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John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss the Retribution edition of WWE Raw along with a shark attack, a report on several COVID-19 cases in NXT, two CMLL performers test positive, and SmackDown’s number drops. [00:09:14] NEWS OF THE DAY Report of several COVID-19 cases impacting NXT COVID-19 positives in CMLL Friday Night SmackDown number falls, Canadian viewership AEW signs Serena Deeb Masato Yoshino w...

G1 Climax season is here! Enjoy this free sampling of our coverage from our Patreon, postwrestlingcafe.com . John Pollock & Wai Ting review every tournament match from NJPW's G1 Climax 30 . Day 1 (September 19) is headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi . A BLOCK September 19, 2020 Osaka, Japan Osaka Prefectural Gym Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi (Recommended) Shingo Takagi vs. Jay White...

This month on The Rocky Maivia Picture Show , Nate Milton arranges an East Coast/West Coast collaboration with guests Brandon From NJ and Kris From L.A. ! The guys head into the theater to review The Rock’s 2013 direct-to-DVD “based on a true story” classic , “ Empire State ”! Topics discussed include: The continued rise of DJ’s film career in 2013, what WE would’ve done to improve this film, the...

In celebration of one year of their Patreon , Braden & Davie are releasing one of their favourite shows that they've done... for free! Braden Herrington and Davie Portman nerd out over more old school wrestling with another BEST MATCH EVER , and this time they are joined by POST Wrestling's John Pollock to review, rate, and dissect the best matches of Stan Hansen . The lads go in-depth through...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite and one of the craziest main events they have had, USA Network president is leaving, Raw ratings, and Daniel Cormier chats WWE. G1 SALE THIS WEEKEND! Use code “YUJIRO” to get 25% off any item at the POST Wrestling Store this Saturday to Monday. [00:12:39] NEWS OF THE DAY Matt Riddle withdraws request for restraining order in case involving Samantha Tav...

John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss IN YOUR FACE WWE Raw , the identities of Retribution, the Conor McGregor story, SmackDown’s viewers, and a big week coming up on the site.  [00:14:45] NEWS OF THE DAY Conor McGregor detained and questioned over new allegations, rep denies accusations Dana White and other fighters attend rally for Donald Trump in Nevada An update on Ivar , per report Friday Night S...

John Pollock is joined by author Keith Elliot Greenberg to discuss his latest release Too Sweet: Inside the Indie Wrestling Revolution . The two discuss the whirlwind period of writing this book as All Elite Wrestling took formation, attending All In in 2018, the many independent companies profiled in the book, how AEW and NXT are changing the independents, the impact of the Speaking Out movement,...

John Pollock is joined WH Park for their monthly edition of POST Puroresu featuring previews of the G1 Climax, Champion Carnival, and N-1 Victory tournaments coming up. On this month’s show, they dive into the G1 announcements of the A & B Blocks, the match listings, the return of several foreign-based wrestlers, the return of Will Ospreay, potential outcomes, and figuring out why Yujiro is he...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite following All Out, discuss Miro’s debut, WWE Raw ratings on Labor Day, and New Japan reveals the blocks for G1 Climax 30. [00:06:10] NEWS OF THE DAY G1 Climax 30 Blocks announced including foreign talent returning to New Japan WWE Raw ratings fall back down to Earth AJ Styles comments on WWE’s stance regarding streaming UFC 254 airing earlier on Octobe...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw with Retribution’s speech, an update on Ivar, more on WWE’s third party restrictions and more.  [00:01:03] NEWS OF THE DAY WWE clarifies restrictions for talent on YouTube and Twitch, per report All Out fallout with thoughts on the handling of the Matt Hardy injury G1 Climax participants to be revealed by NJPW on Wednesday NXT’s Super Tuesday II line-up Bei...

WH Park continues his journey down the Long & Winding Royal Road and joining him this week is JP Houlihan from the Grappl Spotlight podcast. WH and JP discuss one of the most famous matches in the history of both All Japan Pro Wrestling and the entire industry: Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta from June 8, 1990 . They give a ton of background on the lead up to the match with a lot of details...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW All Out 2020 featuring Jon Moxley vs. MJF for the AEW World Title, Kenny Omega/Hangman Page vs. FTR for the AEW Tag Titles and a very controversial handling of a stunt gone wrong in Sammy Guevara and Matt Hardy ’s Broken Rules match. The show also featured the culmination of the Chris Jericho-Orange Cassidy Trilogy, Thunder Rosa challenging Hikaru Shida for t...

