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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE RAW 8/6/18: Ronda Rousey makes her TV in-ring debut against Alicia Fox, Paul Heyman sheds tears over Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins looks for a partner, Ruby Riott returns, and Lashley doesn’t like Elias saying his name. We also discuss top stories from POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE including All In announcing its broadcast information, John Cena’s first match in China, GS...

John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok & Ziggy Cao for a big review of Saturday’s UFC 227 card from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The three chat about the successful title defense by T.J. Dillashaw, earning his second victory over Cody Garbrandt and doing so even quicker than their first fight last November at UFC 217. What is next for Dillashaw at the bantamweight division and is a fight...

The EGGSHELLS Podcast Companion is a series of shows exploring a different year in the wrestling history of the Tokyo Dome with a different guest each episode. Episode seven sees Chris Charlton and Wai Ting look at 1995, which saw NJPW start a hugely influential and profitable feud with UWFi. The year also saw Baseball Magazine Sha, publishers of Weekly Pro Wrestling, stage the Bridge of Dreams ca...

  John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SMACKDOWN 7/31/18: Charlotte returned to SmackDown, defeating Carmella and turning the women’s title match into a three-way match at SummerSlam. The feud between Daniel Bryan and The Miz continued with a challenge issued for SummerSlam. Samoa Joe continued his streak of great promos, The Bar took on The Usos in the tag tournament & lots more. Plus, Polloc...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE RAW 7/30/18: Brock Lesnar returns to Raw for the first time in three months for a show-long angle, culminating with an attack on Kurt Angle and a teased split with Paul Heyman. Plus, Ronda Rousey will wrestle on next week’s show, Bobby Lashley sings, a great match between Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre & more. We also discuss the deaths of several performer...

The EGGSHELLS Podcast Companion is a series of shows exploring a different year in the wrestling history of the Tokyo Dome with a different guest each episode. Episode six sees Chris Charlton and Pat Laprade look at 1994, which saw Hulk Hogan back in the Tokyo Dome, and Genichiro Tenryu pick up a signature win over Antonio Inoki in NJPW. Then, All Japan Women’s takes center stage in the biggest wo...

[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 28. Day 9 (July 27) is headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. YOSHI-HASHI and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe. A BLOC...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SMACKDOWN 7/24/18: AJ Styles finds out about his SummerSlam opponent the hard way, Randy Orton reveals why he attacked Jeff Hardy, Daniel Bryan interrupts The Miz’s Miz & Mrs. premiere, and Becky Lynch defeats Carmella to finally earn a title shot. John talks about Nick Newell’s bid to get into the UFC on Dana White’s Contender Series 14 . Plus, us an updat...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE RAW 7/23/18: Stephanie McMahon and Triple H announce ‘Evolution’, the first all-women’s WWE PPV, Roman Reigns faces Bobby Lashley to determine Brock Lesnar’s SummerSlam opponent, and Sasha and Bayley are best friends again. We also discuss a potential injury to Moose from Impact Slammiversary and rumours of Matt Riddle heading to WWE. Plus, your Café feedback t...

John Pollock and Nate Milton review Impact Wrestling’s ‘Slammiversary’ pay-per-view:Impact Wrestling held their second pay-per-view of 2018 in front of a rabid audience in Toronto with Austin Aries defending the Impact title against Moose. Plus, a Hair vs. Mask match, both versions of LAX collided in a Street Fight, Su Yung defended the Knockout’s title against Madison Rayne and lots more. Wai Tin...

The EGGSHELLS Podcast Companion is a series of shows exploring a different year in the wrestling history of the Tokyo Dome with a different guest each episode. Episode five sees Chris Charlton and Matt Charlton look at 1993, which saw NJPW start a relationship with WAR that saw Riki Choshu take on Genichiro Tenryu. Matt also goes in depth on the creation of the art for EGGSHELLS. The podcast is an...

