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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE RAW 6/25/18: Bayley is forced to team up with Sasha Banks, Roman Reigns is forced to team up with Lashley, Finn Balor is forced to team up with Baron Corbin, and Kevin Owens is forced to team up with Braun Strowman. Seth Rollins tries to reclaim the Intercontinental Championship from Dolph Ziggler, and Rey Mysterio is announced as a WWE 2K19 Pre-Order Bonus Cha...

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 one sees Chris Charlton and JoJo Remy look at 1989, which saw NJPW host the first pro wrestling show in the building, as well as the revolutionary shoot style promotion UWF stage their biggest card. The podcast is an audio companion...

In this special edition of the POST PROFILE, we present “The Man They Call Vader”. John Pollock examines the life and career of the late Leon “Vader” White, who died this past Monday after battling pneumonia. In this special, we speak with former colleagues Jim Ross and Bret Hart , "Eggshells: Pro Wrestling Inside the Tokyo Dome" author Chris Charlton , and Jordan Breen from Between Rounds Radio. ...

  John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SMACKDOWN 6/19/18: A gauntlet match between Daniel Bryan, Big E, Samoa Joe, Rusev & The Miz takes place to determine AJ Styles’ opponent at Extreme Rules, Jeff Hardy has eyes for Shinsuke Nakamura, Sanity debuts, and Carmella celebrates her win over Asuka. We discuss the WWE’s release of Big Cass, ROH no longer running a show at Madison Square Garden, and...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE RAW 6/18/18: Ronda Rousey is suspended after attacking new champion Alexa Bliss, Bayley and Sasha Banks break up again (for real this time), Braun Strowman sets a target with his MITB briefcase, Raw’s Extreme Rules main event is announced, and a title unexpectedly changes hands. We also discuss the announcements of the NJPW G1 Climax 2018 blocks and the WWE’s N...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Money in the Bank 2018: Ronda Rousey challenges Nia Jax for the Raw Women’s Championship, Men’s and Women’s Money In The Bank winners are decided in ladder matches, AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in a Last Man Standing Match, Roman Reigns vs. Jinder Mahal in front of a hostile Chicago crowd and more. Plus, your Café feedback to the show from the POST Wrestling...

John Pollock is joined by Keep It 2000’s Nate Milton to review the final episode of WWE SmackDown before the Money in the Bank event. On this show, we saw the BIGGEST WOMEN’S TAG IN SMACKDOWN HISTORY, a cameo appearance from Jerry Lawler in Memphis, Daniel Bryan took on Shelton Benjamin in an entertaining match, Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Jeff Hardy, a match with Samoa Joe vs. Rusev with The Miz as the...

John Pollock is joined by Davie Portman from upNXT as Wai Ting is on a well-deserved vacation. It’s the final episode of Raw before Money in the Bank with a pair of fatal four-way matches involving the male and female participants in the Money in the Bank Ladder Matches. Nia Jax and Ronda Rousey go face-to-face and then arm-to-arm to build up their match for Sunday. It wouldn’t be Raw without a st...

John Pollock is joined by his friends, PHIL & ZIGGY to review the UFC 225 card from Chicago on Saturday night. They run through the entire card with Robert Whittaker’s razor-close decision victory over Yoel Romero following Romero missing weight and changing the fight to a five-round, non-title bout. Colby Covington becomes the interim welterweight champion defeating Rafael dos Anjos, Holly Ho...

John Pollock chats with Colt Cabana following one of the biggest weeks of his life. This past week, Cabana and CM Punk were victorious in a civil trial for defamation, which was filed by WWE medical staff member Dr. Christopher Amann. On the show, Cabana takes us through the life of this case, the "Art of Wrestling" interview from November 2014 that led to the suit, his impressions of the legal sy...

John Pollock & WH Park are back with the June 2018 edition of POST Puroresu. Up first, they dissect the Best of the Super Juniors tournament and their choices for the top five matches, best performers, sleeper performances and the big final between Hiromu Takahashi and Taiji Ishimori this past week. A big preview of NJPW's Dominion card in Osaka with Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega for the IWG...

John Pollock  and  Wai Ting  review WWE SMACKDOWN 6/5/18:We start off the show discussing the verdict in the CM Punk & Colt Cabana case filed by Dr. Christopher Amann with Punk and Cabana winning the case with no damages awarded to either side. Nick Hausman & Ross Berman from WrestleZone have been covering the trial daily in Chicago and join us to chat the verdict and take inside the court...

