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This weekend on the Take It Home Podcast, John LaRocca gives a full review of the Insane Championship Wrestling event, Square GO! For 90 minutes, John reviews the full card including the 30-Man Square Go match that is essentially a Royal Rumble.  John talks about what impressed him, but also some booking mistakes in Square Go and explains what he would have done instead. Join the Patreon for just...

Mike is back on the road this week and he and JD break down a match-heavy episode of IMPACT featuring the return of the Motor City Machine Guns taking on Jay White and Chris Bey. Plus Josh Alexander wrestles Matt Taven in an excellent main event. 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...

Today’s special edition episode of Write That Down! takes a look at Scott Hall’s career in Japan. Fumi Saito spent a lot of time with Hall over the years, like while Hall worked in Japan in the late ’80s and early ’00s, so Fumi shares stories on Hall’s career, both in Japan and just before arriving, when he trained with Hiro Matsuda in the States, before going pro. The Giant Baba profile series wi...

This week, Carlos opens the show with latest on Vergil Ortiz Jr. after he was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, forcing him to withdraw from this weekend's DAZN main event. Afterwards, he and Robert break down the Showtime Boxing schedule for spring and summer, featuring fighters such as Errol Spence Jr., Jermall Charlo, Gervonta Davis, Stephen Fulton Jr. & more. Plus, they look back on a phe...

Ryan and Paul are back with all the news in the world of MMA. They start off by talking about Kayla Harrison re-signing with PFL, a potential fight with Cris Cyborg that could be co-promoted with Bellator and maybe even on PPV. They then run down the results of all the shows from this past week from Bellator, Eagle FC and, of course UFC. Ryan has a mini-rant on the Bellator matchmaking incompetenc...

AEW dropped some Dynamite this week as every major faction seemingly broke up, including the hosts of The Boom, with Mike Gilbert of Brace for Impact filling in this week for a vacationing Kevin Ely! Mike and James discuss all this weeks happenings as well as news on the Briscoes, the AEW video game, and PPV buy rates with Adam Page as champion. Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: http...

A fresh episode of The WRAP is now live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash, Scott Young, and extra special guest Joey Karni from The Angle Podcast recap the week that was in WWE. They discuss Big E’s neck injury and marvel at his unwavering positivity that has brought the wrestling community together in recent days before diving into the stellar Triple Threat Match for the Raw Tag Team Champi...

This week on the Take It Home Podcast, John LaRocca reviews all three nights of WXW's 16 Carat Gold Tournament. This tournament is not only one of the biggest tournaments of the European wrestling scene, but in all of professional 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...

Bruise News is back. Joining GG are Paul Fontaine from The Dynamite Show and In The Clinch, and James B. McDaniel from The Boom. They go over a lot of the latest news in wrestling and MMA including Paul's Twitter back and forth with CM Punk, Jeff Hardy's arrival at AEW, Stone Cold Steve Austin's role at WrestleMania, what's up with Cody Rhodes, Kayla Harrison re-signing with PFL an...

Mike and JD breakdown an excellent episode of IMPACT featuring two top notch promo segments feat Josh Alexander, Honor No More, Bullet Club, and the Motor City Machine Guns. We also play Mike's solo review of Sacrifice that was uploaded to the Patreon last weekend. Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/f...

Today is part three of Fumi Saito & Justin Knipper’s profile series on Giant Baba, where they continued talking about Baba and his relationship with the NWA until the late ’80s, plus the original “four pillars” of JWA. They also dug deeper into the dynamic of his relationship with Antonio Inoki and their rivalry throughout the ’70s and ’80, and talked of the nature of both AJPW and NJPW’s iden...

This week, Carlos and Robert look back on Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez's sensational performance against Julio Cesar Martinez and how good Gonzalez is in a historical perspective. They also look back on Jose Ramirez's return to the victory and win against Jose Pedraza, plus look at where the junior welterweight division stands as far as who could be in line for title shots and more...

Ryan and Paul are back with a quick review of the results of UFC 272. They then break down the unfortunate situation that went down this past week with Cain Velasquez. They also look ahead to a bunch of different shows this coming weekend including Thiago Santos vs Magomed Ankalaev in UFC, a Bellator show on Showtime that no one could possibly care about and perhaps the biggest fight of the weeken...

