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Pro wrestling crosses over with gritty US cable drama in the form of Lucha Underground. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) discuss the match that first introduced Io Sharai and Kairi Sane (along with fellow Joshi great Mayu Iwatani) to American audiences as they are hired to attack the man who broke the arm of the group's titular leader, and the breakout star of the four seasons of th...

Let's all shut up https://patreon.com/lmtyspod https://twitter.com/lmtyspod https://facebook.com/lmtyspod lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It takes an hour to talk about an hour, but Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) also take their time to not just address the first Iron Man match to get the five-star (plus) rating from Meltzer, and the first MJF match to also get one too, so you've got to talk about the Iron Man match concept itself, and MJF the character and performer. https://patreon.com/lmtyspod https://facebook.co...

The first of two matches from the 2023 AEW Revolution pay-per-view that Meltzer gave at least five stars, we open with Jon Moxley inviting "Hangman" Adam Page into his domain of death matches. It should be pointed out that a large number of the weapons used in this match would fall under the umbrella of eligible as that Good Housekeeping match between Jeff Jarrett and Chyna. But Lorcan (@lorcamull...

The wrestling landscape in 2001 was in a constant state of flux. With no ECW to draw in the more anti-mainstream wrestling fan there was a clear vaccum in need of being filled. All across the US, and even beyond, little scenes were forming. It came down to Roland Alexander's APW to bring together many of the top rated unsigned talents plying their trades in the north-east, California, the deep sou...

Parting is such sweet sorrow. We miss you, Red Shoes. https://pateron.com/lmtyspod https://facebook.com/lmtyspod https://twitter.com/lmtyspod lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Outrageous. Contagious. https://pateron.com/lmtyspod https://facebook.com/lmtyspod https://twitter.com/lmtyspod lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tanahashi and Okada come on for an encore. Any requests? https://patreon.com/lmtyspod https://facebook.com/lmtyspod https://twitter.com/lmtyspod lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A battle of the knobbly knees https://pateron.com/lmtyspod https://facebook.com/lmtyspod https://twitter.com/lmtyspod lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's more than one type of bump in this one. https://pateron.com/lmtyspod https://facebook.com/lmtyspod https://twitter.com/lmtyspod lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been nearly two years since Okada and Tanahashi last fought at the 2016 edition of the G1 Climax. It's been more than two years since they last fought for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 10. It's been more than three years since Tanahashi won a battle between the two at Wrestle Kingdom 9. Despite this, it was Okada who laid out the challenge to Tanahashi for them to once...

Whilst Roman Reigns's title match against Kevin Owens at the 2023 Royal Rumble received a mere 3.5* rating, the ensuing actions that saw Sami Zayn finally turn his back on the bullying Reigns, suffer a beating but in the process give Jey Uso a moral conflict saw Meltzer describe the whole exhibition as 5*. This has led Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) to decide it would be a fun bon...

A week on from winning at Wrestle Kingdom in the previous Meltzer 5-star (plus 1.25 extra stars), Kenny Omega was back in his home territory (although try telling that to the visa people) trying to reclaim the titles that he and The Young Bucks had been stripped of a few months earlier for reasons we won't go into now. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) have scaled the ladder of criti...

The dream match happens and lives up to the hype. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A match involving Taichi and for the King of Pro-Wrestling championship got five stars from Dave Meltzer. Let that sink in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The trilogy of FTR-Briscoe battles for the ROH World Tag Team titles reaches its bloody conclusion as the in-ring technicians of FTR enter the world of the Delaware chickenfarmers as brawling and weaponary is the requirement for this match, not frequent tags and cutting the ring in half. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross) attempt to chain together words to form coherent sentences. Can...

Whilst it took El Hijo del Vikingo a mere week in participating in two matches that Dave Meltzer rated five stars, it took Meltzer a few months to watch both of them, so the LMTYS boys Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are still stuck in 2022 before they can catch up with everything that's already been happening in wrestling in 2023 so please bear with us, and if you ARE frustrated,...

2022? That is SO last year! https://pateron.com/lmtyspod https://facebook.com/lmtyspod https://twitter.com/lmtyspod lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're just in a double down at the moment, we'll be back up on our feet before the ten count. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eight months after Okada finally cemented his place at the top of New Japan, he found himself once more across the ring from Tanahashi, but for the second time it was under the 30-minute time limit conditions of a G1 Climax match, meaning his IWGP Heavyweight title wasn't on the line, but there was still much for both men to gain by winning. Not just by getting another win over their greatest riva...

One year on from Okada walking away defeated and failing to hold back the tears, he knows it's make-or-break time as he defends his regained IWGP Heavyweight Championship against the man who defeated him a year earlier. If Okada can't beat Tanahashi at a Wrestle Kingdom at the third time of trying, then he probably will never be the Ace of the promotion he already believed he was when he first lay...

Just when Okada thought he was out, Tanahashi pulled him back in. Having lost his final challenge to Okada as the IWGP champion, Tanahashi ventured elsewhere and ended up challening Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship and, in an insult to Okada and (particularly) his challenger Tetsuya Naito, ended up being voted by the fans as the match they wanted to see main event Wrest...

Tanahashi puts it all on the line in order to challenge Okada again for the IWGP Heavyweight title. If he doesn't win this match, he never gets to challenge Okada again. Or does he? Another match we previously discussed during the Meltzer Five-Star Project. Link to that episode below. Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-meltzer-5-star-project-082-kazuchika-okada-vs/id13304235...

For the first time since Okada's return, he faces Hiroshi Tanahashi in a non-title match with a 30-minute time limit. Of course, it's still a highly important match, as both have recovered from a slow start to be in with a shout of winning the A Block of the G1 Climax. Will it be enough to contain them? Let's find out, shall we? Either by listening to the podcast or just looking up the results on...