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This week on a Take It Home Podcast, your host John LaRocca takes a trip down memory lane to talk about the importance of pro wrestling magazines and how they influenced his fandom. John just recently picked up a few wrestling magazines from the early 1980's to add to his collection, and his excitement when he found out a pro wrestling personality not only supplied pictures for one of the maga...

A fresh episode of The WRAP is live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash and Scott Young recap the highs and lows of the WWE Royal Rumble. The Rundown Includes: GUNTHER raises his stock, Brock Lesnar is a beast, Dominik Mysterio is a menace, Cody Rhodes is the predictable, but solid pick to punch his ticket to WrestleMania, Bray Wyatt vs. LA Knight in a Pitch Black Match existed, Bianca Belair...

Scott E. is finally here with this week's episdoe of the Five Star Joshi Show as he reviews NEW BLOOD 7 and Day 7 of the Triangle Derby I which he believed to be the best STARDOM show of the year so far. Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fightgamemedia Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.co...

Mike and JD break down IMPACT’s announcement of a six event tour in Chicago including Bound for Glory, then recap a fun episode of IMPACT featuring Joe Hendry destroying Matt Cardona with an amazing music video and then the main event Golden Six Shooter match to crown a number 1 contender.  Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter:...

Fumi and Justin are back again to talk about the distinct, impactful career of Jinsei Shinzaki, also known as Haksuhi. From his time as a stuntman to UWA Japan and later Michinoku Pro, they go over Hakushi’s early career before moving on to his time spent in WWF in 1994–1996, his famous match with Great Muta in 1996 at the Tokyo Dome, as well as his recent involvement in Great Muta’s final appeara...

Paul Fontaine is back this week alongside, as always, Ryan Frederick to recap the week that was and everything that is to come in the world of MMA. UFC had it's first PPV of 2023 with two big title matches and the guys break it all down including two new champions and two Brazilian legends retiring in their own country. They also talk Dana White's Power Slap league, new title fights made a...

Rundown from Robert: Recap of Liam Smith's shocking upset of Chris Eubank, Jr, another Q&A session, and my historical overview on Manny Pacquiao. Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fightgamemedia Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1958473677605950 Follow our Facebook Page: ht...

By now wrestling fans everywhere have heard the terrible news that Jay Briscoe died in a tragic accident at the age of 38. This week James and Kevin talk about their memories of Jay Briscoe, how AEW did the best they could to honor him, and what his loss means for Ring of Honor in the future. Also: Willow Nightengale breaks into the top tier Top Flight get their big win Brian Danielson puts on ano...

The latest episode of The WRAP is now live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash, Scott Young, and extra special guest co-host Jeremy Finestone recap the week that was in WWE. Hot Topics Include: Judgment Day and The Usos have beef, Alpha Academy has the potential to get over as a babyface tag team, The Six-Pack Elimination Match featuring Seth Rollins vs. Bobby Lashley vs. The Miz vs. Finn Balo...

Scott gets right into a number of topics this week as the STARDOM Triangle Derby I continued with two days of action in Osaka. He also pays respect to Jay Briscoe. Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fightgamemedia Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1958473677605950 Follow our Faceboo...

This week on the Take It Home Podcast, your host John LaRocca, takes a look at NXT's LVL Up show on the Peacock Network. John reviews two shows that took place on December 23 and December 30th in 2022.  John gives his thoughts on what he feels they should do to help increase the interest of the show, but more importantly benefit the young WWE Superstars competing on it. Of the fourteen young w...

Mike and JD remember the lay great Jay Briscoe who passed away earlier this week. Then they recap a whacky episode of IMPACT featuring Santino, Ernest the Cat Miller, Action Mike Jackson and an amazing Pit Fight Match between Speedball Bailey and Kenny King. Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fightgamemed...

Write That Down! is back with a classic edition focused on the latter half of Keiji Muto’s career! Spanning from roughly 1987–2021, Fumi Saito & Justin Knipper covered a dense amount of detail on Muto in their third and fourth installments of their series on Muto. Download the full Muto miniseries on the Fight Game Media Patreon page http://www.patreon.com/FightGameMedia. Join the Patreon for...

