Mike & JD Show ep. 79: Ibou of WrestlePurists, #AEW Enters NWO New Era, & Another #TNA Exodus?

The Flagship returns this week to review NJPW's King of Pro Wrestling show, which featured Zack Sabre Jr. winning the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and Hiroshi Tanahashi announcing his retirement. We'll also discuss NJPW's upcoming booking plans, preview NJPW Royal Quest, what we know so far about Power Struggle, RevPro's Global Wars, Joe Koff's passing, a look at NXT's ratings on The CW, Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling's debut shows, and more.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode, Mike & JD are joined by Ibou from WrestlePurists to dive deep into the state of AEW. Topics include the massive shakeup as AEW enters its "NWO era," discussions on Jonathan Gresham's future, a potential bidding war for Josh Alexander, and reflecting on CM Punk's controversial year in WWE.Additional Topics:The State of AEWThe New BATMAN ComicA possible talent exodus from TNAEvil Dead Trilogy, IT Chatpter 2, and more!Don't miss our merchandise at teepublic.com/user/brace-for-impact and join us on Patreon at patreon.com/themikeandjdshow!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week in the news, Tanahashi calls it a career...eventually, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM-- ice cold takes on Wrestle Dream and all the weekly tv and on Vader Club, The Steiner Brothers vs. Doom from Capital Combat 1990Our podcast provider, RedCircle, offers the listeners the option to sponsor the show. Click on “Sponsor This Podcaster” at https://redcircle.com/shows/shake-them-ropes-pro-wrestling-podcast-wwe-nxt-njpw you can donate a single time, or set up a monthly donation to STR!Please Rate and Review Shake Them Ropes on the podcast platform of your choice and follow us on twitter at https://twitter.com/shakethemropesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the latest episode of the Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast, host Jesse Collings has a micro-episode where he talks about a scorching hot Bryan Danielson take.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Joel and Damon are back this week to review NJPW's King Of Pro Wrestling from Ryogoku Sumo Hall. The guys give their thoughts all the key matches including Tetsuya Naito vs Zack Sabre Jr., David Finlay vs Hirooki Goto, and Shingo Takagi vs Ryohei Oiwa. They also discuss ZSJ big win and the future with him as champion, under-rated wrestlers in 2024, Wrestle Kingdom road maps, UK meet-up information, and we answer your questions. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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.It’s a very special episode of Open The Voice Gate as Case and Mike are joined by The Cubs Fan (https://twitter.com/luchablog) to discuss the career of Gran Hamada and his candidacy for the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame! He’s the godfather of Lucharesu, so what does that mean? What were his business metrics? How incredible of a wrestler was he? What’s his influence case? Over the course of the episode, Case, Mike and Cubs make the argument why Gran Hamada merits Hall of Fame inclusion.Matches discussed:4/30/80: Gran Hamada & Satoru Sayama vs. Babe Face & Perro Aguayohttps://vk.com/video-68098508_1706072649/12/84: Gran Hamada & Mighty Inoue vs. Chavo Guerrero & Hector Guerrerohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZhcBqxO8X0?/??/90: Gran Hamada, El Hijo del Santo, & Yoshinari Asai vs. Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera, & Negro Casashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrLU4SPmagQ11/13/90: Gran Hamada vs. Blue Pantherhttps://youtu.be/sV9XONUzjCs?si=qoHr33UhegoaNYlF11/14/91: Gran Hamada, MASA Michinoku, & Monkey Magic Wakita vs. Dr. Wagner Jr, El Texano, & Silver Kinghttps://vk.com/video/playlist/-207689490_34?z=video-207689490_456239394%2Fclub207689490%2Fpl_-207689490_3410/17/92: Gran Hamada, El Texano, & Silver King vs. Black Power, El Signo, & Negro Navarohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjjC4AU0-KI&t=1s10/10/96: Dick Togo, MEN’s Teioh, Shiryu, Shoichi Funaki, & TAKA Michinoku vs. Gran Hamada, Gran Naniwa, Masato Yakushiji, Super Delfin, & Tiger Maskhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjigyMUxNQI12/16/96: Dick Togo, MEN’s Teioh, Shiryu, Shoichi Funaki, & TAKA Michinoku vs. Gran Hamada, Gran Naniwa, Masato Yakushiji, Super Delfin, & The Great Sasukehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXWVfgCmBG81/21/97: Dick Togo, MEN’s Teioh, Shiryu, & TAKA Michinoku vs. Gran Hamada, Gran Naniwa, Masato Yakushiji, & The Great Sasukehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4H03uBUmgE&t=9s3/10/01: Dick Togo, Gran Hamada, & The Great Sasuke vs. Apache, Pentagon, & Sasuke the Greathttps://vk.com/search/video?q=gran%20apache&z=video548721036_456239336Our podcast provider, Red Circle, offers the listeners the option to sponsor the show. Click on “Sponsor This Podcaster” at https://redcircle.com/shows/open-the-voice-gate and you can donate a single time, or set up a monthly donation to Open The Voice Gate!Please Rate and Review Open The Voice Gate on the podcast platform of your choice and follow us on twitter at https://twitter.com/openvoicegate.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It takes two to make a thing go right, it takes two to make a tag team! Pro wrestling history is littered with all sorts of tag teams, just as music history is packed with plenty of duos. Andrew and returning guest Rich Kraetsch (Voices of Wrestling) team up to put a spotlight on some of these duos, including Outkast, Tears for Fears, The White Stripes, McFadden & Whitehead, Eurythmics, Black Star, Daft Punk, and more. Grab the tag rope and find some matching gear because this is an episode you don't want to miss!Theme song: "Hemispheres" by Silent PartnerFollow Music of the Mat on Twitter: @MusicoftheMatFollow Voices of Wrestling on Twitter: @voiceswrestlingFlagshipPatreon.comAll VOW podcasts, articles, previews, and reviews: VoicesofWrestling.comJoin the VOW Discord to discuss Music of the Mat and other shows/topics: VoicesofWrestling.com/DiscordDonate to Music of the Mat and other VOW podcasts: VoicesofWrestling.com/DonateAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Garrett and Liam are back to talk all things TNA up to Hard Justice 2006 - including the building catching fire live on PPV, Jarrett vs. Sting, Christian's heel turn, Joe's issues with his push, Monty on his way out, the death of DVD content, LAX being the coolest act in company history, more Eric Young antics, more Kevin Nash antics and so much more.Support us on Patreon for more audio content, show notes, star ratings and more: https://www.patreon.com/KiddingMeGet our merch: https://youvegottobekiddingme-shop.fourthwall.com/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TNAHistoryPodAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Five Star Match Game returns as we pay tribute to the life and times of Sid Eudy. And there is no better collection of contestants than the crew of Center Stage Chronicles, as Rob Naylor (@NINaylor), Kris Zellner (@KrisZellner), and Charles (@pwoloss) handle trivia from all facets of Sid's nomadic career. No softball questions here! Listen now and find out who is the master and ruler of the trivia world!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Taylor is at it solo as he talks Tokyo Joshi's All Rise 24 and Stardom's Nagoya Golden Fight!Then he run through everything else that's been happening in joshi in the last two weeks, including the start of TJPW's Next Generation Tournament, another Sukeban show, and more!There's of course a review of the standings of the First Annual Jumping Bomb Audio Joshi Fantasy League!Then he breaks down the next two weeks in joshi, highlighted by OZ Academy's annual big show at Yokohama Budokan and Marigold's upcoming Korakuen Hall show featuring four big title matches!Check it out!Please follow us on twitter: @jbombaudioYou can support this podcast at http://redcircle.com/jumping-bomb-audio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy