Owens and Zayn can’t get along, Nakamura speaks after winning the Royal Rumble, new SmackDown ranking system, Braun & Alexa vs Becky & Zayn on MMC, New 205 Live GM announced, WWE 24 review, Jeremy Borash and more in this loaded edition of Rewind-A-SmackDown.
John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw featuring Asuka vs Sasha Banks, Elimination Chamber qualifiers including John Cena vs Finn Balor and Kane vs Braun Strowman, Jonathan Coachman makes his return to the announce booth, Ronda Rousey’s potential WrestleMania opponent and our Royal Rumble Poll results.
John Pollock reviews both New Beginning cards from this past weekend in Sapporo. The shows included an incredible main event between Hiroshi Tanahashi and Minoru Suzuki, an unbelievable junior heavyweight tag match, Kenny Omega defending the U.S. title against Jay White, and a big closing angle involving The Bullet Club.
John Pollock, Wai Ting, and Jason Agnew review Royal Rumble 2018 from Philadelphia, PA featuring the first-ever women’s Royal Rumble match, the men’s Royal Rumble match, Brock Lesnar vs Kane vs Braun Strowman, AJ Styles vs Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens, and a surprise appearance by Ronda Rousey.
John Pollock is joined by Braden Herrington and Bartender Dave for an extensive review of the NXT Takeover Philadelphia card from Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center. The three breakdown all of the matches, discuss the incredible main event and where it ranks among NXT Takeover matches, the influx of new performers and programs coming out of this card.
John Pollock and WH Park chat about WH’s thoughts on Wrestle Kingdom 12 from earlier this month, the key angles shot at New Year’s Dash, his assessment of All Japan Pro Wrestling & Pro Wrestling NOAH for 2018 and then we preview the New Beginning cards this weekend in Sapporo and Osaka.
John Pollock and Wai Ting travel back to March 2002 to review WrestleMania X-8 from The SkyDome in Toronto and review the show, featuring The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan, the build up the Undisputed title match starring “Lucy the Dog”, the odd pairings on the show, the changing face of the company and the status of Steve Austin during this time period.
John and Wai review the Royal Rumble go-home edition of SmackDown where AJ Styles takes on both Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn in back-to-back singles matches, the latest in the Enzo Amore story, 205 Live announces a new GM, Mixed Match Challenge week 2, a full Royal Rumble preview and more.
WWE Raw celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a special edition broadcast from both the Barclays Center and Manhattan Center in New York City. Steve Austin and Mr. McMahon reunite face to face, The Bálor Club “Too Sweets” DX & The Kliq, The Undertaker returns, the APA host a poker game involving a random assortment of legends, Roman Reigns vs The Miz for the IC title, ‘Woken’ Matt Hardy vs Bray Wyatt, and a number of stars return to little fanfare.
John Pollock provides a review of both the UFC 220 and Bellator 192 cards from Saturday night, featuring Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou for the heavyweight title, Daniel Cormier vs. Volkan Oezdemir for the light heavyweight title, Chael Sonnen vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and more.
John Pollock and Wai Ting are joined by Keep It 2000’s Brian Mann and The British Wrestling Experience’s Martin Bushby to discuss a variety of current topics in wrestling including: WWE Raw 25, Royal Rumble, Impact’s new deal with Twitch, new WWE PC signings and lots more.
The Satellite of Hate is back in orbit! After months in hyper sleep, Brian Mann and Nate Milton are awoken by a surprising call to action. Listen now to learn when KEEP IT 2000 is returning.
Martin Bushby, Oli Court and Benno return with their brand new podcast reviewing all the major happenings from the British wrestling scene. This first episode features introductions to all the major promotions – PROGRESS, RevPro, OTT, wXw, ICW and more.
The US title tournament reaches its unexpected conclusion as Jinder Mahal, Bobby Roode, Mojo Rawley and Xavier Woods compete in the semi-finals AND finals; the Mixed Match Challenge debuts featuring Nakamura/Natalya vs Balor/Banks; members of the roster take turns cutting promos on their cellphones in selfie mode; TJP tries to hide his tears on 205 Live.
Braun Strowman gets FIRED and responds by wreaking havoc backstage, Finn Balor takes on Seth Rollins, Asuka vs Nia Jax, Paige makes an appearance, and more. We discuss the news of the past week including Paige’s career-threatening neck injury, Chris Jericho being among the names returning for next week’s RAW 25, and the recent NXT signings of War Machine, Ricochet and Candice LeRae.
John Pollock is joined by MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani for the 2018 MMA Prediction Show. Pollock will run through all of the predictions made for 2017 and then come up with a new list of “Likely or Unlikely” scenarios for 2018.
John Pollock and Wai Ting travel back to the night after WrestleMania 29 in 2013 for one of the more memorable editions of the show. It was the night Dolph Ziggler cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase, the audience revolted against Randy Orton and Sheamus, The Shield confronted The Undertaker, “Fandango-ing” was born and it all culminated with a three-minute, non-title affair between John Cena and Mark Henry!
Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn are placed in a 3-on-2 Handicap Match; Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin demand their tag titles following last week’s controversial loss; Mojo Rawley faces off against Zack Ryder in the US title tournament.