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The Flagship: MLW, Austin Aries, Bobby Fish, SNME, Vince Russo/JCW/NWA & more! Oct 31, 2025

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This week on The Flagship: an extensive recap and review of MLW's Symphony of Horrors, Austin Aries' resurgence has him heading to CMLL, Bobby Fish breaks his silence on CM Punk, WWE Saturday Night's Main Event, Hiroshi Tanahashi's Final Homecoming, against all odds The House of Torture making it to the finals of the Super Jr. Tag League, the bizarre Vince Russo/JCW/NWA story, and perfunctory Halloween discussions including what Joe's kids are dressing up as and our yearly candy discussion.

MLW's Symphony of Horrors
Austin Aries' Resurgence
Bobby Fish/CM Punk
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event Preview
Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Homecoming
Super Jr. Tag League
Vince Russo/JCW/NWA
Perfunctory Halloween Discussions

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Shake Them Ropes. Skunked Oct 31, 2025

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Rob and Jeff preview Saturday Night's Main Event

Days of Thunder: WCW SuperBrawl 2000 Oct 30, 2025

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Days of Thunder returns for our first PPV in a minute, and what a doozy we have in WCW SuperBrawl 2000. With a company in disarray, not knowing they were meandering ever closer to the next full creative reboot, what can WCW muster to keep the company's pulse going?

*Tank Abbott wrestles Big Al in Dave's favourite bad match in a while

*The Letter T hangs in the balance

*Flair and Funk attempt to recapture their magic

*Hogan bores us all to tears, again.

[Original Broadcast Date 20 February 2000]

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Emerald FlowShow #94: Go & So Oct 30, 2025

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After a longer than expected absence, Paul and Gerard are back to talk about GLEAT, So Daimonji winning the Big Japan Strong Title, recent NOAH shows and a huge jump by Go Shiozaki to All Japan. Plus a preview of the Real World Tag League.

Open The Voice Gate - Psypatra and Gate of Destiny Preview! Oct 29, 2025

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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.

Open The Voice Gate is back with the Gate of Destiny weekend ahead of us and a lot of happenings in the Dragon System to catch up on! Case and Mike talk about the rise of Psypatra, the return of Gianni Vallenta and “debut” of El Cielo in Kobe, the awkward build to Gate of Destiny, King of Chop returns (kinda), DG’s new business advisor, the heck is happening in GLEAT, and a lot more!

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Music of the Mat Remix: Halloween Spooktacular 2025 Oct 28, 2025

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The Halloween Spooktacular is back! Yes, the Music of the Mat October tradition returns after not happening last year, and to celebrate Andrew and returning guest Cola the Lodger (VOW Discord) are crafting a playlist of songs that fit right in with spooky season. Artists played include Ozzy Osbourne, Lady Gaga, TV on the Radio, Gravediggaz, Smashing Pumpkins, Norma Tanega, Rob Zombie, Doug E. Fresh, The Crypt Keeper, and many more. There may be things that go bump in the night, but this episode will have you bumping right back!

Theme song: "Hemispheres" by Silent Partner

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Wrestling Omakase #270: Marigold Shine Forever, STARDOM 10/20 & 10/27, Tokyo Joshi 10/18, DDT 10/19 & AJPW 10/22 w/ Snazzy Oct 28, 2025

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This week on Wrestling Omakase we've got another packed trip around most of the Japanese wrestling world! John is joined by returning guest Snazzy from Joshi ing Around & Social Suplex as they start things out with Marigold's enormous Shine Forever show from Ryogoku, which they both agree was the fledgling promotion's very best show of all time so far! They discuss a stacked top of the lineup featuring the first Io Shirai vs. Mayu Iwatani match in well over seven years, a very divisive red belt match with a shocking finish, a white belt match they both have lots of praise for and a whole lot more. Plus some thoughts on the attendance and a lot of hot takes about recent joshi discourse and a lot more!

Then they head over to STARDOM to talk about two more shows from the World Wonder Ring- Starlight Kid's 10th anniversary show from Shinjuku FACE on 10/20 and the 10/27 Korakuen. They discuss the insubstantial but amusing SLK anniversary show and then a Korakuen show that was pretty average all things considered. They also discuss where things could be headed with Saya & Momo and again make fun of some very, very dumb takes. The joshi portion of the podcast wraps up with Tokyo Joshi's own 10/18 Korakuen as they talk a great Princess of Princess title match, QUIZ SHOWS, new foreigners and more!

The men's wrestling portion kicks off with DDT's 10/19 Korakuen show featuring both the regular and six-man tag titles on the line, as they also give a brief preview of next Monday's Ultimate Party show (also from Ryogoku). Finally, they end the show with AJPW's 10/22 Korakuen, as John again is less than enthused with the current state of Zen Nihon.

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Mike & JD Show Ep.115: 2025 Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame Ballots | Vince Russo Returning to Wrestling Oct 27, 2025

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Mike Gilbert (@MikeGilbert311) and JD Oliva (@jd_oliva) break down the 2025 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame candidates and submit our ballots, some of which may surprisee you. Plus we discuss Vince Russo coming back to wrestling (NOTE: This was recorded BEFORE is was revealed that Russo is working for JCW, Swerve Bro).

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JBA: Marigold Grand Destiny, TJPW Additional Attack, Starlight Kid 10th Anniversary, OZ Academy Judgment Waltz and more! Oct 27, 2025

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It's solo time! Taylor goes it alone to discuss a slew of big joshi action!

Big shows galore on this episode, with talk of Marigold Grand Destiny, Tokyo Joshi Additional Attack, OZ Academy Judgment Waltz, Starlight Kid's 10th Anniversary show and so much more!

And the action doesn't stop there, as there's also discussion of what's coming up in joshi, including Stardom's next big show, Crimson Nightmare, another Tokyo Joshi Korakuen Hall show in All Rise, and even a big title match in WAVE!

Don't miss it!

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