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STR 431. Little Conumdrummer Boy Nov 14, 2020

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MyBookie presents Shake Them Ropes, use code ROPES to get double your first deposit.

The only show this week with a debate about Xia Brookside. Plus, Zelina Vega being future endeavored, the Leon Ruff title win, Chelsea Green's debut being cut short due to injury, and mysterious elderly Asian men teleporting into NXT.

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Wrestlenomics Radio: 20-factor test Nov 14, 2020

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A lot of AEW news this week coming off of the Full Gear pay-per-view. How many buys does it look like the event sold and how does that compare to previous AEW PPVs? Where might an additional one-hour AEW program land on TNT?

Would WWE wrestlers pass the Internal Revenue Service's 20-factor test to be considered employees?

A deep analysis of WWE developmental.

Plus, a special presentation of Wrestlenomics Jeopardy with Kate Carney (@KateCarnage)!

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VOW Flagship: Evolving Wrestling Landscape, NJPW, AEW, Bouncin' Around Japan & more! Nov 13, 2020

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This episode of the VOW Flagship Podcast is presented by MyBookie.ag. Use promo code VOW to get a dollar-for-dollar match on your first deposit.

A huge VOW Flagship Podcast this week as we talk the changing and evolving pro wrestling landscape, fallout from AEW Full Gear, NJPW's worrying booking direction, Power Struggle, World Tag League, Best of the Super Juniors, Bouncin' Around Japan, Dragongate & much more!

Everything Elite 98: AEW Dynamite (11/11), Managing Expectations, PAC, Jade, Shaq & More! Nov 13, 2020

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Welcome to Episode 98 of Everything Elite, presented by MyBookie!

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This week, AB, Nate and Mike are here to talk all about All Elite Wrestling and the Elite Extended Universe! We have a bit of a different format this week to talk about the 11/11 episode of AEW Dynamite, as we tackle a big issue up front with AEW: Managing expectations using the tweets and reports from Wednesday as a touchpoint. In this we talk about “shifting the balance of power in wrestling” in the return of PAC, debut of Jade Cargill and the tease of Cody vs. Shaquille O’Neal. After that, we take listener ELITE OR DELETEs, talk ratings and review the rest of this week’s Dynamite!

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Open the Voice Gate: Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2020 PREVIEW!!! Nov 12, 2020

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Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate.

The biggest month in Dragongate history brings us to the biggest show on DG’s calendar: It’s time to preview Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2020!

Before Case and Mike get into that, they zoom through the 11/5 Korakuen Hall and 11/7 Kyoto KBS Hall shows, touching on the reveal of Boku R Shimizu, SB KENTo and the incomprehensible great chemistry of U-T and Shuji Kondo.

Then it’s over an hour of Kobe World preview as they break down every match on the show. What’s going to happen in Ishida vs Okuda IV? Will Kamei and Kikuta keep up with SBK? A wild trios match featuring a lot of people we thought would be doing bigger things! And then an in depth look at the main event for the Open the Dream Gate as Eita will defend against the returning Shun Skywalker. Case gives an beat by beat look at Shun Skywalker’s last few years and Mike talks about how important this match is for the next fifteen years of Dragongate!

The Kobe World preview starts at 00:30:20.

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Super J-Cast 133: Rocky Romero Interview Nov 11, 2020

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Joel and Damon are joined by NJPW's Rocky Romero as we discuss Talk n Shop-A-Mania 2, New Japan Strong, the art of comedy in wrestling, Harold Meij, Super J-Cup, and so much more.

Super J-Cast 132: Power Struggle Review Nov 10, 2020

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Joel and Damon are back to review NJPW's Power Struggle show on November 7th. They also preview, Super J-Cup, BOSJ, and WTL line-ups , New Japan in 2020, Wrestle Kingdom main events, and we answer a ton of listener questions.

Open the Voice Gate: Rewind and Rewatch 32 - Mercury Rising 2012 Nov 09, 2020

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Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows.

It’s time to close out Mania Weekend 2012 with Mercury Rising 2012 from the Deauville Resort on Miami Beach on 3/31/2012. Johnny Gargano finally makes his first defense of the Open the Freedom Gate title on a DGUSA show as he faces Masato Yoshino. The Six Man Tag returns as the Mad Blankey team of Akira Tozawa and BXB Hulk team with Low-Ki versus the Warriors International team of PAC and Ricochet along with Masaaki Mochizuki.

Before hitting the beach, Case and Mike talk about the ENORMOUS news of what happened in the wrestling world in the spring of 2012. Bushiroad buys New Japan Pro Wrestling and Kazuchika Okada has his first IWGP Heavyweight Title defense against Tetsuya Naito! Chris Hero signs with WWE! Speaking of WWE, things are afoot with potential shake ups in their developmental program!

The show review begins at 00:37:51.

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Wrestling Omakase #178: NJPW Power Struggle, DDT Ultimate Party & TJPW Wrestle Princess w/ Hayley Nov 09, 2020

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This week on Wrestling Omakase we talk three big shows from this past week: NJPW Power Struggle, DDT Ultimate Party and Tokyo Joshi Wrestle Princess!

The Wrestling Omakase Patreon will be covering three big tournaments in November & December: NJPW's World Tag League and Best of the Super Juniors, and DDT's D-ou! Plus get access to all of our previous coverage including daily audio from the recent G1 Climax, complete series covering every Okada-Tanahashi & Naito-Ishii match in chronological order, random match reviews submitted by patrons covering everything from late 80s UWF, early 90s WAR, early 00s AJPW and more, exclusive full 5 Matches episodes you can't get on the free feed, ANIME OMAKASE and a whole lot more! You can get access to all it right now for only $5 at www.patreon.com/wrestlingomakase!

John is joined by returning guest Hayley (@choerrycoloured) for three big show reviews! Before that they talk a little about the US election, so if you're really sick of election talk (understandable) just skip ahead about 10 minutes to start out. Once that's out of the way they begin their three big show reviews with NJPW Power Struggle, a show John really liked that also featured a major booking decision they weren't a huge fan of. Hayley, as the resident Kota Ibushi superfan, discusses her feelings on Ibushi being the first person to lose the Tokyo Dome briefcase. The two of them break down all six matches in detail, discuss Will Ospreay's (ahem) interesting presentation, and a whole lot more. They also break down the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors schedule and the Super J Cup tournament bracket.

Then they turn their attention to DDT Ultimate Party, again reviewing all ten matches on the card. They talk about the emotional DAMNATION civil war, an awesome AJPW/NOAH throwback in Akiyama-Takeshita, losing a match because you tried to hit on a girl on Instagram, and a whole lot more! Finally, they wrap things up with a full review of TJPW Wrestle Princess, an outstanding show that might just be the show of the year. They talk about a truly amazing main event along with the rest of the show, with a lot of praise for the amazing Saki-Misao match as well.

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STR 430. Emotional Support Tank Nov 07, 2020

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MyBookie presents Shake Them Ropes, use code ROPES to get double your first deposit. We kind of bounce around on things that vexed, confused and frustrated us in WWE. Plus we preview Full Gear to avoid talking about Raw or Smackdown.