Voices of Wrestling Podcast Network

Jeff Hawkins is joined by Chris Novembrino to talk this week's WWE TV in depth, plus our continuing review of GLOW season 1!

Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@brandonthurston) talk whether John Cena vs. Shinsuke Nakamura should've been on a PPV. Would Brock Lesnar leaving WWE hurt the Network? Could UFC and WWE ever end up being owned by the same parent company? How's G1 Climax attendance doing versus prior years?

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This week on the Voices of Wrestling flagship podcast Joe and Rich discuss two disappointing WWE dream matches, their thoughts on Shinsuke Nakamura vs. John Cena, possible G1 Climax 27 scenarios, upcoming American independent wrestling cards and much more!

Wrestling Omakase is back with our latest episode, and this week it's all about the New Japan Pro Wrestling G1 Climax! John is joined by two other VOW podcast hosts, Andrew Rich (@AndrewTRich) of Music of the Mat and Kevin Hare (@stan__hansen) of Burning Spirits to discuss all ten shows of the G1 Climax so far (as of recording time), and we don't leave a single stone unturned! Every single G1 Climax league match from all ten shows gets covered in some way, shape, or form! Hear our thoughts on all 50 matches, how our star ratings compare to the ratings from the VOW reviewers, and our macro thoughts on how we think each block is going and what wrestlers are bringing to the table. Is A Block really that much better than B? We compare and contrast shows in pairs to give you a feel for which block is outperforming the other. Plus, a few matches get at least one host pretty fired up (cough cough, Omega-Suzuki). It's three hours of almost nothing but G1 talk, enjoy!

Your favorite (by default) Dragon Gate podcast is back on the airwaves after only a couple weeks (yes, we're shocked too). Our topic is, of course, Dragon Gate's biggest show of the year, the annual Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival, or Kobe World. John, Milo and Michael run down the entire card match-by-match and give some impassioned thoughts on whether or not the show lived up to its billing as DG's biggest event of the year. Once our comprehensive World review is over, we dive into the upcoming 5 Unit Survival Series and offer our predictions over which two units will find themselves fighting in a Losing Unit Must Disband math in September at Dangerous Gate, and which unit will ultimately meet its end! We then do a brief preview the next Korakuen Hall show on August 8th, and finally wrap things up with a spirited mailbag featuring a number of interesting questions.

In this week’s episode of the New Japan Purocast, we dig into the second week of the G1 Climax 27 and give our thoughts on the shows from Tuesday 7/25 through Sunday 7/30.

Hosts Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@brandonthurston) discuss WWE's Q2 earnings report. Could RAW and SmackDown really go to Facebook? Chris and Brandon have a magic spreadsheet that reveals true WrestleMania attendances. What does it mean for Roman Reigns to be top YouTube performer? Plus, rumors of Brock Lesnar's return to MMA and the megaslam dunk era!

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After a week off, the Voices of Wrestling flagship podcast returns in a big way as Joe and Rich go wrestler-by-wrestler and break down the first seven nights of NJPW's G1 Climax 27 — who has looked good, who our MVP of the tournament is, block scenario and much more. Additional topics include WWE Battleground, Dragon Gate's Kobe World, the debut of a brand-new segment and all the New Coke/Coke II/Coke Zero Sugar discussion you can possibly handle.

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Rob and Jeff dive into this week's WWE TV, including a review of WWE Battleground. Plus, Dean Ambrose is the most interesting man in WWE history of all time all my life. Oh, and GLOW!

Two weeks ago we brought you a crash course into men's puroresu, and now this week on Wrestling Omakase we're back to talk the other side of the coin: Japanese women's pro wrestling, also known as joshi! John is joined by Alexandra (@NOAHs_Savior) of Wrestling With Words and the Ringside Revolution podcast, and Sean Williams (@STARDOMProject ) of the STARDOM Project blog & STARDOM reviews for the official English We Are STARDOM site. Together the three go on a deep dive of the current joshi puroresu scene. First we really get you up to speed on the three biggest promotions, Ice Ribbon, STARDOM, & Sendai Girls! We go over a ton of the biggest names on all three rosters (plus the big freelancers and gaijin too) and introduce you to who the major players are, talk about the current champions, recommend recent matches & shows, and more! After that's done, we talk a ton of the smaller joshi promotions; everything from Oz Academy to WAVE to Tokyo Joshi Pro to much more! This is a great introduction to the vibrant world of current joshi, and if you've ever wanted to get started or learn more about it this is the podcast for you!