on the Mania build, give our thoughts on the matches and a letter grade for the show. 3. John Cena's Road To WrestleMania. Big Match John wants to go through the Undertaker! We got a lot of listener questions about this so we broke from the typical 15min round structure to let listeners guide the discussion.

Plus listener questions have us bagging on Kid Rock, and our old friend Gil stops by with some questions about Dave Meltzer's 2017 WON Awards. All that plus the return of Sunday Night Tweet! It's just what the internet needed: another wrestling podcast.

Top Marks is now on Patreon! Support the show at patreon.com/TopMarks where $5 gets you access to our donor show Bonus Marks! The debut episode is now available, where we review WrestleMania V and cut a live commentary of its Hogan vs Savage main event while extremely high on edibles. This month we'll be reviewing NXT TakeOver Arrival, the first special in the history of the WWE Network.

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Like Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt, the #goodfriends are here to break down the bad booking on a #broken road to Fastlane! They touch on the NJPW Anniversary show and are visited once again by new friend (and possible roommate?) Gil before settling into the usual three rounds discussing the top 3 stories of the week in the world of professional wrestling. And this week they are:

1. Speculating on All In! After a week where Cody and the Bucks announced the venue for the biggest indie show in history -- and got some major press in The Ringer and Rolling Stone -- we re-assess our hype levels for a show that largely remains a mystery. 2. The Woken Warriors head to the Hardy Compound! We are on the cusp of the make-or-break moment in Matt's Broken run in WWE, and a make-or-break moment in Bray Wyatt's career as a whole. There is every reason to believe this should be good. And whose bottles are those, man? 3. WWE Fastlane 2018 Preview. A PPV we largely don't care about that has had one of the most lacklustre builds in memory. So close to WrestleMania, why does SmackDown still feel in a tailspin? And how have they botched John Cena's booking so badly?

All that plus listener questions have us picking which wrestler is the most anime and who we never want to see in WWE, the triumphant return of Sunday Night Tweet, and J. Mo continues to play Dungeon Master in Keep It or Kick It! It's just what the world needed: another wrestling podcast.

Top Marks is now on Patreon! Support the show at patreon.com/TopMarks where $5 gets you access to our donor show Bonus Marks! The debut episode is now available where we discuss WrestleMania V and cut a live commentary of its Hogan vs Savage main event while extremely high on edibles. This month we'll be reviewing NXT TakeOver Arrival, the first special in the history of the WWE Network.

Follow us on Twitter: @TopMarksPod

Like the Beer City Bruiser and Ronda Rousey, the #goodfriends are here to raise some hell! We touch on Brock skipping Raw and Cena moving over to SmackDown, and meet our new friend Gil, before settling into the usual three rounds discussing the top 3 stories of the week in the world of professional wrestling. And this week they are:

1. Elimination Chamber review! A predictable show, but did it entertain? Commentary detracts from a great match, and what's going on with all that Gatorade? 2. Honor Rising review! ROH heads to Japan to join forces with NJPW, as the Golden Lovers make their in-ring re-debut, and Beer City Bruiser steals our hearts and nearly steals the show. 3. Ronda Rousey's role in WWE. Can she stand apart from the women's division without crushing it? And does Stephanie's in-ring ability determine how successful her initial run can be?

All that plus listener questions have us imagining a wrestling-based JRPG and debating a presidential race between The Rock and LeBron James, the triumphant return of Sunday Night Tweet, and a role-reversal in Keep It or Kick It! It's just what the world needed: another wrestling podcast.

Top Marks is now on Patreon! Support the show at patreon.com/TopMarks where $5 gets you access to our donor show Bonus Marks! The debut episode is now available where we discuss WrestleMania V and cut a live commentary of its Hogan vs Savage main event while extremely high on edibles. This month we'll be reviewing NXT TakeOver Arrival, the first special in the history of the WWE Network.

Follow us on Twitter: @TopMarksPod

In honour of Raw's longest match ever and Seth Rollins setting the record for longest time ever spent in a match, the #goodfriends are back with their longest episode ever! Unless you count the 2017 Best Of as two parts of one episode. Which I guess technically they are, but I don't really think of them that way, you know? We touch on the rumours that WWE wants to sign Rob Gronkowski off the hop before settling into the usual three rounds discussing the top 3 stories in the world of professional wrestling. And this week they are:

1. The end of split-brand PPVs. WWE announces that after the road to WrestleMania, brand specific PPV events will be no more, with one five-hour show per month shared by Raw and SmackDown. But is this a good idea? We discuss. 2. The Gauntlet Match. Though we try not to be a weekly recap show, this week it's hard not be. Raw tried something radically different this week, with nearly two hours straight of nothing but in-ring action that had some fans wondering "What's the point?" We break down the highs and lows of the longest match in Raw history. 3. WWE Elimination Chamber preview. Of course that long match was to set the stage for Sunday's PPV. We look over the card, make our predictions and gage our hype levels.

All that plus listener questions have us picking our dream Chamber math and making the case for why Asuka is important, and the triumphant return of Sunday Night Tweet! It's just what the world needed: another wrestling podcast.

Top Marks is now on Patreon! Support the show at patreon.com/TopMarks where $5 this month gets you the debut episode of Bonus Marks, where we review WrestleMania V and record a live commentary of its Hogan vs. Savage main event

Follow us on Twitter: @TopMarksPod