Young Lion's Perspective

The YLP Era officially begins today and with that, comes the debut episode of the reimagined, revamped and renewed "Last Week/This Week"! The war between AEW & NXT has begun and the fight for Mr. YLP Himself's affection will only grow more in the weeks and months to come. Which brand came out victorious from last week's episodes of AEW Dynamite and NXT? Who was able to strike the first blow in the...

All good things must come to an end at some point to allow a new era to take its place. The final episode of the Workhorse Era of the YLP Podcast is going to go out with a bang with a brand new episode of "Last Week/This Week" for Episode 294 of the YLP Podcast! In this episode of the podcast, you know i'm breaking down everything that went down on last week's episode of NXT including: my thoughts...

The biggest announcement in YLP Podcast history will finally be announced TODAY as we talk about all the news that's fit for me to talk about on Episode 293 of the podcast! In this episode of the podcast, I have news on The Undertaker calling the WWE product "a little bit soft", my thoughts on NBC Sports Network shutting down and what could happen to NXT & AEW Dynamite with the move of NHL & NASCA...

Every once in a while, AEW Dynamite has a moment where they have a show that completely missed the mark. Good thing for me, I can still see the bright spots in an otherwise dull night of professional wrestling. Good thing for you is that we get to talk about it all for Episode 292 of the YLP Podcast! In this episode of the podcast, I break down the five main focal points you need to keep your eye...

So, how do you follow up kicking Monday's ass? You kick Tuesday square in the dong and drop it to it's knees! Okay, that may have been a little much, but that's how excited I am for Episode 291 of the YLP Podcast! And in this week's episode of "Last Week/This Week", the road to NXT TakeOver continues as we kick off the 2021 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament. We'll be discussing every match...

If you thought for one second that I wouldn't be talking about all the WrestleMania news that I could find, you thought wrong big time! Because you know damn well I had to break it all down on this week's episode of "News Of The Weekend" for Episode 290 of the YLP Podcast! In this episode of the podcast, we're discussing all the news that's fit for me to talk about including Kris Statlander's comm...

The road to not only AEW Beach Break and Revolution has begun, but the road to the 300th Episode of the YLP Podcast has also begun as well. As we begin that road to the Sparta Episode, we kick off the weekend in proper YLP fashion, as we always do, with a brand new episode of "Light The Fuse" for Episode 289! In this episode of the podcast, i'm talking about the top five focal points from this pas...

When you have a TakeOver worthy show to kick off the new year for your brand, you know that Mr. YLP Himself will be chomping at the bit to give his opinion on what went down at NXT New Year's Evil for Episode 288 of the YLP Podcast! On this week's episode of "Last Week/This Week", we hop in the time machine and go back to last week and discuss the top five focal points from the black and gold stan...

Okay, okay, OKAY!!! I've heard what's going on with Jay White and i'm sure you want my opinion on where I think King Switch will go. I'll be giving you all of that and much, much more for Episode 287 of the YLP Podcast! In this episode of the podcast, it's the first NOTW of the year and the game remains the same: give you all the news that's fit for me to talk about. That includes news on what gra...

Yeah, I know, I know. I messed up on the intro. Spare me! Other than that, Happy New Year everyone! I hope every single one of you celebrated the new year in proper fashion. 2021 has arrived and the more things I change, the YLP Podcast will always stay the same no matter what. I couldn't think of a better way to kick the new year with a brand new episode of "Light The Fuse" to be the first episod...

Happy New Year YLP Universe! I hope every single one of you brought in the new year in proper YLP fashion and I will you guys all the best for 2021. But before we put the kibosh on 2020, we're going to take one last look at the best and brightest from 2020 with our annual YLP Podcast Awards! Who's going to be taking home some hardware from Mr. YLP Himself? Who will win Brand Of The Year? Who were...

This is it. The last full episode of the YLP Podcast of 2020. The biggest episode of the year. Why? Because it's come down to this. Mr. YLP Himself went through an extensive process to choose the ten best matches that he believed defined the year 2020. 80+ matches made the first round. From there, it was painstakingly dropped down to the top twenty. And from there, the best of the best were chosen...

