The Flagship Wrestling Podcast

This week on The Flagship: A LOT of banter, an in-depth discussion on WWE's new deal with ESPN and what it means not only for WWE but the entire world of wrestling, plus reviews of recent shows in CMLL, G1 Climax scenarios & more! Discussion on WWE's new deal with ESPN and its implications for the wrestling world CMLL catch-up G1 Climax scenarios Loads of banter & more! Advertising...

This week on The Flagship: discussion on Cody's recent comments regarding his exit from AEW, a preview of WWE's two-night SummerSlam, a Thursday Dynamite Review, the latest on NJPW's G1 Climax, Rich has a Joshi match to recommend to Joe, and much more! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on The Flagship, we begin with one of the biggest stories in wrestling history: Hulk Hogan's death at the age of 71. In our nearly three-hour obituary, we cover Hogan's entire life, career, plus the many controversies, and his ultimate legacy in and out of wrestling. Also on the show: Joe names 100 tag teams better than the Dudley Boyz, we review Dragongate's Kobe World 2025,...

This week on The Flagship: a preview of AEW All In Texas, WWE's (NXT) Great American Bash, WWE Evolution 2, and Saturday Night's Main Event, CM Punk vs. John Cena at Night of Champions, ZSJ vs. Goto, Tiger Mask IV's retirement, Uncrowned's Mid-Year Awards, and so much more! AEW All In Texas Preview All In Weekend Schedule Saturday Night's Main Event, WWE (NXT) Great American Ba...

A rare Wednesday Flagship! Join Joe & Rich live as they preview WWE Night of Champions 2025, review CMLL FantasticaMania Mexico, All Japan's June 18 show featuring another Triple Crown title defense, the importance of Aaron Wolf's signing with NJPW, Syuri vs. Saree, El Desperado vs. Jun Kasai & more! WWE Night of Champions 2025 preview CMLL FantasticaMania Mexico review All Japan&#...

This week on The Flagship: AEW and CMLL's loaded week of shows at Arena Mexico, NJPW Dominion, a look at the G1 Climax 35 field, Vikingo vs. Alberto in a cage, beach raccoons, restaurant air conditioning, and more! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on The Flagship, a loaded show reviewing WWE x AAA's Worlds Collide, WWE Money in the Bank 2025, discussing WWE Night of Champions & CM Punk going to Saudi Arabia, the end of Yeet Man's World Title reign plus previews of NJPW Dominion, AEW's Grand Slam Mexico, and of course, a full recap of MLW War Chamber. WWE x AAA Worlds Collide review WWE Money in the Bank 2025 review...

The Flagship returns this week with a HUGE show covering major free agent news in wrestling, including Mariah May's NXT debut, a sane, logical, and non-emotional discussion on R-Truth's departure, plus thoughts on Abadon, Bear Bronson, Carlito, Valhalla, Alex Kane, Karrion Kross, and The Miz. Also on the show, we preview this weekend's WWE x AAA Worlds Collide show, WWE Money in the Ba...

Join us for a special edition of The Flagship LIVE tonight! With Joe out of commission due to dental surgery, Rich goes solo with quick-hitter news topics including a review of Saturday Night's Main Event, Trick Williams winning the TNA World Title, Daisuke Sekimoto's injury, the untimely end of Aro Lucha, NXT running 2300 Arena before AEW & more! Rich then welcomes two special guests:...

This week on The Flagship Wrestling Podcast, a preview of this weekend's AEW Double or Nothing 2025 PPV featuring several huge matches, including Will Ospreay vs. Hangman Page, the return of Anarchy in the Arena, and more. Also recaps of AJPW's Champion Carnival finals, NOAH's recent Korakuen Hall show featuring OZAWA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, a preview of DEAN~!!!2, plus free agent news rel...

A 3+ hour tribute to the life and career of Sabu. Discussions include Sabu's undeniable legacy as an innovator in pro wrestling, how Sabu's history is intertwined with ECW's, the independent wrestling scene in the early 90s, Sabu's many Japan stints, his brief runs in WCW and ECW, thoughts on his final match with Joey Janela & so much more! The Overrun We devoted all 3 hours to...

This week on The Flagship Wrestling Podcast: reviews of NJPW's two Wrestling Dontaku shows featuring the final matches for Tetsuya Naito as a contracted New Japan talent, a review of NOAH's 25th Anniversary Sumo Hall show, a review of MLW's Arena Mexico show with CMLL, matches announced for AEW's tour of Mexico, a preview of MLW Lucha Azteca, plus the early ticket success of Forbid...

