NJPW Reviews

NJPW Dontaku 2018 Reviews

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.

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REWIND-A-WAI #9: WWF Backlash 2000

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWF Backlash 2000 featuring The Rock vs. Triple H for the WWF Championship and the return of Stone Cold Steve Austin following a 6-month absence. Plus, Bubba Ray Dudley “gets wood” for Trish Stratus, Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle takes on “The Showster”, Scott 2 Hotty vs. Dean Malenko and more in this extensive 2hr 15min review.

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WWE Greatest Royal Rumble Post Show w/ John Pollock & Wai Ting (Patreon Bonus)

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Greatest Royal Rumble 2018 featuring a 50-man Royal Rumble, Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar in a steel cage match for the WWE Universal Championship, AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE World Championship and more. The two run down the results of the entire show, discuss the controversies coming out of it, and read your feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum.

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“André the Giant” Documentary Review (w/ Pat Laprade)

John Pollock and Wai Ting provide a comprehensive review of HBO’s “André the Giant” documentary chronicling the life and career of the late André Rousimoff. Following the review, the two are joined by historian and author Pat Laprade to discuss his experience working as a field producer for the film. Pat talks about traveling to France to interview André’s family, how he felt Vince McMahon and Hulk Hogan came across in the documentary, and his upcoming book on the life of André the Giant.

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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018 Review

John Pollock and Wai Ting review NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018 from Ryōgoku Sumo Hall featuring Kazuchika Okada vs. Zack Sabre Jr. as Okada attempts to to match Hiroshi Tanahashi’s all-time record for consecutive IWGP Heavyweight title defenses. Also featuring The Golden Lovers vs. Cody & Hangman Page and Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurll for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight title (featuring one of the scariest bumps we’ve ever seen).

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NJPW Strong Style Evolved Review w/ Dan Lovranski

John Pollock and Wai Ting review NJPW Strong Style Evolved from Long Beach, CA featuring The Golden Lovers vs. The Young Bucks, one of the more emotional wrestling matches we’ve seen in recent memory. We also discuss the strengths and disadvantages of the AXS TV production featuring Jim Ross and Josh Barnett, Jay White vs. “Hangman” Page, Minoru Suzuki/Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Kazuchika Okada/Tomohiro Ishii, Will Ospreay vs. Jushin “Thunder” Liger, an appearance from Rey Mysterio and more.

MCU L8R / POST Movie Reviews

NETFLIX REVIEW: Icarus (2017)

John Pollock and Wai Ting review the Oscar-winning 2017 Netflix original documentary “Icarus”, directed by Bryan Fogel. In this hour-plus review, we discuss our thoughts on the many twists of this incredible documentary, its impact on Russia’s ban from the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, as well as our individual views about drug testing and PED use in professional wrestling and MMA.