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On this first day of Wrestling Christmas James reviews CMLL's Martes De Glamour Show from Guadalajara on the 16th of December which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0_DKHAQaiQ

James and Marcus look back over two of the Autumn's biggest cards, ROH Final Battle and Chihiro Hashimoto's 10th Anniversary Show in Tokyo. Athena defends her ROH title, a new Women's Pure Champion is crowned and Mercedes Mone defends the TV title against Red Velvet. The pair then discuss the absolute barn burner of a main event in Sendai as Big Hash defends her Sendai Girls World Title against Th...

James and Christy close out this tournament with some happy thoughts of a tournament well wrestled but some doubts and concerns for the future as they look at Wrestle Kingdom 20 with both joy and some serious reservations. In the mean time two loaded cards impress and bring a riveting climax to what has been an incredible year for NJPW John Dinsdale's story on the Tupelo Concession Stand Brawl tha...

Good Lord where do we even start? A week of excellent wrestling and perplexing decisions, bring frustration to Christy and quiet joy to James as NJPW drop a firework in the underpants of forward planning but offer up some banger wrestling matches. Defy genre expectation along the way. Shoma Kato continues to be cringe.

James & Christy bring you news from Sunday's New Japan World Tag League as the final is getting closer and the teams are vying for a place in the semi final. There is news from outside of NJPW, as BUSHI is announced for NOAH, and the intrepid duo look at the lack of news concerning Wrestle Kingdom 20.

Good Lord where do we even begin? 10 minutes on Zane Jay's wrist tape and we are off and running on a show of segues masquerading as a show review. The Joy of Callum Newman's Tattoos, Tag Team Marriage Counselling and the pure hearted opulence of Katsuya Murashima's wholesome energy. Go on, you know want too.

James & Christy bring you all the news of Night 9 & 10 of World Tag League as the tournament wears on the and the edges start to fray around the marriage of convenience that is Ward dogs and the Unaffiliated.

James & Christy deep dive into night 8 of the World Tag League as the slow starters begin to catch up and relationships begin to develop. Hiromu and Finlay become a bit Dierks and Katy, and we kick off with a new opening!

James & Christy catch you up on the week's action as NJPW World Tag League continues. El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa pick up some surprising wins, Toru Yano & Oleg Boltin also impress and some of the bigger names struggle with momentum.

James looks at this week's action from New Japan's World Tag League on nights 3 & 4.

James and Marcus look at the second half of the career of the Bad Man from Borger Texas, Stan "The Lariat" Hansen. As he helps to elevate the Japanese scene. Come back to prominence in the US with a run in WCW, and his tragic time in Puerto Rico as WWC Champion. Watch our full playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOlkhzGHepcB9ce3CtdoEKWT7ThTZE4JN&si=xDaZmdOfQefrniUW

James and Christy round up the action of the first two night's of this year's World Tag League as New Japan put together some very interesting pairings in what looks to be a non traditional approach to the tournament, but with the established teams of Knockout Brothers and Bishamon as hot favourites. Segues include: War Dragon's Bro Love WXW 16 Karat Gold Tana's final opponent and the problems wit...

James is joined by author, commentator and ring announcer Michelle Cain as they deep dive into DDT's Annual winter festival that is Ultimate Party! With the usual DDT Hijinks compared with some top notch pro wrestling.

This episode Sonal returns to talk AJPW and together we discuss champion Kento Miyahara protecting AJPW, Shouta Kofuji keeping Taishin's dream alive, an introduction to Yuma Anzai, and Ren Ayabe finding a tall soulmate.

James and Marcus explore the early career of that Wild Man from Borger Texas, with 9 kids and a wife to feed at home, Stan "The Lariat" Hansen. Tracing his early career from training with the Funks and exploring the territory system, his epic unintentional feud with Bruno Sammartino, and his start with AJPw, his move to NJPW, and his move back to AJPW and his mid eighties peak run with Bruiser Bro...

James and Christy review NJPW's Final Homecoming, Hiroshi Tanahashi's last stand in his home prefecture before his retirement on January 4th. Also Konuske Takeshita makes his first defense of his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Hirooki Goto, and the there is the final of the Super Junior Tag League as The House of Torture DOUKI and SHOW go up against the War Dogs Robbie X and Taiji Ish...

James & Christy watch the last two nights of block action from Super J Tag League 2025. As things wind up the four top seeded teams top each block with the house of torture going up against Master Wato and YOH in Block A and the War Dogs facing down TMDK in Block B!

James and Christy talk nights 5 & 6 of the Super J Tag League as the tournament starts to wind up with the final few matches starting to decide Block Results. Ichiban Sweet Boys, War Dogs, Wa-YOH and The House of Torture are still int the running but there is plenty to talk about lower down the card!

James and Christy bring you all the action from Night 4 of New Japan's Super J Tag League, with less tournament matches and more Multi Man tags this shown flowed along nicely with some significant results as KUSHID and Yuki Yoshioka take on the Ichiban Sweet Boys in the main event.

James and Christy generally chat around the subject of wrestling and Nights 2 & 3 of the Super J Tag League as it continues on its merry and confusing way. Douki and Sho headline both nights as they expect to be on top by the end of the tournament but there are tight showings from former champs Ichiban Sweet Boys & Mastwe Wato and YOH who start whole new line of thought on team naming.

James and Christy are back with their sixth Tournament of the Year to cover on Today At as they go back to New Japan after the N1 Victory tournament in NOAH. The subject is Super J Tag League, and with a whole host of new teams featuring talent from CMLL, Dragongate and DDT, as well as the superstars of the Division War Dogs Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X, Ichiban Sweet Boys Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagle...

James, Marcus & Christy talk AJPW as they have their GIant Dream show in Tokyo. With four title matches, this is one of the most significant AJPW shows of the year. Kento Miyahara cashes in his Royal Road Tournament Victory against Triple Crown Champion Jun Saito, The AJPW World Tag team titles, Junior Heavyweight and the GAORA TV title are also on the line.

James and Marcus take a break from their high octane diet of Joshi, Joshi and more Joshi and take a trip back in time. Going back to 1986 they look at the very first Crockett Cup to celebrate the history of tag team wrestling in the best way possible as we head into Tag Team Tournament Season!

For the month of September we talk about the Royal Road tournament, Kento Miyahara, and our love for Taishin Nagao.