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I SAID ARE YOU READY..... FOR THE SURVIVOR SE- er, WRESTLEMANIA! On this episode of Music of the Mat, Andrew and Joe Gagne (5 Star Match Game) discuss the 1993 record WrestleMania: The Album. Not a traditional wrestling album by any means, this infamous release is full of songs where wrestlers talk and cut promos over pop music. Yes, that's the concept. Andrew and Joe go through each goofy, albeit catchy song for wrestlers like Bret Hart, The Undertaker, Randy Savage, Mr. Perfect, and The Nasty Boys, as well as the classic title track and much more. Pump it up, pump it up!

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WrestleMania Weekend is here and we are once again determined to preview it better than anyone else! 

Join us for a three-part MEGA WrestleMania Weekend preview as we cover every show taking place during the weekend. Our guests will cover standout matches, wrestlers to look out for, most anticipated shows, WrestleMania Weekend memories & so much more. 

Part 1 covers Pro Wrestling 2.0, VxS Lucid Dream, GCW's We Run This Town, Rose All Day, Tony Deppen's BierHaus, No Peace Underground, NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver, Acid Cup 3 and Jimmy Lloyd's Degeneration-F with guests Taylor Maimbourg, Paul Volsch, Reuel Castillo and Jon Hernandez. 

Part 2 covers IWTV Family Reunion, ICW No Holds Barred, Beyond Wrestling Time Capsule, For The Culture, ICW Pit Fighter X, Allie Kat's Real Hot Girl Shit, Flophouse Wrestling Booze-a-Palooza, Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 6, rSpring Break & Alex Colon's Planet Death with guests Andy LaBarre, Jack Beckmann, Jeremy Sexton and Kevin Hare. 

Part 3 covers Effy's Big Gay Brunch and WWE WrestleMania 37 with guests Jeri Evans and Andrew Rich. 

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WrestleMania Weekend is here and we are once again determined to preview it better than anyone else! 

Join us for a three-part MEGA WrestleMania Weekend preview as we cover every show taking place during the weekend. Our guests will cover standout matches, wrestlers to look out for, most anticipated shows, WrestleMania Weekend memories & so much more. 

Part 1 covers Pro Wrestling 2.0, VxS Lucid Dream, GCW's We Run This Town, Rose All Day, Tony Deppen's BierHaus, No Peace Underground, NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver, Acid Cup 3 and Jimmy Lloyd's Degeneration-F with guests Taylor Maimbourg, Paul Volsch, Reuel Castillo and Jon Hernandez. 

Part 2 covers IWTV Family Reunion, ICW No Holds Barred, Beyond Wrestling Time Capsule, For The Culture, ICW Pit Fighter X, Allie Kat's Real Hot Girl Shit, Flophouse Wrestling Booze-a-Palooza, Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 6, rSpring Break & Alex Colon's Planet Death with guests Andy LaBarre, Jack Beckmann, Jeremy Sexton and Kevin Hare. 

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WrestleMania Weekend is here and we are once again determined to preview it better than anyone else! 

Join us for a three-part MEGA WrestleMania Weekend preview as we cover every show taking place during the weekend. Our guests will cover standout matches, wrestlers to look out for, most anticipated shows, WrestleMania Weekend memories & so much more. 

Part 1 covers Pro Wrestling 2.0, VxS Lucid Dream, GCW's We Run This Town, Rose All Day, Tony Deppen's BierHaus, No Peace Underground, NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver, Acid Cup 3 and Jimmy Lloyd's Degeneration-F with guests Taylor Maimbourg, Paul Volsch, Reuel Castillo and Jon Hernandez. 

Part 2 covers IWTV Family Reunion, ICW No Holds Barred, Beyond Wrestling Time Capsule, For The Culture, ICW Pit Fighter X, Allie Kat's Real Hot Girl Shit, Flophouse Wrestling Booze-a-Palooza, Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 6, rSpring Break & Alex Colon's Planet Death with guests Andy LaBarre, Jack Beckmann, Jeremy Sexton and Kevin Hare. 

