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The Detroit History Podcast returns for Season Six with a menu of programs as diverse as wrestling, bebop jazz, and a failed automobile. We'll look at the life of The Sheik, who threw fire and terrorized fellow grapplers during his wrestling career, which peaked in the 1960s and beyond. We saw something different on the road while we prepped for Season Six: an Edsel, which was the biggest flop in automotive history when it was introduced in 1957. We wanted to know: how could the smart people ...
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Jamie and Fusa review the month in Japanese pro wrestling, with Zack Sabre Jr. winning G1 Climax 34, the pair talk about the Brit’s accomplishment, the overall tournament, greatest hits, and teething issues. Also, Triple Crown title defences in AJPW, NOAH’s N-1 Victory, DRAGONGATE notes, and more! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com.…
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Total Nonstop Talking: Emergence(y) Button
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Steve returns to the show as he, Fusa & KC discuss Wes Lee's heel turn, Joe Hendry becoming No.1 Contender for the NXT Championship, Emergence preview, and more! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com. Follow us on Twitter @WrestleInn.…
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All Elite Listening: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly Belt
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Alex is back this month alongside Fusa as the two break down MJF as International/American Champion, the recent drama involving Britt Baker, Blood & Guts, ROH's Death Before Dishonor and more! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com. Follow us on Twitter @Wres…
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Purovision: Kobe World, Peter Pan, And More!
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Jamie and Fusa review another month in Japanese pro-wrestling, as summer tournament season begins. The pair talk NJPW's G1 Climax 34, NOAH's upcoming N-1 Victory, and the other big shows of the month. Jamie does his best to cover Kay's Dragongate corner after the Kobe World show, while they also discuss DDT's Wrestle Peter Pan, AJPW and more. Read …
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Fusa and KC are on their own this month as the duo reviews TNA's Slammiversary and talks more about the NXT and TNA partnership! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com. Follow us on Twitter @WrestleInn.…
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All Elite Listening: Everyone Gets A Heel Turn!!!
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Fusa is back, but this month Alex tags out and MX returns to the show! The duo breakdown Forbidden Door, Chris Jericho's Learning Tree gimmick still not working, MJF's heel turn, Hangman Page's return and emotional state and much more! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com. …
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Jamie and Fusa review a jam-packed month of Puroresu action. In NJPW, they discuss the G1 Climax 34 line-up, Dominion, and New Japan Soul. Also, Kaito Kiyomiya vs Gabe Kidd, the big Pro Wrestling NOAH announcement of WWE’s AJ Styles heading to Japan, Dragongate Corner, the latest AJPW Triple Crown defence, and more! Read our features on our website…
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Fusa, KC, and Steve are back to discuss the newfound partnership between NXT and TNA, Jordynne Grace at NXT Battleground, The return of the Hardy Compound, an Against All Odds review, and more! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com. Follow us on Twitter @WrestleInn.…
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Season 6 Finale- Michigan Central Station, The Ellis Island of Detroit
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The Michigan Central Station reopening has given Detroit a great story to tell, specifically: how we took a wreck of a building and turned it into something glorious. The Detroit History Podcast takes a dive into how the place slid into such disrepair. Spoiler alert: maybe the station is a symbol of something bigger. Times changed. Automobiles and …
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Season 6, Episode 7- Chung's and Detroit's Chinatown
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As a child growing up in metro Detroit during the 1970s and 1980s, Curtis Chin watched the world go by from an unusual vantage point. His family owned Chung’s, a popular Chinese restaurant in the Cass Corridor, which enjoyed a 60-year run before closing in 2000. Chin, now a nationally recognized author, has written about that experience in his memo…
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All Elite Listening: Rootenist Darn Tootenist Wife
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Alex (@Alex_m197) and Fusa (@FusaBalor) talk about The Mercedes vs Willow, Toni Storm x Mina Shirakawa x Mariah May, and Alex rants about Tony Khan's Saraya management, Dax Harwood cringe, and weekly TV being decidedly optional. Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com. Fo…
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Season 6, Episode 6- The Edsel: The Road to Lemonville
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The Ford Motor Company had momentum going into the mid-1950s: a young Henry Ford II, who inherited the CEO job from his grandfather roughly a decade earlier, was reversing the company’s fortunes. But then, the company laid the biggest egg in automotive history. It introduced the Edsel in 1957. Despite working with the best brains in the country, th…
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Purovision: Tournament (and Gabe Kidd) Season
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Jamie, Kay and Fusa are back to review and preview all the goings on in Japanese wrestling. They start with Dragongate’s showpiece Dead or Alive cage match, visit the NJPW Best of Super Juniors, and review both of Jon Moxley’s title defences. Also, they talk about Gabe Kidd challenging for the GHC Heavyweight Championship, look ahead to Dominion, r…
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Total Nonstop Talking: Overbooked? Never Heard Of Her
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Fusa, KC, and Steve are back again this month to break down Rebellion and Under Siege, Motor City Machine Guns leaving TNA, Joe Hendry's theme skyrocketing up the charts and more! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com. Follow us on Twitter @WrestleInn.…
