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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE SmackDown with Leon Slater answering Carmelo Hayes’ US Open Challenge, champion Drew McIntyre’s UK homecoming, and four qualifying matches for SNME. XL: John & Wai discuss the negative response to TNA Impact’s debut on AMC, the lineup for Genesis, additions to AAA’s premiere on Fox Latin America & more.The XL Edition continues at POSTwrestlingCafe.com with News of the Day and Feedback, ad-free.Reaction to TNA Impact on AMCUpdated lineup for TNA GenesisJordan Oliver & Alec Price appear to be AEW-bound Rey Mysterio added to AAA premiere AEW Collision lineupPOST Wrestling Café Schedule:Friday: Rewind-A-SmackDown XLSaturday: TNA Genesis with John Pollock & Jack Wannan Saturday: Collision CourseFREE Shows:Friday: The N.W.A. Podcast Photo Courtesy: WWERASD Theme by THE IDENTiTY CRiSiS: theidentitycrisis.com / youtube.com/theidcAd Inquiries: info@truenativemedia.comBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/postwrestling.comX: http://www.twitter.com/POSTwrestlingInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/POSTwrestlingFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/POSTwrestlingYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/POSTwrestlingSubscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribePatreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.comForum: https://forum.postwrestling.comDiscord: https://postwrestling.com/discordSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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POST Wrestling’s John Pollock & Wai Ting and Poisonrana’s Braden Herrington & Davie Portman discuss the highs and lows of the past year in The Best & Worst of 2025 Show.Plus, it's the return of "Likely/Unlikely" as we discuss results from the past year and make predictions for 2026.BEST WRESTLER (Female)BEST WRESTLER (Male)BEST TAG TEAMMOST IMPROVEDBIGGEST SETBACKBEST CHARACTERWORST CHARACTERBEST ON THE MICWORST ON THE MICBEST STORYLINEWORST STORYLINEBEST WRESTLING TIE-IN (Media/Merch/Etc.)BEST ENTRANCEBEST TV EPISODEBEST WEEKLY TV SHOWBEST PPVWORST PPVBEST PROMOTIONWORST MATCH OF THE YEARMATCH OF THE YEARWHAT YOU’LL REMEMBER MOST FROM 2025Leave your picks in the POST Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com/t/best-worst-of-2025-categories/1426Follow Poisonrana:Website: Poisonrana.caSubscribe: https://www.postwrestling.com/subscribeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/702343790308154Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PoisonranaYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PoisonranaPodFollow POST Wrestling:Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribePatreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.comForum: https://forum.postwrestling.comDiscord: https://postwrestling.com/discordBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/postwrestling.comX: http://www.twitter.com/POSTwrestlingInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/POSTwrestlingFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/POSTwrestlingYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/POSTwrestlingSee 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: Maximum Carnage with MJF vs. Bandido for the AEW World Championship, PAC vs. Darby Allin, the return of Kenny Omega. Plus, big contract news regarding Powerhouse Hobbs and The Rascalz.XL: John & Wai discuss NXT and the handling of its vacated championship, Kayla Harrison’s injury, John Cena’s reaction to criticism of his retirement, and New Japan World’s most-watched matches of 2025.The XL Edition continues at POSTwrestlingCafe.com with News of the Day and Feedback, ad-free and timestamped. Rick Link dies at 66 NXT recap and news  John Cena reacts to criticism of retirement match loss Kayla Harrison out of UFC 324  UFC rebrands the Apex in Las Vegas  New Japan World’s most viewed matches  Thursday Night Impact on AMC  Lucha Libre AAA debuts on Fox Latin America Powerhouse Hobbs contract to expire, per report POST Wrestling Café Schedule: Thursday: Thursday Night Impact with John & Wai Friday: Rewind-A-SmackDown XL Saturday: Collision Course with Kate from MTL & Bruce Lord Saturday: TNA Genesis with John Pollock & Jack Wannan FREE Shows: Thursday: The Best & Worst of 2025 Show Friday: Rewind-A-SmackDown Sunday: The N.W.A. Podcast Photo Courtesy: AEWRewind-A-Dynamite Theme by Jacob ChesnutAd Inquiries: info@truenativemedia.comBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/postwrestling.comX: