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The Long & Winding Royal Road’s first episode with WH Park looks at a hidden gem as he and Scrump of the PWTcast take a look at a match from the 1997 Real World Tag League (Day 10): Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama . They look at the history of Hayabusa as an outsider from FMW participating in All Japan Pro Wrestling and the ‘97 RWTL. Also, Scrump gives his...

John Pollock and WH Park are back for an update on all the major promotions including the return of New Japan Pro Wrestling. The two chat about the New Japan Cup , the top matches of the tournament, next weekend’s final, and the two cards in Osaka. Plus, the return of Hirai Kawato as Master Wato . Other topics include an update on the G-1 , All Japan’s recent show with Suwama vs. Shotaro Ashino ,...

John Pollock & Wai Ting welcome back Toronto-based critical care physician Dr. Alex Patel to discuss the latest information and studies on COVID-19 ; WWE, AEW & UFC’s handling of shows during the pandemic; plus answers to your questions from the POST Wrestling Forum. Keep up with Dr. Patel via Twitter and this forum thread . Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Sti...

John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss the first night of AEW Fyter Fest including three title matches, Raw’s viewership drop, the passing of Killer Tim Brooks , news in Impact Wrestling and more. [00:43:35] The first week of AEW’s Fyter Fest featured three title matches including Kenny Omega & Hangman Page defending the AEW tag titles against Best Friends , Cody vs. Jake Hager for the TNT Champion...

John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss a taped edition of WWE Raw featuring a Double Contract Signing , all the latest news from the industry, and a preview of the week ahead at POST Wrestling. [00:47:18] On Raw, a Double Contract Signing led to a Mixed Tag with Drew McIntyre & Asuka taking on Dolph Ziggler & Sasha Banks in the main event. Plus, Andrade & Angel Garza argue all night, they f...

This month on The Rocky Maivia Picture Show , Nate Milton welcomes the Associate Producer & Social Media Manager of upNXT , John Siino into the theater to review 2013’s “ G.I. Joe: Retaliation ” ! Topics discussed include The Rock’s level of stardom during his “ Franchise Viagra ” phase, the casting of RZA as “Blind Master”, Larry Hama’s influence on the G.I. Joe mythology, Bruce Willis vs. Sg...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite ahead of the Fyter Fest shows, WWE has multiple COVID-19 positives, the latest on #SpeakingOut stories, and more. Wednesday’s episode included a face-to-face segment with Chris Jericho and Orange Cassidy , Matt Hardy takes on Santana , FTR meets SCU , the return the Lucha Bros ., a Lumberjack Match between Luchasaurus and Wardlow , highlights of the pr...

John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss the news coming out of the weekend involving #SpeakingOut , plus a review of WWE Raw and the finale of The Undertaker: The Last Ride documentary series. Championship Monday featured several title matches including Asuka vs. Charlotte Flair , Bayley & Sasha Banks vs. The IIconics , and The Street Profits vs. Viking Raiders . Dolph Ziggler arrives on Raw as a fu...

John Pollock & Wai Ting welcome Kristen Ashly ( Bell to Belles ) to discuss the #SpeakingOut movement and the creation of the Association of Women in Wrestling . [00:02:07] NEWS OF THE DAY [00:28:24] WWE, AEW, Impact Wrestling, Progress Wrestling among promotions to issue statements Jack Gallagher released by WWE Jordan Devlin, Ligero, a legal rep for Matt Riddle issue denials David Lagana res...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite featuring two title matches and more matches confirmed for Fyter Fest. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:48:59] Wednesday’s episode featured Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara taking on Best Friends in the main event with the winners earning an AEW tag title shot at Fyter Fest. Plus, Cody defends the TNT title against a POWERRRful challenger, Kenny Omega & Hangm...

John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss the news of a new COVID-19 case in WWE before reviewing WWE Raw featuring fallout to Randy Orton vs. Edge from Backlash. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:25:35] Monday’s show was built around the set-up of an Unsanctioned Match between Randy Orton and the returning Christian that built throughout the night. Plus, three title matches with Drew McIntyre & R-Truth vs. Bobby...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Backlash 2020 featuring Randy Orton vs. Edge in The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever . Plus, your phone calls and feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum . Watch this show on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/caSM2cVWs7w WWE Backlash June 14, 2020 WWE Performance Center Orlando, FL ** The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever : Edge vs. Randy Orton ** WWE Title Match...

