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  John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring the return of Sasha Banks to attack Natalya and Becky Lynch . [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:13:22] Coming off SummerSlam , Raw in Toronto saw Sasha Banks make her first WWE appearance since WrestleMania to confront Natalya , Seth Rollins faced off with AJ Styles , a n ew 24/7 champion was crowned, Drew McIntyre took on Cedric Alexander , Andrade humiliat...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE SummerSlam headlined by Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins , the debut of The Fiend and the singles match return of Trish Stratus . [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:14:28] Plus we discuss our Live in Toronto Q&A , take your phone calls and read your feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum . This show is sponsored by the GRAPPL app: http://grappl.co/ Watch this show on our...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman are LIVE in Toronto to review NXT TakeOver: Toronto II. They are joined by friends of the show Scrump, Jesse From The 6 and MJ From NJ to give their live perspectives. The lads run down the entire card including Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole for the NXT title in a 2 Out of 3 Falls Match, Io Shirai vs Candice LeRae , Undisputed Era vs Street Profits , and more! up...

WH Park once again welcomes Wai Ting to Cruel Summer to discuss the finals of NJPW ’s 22nd annual G1 Climax tournament: Kazuchika Okada vs. Karl Anderson from August 12, 2012. WH and Wai talk about what differences they notice between the New Japan of 2001 and 2012, how they feel about keeping track of points and tie breakers in the G1, the game of pachinko and gambling in Japan, and if Anderson b...

WH Park welcomes Davie Portman (co-host of POST Wrestling’s NXT review show, upNXT ) to discuss the finals of NJPW ’s 21st G1 Climax tournament: Tetsuya Naito vs. Shinsuke Nakamura from August 14, 2011. Davie and WH discuss what Braden Herrington is like in real life, which New Japan match captured his imagination from Wrestle Kingdom 9, the differences between Stardust Genius Naito vs. LiJ Naito,...

On this week’s Café Hangout, John Pollock and Wai Ting are joined by ESPN’s Marc Raimondi to discuss his recent trip to Mexico following Cain Velasquez ahead of his pro wrestling debut at AAA TripleMania . Marc also discusses his experience covering wrestling for ESPN. We also share our live experiences at OWE and Smash Vs. Progress wrestling events in Toronto. Finally, we preview this weekend’s W...

[This is a free preview of a Patreon bonus show. Sign-up at  POSTwrestlingCafe.com  for as little as $6/month to receive all of our bonus podcasts including NJPW reviews, Rewind-A-Wai, The Double Shot and more.] John Pollock & Wai Ting review NJPW's G1 Climax 29 Day 15 (August 7) headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL and Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. On this free Patreon podcast, we also disc...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown as Roman Reigns discovers the identity of the man who tried to kill him. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:33:33] On the final episode before SummerSlam , Roman Reigns vowed to find out who has been attacking him, Trish Stratus made another appearance to speak with Charlotte Flair ahead of her match, Kofi Kingston’s response to Randy Orton , The Kevin Ow...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring the return of Bill Goldberg to set up his SummerSlam match against Dolph Ziggler. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:30:19] On this go-home edition of Raw, Roman Reigns was attacked again by the mystery man, Trish Stratus had her first match since October teaming with Natalya against Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair , a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match for the W...

WH Park and the returning STRIGGA of the Eastern Lariat podcast team up again to discuss the finals of NJPW’s 20th G1 Climax tournament: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima from August 15, 2010. STRIGGA and WH talk about the context of Kojima’s return to New Japan after several years of being the top guy in All Japan, the importance of upsets in the G1, and the positives of using semi-finals in t...

Longtime friends WH Park and Mike Murray (POST Wrestling’s ROH reviewer) get together to discuss the finals of NJPW ’s 19th installment of their G1 Climax tournament: Togi Makabe vs. Shinsuke Nakamura from August 16, 2009. WH and Mike also talk about what’s on Japanese pizza, what Toronto’s Jurassic Park is, how New Japan uses factions, and Makabe being a cake-eating celebrity among other things....

John Pollock is joined by Rob Bihari (@RobViper) to preview this weekend’s TripleMania card from Arena Ciudad in Mexico City. The two go over the impact of Cain Velasquez wrestling on the show, the Mask vs. Hair match between Blue Demon Jr. and Dr. Wagner Jr. , the relationship between AEW and AAA , and the promotion’s forthcoming card at Madison Square Garden in September. Plus, a discussion on l...

