Voices of Wrestling Podcast Network

This week on the Voices of Wrestling flagship podcast, Joe and Rich catch up on their homework from last week with reviews of three recent buzzworthy matches, review NJPW's G1 Special in San Francisco including a passionate burial of Jim Ross and Josh Barnett's commentary and a long discussion on Hiromu Takahashi's injury and the dangers of pro wrestling. 

Additional topics include a preview of WWE Extreme Rules 2018, MLW's upcoming Battle Riot show, G1 Climax 28 previews and the return of Joe & Rich Recommend Matches to Each Other on our Patreon feed. Listen for details on how you can get involved in picking one of our matches. 

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Jarek 1:20 joins Aaron B. for an unexpectedly candid discussion about the peaks and valleys of his wrestling career and his life. Jarek talks about his WWE tryout and whether we'll ever see him in EVOLVE again.

Plus, we cover Jarek's magic career, his YouTube following, his wrestling Twitter fans, and whether he owns two pools!

On this episode of Music of the Mat, Andrew is joined by Joe Gagne (Five Star Match Game) to discuss WCW Slam Jam, the first wrestling album composed entirely of wrestling themes. Andrew and Joe delve into each and every colorful track, including "Man Called Sting," "Simply Ravishing," "The Natural," "Freebird Forever," "Mr. Bang Bang," and many more!

On this episode of the Super J-Cast, Joel and Damon review night two of the Strong Style Evolved UK shows as well as the G1 Special 2018 from San Francisco. This, ​along with World Cup takes ( because it is coming home), another disappointing Jim Ross performance, and we answer your questions.

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Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@brandonthurston) discuss give a long-view analysis of an eventful last 6 months for WWE business, as new TV deals were made, the stock price more than doubled, the company went into business with the Saudi government, and more.

Part 2 of the WWE 1H 2018 timeline will be released on our free feed next week, but is available immediately to subscribers at http://patreon.com/wrestlenomics

Chris and Brandon talk about additional topics weekly on WRESTLENOMICS PREMIUM. Sign-up for $5/month at patreon.com/wrestlenomics. This week they recorded 2 special programs:

* Part 2 of WWE 1H Timeline (1 hour, 14 minutes)

* Wrestlenomics Premium (1 hour, 25 minutes): NJPW G1 Special at Cow Palace, ROH 1H 2018 attendance, a viral pounce and hot dog eating contests

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Rob, fresh off of "retiring" and ruining Jeff's goodbye on Fightful drops some audio about Brock.  Then Jeff rides solo with thoughts on this week's WWE and Mid Atlantic Wrestling from 6/23/84.

This week on the Voices of Wrestling flagship podcast: coverage of Ring of Honor's Best in the World, Jay Lethal winning the ROH Championship, why we are now a deathmatch show, the ongoing saga of LA Park, Bouncin' Around the Indies, Rich missing Mr. Worldwide for the show and much more along the way! 

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On this week's Super J-Cast , Joel and Damon review the NJPW X CEO event, night one of the Strong Style Evolved UK weekend, Kenny Does A Thing, music Damon returns, and all the World Cup hot takes your heart can handle.

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This week on Wrestling Omakase we present our first ever Mid Year Awards! I'm joined by a panel of guests as we take this moment, exactly halfway through 2018, to pick our award winners and contenders across a variety of the traditional Observer-style Year End Awards categories. Plus, we discuss who we think might rise or fall in the rest of the year as well! My guests include two first timers as well as two returning guests: returning are Jeff Hawkins (@Crapgame13) from Shake Them Ropes and Taylor Maimbourg (@tamaimbo) of Voices of Wrestling. Making their debuts are Emily Pratt (@emilyofpratt) from Uproxx and Skylar (@Twwitterdotcom) from, uh, Twitter dot com!

Here's the full list of awards we discuss on the show, though not in order of discussion:

-Wrestler of the Year (Flair/Thesz)

-Most Outstanding Wrestler

-Feud of the Year

-Tag Team

-Best Promotion

-Match of the Year

-Best Major Show

-Worst Major Show

-Worst Promotion

-Worst Match of the Year

-Most Overrated (Overpushed)

-Most Underrated (Underpushed)

-Best Non-Wrestler

We talk everything from NJPW to WWE (including NXT) to AJPW to DDT to CMLL to AAA to ROH and much more! Hear all of our picks for the best and worst of the half-year so far, this week on Omakase!

Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@brandonthurston) discuss this week's news:

* NJPW President Profile

* WWE TV Deal Formally Announced

* Responsibility of Independent Wrestling Promoters

* Why has the decline in WWE Raw viewership stopped?

Chris and Brandon talk about additional topics weekly on WRESTLENOMICS PREMIUM. Sign-up for $5/month at patreon.com/wrestlenomics. This week they recorded 2 special programs:

* Coverage of WWE investor conference call following announcement of new TV deals with USA Network and Fox

* 2 hour-plus interview with David Lagana from the National Wrestling Alliance about wrestling business, new media, content creation, China and more

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