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Wai Ting & Neal Flanagan review WWE SmackDown as Tiffany Stratton defends the WWE Women’s Championship against Bayley in San Diego. 🌎 Our thanks to NordVPN. Try Nord risk-free with their 30-day money-back guarantee and receive 4 additional months using code ‘postwrestling’:  https://nordvpn.com/postwrestling Also: Rey Mysterio faces Kevin Owens, The Motor City Machine Guns face Los Garza for...

WH Park & Karen Peterson welcome 2025 with a slightly delayed January edition of PURORESU to celebrate a new year, starting with thoughts on NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 19, Wrestle Dynasty, and the collaborative working relationship between the companies.  Plus: Preview of the Giant Baba’s 25th Memorial Show, Hideki Suzuki joins AJPW full-time, KENTA and NOAH’s 25th Anniversary Year, Tetsuya Endo w...

John Pollock and Bruce Lord review AEW Dynamite: Maximum Carnage including Kenny Omega’s first match back in AEW.  Also : Jon Moxley defends the AEW Championship against Powerhouse Hobbs, the Women’s Casino Gauntlet Match, The Hurt Syndicate takes on Mark Briscoe & Private Party, and Christian Cage faces HOOK. The XL Edition continues in the POST Café with News of the Day and Feedback/Question...

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston discuss all the latest filings in the Janel Grant case and Vince McMahon’s SEC settlement. Plus: Netflix releases its first set of viewership figures for WWE Raw, TKO & Saudi Arabia poised to launch a boxing promotion, SmackDown viewership trends in the three-hour format, and the UFC’s media rights are up in the air. They also chat about Thurston’s latest opin...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review WWE NXT from January 14th, 2025 featuring Fraxiom vs OTM for the NXT Tag Team Championship! NXT Review starts at 46mins39secs The show includes: Bayley returns to NXT to confront Roxanne Perez  Nathan Frazer & AXIOM vs Out The Mud (NXT Tag Team Championship) Shotzi vs Stephanie Vaquer (To determine the Number 1 Contender for the NXT Women’s North Amer...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review the second edition of WWE Raw on Netflix featuring the debut of Penta and the crowning of the first Women’s Intercontinental Champion. Also: Damian Priest and Finn Balor close their feud with a Street Fight, Dakota Kai and Lyra Valkyria meet in the finals of the Intercontinental Title Tournament, Sheamus vs. Ludwig Kaiser, and appearances by GUNTHER, CM Punk &...

Ariel Helwani  joins  John Pollock  for  The 2025 MMA Prediction Show . They revisit Helwani’s predictions from 2024 to see how he fared before making a new list for 2025 in “Likely or Unlikely”. Plus, they discuss the launch of  Uncrowned , his decision to start the outlet, covering the Olympics for CBC, and much more. Go back and listen to  The 2024 MMA Prediction Show Music by  Mikhail Smusev  ...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review a very long 3-hour WWE SmackDown as Tiffany Stratton speaks for the first time after cashing in her MITB. Also: Paul Heyman declares Roman Reigns for the Royal Rumble, Cody Rhodes and Jimmy Uso team-up against Jacob Fatu & Tama Tonga, and Nick Aldis announces a tag team tournament that’s not really a tag team tournament. The XL Edition continues in the POST C...

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston are back to discuss the SEC’s announcement that Vince McMahon will pay a fine and reimburse WWE over regulatory violations. On Friday, the SEC announced that the former WWE chairman will pay a fine and reimburse WWE for his failure to disclose two agreements signed in 2019 and 2022. Pollock & Thurston discuss the fallout from this news, Vince McMahon’s on-the-...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite with the return of Kenny Omega to AEW.  Also : Will Ospreay takes on Buddy Matthews, Bobby Lashley faces Mark Briscoe, MJF confronts Jeff Jarrett, plus the Casino Gauntlet Match for a shot at the AEW Championship. Join the POST Café for an XL Edition of this podcast featuring News of the Day and Feedback/Questions, available live and ad-free. Today’s t...

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston react to WWE's launch on Netflix and the fallout from the show at the Intuit Dome. They chat about the presentation on Netflix, the reaction to the show, and the coverage it received. Plus: An update on all the latest news involving the Janel Grant case, SmackDown to move back to two hours, WWE’s involvement with Hulk Hogan’s Real American Beer and the audience re...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review WWE NXT New Year’s Evil from January 7th, 2025 featuring The Rock making an appearance! NXT Review starts at 37mins30secs The show includes: Roxanne Perez vs Giulia (NXT Women’s Championship) Trick Williams vs Oba Femi vs Eddy Thorpe (NXT Championship) The Rock ends the show with a promo in the ring Lexis King vs Charlie Dempsey (Sudden Death Match for th...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review the premiere of WWE Raw on Netflix featuring The Rock, John Cena, Hulk Hogan getting booed, and CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins. Also: A Tribal Combat match between Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa, Liv Morgan defends her title against Rhea Ripley, and Drew McIntyre faces Jey Uso. News : SmackDown to go back to 2-hours, NJPW’s New Year Dash news, and the status of Chris Charlt...