On this week’s Café Hangout, John Pollock and Wai Ting are joined by Voices of Wrestling 's Rich Kraetsch to for a catch-up on NJPW's G1 Climax 29 and a discussion about SummerSlam weekend, AEW on TNT and more. We also discuss SummerSlam’s addition of Dolph Ziggler vs. Goldberg and other new matches to the card. Plus, your phone calls! LINKS Harley Race passes away at 76 (only briefly discussed he...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown as Charlotte Flair challenges Trish Stratus to a match at SummerSlam . [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:22:12] This week’s episode featured Roman Reigns attempting to name his opponent for SummerSlam, Trish Stratus was confronted by Charlotte Flair on The King’s Court , a Champion vs. Champion match involving Kofi Kingston and AJ Styles , an appearance...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring The Massacre of Seth Rollins by Brock Lesnar . [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:39:34] With two weeks until SummerSlam , Raw featured a major injury angle involving Brock Lesnar destroying Seth Rollins over multiple segments, a Samoan Summit segment with Roman Reigns and Samoa Joe , an unlikely 24 / 7 champion , Ricochet enters the Gauntlet for a United State...

WH Park and Alan4L of PWTorch’s ProWres Paradise come together to discuss the finals of NJPW’s 2008 G1 Climax tournament: Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto from August 17 of that year. Alan and WH talk about being aware of each other on various message boards, the pros and cons of each board, Alan’s journey from super fan to renowned podcaster, and his love for Yutaka Yoshie among other topics. Click h...

John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok for the UFC 240 POST Show as they review Saturday night’s card from Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. In the main event, Max Holloway returned to the featherweight division to defend his championship against former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar. Cris “Cyborg” Justino attempted to rebound from her first loss since May 2005 when she took on Canadian Felic...

WH Park is joined by Joel Abraham of the Super J-Cast (which you can find at Voices of Wrestling ) to discuss the finals of NJPW’s 17th G1 Climax tournament: Yuji Nagata vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi from August 12, 2007. WH and Joel talk about the origin of his fandom with New Japan, how he got involved with the Super J-Cast, KUSHIDA never getting a chance to be in the G1, what Nagata was doing at this t...

Are you ready to take the “Mustang Challenge”, POST-Marks? On this edition of The Rocky Maivia Picture Show, Nate Milton welcomes two special guests into the theater to review 2006’s Gridiron Gang ! First up is Mike Mills (“ Booking The Territory ”). Mike is a retired pro-wrestler, a podcaster, and a Saints fan (hey, 2 outta 3 ain’t bad!). Nate also welcomes his Kings Of Sport tag-team partner, Ma...

On this week’s Café Hangout, John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss highlights of Thursday’s WWE’s Q2 2019 Earnings Report. Brandon Howard Thurston (Wrestlenomics) joins us for an in-depth discussion about the results.  We also discuss CM Punk’s interview with ESPN addressing recent communications with AEW. LINKS WWE Reports Second Quarter 2019 Results   Brandon Thurston’s WWE Q2 Analysis on Fightful  ...

[This is a free preview of a Patreon bonus show. Sign-up at  POSTwrestlingCafe.com  for as little as $6/month to receive all of our bonus podcasts including NJPW reviews, Rewind-A-Wai, The Double Shot and more.] John Pollock & Wai Ting review every tournament match from NJPW's G1 Climax 29. Day 8 (July 24) is headlined by Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito. On this free Patreon podcast, we also...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown as Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton and Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahaon are both made official for SummerSlam. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:38:15] This week’s episode featured Roman Reigns taking on Kevin Owens with Drew McIntyre as the special referee, a Miz TV segment with Shawn Michaels as the guest, another reference to Bill Goldberg, Charlotte Flai...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring the Raw Reunion and the return of Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, DX, Ric Flair, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and countless others. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:38:22] Monday’s show featured the returns of tons of stars from the past, a show-closing Toast to Raw hosted by Steve Austin, Bray Wyatt attacked Mick Foley, the emergence of The OC, Seth Rollins Kliqs with...

WH Park is joined by a legendary figure in the Toronto wrestling broadcasting scene, Dan “The Mouth” Lovranski . They review the finals of NJPW’s G1 Climax from August 13, 2006: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Satoshi Kojima. Dan was the co-host of the now-defunct Live Audio Wrestling and currently works with Jason Agnew as part of Sunday Night's Main Event . Other topics include Dan’s importance to WH’s dev...

WH Park is joined by independent Australian wrestler and wrestling trainer, Davis Storm to discuss the finals of NJPW’s 15th annual G1 Climax tournament: Masahiro Chono vs. Kazuyuki Fujita from August 14, 2005. Davis has been a fixture of the Australian wrestling scene for the last 17 years and works as a trainer at the EPW School of Pro Wrestling . He and WH talk about the history of wrestling in...