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WH Park is joined by Rich Kraetsch of the Voices of Wrestling flagship podcast and website to discuss the finals of NJPW’s 23rd G1 Climax tournament: Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi from August 11, 2013. WH and Rich talk about how Voices of Wrestling got started, what it was like watching this particular G1 live, WH’s theory of the true reason why Toru Yano keeps getting booked in the G1, and WH’s first ever live experience at the G1 Finals in Sumo Hall. 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 is joined by WWE referee Darryl Sharma to discuss a special benefit concert he is running tonight at The Rockpile in Etobicoke, Ontario. Darryl stops by to chat about the Tragically Hip tribute concert tonight and the cause they are running money for. Plus, his time on the Ontario independent wrestling scene as Hornet, how the scene has changed, traveling around the world to wrestle, The Hollywood Hunks, UWA Hardcore, signing with the WWE in 2016 and becoming a referee, working at the Performance Center, protocol during certain situations in matches, and his future ambitions. Darryl is promoting Hornet Saves the Bees: The Tragically Hip tribute concert at The Rockpile (5555 Dundas Street West) with the proceeds going to the Wildlife Preservation Canada’s bumblebee recovery. Doors at 7 pm and you can buy tickets or make a donation at this link. Photo 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 | YouTube See 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 Roman Reigns took on Buddy Murphy in the continuing search for his attacker. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:25:29] Coming off SummerSlam, Kevin Owens faced repercussions from his SummerSlam match with Shane McMahon, Randy Orton teamed with The Revival to take on New Day, Charlotte Flair faced off with Ember Moon, and Detectives Daniel Bryan & Rowan leave the show with a cliffhanger. Plus, John runs through Tuesday’s edition of 205 Live featuring a rematch between Drew Gulak and Oney Lorcan for the Cruiserweight title. NEWS OF THE DAY: WWE Raw’s viewership up 10% for the post-SummerSlam episode Viewership for the debut of Straight Up Steve Austin  New Japan releases the full card for Royal Quest headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP heavyweight title Brackets for the Super J Cup including Will Ospreay vs. Amazing Red Participants for the WWE’s King of the Ring tournament   Report: WWE re-signs Roman Reigns to a new deal 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 the return of Sasha Banks to attack Natalya and Becky Lynch. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:13:22] Coming off SummerSlam, Raw in Toronto saw Sasha Banks make her first WWE appearance since WrestleMania to confront Natalya, Seth Rollins faced off with AJ Styles, a new 24/7 champion was crowned, Drew McIntyre took on Cedric Alexander, Andrade humiliates Rey Mysterio, The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler, and Steve Austin joined the show via SKYPE! NEWS OF THE DAY: Finals of the G1 Climax and a major angle involving KENTA and Katsuyori Shibata WWE announces 20th-Anniversary of SmackDown for their debut on Fox  Orange Cassidy signs with All Elite Wrestling  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.

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE SummerSlam headlined by Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins, the debut of The Fiend and the singles match return of Trish Stratus. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:14:28] Plus we discuss our Live in Toronto Q&A, take your phone calls and read your 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/yO7z1770z-c G1 SUMMER SALE (Ends tomorrow!): POST Wrestling Patrons, enjoy 20% off all merch for the duration of our G1 Climax 29 coverage (store.postwrestling.com) 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.

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman are LIVE in Toronto to review NXT TakeOver: Toronto II. They are joined by friends of the show Scrump, Jesse From The 6 and MJ From NJ to give their live perspectives. The lads run down the entire card including Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole for the NXT title in a 2 Out of 3 Falls Match, Io Shirai vs Candice LeRae, Undisputed Era vs Street Profits, and more! upNXT T-Shirts: Check out The BDE’s Pro Wrestling Tees store and grab an upNXT shirt here! (Including the new We The BDE North shirt!) upNXT Theme by: Warren-D, PXCH and Shaheen Abdi Photo Courtesy: WWE Listen to upNXT every Thursday: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS  The BDE on YouTube: Click Here Discuss: https://forum.postwrestling.com Follow POST Wrestling: 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 once again welcomes Wai Ting to Cruel Summer to discuss the finals of NJPW’s 22nd annual G1 Climax tournament: Kazuchika Okada vs. Karl Anderson from August 12, 2012. WH and Wai talk about what differences they notice between the New Japan of 2001 and 2012, how they feel about keeping track of points and tie breakers in the G1, the game of pachinko and gambling in Japan, and if Anderson benefitted from being in the Bullet Club in the long run. 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. 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.

WH Park welcomes Davie Portman (co-host of POST Wrestling’s NXT review show, upNXT) to discuss the finals of NJPW’s 21st G1 Climax tournament: Tetsuya Naito vs. Shinsuke Nakamura from August 14, 2011. Davie and WH discuss what Braden Herrington is like in real life, which New Japan match captured his imagination from Wrestle Kingdom 9, the differences between Stardust Genius Naito vs. LiJ Naito, how important the IWGP IC title was to Nakamura and vice versa. 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. 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.

On this week’s Café Hangout, John Pollock and Wai Ting are joined by ESPN’s Marc Raimondi to discuss his recent trip to Mexico following Cain Velasquez ahead of his pro wrestling debut at AAA TripleMania. Marc also discusses his experience covering wrestling for ESPN. We also share our live experiences at OWE and Smash Vs. Progress wrestling events in Toronto. Finally, we preview this weekend’s WWE SummerSlam 2019. [PREVIEW AT 01:13:33] NOTE: Apologies for the Skype/phone connection issues affecting our calls on this show. This issue should be fixed for future episodes. LINKS From the Octagon to the ring: Cain Velasquez embraces lucha libre – https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/27282715/from-octagon-ring-cain-velasquez-embraces-lucha-libre Photos: Cain leaps into lucha libre – https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/27329400/cain-leaps-lucha-libre Watch this show and follow the live chat on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFtKV_S4Sog 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. G1 SUMMER SALE: POST Wrestling Patrons, enjoy 20% off all merch for the duration of our G1 Climax 29 coverage (store.postwrestling.com) 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.

[This is a free preview of a Patreon bonus show. Sign-up at POSTwrestlingCafe.com for as little as $6/month to receive all of our bonus podcasts including NJPW reviews, Rewind-A-Wai, The Double Shot and more.] John Pollock & Wai Ting review NJPW's G1 Climax 29 Day 15 (August 7) headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL and Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. On this free Patreon podcast, we also discuss Jon Moxley's recent comments about his future with NJPW. A BLOCKAugust 7, 2019Shizuoka, JapanHamamatsu Arena Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL (Recommended) Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (Recommended) Will Ospreay vs. KENTA (Recommended) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale Sanada vs. Lance Archer G1 SUMMER SALE: POST Wrestling Patrons, enjoy 20% off all merch for the duration of our G1 Climax 29 coverage (Click here for your promo code) Click here for previous episodes and more G1 coverageClick here for the complete G1 Climax 29 scheduleClick here for a full list of the participants in each blockClick here for updated G1 Climax 29 Contest Scores and Tournament Results Support any tier of the POST Wrestling Café Patreon to receive access to all of our G1 Climax 29 coverage and other bonus content.
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