Voices of Wrestling Podcast Network

00:00:00 Banter: Amazon Alexa, curling

00:09:54 New Japan: Jericho vs. Omega, Switchblade, US date announced

00:48:20 AJPW/NJPW/DDT attendance

00:57:05 WWE releases Emma, Summer Rae, Darren Young, Leo Gao and Sawyer Fulton

01:26:04 Audio from our YouTube show: WWE popularity, Google Trends, average attendance, How WWE can prevent another stock price crash

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This week on the Voices of Wrestling flagship podcast, we preview NJPW Power Struggle, discuss recent releases in both TNA and WWE, preview TNA's Bound for Glory PPV, the awesome work being done by NWA in promoting champion Tim Storm and of course take our victory lap for Asuka.

Jumping around the hot topics this week from WWE TV + NXT Takeover War Games is coming soon. The rules for the main event are out, we'll see how they differ from classic war games matches and more.

This week on Wrestling Omakase John is joined by return guest Jesse (@K0jiii) to discuss three different Japanese indie promotions: DDT, Big Japan, and Wrestle-1! Talk begins with BJW: their recent tag league, their upcoming Korakuen, and the launch of their new BJW Core streaming service. After a brief stopover in New Japan we switch to Wrestle-1, talking all about the woefully undercovered young boy promotion with reviews of their September & October Korakuens, preview of November, and where we think the promotion is ultimately heading. Finally we wrap things up with DDT, reviewing their most recent Korakuen (with Takeshita-Dino!), previewing their upcoming cards, and talking many of their spin-off promotions as well. It's a loaded episode on three promotions that don't always receive the most talk, this week on Wrestling Omakase!

Happy Halloween! On this episode of Music of the Mat, Chris and Andrew discuss five of wrestling’s spookiest themes. They also talk Halloween, candy, scary moments in wrestling, and much more!

Rob, Jeff, and Sean Ross Sapp (Fightful.com) discuss the sudden contract releases of Emma, Summer Rae, and Darren Young from WWE.

This week’s edition of the New Japan Purocast is a mixed bag! We start out by reviewing the 10/23 Korakuen show, featuring two great Super Jr. Tag Tournament matches. Plus, we preview the Jr. tag matches for 10/29 & 10/30, talk the 11/5 Power Struggle in Osaka card, and much more. A wacky but fun show as always.

Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@BrandonThurston) review and analyze the latest WWE quarterly financial report.

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At first, Nia Jax walked out of WWE due to issues with how she was presented. Then, she walked out due to injury issues and needing time to heal up. Then, she walked out due to being booked to lose to Sasha Banks at WWE TLC. Rob and Jeff will discuss what's going on with Nia Jax on this episode of Shake Them Ropes.

Plus, more of this Raw vs Smackdown "bragging rights." This week on Raw, members of the Smackdown roster attacked the red crew as the show was entering its closing moments. Thankfully Kurt Angle didn't book a hot 10:50pm main event match or anything, right!?

We'll also look at the first draft of the WWE Survivor Series card. All that and more on this week's Shake Them Ropes podcast!

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This week on the Voices of Wrestling flagship podcast, Joe and Rich talk WWE TLC including the perplexing Asuka debut, the maddening main event and the dominance of THE BIG RED MONSTER Kane. We also delve into NJPW's recent Road to Power Struggle show, check-in on the Super Junior Tag Tournament, recent title changes in All Japan Pro-Wrestling and Japanese candidates for the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame.