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The Advocates kick off the show by discussing the curious case of Ron Killings . They talk about the WWE's miscalculation in releasing the beloved performer, and how Truth went from an afterthought to one of the most talked about talents in the business. The guys also discuss their current feelings about John Cena's last run , and Jey Uso dropping the belt to "Slim Walt" . Finally the crew breaks...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SmackDown with John Cena being confronted by CM Punk, and King & Queen of the Ring matches. Also, the Wyatt Sicks take on the Motor City Machine Guns, Ron Killings gets his rematch with John Cena, and Naomi appears after winning the MITB ladder match. The XL Edition continues at POSTwrestlingCafe.com with News of the Day and Your Feedback/Questions , ad-fre...

Wai Ting and Kate from MTL review AEW Summer Blockbuster , a 4-hour special event featuring Swerve vs. Ospreay 2 and a Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada contract signing ahead of All In. Plus : Toni Storm vs. Julia Hart, Thekla vs. Queen Aminata, TayJay vs. Bayne & Ford, The Hurt Syndicate vs. Speedball/Knight/Komander, and the return of Místico. The XL Edition continues at POSTwrestlingCafe.com...

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston chat about R-Truth returning to WWE, the WBD split, WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas, and Canelo vs. Crawford. First, we examine the six days between Ron Killings stating that his WWE contract wasn’t being renewed, the ensuing fan outrage, his return at Money in the Bank, and Paul Levesque’s non-answer at the post-show press conference. Plus, WBD splitting its compani...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the June 6th, 2025 episode of WWE NXT featuring Oba Femi vs Jasper Troy for the NXT Championship! NXT Review starts at 42mins Oba Femi vs Jasper Troy (NXT Championship) Jacy Jayne vs Lainey Reid (NXT Women’s Championship) Ethan Page vs Sean Legacy (NXT North American Championship) Josh Briggs & Yoshiki Inamura vs The Culling Lash Legend vs Wren Sincla...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring Jey Uso defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Gunther. Plus : CM Punk confronts John Cena, Nikki Bella returns to WWE programming, and the first series of qualifying matches for the King & Queen of the Ring tournaments. The XL Edition continues at POSTwrestlingCafe.com with News of the Day and Feedback , ad-free and timestamped....

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman host a special edition of upNXT as they review WWE x AAA Lucha Libre: Worlds Collide !  WWE Worlds Collide review starts at 15mins: El Hijo Del Vikingo vs Chad Gable (AAA Mega Championship) Lince Dorado, Cruz Del Toro & Dragon Lee vs Octagon Jr, Aerostar & Mr Iguana Stephanie Vaquer & Lola Vice vs Dalys & Chik Tormenta Legado Del Fantasma vs El H...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Money In The Bank featuring this year’s MITB ladder winners, John Cena & Logan Paul vs. Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso, and a surprise return to close the show. Plus, John gives his thoughts on WWE-AAA Worlds Collide featuring El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Chad Gable. Jordan Breen Scholarship Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/jordan-breen-scholarship-fund Ad-free ver...

Wai Ting and Neal Flanagan review WWE SmackDown the night before Money In The Bank featuring appearances from John Cena, Logan Paul, Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso and all MITB ladder match competitors. Also: An MITB preview six-woman tag match with Rhea Ripley, Alexa Bliss and Stephanie Vaquer vs. Naomi, Roxanne Perez & Giulia. The XL Edition continues at POSTwrestlingCafe.com with News of the Day and...

WH Park & Karen Peterson run down the major news and results from NJPW, AJPW, NOAH, Stardom, Marigold, and TJPW, including a preview of NJPW Dominion and AJPW Champion Carnival results. This month’s topics include:  The status of Daisuke Sekimoto. Mayu Iwatani’s debut in Marigold. Kosei Fujita becomes the youngest winner of NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors. Ad-free version available at Patreon...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review a 4-hour AEW Fyter Fest featuring the official announcement of Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada at All In. Plus : Omega vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brody King vs. Mascara Dorada for the International title, Jon Moxley faces Mark Briscoe in a non-title match, FTR takes on Atlantis Jr. & Templario, Speedball Mike Bailey teams with Kevin Knight & Komander agains...

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston cover this week’s major stories, including more information on Vince McMahon’s new company, 14TH & I. Then, they chat about SmackDown staying in its three-hour format and how important the program is for the USA Network, the recent contract expirations, and what leverage points the talent possess. Plus, two more antitrust lawsuits were filed against the UFC, a...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review WWE NXT from June 3rd, 2025 featuring the debut of Mariah May ! NXT Review starts at 16mins Trick Williams vs Mike Santana (TNA World Heavyweight Championship) Mariah May appears and puts the NXT women’s division on notice  Myles Borne vs Charlie Dempsey (Rounds Match where if Myles wins he leaves No Quarter Catch Crew) Darkstate vs Chase U Ethan Page &am...

In a special free XL edition of Rewind-A-Raw, John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss WWE releases including R-Truth and review WWE Raw featuring final MITB qualifiers. Join POSTwrestlingCafe.com for XL Edition podcasts with News of the Day and Feedback , ad-free and time-stamped. 00:00:00 Start 00:04:29 Jordan Breen 00:19:20 R-Truth, Carlito & Valhalla leaving WWE 00:35:39 Slim Jim extends agreemen...

POST Wrestling presents its reviews of this past season of Dark Side of the Ring . Topics include Hell in a Cell 1998, Ludvig Borga, Vader, Superstar Billy Graham, Eddie Gilbert, Billy Jack Haynes, The Sheik, and Muhammad Hassan. These reviews were originally recorded the day after the episodes aired during season six. NOTE : We did not cover the episode featuring Tony Atlas, and a separate review...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SmackDown with John Cena and the returning Cody Rhodes appearing on the show. Also: Jade Cargill vs. Naomi vs. Nia Jax and Jacob Fatu vs. Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes in Money in the Bank qualifying matches, plus the return of Bianca Belair. The XL Edition continues at POSTwrestlingCafe.com with News of the Day and Your Calls/Feedback , ad-free. Today’s stories: S...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite with fallout from Double or Nothing featuring Owen Cup Winners Hangman Page and Mercedes Moné. Plus : A Mixed Trios Match with Jon Moxley, Gabe Kidd & Marina Shafir taking on Mark Briscoe, Speedball & Willow Nightingale, Adam Cole defends the TNT title against Kyle Fletcher, The Opps vs The Frat House, Anna Jay & Harley Cameron vs Megan Bay...

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston cover the news that WrestleMania 42 is leaving New Orleans and is expected to land in Las Vegas. They chat about Thurston’s exclusive report, WWE’s handling of the announcement, how Las Vegas is expected to land ‘Mania for the second year in a row, and the ramifications of such a significant change. Major news broke on Wednesday that Janel Grant is dropping John L...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review WWE NXT from May 27th, 2025 headlined by Stephanie Vaquer vs Jacy Jayne for the NXT Women’s Championship!  NXT Review starts at 41mins Ricky Saints vs Ethan Page (NXT North American Championship) Stephanie Vaquer vs Jacy Jayne (NXT Women’s Championship)  Mike Santana vs Tavion Heights Mike Santana challenges Trick Williams for the TNA Championship Tatum P...

This is a free sample of the May edition of Book Club, with the full show available on the POST Wrestling Café Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein released All the President’s Men in 1974, covering one of the biggest political scandals of all time. John Pollock & Neal Flanagan discuss the famous Watergate scandal and how two Washington Post reporters built their reputations from their coverage, pi...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring fallout from Saturday Night’s Main Event. Also: Seth Rollins vs. Sami Zayn vs. Finn Balor and Penta vs. Chad Gable vs. Dragon Lee in Money in the Bank qualifying matches, New Day defending the tag titles against War Raiders and The Creeds, and Rusev taking on Akira Tozawa. The XL Edition continues at POSTwrestlingCafe.com with News of the Day and...

Former WWE wrestler Marc Copani a.k.a. Muhammad Hassan speaks with John Pollock about the season finale of Dark Side of the Ring. Copani covers his rise in the industry, his OVW days, the initial impressions of the Muhammad Hassan character and major names he was working with, and the July 2005 angle that led to the end of his run in both WWE and the industry. Dark Side of the Ring: Becoming Muham...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Double or Nothing 2025 featuring Anarchy in the Arena and the finals of the Men’s & Women’s Owen Hart Tournament. Ad-free version available for patrons at POSTwrestlingCafe.com Watch the video version of this podcast: https://youtube.com/live/Z-B4Sbue6bU AEW Double or Nothing May 25, 2025 Desert Diamond Arena Glendale, AZ Owen Hart Tournament Men's Final :...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review WWE NXT Battleground from May 25th, 2025! The show includes: Stephanie Vaquer vs Jordynne Grace (NXT Women’s Championship) Oba Femi vs Myles Borne (NXT Championship) Joe Hendry vs Trick Williams (TNA World Heavyweight Championship) Sol Ruca vs Kelani Jordan (NXT Women’s North American Championship) Tony D’Angelo vs Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo Hank, Tank &am...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event from Tampa, FL featuring Jey Uso vs. Logan Paul for the World Championship and John Cena vs. R-Truth. Watch this podcast : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JincA2SbV_Y Ad-free version available for patrons at POSTwrestlingCafe.com WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event May 24, 2025 Yuengling Center Tampa, FL World Heavyweight Title : Jey U...