Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast #115: What Has Gone Right In AEW

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.Dragongate’s biggest show is in the rear mirror and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about Sunday’s Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival show! Case and Mike take time to unpack YAMATO vs Shun Skywalker from all angles including where the Dream Gate goes next. As well, they discuss all the major title matches, D’Courage vs Dragon Kid & Hiroshi Tanahashi and a whole lot more!Our 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

Esta semana nos echamos un clavado al universo de Tony Khan y AEW con un análisis de todo lo ocurrido en All In 2025 y Supercard of Honor 2025. Platicamos sobre los problemas de ritmo, las mejores luchas, las virtudes de la empresa, los storylines y la historia de Hangman. Además, la mala semana que pasó WWE.Si te gusta el contenido y tienes dinero extra, puedes dejarnos una donación en el siguiente enlace: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/donate/. Cualquier cantidad es agradecida y todo va directo a los anfitriones de este querido podcast.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Paul and Gerard cast a wide net and talk about Big Japan, DDT, and even NXT. There is plenty of talk about GLEAT's fourth anniversary show and the mess that the company now finds itself in. Plus some traditional All Japan and NOAH coverage as those companies build to some big shows.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jesse Collings hosts a special addition of the Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast, reviewing AEW's ALL IN show. Jesse goes over the importance of Adam Page's world title win, the value of creating a feel-good energy around your annual biggest show, Jon Moxley's mid-year revival, where the Kenny Omega/Kazuchika Okada match fits into their legacies, how Toni Storm and Mercedes Mone have raised expectations for women's wrestling a lot more. At the end of the pod, Jesse also reviews an excellent Ring of Honor Supercard of Honor show. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week Wrestling Omakase is back for another packed show! John is joined by returning guest Chris Samsa (@TheChrisSamsa on Twitter) from the Sport of Pro Wrestling website for a long, thorough preview of this year's G1 Climax! John and Chris go wrestler-by-wrestler through all twenty competitors across both blocks breaking down everyone's most notable matches, who they think are favorites and dark horses to move on to the elimination round, some discussions of venues that NJPW is running this year (and early ticket sales), and a whole lot more! As you'd expect Chris comes armed with plenty of stats too, but a lot of it is just the buzz and anticipation level heading into another G1 after a very (ahem) uneven year of NJPW up to this point- a fascinating discussion that should help get you ready for another G1 Climax!Afterward, John goes solo to review three shows- about 20 minutes of brief thoughts on AEW All In Texas (and frankly, nothing they say should surprise longtime listeners at all) before giving longer form thoughts on two shows from Japan this past weekend- first, a full review of Dragongate's biggest show of the year, Kobe World! It's been a while since John has talked any DG so they go in depth with their thoughts on the major angle developments, review all the matches, and discuss a bit on where things might be going in the near future. Finally, they wrap things up with a review of DDT's 7/13 Korakuen featuring a KO-D Openweight Title match, two celebrity wrestlers, and a lot of matches being set up for the two-night Peter Pan event at the end of August.Check out Sport of Pro Wrestling's 2025 G1 Pick Em: http://g1.sportofprowrestling.com/Follow Wrestling Omakase on Twitter: @WrestleOmakaseFollow John on Bluesky: @JustOneEnbyAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Fred & Tyler from The Good, The Bad, & The Hungee take over the VOW YouTube to discuss AEW's All In 2025!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week it's the second biggest weekend in American wrestling. Maybe? In THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM we preview everything and for Vader Club: Nov selected Beavis and Butthead vs. Hulk HoganAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Joel and Damon are back to review two nights of New Japan Soul shows with full analysis of the IWGP Global Championship match between Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Gabe Kidd, YOSHI-HASHI vs Chase Owens, the Junior Title match between El Desperado vs Kosei Fujita and the G1 Climax 35 Last Chance Play-In Gauntlet. The guys also discuss G1 excitement levels, Arsenal Football Club, will Hiroshi Tanahashi survive his last G1?, and we answer your questions. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the latest episode of the Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast, host Jesse Collings is joined by Trevor Dame, host of the ThROH The Years Podcast, to discuss how AEW has gotten on a hot streak in 2025 leading up to ALL IN. They discuss the successful utilization of the roster, the elevation of younger wrestlers, the culling of some problematic names from the roster, the development of new babyface stars and how Tony Khan has grown and matured as the lead decision maker. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tyler & Fred are back to talk about the latest in news for AEW, including the Mercedes Mone-Toni Storm feud and its use of sexualization; the ridiculous Mercedes Mone "creative control" discussion; and WWE's counter-programming of AEW and how they may have over committed on that front. Then we get into the Heat Check to preview this Saturday's All In Texas! It's a fun show, so check it out!Like, comment, and subscribe so maybe Tyler can get one of those ringside steaks.Subscribe to Fred’s Patreon for more of his wrestling writing: https://www.patreon.com/flagrantwrestlingSponsor The Good, the Bad, & the Hungee: https://redcircle.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-hungee-aew-podcast/donationsOur theme song is Natural Duality by Joseph McDade.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy