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The Flagship: AEW PPVs on Max, Heatwave, WWE ID Future, Clash in Paris, Death Before Dishonor & more! Aug 29, 2025

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This week on The Flagship: rumors of AEW PPVs on MAX, a review of NXT Heatweave, the future of WWE, Clash in Paris, Death Before Dishonor, AJPW's Kings Road Tournament & more!

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376 Super J-Cast Destruction In Kobe Match Announcements Aug 27, 2025

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Damon and Joel are back to discuss the Destruction In Kobe match announcements. They talk Zack Sabre Jr vs Ren Narita, Don Fale vs Boltin Oleg and give you all the news and notes for the upcoming tour. The guys also discuss Gabe Kidd's fall from grace,some Forbidden Door reaction , Blue Justice XV1 , possible Wrestle Kingdom main events , and we answer your questions.

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Open The Voice Gate - Dragongate The Gate of Adventure in Hakata! Aug 27, 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 a ponderous week on Open The Voice Gate as Case and Mike ask some philosophical questions around a very fun Dragongate Fukuoka Double Header: Will there ever be a communal weekly wrestling experience again? Why aren’t Ben-K and Hyo in the Twin Gate conversation? Why are we so enthralled by Kazuma Kimura? What’s the logic for the Lucha Monkey Flip Over The Top Rope Spot? (please tell someone explain it to us)

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Wrestling Omakase #262: STARDOM 5 Star GP Day 12, Finals & Wrap-Up, Sendai Girls The Biggest & AJPW Oudou Tournament Day 1 w/ Velkej Bracha Aug 26, 2025

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Wrestling Omakase is back to wrap up a super eventful, super awesome STARDOM 5 Star GP! John is joined by longtime viewer and jubilant Momo Watanabe fan Velkej Bracha (@Velkej_Bracha) as he celebrates the #Momo5Star prophecy finally coming to pass. They give a full, lengthy and detailed review of both the last two nights which covered the entire playoffs, with all four first round matches, all four quarterfinals, both semis and the final covered in great detail. Plus, John wonders who Saori Anou's oshi could possibly be, the two of them decide we're allowed to have one spotty cat as a treat, and John wonders how they're supposed to be critical when everything is this great. Oh well. At least *something* in wrestling is these days!

Then it's time for the full 5 Star GP wrap up, as John ranks the four blocks and then ranks each wrestler in each block by average star rating, with lots of thoughts on who among the young roster took a big step forward and who just kind of stalled out (plenty of people for both categories!). Plus, John and Velkej list some of their favorite matches so you can go back and check some stuff out if you missed anything, and John even gives their favorite overall block shows as well.

Once they're finally done with STARDOM (and to be clear it's the vast majority of the run time), they turn their attention over to Sendai Girls to talk about their "The Biggest" show from Xebio Arena this past Sunday (8/24). They discuss SenJo drawing an enormous house, a weird and nondescript undercard, one incredible hardcore tag that saved the show (well, for one of them at least), and yet more utterly baffling SenJo booking.

Finally, John wraps things up solo with a brief review of AJPW's Oudou Tournament opener, a tournament we'll be following going forward. John discusses another sleepy undercard, two great tournament matches and then a third one in the main event that just kind of unexpectedly sucked. 2 out of 3 isn't bad!

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Shake Them Ropes. Forbidden Door Preview Aug 23, 2025

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This week in the news, WWE and ESPN rush their relationship, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM, Forbidden Door (and Jeff forgets the cagematch until after Vader Club) and in Vader Club: Okada vs. Tanahashi from Wrestle Kingdom 9

The Good, The Bad, and The Hungee: Forbidden Door 2025 Heat Check! Aug 23, 2025

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Fred & Tyler get together to talk about the ups & downs of an uneven build to this year's Forbidden Door pay-per-view. There's good & bad going on here and they get into it, from an abrupt 180 on the approach to the MJF title challenge to the situation with the Tag Team Championship match. Plus, there's talk about Ospreay & Swerve's reported injuries & the rumors about Chris Jericho's future with the company. Check it out!

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The Flagship: Forbidden Door Preview, WWE/ESPN/Peacock, NOAH, N1 Lineups & more! Aug 22, 2025

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This week on The Flagship, a preview of this weekend's AEWxNJPW Forbidden Door 2025 show, the latest news on WWE's ever-changing media landscape, a review of NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025, NOAH's N1 Victory lineups, WWE Heatwave & more!

375 Super J-Cast - G1 Climax Finals Review Aug 21, 2025

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Damon and Joel are back to discuss and review this year's G1 Climax Finals. They talk Konosuke Takeshita vs EVIL, and give you all the news and notes from the tour. The guys also discuss Yota Tsuji,a Ren Narita title shot , EVIL's impact in G1 and fan reaction , in or out on Yuto-Ice? , and we answer your questions.

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Lucha Jobbers: Reseña de AAA/WWE Triplemanía XXXIII y la final del NJPW G1 Climax 2025 Aug 21, 2025

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En este episodio platicamos sobre una nueva era en AAA con Triplemanía XXXIII: cómo se sintió, las diferencias del booking de WWE y el problema llamado Alberto del Río. Además, una explicación de por qué Stardom es una de las mejores empresas de la actualidad y un repaso por los play-offs del 5 Star Grand Prix, así como un análisis de la final del G1 Climax y los problemas de booking de NJPW.

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Euro Clutch #7: An Orderly Queue Through The Forbidden Door Aug 21, 2025

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It’s Forbidden Door week, and Ian Hamilton (twitter.com/IanWrestling) is back to take you on a tour of who else is running this week around London - with run-throughs of what you can stream at home, and why you should be interested in these shows. Well, some of them…

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