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Matt and Andy are back to talk about Sendai Girls and their experience checking out TJPW. Matt covers the show from Sendai PIT on August 3rd and Andy gives his thoughts on Hazuki vs Dash as well as the Tag team title match between Red Energy vs Team 200kg from back in July! Then, attention turns to the 2025 Tokyo Princess Cup. Let's Talk Joshi! Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjosh...

Rob Goodwin goes into granular detail covering the fourteen championship-laden years of Mayu Iwatani in Stardom. From her start as a hikkomori, to a daughter of Stardom, from Ultraman to Grand Slam Champion, Rob goes through every step of Mayu's Stardom journey in this special long-form retrospective! Written version: tinyurl.com/4np2xxv8 Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Chec...

Rob and Matt are back for another groovy juggernaut of an episode covering the latest three shows of the 5Star Grand Prix! They chat a show of the year contender from Korakuen Hall, MOTYC, Rob's Dynamite/Collision experience and his never-ending quest for food, Bozilla kicking down the Forbidden Door, Rina's incredible tournament, the shocks of the play-offs and so much more on this bumper episode...

Rob and Matt are back to chat all the happenings in Marigold as the Dream Star Grand Prix rumbles on. They talk Police Chief Mayu, Komomo Minami's easiest payday ever, Seri Yamaoka tearing it up, the belief that Marigold should go out of their way to sign Maya Yukihi, Komomo getting bigger chants than Mayu, and a phantom Marigold show that is driving Rob crazy... Subscribe to the podcast:  https:/...

Rob and Matt are back with a mini episode giving their instant (ish) reactions to the now complete play-off brackets for the 5Star Grand Prix, and give their predictions for how the final two shows of the tournament are going to play out and what implications they could have for the PPV on September 6th! Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store:  https://tal...

Matt is solo this week, and he’ll get you all caught on the this year's outstanding Dream Star Grand Prix as he covers the shows from Iwate and Sendai PIT. He also chats about Hummingbird's win streak and Yuzuki’s star-making performance so far in this Year's Dream Star. Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store:  https://talkjoshi-shop.fourthwall.com/ Our So...

With Rob on vacation, Matt makes the hot tag to Andy Header to help out! The boys review the shows from KBS Hall, Okayama and Kobe as well as chatting their favourite matches of the tournament so far, before turning their attention to Monday night Io! Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store:  https://talkjoshi-shop.fourthwall.com/ Our Socials: The Stardom C...

  On this special interview episode of the Stardom Cast, Matt interviews the Death Match Queen, Mickie Knuckles! They chat about her fantastic new book, her early childhood, wrestling in Korakuen Hall and the late, great Tracy Smothers. Thank you so much to Mickie for dropping by, you can buy her new book here: https://a.co/d/2eSdkd2 Subscribe to the podcast: https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out...

Matt and Rob return to chat the nights 1 and 2 of the 2025 Dream Star Grand Prix, as well as journeying back to 29th July to recap the Shinjuku FACE show! They chat the power of the roll-up, record attendances, Erina Yamanaka as a future stalwart of the Superfly division, the Future of Marigold ruling the roost, Mayu's affinity for jumping off of buses rubbing off on the rookies, complacency poten...

We did it ladies and gentlemen, we finally made it past the four hour mark in this landmark episode! Rob and Matt are here to run through the absolute mountain of 5Star action that has taken place over the last week. They chat the emergence of the anti-Saya Kamitani, Mei Seira getting dropped so hard Matt forgets his name, tournament MVPs, eliminations, the double countout that wasn't, two genuine...

Just days away from defending the MPX Women's Championship against former-AEW wrestler Abadon at the upcoming 'Who Runs The World?' show on August 9th, Reiza Clarke drops in to chat to Matt Turner about her start in wrestling, her inspirations, working the independent scene and her love for Lady C! Get your tickets for the show: https://metroplex-wrestling.square.site/ Follow Metroplex Wrestling:...

It's a monster episode as Rob and Matt chat the fallout of the opening two nights of the 5Star Grand Prix and the Korakuen Hall show from the 24th July. They talk Waka's awful start to the tournament, seventeen matches on one card, Bozilla and AZM kicking all sorts of posterior, Tomoka Inaba and Rian's MVP claims, Hazuki vs. Chihiro Hashimoto, Lady C's questionable chaps and so much more! Subscrib...