[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 and Wai Ting review every tournament match from the G1 Climax 28. Day 5 (July 20) is headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. Hangman Page and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale. A B...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SMACKDOWN 7/17/18: Randy Orton delivers a gruesome attack to Jeff Hardy during his match with Shinsuke Nakamura, The Miz delivers a eulogy for Team Hell No, AJ Styles faces Andrade “Cien” Almas, and Becky Lynch targets Carmella. John previews Sunday’s Impact Wrestling Slammiversary XVI pay-per-view. Tune in late Sunday evening for our Slammiversary POST Show wi...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE RAW 7/16/18: The Sasha Banks-Bayley saga continues with a confession of love, Paul Heyman answers Kurt Angle’s threat to strip Brock Lesnar of his title, Ronda Rousey attacks, triple threat eliminators take place to determine Lesnar’s next challenger. Plus, your Café feedback to WWE Raw from the POST Wrestling Forum . **THIS WEEK ON THE DOUBLE SHOT** Wai &...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Extreme Rules 2018: Seth Rollins challenges Dolph Ziggler in an Iron Man match, AJ Styles defends the WWE World title against Rusev, Bobby Lashley faces Roman Reigns, Carmella defends her SD women’s title against Asuka in a Shark Cage match, and more. We also discuss the return of Hulk Hogan to the WWE. Plus, your Café feedback to the show from the POST Wrestli...

The EGGSHELLS Podcast Companion is a series of shows exploring a different year in the wrestling history of the Tokyo Dome with a different guest each episode. Episode four sees Chris Charlton and Paul Lazenby look at 1992, which saw NJPW start a tradition of Tokyo Dome shows held on January 4, as well as PWFG stage their one and only Tokyo Dome show. Minoru Suzuki and Masakatsu Funaki had promine...

Wai Ting and WH Park present their NJPW G1 Climax 28 Primer in this special edition of POST Puroresu. Designed as a crash course for new viewers and a refresher for long-time fans, this podcast highlights all 20 participants and their storylines heading into New Japan’s most prestigious tournament. WH Park shares his predictions, Top 5 most anticipated matches, Top 5 “sleeper” matches, as well as...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SMACKDOWN 7/10/18: Team Hell No stays ‘n sync with The New Day as they team against The Bludgeon Bros. and Sanity, Asuka vs. James Ellsworth in a lumberjack match, Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles, and Andrade “Cien” Almas vs. Sin Cara. We also provide health updates for John Pollock & Wai Ting and give our predictions for the entire WWE Extreme Rules card t...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE RAW 7/9/18: Bobby Lashley and Roman Reigns heat up their grudge ahead of Sunday’s Extreme Rules, Seth Rollins tells us about Drew McIntyre’s love of farm animals, and more from Bayley and Sasha’s counseling sessions. We also discuss injuries suffered by Hiromu Takahashi and Jim Ross following New Japan’s G1 Special in San Francisco, and Brock Lesnar’s UFC appea...

John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok & Ziggy Cao to review UFC 226 and run through the entire card. They breakdown Daniel Cormier’s championship victory over Stipe Miocic to become a two-division champion and then shot an angle with Brock Lesnar after the fight. We will discuss Lesnar’s involvement on this show and the challenge made to Daniel Cormier after the main event, plus one of the wo...

The EGGSHELLS Podcast Companion is a series of shows exploring a different year in the wrestling history of the Tokyo Dome with a different guest each episode. Episode three sees Chris Charlton and Alan Counihan look at 1991, which saw NJPW stage a controversial double title match between Tatsumi Fujinami and Ric Flair, as well as SWS blowing up and quickly disappearing in a pair of big budget sho...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SMACKDOWN 7/3/18: Before they face The Usos, Daniel Bryan demands an apology from Kane for past aggressions, James Ellsworth faces Asuka, Jeff Hardy holds an Independence Day US Open Challenge, and Sanity ruin The New Day’s pancake eating contest. Wai discusses 205 Live featuring a stellar match in Buddy Murphy vs. Mustafa Ali and WWE Ride Along featuring The I...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE RAW 7/2/18: Braun Strowman traps Kevin Owens inside a portable toilet and tips it over, Roman Reigns does double duty in tag matches with Seth Rollins and Bobby Lashley, Sasha and Bayley seek counseling with the returning Dr. Shelby. Plus, your Café feedback to WWE Raw from the POST Wrestling Forum . This edition of Rewind-A-Raw is brought to you by Fight Forev...

The EGGSHELLS Podcast Companion is a series of shows exploring a different year in the wrestling history of the Tokyo Dome with a different guest each episode. Episode two sees Chris Charlton and John Pollock look at 1990, which saw NJPW and AJPW work together on two separate shows; one with an infamous Big Van Vader and Stan Hansen brawl, and another with Hansen facing Hulk Hogan in a classic as...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SMACKDOWN 6/26/18: A returning Kane joins Daniel Bryan in his fight against The Bludgeon Brothers, Jeff Hardy defends the US title against Eric Young, James Ellsworth calls out Asuka, a dog bite forces Shinsuke Nakamura off the show, and the cast of Netflix’s GLOW pays a visit. John shares his highlights from Day 2 of the WWE UK Championship Tournament and disc...