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**POST Wrestling**

POST Wrestling’s John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw, AEW Dynamite, WWE SmackDown and discuss the latest in pro wrestling news with their network of contributors. http://www.postwrestling.com

Latest Episodes:

Stomping Grounds Preview, Mia Yim & Rey Fenix on The Wrestlers | Café Hangout Jun 21, 2019

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John Pollock and Wai Ting broadcast live from the POST Office for this week’s Café Hangout:

**The latest news in pro wrestling and a full preview of Sunday’s WWE Stomping Grounds

**Damian Abraham joins us to discuss a double-header of Viceland’s The Wrestlers.

Episode 5 features a look at how victims of domestic abuse have been able to find empowerment through pro wrestling. Featuring profiles of Mia Yim, SHIMMER Women Athletes, and Bolivia’s “Fighting Cholitas”.

Episode 6 features a look at how the impact of the Trump Administration’s strict border laws have affected Mexican luchadors looking to showcase their craft in the US. Featuring profiles of Rey Fenix, Konnan and “street wrestlers” Arkangel Divino and Ultimo Maldito.

Watch The Wrestlers here (US Only): https://www.viceland.com/en_us/show/the-wrestlers

Watch this show and follow the live chat on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/-K4FJyd4f8U

Café Hangouts are recorded live every Thursday. Patreon Double Double, Iced Capp and Espresso supporters have the opportunity to watch and interact live each week.

Music: “Down In New Orleans” by Giorgio Di Campo for Freesound Music

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RASD 6/18/19: Kofi Kingston Wins 4/6 Falls, New 24/7 Champ Jun 19, 2019

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SmackDown from Ontario, California. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:34:31]

The final episode of SmackDown leading into Stomping Grounds featured Seth Rollins & Kofi Kingston teaming against Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn in a 2-of-3 Falls match, an Elimination Tag match with The Miz & R-Truth vs. Drew McIntyre & Elias, a 24/7 title change, Daniel Bryan on commentary, more matches added to Stomping Grounds, and Dolph Ziggler channels Dolph Ziggler for his go-home promo.

POST WRESTLING Live in TORONTO!

This SummerSlam weekend in Toronto, join John & Wai at the Second City's John Candy Box Theatre on August 11th, 2019 at 1 pm for a live Q&A and Meet & Greet. Tickets and information (including a $5 discount for patrons): https://www.postwrestling.com/live/

NEWS OF THE DAY

**WWE Raw’s viewership doesn’t receive a big bounce back following the conclusion of the playoffs**Impact Wrestling grants Scarlett Bordeaux her release **New match added to the Buy-In portion of Fyter Fest**The updated card for Stomping Grounds on Sunday

And your Café feedback, comments & questions from the POST Wrestling Forum.

Photo Courtesy: WWE

RASD Theme by THE IDENTiTY CRiSiS: theidentitycrisis.com / youtube.com/theidc

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RAR 6/17/19: Baron, Rollins & Chairs, G1 Climax Announcements Jun 18, 2019

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:42:45]The final Raw leading into Stomping Grounds featured the main event between Seth Rollins and Daniel Bryan, Rollins on the attack with his chair, a rare IIconics’ tag title defense, a fatal five-way to determine the #1 contender to face Samoa Joe, Baron Corbin is pinned heading into his Universal title match, and he attempts to name the special referee for this Sunday.

John and Wai also discuss the Toronto Raptors’ NBA Championship victory and today’s downtown parade.

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NEWS OF THE DAY

**New Japan Pro Wrestling announces the participants and matches for the G1 Climax this summer.**Jon Moxley not scheduled for the opening night of the G1 in Dallas, will start the following weekend**Laredo Kid added to the six-man tag at Fyter Fest.**Aerostar’s fall at AAA’s Verano de Escandalo event on Sunday night, Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix regain the AAA tag titles.**Chael Sonnen announces his retirement after loss to Lyoto Machida at Bellator 222.

And your Café feedback, comments & questions from the POST Wrestling Forum.

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Rewind-A-Raw Theme by Colby John: http://www.ColbyJohn.com

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POST Puroresu: KENTA to NJPW, Dominion, BOSJ, Atsushi Aoki Jun 17, 2019

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John Pollock is joined by WH Park for the June edition of POST Puroresu. They go through the news coming out of Dominion, the appearance by KENTA, the reaction to Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito, and WH’s live experience at Osaka-jo Hall. Then, they share their thoughts on the excellent Best of the Super Juniors tournament, the best matches & performers, Will Ospreay’s tournament and title victory, who improved their stock, and the future of the junior heavyweight division. Plus, they discuss the life & career of the late Atsushi Aoki, Ultimo Dragon’s surprising appearance at a Dragon Gate show, WH’s thoughts on the Stardom episode of The Wrestlers on Viceland, the ten-year mark since Mitsuharu Misawa died in the ring wrestling for Pro Wrestling NOAH, the recent New Japan house show that WH attended in Numazu & more.POST Puroresu is a monthly show at POST Wrestling. You can also listen to Cruel Summer every Saturday & Sunday morning, hosted by WH Park as he goes through the history of the G-1 Climax finals.

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Cruel Summer #6: Riki Choshu vs. Masahiro Chono (1996) w/ STRIGGA Jun 16, 2019

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WH Park welcomes the co-host of the Eastern Lariat podcast, STRIGGA to discuss the finals of NJPW’s 6th G1 Climax tournament: Riki Choshu vs. Masahiro Chono from August 6, 1996.

