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POST Puroresu’s WH Park and John Pollock take you through the series finale of Thunderstruck as they discuss the final three days of Jushin Liger’s career . In addition to sharing their live experience attending the events in Tokyo, they also discuss John’s underrated time as a timekeeper on the Toronto indies. A very fun show to cap off this series looking at the amazing career of Jushin Thunder...

On this installment of The Rocky Maivia Picture Show , Nate Milton welcomes “Our Man” Neal Flanagan into the theater to review 2012’s “ Journey 2: The Mysterious Island ” ! Topics discussed include The Rock taking a film franchise away from Brenden Fraser (again), the viability of the “Jules Verne Cinematic Universe” , the career paths of Disney Channel child stars, and what the heck was Rihanna d...

John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss today’s latest news involving WWE revamping its television taping schedule yet again, more talents being released from NXT, and more info on the demise of the XFL. NOTE: To hear the entire edition of Rewind-A-SmackDown including a review of SmackDown and this week’s Dark Side of the Ring - subscribe to the POST Wrestling Café NEWS OF THE DAY WWE revamps its televi...

John Pollock chats with Arda Ocal of ESPN about the passing of Howard Finkel earlier this week at the age of 69. Arda discusses his influence from Finkel growing up a fan, their first meeting and interview, going to WWE and working alongside Finkel, tips, and notes he provided on the art of ring announcing, his duties off-camera, the end of his own WrestleMania streak, their trivia game & more...

John Pollock and Wai Ting welcome Wrestlenomics.com’ s Brandon Thurston to discuss yesterday’s numerous WWE layoffs and related topics ahead of next week’s Q1 2020 financial report. Also, our reactions to the passing of WWE announcer Howard Finkel , Phil Chertok tells us about Saturday’s POST Wrestling Game Night on our Discord , and we take your phone calls. Watch this podcast on YouTube: https:/...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite and go through a terrible day for the wrestling industry. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:54:35] After discussing all the major news of the day - we review AEW Dynamite featuring Jon Moxley vs. Jake Hager in a No Holds Barred Match for the AEW title with Jim Ross on commentary. Plus, Lance Archer vs. Colt Cabana in the TNT tournament, The Bubbly Bunch , Dr. Britt...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review a live edition of Raw that was produced by the essential WWE. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:38:12] Monday’s show saw the build begin for the Money in the Bank show featuring three qualifying matches with Asuka vs. Ruby Riott , Shayna Baszler vs. Sarah Logan , and Kairi Sane vs. Nia Jax . The show was focused around Drew McIntyre taking on Andrade in a rematch from their Tak...

WH Park and POST Wrestling co-founder, Wai Ting discuss a very fun match in Jushin Liger ’s career when he fought Samoa Joe at TNA’s Bound For Glory 2005. Click here to watch this match on Impact Wrestling’s YouTube channel for free. Next week on Thunderstruck: The final episode of Thunderstruck covering Liger’s retirement matches on January 4, January 5 and his retirement ceremony on January 6. W...

John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss today’s latest news involving WWE moving back to live programming and abruptly cancelling their ongoing TV tapings.  Plus, the XFL suspends its season , UFC 249 is off, and The Revival are freed from their WWE contracts. NOTE: To hear the entire edition of Rewind-A-SmackDown including a review of SmackDown and this week’s Dark Side of the Ring - subscribe to the P...

John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss NXT TakeOver: USA and its very divisive “One Final Beat” main event between Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano . We then open up the phone lines and take your thoughts about the concept of Cinematic Wrestling as a whole. Watch this podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/36h7Ey2aMqA Café Hangouts are recorded live every Thursday at 3pm ET (12pm PT / 7pm UK) . All Patr...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite featuring Cody vs. Shawn Spears in the first match of the TNT Championship tournament . [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:21:29] Plus, Kenny Omega and Michael Nakazawa team up to battle Best Friends over the rights to their team name, Brodie Lee and Lance Archer destroy people, a match between Hikaru Shida and Britt Baker turns bloody, the build-up for Jon Moxley v...

John Pollock chats with Josh Gross of The Athletic about the UFC’s decision to move forward with UFC 249 and continue its schedule of fight cards. The two discuss the reaction from UFC president Dana White to the COVID-19 pandemic and the decision to run UFC 249 and resume its schedule. Plus, the concerns that arise, the position the fighters find themselves in, how this changes or affirms the ima...

