Voices of Wrestling Podcast Network

​In this week’s edition of the New Japan Purocast, our coverage of “Best of the Super Jr.’s XXIII” continues as we review the A Block matches from 5/3 at Korakuen Hall and the B Block matches from 5/5 in Gunma. Plus, we give our thoughts on the passing of the legendary Muhammad Ali and how his famous 1976 bout with Antonio Inoki impacted NJPW. Plus, we discuss how Tanahashi’s absence from this month’s Dominion card affects our excitement for the IC title ladder match.

After a one week hiatus, Voices of Wrestling has returned with a monster show talking a number of topics all across the pro wrestling landscape. We begin with the talk of the week, THE MATCH featuring Will Ospreay and Ricochet for New Japan Pro Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors tournament. We discuss whether the match will be important historically, criticisms of the match, why using GIFs to judge a match has pitfalls and of course, what we enjoyed about the match.

We then turn our attention to the actual Best of the Super Juniors tournament and give scenarios for various participants winning their block, discuss who has a chance to win the whole tournament and who has impressed us the most thus far. The final part of the show focuses on Cody Rhodes' departure from WWE and our new found appreciation for Cody as well big time, noteworthy main events in both Pro Wrestling NOAH and All Japan Pro Wrestling.

​On this week’s edition of the New Japan Purocast, Collin and Damon discuss New Japan Pro Wrestling's Best of the Super Jr.’s XXIII shows from 5/27 at Korakuen Hall and 5/29 in Osaka.

We asked for questions & comments for this week's episode, and you delivered! We'll dive into your Twitter questions @ShakeThemRopes covering the WWE brand split, NXT's future, Vader, John Cena and much more. Plus, we'll get Jeff's Top 3 topics from this week's Raw, and we open with a super fun main event from WCW WrestleWar 1992 on our Top 100 Matches countdown. Subscribe free, rate, and review our podcast on iTunes at http://www.bit.ly/stritunes

It's a news centric edition of Shake Them Ropes, that totally derails into reckless speculation. FUN! We'll talk Wednesday's breaking news that WWE Smackdown goes live on Tuesdays beginning July 19, and what that could mean for every brand. Finally, David Bixenspan (6:05 Pod; @davidbix) joins Rob to give an update on what's going on with Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker Media.

Oli and a very hungover Arn are here to preview this weekend's PROGRESS Super Strong Style tournament and are very excited about a certain Chris Hero and all his potential matches over the two days. Other topics include Irish promotion OTT and their big upcoming show, wXw's recent Superstars of Wrestling weekender and RevPro TV's Ospreay vs. Sabre Jr. match. Oh, and the Princess Bride.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - 0:01:38 Intro

0:01:38 - 0:43:33 PROGRESS Super Strong Style Tournament Preview

0:43:33 - 0:46:29 Heels in Wrestling

0:46:29 - 0:52:00 OTT EBTBTOB Preview

0:52:00 - 0:55:34 Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Will Ospreay

0:55:34 - 1:14:48 wXw Superstars of Wrestling

1:14:48 - 1:17:57 wXw Shortcut to the Top Preview

1:17:57 - 1:22:03 Princess Bride, Plugs and Outro

It's a nice, tight, packed episode of Shake Them Ropes as we quietly celebrate our 150th episode w/ the hot topics from Extreme Rules, the release of Cody & Brandi Rhodes, Unforgiven 2006's main event and much more. Visit us on iTunes at http://www.bit.ly/stritunes

​The New Japan Purocast returns with our review of Night 1 of Best of the Super Jr.’s XXIII from Korakuen Hall! Plus, Damon talks about his experience attending ROH/NJPW’s War of the Worlds on 5/14 in New York City, including an interesting conversation he had with Hiroshi Tanahashi. All that and much more on your weekly audio source for all things in the world of New Japan Pro Wrestling!

It's the debut of the Untitled Rob McCarron Solo Vanity Project. In actuality, it's a bonus show on the Shake Them Ropes & VOW Audio Feeds. I, Rob McCarron, talk NXT TV, the debut of TM61, CM Punk, Best of the Super Juniors, ROH, PWG and much more. Plus, I open the mailbag and take your calls on War Games, Roman Reigns' hair, NXT and a bunch of other great topics. It's a real fun show - I hope you enjoy!

The Voices of Wrestling flagship podcast returns with an extensive preview of WWE Extreme Rules 2016, why we've enjoyed WWE's storytelling as of late and the resurrection of Chris Jericho's dad character. We then turn our attention to Lion's Gate Project2 show, the mysterious absence of New Japan dojo members and our thoughts on a all-veteran main event. Sticking in Japan, we preview NJPW's Best of the Super Juniors tournament, who has a chance to win each block and possible scenarios throughout the tournament. Last but not least, YOUR QUESTIONS! Will another promotion ever become a viable "number two" to WWE, what was the first match that hooked us as wrestling fans and most importantly, how do we like our steaks cooked (spoiler: Joe Lanza's answer will horrify you).