GRAPPL Spotlight

The GRAPPL Weekender is now available free across all our feeds each and every week. Join our Patreon to get all of our shows ad-free including Spotlight reviews, Patreon Lives, our Super Sunday Pre-Show and Retro bonus shows, as well as TIME, Bretro and Stone Cold Crazy. - Benno New name, same old show. We were live this evening with me and JP for the GRAPPL Weekender as we discuss Omega/Ospreay...

We were live for our Spotlight Review of AEW Forbidden Door with me and Gareth talking Maya/Mercedes, Ospreay/Swerve, Kenny/ZSJ and the rest of the happenings of another busy show from Sunday! Enjoy Benno https://www.youtube.com/live/AitLHwe1I_M?si=Q1WZCX25Mx-q9pD_ GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Kings and Queen Of The...

Get the full version of the GRAPPL Weekend Show by becoming a Patron (or YouTube Member) and get all of our live shows and upcoming bonus shows with the June Mixtape, GRAPPL World Cup and Benno Pub Quiz, all coming later this month at Patreon.com/GRAPPL! Hello all, With apologies for the late/early show we are back with Matty fighting fit for a big Weekend Show catch-up as we talk WWE Clash In Ita...

Hey all, Me & Gareth were live for our AEW Double or Nothing Review talking MJF/Darby, Ospreay/Joe, Okada/Takeshita and the rest of the stacked card and happenings from the Louis Armstrong Stadium last night. Enjoy! Benno https://www.youtube.com/live/OJVodomop3E?si=X4HerLcsU1gUY62X GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Ki...

Get the full version of the GRAPPL Weekend Show every Friday (but sometimes Thursday) Live every week by becoming a Patron at Patreon.com/GRAPPL or YouTube.com\@GRAPPL We were back this week with me and JP on the Weekend Show for a bumper one with belated Backlash thoughts, Dynamite, the previews, something called Supercard of Honor, Wembley updates, the slow death of Triller and more. Enjoy! Benn...

We were live Thursday with an early Weekend Show to catch-up on all the weeks news with WWE releases, relegation threatened WWE giving Triple H a new contract, Dynamite, AEW's busy schedule, Wrestling Dontaku, WrestleMania fallout and more. Get the full extended version of the show with our AEW Dynamite Review and all the Weekend TV & Previews by becoming a Patron at Patreon.com/GRAPPL or beco...

Hey all, I was live today with JP to close out GRAPPLMania week with Spotlight as we review both nights of WrestleMania with whatever that road to show was on Saturday as well as Sunday's show with Roman Reigns vs CM Punk, lots more adverts and more. Enjoy! Benno https://www.youtube.com/live/GnLRldiFqJ8?si=vkLUVQ4GtwkFNcXB SHOWNOTES 0:00 Intro, Mania Week, Plugs 14:25 Cody Rhodes vs Randy Orton, W...

GRAPPLMania Week has now started proper and there's no better time to jump on the Patreon. Join at Patreon.com/GRAPPL using code GRAPPLMANIA and get 50% off your first month, with access to everything this week - plus six years of our archives of bonus shows, lives and more! I was live tonight free for all as Matty joins me to talk the little show called WRESTLEMANIA happening this weekend as we r...

We kick off GRAPPLMania week with the A show - AEW Dynasty as me and Gareth review the show and talk Kenny Vs MJF, Ospreay Vs Mox, the return of Chris Jericho, some surprising results and talk where we are headed next after the rest of a busy card from Sunday night. Enjoy! Benno https://www.youtube.com/live/x1-OaPI57bk?si=dS-IK8Lw-68VAdC7 GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons...

GET THE FULL VERSION OF THIS SHOW FOR FREE AT PATREON.COM/GRAPPL (or become a Member from 99p at YouTube.com/@GRAPPL). JOIN NOW FOR LIVE STREAMS, PODCASTS AND MORE OVER WRESTLEMANIA WEEK. Hey all, It's a Bank Holiday #AskGRAPPL as we answer your questions on booking next years Mania, whether Triple H will be fired, whether Toni Storm should ditch the gimmick, Desert Island Discs, Desserts, Deliver...

Enjoy! Benno 0:00 Intro, Plugs, JP returns 16:26 News, Wembley tickets, Triller, Ronda Rousey, WWE, AEW 1:20:30 AEW Dynamite, TV Wrestling 1:50:38 Weekend Previews GRAPPL is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Kings and Queen Of The Mountain -  Conor O'Loughlin, Eddie Sideburns, Chris Platt, Carl Gac, Sophia Hitchcock, Simon Mulvaney &amp...

Stone Cold Crazy Episode 1: March 1996 Bones cracking. Joints popping. A man screaming at the top of his lungs. Sounds like fun… almost as much fun as the new series on GRAPPL. Matty and Gareth switch gear from the pink & black of Bretro to the black trunks, bald head, goatee and… errr… white boots as they go STONE COLD CRAZY. They’ll be reviewing each month in the career of Stone Cold Steve A...

