Month: September 2018
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018 POST Show w/ John Pollock & Wai Ting
John Pollock & Wai Ting are review NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018 featuring Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. We run down the entire card and bring everyone up to speed on ongoing storylines heading into the rest of the Destruction tour featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada.
EGGSHELLS Podcast Companion: 2001 w/ Rich Kraetsch
Episode 13 sees Chris Charlton and Rich Kraetsch look at 2001. NJPW continued their relationship with an AJPW that was experiencing radical change. This was the last year All Japan ran in the Dome on their own. They’d also have significant presences on New Japan cards, with Toshiaki Kawada rematching Kensuke Sasaki, and Keiji Muto in the mix in both companies.
REWIND-A-WAI #19: UFC 194 – Aldo vs. McGregor (w/ Robin Black)
John Pollock and Wai Ting review UFC 194 featuring José Aldo vs. Conor McGregor for the UFC Featherweight Championship. Our former colleague / MMA analyst Robin Black joins us to discuss the shockingly accurate prediction Conor made about his fight’s outcome in an interview he conducted with him two days prior.
POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE – Marko Stunt replaces Chris Brookes in PWG’s BOLA tournament
Marko Stunt replaces Chris Brookes at Battle of Los Angeles this weekend, SmackDown’s viewership, one of the best television matches of 2018, BJ Penn is returning to fight at UFC 232, a press conference is scheduled with Khabib Nuramgomedov and Conor McGregor next week and Bellator is going to Hawaii.
POST PURORESU: Golden Lovers vs. Ishii & Ospreay, Marufuji vs. KENTA, Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix
John Pollock & WH Park are back to chat this month’s New Japan Destruction cards, Golden Lovers vs. Ishii & Ospreay, the Long Beach card, Zeus defending the Triple Crown against Shuji Ishikawa, the Naomichi Marufuji vs. KENTA match from Sumo Hall, Stardom’s 5 Star Grand Prix, Takayamania Empire & more.
POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE – CM Punk to decide on his fighting future by the end of 2018
Thea Trinidad remembers her father on the anniversary of 9/11, CM Punk speaks about his future in MMA and not appearing at “All In”, Honor Club to carry this Friday’s CMLL Anniversary card, list of matches for tonight’s SmackDown episode, Michael Chiesa files lawsuit against Conor McGregor & Barclays Center.