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This month on POST Puroresu Bonus , WH Park is joined by puroresu podcaster Dylan Fox from The Eastern Lariat to talk about recent happenings in the Japanese wrestling scene. They start things off by remembering Hana Kimura on the one year anniversary of her death. They then discuss what they love about current Stardom . Other major topics include Will Ospreay vacating the IWGP title and other ins...

Wai Ting and Jordan Goodman are back with Episode 5 of The Wellness Policy as they welcome artist and co-host of the Creative Rebels podcast, David Speed ! You’ve likely seen his beautiful mural of Brodie Lee in London. We learn of David’s childhood connection to pro wrestling and the ways in which the business has informed his own creative career. We explore concepts from his suggested book, The...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite and discuss major news involving the addition of a new AEW Friday show, Dynamite moving to TBS in 2022, and WWE’s latest roster cuts including Drake Wuertz and Alexander Wolfe. [00:00:00] NEWS OF THE DAY : AEW Dynamite moving to TBS in 2022 New Friday night show launching in August Four quarterly AEW specials on TNT WWE cuts Television viewership fig...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring Bobby Lashley’s Open Challenge. They also discuss A&E’s Biography on Shawn Michaels and Don Kernodle’s passing. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:08:12] NEWS OF THE DAY : Don Kernodle passes away at 71 New Japan resuming shows on May 22 ROH holding pay-per-view with fans on July 11 WarnerMedia-Discovery NXT & AEW line-ups [00:20:1...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE WrestleMania Backlash featuring Roman Reigns vs. Cesaro for the Universal Championship, a pair of triple threats for WWE & Raw Women’s Championships, and ZOMBIES . [00:00:00] WrestleMania Backlash Review [00:54:46] Patron calls and feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum [01:17:06] John shares his thoughts on the passing of New Jack and Dark Side of the Ri...

John Pollock and Phil Chertok are back with the UFC 262 POST Show featuring Charles Oliveira becoming the new UFC lightweight champion with a spectacular win over Michael Chandler. MAIN CARD * UFC Lightweight Championship : Michael Chandler vs. Charles Oliveira *Tony Ferguson vs. Beneil Dariush *Matt Schnell vs. Rogerio Bontorin *Katlyn Chookagian vs. Viviane Araujo *Shane Burgos vs. Edson Barboza...

John Pollock speaks with Les Thatcher on the release of the Brian Pillman Memorial Anthology and his memories of Brian. The two chat about the memorable Brian Pillman Memorial Shows that Thatcher promoted in Ohio from 1998-2001, his history with Brian, helping to produce the gun angle from Raw in 1996, thoughts on the recent Dark Side of the Ring documentary, how all three major promotions sent ta...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite featuring three championship matches including Darby Allin vs. Miro, SCU vs. The Bucks, Jon Moxley vs. Yuji Nagata, an update on Orange Cassidy, and plenty of Double or Nothing news. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:11:56] NEWS OF THE DAY : Orange Cassidy suffers injury on Dynamite Television numbers for WWE Raw, NXT NXT thoughts  State of em...

John Pollock speaks with Sean Waltman about his “Pro Wrestling 4 Life” podcast and some of the integral moments throughout his career. The two chat about early influences on Waltman’s career, learning on television at a young age, his decision to leave WWF in 1996, his return as X-Pac and joining DX, cutting promos, DX’s first split-up in 1999, and his recent knee surgery from earlier this year. S...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw for the go-home show before WrestleMania Backlash, and a big discussion on the A&E Biography on Booker T. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:10:11] NEWS OF THE DAY : Friday Night SmackDown ratings AEW returning to the road in July Dark Side of the Ring schedule Additional COVID-19 positives in NJPW  [00:23:06] We discuss A&E Biography: Booke...

John Pollock and WH Park are back to discuss the latest changes stemming from Japan’s extended state of emergency, WH’s thoughts on both nights of Wrestling Dontaku including Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi, his top five matches from the Champion Carnival, Jake Lee’s win, the Keiji Muto vs. Masa Kitamiya match, Atsushi Onita’s FMWE card in July, and we look at the brackets for the remainder of Star...

Live From The Satellite Of Hate...It’s The Rocky Maivia Picture Show! This month on TRMPS , Nate Milton is joined by his “ Keep It 2000 ” tag-team partner, Brian Mann to review Dwayne Johnson’s multiple appearances on “ Saturday Night Live ”! Topics discussed include: A look at all 5 of DJ’s monologues (and some of his most memorable sketches), the qualities that make a good SNL host, The Rock’s p...