Karen Peterson and Bruce Lord review NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 in the Tokyo Dome and its impact on Wrestle Dynasty .   Plus: Hirooki Goto wins the 2025 Rambo to snag a golden ticket for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Mayu Iwatani defeats AZM to retain the IWGP Women’s Championship, Katsuyori Shibata returns home to challenge Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestle Dynasty, T.M.D.K.’s Robbie Eagles &a...

In a special "freeloader" edition of MCU L8R from the POST Café , Rich Fann and WH Park cover what worked and what didn’t for them in 2024, what they’re looking for in 2025 — and what YOU should be excited about in terms of MCU L8R Coverage! As the clock struck a new year into being, Rich and WH were toiling endlessly, plumbing the depths of MCU to give you their thoughts on what has been, what wi...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman host a special New Year’s edition of upNXT as they chat about the Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve editions of WWE NXT !  Christmas Eve: OTM vs The Tony D’Angelo Family vs Hank & Tank vs NQCC (Fatal Four Way Tag Match to determine the Number 1 Contenders for the NXT Tag Team Championship) Stephanie Vaquer vs Cora Jade Charlie Dempsey vs Lexis King (Rounds Ma...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen with The Death Riders taking on Rated FTR on the Mother of All Simulcasts. Also : AEW kicks off its Max era with Hangman Page taking on Orange Cassidy, Jamie Hayter vs. Julia Hart, Bobby Lashley vs. Max Caster, an announcement from Jeff Jarrett, and Ricochet cuts Swerve’s involvement in a triple threat match short. News: Sweet Dad...

Sign up for as little as $6/month to listen to this full podcast: http://postwrestlingcafe.com Here's a free preview from POSTwrestlingCafe.com — POST Wrestling ’s John Pollock & Wai Ting and Poisonrana ’s Braden Herrington & Davie Portman discuss the highlights and lowlights of the past year in The Best & Worst of 2024 Show . Plus, it's the return of "Likely/Unlikely" as we discuss re...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Worlds End 2024 featuring the Semi-Finals and Finals of the Continental Classic tournament. Also : Jon Moxley defends his AEW title in a Fatal 4-Way, Mercedes Moné vs. Willow Nightingale 2, MJF vs. Adam Cole, and the several big name returns. Plus : YouTube SuperChats and feedback from the POST Forum . Ad-free version available for members at POSTwrestlingCafe....

Many surprise guests stop by the POST Office to chat with John Pollock and Wai Ting for the 2024 POST Wrestling Christmas Show ! Plus, the POST Christmas Jingle Contest! TIME STAMPS (will differ on ad-supported audio version): 00:00:00 Intro w/ Neal Flanagan 00:01:40 John & Wai Open 00:26:54 Benno & Michael Hamflett (In Your House!) 00:54:09 Brandon Thurston (Wrestlenomics) 01:28:58 John S...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw with an SNME rematch between Drew McIntyre and Sami Zayn. Also: Natalya vs. IYO SKY vs. Alba Fyre in the Intercontinental title tournament, Damian Priest takes on Dominik Mysterio, The New Day speaks, The Miz faces Dexter Lumis, and a sit-down interview featuring Seth Rollins. News : TNA lands a big upgrade for its Canadian television distribution, reaction...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite: Holiday Bash including Will Ospreay taking on Darby Allin in the Continental Classic. Also : Ricochet has a strange interaction with the Hurt Syndicate, AEW Champion Jon Moxley teams with PAC & Wheeler Yuta against Orange Cassidy, Jay White & Hangman Page, Mercedes Moné defends the TBS Championship against Anna Jay, and Christian Cage & Ni...

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston discuss the Lee Fitting story in the New York Times and Saturday Night’s Main Event ratings. Katie Strang and Andrew Marchand have a major story covering Lee Fitting’s departure from ESPN last year amid misconduct allegations. John & Brandon chat about the story, what is alleged, and WWE’s decision to hire Fitting. Plus: WWE returned to NBC with Saturday Night...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the December 17th, 2024 edition of WWE NXT featuring Trick Williams vs Eddy Thorpe for the NXT Championship!  Review starts at 50mins On tonight’s show: Trick Williams vs Eddy Thorpe (NXT Championship) Nathan Frazer & Axiom vs Gallus Jaida Parker vs Wren Sinclair Oba Femi vs Axiom Sol Ruca & ZARIA vs Meta-Four Ethan Page “loses his smile” and obli...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw with Seth Rollins & CM Punk’s heated confrontation ahead of their match at Raw’s Netflix debut. Also: Bron Breakker defends the Intercontinental Championship against Ludwig Kaiser, Finn Bálor & JD McDonagh defend the World Tag Team Titles against War Raiders, and a mysterious teaser may hint at the debut of a former AEW wrestler. News : WWE unveils...