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VIDEO: UFC 229 pre-fight press conference with Khabib Nurmagomedov & Conor McGregor

October 4, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

Watch Thursday’s UFC 229 pre-fight press conference featuring lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor from Las Vegas.

upNXT & Forever Young 10/4/18: Smokey Rooms & Scorpion Kicks

October 4, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

Braden Herrington & Davie Portman chat this week’s episode of WWE NXT featuring Johnny Gargano vs. Tony Nese. The lads are then joined by Dahlia Black to chat about this week’s episode of the WWE 2018 Mae Young Classic.

BWE 10/3/18: Progress at Wembley, wXw Tag League, Carlos Romo, WOS Finale

October 3, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

Martin Bushby, Oli Court & Benno are back to talk Progress Chapter 76: Hello Wembley (Eddie Dennis vs. Mark Andrews) with Benno giving his live report from the show. Carlos Romo (FKA Adam Chase) drops in to chat his career so far, Whitewolf Wrestling, the Spanish wrestling scene and more.

POST Puroresu: Neville to DG, NJPW in Long Beach, 5* GP, Observer HOF candidates

October 3, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

John Pollock & WH Park chat about Neville’s sudden return to Dragon Gate and his future, a look at the Destruction tour highlights, WH’s thoughts on Fighting Spirit Unleashed, a review of the Mayu Iwatani vs. Utami Hayashishita 5 Star GP final, and a look at the Japanese candidates for the Observer Hall of Fame.

DOUBLE SHOT 10/3/18: Total Divas, BTE, MLW, Lucha Underground, ‘Taker interview

October 3, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

John Pollock & Wai Ting present the Double Shot with reviews of this past week’s episode of Total Divas, Lucha Underground’s “Kill Mil” episode, the newest Being the Elite, a review of MLW Fusion feat. Low Ki vs. Rey Fenix, and a rare sit-down interview with The Undertaker.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SMACKDOWN 10/2/18

RASD 10/2/18: Super Show-Down Preview, Milwaukee, Neville, MMC

October 3, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

This week’s SmackDown from Portland was the final episode heading into the Super Show-Down with Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair featured in the final segment, the next chapter of Aiden & Lana’s Milwaukee Meetup, Daniel Bryan is pinned again, and Samoa Joe avoids being terminated.

POST Interview: Marc Raimondi of MMA Fighting

October 2, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

John Pollock welcomes MMA journalist Marc Raimondi of MMA Fighting to chat UFC 229 this weekend, Conor McGregor’s return to MMA, the future of streaming platforms and what it means for MMA promotions, Jon Jones’ suspension reduced, the perception of USADA & more.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE RAW 10/1/18

RAR 10/1/18: Seattle Super Audience, Taker & Kane attack HHH & HBK

October 2, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

Raw took place from Seattle (the former home of the SuperSonics) featuring a closing segment with The Undertaker, Kane, Triple H & Shawn Michaels. The show also saw an incredible live reaction to Elias & Kevin Owens, a Ronda Rousey match, and more teases of Dean Ambrose splitting from The Shield on the go-home Raw before Super Show-Down.

This week’s schedule at POST Wrestling & notes from the past week

October 1, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

A look back at last week’s POST Wrestling shows and this coming week’s schedule, including coverage of UFC 229 and the WWE’s Super Show-Down event in Australia, a new Ask-A-Wai and our regular shows.

NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed POST Show with John Pollock & Mike Murray

October 1, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

John Pollock is joined by guest co-host Mike Murray to review New Japan’s Fighting Spirit Unleashed card from Long Beach with an excellent show, the main event of King of Pro Wrestling, a discussion on Ring of Honor’s Death Before Dishonor event, and your feedback.

EGGSHELLS Podcast Companion: 2003 w/ Jonathan Snowden

September 29, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

Episode 15 sees Chris Charlton and Jonathan Snowden look at 2003. The merging of the MMA and pro wrestling worlds brought some strange results, as NJPW dabbled with MMA bouts on their cards, while Wrestle-1 put top flight fighters in the bizarrest of pro wrestling scenarios.

REWIND-A-WAI #20: WWF In Your House 9 “International Incident”

September 28, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWF In Your House 9: “International Incident” headlined by a six-man tag team match between Shawn Michaels, Sycho Sid & Ahmed Johnson (“The People’s Posse”) vs. Vader, Owen Hart & The British Bulldog (“Camp Cornette”).

upNXT & Forever Young 9/27/18: Genius of the Sky

September 27, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

Braden & Davie review this week’s NXT featuring Tommaso Ciampa vs. Otis Dozovic, The Mighty vs. Street Profits, Kairi Sane vs. Vanessa Borne. Plus, this week’s Mae Young Classic featuring Io Shirai vs. Xia Brookside and a recap of this week’s 205 Live!

DOUBLE SHOT 9/26/18: Total Divas, July ’96 Raw, Jeff Hardy & Slammiversary features

September 26, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

John Pollock & Wai Ting review the Season 8 premiere of Total Divas, the July 15th ’96 episode of Monday Night Raw, quick thoughts on the Jeff Hardy “Day of” & “The Day of Slammiversary” features, Ten Pounds of Gold & New Japan’s profile on The Bullet Club.

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE SmackDown.

RASD 9/25/18: AJ’s Mailbox, That Night in Milwaukee, Liv Morgan

September 26, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

Samoa Joe appears at the home of AJ Styles, Aiden English teases a mysterious night in Milwaukee with Lana, R-Truth hosts Truth TV, and Randy Orton attacks Tye Dillinger. Plus, the Mixed Match Challenge and Today’s Top Stories.

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw 9/24/18

RAR 9/24/18: Shield dissension, Liv Morgan hurt

September 25, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

Raw took place from Denver with a show-long tease regarding Dean Ambrose’s allegiance to The Shield leading to a six-man tag, Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler defend the Raw tag titles, Liv Morgan is injured during a match with The Bella Twins & Natalya, Stephanie McMahon & Triple H appear, and more build up for Super Show-Down.

This week’s schedule at POST Wrestling

September 24, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

This week at POST Wrestling, we have another big week of shows that will lead into this Sunday’s New Japan Pro Wrestling card from Long Beach, California.

NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018 POST Show

September 23, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

It’s the NJPW Destruction in Kobe POST Show with John Pollock & Wai Ting reviewing the entire card from Kobe featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada.

Movie Review: My Dad is a Heel Wrestler starring Hiroshi Tanahashi

September 22, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

POST Wrestling’s WH Park reviews the film “My Dad is a Heel Wrestler” starring Hiroshi Tanahashi. The film also features Kazuchika Okada, Togi Makabe, Ryusuke Taguchi and other New Japan Pro Wrestling regulars in smaller roles and WH has a full review of the movie.

EGGSHELLS Podcast Companion: 2002 w/ Lee Daly

September 22, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

Episode 14 sees Chris Charlton and Lee Daly look at 2002, a year of radical change and dissent within NJPW. As many standbys left the promotion, some new faces appeared, significantly Joanie Laurer and Bob Sapp. Antonio Inoki also sought to bring the MMA flavoured UFO to the dome.