John Pollock and Wai Ting invade the home of Damian Abraham (Vice’s The Wrestlers, Fucked Up) to discuss a variety of topics in the wrestling world including streaming services, the growth of the indies, CM Punk and a preview of Vice’s The Wrestlers.
John Pollock and Wai Ting dig into the WWE Network’s newly released Coliseum Home Video Classics archive to review Battle at the Royal Albert Hall. Highlighted by a 20-Man Battle Royal for the “prestigious” Royal Samovar Trophy, the show features early 90’s appearances from Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Roddy Piper, The Undertaker, The Legion of Doom and of course, The British Bulldog in his home country.
Sherdog’s Jordan Breen joins Brian Mann and Nate Milton to discuss the second worst bald babyface turn of all time. Goldberg explains why he’s a heel while Flair and Page take themselves off TV. Don’t worry – General Rection’s grandfather is here to fill the void.
Dolph Ziggler returns and wants to main event WrestleMania, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens attempt to protect their Fastlane odds, Charlotte continues to pick off the Riott Squad, The Bludgeon Brothers smash TVs, The New Day eat pancakes, and Jinder, Randy and Bobby argue over the Top 10.
Seth Rollins and Finn Balor compete with others for a second chance to enter the Elimination Chamber match, Braun Strowman interrupts Elias with his own musical performance, Sasha vs Bayley in San Jose, Ivory inducted into the Hall of Fame and more.
John Pollock is joined by Mike Bohn of MMA Junkie & USA Today to run through the UFC 221 pay-per-view event from Perth, Australia. We discuss Yoel Romero’s failure to make weight and then stops Luke Rockhold in the main event, where this put both men coming out of this fight, a horrendous foul during one of the main card bouts, several solid performances throughout the card, and lots more.
John Pollock and Wai Ting review NJPW New Beginning in Osaka 2018 headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Hirooki Goto vs Evil for the Never Openweight Championship and Will Ospreay vs Hiromu Takahashi for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship.
John Pollock and Wai Ting return for another edition of Rewind-A-Wai and are tackling the final stage of Pro Wrestling Guerilla’s Battle of Los Angeles tournament from 2017.
Martin, Oli Court and Benno are back to talk PROGRESS Chapter 62: Fear No More, Come To Dust (featuring a brutal Walter vs Timothy Thatcher main event), Fight Club: PRO x Attack! Pro Wrestling’s WrestleHouse ‘18 (Omari vs Keith Lee 2) & Benno provides a live report from the start of the 5 Star arena tour.
SmackDown’s Top 10 List has many confused, Owens vs Zayn results in a three-way at Fastlane, 205 Live is… great? Plus, the Mixed Match Challenge, Jason Jordan’s neck surgery and an NJPW New Beginning in Osaka Preview.
The women’s Elimination Chamber participants are announced, Jason Jordan screws up and upsets Seth Rollins again, Alexa Bliss thinks Kurt Angle’s matchmaking is sexist, Roman Reigns vs Bray Wyatt, Asuka vs Bayley, Braun Strowman vs Elias vs John Cena.
John Pollock and Wai Ting review the two-part season finale of Total Divas Season 7 (episodes 11 and 12) following the lives of The Bella Twins, Natalya, Maryse, Naomi, Lana and their supporting cast: Daniel Bryan, The Miz, Jim Neidhart, Tyson Kidd and Rusev.
The Satellite of Hate is back in orbit as brothers Brian Mann and Nate Milton are joined by Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham to review a Nitro that Brian attended back in 2000. Also included on the June 5th edition of Nitro – Russo and Bischoff book themselves against legends, Hogan heads back to Hollywood, and the in-ring return of Goldberg.
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.