Voices of Wrestling Podcast Network

Hosts Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@brandonthurston) talk the upcoming WWE Q2 earnings release, New Japan's debut in the U.S. market and future plans, the possibility of Sinclair Broadcasting selling Ring of Honor, WWE's data breach, the rebranding of Impact to GFW and more!

Plus, they discuss historical revenue and payroll figures for WWF and WCW which Chris recently discovered via government documents.

Please consider contributing to the Professional Wrestling Legal Research & Preservation Group so similar discoveries can be made. Contributors will be granted access to a Google Drive where the documents are kept. Find out how to help by DMing @mookieghana on Twitter or emailing chris.harrington AT gmail.com.

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

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Rob & Jeff are back with many topics to get into. We start with the Impact Three: Del Rio's suspension, Broken Hardys IP fight, and DeAngelo Williams wrestling. Plus, This Week in WWE TV and GLOW episode 2!

This week on the Voices of Wrestling flagship podcast: Rich and Joe review WWE Great Balls of Fire, explore Chuck Berry's fetish and discuss the future of Samoa Joe. We then review TNA Global Impact Force Wrestling's Slammiversary 2017 PPV including the once-in-a-lifetime debut for DeAngelo Williams. We also recap the latest in the ongoing Alberto El Patron / Paige saga and Global Force Wrestling's suspension of El Patron. Last but not least, we look at the lineup for PWG's Battle of Los Angeles 2017, wonder why people are down on it and explain the long-term ramifications of this year's lineup.

Wrestling Omakase returns with a doozy of an episode: it's our first ever two-guest outing and a big theme episode, as we attempt to bring you up to speed on SIX different Japanese pro wrestling companies: All Japan, Big Japan, DDT, NOAH, Wrestle-1, and Zero-1. John is joined by Drew Wardlaw of VOW's indie puro podcast Burning Spirits (@_burningspirits) & Dylan Justin (@dylanjx4), one of VOW's top puro reviewers and the writer of This Month in Puro for the site. We go into the histories of each promotion (especially on All Japan's elaborate history), talk about the current champions and roster of each promotion, let you know where you can watch them, hand out recommendations on which promotions are most worth your time, and finally even preview some upcoming major cards for each promotion. If you've ever wanted to get into puroresu beyond NJPW & DG and simply didn't know where to start, this is the podcast for you!

Robin and Oli talk through their live experience at RPW's inaugural British J Cup, which featured not only a great tournament but a tremendous match between Matt Riddle and Tomohiro Ishii. Other topics included wXw's season finale show Shortcut to the Top, and the two guys sharing their thoughts on the front-runners for year end awards at the halfway mark.

While Chris is away on vacation, Andrew takes questions from the listeners about mashup themes, bespoke themes vs. “real” songs, The Emoji Movie, and more!

Everything Evolves returns with a complete review of EVOLVE 88 and 89! On this week’s show, the Aarons break down the apotheosis of the #WrongBoys brand, Ethan Page’s shoddy booking and all the major happenings from an up-and-down weekend in the Dirty South. Plus, Aaron T throws a tantrum about bad comedy wrestling and Aaron B pleads with Fred Yehi to sell some limb damage, for crying out loud.

To celebrate WWECW being uploaded to the WWE Network, original WWECW writer David Lagana joins Garrett Kidney to discuss the show, how it grew and evolved as well as some of the more memorable moments from the show including The Zombie, the Balls Bear and the Monster Mash. Follow Dave on Twitter @Lagana.

WWE Great Balls of Fire is officially over, but the talk isn't! Three legitimately great matches highlight a fantastic overall event during what is usually a slow, plodding time in the WWE schedule. Samoa Joe vs Brock Lesnar was a SummerSlam quality main event held a month early, but what does that now mean for SummerSlam itself? We'll discuss the results of each match, plus where WWE goes from here. Oh, and BRAUN!

Everything Evolves returns with a complete preview of this weekend’s shows! On this episode, the Aarons break down EVOLVE 88 and 89, get hype for Timothy Thatcher vs. Zack Sabre Jr. and discuss why Ethan Page might just be turning into EVOLVE’s Bray Wyatt. Plus, the #WrongBoys attempt to improve upon their very bad June predictions.