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John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss today’s latest news involving WWE moving back to live programming and abruptly cancelling their ongoing TV tapings.  Plus, the XFL suspends its season, UFC 249 is off, and The Revival are freed from their WWE contracts. NOTE: To hear the entire edition of Rewind-A-SmackDown including a review of SmackDown and this week’s Dark Side of the Ring - subscribe to the POST Wrestling Café NEWS OF THE DAY WWE cancels their ongoing tapings and will revert back to live programming next week UFC 249 is off, all upcoming events are postponed indefinitely after Disney faces political pressure  XFL suspends operations, future of the league in doubt  The Revival receives their release from WWE AEW and NXT ratings from Wednesday Photos Courtesy: WWE RASD Theme by THE IDENTiTY CRiSiS: theidentitycrisis.com / youtube.com/theidc 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 NXT TakeOver: USA and its very divisive “One Final Beat” main event between Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano. We then open up the phone lines and take your thoughts about the concept of Cinematic Wrestling as a whole. Watch this podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/36h7Ey2aMqA Café Hangouts are recorded live every Thursday at 3pm ET (12pm PT / 7pm UK). All Patreon supporters have access to watch, chat and call-in live each week. Music: “Down In New Orleans” by Giorgio Di Campo for freesoundmusic.eu 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 AEW Dynamite featuring Cody vs. Shawn Spears in the first match of the TNT Championship tournament. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:21:29] Plus, Kenny Omega and Michael Nakazawa team up to battle Best Friends over the rights to their team name, Brodie Lee and Lance Archer destroy people, a match between Hikaru Shida and Britt Baker turns bloody, the build-up for Jon Moxley vs. Jake Hager next week, and Chris Jericho on commentary for the full show. NEWS OF THE DAY [00:04:15] WWE set to hold another big set of tapings in Florida WWE Raw ratings for the night after WrestleMania and Tuesday night programming Notes on UFC 249 and what precautions they are taking Dark Side of the Ring viewership for the Brawl for All episode Impact Wrestling taping two months worth of shows New Japan Pro Wrestling cancels additional shows into May and considering empty arena events Plus your feedback, comments, and questions from the POST Wrestling Forum. 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.

John Pollock chats with Josh Gross of The Athletic about the UFC’s decision to move forward with UFC 249 and continue its schedule of fight cards. The two discuss the reaction from UFC president Dana White to the COVID-19 pandemic and the decision to run UFC 249 and resume its schedule. Plus, the concerns that arise, the position the fighters find themselves in, how this changes or affirms the image of the UFC to the outside, how fans will react to UFC 249, and the media’s role during this period. Josh Gross covers MMA for The Athletic and is the author of Ali vs. Inoki: The Forgotten Fight That Inspired Mixed Martial Arts and Sports Entertainment 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.

On today’s show, John Pollock speaks with Jim Ross about his new book Under the Black Hat: My Life in WWE and Beyond.Jim discusses the process of going putting together this back and opening up about the loss of his wife Jan in March 2017. They also discuss the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and staying home during this period, his decision to go to AEW last year, working for Tony Khan, the status of his relationship with Vince McMahon, and his opinion on some of the matches from WrestleMania this past weekend.Under the Black Hat: My Life in WWE and Beyond is available where books are sold and you can hear Jim Ross every Thursday on Grilling JR and AEW Dynamite on Wednesday nights on TNT.  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 WWE Raw after WrestleMania 36. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:17:35] The post-WrestleMania episode of Raw featured the shocking footage of Drew McIntyre defending the WWE Championship in an impromptu match with Big Show. Bianca Belair confirmed her status on Raw, Apollo Crews was dealt as SmackDown’s future considerations from last year, Nia Jax made her return after a year on the shelf, and lots and lots and lots of Empty Arena Matches. Plus, John & Wai review WWE 24 Edge: The Second Mountain [01:07:15] NEWS OF THE DAY UFC 249 is going ahead with Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje on April 18 and full card revealed Dana White in the process of securing a private island for Int’l fights Additional Firefly Fun House thoughts and Wai’s great deconstruction of it Jim Ross shares his thoughts on the Boneyard Match and Firefly Funhouse exclusively with POST Wrestling  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 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 & Wai Ting are back to review WWE WrestleMania 36 Night 2 featuring John Cena vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt in a Firefly Fun House match, Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship, and Edge vs. Randy Orton. WWE WrestleMania 36 Night 2April 5, 2020 (recorded earlier)WWE Performance CenterOrlando, FL **WWE Championship: Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre**Firefly Fun House Match: John Cena vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt**Last Man Standing Match: Edge vs. Randy Orton**NXT Women’s Championship: Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair**SD Women’s Championship: Bayley vs. Lacey Evans vs. Naomi vs. Sasha Banks vs. Tamina**SD Tag Team Championship: The Street Profits vs. Angel Garza & Austin Theory**Otis vs. Dolph Ziggler**Aleister Black vs. Bobby Lashley**Kickoff: Liv Morgan vs. Natalya Plus, your phone calls and feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum. Watch this show on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/y1CkfW8teW8 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 & Wai Ting review WWE WrestleMania 36 Night 1 featuring The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles in a Boneyard Match main event that everyone is talking about. Plus, Goldberg defends the WWE Universal Championship against Braun Strowman. WWE WrestleMania 36 Night 1April 4, 2020 (recorded earlier)WWE Performance CenterOrlando, FL **Boneyard Match: The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles**WWE Universal Title: Goldberg vs. Braun Strowman**Raw Women’s Championship: Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler**Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins**WWE Intercontinental Title: Sami Zayn vs. Daniel Bryan**Ladder match for SD Tag Titles: John Morrison vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Jimmy Uso**WWE Women’s Tag Titles: Kabuki Warriors vs. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross**Elias vs. King Corbin **Kickoff: Cesaro vs. Drew Gulak Plus, your phone calls and feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum. Watch this show on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/JFYFgcHSTDU 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.

WH Park and John Carroll from Voices of Wrestling’s Wrestling Omakase podcast talk for the first time to review yet another Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama tag match. This time it’s against the legendary NOAH tag team of KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji in a match to determine the first ever NOAH Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Click here to watch this match on YouTube Next week on Thunderstruck: Jushin Liger vs. Samoa Joe (10/23/05) WH Park and a special guest look back at the greatest matches of Jushin Thunder Liger’s career in Thunderstruck, a limited-edition podcast from POST Wrestling. New episodes every Sunday. Music: https://filmmusic.io | "Neolith" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) | License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Follow WH Park on Twitter 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 and Wai Ting discuss the latest news involving AEW’s recent tapings, NXT-AEW ratings, and financial aid info for independent contractors. NOTE: To hear the entire edition of Rewind-A-SmackDown including a review of SmackDown and this week’s Dark Side of the Ring - subscribe to the POST Wrestling Café NEWS OF THE DAY [00:10:59] Options in the U.S. and Canada for independent contractors AEW believed to have enough television content to last them a while and other notes from the recent tapings AEW and NXT viewership drops as empty arena shows continue The season premiere of Total Bellas and the move to Thursday nights Photos Courtesy: WWE RASD Theme by THE IDENTiTY CRiSiS: theidentitycrisis.com / youtube.com/theidc 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.