This week on The Flagship Wrestling Podcast! Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff's soon-to-be-failed Real American Freestyle Wrestling Previews of major events coming to Japan, including: NOAH's big Sumo Hall show featuring KENTA vs. OZAWA NJPW's upcoming Best of the Super Juniors tournament Wrestling Dontaku MLW and CMLL are teaming up for an Arena Mexico show this weekend Plus major free...

This week on The Flagship Wrestling Podcast: our first post-WrestleMania Week show discussing the fallout and many, many crashouts from the event, including The Disrupter's disruption, everyone being so confident the Joe Hendry thing was good that they have to tell you it was good over and over again, and so much more. We also discussed AEW's upcoming schedule, which features an Arena Mexi...

This week on The Flagship Wrestling Podcast: reaction to AEW Dynamite's rating this week against tough sports competition, a preview of WrestleMania Weekend and our coverage, a review of NJPW's Sakura Genesis, a preview of NJPW's Windy City Riot, MLW Battle Riot VII & more! WrestleMania Weekend Schedule & Event Page: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/pro-wrestling-upcoming-sche...

This week on The Flagship Wrestling Podcast: an extensive preview of this weekend's AEW Dynasty 2025 PPV, a discussion of BJ Bethel's report on AEW's performance on MAX, a review of AJPW's Dream Power Series (March 29) featuring a Triple Crown title defense, PLUS we will finally preview the 2025 Champion Carnival, as well as NJPW's Sakura Genesis and more. AEW Dynasty 2025 PPV...

This week on The Flagship: the life and career of Bill Mercer, reviews of CMLL's Homenaje A Dos Leyendas 2025 and AAA's Rey de Reyes 2025 plus thoughts on the Slam Dunk Collision ratings, the rumors of AEW/WBD doing similar shows around the NHL playoffs, roster movement/free agent news (Mariah May, Saraya, Mina Shirakawa, Anthony Greene, THE NOMAD Bishop Dyer) and last but not least: the l...

With Joe Lanza unable to join due to March Madness commitments, Rich welcomes not one, not two, but THREE special guests to this week's Flagship! In hour one, Joe Gagne ( Five Star Match Game  / Joe Gagne's Funtime Arcade ) joins the show to recap and review the New Japan Cup finals, discuss John Cena's promo on RAW and what in god's name Jeff Jarrett has to do with Acclaim video g...

This week on The Flagship: a catch-up on New Japan Cup, the aftermath of AEW Revolution 2025, an update on the WrestleMania lineups, a review of MLW Intimidation Games 2025, a preview of this weekend's Maple Leaf Pro shows, Sareee vs. Syuri, and more! Listen to Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective Podcast! A brand-new series from Case and Mike of Open the Voice Gate looking at the formati...

The Flagship returns in full this week to preview AEW Revolution 2025, discuss the report of how John Cena's heel turn came about, Fenix's free agent status, reviews of NJPW's Anniversary show, NOAH Memorial Voyage In Yokohama & more! AEW Revolution 2025 Preview How John Cena's heel turn came about Fenix's free agent status NJPW 53rd Anniversary Review NOAH Memorial Voyage...

No, this is not a real Flagship episode. Yes, it's a ten minute commercial for the paywall. But if you are disappointed and hankering for your weekly Flagship fix, please take a listen to hear all about all of the bonus audio you could be getting if you become a Flagship Patreon subscriber. This week alone, we produce FIVE episodes of Flagship Plus, our supplemental Flagship companion show, th...

The Flagship returns this week to review and recap NXT's Vengeance Day, discuss the newly-named Ricky Saints, the current state of NXT, the life and career of Gran Hamada, Grand Slam Australia ratings, & much more! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on The Flagship: A review of NJPW New Beginning in Osaka, Hirooki Goto finally winning the IWGP World Heavyweight Title, and a real Dumb Jock Wrestling show through and through. We also dive into the New Japan Cup, NJPW's upcoming anniversary show, recent WWE & AEW releases, Ricky Stark's (maybe?) NXT debut, Grand Slam Australia preview, MLW SuperFight & more! Join us for...

This week on The Flagship Podcast: a preview of NJPW's New Beginning in Osaka and a catch-up on the entire New Beginning tour, AEW's Grand Slam Australia card taking shape, Jey Uso's potential as a WrestleMania main eventer, Netflix numbers for Royal Rumble/RAW & more! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on The Flagship Podcast: a preview of this weekend's Royal Rumble, a review of WWE's Saturday Night's Main Event, analysis of the Toni Storm/Mariah May angle from AEW Collision, Grand Slam Australia, the life and career of Col. DeBeers/Ed Wiskoski & more! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy