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John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok to review the UFC 265 card from Houston where Ciryl Gane stopped Derrick Lewis to become the Interim Heavyweight Champion. MAIN CARD *Interim Heavyweight Championship: Derrick Lewis vs. Ciryl Gane *Jose Aldo vs. Pedro Munhoz *Michael Chiesa vs. Vicente Luque*Angela Hill vs. Tecia Torres*Casey Kenney vs. Song Yadong PRELIMINARY CARD*Rafael Fiziev vs. Bobby Green*Vince Morales vs. Drako Rodriguez*Alonzo Menifield vs. Ed Herman*Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Jessica PenneEARLY PRELIMS*Manel Kape vs. Ode Osbourne*Anderson dos Santos vs. Miles Johns*Victoria Leonardo vs. Melissa Gatto*Johnny Munoz Jr. vs. Jamey Simmons Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribe Patreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.com Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Q795HhR Merch: https://store.postwrestling.com Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/YouTube: @POSTwrestlingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Wai Ting and Jordan Goodman are back with this month's edition of The Wellness Policy as they investigate the importance of play in our everyday lives through discussion of the book, “Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul” by Stuart Brown, M.D. They explore the evolutionary purpose of play in animals, how play evolves over the lifespan, why we tend to lose our sense of play as we age, the benefits of incorporating a play-state in work and life, and suggestions on how to become more playful. As always, they open up the phone lines for POST Wrestling Café members to share their own experiences of the topic as it relates to parenting, loosening up with colleagues, balancing play with seriousness, and more. They wrap with an exploration of how play fits into Wai and Jordan’s lives. The Wellness Policy returns Thursday, September 2 at 1pm ET/10am PT/6pm UK to take a deep dive into dating as requested by you! We’ll chat dating apps, courtship, sex and relationships, and more awkward topics LIVE in the Café! Watch video of this podcast at YouTube.com/POSTwrestling Show Theme: “Rosie Was” by Raindeer Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribe Patreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.com Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com Discord: https://postwrestling.com/discord Merch: https://store.postwrestling.com Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/YouTube: @POSTwrestlingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok to preview this Saturday’s UFC 265 card from Houston featuring Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane fighting for the Interim Heavyweight Championship. MAIN CARD *Interim Heavyweight Championship: Derrick Lewis vs. Ciryl Gane *Jose Aldo vs. Pedro Munhoz *Michael Chiesa vs. Vicente Luque*Angela Hill vs. Tecia Torres*Casey Kenney vs. Song Yadong PRELIMINARY CARD*Rafael Fiziev vs. Bobby Green*Vince Morales vs. Drako Rodriguez*Alonzo Menifield vs. Ed Herman*Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Jessica PenneEARLY PRELIMS*Manel Kape vs. Ode Osbourne*Anderson dos Santos vs. Miles Johns*Victoria Leonardo vs. Melissa Gatto*Johnny Munoz Jr. vs. Jamey Simmons Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribe Patreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.com Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Q795HhR Merch: https://store.postwrestling.com Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/YouTube: @POSTwrestlingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite’s Homecoming from Jacksonville featuring Cody Rhodes vs Malakai Black. John discusses the deaths of Jody Hamilton and Bert Prentice. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:03:48] NEWS OF THE DAY: Jody Hamilton passes away at 82 Longtime promoter Bert Prentice dies Max Caster rap on AEW Dark, Tony Khan comments  Allegiant Stadium requiring masks to be worn  [00:29:21] AEW Dynamite Review: After four weeks, Dynamite is HOME! AEW’s return to Daily’s Place featured the long-awaited match between Cody Rhodes and Malakai Black with a major angle to close the show, a TNT Championship Match between Miro and Lee Johnson, the next title challenger for Britt Baker steps up, Christian Cage looks to extend his undefeated streak, Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston team with Darby Allin, and it’s the first match between Chris Jericho and Juventud Guerrera since 1999 as the Third of Labor of Jericho takes place. [01:24:55] Patron feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum Watch the video version of this podcast at YouTube.com/POSTwrestling Double Double+ patrons get live Zoom access to all of our POST Shows after every Raw, Dynamite, SmackDown and WWE/AEW PPV. Join at postwrestlingcafe.com Photos Courtesy: AEW Rewind-A-Dynamite Theme by Jacob Chesnut Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribe Patreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.com Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com Discord: https://postwrestling.com/discord Merch: https://store.postwrestling.com Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/YouTube: @POSTwrestlingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

John Pollock & Wai Ting chat about WWE Raw from Chicago featuring a No Holds Barred main event, The First Dance is sold out, and we chat Bray Wyatt, Ric Flair & Adam Cole. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:18:13] NEWS OF THE DAY:   Hideki Hosaka dies at age 49 Friday Night SmackDown viewership The First Dance is sold out Bray Wyatt released by WWE Ric Flair obtains his release from WWE, per reports Adam Cole’s contract status, per report NJPW Summer Struggle line-ups PWG’s Mystery Vortex from Sunday   [00:51:39] WWE Raw: This week the show was from a sold-out Allstate Arena with Bill Goldberg appearing on the program as Bobby Lashley accepted the match for SummerSlam. In the main event, Nikki A.S.H. met Charlotte Flair in a No Holds Barred match, Karrion Kross continues to spiral, Drew McIntyre brings his sword to work, Ricochet returns, and the crowd reminds everyone of the Chicago-based wrestler that left in 2014. [01:37:15] Patron feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum Watch the video version of this podcast at YouTube.com/POSTwrestling Double Double+ patrons get live Zoom access to all of our POST Shows after every Raw, Dynamite, SmackDown and WWE/AEW PPV. Join at postwrestlingcafe.com Photos Courtesy: WWE Rewind-A-Raw Theme by Colby John: https://soundcloud.com/colbyjohn Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribe Patreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.com Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com Discord: https://postwrestling.com/discord Merch: https://store.postwrestling.com Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/YouTube: @POSTwrestlingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

