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John Pollock & Wai Ting chat about WWE Raw from Chicago featuring a No Holds Barred main event, The First Dance is sold out, and we chat Bray Wyatt, Ric Flair & Adam Cole. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:18:13] NEWS OF THE DAY :   Hideki Hosaka dies at age 49 Friday Night SmackDown viewership The First Dance is sold out Bray Wyatt released by WWE Ric Flair obtains his release from...

WH Park welcomes his first return guest to the Long & Winding Royal Road as GRAPPL Spotlight ’s JP Houlihan comes back with another great match choice. WH and JP talk about a pivotal match in the careers of both Mitsuharu Misawa and Akira Taue : their Champion Carnival final confrontation from April 15, 1995 . They discuss the paths both men took to get to the finals and how an injury suffered...

John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok and Eric Marcotte to review one of the biggest nights in Bellator’s history with the crowning of A.J. McKee as its new featherweight champion. MAIN CARD * Bellator Featherweight Championship : Patricio “Pitbull” Freire © vs. A.J. McKee *Mads Burnell vs. Emmanuel Sanchez *Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Manny Muro *Brent Primus vs. Islam Mamedov *Goiti Yamauchi vs. Chr...

John Pollock is joined by Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics to discuss WWE’s second-quarter earnings report and call with analysts about their return to live events with fans. The two tackle all areas of WWE’s business including recent television and live event success, the state of its developmental system and international plans, a return to Saudi Arabia, and Zombies! Plus, AEW’s successful day...

John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok and Eric Marcotte to preview the Bellator 263 card featuring one of the biggest fights in the promotion’s history as Patricio Pitbull Freire meets undefeated A.J. McKee . MAIN CARD * Bellator Featherweight Championship : Patricio “Pitbull” Freire © vs. A.J. McKee *Mads Burnell vs. Emmanuel Sanchez *Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Manny Muro *Brent Primus vs. Islam Mam...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite’s Fight for the Fallen featuring The Elite vs. Dark Order 5-on-5 Elimination Match and a No DQ Match between Chris Jericho and Nick Gage from Charlotte, NC. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:07:58] NEWS OF THE DAY :   Nevada issues mask mandate, rising cases Tony Khan asked about CM Punk and Bryan Danielson AEW “The First Dance” at United Cent...

John Pollock & Wai Ting chat about WWE Raw featuring Nikki A.S.H. vs. Charlotte Flair, The United States of America vs. Vince McMahon, Brazo de Plata’s passing and more. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:10:21] NEWS OF THE DAY :   Brazo de Plata passes away The United States of America vs. Vince McMahon WWE planning return to Saudi Arabia in October John Cena added to Madison Square Gar...

WH Park is joined by Wai Ting (filling in for John Pollock) as they discuss the latest with NJPW ahead of Sunday’s Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome while the city endures another state of emergency. We discuss Kota Ibushi ’s TBD status in its main event, Hiromu Takahashi , New Japan of America’s Resurgence event, and NJPW’s lofty G1 Schedule . Plus, WH provides an in-depth preview of Stardom’s 5St...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite’s Fyter Fest Night 2 featuring a Mox vs. Archer Texas Deathmatch and an appearance by Nick Gage. We discuss a report on CM Punk being in talks for an in-ring return. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:07:47] NEWS OF THE DAY : CM Punk in talks for an in-ring return, per Fightful Kota Ibushi diagnosed with aspiration pneumonia WWE Raw gives a big...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw in front of a live crowd in Dallas with appearances by John Cena, Bill Goldberg, Keith Lee, Karrion Kross, and Lilly following Money in the Bank. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:15:36] NEWS OF THE DAY :   SmackDown does strong number with return of fans Naomi moving to SmackDown, per report AEW going to Cincinnati for Dynamite after All Out Statu...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Money In The Bank 2021 featuring Roman Reigns vs. Edge for the Universal Championship, Men’s & Women’s Money In The Bank ladder matches, and a major return to close the show. Also: Bobby Lashley defends the WWE Championship against Kofi Kingston, Rhea Ripley and Charlotte overcome an unfavourable crowd, new champions are crowned on the kickoff, and Baron...

John Pollock & Wai Ting discuss news of Goldberg’s return, AEW Fyter Fest ratings, AEW Grand Slam ticket sales, fans returning to SD, MITB preview, Slammiversary and more. Details about Martin Bushby’s 12-hour Charity Stream this Saturday 7am-7pm ET: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bwelivestream Photo Courtesy: AEW, WWE Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribe Patreon: http://post...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite’s Fyter Fest Night 1 from Texas with Jon Moxley’s return and a main event Coffin Match. Plus a recap of NXT, news and more. Details about Martin Bushby’s 12-hour Charity Stream: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bwelivestream [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:08:22] NEWS OF THE DAY : Samantha Tavel drops suit against Matt Riddle Michael E...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw with the final broadcast from the ThunderDome and chat about the passing of Paul Orndorff, the fallout to UFC 264 with Conor McGregor, and more. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:12:06] NEWS OF THE DAY : Paul Orndorff passes away at 71 Conor McGregor has surgery for broken leg Ariel Helwani speaks on his three years at ESPN  NJPW releases full card...