John Pollock speaks with MLW CEO Court Bauer on the promotion's recent season-finale, returning with fans, and the reveal of (the former) Dario Cueto. Bauer spoke with POST Wrestling on a wide range of subjects including the introduction of Dario Cueto, the logistics of using characters from another program, the departure of a major character, the decision to return with fans in July, its YouTube...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite featuring the Blood & Guts match between The Inner Circle and The Pinnacle. Plus, Daniel Bryan’s contract expires, Double or Nothing news, ratings & more. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:04:28] NEWS OF THE DAY : Daniel Bryan’s contract expires with WWE Double or Nothing at full capacity on 5/30 NJPW announces two wrestlers test posit...

John Pollock speaks with WWE performer Drew McIntyre about his new book “A Chosen Destiny: My Story” Drew discusses his favorite wrestling books, being an introvert, announcing he had COVID-19 last year on WWE television, the dynamic of the locker room throughout the pandemic, and his program with Sheamus. Drew McIntyre’s A Chosen Destiny: My Story is co-authored by Sarah Edworthy and is available...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring a coin flip to determine Bobby Lashley’s opponent, Angel Garza, the A&E Biography on Randy Savage, SD ratings and more. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:05:56] NEWS OF THE DAY : Friday Night SmackDown ratings Jake Lee wins the Champion Carnival Lenny Leonard calling Women’s Tournament for ROH Triller fighting piracy in a unique way [...

John Pollock & Wai Ting speak with Dark Side of the Ring co-creators Evan Husney & Jason Eisener about their upcoming third season featuring subjects such as Brian Pillman, Ultimate Warrior and the “Plane Ride from Hell”. Evan and Jason discuss the selection process of topics for this mammoth 14-episode season, the challenges of filming during a pandemic, comparisons between “Dark Side” an...

WH Park is joined by Rich Fann from the Pro Wrestling Torch to talk about one of the Royal Road era’s best matches: Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan Hansen from July 29, 1993 in Budokan Hall.  Rich talks about how this particular match became his gateway to 90s AJPW and the college dorm noise violation he received during his initial viewing. Rich and WH also discuss the interesting dynamics between Hansen a...

WH Park is joined by Karen Peterson to discuss Japan’s State of Emergency and its effects on the Tokyo Olympics , recent happenings in New Japan Pro Wrestling , All Japan's Champion Carnival , NOAH' s big Nagoya show, and the upcoming IWGP U.S. Title match happening on AEW Dynamite: Jon Moxley vs Yuji Nagata . Support this podcast by picking up a POST PURORESU t-shirt: https://store.postwrestling....

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite featuring Inner Circle vs. Pinnacle in “The Parley” ahead of Blood & Guts, plus Darby Allin vs. 10 in a TNT title match. Also: NHL-Turner, Drake Wuertz and more in today’s news. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements: POST Schedule [00:01:27] NEWS OF THE DAY : Tony Khan comments on NHL-Turner deal Season three subjects on Dark Side of the Ring Drak...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw with Braun Strowman attempting to get into the Universal title match at Backlash. Plus: Piper & Miz doc reviews, IMPACT Rebellion, UFC 261 and more. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements: POST Schedule [00:10:11] NEWS OF THE DAY : Turner expected to land NHL deal Kenny Omega wins IMPACT Championship Slammiversary promo Daniel Cormier addresses Jake Pau...

Davie Portman  and  John Siino  review IMPACT Rebellion 2021 featuring  Kenny Omega  vs  Rich Swann  for the  AEW  and  Unified IMPACT World Heavyweight Championships ! Davie and John run down the entire card, which also featured  Deonna Purrazzo  vs  Tenille Dashwood  for the  IMPACT Knockouts Championship ,  FinJuice  vs  The Good Brothers  for the  IMPACT Tag Team Championships ,  Fire n Flava ...

John Pollock and Phil Chertok are back with the UFC 261 POST Show with three championship fights including Rose Namajunas winning the 115-pound title. MAIN CARD * UFC Welterweight Championship : Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal * UFC Strawweight Championship : Zhang Weili vs. Rose Namajunas * UFC Flyweight Championship : Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jessica Andrade *Chris Weidman vs. Uriah Hall *Anthon...

John Pollock speaks with reporter Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics on WWE’s first-quarter earnings report and Q&A with analysts. They discuss the move to Peacock, what data was and wasn’t revealed in the report, Nick Khan’s bold predictions, the business of WrestleMania 37, ideas for next year, and the early results of NXT & AEW running unopposed.  Follow Brandon Thurston’s work on https:...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite featuring two championship matches. Plus, a discussion on all the latest TV viewership figures, WrestleMania attendance and Earth Day. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements: POST Schedule [00:14:40] NEWS OF THE DAY : WWE Raw, NXT, A&E ratings NXT thoughts including “Kool Kyle” WrestleMania 37 attendance figures MLW announces live event for July in...