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On this week’s Café Hangout, John Pollock and Wai Ting chat news involving CM Punk appearing at Starrcast III, Fox’s affiliate meeting discussing plans for WWE SmackDown, NXT and more. MMA Journalist James Lynch joins us for a discussion about the state of MMA media and his new role at The Score . Independent wrestler Buck Gunderson discusses wrestling in China and Oriental Wrestling Entertainment...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown featuring Shane McMahon’s Town Hall with the SmackDown locker room. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:17:07] This week’s episode featured Kevin Owens taking on Dolph Ziggler in the main event, the announcement of Bayley’s opponent for SummerSlam, Randy Orton teaming with Elias & Samoa Joe to take on the New Day, the return of Charlotte Flair, the dis...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring an All-Star Top 10 Battle Royal to determine Brock Lesnar’s opponent for the Universal title at SummerSlam. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:32:20] The show was built around an exceptionally-wordy Battle Royal and the WWE’s wacky top ten rankings, a Fatal 4-Way Elimination match to determine the #1 contender for the Raw women’s title, Drake Maverick attempts...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Extreme Rules headlined by Seth Rollins & Becky Lynch defending their championships against Baron Corbin & Lacey Evans. We review the entire show as Brock Lesnar cashes in his MITB contract on a WWE champion, Kofi Kingston defends his WWE title against Samoa Joe, and Aleister Black vs. Cesaro steals the show. Plus we take your phone calls and read you...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman are back with a very special episode of upNXT! The BDE chat all about EVOLVE 131: 10th Anniversary from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania featuring Matt Riddle vs. Drew Gulak, JD Drake vs. Austin Theory for the WWN and EVOLVE Championship, Akira Tozawa vs. Drew Gulak for the NXT Championship and much, much more. NXT TakeOver Toronto Tailgate : If you’re in Toronto for...

WH Park and Joey Bay discuss the finals of NJPW’s 14th annual G1 Climax tournament: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi from August 15, 2004. Joey is a frequent guest on a number of wrestling related products and has a vast knowledge of wrestling from all over the world. He and WH talk about his Japanese wrestling fandom starting from ROH’s Final Battle 2003, to New Japan starting on Ustream, t...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Fight for the Fallen from Jacksonville, FL headlined by The Young Bucks vs. Cody & Dustin Rhodes. We review the entire show including Kenny Omega vs. CIMA, Brandi Rhodes vs. Allie, a big promo from Chris Jericho, and the very awkward end to the broadcast. Plus, we take your phone calls and read your feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum . Watch this show...

WH Park reunites with his former Japanese Audio Wrestling co-host, JoJo Remy to discuss one of their favourite G1 Climax finals, Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Jun Akiyama from August 17, 2003. Other topics include Jeff Farmer (NWO Sting, Super-J), JoJo’s love of ramen and tonkatsu, the close ties between Akiyama and Yuji Nagata, and the domino effect Giant Baba’s death had on Japanese...

On this week’s Café Hangout, John Pollock and Wai Ting talk to Wrestling Arcade ’s Brendan Docherty and Rob Naylor about their new Kickstarter project, Pro Wrestling's Greatest Moments: A Pixelated Guide . Court Bauer then joins us to discuss MLW’s first PPV, Saturday Night SuperFight on Nov. 2nd. Plus, a preview of this weekend’s offerings from AEW, NJPW and Evolve. Watch this show and follow the...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown featuring Roman Reigns vs. Dolph Ziggler in the main event heading into Extreme Rules. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:23:31] This week’s episode featured a big start to the show involving Dolph Ziggler and Kevin Owens that led to a new main event and the launch of Owens into a babyface position. Plus, a contract signing between Bayley and Nikki Cross,...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review Monday’s Extreme Rules go-home edition of WWE Raw featuring a main event where Roman Reigns teamed with a masked janitor against Shane McMahon & Drew McIntyre. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:39:10] From the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, Raw also featured a Beat the Clock Challenge with Bayley and Nikki Cross, the return of Rey Mysterio, and Seth Rollins &...

John Pollock is joined by Nate Milton for the Impact Wrestling Slammiversary 2019 POST Show. The two review Sunday’s Slammiversary card from the Gilley's in Dallas featuring an Intergender Main Event between Sami Callihan and Tessa Blanchard promoted throughout the show, a strong Monster's Ball Match for the Knockout's title, the teased return of a former WWE talent, the announcement of Bound for...

