AEW Match Guide Podcast

This episode we deep dive into one of the New Generation's greatest feuds as we look at Bret Hart v Owen Hart, WWF Championship Steel Cage Match from Summer Slam 1994

We discuss the extremely well-planned and executed build-up, the Wrestlemania match's surprising ending and how this steel cage match says so much about Bret Hart's philosophy for wrestling.

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This episode we deep dive into one of the most influential matches in American wrestling history, the Do Fixers v Blood Generation, Trios Tag Match from ROH Supercard of Honor in 2006

Joining me is Suit Williams from SuitWilliams.com and Voices of Wrestling. As well as discussing the match itself in today's episode it we discuss the history of lucharesu, how Dragon Gate came to be and the enduring influence of the style that this match introduced the American crowd to.

Thanks specifically to the work on Voices of Wrestling about Dragon Gate, if you want to dig deeper then these two articles are well worth your time:

Dragon Gate 101 – History and Generations by John Carroll

Do Fixer vs. Blood Generation: Wrestling’s Most Influential Match…Ever by Case Lowe

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This episode we deep dive into modern joshi looking at Utami Hayashishita v Syuri, World of Stardom Championship match from Tokyo Dream Cinderella, the first women's match to ever break Dave Meltzer's five star barrier.

Joining me is Tim Hunter from the Joshi'ing Around podcast on the Social Suplex network and we look at how this match elevated itself to special heights, what set STARDOM apart in the early 2020s as one of the fastest growing pro wrestling promotions in the world and why joshi has never quite worked out in AEW.

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This week is the second of two episodes looking at 2000s Ring of Honor as we look at Nigel McGuinness v Bryan Danielson v Tyler Black v Claudio Castignoli, ROH Title Four-Way match from Death Before Dishonor 2008.

My guest this episode is S. Dakota Jones from Voice of Wrestling.

We discuss the great format of the ROH Four-Way Match style, the way each character plays off the others to build a web of relationships, how these rivalries stretched all the way to 2020s AEW, the legacy of 2000s ROH as well as what should happen to Tony Khan's ROH.

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This week is the first of two episodes looking at 2000s Ring of Honor as wel deep dive into Bryan Danielson v Nigel McGuinnness and their 2006 ROH World Title and Pure Title Unification match at Unified 2006.

My guest this episode is Mike from the Group Chat Wrestling Podcast.

We discuss the simple build up, how they use the Pure rules to maximum effect, did they go too far with the unprotected shots to the ring post and what Tony Khan should do with ROH in 2026.

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I was as shocked as anyone when I heard the news last night of the untimely passing of Andy Williams AKA The Butcher. Originally, this was going to be a normal episode but I have pushed that to next week so that this week I can pay tribute to a wrestler I very much enjoyed watching in AEW.

Join me as I pay tribute to the man, looking back at three of his matches:

The Butcher & The Blade v The Young Bucks, Falls Count Anywhere, 27/07/2020

The Butcher & The Blade v Dustin Rhodes & QT Marshall, Bunkhouse Brawl, 11/11/2020

The Butcher & The Blade v Tomohiro Ishii & Orange Cassidy, 17/11/2020

Songs used are from Andy Williams band, Every Time I Die: It Rembers & Things With Feathers

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This week, ahead of All In 2026, we look back at the original All In, going over the wrestling landscape that made it possible, the sometimes brilliant, sometimes very silly ways they built the card, the event itself and how the movement was moulded into AEW.

I also have a guest spot from the original Elite Podcasters This is Awesome/Watch Great Wrestling who covered every BTE episode in the build to All In and were at the Sears Center on the night.

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This week is the second part of our look at Tony Khan's childhood favourite wrestler, Ric Flair, deep diving into Ric Flair v Vader, Title v Career match at WCW Starrcade 1993. My guest this episode is Andy from the Group Chat Wrestling Podcast.

We discuss the way they build this match throughout the show, the incredible face performance from Flair in the face of being forced to retire, who is AEW's Flair and Vader and how Tony's booking patterns were influenced by watching Flair.

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This week we begin back-to-back episides looking at Tony Khan's childhood favourite wrestler Ric Flair deep diving into Ric Flair v Sting, NWA World Heavyweight Championship match from Clash of Champions 1988. My guest this episode is Floyd Johnson Jr. from All Things Elite.

We discuss the parallels between AEW & JCP being booked against Vince's McMahon's WWF/WWE, who is AEW's version of Flair, what made Stings run in AEW so special and of course the legendary match that put Sting on the map.

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This episode we deep dive into the world of Lucha Underground, the wild fantasy pro wrestling show that debuted on TV in 2014, specifically the insane Killshot (Swerve Strickland) v Dante (AJ) Fox, Hell of War match from Ultima Lucha Tres Part 1.

In it we have special guest comments from the man Swerve Strickland himsef as well as the host of One Nation Radio & Rich Latta Pro Wrestling, Rich Latta.

In it we delve into what made Lucha Underground special, what set this feud and match apart from many of the other feuds that took place in Lucha Underground and dive into the emotional blood-bath of a match.