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Season 6, Episode 5- The Last Hanging in Detroit
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On a fall day in 1830, convicted wife killer Stephen Simmons was hung in downtown Detroit. His execution was as public as anything could be. Bleachers were set up on three sides of the scaffold, as people came from miles around to witness the execution. Maybe they didn’t like what they saw, because Michigan soon became the first English-speaking go…
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Season 6, Episode 4- How the DIA Turned From a Private Art Collection Into a World-Renowned Museum
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Here’s where Detroit was, art-wise, in 1917: a middling art museum on the east edge of downtown Detroit, with little to attract notice. We tell the story of the next 10 years, when the entire world began to pay attention. The magnificent Detroit Institute of Arts building on Woodward went up, with paintings by the yet-to-be-discovered Vincent Van G…
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All Elite Listening: The Weeping Willow
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Alex and Fusa talk about The Learning Tree, Mercedes vs Willow, Toni Storm x Mina Shirakawa x Mariah May x Serena Deeb, and discuss the start of Swerve's reign as champion, and more! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com. Follow us on Twitter @WrestleInn.…
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Season 6, Episode 3- Bird, Barry and Miles: The Blue Bird Inn during the 1950s
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The Blue Bird Inn was a cathedral of musical wonder in 1950s-era Detroit. This now-defunct west side club featured bebop jazz, featuring musicians such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Barry Harris, Thad Jones, and a longer list of jazz masters. The place was pretty much abandoned a few decades ago, but a local preservation group is taking up its cau…
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Season 6, Episode 2- The Polar Bears of World War 1
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A group of soldiers from metro Detroit and Michigan boarded a trip ship bound for war-torn Europe during the closing months of World War I. Instead, they were diverted to Russia, just south of the Arctic Circle. They battled the Bolsheviks, who had just deposed Russia’s Czar. They fought in temperatures as low as 40-below zero, and continued fighti…
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The usual trio, Jamie, Kay and Fusa, cover a busy April in Japanese pro-wrestling. They reflect on Jon Moxley claiming the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and NJPW’s acquisition of Bushiroad Fight and looking ahead to a packed May schedule. Kay reviews the Rey de Parejas tournament final in Dragongate, and they all look back on the Japanese inv…
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Fusa, KC, and Steve are back again this month to break down a chaotic WrestleMania weekend, potential signings and departures, previews of all things TNA coming up in the world, and more! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com. Follow us on Twitter @WrestleInn.…
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Season 6, Episode 1- The Sheik and Big Time Wrestling
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The Sheik (real name: Edward Farhat) was the most feared bad guy in Detroit wrestling during the 1960s and 1970s. He threw fire. He cut his opponent. He bit them, often winning with his “camel clutch.” His business model was simple: to behave in such a vile manner that people would pay money to watch him battle at air-conditioned Cobo Arena. We loo…
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All Elite Listening: Champions League Baybay
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Alex is back this month to talk with MX and Fusa about The CM Punk nonsense, the Toni Storm x Mina Shirakawa x Mariah May love triangle, whether Swerve should win the AEW Championship, and more! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com. Follow us on Twitter @WrestleInn.…
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The chaotic trio of Ciaran, Libby and Trent are back for perhaps the last time? There are some big changes going on at Wrestle Inn and the three address it head on, before getting back into their usual form. From the fun newversion of Okada, the STARDOM departures, Trent's trip to Japan and a whole lot more!…
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With Kay away, Jamie and Fusa review an up-and-down March. From the highs of the DDT Judgement main event to the lows of the House of Torture-filled New Japan Cup. The duo also looks ahead to the AJPW Champion Carnival, talks Katsuhiko Nakajima’s latest match, visits DRAGONGATE corner, and much more.Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com.…
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Total Nonstop Talking: Friends Happen
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Fusa, KC, and Steve discuss a busy month of TNA as they review both No Surrender and Sacrifice, followed by talking about the newest signing in Hammerstone, look ahead at Rebellion, what the stars of TNA will be up to at WrestleMania weekend and more! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com. …
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Trent is back from Japan and ready to talk about a wild couple of shows with Jeff. Including a Baka Gaijin featuring a secret 'bonus' match, a Darejyo Extra event that introduced a new rookie, and even having Happy Birthday sung to him! On top of all that, the guys break down the myriad of unique appearances being made by the Gatoh Move team away f…
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On the Indies: Talking DEAN~! w/ Phil Schneider
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Adam welcomes special guest and DVDVR original Phil Schneider onto the podcast to discuss the upcoming "DEAN~!!!" show over WrestleMania weekend. They chat about how Phil originally got involved with the DVDVR, promoting the show with Action Wrestling, backstories of the top matches and what makes this event stand out on a weekend already jam-packe…
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All Elite Listening: Viva La Revolution!
