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John Pollock is joined by WH Park for their monthly chat on POST Puroresu. On this month’s show, WH shares his final thoughts on the G1 Climax with his top matches and performers, next year’s changes, and who gets the invite back (or not). They dive into this past weekend’s Royal Quest show, the problems with the live stream on FITE TV, not airing shows live, assessing New Japan World’s strategy, and more. A look at the Destruction cards in Beppu, Kagoshima, and Kobe and the matches announced for King of Pro Wrestling. Plus, a look at Stardom’s 5 Star Grand Prix, NOAH’s N-1 Victory tournament, All Japan’s Royal Road & more.    Subscribe to POST Wrestling iTunes & iOS  | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss this show at the POST Wrestling Forum https://forum.postwrestling.com Support our Patreon – The POST Wrestling Café http://www.patreon.com/POSTwrestling Follow us 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 for the UFC 242 POST Show. The two review Saturday’s pay-per-view card from Abu Dhabi that was headlined by Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Dustin Poirier for the UFC lightweight title. The co-feature saw a welterweight rematch between Edson Barboza and Paul Felder, plus Islam Makhachev taking on Davi Ramos, a heavyweight fight between Curtis Blaydes and Shamil Abdurakhimov, and the pay-per-view opened with Mairbek Taisumov vs. Diego Ferreira. Plus, Nate Diaz is set to fight Jorge Masvidal at UFC 244 at Madison Square Garden, Dana White will not book BJ Penn for another fight, and a look ahead to Donald Cerrone vs. Justin Gaethje in Vancouver next weekend and Robert Whittaker vs. Israel Adesanya at UFC 243 for the middleweight title. MAIN CARD *Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Dustin  Poirier for the UFC lightweight title *Edson Barboza vs. Paul Felder *Islam Makhachev vs. Davi Ramos *Curtis Blaydes vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov *Diego Ferreira vs. Mairbek Taisumov PRELIMINARY CARD *Joanne Calderwood vs. Andrea Lee *Lerone Murphy vs. Zubaira Tukhugov *Liana Jojua vs. Sarah Moras *Teemu Packalen vs. Ottman Azaitar FIGHT PASS PRELIMS *Belal Muhammad vs. Takashi Sato *Nordine Taleb vs. Muslim Salikhov *Omari Akhmedov vs. Zak Cummings *Fares Ziam vs. Don Madge 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 latest news in wrestling/MMA including Ric Flair threatening legal action with WWE over “The Man” trademark, Raw and SmackDown receive new lead writers, and UFC’s return to Abu Dhabi this weekend. At 30:14, Pat McAfee speaks to John Pollock about working with WWE, the creation of Watch Along, his WrestleMania incident with Michael Cole over a pair of shorts, and launch of The Pat McAfee Show. The Pat McAfee Show streams on DAZN beginning September 9th, 10am-Noon ET, Monday to Friday. LINKS Ric Flair Declares War On WWE Over 'The Man,' You Need To Pay Me!!! (TMZ) Several changes made to the WWE’s writing staff, per report (POST Wrestling) DOUBLE SHOT: GLOW Season 3 Ep. 5 & 6, CM Punk intv, Starrcast III, Adrian Street doc (POST Wrestling Patreon) Five Questions with Phil Chertok: UFC 242 (POST Wrestling) Arabian fights: inside the UFC’s long-term partnership with the UAE (The Guardian) Royal Patronage: The Middle Eastern monarchies conquering combat sports (Bloody Elbow) Watch this show and follow the live chat on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/5s-KkMeBKh8 Café Hangouts are recorded live every Thursday. Patreon Double Double, Iced Capp and Espresso supporters have the opportunity to watch and interact live each week. Music: “Down In New Orleans” by Giorgio Di Campo for Freesound Music 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 Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown as Daniel Bryan demands an apology from Roman Reigns (again). [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:32:46] SmackDown featured the latest chapter in the saga involving Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan, and Erick Rowan, two Quarterfinal matches in the King of the Ring as Ali took on Elias and Chad Gable faced Andrade, Bayley’s explanation for attacking Becky Lynch, Aleister Black exits The Room, Shinsuke Nakamura’s personal commentator, “The Ramdeen Laugh”, and lots more. NEWS OF THE DAY: AEW’s countdown special on TNT draws 390,000 viewers Chris Jericho files a police report for a lost or stolen championship  KENTA not working any New Japan Shows until 9/15, reaction to the handling of his injury Bellator signs Cris Cyborg Justino The UFC returns to Abu Dhabi this weekend And your Café feedback, comments & questions from the POST Wrestling Forum. 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 review WWE Raw featuring Bayley’s attack on Becky Lynch. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:38:30] On Monday’s episode, Raw & SmackDown women’s champions Becky Lynch and Bayley teamed against the WWE women’s tag champions Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross with a familiar alliance at the end, the King of the Ring Quarterfinals took place with Baron Corbin vs. Cedric Alexander and Ricochet vs. Samoa Joe, odd tournament logic, Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman fought The OC, and Steve Austin is coming to moderate a contract signing next week! Plus, a discussion on the AEW media scrums, Royal Quest added to New Japan World, and fallout from the weekend.  NEWS OF THE DAY: Tony Khan speaks to the media after All Out with notes from the scrum Paul Levesque’s interview with talkSPORT in the UK New Japan announces Destruction cards and Kazuchika Okada’s next title defense in October      And your Café feedback, comments & 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.

[This is a special crosspost from BRITISH WRESTLING EXPERIENCE. New episodes bi-weekly. Subscribe by searching "British Wrestling Experience" wherever you download your podcasts.] Martin, Benno & Jamesie are back to review the two big shows from this weekend: NJPW Royal Quest (Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki) and WWE NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff (WALTER vs. Tyler Bate). Will Cooling drops in to give a live report from RevPro Summer Sizzler and the controversial match between Will Ospreay & David Starr.  Finally they chat the British interests at AEW All Out with Jimmy Havoc & PAC.Photo Courtesy: WWE/NJPW Subscribe to the British Wrestling Experience: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss: https://forum.postwrestling.com Follow: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

WH Park reunites with John Pollock on the final episode of Cruel Summer (for now) to discuss the finals of NJPW G1 Climax 28: Kota Ibushi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi from August 12, 2018. They also discuss being able to see all 3 shows at Budokan Hall and how it compares to Sumo Hall, the significance of Katsuyori Shibata being in Tanahashi’s corner for this match, WH’s Top 10 G1 Finals and Top 5 G1 Final wrestlers. Plus a special announcement about WH’s next project on POST Wrestling. Click here to watch this match on New Japan World (account required). WH Park and a special guest look back at the finals of every NJPW G1 Climax tournament in Cruel Summer, a limited-edition podcast from POST Wrestling. Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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 & Wai Ting review AEW All Out headlined by Chris Jericho vs. Hangman Page to determine the first AEW World Champion, Kenny Omega vs. PAC and The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Brothers in Escalera de la Muerte. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:11:31] Plus, your phone calls and feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum. This show is sponsored by the GRAPPL app: http://grappl.co/ Watch this show on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/e1bqLmJ6KWw 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 is once again joined by Joel Abraham of the Super J-Cast (which you can find at Voices of Wrestling) to discuss the finals of NJPW G1 Climax 27: Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito from August 13, 2017. The discussion veers towards what WH did this day in 2017 after refusing to ever step foot in Sumo Hall again during August. WH also feebly attempts to explain his experience watching actual Sumo there. We also analyze Kenny Omega’s differences between the 2016 to 2019. Click here to watch this match on New Japan World (account required). For previous episodes of Cruel Summer, click here. WH Park and a special guest look back at the finals of every NJPW G1 Climax tournament in Cruel Summer, a limited-edition podcast from POST Wrestling. New episodes every Saturday and Sunday morning. Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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 preview a busy weekend with AEW All Out, NJPW Royal Quest, NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff and Starrcast all taking place. British Wrestling Experience’s Jamesie joins us to discuss a weekend of major shows in the UK. Plus, we speculate on the latest with CM Punk and reports of the G1 Climax moving to the Fall in 2020. LINKS British Wrestling Experience w/ Martin, Benno & Jamesie BWE Special: The Greatest Matches Ever Held in the UK w/ Jamesie & Alan4L Prime Target: TakeOver: Cardiff Watch this show and follow the live chat on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68kLlhoN_BA Café Hangouts are recorded live every Thursday. Patreon Double Double, Iced Capp and Espresso supporters have the opportunity to watch and interact live each week. Music: “Down In New Orleans” by Giorgio Di Campo for Freesound Music 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.