April 21, 2017

John Pollock of The LAW: Live Audio Wrestling & MLW Radio's Court Bauer return to chat about numerous topics:--The WWE's Hell in a Cell show and the Shane McMahon program with Kevin Owens--The WWE championship run of Jinder Mahal and feud with Shinsuke Nakamura --The problems with WWE building up babyfaces--A future program for Triple H--The Bullet Club goes to Raw and return home with a cease & desist --Impact announced Bound for Glory for Ottawa, Ontario and Bauer conducts a site survey on the Aberdeen Pavilion in Ottawa--The viability of running Ottawa for six consecutive nights--The issues Impact has had throughout 2017 and where The Hardys would have fit in, if they stayed --FloSlam drops all WWN programming and the fight between the two sides over the past week--What is next for the WWN shows?--The leaked memo and reaction from Gabe Sapolsky--Lucha Underground does low number for first week of Ultima Lucha Tres --Wrestling books on from Ric & Charlotte Flair, Jim Ross and biography on Mad Dog Vachon & more

John Pollock of The LAW: Live Audio Wrestling & MLW’s Court Bauer are back chatting all the big stories going on in the industry this week:--Ronda Rousey attends the Mae Young Classic Final but no angle is shot--Her prospects within the WWE, how a deal would & could be structured --If she has a future with the UFC--The WWE’s big emphasis on television matches over the past few months--The loaded up No Mercy card for Los Angeles--Reaction to the Vince McMahon / Kevin Owens angle --The headbutt controversy--Where Owens is slotted on SmackDown coming off Tuesday’s angle--The Jinder Mahal run as WWE champion--The Global Wrestling Network--GFW creative changes --Otto Wanz passes away--CMLL’s 84th Anniversary card this Saturday--The year that All Japan Pro Wrestling is having--New Japan returns with their Destruction card in Hiroshima this weekend--The WWE runs show in Hawaii & more

John Pollock of The LAW: Live Audio Wrestling & MLW Radio’s Court Bauer return after multiple attempts to chat about the following:--The announcement of Asuka vacating the NXT women’s title at Thursday’s television tapings--The main roster move for Asuka and challenges ahead--The influx of new talent to NXT over the next few months--The ongoing lawsuit involving Dr. Chris Amann and CM Punk & Colt Cabana – new information on the case, the inclusion of Cabana in the suit as the case drags on--The injury to Big Cass --The future for Enzo as he moves to 205 Live --The Jon Jones drug test failure, his future, how this affects Brock Lesnar going into his next set of contract negotiations --The future of The Undertaker, if there is one inside of the ring for the WWE--A surprising character for the WWE 2K18 video game--TripleMania streaming for free on Twitch this weekend with the main event airing on Televisa in Mexico--Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman headlining No Mercy on Sept. 24th with the perfect event theme song for these two monsters--Global Force Wrestling eyeing a streaming service and its viability and the necessity for a bigger television platform within the U.S. --The plight of FloSlam--An update on Tyson Kidd with the WWE--Big discussion on Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Conor McGregor on Saturday night & more

John Pollock of The LAW: Live Audio Wrestling and Court Bauer from MLW Radio are back chatting all of the news:--New Japan Pro Wrestling’s releases business figure for their fiscal year, 2017-18 expectations, how well is New Japan World performing and their weekly viewership on AXS TV--A look at this week’s press conference from Los Angeles to announce details for the 7/1 and 7/2 cards in Long Beach and where they will be airing --The future of Kenny Omega, and yes that discussion needs to start now--Hiroshi Tanahashi suffers a torn biceps but plans to wrestle in a few weeks and won’t miss Dominion--The WWE’s U.K. special launches today with Jim Ross & Nigel McGuinness calling the show--Packed weekend of cards, including NXT Takeover and Backlash taking place from Chicago--The push of Jinder Mahal and whether he has clicked in the new position he finds himself in--The good and the bad of Impact Wrestling coming out of this week’s episode--The role that international television rights are playing when it comes to non-WWE professional wrestling--Impact announces the signings of several performers--Psycho Clown and Dr. Wagner putting their masks on the line prior to their mask vs. mask match at the end of August--A new color commentator for CMLL’s international television--CM Punk is offered $1 million dollars by the U.K. based Five Star Wrestling promotion--Dana White and Conor McGregor state their side is done and now White can begin negotiations with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his team--Hulk Hogan and Jimmy Hart planning a bus tour?