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There’s no Alex and Libby this month, so Fusa and MX pull a 1776 and go on without the presence of the UK! The duo does a full rundown of the Revolution card along with a few sidetracks about The Undisputed Kingdom, Mariah May’s spot-on Toni Storm cosplay, Max Caster's rapping and more! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com.…
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The Ocean Cyclone Show: Joshi Brackets 2024
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Ryan, Scott and Trent are back, and after nearly ending the show during last year's bracket episode they try best to finish the job! Can they agree on the best joshi since 2023? How far will favouritism go? And who is going to be ready to leave the show because of the final result? Find out all this and more! Read our features on our website Wrest…
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Purovision: I Liked the Beginning, Middle and End
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Jamie, Kay and Fusa look back at everything from Japan in February; from Kazuchika Okada’s exit from NJPW and El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.’s title win in Pro Wrestling NOAH to the DragonGate corner and two Katsuhiko Nakajima Triple Crown defences in AJPW. Come for the team’s thoughts on Will Ospreay and Kazuchika Okada, stay for Fusa’s Chase Owens ran…
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Total Nonstop Talking: Thank You Scott D’Amore
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Fusa, KC, and Steve discuss the abrupt and shocking firing of company president Scott D’Amore from TNA and what this could mean for the future of the promotion. Things eventually get a bit lighter as the guys talk the critically acclaimed Will Ospreay vs Josh Alexander match, Trinity leaving TNA and returning to WWE, her and Jordynne Grace’s appear…
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ChocoCast: Green Curry and Melting Chocolate
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Jeff and Trent are back to preview the one night GoGo Green Curry Khob Khun Cup! Hear their predictions as well as the general vibes for who will walk away victorious. Then discussion moves to Emi Sakura moving back to America, a British Doctor with no pants, their go to Japanese chocolates and more! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com…
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Adam and MX are very excited about what the indie scene has in store, between Smash Wrestling's ludicrous and violent "What's In The Box" match, to the beginning of Mustafa Ali's world tour, to some very interesting new matches announced by The Collective for WrestleMania weekend. Other topics include; dog collar matches, the upcoming DEAN~! show, …
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All Elite Listening: Those Effin EVPs
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Alex and MX discuss all things AEW on the road to Revolution, including the incredible chemistry and rivalry between Hangman Adam Page and Swerve Strickland, plus Timeless Toni Storm getting set to take on Deonna Purrazzo. They also give their thoughts on Mariah May and, of course, those mother effin EVPs getting set to retire Sting! Read our feat…
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Ace Tekkers: It Doesn't Rain Here Anymore
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SP3, Sonal and NK are back for the February edition of Ace Tekkers breaking down the big news of Kazuchika Okada's exit from NJPW, where will he head next and what New Japan do now. Plus, they review Battle in the Valley and the start of The New Beginning tour, as well as a preview of New Beginning in Osaka which will feature Bryan Danielson vs Zac…
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The Ocean Cyclone Show: Joshi Hot Takes 2024
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Ryan, Scott and Trent are back to make fools of themselves once more. They review their boldest takes from 2023 to see who was prophetic and who was pathetic, and then try their best to predict joshi in 2024. Weird questions and wild takes, including one gem from Ryan that leaves the others utterly speechless! Read our features on our website Wres…
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Purovision: That Doesn’t Work For Me, Brother
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Jamie, Kay and new co-host Fusa discuss everything from the past month in Japanese wrestling; from Kazuchika Okada’s shock NJPW exit and Tetsuya Naito’s IWGP World Heavyweight Championship win to Yuma Anzai’s big AJPW moment and Kenoh’s ‘I Am NOAH’ charades. The trio also review the highlights of Battle in the Valley and DragonGate’s Korakuen Hall …
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The 1957 NFL Champion Detroit Lions Revisited
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It's been 5 years since the Detroit History Podcast originally released their podcast on the 1957 NFL champion Detroit Lions. Much has changed with Lions brass in the past few years, and it has finally led to post-season success in the Motor City. The Detroit History Podcast revisits the improbable run the 1957 team made to the championship, a run …
