Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast #122: First Time Hall of Fame Voting With Oliver Lee Bateman

This week on The Flagship: how WWE is performing on ESPN Unlimited, the WWE AI story, Go Shiozaki vs. Kento Miyahara, the beginning of NJPW's Super Jr. Tag League, AAA Heroes Inmortales 2025, NXT Halloween Havoc, and more!WWE/ESPN UnlimitedWWE AI storyGo Shiozaki vs. Kento MiyaharaNJPW Super Jr. Tag LeagueAAA Heroes Inmortales 2025NXT Halloween HavocMarigold running Sumo Hall with IYO SKY vs. Mayu Iwatani& more!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

With Rob fleeing to Mexico, Paul Fontaine of F4W and Fight Game Media joins Jeff to discuss headlines, in THE LAZY RIVER OF WRESTLING CRITICISM it was a really good promo week and in Vader Club, Funk vs Flair I Quit from Clash IX New York Knockout..Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Lucha Jobbers regresa para meterse de lleno en el Salón de la Fama del Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON HOF). Te explicamos cómo funciona, cuáles son los criterios, quiénes votan y todo lo que debes saber sobre el sistema. Después, analizamos a todos y cada uno de los candidatos de la sección Modern US/Canada: CM Punk, Samoa Joe, Jon Moxley, Sabu, Randy Orton, Becky Lynch, Los Briscoes, Cody Rhodes, Trish Stratus, Bill Dundee, Mercedes Moné, Los Steiners, Drew McIntyre, The Outsiders, Bill Goldberg, FTR, Edge, Seth Rollins y Los Hardys. Además, te platicamos sobre Les Kellett (Resto del Mundo).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.Estampas de tiempo:0:00 Introducción04:02 ¿Qué es el WON HOF? Criterios, elegibilidad, etc…58:00 Los Briscoes (Jay y Mark Briscoe)1:03:20 Samoa Joe1:14:15 Edge / Adam Copeland1:26:00 Bill Dundee1:28:35 FTR (Dar Harwood y Cash Wheeler)1:33:55 Bill Goldberg1:39:06 Matt & Jeff Hardy1:45:38 Becky Lynch1:52:08 Mercedes Moné / Sasha Banks1:58:40 Drew McIntyre2:02:12 Randy Orton2:08:06 Seth Rollins2:15:05 The Outsiders (Kevin Nash & Scott Hall)2:17:29 Jon Moxley2:27:37 Trish Stratus2:30:03 Rick y Scott Steiner2:33:00 Sabu2:41:40 CM Punk2:57:00 Cody Rhodes3:10:30 Les KellettAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Get ad-free and premium content at patreon.com/themikeandjdshowMike & JD discuss AEW WrestleDream and all the fallout about the show's length and scorned former employee Sarah Stock's call to arms to protect children from drowning in fish tanks. Plus, TNA takes a month off, is their TV deal in trouble? Finally a news roundup discussing AJ Styles retirement, Jericho returning to WWE, Nakamura in New Japan and more!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.On this special episode of Open The Voice Gate, Case and Mike go deep on Masaaki Mochizuki and his candidacy for the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. Using the Gordy List as a loose framework, they discuss the business side of the career, the immeasurable impact of Mochizuki in the Dragon System, and the incredibly deep ringwork catalog of Dragongate’s Iron Man. As well, they discuss the remainder of the Japan region, Mocchy vs some of the prominent candidates, and where they are at with their ballots as the Observer voting period nears its close!Case’s 30 Mochizuki Matches for 30 Years and Mike’s Mochizuki business spreadsheet can be found in the Open The Voice Gate channel on the VOW discord or in this episode’s show post on Voicesofwrestling.comOur 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

On the latest episode of the Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast, host Jesse Collings is joined by author and wrestling writer Oliver Lee Bateman to discuss Oliver's Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ballot. Oliver talks about his process as a first time voter, and they talk about a number of candidates in a wide ranging conversation, including Randy Orton, Edge, Samoa Joe, Junkyard Dog, The Von Erichs, Gorilla Monsoon and many more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Wrestling Omakase is back for a very special episode! John is joined by returning guests Paul Wedding (@PaulEWedding on Twitter) and Jeff Andrews, as well as first time guest Adam Berger, to break down all the candidates in the Japan region of the 2025 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame voting in detail! Here's everybody covered on this week's episode in order:-Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan-Yoshiaki Fujiwara-Hayabusa-Masaaki Mochizuki-Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi-Zack Sabre Jr.-Meiko Satomura-Io Shirai/Iyo Sky-Tiger Jeet Singh-Yoshihiro Takayama-Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada-Bobby Bruns-Joe Higuchi-Rossy Ogawa-Koichi YoshizawaAs you can probably imagine, this leads to a wide-ranging discussion on both Japanese wrestling history and even some stuff on current wrestling as well- a very fun three-ish hours! John, Paul and Adam are all Observer Hall of Fame voters and reveal their ballots (or at least where they're leaning), as well as break down how the entire process works for those who might be unfamiliar. Plus, they briefly discuss how they're leaning in the Modern US category at the end as well. A very fun trip through wrestling history!Adam's Hayabusa HoF article he mentioned on the show: http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2022/11/14/hayabusa-is-a-wrestling-observer-newsletter-hall-of-famer/Adam's archive on VOW: http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/author/adambomb87/Check out Paul's wrestling substack here: http://pwfg.substack.comCheck out Paul's wrestling interviews for his radio station here: http://WFAA.comFollow Wrestling Omakase's Twitter account: http://www.twitter.com/wrestleomakaseFollow John on Bluesky: http://bsky.app/profile/justoneenby.bsky.socialAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on The Flagship: a preview of AEW WrestleDream 2025, AEW's shallow main event scene, the latest on Andrade, TNA going dark(ish) for the next four weeks, NJPW's King of Pro Wrestling, NOAH Wrestle Odyssey, Go Shiozaki's jump to AJPW, and also for some reason legendary WCW jobber The Gambler. AEW WrestleDream 2025 PreviewLatest on AndradeTNA going dark(ish)NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling ReviewNOAH Wrestle Odyssey ReviewGo Shiozaki jumping to AJPW& more!Instant Reaction LIVE: AEW WrestleDream 2025Join us immediately following Saturday's AEW WrestleDream 2025 PPV for Instant Reaction LIVE—the best post-PPV review show in the game.Available exclusively on the FlagshipPatreon.com $10 tier.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rob's back and we talk Andrade, Wrestle Dream and do a Vader Club: HIAC 1998 from RAW Mankind and Kane.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Joel and Damon are back to review King of Pro Wrestling from Ryogoku Kokugikan, as we break down the impact of Takeshita's big win, Aaron Wolf's feud with EVIL, and possible directions for Wrestle Kingdom 20. www.patreon.com/superjcastAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy