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The last territory standing outside of the big two of WWF and WCW, Memphis was a little land unto itself with its own fanbase, its own style of wrestling, and its own top star - Jerry 'The King' Lawler. Drawing thousands of fans to the Mid-South Coliseum on a weekly basis, Lawler could be tangling with up-and-coming stars (making sure to repeat footage of him beating them when they do become natio...

2001 was probably the most tumultuous year in the history of pro wrestling. Not only were the three major promotions in North American being absorbed by the winner-take-all WWF, but in Japan the longtime top two promotions of New Japan and All Japan saw a splintering for the first time since their creation in 1972, when Misawa and the majority of AJPW talent departed to form NOAH. A threadbare ros...

A five-star match, or a five-star storyline, or both? Or something more?! A multiple-year storyline reached its conclusion at the end of Full Gear 2021 as 'Hangman' Adam Page looked to exorcise every last demon he had to contend with after failing to become the first AEW World Champion by challenging the current champion, and his former tag team champion partner, Kenny Omega. It's about more than...

Chaos, action, and wheelbarrow racing are the topics of conversation this time as Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) cover the first of two matches from AEW's Full Gear PPV. Will the Superkliq continue to dominate trios action? Or can the unlikely partnering of the veteran Cage, the monstrous Luchasaurus, and the maturing Jungle Boy pool their talents together and score the upset unde...

Two men currently in a no-man's-land of sorts in the WWE were, seven years ago, wrestling for the top singles prize in the hippest promotion in all of wrestling - California's Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. But whilst Ricochet and Kyle O'Reilly have gone onto greater heights as far as reaching a mass audience and making money, this might have been at a time when they were both approaching their cultural...

Chikara's King of Trios tournaments from the late 2000s to the mid 2010s were a major highlight in the indy wrestling calendar and matches like this are proof of why that was the case. Featuring three wrestlers who would go onto great successes today in WWE, AEW, and New Japan, alongside one of the top students to ever come from the Chikara training gym, it's a high-speed action fest from start to...

An earnest attempt to give classic British wrestling of the 70s and 80s the 'Full Monty' feelgood cinema treatment. Does the ambition match the ability? Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to find out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Lisa Simpson once told Homer, the Chinese use the same word for crisis as they do opportunity. Out of the ashes of tech issues, rises a new sub-genre within the LMTYS family, book club. We kick off with our resident wordsmith Lorcan talking about his book, Confessions of a Smart Wrestling Fan, as well as the dulcet tones of Simon reading out the first chapter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

It's spots galore this week as AAA hosts its first five-star match, at least in the eyes of Dave Meltzer, in a long time. Not happy with just tearing it up in AEW, the Lucha Bros. of Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix defend their other tag team titles, the AAA belts, against two of the top young stars of lucha libre, El Hijo del Vikingo and the Laredo Kid. Will they keep the double gold? Will anyone be a...

The mid-80s was the best of times for the American wrestling scene, and the worst of times for their counterparts in the UK. This match is often cited as a sign of the beginning of the end for the old 'World of Sport'-defined culture of British wrestling leaving the terrestrial television airwaves. However, it is also a match containing one of the most well-remembered figures of the British scene...

The first ever five-star match in the twenty-year career of 'American Dragon' Bryan Danielson, at least in the eyes of Dave Meltzer, is what greets Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) in this episode. His first match under his real name since his eleven-year run with WWE as Daniel Bryan ended, he enters the match with a smile on his face and a point to prove. This isn't your sports ent...

It's supposed to be the most blessed time of the year as far as the Meltzer five-star rewards go, but when the blocks were announceed for the 2021 iteration of the G1 Climax, it's fair to say positivity was not the outlook of most people on the Internet. Perhaps cognizant of this problem, New Japan made the sensible move of having their opening day of the tour be headlined by the IWGP World Heavyw...

This episode is long for a Match of the Week. But it's still not as long as this match. And if this match is remember for anything it's that. The length of the match, I mean. Not its length in comparison to this podcast episode.https://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AEW's All Out 2021 is being touted as one of the best wreslting PPVs of all time, and this match is usually cited as the best on the card. It's a re-match from the Escaleras de la Muerte match at the first All Out two years earlier, but this time the Young Bucks are defending their AEW World tag team titles in a steel cage. Can they top a match that already broke the star ratings system in the eye...

The first episode in a new series on the LMTYS feed. Regular co-hosts Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) watch films and TV shows that at some point, whether it bet he premise or one particular episode, take place within the world of wrestling through the eyes of creatives who most likely have never been directly involved in wrestling. They discuss them both as works of art within the...

A rematch of what many considered the best match of 2020, the NXT UK Championship is on the line as WALTER looks to extend his two year-plus reign by once again vanquishing his longtime rival Ilja Dragunov. A style of wrestling truly unique compared to everything else we see in today's wrestling, Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to wince and weigh in on their thoughts. Host...

Despite all the joshi that Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) had to watch for the Meltzer Five-Star Project, what is somewhat surprising is that this MOTW is the first time that they were watching and reviewing a match involving Bull Nakano - perhaps the most famous female Japanese wrestler outside of Japan until Asuka joined the WWE. Whilst the majority of joshi that the LMTYS boys...

One of the more surreal moments of recent years in wrestling has been the appearance of Atsushi Onita on mainstream U.S. television hyping an upcoming exploding ring barbed wire deathmatch on pay-per-view. The increased prominence of deathmatch wrestling can ultimately be linked to this match, and these two men, in particular. Onita was retired from wrestling until he reinvented himself as the ace...

More than five seconds is required to cover the topic of double team wrestling moves. But should more than five seconds be allowed for them to be implemented? That's the point of contention for Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) on this episode.https://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

A podcast of two parts this time. Tanahashi challenges Takagi for another New Japan title, except this time it's the biggest title on the biggest stage, as Takagi attempts to make his first defense of his newly acquired IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at the Tokyo Dome. That is followed by a discussion between Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) about Dave Meltzer's controversial r...

1998 was a big year in wrestling. Among the major events of that year was the emergence of Chris Jericho. After turning heel in January, this match saw the end of the story of 'The Man of 1,004 Holds' against the cruiserweight division. Does it hold up? What of the Jericho we know now was already there, and what was yet to come? Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to find out....

Whilst a promotion having their title defended in a different promotion is quite the in thing in 2021, the WWF has rarely been one to loan their gold belts out to other promotions. This week, the LMTYS boys Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) look at one of these rare instances where the recently face-turned Shawn Michaels defends his Intercontinental championship in the Tennessee terr...

The hardcore wrestling movement came into being by taking inspiration from numerous sources, but when considering the true hub of activity, like New York was with the punk movement, Seattle was with grunge, Coventry was with British ska, etc., Philadelphia is probably seen as the most important location for its birth and growth thanks to its association with ECW. But a couple of years before there...

The only member of New Japan's legendary Three Musketeers that Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) had yet to watch in action for this podcast is the defending champion in this one. On the opposite corner to him is the soon-to-be politician Hiroshi Hase. Around this time NJPW's rival promotion All Japan were having matches rated five stars by Meltzer on a regular basis. New Japan could...

It's been so long since Dave Meltzer rated a women's wrestling match five stars (or higher) that the defending champion in this match wasn't even born when the last one was wrestled. Utami Hayashishita has had a remarkable ascent to the top of the biggest women's wrestling promotion in Japan, but she's facing the stiff kicks of Syuri in this latest title defence. It's a battle of survival, and Lor...