In the first edition of the POST PROFILE, we go in-depth on the career of Ken Shamrock. John Pollock spoke to the UFC Hall of Famer about his rise within mixed martial arts, his roots in professional wrestling, helping to form Pancrase, the rise of the UFC in the 90’s, signing with the World Wrestling Federation, the importance of UFC 40 and the legacy he has carved out. Shamrock will be appearing...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE RAW 6/4/18: Ronda Rousey and Nia Jax share concern over Natalya’s leg, Sami Zayn uses Instagram to dig for dirt on Bobby Lashley, Baron Corbin is named Constable of Raw, and a bunch of disqualifications. We discuss CM Punk’s ongoing defamation trial just days ahead of his fight on Saturday at UFC 225. Plus, your Café feedback to WWE Raw from the POST Wrestling...

John Pollock and  Wai Ting are joined by their former colleagues Mauro Ranallo and director Haris Usanovic for a behind-the-scenes discussion about their documentary, Bipolar Rock 'N' Roller . In this month’s POST Roundtable:  How Mauro and Haris’ friendship led to the doc’s creation The years of production Haris put into the project Showtime’s involvement in the documentary Mauro’s thoughts on Mi...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SMACKDOWN 5/29/18: Big Cass returns and faces Daniel Bryan and Samoa Joe for the final spot in the men’s MITB match, Lana and Naomi engage in a Dance-Off, and Shinsuke Nakamura leaves Tye Dillinger laying for a 10-count. With all the participants announced, we run down both Money In The Bank ladder matches and discuss our favourites to win. Wai talks about the...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE RAW 5/28/18: Nia Jax taunts Ronda Rousey and demonstrates her armbar defense, a Gauntlet Match takes place for the last spot in the Women’s MITB match, The B Team throw a BBQ, Elias attacks Seth Rollins, and Sami Zayn apologies for introducing us to Bobby Lashley’s sisters. We discuss our thoughts on the Mauro Ranallo documentary, “The Bipolar Rock ‘N’ Roller”...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SMACKDOWN 5/22/18: Daniel Bryan vs. Jeff Hardy for the first time with the winner facing Samoa Joe next week, Shinsuke Nakamura reveals the stipulation for his match against AJ Styles, and The Miz stirs things up between The New Day. John catches us up on NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament including his recommended matches thus far, plus Tuesday’s surp...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE RAW 5/21/18: Sami Zayn introduces the world to Bobby Lashley’s sisters in our current frontrunner for worst segment of the year, Stephanie McMahon stirs things up between Ronda Rousey and Nia Jax, and Finn Balor faces Braun Strowman. We discuss Monday’s reports about WWE’s $1 billion deal to move SmackDown to Fox. Plus, Wai Ting reviews Total Bellas Season 3 Ep...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SMACKDOWN 5/15/18: The WWE’s second night of UK TV is headlined by AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in their first televised match where the winner gets to choose the stipulation for their MITB title match. Asuka interrupts Carmella’s Royal Mellabration, and Daniel Bryan stands up to Big Cass. We also discuss our updated thoughts on Money In The Bank matches and...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE RAW 5/14/18: Raw takes place from the London, UK, but what everybody wants to talk about is the Ronda Rousey vs. Nia Jax angle shot earlier in the day in New York. Roman wants Jinder (but the audience wants neither), more MITB qualifiers, and Sami Zayn calls out Bobby Lashley’s sisters. We also discuss the success of Cody & The Young Bucks’ ALL IN  ticket s...

John Pollock and  Wai Ting are joined by ESPN & MSG Network broadcaster Arda Ocal ( formerly WWE’s Kyle Edwards ) in this month’s POST Roundtable to discuss:  Working at The Score and developing “Aftermath” His long road to getting a job with the WWE How his passion for wrestling worked against him Why working at the WWE wasn’t what he expected Moving on from professional wrestling WATCH: A vi...

John Pollock reviews the UFC 224 card from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Amanda Nunes retains the UFC bantamweight title over Raquel Pennington with a dominant performance and heavily debated decision by Pennington’s corner to send her out for the final round of the fight, Kelvin Gastelum narrowly edges Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, Mackenzie Dern misses weight and submits Amanda Cooper, Vitor Belfort’s retir...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SMACKDOWN 5/8/18: SmackDown Live’s first set of Money In The Bank qualifiers feature Daniel Bryan vs. Rusev, Miz vs. Jeff Hardy and Charlotte vs. Peyton Royce. John discusses the WWE Network’s latest Table For 3 featuring Shane McMahon, Kurt Angle and AJ Styles. We also discuss the idea of introducing political differences between WWE’s “red” and “blue” brands,...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE RAW 5/7/18: Money In The Bank qualifying matches take place featuring Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn vs. Finn Balor, Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens, and Ruby Riott vs. Sasha Banks vs. Ember Moon. Seth Rollins issues an IC title open challenge and Bobby Lashley really loves his sisters. We discuss announced matches for NJPW Dominion as well as autograph signing pric...