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This episode Kelly flies solo to cover Marigold's big show Grand Destiny 2026 and Stardom's Crimson Nightmare 2026.

After that we hit a few odds and ends and preview TJPW's All Rise '26. Then we wrap things up with a bit of movie talk.

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432 Super J-Cast Power Struggle Preview

Joel and Damon are back to preview New Japan's Power Struggle show from Hiroshima including Taichi vs Gabe Kidd, the three-way with Kenny Omega, Yota Tsuji and Boltin Oleg along with the Jr Tag Finals. The guys also talk Leafs season-to-date, Arsenal struggles, Jr Tag updates and predictions, TCG Damon, and we answer your questions.

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On the latest episode of the GWP, host Jesse Collings is joined by Kevin Hare to discuss the career of Jon Moxley and his case for the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. They go over his importance to AEW from its first few shows to his role today, his underrated catalog of great matches, his unique personality and charisma, his drawing record and a lot more.

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This week on The Flagship: WWE Crown Jewel moving to a new venue, NOAH's Sumo Hall show featuring Tetsuya Naito defeating OZAWA, a check-in on AJPW's Hokkaido tour, ZERO1's Junior Final, for some reason, the NXT Halloween Havoc 2026 go-home show, Joe's haunted house & more!

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Paul and Gerard are reunited to talk about NOAH's Wrestle Odyssey II which had both a match of the year candidate and showed what is so frustrating with the company at the same time. Then it's on to All Japan with another successful Korakuen Hall show, the Hokkaido tour, and a preview of the Real World Tag League. Plus some fantasy booking!

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Ryan is joined by historian Ethan Tyler to discuss the WON Hall of Fame case of Billy Joyce.

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Welcome to Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective!

Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with one last show for Michinoku Pro’s 1996 before turning the page to their eventful 1997. They discuss the peculiar Kawasaki show pairing up with Battlarts before getting into 1996 Observer Awards and their personal Matches and Wrestlers of the Year. From there, it’s time for 1997 and things are kicking off for Michinoku Pro with a huge show in Sapporo and an incredible appearance in Battlarts before it’s time for Michinoku Pro to tour America in the Boston area with their first appearances in ECW and a look into the person who facilitated the entire enterprise.

A full match listing of footage covered during this episode can be found at the show post on www.voicesofwrestling.com or in the Open The Voice Gate channel on the VOW Discord. The Those Days Master List can be found at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10PwuAsqNuHSKd_qSd5AUnUWh4DL8JxQX_yQKtoa8IW4/edit?usp=sharing

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The pumpkins are on the porch, the candy is in the bowl, and the barrier between the living and the dead has never been more penetrable. That's right, the Halloween Spooktacular is back for some more frighteningly fun tunes. Andrew and returning guest Andy LaBarre come up with a playlist that will turn your hair bone white (or a nice eggshell, at the very least). Artists played include Roky Erickson, Focus, The Meteors, Andrew Gold, Boney M., The Beautiful South, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and many more. It's a Halloween jaunt with plenty of scares and laughs along the way!

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John is once again joined by Paul from the Emerald FlowShow as they start things out with quite a lot of Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame talk for this year! They strictly cover the only two regions John votes in which are Modern US & Japan, breaking down who they voted for, who they consider real contenders and which names on the ballot really don't have much of a case at all in a detailed discussion.

Once that's out of the way they then turn to a loaded lineup of shows, beginning with a pair from Ryogoku. First, it's Marigold's 10/24 event which featured not a lot of fans, some very talented young wrestlers showing out as always, and some truly, truly horrendous booking. Then it's over to NOAH for their own event the next day, a much better effort than they put on in the same building back in the spring, but with a bit of a controversial main event!

Afterward they head back to All Japan for their latest Korakuen show, which also set in motion some major directions to their own biggest show of the year on 12/31! Speaking of biggest shows of the year, they make a rare touchdown in the very wild world of OZ Academy to talk about a truly insane show from Yokohama Budokan, featuring a 10 woman tag iron man match with VERY SIMPLE rules, Suwama on the three person side of a 3 on 2 match, Evil!Saori Anou does some things to Natsupoi that it seems like she possibly could have charged her for, and more! Finally, they wrap things up with a staid little show from Sendai Girls at ShinKiba 1st Ring, because why not I guess!

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Joel and Damon are back to preview New Japan's Super Jr Tag League for 2026. The guys also discuss the Book of EVIL, more AEW and New Japan in 2026 and 2027, Power Struggle, Tanahashi Jam2, and we answer your questions.

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The Flagship returns this week with what can best be described as a classic spray-to-all-fields edition!

With no major shows to review or preview, we'll touch on a wide range of topics tonight, including Montez Ford's lawsuit, Tiger Jeet Singh slicing someone with his sword, Shotzi and Shayna Baszler to TNA, Kairi Sane to AEW, NXT going head-to-head with Blood & Guts, a "Fun in Wrestling" discussion, White Men Can't Jump and so much more.

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Ryan is joined by the writer of the LuchaBlog, TheCubsFan, to discuss the WON Hall of Fame case of Salvador Lutteroth III.

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John and Velkej are back for another episode of Omakase which starts out with SPARROW DRAMA. Yes. Then they get into a wide-ranging discussion on the World Wonder Ring, as they discuss how everyone seems pretty down on STARDOM right now (and how this seems to happen this time of year every year now), discuss some of the reasons why and which ones they do and don't agree with, before heading into reviews of two recent shows. First it's Path of Thunder from Utsunomiya featuring a divisive main event, a great semi-main, and a pretty good undercard. Then they break down the 10/20 Korakuen that finally saw the return of Sayaka Kurara (thank god), and some strange new announced teams for the upcoming tag league.

Next up is the first Pro Wrestling NOAH talk on Omakase in a very long time, as John & Velkej review a surprisingly-not-that-bad 10/15 Korakuen. They also preview the upcoming Wrestle Odyssey II show from Ryogoku next week. Finally, they wrap things up with a very underwhelming DDT Korakuen from 10/18 as they discuss a not particularly great show that did at least have some newsworthy aspects to it, before previewing their own upcoming big show from Ryogoku, 11/3's Ultimate Party.

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Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate.

OTVG has a deep discussion of where they are at with their Observer Hall of Fame ballots to open tonight’s show, including some stops on Jon Moxley and Great Sasuke, among others. Then they get into the Brave Gate tournament action in Hakata, where Yoshiki Kato is at right now as Dream Gate Champion and looking ahead to a return to Kyoto!

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Dylan Fox from the Eastern Lariat joins Gerard to discuss the last few shows of the N1 and the current booking malaise in Pro Wrestling NOAH. Then it's on to All Japan where they rave about the company but question the strange build to the next Triple Crown match. They even manage to power through major technical difficulties!

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Taylor goes solo on the latest episode of Jumping Bomb Audio!

He dives into Stardom's Path of Thunder, trying to diagnose the company's biggest issue before discussing Sendai Girls BIG SHOW and everything else that's been going on in joshi!

After that, he previews OZ Academy's upcoming big Yokohama Budokan show and an interesting looking Marigold Grand Destiny!

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On the latest episode of the Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast, host Jesse Collings and Adam Berger break down the ballot for the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame and discuss all of the new candidates such as Batista, KENTA, Booker T, Jeff Jarrett and more, as well as the active returning candidates such as Jon Moxley, Becky Lynch, Zack Sabre Jr. and Samoa Joe.

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A PACKED episode of The Flagship reviewing WWE Money in the Bank 2026, NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling, TNA Bound for Glory 2026, plus The Aggregators Are At It Again, Max Caster is out of TNA, an AEW WrestleDream preview, and so much more.

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Hello there, gang, and welcome back to Thunder Road.

I don't know if you want to call Uncensored a pothole, a speed bump, a cliff's edge, but it sure was something.

On the show this week:

*Hilariously out-of-date heat talk

*Tag Title Trivia to avoid talking about this show

*Chris Candido arrives

*A run-in from a chicken

We are also delighted to say we are now through our war chest of pre-recorded timeline episodes, so the next time you hear our dulcet tones talk 2000 WCW, we will be relatively hot off the presses!

[Show originally broadcast 19 March 2000]

We'll be back soon, in the meantime, follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/wcwthunderpod) to keep up to date with us, go to our linktree (https://linktr.ee/WCWThunderPod) to find all the ways you can listen to or follow us, and if you want a hell of a lot more Dave & Lee in your podcast diet, subscribe to our Patreon (http://alargemanappears.com)

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Joel and Damon are back to review King Of Pro Wrestling including Yota Tsuji vs Ryohei Oiwa, YOH vs Robbie Eagles, Shota Umino vs Gabe Kidd and Aaron Wolf vs Kosei Fujita. The guys also discuss the return of Kenny Omega, AEW and New Japan in 2026, Power Struggle, JR Tag silliness, plans for Shota and we answer your questions.

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