A fresh episode of The WRAP is now live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash, Scott Young, and extra special guest Steven Conway recap the week that was in WWE. They discuss the Twitter timeline blowing up over Brock Lesnar defending the WWE Championship against a mystery opponent at Madison Square Garden and how the major surprise fell flat in the end. The crew praise Seth Rollins and Kevin Ow...

Jeff Hawkins and Paul Fontaine from The Dynamite Show join The Boom to help review the overwhelming smorgasbord of great wrestling that was AEW Revolution. Then James and Kevin discuss where AEW is headed in the future, debate the potential for ROH under Tony Khan's ownership (including James going full Cody-truther), and celebrate a match on Rampage that may have been as good as anything on t...

On this weekend's Take It Home Podcast, John LaRocca reviews the great main event of this past Thursday's NXT UK, as Ilja Dragunov defended his NXT UK Championship against Nathan Frazer. John gives his selections for his dream pro wrestling announce team. He also shares some impressive performances he watched recently on the independent wrestling scene from Wrestling Open and Action Wrestl...

Mike and JD breakdown the Sacrifice go-home show featuring Eddie Edwards vs Steve Maclin and The Bullet Club vs VBD and GoD.  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/fight...

GG was joined by three great guests on episode two of Bruise News. First, he was joined by Andrew Zarian of Mat Men and Wrestling Observer Live to talk about Tony Khan buying ROH and what might be next. They talked a bit about the Pat McAfee and Vince McMahon interview which was ongoing at the time of recording. Then, Oliver Copp and Paul Fontaine joined the show to preview AEW Revolution and give...

In part two of their showcase series on Giant Baba, Fumi and Justin talked about Giant Baba’s transition from wrestler into promoter and the beginnings of AJPW and the deep relationship his organization had to the NWA in the US, which many Japanese fans viewed as the true “Big Leagues” of pro wrestling in the 1950s onward. Next week picks up from Baba’s career in the early 70s at the beginning of...

This week, Carlos is joined by Albert Baker of Under The Hand Wraps to discuss Baker’s upcoming documentary video on Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, his experiences working and interviewing the future Hall of Famer and his thoughts on Gonzalez’s upcoming fight against Julio Cesar Martinez on DAZN. Then, Carlos and Robert look at Canelo Alvarez’s new DAZN deal, his fight against Dmitry Bivol and DAZN...

Paul and Ryan are back with the latest episode of In the Clinch, the MMA podcast. The guys switch up the format and open the show with some big news that broke Monday. Rafael Fiziel is out of his co-main event on this coming weekend's UFC 272 pay per view event. UFC is trying to find an opponent for Rafael Dos Anjos on short notice and Ryan breaks down the option. Ryan then goes on a rant abou...

The build to the Revolution PPV shifted into overdrive this week with an all-timer monologue from MJF and a gritty showdown between Eddie Kingston and Chris Jericho. James and Kevin share their pros and cons of all things All Elite Wrestling this week, including a deep dive into AEW's version of the Slammys, the AEW Awards. Come for the Cody Rhodes discourse, stay for the in-depth analysis of...

A fresh episode of The WRAP is now live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash, Scott Young, and extra special guest CJ Tappin recap the week that was in WWE. Vince McMahon appearing on Pat McAfee’s radio show screams WrestleMania angle. Will Vince rock the black tank top once more or is there a swerve coming a mile away? Brock Lesnar is living his best babyface life while Damien Priest desperate...

GG is the host of a new show that analyzes the news of the pro wrestling, MMA, and boxing world called Bruise News. On this episode, Paul Fontaine joins to talk about the rumored Pat McAfee vs. Vince McMahon match. Carlos Toro joins us to continue the pro wrestling conversation. They look at the championship unification match between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns and discuss what it means. Then, C...

On this week's episode of the Take It Home Podcast, John LaRocca reviews Terminus 2 from this past Thursday.  Terminus is the brainchild of Jonathan Gresham and Barron Black. This event featured stars from Ring Of Honor, All Elite Wrestling, Impact Wrestling and future stars from the independent scene. John shares his thoughts on the controversial ending to the Gresham vs. Santana match.  He d...