Matt and Rob are back for the second Marigold Standard in a week to chat the trio of shows from the 19th, 20th and 21st of July. They talk the new Marigold dojo, the upcoming multi-woman match at the Marvelous Korakuen Hall show, the main eventers vs. the future main event match from Kariya City, the blatant disrespect of Megaton, the return of our Lord and Saviour Flying Penguin and so much more...

With the start of Marigold's second annual Dream Star Grand Prix a mere four days away, Matt and Rob go through absolutely everything you need to know - and even some stuff you don't - about this year's tournament. From stats and numbers, to a full breakdown of the calendar, every competitor and our own individual predictions, this is the go-to primer for this year's tournament. Subscribe to the p...

On this special bonus retrospective episode, Matt Turner and Andy Header look back at the trilogy of fantastic matches between Winggori (Saya Iida & Hanan) and SaoriPoi (Saori Anou & Natsupoi). Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Our Socials: The Stardom Cast Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/thestardomcast The Marigold Standard Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/Marigold...

Matt is back to review the fantastic "The New Era" show from Sendai Girls at Korakuen Hall that included a wild hardcore brawl between Hazuki and DASH Chisako, and an incredible main event of Team 200kg challenging Red Energy for the Sendai Girls World Tag Team titles. Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store:  https://talkjoshi-shop.fourthwall.com/ Our Soci...

Rob and Matt are back once more to give you their thoughts on a sold-out PPV in Sapporo and the house shows in Akita and Hachinohe! Matt gives an emotional tribute to his idol in the late great Ozzy Osbourne before they chat the chances of Poi in the 5Star Final, Saori Anou in the 5Star Final, SLK's vinegar-selling alter ego, Sareee firing from the hip, a White Belt MOTYC, the excitement surroundi...

IT'S TIME FOR OUR FAVOURITE EPISODE OF THE YEAR! In one of our longest episodes EVER, we go through absolutely everything you need to know - and even some stuff you don't - about this year's 5Star Grand Prix tournament. From stats and numbers, to a full breakdown of the calendar, every competitor and our own individual predictions, this is the go-to primer for this year's tournament. Watch the Pri...

Fan-favourite Allison Danger drops by to chat to Matt about Metroplex Wrestling's 'Who Runs the World?' show on August 9th, hosted by ROH Women's forever-champ Athena and featuring Maya World, Billie Starkz, Masha Slamovic, Nyla Rose, Abadon and a whole host more, with the incomparable duo of Allison and Veda Scott on commentary! Get your tickets for the show: https://metroplex-wrestling.square.si...

Rob and Matt are back to talk about the announcements of the Dream Star Grand Prix blocks and schedules, as well as reviewing another excellent Korakuen Hall show. They chat a 56-minute war between Utami and Takumi, Rea's turn to the darkside, Nagisa Nozaki's terrible driving, our Lord and Saviour Megaton, Mayu vs. Mio, the future of joshi being in capable hands and the return of the biggest compe...

Matt flies solo on this week's episode of the Stardom Cast this week as he checks out the shows from Fukushima and Akita, before his attentions turn to the upcoming PPV in Sapporo on Monday the 21st July as things hot up ahead of the 5Star Grand Prix! Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store:  https://talkjoshi-shop.fourthwall.com/ Our Socials: The Stardom C...

On this brand-new episode of Talk Joshi, Matt is joined once again by Andy Header as they review Sareee-ISM Chapter VIII and the big main-event tag team match of Sareee & Takumi Iroha vs. Saya Kamitani and Natsuko Tora! They also take the time to chat about Syuri's big AEW debut at All In: Texas and the great match between "Timeless" Toni Storm and Mercedes Mone! Let's Talk Joshi! Subscribe to...

Rob and Matt run through the news and happenings from a busy week including the huge 5Star Grand Prix announcements, before Matt goes solo to run through New Blood 23 and another near-sold out Korakuen Hall! They chat the largest field in tournament history, the pros and the cons, their choices to make the playoffs, SLK vs. Tae Honma, Sareee-ISM, Yuria Hime's coming out moment, Bea Priestley's ret...

Rob and Matt are back with a brand-new episode of The Marigold Standard covering all the action from the past weekend. They chat Miku Aono's homecoming, Smack in the Box, Chika Goto's ongoing development, the Dream Star Grand Prix, the ongoing impact of Megaton's face turn, Johnnie Robbie and Amira's impressive outings and what the Darkness Revolution could have in store for Shin-Kiba 1st RING on...