Awards Season has arrived ladies and gentlemen and with it, we begin with discussing the Top 10 Honorable Mentions of the past year. The matches were a part of the Top 20, but barely missed the cut. The matches that in Mr. YLP's mind, deserves proper praise for all of us to discuss and banter about. This may have been the hardest Top 20 to choose from given the amount of solid matches we've seen t...

The final full episode of the YLP Podcast is here! Crazy to believe that we've already hit the end of December. But you know damn well that yours truly wasn't going to go out without a huge bang, did you? And I couldn't think of a better way to end the 2020 campaign before Awards Season than with a brand new episode of "Last Week/This Week" for Episode 282 of the YLP Podcast. In this episode of th...

When the cable network that your show wants "more mature content" with ratings going in the toilet, you might be in some trouble. We'll be discussing that top story as well as news on people in WWE not seeing certain talent being over on the main roster, Chris Jericho's status in NJPW, when Darby Allin found out he was going to become TNT Champion, and much more for Episode 281 of the YLP Podcast!...

Not every episode of your favorite show is going to be a certified banger of an episode and watching episodes of professional wrestling is no different. I'll be discussing all of that and more for Episode 280 of the YLP Podcast! In this episode of the podcast, I break down this past Wednesday's episode of AEW Dynamite including highlighting three particular tag teams in the division, my thoughts o...

The road to New Year's Evil begins and NXT sure kicked it off in proper fashion. A huge return, someone mocking someone else's accent, new feuds, new contenders to all the titles. And we're breaking it all down with a brand new episode of "Last Week/This Week" for Episode 279 of the YLP Podcast! In this episode of the podcast, we're taking about the top five focal points you should keep in mind fo...

For those of you who are the fantasy football playoffs, I hope your team did well enough to advance to the next round. For everyone else, I hope all of you had a solid and productive weekend. Over here in the YLP realm, the grind never stops, especially when it's Monday. That means we kick off the work week in proper fashion with a brand new episode of "News Of The Weekend" for Episode 278 of the...

Whether you know it or not, the road to AEW Revolution has begun and there's no other show you need to be locked into to break it all down with a brand new episode of "Light The Fuse" for Episode 277 of the YLP Podcast! In this episode of the podcast, i'm breaking down the fallout episode from AEW's Winter Is Coming with the top five focal points that you need to take away from this jam-packed epi...

Before we can look forward to the fallout episode of NXT after NXT TakeOver: War Games, we have to take a look back to the go-home episode of the black-and-gold standard for Episode 276 of the YLP Podcast. In this episode of the podcast, I break down the top five focal points of last week's episode including my thoughts on how much i'm becoming a fan of Jake Atlas in his pursuit of the Cruiserweig...

The weekend is over and it's back to the grind as we kick off the work week with a brand new episode of "News Of The Weekend" for Episode 275 of the YLP Podcast! In this episode of the podcast, i'm discussing all the news that's fit for me to talk about including news on Sting and why he signed with AEW and backstage plans for The Icon going forward, the ratings from SmackDown, AEW Dynamite and NX...

The biggest episode of AEW Dynamite in its young history went down on Wednesday night. That simply means it must be followed up by the biggest episode of "Light The Fuse" in its young history as well, right? It may not be as big as what happened on Wednesday, but I will damn sure give it my best shot for Episode 274 of the YLP Podcast! In this episode of the podcast, i'm breaking down the top five...

War Games is almost here and we're breaking down everything that went down with a brand new episode of "Last Week/This Week" for Episode 273 of the YLP Podcast! In this episode of the podcast, I review the top five focal points from last week's episode of NXT including my thoughts on the wild main event ladder match between Pete Dunne and Kyle O'Reilly, the one I didn't like about Timothy Thatcher...

New work week and a brand new episode of the YLP Podcast is kicking off in proper fashion! It's Monday and that means we discuss all the news that's fit for me to talk about with the "News Of The Weekend" for Episode 272 of the podcast. In this episode of the podcast, I have news on the passing of Bob Ryder, news on the Royal Rumble and a possible creative idea for the ending of the match and who...

Happy Black Friday ladies and gentlemen! I hope you guys had a great Thanksgiving and are ready to kick off the weekend in proper YLP fashion with a brand-new episode of "Light The Fuse" for Episode 271 of the YLP Podcast! In this episode of the podcast, it's all about the go-home episode before Winter Is Coming next week for AEW Dynamite. I discuss the top five focal points you should take away f...