On today’s show, John Pollock speaks with Jim Ross about his new book Under the Black Hat: My Life in WWE and Beyond . Jim discusses the process of going putting together this back and opening up about the loss of his wife Jan in March 2017. They also discuss the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and staying home during this period, his decision to go to AEW last year, working for Tony Khan, the status of...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw after WrestleMania 36. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:17:35] The post-WrestleMania episode of Raw featured the shocking footage of Drew McIntyre defending the WWE Championship in an impromptu match with Big Show . Bianca Belair confirmed her status on Raw, Apollo Crews was dealt as SmackDown’s future considerations from last year, Nia Jax made her return after a year...

John Pollock & Wai Ting are back to review WWE WrestleMania 36 Night 2 featuring John Cena vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt in a Firefly Fun House match, Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship, and Edge vs. Randy Orton . WWE WrestleMania 36 Night 2 April 5, 2020 (recorded earlier) WWE Performance Center Orlando, FL **WWE Championship : Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre **Firefly Fun Ho...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE WrestleMania 36 Night 1 featuring The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles in a Boneyard Match main event that everyone is talking about. Plus, Goldberg defends the WWE Universal Championship against Braun Strowman . WWE WrestleMania 36 Night 1 April 4, 2020 (recorded earlier) WWE Performance Center Orlando, FL **Boneyard Match : The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles **WWE Univer...

WH Park and John Carroll from Voices of Wrestling’s Wrestling Omakase podcast talk for the first time to review yet another Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama tag match. This time it’s against the legendary NOAH tag team of KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji in a match to determine the first ever NOAH Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Click here to watch this match on YouTube Next week on Thunderst...

John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss the latest news involving AEW’s recent tapings , NXT-AEW ratings , and financial aid info for independent contractors . NOTE: To hear the entire edition of Rewind-A-SmackDown including a review of SmackDown and this week’s Dark Side of the Ring - subscribe to the POST Wrestling Café NEWS OF THE DAY [00:10:59] Options in the U.S. and Canada for independent contract...

John Pollock and Wai Ting couldn't do their live show in Tampa this year, but that won't stop them from bringing it to your homes with the first ever Café Grande Hangout . Watch this podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-VFLf-1IyFw They’ll be joined by special guests from the POST Network while they take your questions via Skype Calls and YouTube Super Chats . Commemorate the first ever Café Grand...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite from an undisclosed location. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:45:44] The show featured Cody & Darby Allin taking on Sammy Guevara & Shawn Spears ahead of next week’s TNT Championship tournament. Kenny Omega took on Trent , Lance Archer made his AEW debut, an on-location scene with Vanguard 1 invading the palatial estate of Chris Jericho , and the reveal o...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review the final episode of WWE Raw before WrestleMania 36 this weekend. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:46:44] The go-home show for WrestleMania featured finals words from The Undertaker as he prepared for Allen Jones , Edge addresses Randy Orton for the final time, Becky Lynch is attacked by Shayna Baszler , Andrade’s replacement is revealed, the WWE women’s tag title is officiall...

John Pollock & Wai Ting present a special Sunday night bonus POST Roundtable featuring three guests stopping by: [00:03:55] Dr. Alex Patel returns for the latest on the COVID-19 pandemic, how things have changed, the public acclimating to social distancing, his feelings on wrestling shows continuing, Roman Reigns & more. [00:28:57] Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics discusses the financial...

WH Park and Alan4L from Pro Wrestling Torch’s ProWres Paradise pontificate about many topics including this awesome tag match between Jushin Liger & Minoru Tanaka taking on the NOAH Jr. team of Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru . As a bonus, we veer off on a tangent about the awesome “Stop the Matsunaga” storyline featuring deathmatch wrestler Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (don’t ask but just li...

John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss the latest news involving major changes to WrestleMania 36 including Roman Reigns , Miz and Andrade being taken off the show, the latest on Jon Jones ' arrest, Brodie Lee on TIJ, and Dana White speaks. NOTE:  To hear the entire edition of Rewind-A-SmackDown including a review of Friday's empty arena show - subscribe to the POST Wrestling Café NEWS OF THE DAY Roman...

Join John Pollock and Wai Ting for the Café Hangout as they take your calls and discuss the Chris Benoit episode of Vice’s Dark Side of the Rin g . Plus, the latest on today’s arrests of Jon Jones and Teddy Hart . Watch this show and follow the live chat on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/fmLIJfe49t4 Café Hangouts are recorded live every Thursday at 3pm ET (12pm PT / 7pm UK) . All Patreon su...