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Sexual misconduct allegations abound in wrestling this week. We do 45 minutes talking about #SpeakingOut, power dynamics, etc. Also, WWE and COVID-19. We even get to a little wrestling including Ricky Starks' debut, Backlash ice cold takes and the great week had by Aunt Pam and Sasha.

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We learned of an update in the complaint filed by a pension leading a class-action lawsuit against WWE. The plaintiffs claim WWE and its executives failed to disclose information to stockholders as the company’s deal with Middle East North Africa TV partners OSN ended early, and an attempt to make a deal with Saudi-owned MBC faltered.

Numerous stories of abuse and sexual misconduct in the wrestling industry have appeared online in what’s being called the #SpeakingOut movement.

Plus the latest on COVID-19, as a talent tests positive, NJPW returns to events, and Dragon Gate is set to have its first event with fans, in July.

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Welcome to Episode 76 of Everything Elite! This week, AB, Nate and Mike are back to talk all about All Elite Wrestling and the Elite Extended Universe. After talking about today’s events, they play ELITE or DELETE about the June 17th episode of AEW Dynamite, talk ratings, AEW’s new signings in Abadon and Ricky Starks, the two title matches on the show, the road to Fyter Fest, and a lot more!

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Super J-Cast : 112- New Japan Cup 2020 Part One - The return of New Japan Pro Wrestling is upon us and Joel and Damon review NJPW's Together Project Special along with the opening three nights of the 2020 New Japan Cup. Over two hours of show analysis, reactions, stand-out performers and all the highs and lows of New Japan's return to action. - Black Lives Matter - How You Can Help : https://www.timeout.com/things-to-do/how-to-support-black-lives-matter

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Garrett and Liam review AEW. They review NXT. They also sort of review Raw. What more could you want?

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Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate. This week, they touch on the first two Rainbow Gate matches that went up on Dragongate Network, including the rare defense of an outside title in the AJPW World Junior Title in DG. After that, they talk about Shun Skywalker and Yuki Yoshioka’s ongoing excursion in Mexico and the drama that happened after their latest matches there, preview the upcoming Rainbow Gate matches and take a stab at what Kobe World might end up being, and close out the show touching on the WWN/WWE rumors, Gabe Sapolsky, and what this means for DGUSA and its library.

(as a note, this show was recorded before the announcement of DG’s official postponement of Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival as well as the announcement of their return to touring in July)

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The Voices of Wrestling Flagship Podcast is back with another loaded show talking The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever, how we define a wrestling match, New Japan Cup, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s 20th Anniversary & more!

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After discussing news regarding which joshi promotions will start running shows soon, Aaron and Taylor talk about recent joshi shows, including an in-depth review of Arisa Nakajima’s Beyond the Sea title defense against Asuka from SEAdLINNNG’s 6/13 show.

Then, they resume their Stardom 2011 project with the shows from 4/24/11 and 4/30/11, including a question regarding whether a Stardom roster member is secretly married to Kota Ibushi!

The show closes with another legendary Stardom Rookie Rankings segment!

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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.

Joining Case and Mike this week is Kelly Harrass (https://twitter.com/comicgeekelly) to review Way of the Ronin 2010 from 9/26/2010 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the Miramar Theatre, a show Kelly was at live. Before getting into the show itself, they take time to talk about this being Bryan Danielson’s last DGUSA match, the mystery of non-appearing ring, and other people’s last appearance. After that, they break down the Milwaukee debut including a really fun CIMA vs Chuck Taylor match, an incredible Jon Moxley promo, and the excellent double main event of Moxley vs Danielson and a sleeper “BEST MATCH IN DGUSA HISTORY” candidate as the Big Six face off in the World 1 team of BxB Hulk, Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi facing Kamikaze USA of Shingo Takagi, YAMATO and Akira Tozawa!

The show review starts at 00:22:29 on this episode.

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This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk three very different joshi matches, plus a 2004 NJPW blodobath and some UWFi! If you haven't listened to a 5 Matches episode yet, every week John and the guest each choose 2 matches to watch and talk about on the episode. Then we each choose a third match, which is put up to a vote on the @wrestleomakase Twitter account (or on the Patreon!), letting the listeners choose our fifth and final match of the week. It's a fun retro format featuring all sorts of different wrestling!

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John is joined by returning guest Taylor Maimbourg (@tamaimbo), who of course has been on Omakase many times before, but this is his first appearance of 2020 and his first one since starting his own VOW network podcast Jumping Bomb Audio (@JBombAudio). John and Taylor talk a bit about adjusting to the work at home life in New York (where they both live) and when and how they expect to be heading back to the office, before they begin discussing this week's 5 Match picks. Here they all are in order:

1. Ayako Hamada vs. Misaki Ohata vs. Arisa Nakajima, WAVE 5/14/18 (Youtube)

2. Io Shirai vs. Kairi Hojo, STARDOM 1/17/16 (Dailymotion)

3. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Gary Albright, UWFi 8/5/92 (Youtube)

4. Yuji Nagata vs. Kensuke Sasaki, NJPW 1/4/04 (NJPW World)

5. Akira Hokuto vs. Meiko Satomura, GAEA 4/29/01 (Youtube)

Topics that come up along the way include: John's girlfriend thinks Taylor cheated, the ultimate in wrestling hipster-ism even for this show, Io and Kairi beat each other's asses in a way they definitely can't do in WWE anymore, why did no one ever give Gary Albright a shot in the US, UWFi fucking rules, not all mid-00s NJPW is bad and right here's your proof, Sasaki's weird history leaving NJPW with Choshu and coming back and then immediately leaving again for the entire rest of his career, yet another thing COVID took from us, GAEA Girls, and much more.

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Missed any of the 5 Matches episodes or just want to revisit one of the matches discussed previously but aren't sure what episode it took place on? Here's a handy Google Doc with links to every single match we've discussed on this series so far, which will continue to be updated with every episode.

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