Tony Khan spoke with members of the media on Thursday afternoon to promote this Saturday’s AEW All Out show. Topics addressed included the departure of Kevin Reilly from WarnerMedia and his impact on AEW, his comparison of Double or Nothing to this past year’s WrestleMania, the safety protocols at Daily’s Place during the pandemic, increasing attendance for Saturday’s show, the decision to put Bri...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review the go-home Dynamite heading into AEW All Out and discuss the NXT & Raw ratings, Renee Paquette’s first interviews post-WWE, and Tuesday’s NXT Ironman Match. [00:00:53] NEWS OF THE DAY Reporter Casey Michael passes away Dwayne Johnson and family recovering from COVID-19 NXT hits its second-highest viewership and top demo rating of 2020 The 60-Minute Ironman Mat...

Enjoy this free podcast from our Patreon, the POST Wrestling Café ! $6/month gets you access to next week's Rocky II review, Rewind-A-Wai , Rewind-A-SmackDown and NJPW G1 Climax 30 coverage. Plus, our entire archive including our MCU reviews , The Double Shot and more. postwrestlingcafe.com Wai Ting & John Pollock kick off their look back at the greatest combat sports film franchise of all tim...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw following Payback, a discussion on Brock Lesnar’s status with WWE, Daniel Cormier’s retirement, an update on Rey Mysterio, and Mauro Ranallo leaving WWE. [00:02:42] NEWS OF THE DAY Mauro Ranallo parts way with WWE Brock Lesnar not under contract to WWE IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Titles to be determined in a four-team round robin tournament Matt Hardy vs. S...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Payback 2020 featuring Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman vs. The Fiend for Universal Championship and Keith Lee vs. Randy Orton . Despite taking place just one week after SummerSlam, Payback featured several major storyline developments including a new Universal Champion being crowned, a major upset involving a recent NXT call-up, and perhaps the best submissio...

Cruel Summer returns and WH Park is back to talk about the finals of NJPW G1 Climax 29 with UK-based wrestling journalist, Stephanie Chase : Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White from August 12, 2019. Stephanie talks about her fandom for “The Switchblade” which contrasts with WH’s less than enthusiastic view. They provide a breakdown of each participant’s path to the finals and the match itself. Plus, they di...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review a Thursday edition of AEW Dynamite in front of limited fans featuring a Jon Moxley-MJF contract signing , Dark Order celebrating Brodie Lee ’s TNT title win, and a Tables Match between Matt Hardy and Sammy Guevara. Plus, John & Wai preview the month of September for members of the POST Wrestling Cafe including their coverage of the G1 Climax . [00:12:42] NEWS O...

John Pollock and Wai Ting are back with another bonus show covering the latest news including WWE Raw & Saturday Night Dynamite ratings, and a review of Wednesday’s New Japan card featuring KOPW matches. NEWS OF THE DAY WWE Raw ratings hit their highest mark since April WWE issues statement over imagery that made its way onto Raw this week AEW Saturday Night Dynamite ratings on TNT following t...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review the first episode of WWE Raw inside the WWE ThunderDome with the fallout to SummerSlam and the immediate turnaround for Payback this weekend. [00:17:08] NEWS OF THE DAY KOPW match stipulations announced for the first round Renee Young issues farewell message to WWE Friday Night SmackDown ratings  [00:30:32] The post-SummerSlam edition of Raw was also the go-home sh...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE SummerSlam featuring the return of Roman Reigns , Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship, Braun Strowman vs. The Fiend for Universal Championship, and Asuka going for double gold. Plus, your phone calls and feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum . WWE SummerSlam 2020 August 23, 2020 WWE ThunderDome (Amway Center) Orlando, FL * WWE Universal Ch...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review a special Saturday night edition of AEW Dynamite and share their thoughts on the NXT TakeOver: XXX card along with notes from Paul Levesque’s post-show media call. [00:04:07] On Saturday Night Dynamite , AEW shot a major angle to close the show involving Cody and Brodie Lee following their TNT title match . Plus, the finals of the AEW Women’s Tag Team Cup , Kenny O...

John Pollock and Wai Ting present a special bonus show going over the news of the day including Renee Young ’s pending departure from WWE, Paul Levesque ’s call with the media, the latest on Sonya Deville & this week’s Raw ratings . [00:00:42] NEWS OF THE DAY Renee Young set to leave WWE Paul Levesque hosts pre-TakeOver media call The latest on the story involving Daria Berenato/Sonya Deville...

John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss the go-home edition of WWE Raw leading into SummerSlam . Plus, the WWE ThunderDome , Jon Jones vacates the light heavyweight title, and lots of other news. [00:10:09] NEWS OF THE DAY Frightening story involving Sonya Deville , man arrested after breaking into her home Paul Levesque discusses Patrick Clark being off TV due to a car accident, didn’t find anything re...