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Emerald FlowShow #91: Believe in Naoya Sep 05, 2025

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Paul and Gerard cover FOUR promotions this week with 2 matches from Big Japan and DDT Peter Pan coverage. Then it's on to NOAH with a debacle of a GHC title match and the N-1 lineup announcements. They wrap up with All Japan to talk about a Royal Road Tournament that has not been good but Naoya Nomura's return gives them hope.

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The Flagship: Dynamite Rating, Death Before Dishonor, All Out, HBO Max PPVs, Clash in Paris & more! Sep 05, 2025

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The Flagship returns this week to review ROH's Death Before Dishonor 2025, the best matches in ECW Arena history, discuss AEW moving All Out to the afternoon, PPVs now available for purchase on HBO Max, Dynamite's record-low rating, WWE Clash in Paris, and so much more!

Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast #119: Does AEW Have A MJF Problem? Sep 05, 2025

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On the latest episode of the GWP, Jesse Collings is joined by Warren Hayes of the Mr. Warren Hayes show to discuss AEW's currently most controversial figure, MJF. They talk about why MJF has become a lighting rod for AEW criticism, what it is about his character and instincts that causes anxiety in the AEW fanbase, how playing a heel character may contribute to fan displeasure and if AEW would be better off if MJF went to WWE.

Shake Them Ropes. Pants Guy Sep 05, 2025

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This week in the news the AEW moves their ppv. In THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM Clash in Paris ice cold takes and in Vader Club: Alex Wright vs. DDP. Plus the return of High Wattage

Open The Voice Gate - 25 Years of Naruki Doi! Sep 03, 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.

It’s 25 Years of Naruki Doi as Dragongate returns to Nara (8/30) for his homecoming show and OTVG spend the episode celebrating the Runaway Muscle. Case and Mike ask some big questions about his career, discuss what makes Doi unique, and review two extra Doi matches, his Dream Gate defense against Koji Kanemoto in 2009 and his second Dream Gate title win against Ben-K!

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Music of the Mat Remix: I Was There Sep 02, 2025

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If you ever go to a big wrestling show, you'll likely find a commemorative T-shirt for sale that says "I Was There." It's just another way of proving that you attended the event, beyond all the photos and videos you probably took on your phone. Live show experiences are the topic of this very episode. Andrew is joined by first-time guest Tyler Forness (The Good, The Bad, & The Hungee) to play songs by artists they have seen live and reminiscence about any memories they have from those concerts. Artists include Mötley Crüe, Black Sabbath, Dream Theater, Yes feat. Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, & Rick Wakeman, Taylor Swift, The Heavy, Echo & the Bunnymen, Ludacris, and many more. No need to fork over 50 dollars to the guy at the merch stand, this episode is free and fun!

Theme song: "Hemispheres" by Silent Partner

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Wrestling Omakase #263: AEW Forbidden Door, DDT Peter Pan Days 1 & 2, AJPW Oudou Tournament 8/30 & 8/31 Reviews, STARDOM to the World & NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 Previews w/ Snazzy Sep 02, 2025

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This week on Wrestling Omakase John is joined by a first time guest, Snazzy from the Social Suplex Newsletter (making a very last minute appearance that John is very grateful for!), for a tour through a whole bunch of very different wrestling. But first, John complains about their baseball team, tries to explain their very weird and complicated sports fandom alignment, and the two of them make fun of Manchester United for some reason. Then it's over to wrestling where they start out with a fashionably late review of AEW Forbidden Door from last weekend, with Snazzy providing live impressions from inside the building and John providing, uh, the kind of takes you've come to expect from them about American wrestling. Hey, they really liked three of the matches on this show at least! And they didn't really care about the gummy bears! But jesus christ that MJF match....

Once that and a bunch of other random tangents are out of the way (even for Omakase this is a pretty tangent-heavy episode....) they head over to the land of the Dramatic Dream Team for full reviews of nights 1 & 2, the Peter Pan show (and if you'd like to skip right to this it starts around 1:30:00- just saying!). John & Snazzy put over the year DDT is having in general and then two shows full of great stuff, starting with day 1 from Higashin Arena which featured a super unique Extreme title match (that maybe just has a couple minor flaws that could be fixed next time if they ever tried this again), an awesome tag match with Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita from NJPW, and an amazing old school main event with Kazusada Higuchi and Jun Akiyama. Then it's on to day 2 from Korakuen Hall featuring Minoru Suzuki turning back the clock against MAO, another great title match with Higuchi and Ueno, and a moment at the end of the show that's so amazing John called it one of their favorite moments as a professional wrestling fan.

Next they head over to AJPW to talk about a very underwhelming first round of the AJPW Oudou Tournament, burying a few dry as dirt matches and wondering why Hideki Suzuki even bothered bringing these ex-NXT people if he doesn't even want to try when he wrestles them. Not a good weekend for 'ol Zen Nihon!

Finally, they wrap things up with brief previews of the 9/6 STARDOM to the World PPV (well, the four matches we actually know if it at least) and the NOAH N-1 Victory tournament that kicks off next Monday (9/8). Another jam packed show!

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Mike & JD Show Ep.108: The Kings Have Returned Sep 01, 2025

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Mike & JD are back after a 4-month hiatus! They discuss what they missed the last 4 months, Raja Jackson, Real American Freestyle, the State of TNA & WWE's fight to destroy all things AEW

JBA: 5 Star Grand Prix/Tokyo Princess Cup Finals, Sendai Girls, The Marigold Problem and more! Sep 01, 2025

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Kelly and Taylor are reunited again and it feels so good!

They start the episode talking all kinds of action, including the last rounds of Stardom's 5 Star Grand Prix, the finals of the Tokyo Princess Cup, a big Sendai Girls show and a discussion of what exactly is going on with Marigold.

Then, they preview some interesting shows coming up, highlighted by another big Stardom show, some peculiar Tokyo Joshi shows, big matches in ChocoPro and more!

Check it out!

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Shake Them Ropes. Gay Paris Aug 30, 2025

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This week in the news the Raja Jackson incident. In THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICIS Clash in Paris and in Vader Club, it’s been a decade since Bayley vs. Sasha, Brooklyn II, where are we at now?

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