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Total Nonstop Talking: Shirts Under Forks
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TNA is officially back and so are the TNT boys! Fusa, KC, and Steve give their thoughts on the new TNA titles and review of Hard To Kill, as well as discussing the newest signees and debuts in the promotion, and so much more! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com. Follow us on Twitter @WrestleInn.…
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After a hectic few weeks of wrestling in Japan, Jeff and Trent discuss the vibes surrounding both Gatoh Move and the Japanese wrestling scene during the New Year period, as well as looking at the huge announcement of the August Korakuen Hall show, Darejo Project updates and a whole lot more! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com.…
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New Year new wrestling! Adam and MX get together to discuss the twists and turns of GCW Aftermath and talk about all the wrestling their looking forward to in 2024, including the Collective shows on WrestleMania weekend and the much anticipated (by MX) arrival of Mustafa Ali on the indies, plus much more! Read our features on our website WrestleIn…
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All Elite Listening: Professional Rounders
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It's a packed house this month as Alex, MX, Fusa and Libby give their verdicts on AEW in 2023, including the Contintenal Classic and World's End, as well as discussing their hopes for 2024, the rampant Mercedes Moné rumours and lots more! Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com. Follow us on Twitter @WrestleIn…
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Ace Tekkers: SANADA Saves Naito From EVIL Dick
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SP3, Sonal and NK are all back for the first episode of 2024 to review Wrestle Kingdom 18 and discuss all the fallout from the INCREDIBLE show and New Year Dash the following night, a mammoth couple of days in the NJPW calendar! They also talk about Hiroshi Tanahashi becoming NJPW President, and the imminent debuts of former WWE stars Nic Nemeth an…
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The Ocean Cyclone Show: 2023 Joshi Awards
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Ryan, Scott and Trent come together to reward the best of the best in Joshi for 2023. From best match, wrestler and show to far more important things like best costume and more! Do their picks line up with yours? Read our features on our website WrestleInn.com. Follow us on Twitter @WrestleInn. S…
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Purovision: 2023 Matches of the Year
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Jamie, Ben and Kay rundown their top matches for 2023 from across Japanese wrestling! They also give their thoughts on the United Japanese Pro-Wrestling group and review the entire year. Kay pulls the curtain back on her trip to Japan and the crew bid farewell to Ben in his last Purovision podcast, plus lots more. Read our features on our website …
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Total Nonstop Talking: Making An Impact
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It’s the debut episode of Wrestle Inn's TNA focused podcast; Total Nonstop Talking! The inaugural episode sees Fusa, KC and Steve discuss how they first discovered TNA before reviewing Final Resolution. They also preview Hard To Kill and Snake Eyes, which sees the huge returns of Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay. All this plus lots more! Read our f…
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MX and Adam discuss Final Battle because while ROH may not technically be an indie anymore, it is still an indie in our hearts. We discuss Athena's amazing dedication and performance this year as well as Billie Starkz rising star. Other topics include: Insane Clown Bussy, what we enjoyed this year and what we're looking forward to next year! Read …
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On the last episode of the year Jeff and Trent come together to discuss Sayuri's retirement and reminisce about what she brought to the company. They also talk about the recent injuries, and more positive things like the great RIVALS main event and Mei Suruga's lucha growth. Plus, find out how Jeff ended up on Japanese TV! All this and more. Read o…
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SP3 and Sonal are back with the final Ace Tekkers of 2023. They discuss the World Tag League final and NJPW's reliance on the old guard, as well as Ren Narita joining House of Torture and the history of the group. The duo make their final year-end award picks, including the best and worst booking decisions, preview of Wrestle Kingdom 18 and more! R…
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