Voices of Wrestling Podcast Network

David Lagana (@Lagana) joins Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@BrandonThurston) for a discussion about the relaunch of the National Wrestling Alliance and how media is used in the modern wrestling industry.

Lagana is a business partner to Billy Corgan who recently purchased the NWA, effective October 1. Lagana worked previously as a writer and producer for WWE (2002-2008), Ring of Honor (2009-2011) and TNA (2011-2016).

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Rob and Jeff discuss this week's NXT TV Tapings, a major main event for NXT Takeover in Houston, and this week's Raw and Smackdown TV.

This week on the Voices of Wrestling flagship podcast Joe and Rich preview NJPW's King of Pro-Wrestling 2017 and WWE's Hell in a Cell 2017. Other topics include a brief breakdown of the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame and the return of Bouncing Around Japan looking at Big Japan Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Kai's 10th anniversary and much more!

On this week's edition of Wrestling Omakase, John is (finally!) joined by the founder and owner of this very website, Rich Kraetsch! But the delays in Rich's appearance gave us an interesting topic to talk about: with the Observer Hall of Fame ballots having just gone out and Rich being a voter himself, the two break down every candidate in the US & Japan! We talk some in much more detail than others, including: CM Punk, Randy Orton, Trish Stratus, CIMA, Jun Akiyama, Kota Ibushi, and Tetsuya Naito, among others. Plus, hear Rich again talk about founding the site and how his wrestling fandom has changed over the years, and much more. It's a very fun discussion on an always intriguing topic with the founder of Voices of Wrestling, this week on Wrestling Omakase!

On this episode of Music of the Mat, Chris and Andrew enthusiastically discuss the band Metallica, their career at large, and their prevalence in the world of pro wrestling music.

Co-hosts Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@BrandonThurston) discuss all of these topics in pro wrestling business as only they can!

00:03:25 WWE sends Young Bucks cease and desist

00:35:10 Is WWE attendance really down?

01:03:50 Were big matches at No Mercy an attempt to pop Network subs?

01:21:08 PWG ticket prices

01:29:21 Legal update: WWE again resisting subpoena, Bagwell/Raven royalties, Titus O’Neil

01:59:46 WWN email leak, WWE’s investment in FloSports

02:28:30 MLW live event

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

Shake Them Ropes #231: A wide range of topics as Rob and Jeff discuss this week's WWE TV, Enzo Amore as the next John Cena, EVOLVE free on FloSlam, WWE cutting off the Young Bucks' fingers, and much more!

On this week's episode of Wrestling Omakase we shift back to Shin Nihon, once again being joined by returning guest Andrew Rich (@andrewtrich) of the Music of the Mat (@musicofthemat) podcast to break it all down. First, the two of them review all three NJPW Destruction shows (Fukushima, Hiroshima & Kobe), discussing all the major matches and angles on each. Is Gedo's booking of the undercards getting lazy? Were these shows any good? Have we hit the absolute bottom of the barrel for the heavyweight tag team title division?

Once that's wrapped up, we move on to previewing the upcoming Sumo Hall show, King of Pro Wrestling. We discuss the entire card in detail, breaking it down match-by-match along with our predictions and thoughts on each. We also discuss the recent history of defending the Tokyo Dome title shot contract and whether or not it's been a successful gimmick. Finally, we even look ahead to Power Struggle a bit. Don't miss this week's edition of Omakase!

Joe and Rich are back to cover another crazy week in the world of wrestling. Topics include NJPW's Destruction in Kobe, an awesome Yujiro/Trent match, Juice vs. Omega, WWE No Mercy, the future of Braun Strowman and last but not least the EVOLVE email link, EVOLVE 92 & 93 fallout, FloSlam vs. WWN and much more.

The OTVG crew is finally back to bring you their latest multinational episode, now featuring Milo on the other side of the world from Japan! John, Milo, and Mike come together to deliver one of their weirdest, most random episodes yet; in addition to DG topics, a ton of other stuff is covered, including (but not limited to): Milo grades Tokyo, Super Sentai & Kamen Rider, John's thoughts on the new Darren Aronofsky film mother!, John & Milo discuss their favorite & least favorite My Hero Academia characters, Mike's D&D character dies, #GABEGATE, Ryan Satin not knowing what a journalism is, and more! When the show does finally turn to DG, we talk the Dangerous Gate show and give a full rundown, including a long discussion on YAMATO's Open the Dream Gate title reign coming to an end and the start of a third Mochizuki reign!

But of course, the main topic is the life and times of the Jimmyz, as the iconic unit has finally come to an end. The trio discusses their memories of the unit, why they think it worked, how the history could be traced back to Do FIXER & M2K, their favorite matches and moments, and more! Finally, some thoughts are included on where we think the Jimmyz members might be going from here (we don't really have a clue, but we try!). And then inexplicably our talk turns back to Super Sentai again right before the end. Folks, I can't explain this one. It was random even for us. Enjoy!