WH Park welcomes his first return guest to the Long & Winding Royal Road as GRAPPL Spotlight’s JP Houlihan comes back with another great match choice. WH and JP talk about a pivotal match in the careers of both Mitsuharu Misawa and Akira Taue: their Champion Carnival final confrontation from April 15, 1995. They discuss the paths both men took to get to the finals and how an injury suffered by Misawa nine days earlier played a significant part in how this match was laid out. They also give an analysis on how Taue’s Nodowa Otoshi is different from other chokeslams. Click here to watch the match on YouTube. WH Park and a special guest look back at the greatest matches of All Japan Pro Wrestling from the 1990s in The Long & Winding Royal Road, a limited-edition podcast from POST Wrestling. Support this podcast by picking up a L&WRR t-shirt in either black or white:https://store.postwrestling.com/collections/featured-items/products/the-long-winding-royal-road-t-shirt-black https://store.postwrestling.com/collections/featured-items/products/the-long-winding-royal-road-t-shirt-white Music: "Across the Danube, Op. 36" by John Philip Sousa | Performed by United States Marine Band (band) and Jason Fettig (conductor) | The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa, No.4 | Washington, DC: United States Marine Band, 2015. | Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 | Public Domain Letter WH Park on Twitter: @whpark9 Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribe Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com Merch: https://store.postwrestling.com Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/YouTube: @postwrestlingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok and Eric Marcotte to review one of the biggest nights in Bellator’s history with the crowning of A.J. McKee as its new featherweight champion. MAIN CARD *Bellator Featherweight Championship: Patricio “Pitbull” Freire © vs. A.J. McKee*Mads Burnell vs. Emmanuel Sanchez*Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Manny Muro*Brent Primus vs. Islam Mamedov *Goiti Yamauchi vs. Chris Gonzalez PRELIMINARY CARD*Vanessa Porto vs. Ilara Joanne *Gadzi Rabadanov vs. Daniel Carey*Khasan Magomedsharipov vs. Jonathan Quiroz *Johnny Cisneros vs. Joshua Jones*Georgi Karakhanyan vs. Kiefer Crosbie *Brian Moore vs. Jordan Winski Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribe Patreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.com Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Q795HhR Merch: https://store.postwrestling.com Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/YouTube: @POSTwrestlingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

John Pollock is joined by Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics to discuss WWE’s second-quarter earnings report and call with analysts about their return to live events with fans. The two tackle all areas of WWE’s business including recent television and live event success, the state of its developmental system and international plans, a return to Saudi Arabia, and Zombies! Plus, AEW’s successful day for “The First Dance” at The United Center, and the fallout involving Chris Jericho vs. Nick Gage from Wednesday’s episode. You can listen to complete audio of WWE’s Q2 Earnings Call by clicking here. Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribe Patreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.com Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Q795HhR Merch: https://store.postwrestling.com Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/YouTube: @POSTwrestlingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok and Eric Marcotte to preview the Bellator 263 card featuring one of the biggest fights in the promotion’s history as Patricio Pitbull Freire meets undefeated A.J. McKee. MAIN CARD *Bellator Featherweight Championship: Patricio “Pitbull” Freire © vs. A.J. McKee*Mads Burnell vs. Emmanuel Sanchez*Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Manny Muro*Brent Primus vs. Islam Mamedov *Goiti Yamauchi vs. Chris Gonzalez PRELIMINARY CARD*Vanessa Porto vs. Ilara Joanne *Gadzi Rabadanov vs. Daniel Carey*Khasan Magomedsharipov vs. Jonathan Quiroz *Johnny Cisneros vs. Joshua Jones*Georgi Karakhanyan vs. Kiefer Crosbie *Brian Moore vs. Jordan Winski*Justin Barry vs. Daniel Compton  Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribe Patreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.com Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Q795HhR Merch: https://store.postwrestling.com Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/YouTube: @POSTwrestlingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite’s Fight for the Fallen featuring The Elite vs. Dark Order 5-on-5 Elimination Match and a No DQ Match between Chris Jericho and Nick Gage from Charlotte, NC. [00:00:00] Intro & Announcements [00:07:58] NEWS OF THE DAY:   Nevada issues mask mandate, rising cases Tony Khan asked about CM Punk and Bryan Danielson AEW “The First Dance” at United Center on 8/20 NJPW adds matches for 9/4 at MetLife Dome WWE Raw & NXT ratings NXT recap and thoughts      [00:30:23] AEW Dynamite Review: Fight for the Fallen took place from the Bojangles Coliseum featuring Nick Gage wrestling on national television against Chris Jericho in a No Disqualification Match. AEW announces The First Dance at The United Center in Chicago, Space Jam invades the 5-on-5 Elimination Match between The Elite and Hangman Page & Dark Order, Hiroshi Tanahashi has an announcement, Cash Wheeler sustains an injury during the tag match with Santana & Ortiz, and Malakai Black attacks Cody Rhodes. [01:37:04] Patron feedback from the POST Wrestling Forum Watch the video version of this podcast at YouTube.com/POSTwrestling Double Double+ patrons get live Zoom access to all of our POST Shows after every Raw, Dynamite, SmackDown and WWE/AEW PPV. Join at postwrestlingcafe.com Photos Courtesy: AEW Rewind-A-Dynamite Theme by Jacob Chesnut Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribe Patreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.com Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com Discord: https://postwrestling.com/discord Merch: https://store.postwrestling.com Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/YouTube: @POSTwrestlingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy