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WH Park welcomes Damon MacDonald of the Super J-Cast show (which you can find at Voices of Wrestling) to discuss the finals of NJPW’s 3rd entry of the G1 Climax tournament: Hiroshi Hase vs. Tatsumi Fujinami from August 7, 1993. Damon joins WH to talk about their mutual love of 80s music, the challenges of sitting in Sumo Hall, early 90s WCW, dating tips as a wrestling fan and of course, Hase vs. Fujinami. 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: iTunes & iOS  | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss: 
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John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Super Showdown and welcome guests for a discussion about WWE’s ongoing relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.TIME STAMPS:00:03:30 – Super ShowDown review00:41:11 – Will Cooling (Fighting Spirit Magazine) joins us01:08:09 – Karim Zidan (BloodyElbow.com) joins us01:40:12 – Phone CallsPlus, your phone calls and feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum.Watch this show on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2UspMMMFlgWWE Super ShowdownFriday, June 7th, 2019King Abdullah Sports City StadiumJeddah, Saudi Arabia**Goldberg vs. The Undertaker**50 Man Battle Royal**WWE Title: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler**Bobby Lashley vs. Braun Strowman**Randy Orton vs. Triple H**Handicap Match: Lars Sullivan vs. Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik, Kalisto & Lince Dorado)**Roman Reigns vs. Shane McMahon (w/ Drew McIntyre)**WWE Intercontinental Title: Finn Balor (c) vs. Andrade**WWE Universal Title: Seth Rollins (c) vs. Baron CorbinSubscribe:iTunes & iOS | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSSDiscuss:https://forum.postwrestling.comSupport us on Patreon – The POST Wrestling Café:http://www.patreon.com/POSTwrestlingMerchandise:https://store.postwrestling.comFollow: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 joined in-studio by Damian Abraham on this week’s Café Hangout: **We discuss rumours of Alexa Bliss & Natalya possibly being allowed to wrestle in Saudi Arabia for Friday’s WWE Super ShowDown. **We preview Sunday’s NJPW Dominion. **We talk Episode 3 of Viceland’s The Wrestlers featuring a profile of the world’s top women’s wrestling promotion, Stardom. Watch The Wrestlers here (US Only): https://www.viceland.com/en_us/show/the-wrestlers Watch this show and follow the live chat on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/0FpHtkcbjXM 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 WWE SmackDown from the Sames Auto Arena in Laredo, Texas. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:48:46] Tuesday’s episode featured the appearance of Bill Goldberg, who was briefly confronted by The Undertaker leading into Super Showdown, a #1 contender’s match between Carmella, Alexa Bliss, and Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown women’s title, Dolph Ziggler’s video packages, a 24/7 title switch, and “the wild card rule was in effect”. POST WRESTLING Live in TORONTO! This SummerSlam weekend in Toronto, join John & Wai at the Second City's John Candy Box Theatre on August 11th, 2019 at 1 pm for a live Q&A and Meet & Greet. Tickets and information (including a $5 discount for patrons): https://www.postwrestling.com/live/ NEWS OF THE DAY **WWE Raw increases 10% in viewership with the latest tease of Brock Lesnar’s Money in the Bank cash-in **Eli Drake announces he is a free agent after leaving Impact Wrestling **A discussion about Jon Moxley’s interview with Wade Keller on the PW Torch site **Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 in September and a unique clause in Nurmagomedov’s new UFC deal And your Café feedback, comments & questions from the POST Wrestling Forum. Photo 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 Merchandise: 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 from Austin, Texas. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:40:22]Monday’s episode featured The Undertaker’s lone promo building up his match against Bill Goldberg, a show-long tease that Brock Lesnar would cash-in on Seth Rollins, the latest in the Ricochet vs. Cesaro series, Triple H has BALLS, R-Truth hides out under the ring, Shane McMahon threatens to submit Roman Reigns, and the promotional push for ‘this Friday in Jeddah’.POST WRESTLING Live in TORONTO!This SummerSlam weekend in Toronto, join John & Wai at the Second City's John Candy Box Theatre on August 11th, 2019 at 1pm for a live Q&A and Meet & Greet. Tickets and information (including a $5 discount for patrons): https://www.postwrestling.com/live/NEWS OF THE DAY**All Japan star Atsushi Aoki dies in a motorcycle accident at 41**The finals of the Best of the Super Juniors are set for Wednesday**Ring of Honor conducting an internal review after a fan’s account of their experience at Sunday’s show in Portland, Oregon, Bully Ray issues his own statement on the incident **Thoughts on the NXT TakeOver card from Saturday night in Bridgeport, CTAnd your Café feedback, comments & questions from the POST Wrestling Forum.Photo Courtesy: WWERewind-A-Raw Theme by Colby John: http://www.ColbyJohn.comSubscribe: iTunes & iOS | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSSDiscuss: https://forum.postwrestling.comSupport us on Patreon – The POST Wrestling Café: http://www.patreon.com/POSTwrestlingMerchandise: https://store.postwrestling.comFollow: 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 Matt McEwen to discuss the finals of NJPW’s second G1 Climax tournament: Masahiro Chono vs. Ravishing Rick Rude from August 12, 1992. Matt is a Canadian wrestling fan who’s been a guest on numerous wrestling podcasts. He and WH talk about Chono’s judicious use of the Yakuza kick at this point in his career, Rude’s possible creation of a modern dance move, plus Canadian Maritime and Montreal wrestling talk. 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: iTunes & iOS  | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss: 
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Braden Herrington and Davie Portman of upNXT are back reviewing NXT TakeOver: XXV. The lads run down the entire card including Adam Cole vs Johnny Gargano II, Io Shirai vs Shayna Baszler, Tyler Breeze vs Velveteen Dream, & more! You can also check out a video version of the podcast on YouTube by going to https://youtu.be/acH_tFcGiyMNXT TakeOver XXVSaturday, June 1st, 2019Bridgeport, CT at Webster Bank Arena*Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole for the NXT title*Shayna Baszler vs. Io Shirai for the NXT women’s title*Velveteen Dream vs. Tyler Breeze for the North American title*Street Profits vs. Forgotten Sons vs. Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish vs. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch in a Ladder match for the vacant NXT tag titles*Matt Riddle vs. Roderick Strong Check out The BDE’s new Pro Wrestling Tees store and grab an upNXT shirt here! Listen to upNXT every Thursday: iTunes & iOS | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss this show at the POST Wrestling Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com Follow POST Wrestling: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTuSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

WH Park welcomes John Pollock to discuss the finals of NJPW’s inaugural G1 Climax tournament: Keiji Mutoh vs. Masahiro Chono from August 11, 1991. WH talks about the inspirations for Cruel Summer. He and John look at the history and creation of the G1 itself, John’s love of 90s pop music, what would the Yakuza/Mafia kick be called in other countries and giant cheques in 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. 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: iTunes & iOS  | Android | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | Mac & PC | RSS Discuss: 
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John Pollock & Wai Ting are joined by a number of guests on this week’s Café Hangout: **Andreas Hale (The Corner Podcast) joins us to discuss his recent Starrcast II panel on race, gender and minority representation in wrestling. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9v8tnnZrKU **Smash Wrestling’s Sebastian Suave talks about Smash’s partnership with China’s OWE for SummerSlam Week events in Toronto. Tickets: http://smash-wrestling.com/ **Damian Abraham joins us for a weekly discussion about his Viceland series, The Wrestlers. This week we dissect Episode 2: The Changing Face of Wrestling focusing on the career of MVP. Watch it here (US Only): https://www.viceland.com/en_us/show/the-wrestlers Watch this show and follow the live chat on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/SyvUOxiZFVQ 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: iTunes & iOS  | 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 Merchandise: 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 to review WWE SmackDown from the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [REVIEW STARTS AT 00:32:02] SmackDown featured several 24/7 title changes revolving around R-Truth, the main event involving Roman Reigns & Truth taking on Elias & Drew McIntyre, dissension among Charlotte Flair & Lacey Evans, a rematch with Kofi Kingston taking on Kevin Owens, and Daniel Bryan lectures Oklahoma about the dangers of fracking and subsequent earthquakes. NEWS OF THE DAY **Notes coming out of Double or Nothing, FITE TV’s top markets that purchased the show, comparisons to “All In” & more. **B/R Live streaming Fyter Fest and Fight for the Fallen **New match announced for Fyter Fest between Moxley and Joey Janela **New Japan confirms Juice Robinson vs. Jon Moxley for Sumo Hall on June 5th **Roman Reigns comments on the upcoming Super Showdown card in Saudi Arabia   **All Elite Wrestling announces two more signings And your Café feedback, comments & questions from the POST Wrestling Forum. Photo Courtesy: WWE Rewind-A-SmackDown Theme by THE IDENTiTY CRiSiS: theidentitycrisis.com / youtube.com/theidc Subscribe: iTunes & iOS  | 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 Merchandise: 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.