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James and Marcus have a lovely weekend of watching house show matches from two of their favourite promotions Sendai Girls and Marigold to see if the house show experience lives up to the big events!

James and Marcus return to the story of Megumi Kudo as she has burnished her credentials in AJW and built a legacy of high quality professional wrestling, she returns to the environment that saved her career and alongside her Dojo Sister Combat Toyoda begins to rewrite the book on what is possible in women's wrestling.

James and Marcus talk about the incredible life of Megumi Kudo who went from AJW Trainee to Kindergarten Teacher and then back to being one of the biggest draws in women's wrestling history. a complex history of an incredible story teller, a wonderful babyface and a woman who took some of the biggest risks in wrestling history to make it to the very top, on her own terms.

James and Ruth discuss Osaka Pro's 2008 Osaka Hurricane event and give a match by match account of why this would be such an important event for the company. They also discuss the importance of the Luchas de Apuestas in Mexico and Japan and how Osaka Pro used that draw to fill a massive house in Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium with 6800 fans that companies still find hard to match to this day!

James covers all the action in Best of Super Juniors 33 as it reaches it's final stages!

James looks at the action from nights 11 & 12 of Best of Super Juniors

James looks at all the action from night 10 of Best of Super Juniors 33 as Taiji Ishimori takes on SHO!

James is joined by Marcus Green to talk about Night 9 of Best of Super Juniors 33 as Champion Kosei Fujita takes on Vaiente Jr!

James looks at the results of Night 8 of the Best of Super Juniors and reports on the buy out of NJPW by Cyberagent & TV Asahi!

James is joined by Sarah Kurchak to talk NJPW Best of Super Juniors as the tournament moves to nights 6 & 7 as YOH & Robbie Eagles renew their rivalry and Kun Kasai and Nick Wayne begin theirs. Over in ROH Athena continues her dominance of the company and a new challenger emerges to Bandido, meanwhile Marigold are saying goodbye former ace Utami Hayashishita in true Joshi tradition with a Gauntlet...

James brings you news of all the action from Night's 4 & 5 of Best of Super Juniors 33!

James is joined by Sarah Kurchak to talk NJPW Best of Super Juniors as her boy Daisuke Sasaki joins 19 other wrestlers as NJPW sets forth on a journey to refocus the Junior Division with a little help from their friends in Dragon Gate, AEW and DDT. Then Anna comes back to the show to discuss an incredible show she went to see in what can charitably described as "The outskirts of Montreal", IWS/NOW...

James looks at the Takashi Miike's A Human Murder Weapon, which he made in 1992 with help from the FMW roster which starts Megumi Kudo, Atushi Onita and a host of FMW legends!

James is joined by Ruth to break down NOAH Spring Mayhem Ryogoku 2026. Their somewhat settled Junior Heavyweight Division, the veterans who have come in and steadied the ship, and the rising youngsters who are pushing the company forward, including the incredible main event of Shane Haste vs Yoshiki Inamura for the Globlal Honoured Crown Heavyweight Championship.

James & Marcus take a look at a very interesting house show concept from Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling and a barn burner from Sendai Girls as they invade Korakuen with some intense generational and inter-promotional matches to whet your appetite for a great summer of wrestling as the IWGP Women's Champion Syuri takes on Sendai Girls World Champion Chihiro Hashimoto with former IWGP, Triple Crown and G...

James & Marcus take a look at the incredible career of Fit Finlay as he heads to the US and starts to wrestle for WCW. How he solidifies himself as a consistent main event player and trainer in WCW , and then on to his work as a producer and trainer in the WWE, as well as his late career indie run in North America and Japan.

James and Christy round up the news from Sakura Genesis, give full match analysis and look at the on going story of Callum Newman, New Japan Cup Victor Challenging for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship held by Yota Tsuji. They also preview Best of Super Juniors and look forward to the G1!

James is joined by Marcus Green to review recent Tokyo Joshi Pro Tour of Texas. Marcus who is a TJPW newbie is introduced to the Up Up Girls, Pom Harajuku, Raku, Hyper Misao and the usual TJPW shenanigans as well as some new debuts for the company.

James and Marcus begin their journey with "The Belfast Bruiser" David "Fit" Finlay, from his earliest televised matches in the UK, right up until his dominant run in CWA Europe that rounded out the first phase of his career. Watch along on our playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOlkhzGHepcCon4TA5CRESAZCMx4LZLJo&si=5Hmr4boChBNkQRiN

James and Christy break down all the action from the last week of the New Japan Cup as the company drives him its belief in the youth of the roster.

With his usual tag partner Christy on the injured reserve list. James brings you the results from nights 9 & 10 of the New Japan Cup.

James and Christy talk New Japan Cup as Shingo Takagi wrestles Yuya Uemura and Ryohei Oiwa faces Zack sabre Jnr as the Second Round comes to a head.

James and Christy catch you up with all the action from this week's NJ Cup Matches as Oleg Boltin lines up to face HENARE and Drilla Moloney faces down the young rising star Yuya Uemura.

James & Christy talk New Japan Cup and the 54th Anniversary of NJPW as DOUKI defends the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Master Wato And the Ichiban Sweet boys Defend their IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles against Unbound Co's Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X!