Rundown from Robert: Efe Ajagba's solid win over Stephen Shaw. Another Q&A session. My announcement of the Patreon Muhammad Ali Project. A rant against Tank Davis, Ryan Garcia and their camps for possibly shitting on boxing fans, and a historical overview of the recently deceased Gerrie Coetzee's career. Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamem...

Paul Fontaine is on vacation this week, but In The Clinch rolls right along! Ryan Frederick is joined this week by Justin Knipper of the Fight Game Media Network and the two look back at UFC on ESPN+ 75 from this past weekend, where Sean Strickland took on Nassourdine Imavov in the main event. They also look ahead to this weekend's big UFC 283 event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After that, the t...

Between the long-awaited Jon Moxley & Hangman Page showdown, the finals of the best-of-seven trios series, and a bloody street fight, AEW delivered a PPV-quality week of wrestling last week. Kevin and James rank the highlights in the weekly heat index, including the emotional return of Adam Cole. But first, a discussion of whether Kenny Omega is really the best big-match wrestler of all time....

The latest episode of The WRAP is now live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash and Scott Young recap the week that was in WWE. Hot Topics Include: The WWE Selling Game, JBL and Baron Corbin are like oil and water, Dominik Mysterio is about that prison life, Bron Breakker vs. Grayson Waller for the NXT Championship underwhelms, The 20-Woman Battle Royal has its share of highs and lows, GUNTHER...

Scott is joined by Jamie Ross of WrestlePurists to discuss all the happenings in STARDOM from this past week including Saya Kamitani tying the record for most defenses of the Wonder of Stardom Championship and STARDOM annoucing the return of cheering for the first time in three years. Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter: https...

This week on the Take It Home Podcast, host John LaRocca checks in with Wrestling Open for their one year anniversary show. The main event of this show was a Sixty Minute Iron Match featuring "The Prize" Alec Price versus "World Class" Channing Thomas. Both men are two of the best up and coming stars in pro wrestling today. John breaks down all seven matches on the card, including...

Mike and JD talk about the breaking news that the Khan Family could potentially buy WWE then break down the Hard to Kill “go-home” edition of IMPACT Wrestling.  Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fightgamemedia Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1958473677605950 Follow our Facebook P...

Fumi and Justin are back again to remember former NWF Heavyweight Champion, Johnny Powers, who passed at the end of last year. Powers was from the Northeast but ended up a bigger name in Japan because of his connection to the late Antonio Inoki. Learn where “the eagle belt” came from and more in this week’s special episode, “Remembering Johnny Powers.” Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month her...

From Robert: Rundown is reviewing Boots Ennis & Gervonta Davis’ wins from last Night’s PPV and a very lengthy Q&A session.  Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fightgamemedia Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1958473677605950 Follow our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com...

Ryan Frederick and Paul Fontaine are back to recap the week that was and is to come in the world of MMA. There was no shows this past week but a lot of news and Ryan and Paul go over it all including Phil Baroni, Dana White, Jose Aldo and a political insurrection and the death of ONE prospect Victoria Lee. Before all of that, they go over the first UFC Fight Night of 2023, happening Saturday after...

Days before AEW’s big Dynamite show in Los Angeles, there are mixed signals about whether or not the former Sasha Banks Mercedes Mone´ will be coming to AEW. James and Kevin do their best to read the tea leaves and determine whether Britt Baker is really “The Boss.” Also: Seattle and Portland’s amazing crowds Darby Allin’s homecoming win Daniel Bryan gets back on track Jeff Jarrett shows us how to...

The latest episode of The WRAP is now live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash, Scott Young, and extra special guest co-host Paul Fontaine recap the week that was in WWE. Hot Topics Include: Vince McMahon pulls off the corporate coup of 2023 by reclaiming his title as Chairman of the Board, Bianca Belair vs. Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women’s Championship underwhelms, Dominik Mysterio is about th...