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John Pollock and Wai Ting are back with another bonus show covering the latest news including WWE Raw & Saturday Night Dynamite ratings, and a review of Wednesday’s New Japan card featuring KOPW matches. NEWS OF THE DAY WWE Raw ratings hit their highest mark since April WWE issues statement over imagery that made its way onto Raw this week AEW Saturday Night Dynamite ratings on TNT following the NBA game NXT line-up for tonight Review of NJPW’s Summer Struggle card at Korakuen Hall featuring the four KOPW tournament matches with stipulations to qualify for Saturday’s four-way match Photos Courtesy: NJPW / WWE Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss: https://forum.postwrestling.com Support us on Patreon – The POST Wrestling Café: http://www.patreon.com/POSTwrestling T-Shirts & Hats: https://store.postwrestling.com Follow: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review the first episode of WWE Raw inside the WWE ThunderDome with the fallout to SummerSlam and the immediate turnaround for Payback this weekend. [00:17:08] NEWS OF THE DAY KOPW match stipulations announced for the first round Renee Young issues farewell message to WWE Friday Night SmackDown ratings  [00:30:32] The post-SummerSlam edition of Raw was also the go-home show for Payback. The focus of Raw was Randy Orton’s continued attacks on Drew McIntyre resulting in a possible skull fracture! Plus, the Raw debut of Keith Lee, a Lumberjack Match for the Raw Women’s Title between Asuka and Sasha Banks, an Arm Wrestling Challenge between Apollo Crews and Bobby Lashley, more of Raw Underground, and Rey & Dominik Mysterio team against Seth Rollins & Murphy. And your Café feedback, comments, and questions from the POST Wrestling Forum. Photos Courtesy: WWE Rewind-A-Raw Theme by Colby John: soundcloud.com/colbyjohn Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss: https://forum.postwrestling.com Support us on Patreon – The POST Wrestling Café: http://www.patreon.com/POSTwrestling Follow: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE SummerSlam featuring the return of Roman Reigns, Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship, Braun Strowman vs. The Fiend for Universal Championship, and Asuka going for double gold. Plus, your phone calls and feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum. WWE SummerSlam 2020August 23, 2020WWE ThunderDome (Amway Center)Orlando, FL *WWE Universal Championship Falls Count Anywhere: Braun Strowman (c) vs. The Fiend Bray Wyatt*WWE Championship: Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Randy Orton*Raw Women’s Championship: Sasha Banks (c) vs. Asuka*Street Fight: Seth Rollins vs. Dominik Mysterio w/ Rey Mysterio*Loser Leaves WWE Match: Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville*Raw Tag Team Championship: Street Profits (c) vs. Andrade & Angel Garza*SmackDown Women’s Championship: Bayley (c) vs. Asuka*[KICKOFF] United States Championship: Apollo Crews (c) vs. MVP Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss: https://forum.postwrestling.com Support us on Patreon – The POST Wrestling Café: http://www.patreon.com/POSTwrestling T-Shirts & Hats: https://store.postwrestling.com Follow: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review a special Saturday night edition of AEW Dynamite and share their thoughts on the NXT TakeOver: XXX card along with notes from Paul Levesque’s post-show media call. [00:04:07] On Saturday Night Dynamite, AEW shot a major angle to close the show involving Cody and Brodie Lee following their TNT title match. Plus, the finals of the AEW Women’s Tag Team Cup, Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks vs. Dark Order, FTR aligns with Tully Blanchard, the reveal of the Mimosa Mayhem Match, Thunder Rosa challenges Hikaru Shida, Darby Allin is attacked, and the line-up for this Thursday’s episode. [01:11:00] Then, they go through their thoughts on the NXT TakeOver: XXX card and Paul Levesque’s call with the media after the show. [01:22:51] John & Wai preview Sunday’s WWE SummerSlam card match-by-match. Photos Courtesy: AEW Rewind-A-Dynamite Theme by Jacob Chesnut Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss: https://forum.postwrestling.com Support us on Patreon – The POST Wrestling Café: http://www.patreon.com/POSTwrestling T-Shirts & Hats: https://store.postwrestling.com Follow: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John Pollock and Wai Ting present a special bonus show going over the news of the day including Renee Young’s pending departure from WWE, Paul Levesque’s call with the media, the latest on Sonya Deville & this week’s Raw ratings. [00:00:42] NEWS OF THE DAY Renee Young set to leave WWE Paul Levesque hosts pre-TakeOver media call The latest on the story involving Daria Berenato/Sonya Deville from this past weekend Raw Ratings from Monday including the third hour drop NXT line-up for tonight heading into TakeOver UFC fight announcements including Dominick Reyes vs. Jan Blachowicz at UFC 253 for the vacant light heavyweight title  [00:32:02] The complete audio of Paul Levesque’s call with members of the media promoting NXT TakeOver: XXX, addressing the investigation into the allegations against Patrick Clark, running at Full Sail, NXT’s head writer, Raw Underground & more.  