Court Bauer and John Pollock reunite on Cinco de Mayo for a big one-shot talking:Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 comes out today featuring Dave Bautista as DRAX tracking for a HUGE opening weekendESPN cuts - Will this affect UFC having ESPN as a bidder for rights package? Same with WWE if others scale back on high $$ for rightsWWE Q1 Earnings Report WWE in Middle EastWWE Network adds over 120 episodes of a classic TV seriesWorld of Sport tapings delayed with additional details Undertaker in Manhattan for surgery most likely on his hipCharlotte Flair hacked; photos leakedTitus O’Neil leaks a photo himself of Braun and Roman sightseeing in RomeMonetization of wrestling content on YouTube updateNJPW Wrestling Dontaku results and what’s nextAPW at Cow Palace tomorrow nightAdam Cole is now a free agentSean Waltman’s weird weekendMauro Ranallo’s next move?

By popular demand, Bauer & Pollock are back with another One-Shot! On this episode, the King and the Fish talk the new YouTube wrestling algorithm, the reincarnation of Jinder Mahal, IMPACT at week 7 of its reset, WWE's Business Partner Summit, Shibata and Vader's health issues in Japan, a big independent show bringing wrestling back to the Cow Palace, FMW returns with Onita and an exploding bat, FLO at month 6 and more!

John Pollock & Court Bauer are back for a special "one shot" show to chat all the recent news in the industry and provide all the details for WaleMania III & The LIVE Review-A-Wai Podcast in Orlando over WrestleMania weekend.Topics on today's show include:--THE WRESTLEMANIA 33 CARD – WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT ISN’T--WHAT MATCH CLOSES THE SHOW?--BILL GOLDBERG POST-MANIA? SHOULD THIS BE HIS SWAN SONG WITH THE COMPANY? --THE BUZZ OR LACK THEREOF REGARDING NXT--THE CHANGES TO IMPACT WRESTLING; RATING STAYS FLAT; CRITICISM OF THE FIRST EPISODE;--BROKEN HARDYS, JEFF CONFIRMS ROH DEAL IS “SHORT TERM”, RIGHTS TO THE GIMMICK --NEW JAPAN CUP UPDATE WITH THE SEMI-FINALS SET--DANA WHITE REVERSES OPINION ON MAYWEATHER VS. McGREGOR AND THINKS IT WILL HAPPEN --TALENT AT THE WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER OVER THE PAST WEEK--THE FINAL YEAR OF BROCK LESNAR'S WWE CONTRACT AND REPORTED MATCH WITH ROMAN REIGNS FOR WRESTLEMANIA 34--WWE NETWORK SUBSCRIPTION PREDICTION?--TALENT LEAVING RING OF HONOR

It's the final show! John and Court go out in style as they discuss:--The Royal Rumble build and possible programs coming out of the show for WrestleMania--The Rumble poster with poor A.J. Styles lost in the mix--The state of TNA, the return of Jeff Jarrett as an advisor and what ideas could be generated for TNA to move forward--How the market has changed since the Spike TV era of the company--Kenny Omega's market value and his value to NJPW--The booking Gedo in 2016--The work of Neville in the Cruiserweight division and the title match set up for the Royal Rumble--The future for Kyle O'Reilly--The WWE U.K. tournament this weekend on the WWE Network and what it could signify--Kassius Ohno / Chris Hero returns to WWE--The departure of Steve Corino from ROH and the NJPW commentary team--Mark Hunt's lawsuit filed against Brock Lesnar, Dana White and Zuffa LLC--The UFC's changing face in 2017 and difficulty booking major fights for the first half of the year and more

This week Court and John discuss:--UFC 205 – live thoughts and fallout from the card, sets new gate record at Madison Square Garden--Conor McGregor seeking out equity stake in the UFC--WWE take over Toronto this weekend with NXT Takeover, Survivor Series and Raw --Ticket sales for the three respective events--WWE will run NXT, PPV, Raw and Smackdown in host city for all four major events of the year--The Undertaker’s return on Smackdown this past week for the 900th episode --WrestleMania 33 tickets going on sale--The build towards Royal Rumble at the Alamodome followed by WrestleMania at the Citrus Bowl--The WWE Network’s style of promotion and how the paying subscribers react to the constant free promotions --The Joey Styles story from EVOLVE, dropped by Beyond Wrestling and CHIKARA as well and more

Court and John are back to talk: 205 LIVE coming to the WWE Network, TNA risking a domino effect, Undertaker returning, Hulk and WWE, ROH contracts expiring, Brock heading to Mexico, NOAH sold and more.