http://www.twitter.com/POSTwrestlingInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/POSTwrestlingFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/POSTwrestlingYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/POSTwrestlingSubscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribePatreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.comForum: https://forum.postwrestling.comDiscord: https://postwrestling.com/discordSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston discuss a class action lawsuit filed over WWE’s move to ESPN, AEW’s Q4 performance & Netflix’s WWE viewership stats. Topics this week include: Lawsuit filed against WWE over ESPN Unlimited Netflix releases states for WWE programming in 2025 AEW’s Q4 results from Brandon Thurston  TNA’s launch on AMC this week  Netflix Global Top 10 for the first week of 2026  Latest TV ratings figures  Music courtesy: “Panic Beat” by Ben TramerPOST WrestlingSubscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribePatreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.comForum: https://forum.postwrestling.comDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/Q795HhRTwitter/Facebook/Instagram/YouTube: @POSTwrestlingBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/postwrestling.comWrestlenomicsSubscribe: https://wrestlenomics.com/podcast/Patreon: https://patreon.com/wrestlenomicsSubstack: https://wrestlenomics.substack.com/Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/YouTube: @WrestlenomicsBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wrestlenomics.comSee 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 review WWE NXT from January 13th, 2026 featuring the fate of the vacant NXT Championship! 00:00:00 - Intro00:01:00 - NXT Callups and Tryouts 00:28:30 - NXT ReviewThe show includes: Joe Hendry vs Dion Lennox (No DQ Match) New NXT champion to be crowned in a 6-Man Ladder Match on February 3rd Lola Vice vs Kelani Jordan Jaida Parker returns to interrupt Blake Monroe  Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo vs Shiloh Hill (TNA International Championship) Jasper Troy vs Tavion Heights (Speed Title) Vanity Project join NXT roster  The lads chat about some of the new faces in NXT amidst the main roster callups, some of the upcoming WWE tryouts & more! Join our live NXT POST Shows every Tuesday night at YouTube.com/POSTWrestlingFollow more of Davie and Braden’s work at Poisonrana.ca, with a weekly show covering everything in the world of wrestling and more! Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/poisonrana/id1361208631 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1jTsPUNnwHzQHNGj7GIS04 Only $5 for “Friend” tier to access all these shows and everything in the back catalogue! Movie reviews, PPV reviews and so much more!!! Patreon.com/PoisonranaThis week on the POISONRANA Patreon and Free Feed: wasNXT: WWE NXT July 3rd 2014 (Poisonrana Patreon Feed) DETOX w/ Jordan Goodman & Braden Herrington (Poisonrana Free Feed) POISONRANA LIVE (Sunday at 2PM ET on the Poisonrana YouTube & Free Feed) Last week on the POISONRANA Patreon and Free Feed: Best Match Ever 2025: Parts 1 & 2 (Poisonrana Patreon Feed) POISONRANA LIVE (Poisonrana YouTube & Free Feed) Best & Worst Of 2025 (POST Wrestling Patreon) Photo Courtesy: WWEupNXT Theme by: Warren-D, PXCH and Shaheen AbdiSubscribe: https://www.postwrestling.com/subscribeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/702343790308154Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PoisonranaYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PoisonranaPodDiscuss: https://forum.postwrestling.com#wwe #wwenxt #nxt #wweraw #smackdown #nxthampionship #nxttv #prowrestlingSee 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 Dusseldorf, Germany, featuring AJ Styles vs. Gunther, and appearances from champions CM Punk, Rhea Ripley & IYO SKY.XL: Thoughts on Drew McIntyre's title win, Masakatsu Funaki injured, Netflix WWE stats released, Dwayne Johnson at Golden Globes.The XL Edition continues at POSTwrestlingCafe.com with News of the Day and Feedback, ad-free and timestamped. Thoughts on Drew McIntyre’s Title Win Masakatsu Funaki injured at GLEAT event Netflix releases stats on WWE programming  Dwayne Johnson fails to win a Golden Globe  NOAH Legacy Rise Shingo Takagi and Natsupoi married WWE NXT & AEW Maximum Carnage lineups  POST Wrestling Café Schedule: Monday: The Best & Worst of 2025 Show (Early Release) Tuesday: POST Puroresu Wednesday: Rewind-A-Dynamite XL  Thursday: Thursday Night Impact on AMC Review Friday: Rewind-A-SmackDown XL Saturday: Collision Course Saturday: TNA Genesis Review FREE Shows: Monday: Rewind-A-Raw Tuesday: upNXT Wednesday: Pollock & Thurston  Wednesday: Rewind-A-Dynamite Thursday: The Best & Worst of 2025 Show Friday: Rewind-A-SmackDown Sunday: The NWA Podcast Photo Courtesy: WWE Rewind-A-Raw Theme by Colby John: https://soundcloud.com/colbyjohnAd Inquiries: info@truenativemedia.comBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/postwrestling.comX: http://www.twitter.com/POSTwrestlingInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/POSTwrestlingFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/POSTwrestlingYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/POSTwrestlingSubscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribePatreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.comForum: https://forum.postwrestling.comDiscord: https://postwrestling.com/discordSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John Pollock and Neal Flanagan review WWE SmackDown featuring Cody Rhodes vs. Drew McIntyre in a 3 Stages of Hell match in Berlin, Germany. XL: John & Neal discuss a lawsuit filed against WWE over misleading promotional material for the ESPN Unlimited app, Jim Ross defends himself against D-Von Dudley, TNA leaves AXS TV & Jun Kasai is heading to Vegas.The XL Edition continues at POSTwrestlingCafe.com with News of the Day and Feedback, ad-free. Lawsuit filed against WWE over ESPN Unlimited  Jim Ross defends himself against accusations  Final Impact on AXS TV  NXT New Year’s Evil ratings Jun Kasai confirmed for Death Pain Invitational AEW Collision lineup POST Wrestling Café Schedule: Friday: Rewind-A-SmackDown XL Saturday: Collision Course Monday: The Best & Worst of 2026 (11 a.m. ET) FREE Shows: Friday: Rewind-A-SmackDownPhoto Courtesy: WWERASD Theme by THE IDENTiTY CRiSiS: theidentitycrisis.com / youtube.com/theidcAd Inquiries: info@truenativemedia.comBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/postwrestling.comX: http://www.twitter.com/POSTwrestlingInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/POSTwrestlingFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/POSTwrestlingYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/POSTwrestlingSubscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribePatreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.comForum: https://forum.postwrestling.comDiscord: https://postwrestling.com/discordSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ariel Helwani joins John Pollock for The 2026 MMA Prediction Show.They revisit Helwani’s predictions from 2025 to see how he fared before making a new list for 2026 in “Likely or Unlikely”.Plus: The Year in 2025 for Helwani, the Winter Olympics in Italy, the second year of Uncrowned, and all the latest as they officially launch the new year. Go back and listen to The 2025 MMA Prediction ShowWatch this podcast at YouTube.com/postwrestlingBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/postwrestling.comX: http://www.twitter.com/POSTwrestlingInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/POSTwrestlingFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/POSTwrestlingYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/POSTwrestlingSubscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribePatreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.comForum: https://forum.postwrestling.comDiscord: https://postwrestling.com/discordSee 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 with Hangman Page & Swerve Strickland vs. Powerhouse Hobbs & Hook in a Lights Out match. XL: John & Wai discuss NXT New Year’s Evil and its many talent moves, news from New Japan, and Netflix gaining the U.S. rights to the WWE library.The XL Edition continues at POSTwrestlingCafe.com with News of the Day and Feedback, ad-free and timestamped. NXT New Year's Evil and talent call-ups New Japan announcements Hiroshi Tanahashi's hair WWE's handling of its libraries GCW's The Collective schedule Final Impact on AXS TV POST Wrestling Café Schedule: Thursday: Live Watch Along - Royal Rumble 1990 & 1995 (9 p.m. ET) Friday: Rewind-A-SmackDown XL Saturday: Collision Course FREE Shows: Thursday: The 2026 MMA Prediction Show (4 p.m. ET) Friday: Rewind-A-SmackDown Photo Courtesy: AEWRewind-A-Dynamite Theme by Jacob ChesnutBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/postwrestling.comX: http://www.twitter.com/POSTwrestlingInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/POSTwrestlingFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/POSTwrestlingYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/POSTwrestlingSubscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribePatreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.comForum: https://forum.postwrestling.comDiscord: https://postwrestling.com/discordSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.