Puro Pourri Podcast

In Episode 2 the hosts take their first trip into Japanese women's wrestling, and into the gory world of the deathmatch! How does the nature of a wrestling match change when you replace the ropes with barbed wire and rig them with explosives? (Answer: a lot) Which current WWE superstar is hard enough to drink undiluted double concentrate orange squash? What on earth is an unvoiced plosive? All thi...

It begins... In these first three episodes, the hosts each take it in turns to tell the story of how they got into Japanese wrestling, how they reacted to the first match they watched, and how it feels to rewatch it now. In Episode 1 it's George's turn, as we take a look back at a match often cited as the best in-ring wrestling contest of all time. Does it deserve the label? Which participant in t...