STRIGGA joins WH to talk about how he became a wrestling fan growing up in Germany, his various wrestling related projects, the start of Chono’s Aristrist look, Choshu’s background going into the G1 and the nuances of Japanese wrestling names in Romanji.

Click here to watch this match on New Japan World (account required).

WH Park and a special guest look back at the finals of every NJPW G1 Climax tournament in Cruel Summer, a limited-edition podcast from POST Wrestling. New episodes every Saturday and Sunday morning.

Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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TRMPS #VI: Southland Tales (2006) w/ Brian Mann Jun 15, 2019

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Have a nice apocalypse, POST-Marks!On this edition of The Rocky Maivia Picture Show, Nate Milton welcomes Brian Mann (Keep It 2000/Complex) back into the theater to review 2006’s Southland Tales.

**Does director Richard Kelly’s sprawling sci-fi satire deserve it’s negative reputation? Is this film an under-appreciated classic?

**Is this secretly one of DJ’s best on-screen performances?

**Will Nate & Brian like this movie more or less than a Russo-riffic edition of WCW Monday Nitro?

Press “Play” to find out the answers to “all these things” & more!

Plus, YOUR feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum.

Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDV8PRoY1OY

The Rocky Maivia Picture Show is a monthly movie review podcast that drops every 3rd Saturday on POST Wrestling!

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Cruel Summer #5: Keiji Mutoh vs. Shinya Hashimoto (1995) w/ Martin Bushby Jun 15, 2019

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WH Park welcomes the host of POST Wrestling’s British Wrestling Experience, Martin Bushby to discuss the finals of NJPW’s 5th G1 Climax tournament: Keiji Mutoh vs. Shinya Hashimoto from August 15, 1995.

Martin and WH talk about the origin of Martin’s wrestling fandom in American, British and Japanese wrestling, wrestling video games, the makeup of Japanese audiences, Muto’s last run in WCW among other things.

Click here to watch this match on New Japan World (account required).

Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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The Wrestlers: Deathmatch Wrestling, Anthony Kingdom James | Café Hangout Jun 14, 2019

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John Pollock and Wai Ting broadcast live from the POST Office for this week’s Café Hangout:

**Anthony Kingdom James joins us to talk about The Union of Independent Professional Wrestlers and what it’s like to run an indy show during SummerSlam 2019 Weekend in Toronto.

Tickets for “Never Say Never” on August 8th in Toronto: http://www.wrestlersunion.ca/

**Damian Abraham joins us to discuss Viceland’s The Wrestlers: Episode 4 featuring a profile of Deathmatch wrestling from around the world including Damian’s interactions with Atsushi Onita, Jun Kasai and Danny Havoc.

Watch The Wrestlers here (US Only): https://www.viceland.com/en_us/show/the-wrestlers

Watch this show and follow the live chat on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Sk7pmHIG-YY

Café Hangouts are recorded live every Thursday. Patreon Double Double, Iced Capp and Espresso supporters have the opportunity to watch and interact live each week.

Music: “Down In New Orleans” by Giorgio Di Campo for Freesound Music

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RASD 6/11/19: Big E Returns, 30 Minutes of Miz Jun 12, 2019

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SmackDown from the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:19:24]

On Tuesday’s show, Big E. was back again to team with Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods against Dolph Ziggler, Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens, R-Truth gets shipped to Los Angeles, 30-minutes of The Miz to start the show including three matches, no Roman Reigns, and YOLO County is represented.

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NEWS OF THE DAY

**WWE Raw hits 2019 low going against Game 5 of the NBA Finals. **Chad Gable wrestles on 205 Live

**Ric Flair provides a health update, facing a potential defamation lawsuit.**New Japan Pro Wrestling moving to Saturday nights on AXS TV**All Japan announces plans for a Memorial show for Atsushi Aoki, the status of the junior heavyweight title

And your Café feedback, comments & questions from the POST Wrestling Forum.

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RASD Theme by THE IDENTiTY CRiSiS: theidentitycrisis.com / youtube.com/theidc

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RAR 6/10/19: While You Were Watching the NBA Finals Jun 11, 2019

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw from San Jose, California. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:22:55]As the only two Canadians that watched Raw Monday, John & Wai discuss the quick turnaround until Stomping Grounds - It’s Time to Kick Ass and Take Names.

We had Seth Rollins take on Kevin Owens in the main event with Sami Zayn as the outside referee, Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins defended the Raw tag titles against The Revival and The Usos, a tragic edition of the Firefly Fun House, Bayley wrestling in her hometown (spoiler), Shane McMahon’s celebration, and the 24/7 geeks get stuck in an elevator.

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NEWS OF THE DAY

**New Japan Pro Wrestling announces the Super J Cup for August in the U.S.**B/R Live to stream AEW’s Fyter Fest for free on June 29.**New match announced for AEW’s Fyter Fest and a new name for the former Super Smash Brothers.**NJPW to make G1 announcements this weekend at Kizuna Road events at Korakuen Hall, title matches announced for the tour.**An update on Cesaro

And your Café feedback, comments & questions from the POST Wrestling Forum.

Photo Courtesy: WWE

Rewind-A-Raw Theme by Colby John: http://www.ColbyJohn.com

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