Welcome back to “ The Nubian Wrestling Advocates ”! Nate Milton & “The Professor” Kris Ealy respond to listener feedback from last month’s POST Wrestling debut before welcoming Andrew Thompson back for another informative installment of “ Nubian News ”! Then, The Advocates meet The Embassy as veteran performer/producer/promoter Prince Nana stops by to discuss his career, his thoughts on the WW...

John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok for a review of UFC 264 featuring Dustin Poirier defeating Conor McGregor by TKO after McGregor suffered an injury in their third fight. MAIN CARD *Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor *Stephen Thompson vs. Gilbert Burns *Tai Tuivasa vs. Greg Hardy *Irene Aldana vs. Yana Kunitskaya *Sean O’Malley vs. Kris Moutinho PRELIMINARY CARD *Carlos Condit vs. Max Griffin...

John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok and Eric Marcotte to preview UFC 264 featuring the third fight between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor from Las Vegas.   MAIN CARD *Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor *Stephen Thompson vs. Gilbert Burns *Tai Tuivasa vs. Greg Hardy *Irene Aldana vs. Yana Kunitskaya *Sean O’Malley vs. Kris Moutinho PRELIMINARY CARD *Carlos Condit vs. Max Griffin *Niko Price vs...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite ’s Road Rager from Miami, the debut of Malakai Black, Jimmy Uso’s arrest, and the deaths of Chris Youngblood & Sid Cooper. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:01:47] NEWS OF THE DAY : Chris Youngblood and ‘Cyanide’ Sid Cooper pass away Jimmy Uso arrested for DUI WWE Raw hits 1.47 million viewers Friday Night SmackDown at Rolling Loud Festiva...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring the New Day taking on Bobby Lashley & MVP, Drew McIntyre’s sword is stolen, and Ripley & Flair’s feud continues. [00:00:00] Intro: The Long & Winding Royal Road’s Four Pillars shirt https://store.postwrestling.com/ [00:14:31] NEWS OF THE DAY :   Natsuko Tora suffers torn ACL Tegan Nox works dark match, per report Stardom 5* Grand Pri...

Walking along the Long & Winding Royal Road with WH Park this month is POST Wrestling show reviewer, Mark Buckeldee . Mark has chosen a match from October 23, 1999 as Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (The Untouchables) defend their AJPW World Tag Team Titles against challengers, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (Burning). Support this podcast by picking up the brand new Long & Winding...

John Pollock & Wai Ting bring you a special preview of this week's Rewind-A-Wai as they dedicate the entire episode to one of the greatest feuds in WWE history: Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels from April to October 2008. If you enjoy this first half, join the POST Wrestling Café ( http://postwrestlingcafe.com) to hear the rest as former WWE writing staff member Brad Corbitt joins us to share...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite as the show returns to Wednesday for the end of the Daily’s Place era featuring Sammy Guevara vs. MJF in a fantastic main event. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements : Café Menu for July [00:07:17] NEWS OF THE DAY : NXT thoughts from Tuesday Mercedes Martinez injury Great American Bash card Sonjay Dutt leaves WWE, reportedly at AEW AEW running three...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring a tremendous Last Chance MITB Qualifying Match, Samoa Joe speaks on his future, Derrick Lewis vs. Ciryl Gane, and more. [00:00:00] Intro: POST Wrestling Dad Hats ! https://store.postwrestling.com/ [00:05:37] NEWS OF THE DAY :   Samoa Joe speaks on NXT return, future in-ring Friday Night SmackDown ratings AAA’s TripleMania XXIX card NXT and AEW D...

John Pollock and WH Park are back to chat all the major news including news champions crowned in NJPW , AJPW , and Pro Wrestling NOAH , the ambitious schedule New Japan has coming up, the recent trial series involving Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji , Keiji Muto loses the GHC Championship, Jake Lee wins the Triple Crown, the fanfare for Utami Hayashishita vs. Syuri and what it’s meant for Stardom , and...

John Pollock & Wai Ting discuss WWE’s latest round of releases including Breezango, Killian Dain and Ever-Rise. We also discuss the release of writer Kenice Mobley, WWE’s MSG return, UK tour, and more. POST Wrestling Dad Hats now available! https://store.postwrestling.com/collections/hats/products/post-wrestling-baseball-dad-hat Photo Courtesy: WWE, Kenice Mobley Subscribe: https://postwrestli...