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POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE 6/4 – CM Punk concludes his testimony, AJ Lee takes the stand in defamation trial

June 4, 2018 John Pollock

CM Punk concluded his testimony and AJ Lee took the stand as the defamation trial continued, Best of the Super Juniors notes, a preview of tonight’s Raw, The Undertaker added to MSG house show, Canadian wrestler to go on trial, Jeff Jarrett wins AAA title, Impact notes, UFC 225 preview & more.

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Report 6/4 – Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori

June 4, 2018 John Pollock

The finals of the 25th Best of the Super Juniors tournament went down on Monday from Korakuen Hall as A Block winner Taiji Ishimori met B Block winner Hiromu Takahashi. Monday’s show also featured another promo from Chris Jericho ahead of his Dominion match with Tetsuya Naito.

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Report 6/3 – The tournament final is confirmed for Monday

June 3, 2018 John Pollock

The final A and B Block matches took place on Saturday’s Best of the Super Juniors card from Korakuen Hall. Saturday’s card was headlined by Hiromu Takahashi taking on KUSHIDA as the card set up Monday’s tournament final for a future IWGP junior heavyweight title match.

POST Roundtable #6: Mauro Ranallo & Haris Usanovic

June 3, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

John Pollock and Wai Ting are joined by their former colleagues Mauro Ranallo and director Haris Usanovic for a behind-the-scenes discussion about their documentary, “Bipolar Rock ‘N’ Roller”.

Interview: WWE UK’s Amir Jordan

June 2, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

In this special bonus edition of upNXT, Davie Portman chats with WWE UK Championship Tournament competitor Amir Jordan. They discuss how they met, training at the PROGRESS and Lance Storm wrestling schools, being from a traditional Pakistani family going into the wrestling business, and everything that lead to his deal with WWE.

UFC Fight Night Report – Marlon Moraes stops Jimmie Rivera in 33 seconds

June 2, 2018 John Pollock

The UFC held their first card from Utica on Friday night, featuring bantamweight Marlon Moraes stopping Jimmie Rivera in 33 seconds of the main event. We have a look at the entire card, which included the elimination of a strawweight bout on the day of the card.

Chuck Williams a.k.a Rockin’ Rebel involved in suspected murder-suicide

June 2, 2018 John Pollock

Chuck Williams, who wrestled as the Rockin’ Rebel, and his wife Stephanie Burtnett are believed to be dead following an alleged murder-suicide in the couple’s home on Friday.

More notes from CM Punk’s testimony on Friday in defamation case

June 1, 2018 John Pollock

CM Punk’s testimony continued Friday afternoon after a break from the morning session, which you can read about on the site. The following notes are courtesy of Ross Berman at WrestleZone.com, who attended the civil trial in Cook County Courthouse on Friday.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE 6/1 – WWE executive fired over wife’s Twitter account

June 1, 2018 John Pollock

The WWE has fired an executive after report surfaces regarding his wife’s Twitter account, notes on CM Punk’s testimony in defamation trial, WWE on network television in Mexico, reviews of Impact Wrestling & NXT this week, the updated standings for the Best of the Super Juniors, and more.

CM Punk testifies in defamation trial

June 1, 2018 John Pollock

Friday marked the fourth day of the defamation trial involving CM Punk (Phil Brooks), Colt Cabana (Scott Colton), and Dr. Christopher Amann. Friday morning’s proceedings featured Punk taking the stand to testify for the first time this week, as well as further testimony from Cabana.

Television Viewership Report – Raw hurt by NBA & NHL competition, SmackDown stays flat

June 1, 2018 John Pollock

We look at this week’s television viewership figures for Raw and SmackDown Live on the USA Network with heavy sports competition on Monday. Plus, the UFC and Bellator presented cards from England last weekend with Bellator 200 on tape delay and Darren Till meeting Stephen Thompson in Liverpool.

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

June 1, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

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

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Report 5/30 – KUSHIDA vs. El Desperado in Fukushima

May 31, 2018 John Pollock

New Japan’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament made its way to Fukushima on Wednesday with the B Block participants, including the main event between KUSHIDA and El Desperado.

Notes on Thursday’s testimonies involving Colt Cabana, Mark Carrano, John Cone & others

May 31, 2018 John Pollock

The third day of the defamation trial involving CM Punk (Phil Brooks), Colt Cabana (Scott Colton), and Dr. Christopher Amann continued in Cook County Courthouse on Thursday.

upNXT 5/31/18: Rap Shoot

May 31, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman chat Enzo Amore’s new rap video, Drake vs. Pusha T, and this week’s episode of WWE NXT featuring a bunch of NXT TakeOver: Chicago announcements, Shayna Baszler vs. Dakota Kai for the NXT Women’s Championship, and Ricochet vs. Donovan Dijak in Dijak’s NXT TV debut.

Report: SmackDown to remain live when it moves to Friday nights on Fox

May 30, 2018 John Pollock

With the pending announcement that the WWE’s SmackDown program will be moving to Fox in 2019, a new report states that the program will remain live when it moves to Friday nights on the new network.

Notes from the second day of CM Punk & Colt Cabana’s defamation trial

May 30, 2018 John Pollock

The defamation trial against CM Punk (Phil Brooks) and Colt Cabana (Scott Colton) continued Wednesday at the Cook County Courtroom in Chicago.

Details emerge on Fox’s pitch to the WWE for SmackDown

May 30, 2018 John Pollock

On Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter had an in-depth story on the WWE’s pending deal with Fox that is expected to see SmackDown move from the USA Network to a Friday night slot on the network in October 2019.

BWE 5/30/18: OTT Scrappermania, Progress Be Here Now, WWE UK, UFC in Liverpool

May 30, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

Martin, Benno & Oli are back to talk Over The Top Scrappermania 4 (Ospreay vs. Riddle), Progress Chapter 69 Be Here Now (Sexsmith vs. Banks) and the latest news from WWE UK. Benno also gives us his live perspective of UFC Fight Night 130 from Liverpool.

Q&A with Smash Wrestling’s Sebastian Suave on “The Northern Tournament”

May 30, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

This Sunday, Smash Wrestling presents “The Northern Tournament” with two shows in one day at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto. We had a chance to speak with Smash Wrestling promoter & wrestler Sebastian Suave on the concept behind the tournament and much more.