Voices of Wrestling Podcast Network

Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@brandonthurston) discuss the week’s topics in wrestling business news:

* 00:00:00 PowerPivot, Myers-Briggs 

* 00:11:45 WWE's Iron Man, injuries; NJPW WK12 attendance update 

* 01:03:28 Mookie crashes his car, Brandon runs over a porcupine 

* 01:12:45 WWF 1984-1990 gross income; WWE Live Events business; Biggest stories of the year; Year-end awards

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This week on the Voices of Wrestling flagship podcast: our massive preview of Thursday's NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 show, our predictions for each match and everything you need to know about this massive event. Other topics include a brief 2017 Year in Review with a deep dive into in-ring quality and business stories as well as Joe's hypothetical attempt to watch pro wrestling for five straight days.

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We're nearing the end of the road in the Wrestling Omakase Year in Review series, and in our penultimate episode we talk all things Big Japan Pro Wrestling! Our guest is Brennan Patrick (@bren_patrick) of fellow VOW podcast Burning Spirits, as Brennan and John break down Big Japan's entire year month-by-month. Hear them talk the deathmatch exploits of Takeda, Takahashi and more, the strong division domination of Hideki Suzuki, the reintroduction of the junior division, and more! Plus they give their picks for MVP, Best Show, a top 5 MOTY list, and other awards too. After taking some listener questions on Big Japan, John & Brennan then dive into a bonus New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 12 preview. They talk their anticipation level for the various matches as well as make some predictions. All this and more on another exciting episode of Wrestling Omakase!

Rob and Jeff run down the year that was in 2017 for WWE and NXT. Plus, we have new Raw tag champs to close out the year. We'll also dive into 2018, Ronda Rousey coming in, the XFL and much more!

Kick 2018 off right with your first three meals free at Blue Apron! Check out the menu and get your first 3 meals on us at http://www.blueapron.com/shake

In this week's episode of the New Japan Purocast, we close out an extraordinary 2017 with our official Wrestle Kingdom 12 preview!

Watch Wrestle Kingdom 12 on 1/4 exclusively on njpwworld.com at 2:00AM EST, 11:00PM PT!

Happy New Year! On this episode of Music of the Mat, Andrew is joined by Voices of Wrestling's Kelly Harrass to play a selection of themes that debuted over the course of the year 2017: "Love & Energy," "Root of All Evil," "I Bring the Darkness," "Come Get It," and many more!

Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@brandonthurston) discuss the week’s topics in wrestling business news:

* 00:00:00 Vince McMahon sells 4% of WWE shares for investments in football; XFL trademarks

* 00:54:45 Former WWE BOD Bob Bowman left MLBAM over alleged misconduct

* 01:05:36 Ring of Honor attendance records (Lavie Margolin article)

* 01:22:38 Club WWN subscription service introduced, Update on exhibits in WWN/FloSports lawsuit

* 01:36:01 Matt Hardy vs. Bray Wyatt added to 205 Live house shows

* 01:42:23 Happy Rusev Day shirts sell out of stock on WWEShop

* 01:46:39 Women’s Royal Rumble

* 01:54:06 Predictions for 2018

Become a Patreon supporter and see the show notes with exclusive detail, article links, commentary from the hosts and much more! Go to patreon.com/wrestlenomics.

Check out Mookie’s work at wrestlenomics.com and indeedwrestling.com. Read Brandon’s latest at fightful.com

Email questions and comments to [email protected]

Dedicated Wrestlenomics Radio RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4561995.rss

This week on the Voices of Wrestling flagship podcast Joe and Rich announce their new Patreon subscription tier (http://www.patreon.com/voicesofwrestling), review the full NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 card, discuss WWE Clash of Champions, Vince McMahon selling WWE stock, the life & career of Tom Zenk and more!

The Year in Review series marches on this week on Omakase, as we take a critical look at where Ring of Honor stands in pro wrestling in 2017! John is joined by longtime ROH fan and host of many podcasts Joe Gagne (@joegagne) & VOW's ROH reviewer extraordinaire Sean Sedor (@SASedor2994) as the three of them try to parse what ROH's year was really like. We go deep on the current roster: are the BULLET CLUB heels or faces and does it matter? Can anyone else opposing them truly look good (or maybe more importantly, look cool)? We also discuss the various wrestlers they lost and gained in the past year or so and what might be at work there.

We then dig deep on the weekly television and why Joe & Sean still feel like it's an entertaining watch. The three then talk some of the major shows they attended in the past year (namely Manhattan Mayhem with the Hardys' first appearance, the War of the Worlds NYC show, the Best in the World PPV, and finally Final Battle). They then move on to picking their award winners in ROH for various categories (MVP, Best Major Show, etc.) and a top 5 Match of the Year list. Finally, they wrap things up by taking some of your Twitter questions on ROH. It's all things in the honored ring, this week on Wrestling Omakase!

The Royal Rumble PPV has it's 3rd main event, and an historic one at that – a Women's Royal Rumble Match. We'll discuss the news from Raw, plus a look at Hideo Itami's main roster debut and all the news from Raw, Smackdown, and Clash of Champions.