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This week we deep dive into the legendary AJ Styles v Samoa Joe v Christopher Daniels, X-Division Title Three-Way Match from TNA Unbreakable 2005.

We discuss the founding of TNA, what made the X-Divison special, how the match still stands up completely today and the mistakes TNA made along the way that saw it get overtaken as the second biggest promotion in American wrestling.

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This week we deep dive into Kenny Omega v Tomohiro Ishii, IWGP United States Championship match from NJPW G1 Special in the USA Night 2, 2017 with my guest Gareth Eno from Pro Wrestling Musings.

As well as the match we discuss NJPW's foray into the USA, and why it was co-opted by AEW and why AEW Kenny Omega has never been the same as 'NJPW Kenny'

If you'd like to suggest a match for me to add to the list then you can do so in the AEW Match Guide thread of the Social Suplex Discord.

The random J-Pop music video that Big Tom features in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdBd2Tka4PU

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This week we deep dive into Tully Blanchard v Magnum TA, I Quit Steel Cage Match, NWA Starrcade 1985, for the United States Hevyweight Championship with my guest Sergi Alderman, the Editor-in-Chief for Pro Wrestling Musings.

We discuss the simple and effective build, the magical minimalism and dark tone of the match and parallels with other AEW Steel Cage matches.

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This week we deep dive into The Shield v The Wyatt Family, 6-Man Tag Team Match from WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 with former writer for Lords of Pain & {odcaster for The Right Side of the Pond, Maverick.

In it we discuss the importance of shared universe storytelling in the lead-up, how the generation these two teams represent would take over the wrestling landscape and of course the chaotic shot of adrenaline that was this match.

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This week we deep dive into Will Ospreay v Shingo Takagi from the New Japan Best of the Super Juniors Final in 2019 with my special guest Floyd Johnson Jr. from All Thing Elite on the Social Suplex Podcast Network.

In it we discuss the build up to the match through the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, the deceptively smart match structure and how it laid the platform for both men going forward in 2019.

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A special off-week episode of the AEW Match Guide where I go through my ballot for the Greatest Wrestlers Ever Project, listing out my top 100 wrestlers of all time. It was a very fun experience and even though I have some massive gaps in my knowledge and therefore my ballot, I'm very happy with all my thoughts and am happy to stand by it.

I'm curious who you would all have in your top 100 too, it was a fun exercise.

If you want to submit a ballot submission for the 2026 edition of the project are open until the 5th of May and you can do so here: https://forums.prowrestlingonly.com/forum/777-greatest-wrestler-ever/ (you don't need to sign up to the forum to access the link to the ballot).

Thanks to this youtube video for my outro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKyYVdIIFrU

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This week we deep dive into Eddie Kingston v Mike Quackenbusy, CHIKARA Grand Championship match from CHIKARA High Noon 2011 along with my special guest Mizfan (don't hold the name againt him).

In it we discuss the incredibly emotionally charged promo & performance by Eddie Kingston in the lead up as well as how CHIKARA was at the cutting edge of how wrestling has developed long-term, character-driven storytelling.

If you've never seen the match or promo then you can see them on CHIKARA's Youtube Chanel here:

Eddie's Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1AGjIQKxNE

The Match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ITy514MRjo

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This week we deep dive into The Golden Lovers v The Young Bucks from NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018 featuring special guest commentary from Matt Jackson of The Young Bucks as well as Imp from Imp's AEW Adventures.

In it we discuss how the build to this match laid out a blueprint for pro wrestling TV that The Elite would take into AEW and how that story gave this match's action such a strong foundation to build on.

And we get Matt's exclusive thoughts on what went into putting this match together and how they felt about it afterwards.

For some additional lite reading here is a super in-depth article about the history of The Golden Lovers that I read extensively in researching for this podcast: https://medium.com/we-need-to-talk-about-wrestling/that-one-tweet-thread-about-the-golden-lovers-annotated-e9fc604e3a7f

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The Match Guide is back for another season!

Join us as we introduce the fourth season of the AEW Match Guide with an all new lineup of matches for us to deep dive into, this time expanding out beyond the ring of Tony Khan looking at the wrestlers, promotions, movements and matches that made AEW what it is today.

This week I'm joined by Trish Spiers from the Trish & Sarah Wrestling Podcast to discuss Kazuchika Okada v Tetsuya Naito from Wrestle Kingdom 14, the final of the Double Gold Dash.

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The Match Guide is back for another season!

Join us as we introduce the fourth season of the AEW Match Guide with an all new lineup of matches for us to deep dive into, this time expanding out beyond the ring of Tony Khan looking at the wrestlers, promotions, movements and matches that made AEW what it is today. Join me and my guest every second Monday as we look into some of the greatest matches ever in the way only we can.

If you'd like to suggest a match for me to add to the list then you can do so in the AEW Match Guide thread of the Social Suplex Discord.

As an introduction (and for some fun) Floyd Johnson Jr. from All Things Elite and I will also be conducting a draft where we take control of Dynamite & Collision and each draft a 25 man roster to appear on each show. You can let us know who you think picked best in the Social Suplex Discord.

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