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Aaron and Taylor start by reviewing Stardom’s 4/4 Yokohama Cinderella in Spring, including Bea Priestley’s surprising announcement that she’s leaving the promotion, and Giulia winning another title in the main event!

After that, they look at the other shows that have happened in the past two weeks, including a review of OZ Academy’s 4/4 Korakuen show!

Then, they look ahead to the next two weeks of shows, including previews of Tokyo Joshi Pro’s 4/17 Korakuen and Stardom’s Cinderella Tournament!

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Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows.

This week's Rewind and Rewatch is hosted by Case as he takes us through the life and times of Davey Richards from 2009 to 2014. Although his time in Dragon Gate USA was brief, he left an indelible impact on the promotion and this episode is a compilation of all the best Davey Richards stories during the fifty episode OTVG Rewind and Rewatch series! If the breadth of Rewind and Rewatch seems somewhat overwhelming or if you just want the greatest hits of our favorite Dumb Jock Wrestler, this is the episode for you!

0:04:07: Davey Richards vs. Shingo Takagi - Open the Untouchable Gate 2009

0:20:05: Davey Richards vs. YAMATO - Open the Freedom Gate 2009

0:32:22: Davey Richards vs. Masaaki Mochizuki - Fearless 2010

0:45:13: Davey Richards, Gabe Sapoksy, and Wrestlemania Weekend Drama - Open the Ultimate Gate 2010

1:11:58: Davey Richards wins the ROH World Title - Enter the Dragon 2011: 2nd Anniversary Celebration

1:15:47: Davey Richards and the Team Ambition Heist - Freedom Fight 2012

1:43:13: Davey Richards leaves ROH, returns to EVOLVE - Revolt 2014

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This week on Wrestling Omakase we break down Sakura Genesis from NJPW and Judgement from DDT in detail, and talk a little bit about being burned out on clap crowd era wrestling.

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John is joined by first time guest & VOW contributor Neil David (@chubby_cthulhu), who introduces himself by discussing how he first got into wrestling in general and puro in particular. Then John and Neil discuss being burned out on 2021 wrestling- especially facing down more clap crowds in Japan for god knows how long- and what it's been like for each of them during this difficult period of wrestling viewing. Once that's out of the way they get into NJPW Sakura Genesis, a decent show with some major flaws. They disagree quite a bit on the main event in particular, and both of them do their best to make their case on its quality. John of course isn't thrilled about Ospreay winning the shiny new belt either, and they explain why it just felt like a poor move (especially when it comes to Kota Ibushi's character at the moment).

Then they turn their attention to DDT's Judgement anniversary show from Korakuen Hall, starting at the top and working their way down through a better show. John defends the Akiyama-Higuchi main event from the haters, explains a Danshoku Dieno angle in probably way too much detail, and both of them rave about a short but sweet HARASHIMA-Sakaguchi encounter. Finally, they wrap things up by running down the card for DDT's next Korakuen that's only a week away (and will be covered on next week's show!), April Fool.

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This week's topics, discussed by Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo:

- WWE announces NXT will move to Tuesday nights beginning April 13 on USA Network.

- NBCUniversal and WWE have also extended their deal to broadcast NXT on the USA Network. Current terms expire this fall.

- ROH COO Joe Koff quantifies viewership

- WWE announces DraftKings deal

- WWE Q1 earnings report announced for April 22

- Wrestlemania ticket sales update

- Is Kenny Omega chasing away viewers? Female viewers?

- Is violent content chasing away AEW female viewers?

- Is Impact viewership down since AEW personalities started appearing? What about female viewership?

- Does viewership usually grow going into Wrestlemania?

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Joe and Rich return this week to talk about NXT's official move to Tuesdays, the end of the Wednesday Night War, NJPW's new title and the upcoming Sakura Genesis show, ROH's 19th Anniversary show, Dragongate, DDT, MCW Ballroom Brawl 2021, Andrade's post-WWE comments & more!

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