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It’s the second Fight Game Podcast of the week as we bid farewell to 2022 and look ahead to 2023 in pro wrestling.

I brought on Ben Cruz from The Ringer, Ryan Droste from Top Rope Nation, and former wrestling podcaster Jeremy Los to join me for this year in review and look ahead to 2023.

Before making our prediction for 2023, we gave out our 2022 awards, focusing on:

• Match of the year
• Wrestler of the year
• Media story of the year
• Major show of the year
• Wrestling TV show of the year

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John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new episode of The Fight Game Podcast.

Before John and I recapped the New Year’s Smash edition of AEW Dynamite, we talked about Dragon Lee signing with WWE along with John revealing his wrestler and match of the year winners.

Then, we talked Dynamite, focusing on the following:

• Wardlow’s show-long medical diagnosis
• Hangman Page going back to comedy for his concussion
• The wacky names of the enhancement talent in AEW 
• Booking Chris Jericho vs. Ricky Starks
• Max Caster verbally putting Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal in bodybags
• The end of Wardlow’s World as we know it

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John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new episode of The Fight Game Podcast.

John and I recapped the Holiday Bash edition of AEW Dynamite, focusing on the following:

• Ricky Starks’ confidence level
• Bryan Danielson’s unconditional love for William Regal
• Jon Moxley’s truth hurts interview about Hangman Page
• FTR and the Gunns having an excellent wrestling match
• The Biggest Boss Rick Ross becoming a Mogul Affiliate
• Jamie Hayter and Hikaru Shida tearing it up for the AEW Women’s title

After that, I bring on Mike Gilbert, host of Brace for Impact on the Fight Game Media Network Patreon. We talk about the best and worst of Impact in 2022 and look ahead to 2023.

You can watch the full segment on the F4WOnline YouTube channel. 

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John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new episode of The Fight Game Podcast.

Before we recapped AEW Dynamite’s Winter Is Coming, I talked to Dave Meltzer about Mandy Rose’s release from WWE as well as the Vince McMahon Vice documentary and the latest Wall Street Journal story about McMahon.

Then, John and I recapped Wednesday’s Winter is Coming edition of Dynamite, focusing on the following:

• MJF’s and Ricky Starks’ pre-match promos
• Jeff Jarrett being out of place as a wrestler on AEW
• Wishing Tony Khan would have used existing roster talent to get a win over Chris Jericho
• Hangman Page’s reason for wanting to fight Jon Moxley again
• Bryan Danielson as the next contender for AEW World Champion MJF

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John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new episode of The Fight Game Podcast.

Before we recapped AEW Dynamite, we talked about Tony Khan’s ROH media call where he gave his reasons for allowing William Regal out of his AEW contract. We also talked about other news coming out of that call.

Then, we recapped Wednesday’s Dynamite, focusing on the following:

• Ricky Starks’ star-making performance
• Darby Allin being a daredevil
• Jon Moxley’s non-reaction to William Regal’s taped interview
• Whether ROH Final Battle is worth the $40 price tag
• A really good tag team main event

After the Dynamite review, I talk with The Athletic’s national college football writer Chris Vannini who also has a wrestling podcast called Getting Over. We talk about him covering both college football and wrestling, new media, his wrestling guilty pleasures, Deion Sanders, Jim Harbaugh, and more. 

The full video of that interview is available on YouTube.

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John LaRocca is off this week, so I invited Keila Cash, co-host of The WRAP, a weekly WWE podcast, to join me on a brand new episode of The Fight Game Podcast.

We preview Saturday’s WWE Survivor Series and go through all of the matches scheduled so far. We then look ahead to the Royal Rumble and further, especially with where things may be going with The Bloodline.

Finally, we review AEW Dynamite from Chicago and focus on the following:

• The opening segment with Bryan Danielson saving William Regal from Jon Moxley
• How the second segment which was all goofy comedy and didn’t fit after the dramatic first segment
• Excitement for the upcoming Ricky Starks and MJF promos
• Jade Cargill’s quick segment with Bow Wow and some Bow Wow trivia
• The over-the-top match with The Elite and The Death Triangle which made us wonder if CM Punk is really coming back
• How perfect Jamie Hayter and Britt Baker are together
• Chris Jericho and Tomohiro Ishii sending us home with a banger

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John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new episode of The Fight Game Podcast.

Before we get to our AEW Dynamite review, we talk about Logan Paul and WWE Crown Jewel, WarGames coming up at Survivor Series, and Austin Theory losing his Money in the Bank briefcase in the least logical way.

Then, we review Dynamite and focus on the following:

• Max Caster getting his pop culture punchlines in
• MJF on Pardon My Take
• The underutilized Eddie Kingston
• Samoa Joe turning on Wardlow which we didn’t see coming
• Saraya’s babyface promo that didn’t turn out the way she wanted
• Piss and vinegar Jon Moxley
• The fantastic main event between Sammy Guevara and Bryan Danielson

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John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new episode of The Fight Game Podcast.

Before we get to our AEW Dynamite review, we talk about the special weekend edition of The Fight Game Podcast as I am going to go live on YouTube after WWE Crown Jewel to recap the show. 

Then, we review Dynamite and focus on the following:

• “The Last Outlaw” Jeff Jarrett
• Max Caster’s John Stockton shorts
• No MJF on the show at all
• Chris Jericho vs. Colt Cabana in an ugly match
• Katsuyori Shibata and dream matches
• The Boss Rick Ross
• Mike Tyson on Rampage

In the second segment, I bring on The Ringer’s Ben Cruz and Jeremy Los, two longtime friends and former podcast partners to talk about WWE Crown Jewel, tribalism in pro wrestling, AEW’s come up and their current struggles, and more. Video of the interview is on the F4WOnline YouTube channel. 

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John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new episode of The Fight Game Podcast.

Before we get to our AEW Dynamite review, we talk about the short video segment featuring The Elite. We think about how to bring back The Elite to AEW television for both the fans who know the story and the fans who don’t.

Then, we review Dynamite and focus on the following:

• The Wheeler Yuta glow up
• Keith Lee’s slowest hot tag of all-time
• MJF’s babyface promo – is he going babyface or is he the biggest con?
• Bryan Danielson on his A game
• Jamie Hayter as the crowd favorite

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John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new episode of The Fight Game Podcast.

Before we get to our AEW Dynamite review, we talk about the highlights and lowlights from Tuesday’s WWE NXT before previewing this weekend’s NXT Halloween Havoc.

Then, we review Dynamite and focus on the following:

• Hangman Page’s injury
• Renee Paquette’s fit so far
• Toni Storm as a possible great sympathetic babyface
• MJF and William Regal showing out
• What the end game to Chris Jericho as Ring of Honor champ may be
• How they produced the end of the show after Hangman was injured

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On this week’s episode of The Fight Game Podcast, I talk to past Wrestling Observer Radio guest and broadcaster Larry Dallas who is on the call this weekend as the color analyst for TripleMania XXX from Mexico City.

We discuss 2the following:

• Broadcasting from home rather than being live in Mexico City
• What he’s most looking forward to call
• The current wrestling scene with Paul “Triple H” Levesque in charge at WWE
• Wrestling locker rooms
• Worrying about pronunciation
• Favorite broadcasters of all-time

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