We were live tonight as me and Gareth talk a show heralded by some as one of the great AEW PPV's of all time, as we discuss our thoughts on MJF/Hangman, the returns of Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega and Cope & Christian, plus the debut of Ronda Rousey, and the rest of the mammoth card from Sunday night. Enjoy! Benno GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, wit...

Hey all, We were live today for the full Spotlight review of WWE Elimination Chamber, plus more talk on DANHAUSEN, Punk vs Roman, WrestleMania, some AEW news and notes, NJPW's New Beginning in the USA fallout and more. Enjoy! Benno GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Kings and Queen Of The Mountain - Conor O'Loughlin, Eddie...

It’s TIME! Matty, Gareth and Liam head back to that rarely discussed year on GRAPPL of 1997, with a look at what was going on in February across the FOUR PILLARS OF LIFE. Join them as they chat…. TV (The launch of Trouble, Paramount and Channel 5; The Simpsons on BBC and the big 3 soaps). MUSIC (The Top 10 and Feb album launches). SPORT (Lewis/McCall 2; Naseem/Johnson; UFC 12; FA Cup 4th round) FI...

In a special Spotlight review Gareth joins Benno to talk the AEW Grand Slam card from Sydney, the wider AEW title picture, use of Brody King, Andrade, Kyle Fletcher and more. They also talk AEW and WBD, WWE's rough WrestleMania season, the possible end of AJ Styles to AEW speculation, Chris Jericho, and more. Enjoy! Benno https://www.youtube.com/live/iZyJckOauyI?si=7MSGdB5PfzvAWNfG SHOWNOTES 00:00...

In a spirited show as always, Benno and Matty talk all the fallout of a divisive Royal Rumble as CM Punk vs Roman Reigns is announced for WrestleMania in the biggest GRAPPL derby yet. They also talk all the other happenings with the alleged retirement of AJ Styles in a match of the year contender vs Gunther, break down the Rumble matches themselves with differing views on their execution, as well...

Tonight I was live with the great Martin Bushby joining me as we talk Royal Rumble week and whether AJ Styles is retiring, as well as his matches with Shinsuke Nakamura and CM Punk. We also talked Martin's thoughts on AEW in 2026, WWE possibly countering All In Wembley, EVIL leaving New Japan and looked back at the 9 year anniversary of British Audio Wrestling as we answered your questions and mor...

Hey all, I was back live tonight with Michael Hamflett joining me to talk WWE in the UK, Raw in Belfast, Powerhouse Hobbs, The Rascalz, TNA's bad week, MJF, this week's Dynamite, your questions and lots more. With JP away I'll be doing more of these lives in the weeks without a big Spotlight review as the plan for the foreseeable, so let me know in the comments if you have anyone you'd like to see...

In a special edition of GRAPPLlads, Benno, Gareth & Matty record IN PERSON (at the second attempt) and are joined by Discord King Conor O'Loughlin to talk the 2025 GRAPPY & CRAPPY Awards in a pub (copyright Andy Ogden). Join the lads as they talk best and worst of wrestling from 2025, as well as some likely/unlikely from last year, some non wrestling awards and more! GRAPPL Spotlight is pr...

The great WH Park of POST Wrestling joins me to kick off the year with a Spotlight Review of Wrestle Kingdom 20 as we talk the retirement of Hiroshi Tanahashi, his final match with Kazuchika Okada, the absence of Shinsuke Nakamura and littany of special guests (and Bushi) in his retirement ceremony. We also talk the debut of Aaron Wolf and his match with EVIL, Yota Tsuji winning the big one and a...

We were live tonight for Live Patrons and YouTube Members as me and Gareth talked AEW Worlds End from the weekend, the story of Mox and the Continental Classic, MJF, the AEW title picture coming out of the show and everything in between, as well as a couple of other news and notes from the last few days with Brandon Thurston's piece on Vince McMahon, the latest on Chris Jericho, William Regal and...

In a special Christmas week edition of Spotlight, Rev Joe returns and joins me to talk all his thoughts heading into Worlds End week with the Continental Classic, his thoughts on MJF and the AEW title scene as a whole. We also talk John Cena on Cody Rhodes podcast and his thoughts on WWE going into the end of the year, the Wrestle Kingdom card (featuring Chris Brookes) and even some AAA. (Also, Ea...

Benno and Matty talk John Cena's retirement, the reaction to Paul Levesque and all the other fallout from Saturday Night's Main Event at the weekend as well as AEW in the UK and all the other news and notes of the week. GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Kings and Queen Of The Mountain - Conor O'Loughlin, Eddie Sidebu...

Hey all, On the Weekend show this week Gareth fills in as we catch up on AEW with Winter is Coming Dynamite as well as talk the upcoming weekend in Cardiff (and Manchester), John Cena's retirement at SNME and everything else going on this week. Note from Benno - As you will hear on the show or may have already seen, JP is taking some time away for his own health after a difficult week. He’s safe,...