Wai Ting welcomes Andrew Thompson to co-host this week's Rewind-A-SmackDown . While RASD exists as a Patreon-exclusive, we wanted to release the first portion of the podcast publicly to allow viewers to hear Andrew's current thoughts on the #BlackLivesMatter movement, responses from the public, recommended resources, as well as your phone calls. Plus, a discussion about the top stories from the wr...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite featuring Cody vs. Marq Quen for the TNT championship. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:26:58] On Wednesday’s show, Chris Jericho returned to commentary and later was involved in a big beatdown angle. Plus, The Inner Circle takes on B est Friends & Orange Cassidy , Colt Cabana ’s slide continues, the debut of FTR against The Butcher & The Blade and another...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw from the Performance Center with the go-home episode heading into Backlash this weekend. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:33:25] On Raw, Christian returned for a segment of The Peep Show speaking with Edge ahead of “The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever” with Randy Orton , the new women’s tag champions Bayley & Sasha Banks appeared for an impromptu match, a #1 contende...

WH Park starts his new series about All Japan Pro Wrestling during the 1990s with a special prelude episode looking at the creation of AJPW’s top title, The Triple Crown . Joining him is Joseph Montecillo , a wrestling video essayist who does outstanding work on his YouTube channel. They look at the matches leading up to the unification of the top 3 singles titles in All Japan into the Triple Crow...

John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok for their UFC 250 POST Show covering Saturday’s card from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two review all the fights including the main event with UFC featherweight champion Amanda Nunes defending her title against Felicia Spencer. Plus, a big discussion on the state of the UFC’s bantamweight picture with several important fights on the card with Cody G...

John Pollock chats with Mike Bohn of MMA Junkie & USA Today on this Saturday’s UFC 250 card, the latest involving the saga between UFC and Jon Jones, the future of the UFC bantamweight division, Cody Garbrandt’s return, the empty arena shows & covering the sport during a pandemic. Tune in this Saturday for our UFC 250 POST SHOW with John Pollock & Phil Chertok streaming LIVE after the...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite featuring the start of Cody’s TNT Championship Open Challenge as he defends against Jungle Boy . [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:27:52] Also on Dynamite, dates are revealed for Fyter Fest , FTR’s debut AEW match is announced, Chris Jericho and Colt Cabana have their first match ever, Kenny Omega & Hangman Page defend the AEW tag titles against Jimmy Havoc &am...

John Pollock speaks with Damian Abraham on the passing of Grant Berkland a.k.a. Danny Havoc, who died this past week at the age of 34. Abraham profiled Havoc on his Vice series “The Wrestlers” and spent a lot of time speaking with him about his career as he prepared for his 2017 retirement match against Alex Colon for CZW. The wrestling industry shares their memories of Grant Berkland POST Wrestli...

John Pollock and Wai Ting start off this week’s show with an important discussion with POST’s Andrew Thompson & Nate Milton on the murder of George Floyd and the outcry over the past week. Then, we move onto a discussion of Monday’s edition of Raw from the Performance Center featuring an update from Rey Mysterio and a message to Seth Rollins , Asuka takes on Charlotte Flair , The Street Profit...

John Pollock & WH Park are back for a packed June edition of POST Puroresu including a look back at the history of Pro Wrestling NOAH detailing their launch in the spring of 2000. On this month’s show, the two detail the formation of NOAH, the mass exodus from All Japan led by Mitsuharu Misawa and the circumstances behind it and the role NTV played, the attitude towards Motoko Baba, those that...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite following the Double or Nothing pay-per-view with a big angle involving Mike Tyson and Chris Jericho . [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:23:04] Wednesday’s episode was highlighted by a Pep Rally with The Inner Circle and Mike Tyson appearing on the show. Plus, a Battle Royal for a shot at the TNT title next week, the arrival of FTR , Matt Hardy teams with The Young...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring the return of an audience as NXT performers are utilized as stand-ins for an absent crowd. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:25:35] On the show, Natalya faced Nia Jax and Charlotte Flair with the winner challenging Asuka at Backlash, Andrade defending the U.S. title against Apollo Crews , Edge does some math, a Ric Flair cameo, GOLF, and the main event with Th...

Photo credit: Ryan Loco John Pollock is joined by author Jonathan Snowden to discuss his latest release Shamrock: The World’s Most Dangerous Man that documents the tumultuous and impact life & career of MMA pioneer Ken Shamrock. The two discuss the process of Snowden accepting this process, the rules in place with Shamrock, conducting over one hundred interviews for the project, the impact of...