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upNXT 5/10/18: Heavy War Machinery

May 10, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman chat this week’s NXT featuring Kassius Ohno vs. Tommaso Ciampa, Heavy Machinery vs. War Raiders, and the Full Sail debut of EC3.

KEEP IT 2000: Ep. 30 – “It’s The Tape” with Zach Linder (July 24, 2000)

May 9, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

Zach Linder (WWE.com) boards the Satellite of Hate with Brian Mann and Nate Milton as Billy Kidman promises a sextape.

WWE’s television viewership hit hard by sports competition

May 9, 2018 John Pollock

SmackDown Live and Raw’s viewership were hit significantly this week through a combination of NBA & NHL playoff competition as the WWE came off a poorly received Backlash event on Sunday night.

ROH War of the Worlds lineups and schedule

May 9, 2018 John Pollock

Ring of Honor begins one of their biggest weeks of the year with the annual War of the Worlds Tour involving New Japan Pro Wrestling. The four-date tour will feature three live shows streaming on Honor Club and culminates with Sunday’s television taping in Villa Park, Illinois.

REWIND-A-SMACKDOWN 5/8/18: MITB Qualifiers, Bryan vs. Rusev

May 9, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

SmackDown Live’s first set of Money In The Bank qualifiers feature Daniel Bryan vs. Rusev, Miz vs. Jeff Hardy and Charlotte vs. Peyton Royce. John discusses the WWE Network’s latest Table For 3 featuring Shane McMahon, Kurt Angle and AJ Styles.

Nick “Big Bully” Busick passes away at 63

May 8, 2018 John Pollock

Nick “Big Bully” Busick has passed away at the age of 63 following several battles with cancer. The news was announced Tuesday by his wife Lorie with her husband recently in hospice care. Busick wrestled in Pittsburgh and Atlanta, in addition to his time spent in the GWF and the World Wrestling Federation.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE 5/8 – Brock Lesnar not scheduled for WWE Money in the Bank, per report

May 8, 2018 John Pollock

Brock Lesnar not scheduled for the Money in the Bank event, WWE licenses footage from Impact Wrestling, Orlando hoping to land WrestleMania again, UFC and ESPN announce a streaming deal, update on UFC deal in Canada, Dana White says they are working on Georges St-Pierre vs. Nate Diaz, and more.

UFC announces deal with Walt Disney Company to provide content on ESPN+

May 8, 2018 John Pollock

The UFC and the Walt Disney Company have announced a multi-year distribution agreement that will bring UFC content to Disney’s recently launched ESPN+ streaming platform.

REWIND-A-RAW 5/7/18: Money In The Bank Qualifiers

May 8, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

Money In The Bank qualifying matches take place featuring Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn vs. Finn Balor, Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens, and Ruby Riott vs. Sasha Banks vs. Ember Moon. Seth Rollins issues an IC title open challenge and Bobby Lashley really loves his sisters.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE 5/7 – Kevin Owens reveals five-year contract extension with the WWE

May 7, 2018 John Pollock

Kevin Owens has signed a new five-year deal with the WWE, Total Divas has been renewed for two additional seasons, Jericho vs. Naito official for Dominion, a preview of Raw, Bryan Danielson speaks on his clearance by the WWE, two former MMA fighters report to the Performance Center, and lots more.

PROGRESS Wrestling Super Strong Style 16 – Day 3 Results

May 7, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

The results from the final day of PROGRESS Wrestling’s Super Strong Style 16 card with the semifinals and final of the tournament, Tyler Bate is unable to compete and is replaced by Kassius Ohno.

Schedule and participants for the Best of the Super Juniors tournament

May 7, 2018 John Pollock

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced all 16 participants for the forthcoming Best of the Super Juniors tournament that begins Friday, May 18th.

Chris Jericho vs. Tetsuya Naito officially announced for Dominion

May 7, 2018 John Pollock

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the top matches for their Dominion card on June 9th at Osaka-jo Hall, which will include the singles match between Chris Jericho and Tetsuya Naito, as well as an appearance by Rey Mysterio at the event.

Backlash 2018 Post Show w/ John Pollock & Wai Ting

May 7, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

In what has become an early candidate for worst show of the year, the event featured Samoa Joe vs. Roman Reigns, AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura III, Carmella vs. Charlotte, and a show-stealing performance featuring Seth Rollins vs. The Miz.

WWE Backlash 2018 Report – AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe

May 6, 2018 John Pollock

John Pollock runs through the WWE Backlash card from Newark, featuring AJ Styles defending the WWE title against Shinsuke Nakamura, Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe, Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass, Seth Rollins vs. The Miz for the Intercontinental title, and lots more.

PROGRESS Wrestling Super Strong Style 16 – Day 2 Results

May 6, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

We have the results from Day 2 of PROGRESS Wrestling’s Super Strong Style 16 tournament with the quarter-final matches of the tournament and Travis Banks defends the Progress championship against WALTER and more.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE 5/6 – WWE Backlash Preview

May 6, 2018 John Pollock

John Pollock previews tonight’s WWE Backlash card from Newark, Neff Maiava passes away at 93, New Japan presents incredible main event between Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi, the main event for Dominion card, review of Impact Wrestling, WWE comments on Hulk Hogan’s status, city bidding for WrestleMania & more.

PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16 Day 1 Results

May 5, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

We have all the results from Day 1 of PROGRESS Wrestling’s Super Strong Style 16 tournament, featuring Zack Sabre Jr., Pete Dunne, Kassius Ohno, Tyler Bate, Keith Lee, and many more in action.

ASK-A-WAI: Ask Us Anything! (May 2018)

May 5, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

John Pollock and Wai Ting answer their patrons’ questions from the POST Wrestling Forum in the May 2018 edition of Ask-A-Wai.

NJPW Dontaku 2018 Reviews

May 4, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

John Pollock & Wai Ting review both of New Japan’s Dontaku cards from Fukuoka, featuring Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP heavyweight title against Hiroshi Tanahashi, a major angle involving the return of Chris Jericho, the Dominion main event is announced, and lots more.