Photos Courtesy: WWE Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss: https://forum.postwrestling.com Support us on Patreon – The POST Wrestling Café: http://www.patreon.com/POSTwrestling T-Shirts & Hats: https://store.postwrestling.com Follow: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss the go-home edition of WWE Raw leading into SummerSlam. Plus, the WWE ThunderDome, Jon Jones vacates the light heavyweight title, and lots of other news. [00:10:09] NEWS OF THE DAY Frightening story involving Sonya Deville, man arrested after breaking into her home Paul Levesque discusses Patrick Clark being off TV due to a car accident, didn’t find anything regarding allegations WWE ThunderDome with comments from Kevin Dunn Friday Night SmackDown finishes above two million viewers Former ROH champion Xavier passes away NJPW reveals stipulations for the KOPW matches Jon Jones announces he has vacated the UFC light heavyweight title The finals of the AEW Women’s Tag Team Cup Tournament  [00:42:05] The go-home edition of Raw for SummerSlam featured Shawn Michaels addressing Randy Orton and one last angle before the match with Drew McIntyre. Plus, the Raw Underground arrivals of Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir, Montez Ford returns, several 24/7 title changes, Asuka teams with Shayna Baszler against Bayley & Sasha Banks, and Rey Mysterio appears and calls out Seth Rollins. And your Café feedback, comments, and questions from the POST Wrestling Forum. Photos Courtesy: WWE Rewind-A-Raw Theme by Colby John: soundcloud.com/colbyjohn Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss: https://forum.postwrestling.com Support us on Patreon – The POST Wrestling Café: http://www.patreon.com/POSTwrestling Follow: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok to review UFC 252 from Las Vegas featuring Stipe Miocic retaining the UFC heavyweight title against Daniel Cormier. The two review the main event, how each scored the fight, the keys to this fight, and what differed from the previous two, as well as the future for both. Plus, a rundown of the card including Marlon Vera’s win against Sean O’Malley and the injury during the fight, Jairzinho Rozenstruik stops Junior dos Santos, and lots more. MAIN CARD *Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier for the UFC heavyweight title *Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera *Junior dos Santos vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik *Herbert Burns vs. Daniel Pineda *John Dodson vs. Merab Dvalishvili PRELIMINARY CARD *Jim Miller vs. Vinc Pichel *Felice Herrig vs. Virna Jandiroba *TJ Brown vs. Danny Chavez *Ashley Yoder vs. Livinha Souza EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD *Chris Daukaus vs. Parker Porter *Tony Kelley vs. Kai Kamaka Fight of the Night: Kai Kamaka vs. Tony Kelley Performance of the Night: Daniel Pineda and Virna Jandiroba Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss: https://forum.postwrestling.com Support us on Patreon – The POST Wrestling Café: http://www.patreon.com/POSTwrestling T-Shirts & Hats: https://store.postwrestling.com Follow: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This month on The Rocky Maivia Picture Show, Nate Milton welcomes first-time guests Stephen Gutteridge (Mid-South Moments) & MJ From NJ into the theater to review the 2015 pilot episode for HBO’s “Ballers”! Topics discussed include: Dwayne Johnson’s purchase of The XFL (and the league’s prospects going forward), the impetus behind “Ballers”, the show’s similarities to “Entourage”, America’s obsession with football, and the greatness of John David Washington. All that and more on an action-packed edition of TRMPS! Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go_V0xBH2TY Show your support for TRMPS by picking up our official t-shirt!https://store.postwrestling.com/products/the-rocky-maivia-picture-show-t-shirt The Rocky Maivia Picture Show is a monthly movie review podcast that drops every 3rd Saturday on POST Wrestling! Follow Nate Milton on Twitter Listen to Nate on The Kings of Sport podcast Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss: https://forum.postwrestling.com Follow: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John Pollock is joined by MMA reporter & analyst James Lynch to preview this Saturday’s UFC 252 card headlined by the third fight between UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier. On this show, they look at the pay-per-view main card, what this fight represents for the legacy of Cormier, the business potential of the card, Sean O’Malley’s contribution to the buzz of this event, his test against Marlon Vera, an important fight for Junior dos Santos against Jairzinho Rozenstruik, and highlights on the undercard of the show. Plus, they chat about the future for Michael Chandler and discuss Dana White’s Contender Series with five contracted awarded this week. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss: https://forum.postwrestling.com Support us on Patreon – The POST Wrestling Café: http://www.patreon.com/POSTwrestling T-Shirts & Hats: https://store.postwrestling.com Follow: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review Tag Team Appreciation Night on AEW Dynamite featuring Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy II. Plus, an update from the NXT tapings, Raw ratings, and Paige VanZant signs with BKFC. [00:07:35] NEWS OF THE DAY Scary moment at the NXT tapings WWE Raw ratings from Monday night, how last week’s AEW ratings compared Participants in the G1 Climax blocks to be kept on separate shows  NWA partners with United Wrestling Network for weekly pay-per-views starting next month Ion Cutelaba off UFC 252 card due to COVID-19 Paige VanZant signs with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship [00:36:24] Dynamite was built around the rematch between Chris Jericho and Orange Cassidy and the AEW debut of Mike Chioda. Plus, Tag Team Appreciation Night feat. The Rock ‘N Roll Express with Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, Kenny Omega & Hangman Page defend the AEW tag titles against Luchasaurus & Jungle Boy, Cody vs. Scorpio Sky for the TNT title, The Young Bucks vs. Evil Uno & Stu Grayson, and Jon Moxley attacks MJF.  Plus your feedback, comments, questions from the POST Wrestling Forum, and our weekly Patreon T-Shirt Giveaway. We’ve just begun our latest POST MOVIE REVIEW series with our ROCKY 1 review. Go the distance with us by becoming a patron today! https://postwrestlingcafe.com Photo Courtesy: AEW Rewind-A-Dynamite Theme by Jacob Chesnut Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss: https://forum.postwrestling.com Support us on Patreon – The POST Wrestling Café: http://www.patreon.com/POSTwrestling T-Shirts & Hats: https://store.postwrestling.com Follow: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.