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April 3, 2022April 5, 2022

WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND [Day 2 & 3 Review]: Speedballin’.

Here are the Top 4 WrestleMania Weekend Shows from Thursday, ranked in order! 1.) ROH Supercard of Honor XV THE GOOD: -I mean.. almost everything. From the last minute buzz created for the show, to the tremendous crowd, to the front-to-back match quality, to the big surprises -- Brian Cage! Young Bucks! Samoa Joe! ("Joe! …

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January 6, 2022January 8, 2022

NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 16 [Night 2 Review]: Reign Maker.

Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata vs. Gedo, Jado & Bad Luck Fale - 1.75/5 - As bad as you would imagine. Master Wato, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. El Desperado, TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru - 2.5/5 - This was a neat way to get Master Wato over and make him the …

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January 4, 2022

NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 16 [Night 1 Review]: Return of The Wrestler.

Pre-Show Rambo – 2/5 – The usual/usual far worse version of the Royal Rumble silliness, but some cool surprises, including Stronghearts’ CIMA and the legend Tatsumi Fujinami. Sho vs. Yoh – 2.5-2.75/5 – This feud only gets 12-minutes? What is this, WWE? 😃 Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Rocky Romero vs. Bullet Club (Kenta, El …

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March 10, 2021

RINGSIDE APOSTLES [Episode 3]: AEW Revolution x NJ Cup 2021 Review.

"Haha! It's the end of #AEW! That damn Outlaw Mud Wrasslin' is dead! DEAD, I tell ya! All Elite, my a$$!" Um. OK, Twitter troll. So, the sparks didn't always fly at AEW Revolution, but beyond a terrible end to an otherwise great main event and an underwhelming ex-WWE signee, there was a lot of …

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January 11, 2021January 14, 2021

RINGSIDE APOSTLES [Episode 2]: Happy New Japan Year!

Happy New Japan Year! That's right, it's a brand-new year and our brand-new Ringside Apostles show is Okada dropkickin' with the Best of Wrestle Kingdom 15, our thoughts on New Year's Dash and that incredibly riveting Jay White post-match interview. https://youtu.be/qlfPTHxWzyw Puroresu expert Destiny Edwards and your host Travis Moody also throw up the "too …

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January 2, 2021January 7, 2021

RINGSIDE APOSTLES [Premiere Episode]: The 2020 Apostle Awards!

Finallyyyyyy.. the Ringside Apostles have come back.. to.. YouuuTuuube! That's right, your fav wrasslin' geeks have relaunched the classic GHG podcast into video form, and we start off big. Wrestle Kingdom/WrestleMania BIG! Watch Part 1 here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keTr500Gqmc&t=11s Our premiere episode is so big that we had to go 2 parts, covering the Best and Worst …

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September 20, 2020September 22, 2020

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 30 [Nights 1 & 2 Review]: Destino Awaits.

NIGHT 1 A Block Will Ospreay vs. Yujiro Takahashi - Nice comeback for Will (yes, it's widely apparent that New Japan doesn't care about the #SpeakingOut movement; don't shoot the messenger). He looked powerful and strong, but still quick and agile. Yujiro took most of the match and cut off Will at his every momentum, …

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September 8, 2020

NEW JAPAN ACADEMY [Manga News]: Tranquil-Oh!

It’s the stars of New Japan Pro-Wrestling as you’ve never seen them before. Teenager Tetsuya Naito is aiming for the top of New Japan Academy, but in order to be the champion, he’ll have to face formidable students like “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada and the “Once-in-a-Century Talent” Hiroshi Tanahashi. Luckily for Naito, he has his boys …

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