WH Park welcomes back the Eastern Lariat ’s  Dylan Fox to discuss the finals of NJPW’s 12th G1 Climax tournament: Masahiro Chono vs. Yoshihiro Takayama from August 11, 2002. Dylan and WH also talk about undeserving IWGP Heavyweight and Triple Crown Champions, the history of Makai Club, the influx of “sports entertainment” into New Japan, how other wrestling promotions benefited from the decline in...

[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 the G1 Climax 29. Day 1 (July 6) is headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and KENTA vs. Kota Ibushi. A BLOCKSatu...

WH Park is joined by the other mastermind of POST Wrestling, Wai Ting to discuss the finals of NJPW’s 11th annual G1 Climax tournament: Keiji Mutoh vs. Yuji Nagata from August 12, 2001. WH and Wai discuss the evolution of John Pollock from when they first met him to now, the history of Wai’s wrestling fandom, the renaissance of Keiji Muto in 2001, the infusion of MMA into pro wrestling at this tim...

It's the season finale of Viceland's The Wrestlers and host Damian Abraham joins John Pollock and Wai Ting in-person for the entire show. We chat the series as a whole and the final two episodes dealing with Witch Catch wrestling in the Congo and Exóticos battling homophobia in Mexico, plus your calls! Watch The Wrestlers here (US Only): https://www.viceland.com/en_us/show/the-wrestlers Watch this...

Cody Saftic returns to the POST Office to chat with John Pollock on all the major stories in Mixed Martial Arts. The two break down the UFC 239 card with Jon Jones vs. Thiago Santos and Amanda Nunes vs. Holly Holm, how Ben Askren will fare against Jorge Masvidal, the 30th UFC fight Diego Sanchez, how important Luke Rockhold’s fight is and what could be in store with a victory, and Gilbert Melendez...

Join John Pollock , Wai Ting and WH Park as they preview pro wrestling's biggest tournament of the year in their NJPW G1 Climax 29 Primer. Click here for a full list of the participants in each block Click here for the complete G1 Climax 29 schedule POST WRESTLING’s G1 Climax Contest (Deadline: Thursday at Midnight ET) Double Double, Iced Capp and Espresso patrons can join us for our live stream r...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown featuring a must-see promo exchange between Kofi Kingston and Samoa Joe. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:36:52] Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown from San Antonio, Texas focused heavily on Kevin Owens as he teamed with Dolph Ziggler in the main event against Heavy Machinery, a stipulation was added to the tag match involving Drew McIntyre & Shane McMa...

After last week’s news that Paul Heyman has been named the Executive Director of WWE Raw, John Pollock and Wai Ting review Monday’s show to see what changes, if any, would be evident. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:24:29] Also on this week’s show from Dallas, Texas: A major angle to lead off the show involving Bobby Lashley and Braun Strowman, a rematch between Ricochet and AJ Styles for the United States t...

WH Park is joined by JP Houlihan of the GRAPPL Spotlight podcast to discuss the finals of NJPW’s tenth annual G1 Climax tournament: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Kensuke Sasaki from August 13, 2000. WH and JP talk about his start as a wrestling fan in the U.K., British soap operas, the “realism” of the original Degrassi Jr. High, the wonders of Nakanishi’s Hacksaw Jim Duggan schtick, the dark days of BritW...

Wai Ting & Davie Portman review AEW Fyter Fest from Daytona Beach, FL headlined by Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela in an Unsanctioned Match. We review the entire show including The Buy-In preshow and a main card also featuring The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega vs. Lucha Bros. & Laredo Kid. Plus, we take your phone calls and read your very divisive feedback to this show from the POST Wrestling F...

WH Park and Chris Thunder review NJPW’s Southern Showdown event from Melbourne, Australia featuring Will Ospreay vs. Robbie Eagles for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship. NJPW Southern Showdown in MelbourneJune 29, 2019Festival HallMelbourne, Victoria, Australia *Bad Luck Fale & Jay White vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada*IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Robbie...

WH Park and the returning Matt McEwen come together again to talk about the finals of NJPW’s ninth G1 Climax tournament: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Keiji Mutoh from August 15, 1999. Matt and WH talk about Keiji Mutoh’s hairline, tie-breakers in the G1, the psychology or lack thereof of Nakanishi’s offense, Atlantic wrestling history, Anne of Green Gables and other topics. Click here to watch this match...

John Pollock and Wai Ting broadcast live from the POST Office for this week’s Café Hangout: **Paul Heyman & Eric Bischoff are named WWE Executive Directors **Ex-WWE writer Brian Mann joins us for his thoughts on this story **A preview of this weekend’s AEW Fyter Fest and ROH Best In The World cards ** Damian Abraham joins us to discuss last night’s editions of The Wrestlers: Episode 7 features...