Voices of Wrestling Podcast Network

Jeff Hawkins is joined this week by Rich Kraetsch of Voices of Wrestling to discuss all things WWE Cruiserweight Classic, while Rob opens the show with some thoughts on NXT and Hideo Itami. It's a live reaction to the WWE's hottest summer tournament this week on Shake Them Ropes~!

Jeff Hawkins and Rob McCarron come to you live after #WWE Backlash to discuss the new Smackdown Tag Team Champions, Smackdown Women’s Champion, and the outcome of the WWE World Championship between AJ Styles and Dean Ambrose. Plus, Rob eats a hat?

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This week on the VOW Flagship: the rise of the super indie, a preview of the big EVOLVE weekend, Cruiserweight Classic, NJPW's Destruction tour & more!

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Big show! Our first annual WWE Backlash preview takes place, with a big AJ Styles coronation coming. Plus: Razor Ramon vs HBK from THE Ladder Match, PWG BOLA thoughts, Raw vs Smackdown, and much more. A fun show as sometimes, so check it out!

​In this week’s edition of the New Japan Purocast, we preview the cards for the 9/17, 9/22 & 9/25 Destruction shows.

Plus, we discuss ROH’s Field of Honor from 8/27, Kota Ibushi’s future with NJPW, and much more!

Rob & Jeff return on STR 171 to talk the WWE Cruiserweight Classic. We're two weeks from the finals, so we look at the potential matchups in the September 14 Live Finale. Plus, Alberto Del Rio leaves WWE, Kevin Owens is the new WWE Universal Champion, Ric Flair battled Terry Funk in a wild brawl at the Clash, and PWG Battle of Los Angeles begins this weekend. Get a $500 bonus by driving w/ Lyft! Visit http://www.lyft.com/bonus and choose 'Shake Them Ropes' today!

The VOW Flagship returns to talk about Kevin Owens' monumental title win at the end of RAW, whether HHH's interference ruined the moment for us, if we're in store for another Authority power struggle and much more about the RAW main event and WWE's potential future plans.

Our attention then turns to Japan where we review DDT's huge Peter Pan show including a great main event and our overall thoughts on the show, Shuji Ishikawa as a Wrestler of the Year candidate and Hikaru Sato's awful hair. Last but not least, the return of BOUNCE AROUND JAPAN as we talk Pro Wrestling NOAH, Wrestle-1, AAA in Japan, Lion's Gate Project 3 and more.

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Arn and Oli fly through the myriad of recent major BritWres shows. PROGRESS' road to biggest ever show is gone over with a fine comb and much of the main event scene is found wanting. RPW doesn't escape either, as the show takes a final look at the Ospreay-Vader situation before being able to put it in the rear-view mirror permanently.

The Voices of Wrestling flagship podcast returns to break down a wild SummerSlam weekend including WWE SummerSlam 2016 including "Elbowgate" with Brock Lesnar and Randy Orton, the much-talked about Talking Smack segment between Daniel Bryan & The Miz, NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II, the huge Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Samoa Joe and perhaps the best tag team match of the year.

Outside of WWE, we talk EVOLVE's star-studded weekend, Cody Rhodes' indie wrestling debut, an uneven Super J-Cup Final, ROH/NJPW Death Before Dishonor show and much more!

An interesting and unusual edition of Shake Them Ropes this week, as Rob is traveling and limitations arise. Don't worry, you get your full WWE SummerSlam review (albeit three days late). But also! Mark Maxwell of Freelance Wrestling joins to discuss an upcoming show featuring the Cruiserweight Classic's Prince Mustafa Ali. Also, Chris Jay (Producer, The Bet movie) joins to discuss casting Roddy Piper in one of his final film roles, and writing parts for wrestlers in film. Its a mix and mashup of some fun stuff. If you hate it.. sorry! It was chaos this week so we did our best!