On this week’s Double Shot we talk Being The Elite (Ep. 110) featuring the Omega vs. Cody aftermath, John’s thoughts on the G1 Special, Total Bellas (Season 3 Episode 7), and The Sports Business Daily’s article about UFC and WWE’s recent TV deals.
Bobby Lashley and Roman Reigns heat up their grudge ahead of Sunday’s Extreme Rules, Seth Rollins tells us about Drew McIntyre’s love of farm animals, and more from Bayley and Sasha’s counseling sessions.
Following Brock Lesnar’s appearance at Saturday’s UFC 226 event to challenge new heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, questions have been asked regarding when Lesnar is eligible to fight.
John Ourand at Sports Business Journal documents the recent television WWE & UFC television negotiations, Jim Ross injured at the Cow Palace show and visits ER, an update from New Japan on Hiromu Takahashi, reaction to Brock Lesnar’s appearance at UFC 226, Jay Lethal issues statement on allegations by Taeler Hendrix & she responds.
Results from Sunday’s Rev Pro “Live at the Cockpit 30” event, featuring El Phantasmo taking on Naoki Tanizaki, WALTER vs. Josh Bodom, CCK taking on Speedball Mike Bailey & Lucky Kid, plus Colt Cabana, Veda Scott, Aussie Open, Adam Brooks & more.
A review of the past week’s shows on the POST Wrestling network, including the final Keep It 2000, reviews of New Japan at the Cow Palace & UFC 226, the new of the new RAR “bonus show” on Mondays, Wai Ting appears on upNXT, Chris Charlton welcomes Alan4L to discuss 1991 & a mid-year report card.
John Pollock is joined by his friends Phil Chertok & Ziggy Cao to review UFC 226, chat about Daniel Cormier’s heavyweight title win over Stipe Miocic, the return of Brock Lesnar and his challenge to Cormier, one of the worst heavyweight fights ever, and all the news from the card.
Following Daniel Cormier’s UFC heavyweight title win at UFC 226, Brock Lesnar entered the octagon and ran down the UFC’s heavyweight division and issued a challenge to Cormier.
John Pollock runs through the UFC 226 event from the T-Mobile Arena, featuring Stipe Miocic defending the UFC heavyweight title against Daniel Cormier, Francis Ngannou takes on Derrick Lewis, Anthony Pettis vs. Michael Chiesa, Paul Felder vs. Mike Perry & more.
John Pollock previews tonight’s New Japan G1 special from the Cow Palace tonight with Kenny Omega defending the IWGP heavyweight title against Cody, Jay White taking on Juice Robinson for the U..S title, and Hiromu Takahashi taking on Dragon Lee for the IWGP junior heavyweight title.
Episode three sees Chris Charlton and Alan Counihan look at 1991, which saw NJPW stage a controversial double title match between Tatsumi Fujinami and Ric Flair, as well as SWS blowing up and quickly disappearing in a pair of big budget shows cross promoted with WWF and headlined by Hulk Hogan and Genichiro Tenryu.
UFC president Dana White appeared on Sportscentre on TSN and announced that the UFC 231 pay-per-view will take place from the Scotiabank Arena (formerly Air Canada Centre) in Toronto, Ontario on Sunday, December 8th.
John Pollock runs through Friday’s TUF 27 Finale card from Las Vegas, featuring a middleweight main event between Brad Tavares and Israel Adesanya, the finals of the TUF 27 lightweight and featherweight tournaments, as well as Roxanne Modafferi taking on Barb Honchak & more.
Ronda Rousey was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame on Thursday, she is also scheduled for three WWE house shows this weekend, ROH has issued a statement regarding allegations made against Jay Lethal, Lucha Underground TV report, update on Lars Sullivan, Bill Goldberg wins WCW title on this date in 1998 & lots more.
John Pollock and Wai Ting review WCW Uncensored 1997 headlined by a three way tag team elimination match between WCW Team, nWo Team and Piper Team whereby if the nWo loses, they will forfeit all their titles and be BANNED FROM WRESTLING FOR THREE YEARS.
Davie Portman is joined this week by Wai Ting to chat this week’s WWE NXT featuring EC3 vs. Johnny Gargano, Otis Dozovic vs. The Mighty in a handicap match and Dakota Kai vs. Santana Garrett. They discuss their thoughts on the Women’s Division and what is next for the NXT Championship.
A look at Ring of Honor’s attendance statistics through the first six months of 2018, UFC Hall of Fame ceremony tonight, Rich Swann vs. Fenix airing on Impact tonight, Max Holloway off this Saturday’s UFC 226 card, TUF Finale card, SCU added to “All In”, the final edition of Keep It 2000 & more.
One of the biggest championships fights of the year is off with the news breaking Wednesday night that Max Holloway will be unable to fight this Saturday at UFC 226.
The Satellite of Hate has reached a premature end to its time in orbit as Brian Mann and Nate Milton are joined by Chris Urbanowicz to review the final edition of Nitro. Why is the show ending? Why is Shane McMahon on Nitro? Why is Ric Flair wrestling in a t-shirt?