Dave Meltzer and I are back with the Friday edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, talking about the big news from today’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Post Wrestling’s John Pollock also joined us to go over his 2025 WON Awards ballot.
Dave Meltzer and I are back with our Friday episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, talking about all the big news from today’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Dave Meltzer and I are back for a Friday edition of Wrestling Observer Radio. Post Wrestling’s John Pollock and this website’s own Paul Fontaine joined us to talk about the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame as it pertained to modern candidates.
As he and Wai prepare for their fifth anniversary party on Saturday afternoon in Newark, New Jersey, prior to AEW Full Gear, I invited John back to talk about what the duo has learned over the past five years and where they hope to be in the next five.
We talked about how the company managed through the pandemic, their expansion of talent and doing different shows, and how his friend and business partner has grown through the process.
We also chat about his experience at Dynamite and Rampage in Toronto and details about Saturday’s live event.
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Join on-air personality Denise Salcedo on this special Saturday day edition of Speak Now Pro Wrestling with special guest Post Wrestling’sJohn Pollock. On today’s show they break down the biggest stories emanating out of WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage.
The evolution of AEW since we last talked, what we like, and what we’d like to see tweaked in the future
John’s thoughts on the Dark Side of the Ring Chris Benoit documentary…and more
Then, I give some blistering hot takes on the Dana White-Kevin Iole interview including some comments that even made the non-alarmist in me take a pause.
‘Left My Wallet’ is back with POST Wrestling and former Live Audio Wrestling co-host John Pollock.
Many subscribers to the site know John from his work with Wai-Ting for years on the LAW’s Review-A-Wai and various other shows, and now he joins me to talk about the burgeoning Toronto sports scene, his WrestleMania week, POST Wrestling, and so much more.
John talks about the precipitous fall over the last few years of the Toronto Blue Jays, why the team went from a contender to a cellar dweller, his thoughts on Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the Rogers Centre and network, and more.
We then break down some of the NHL playoffs including the Columbus Blue Jackets’ stunning series upset over the Tampa Bay Lightning, the frustrating playoff history of his Toronto Maple Leafs, their lack of success against the Bruins, and which team he thinks might come out of the East.
We round out our Toronto sports talk with the city’s hottest franchise, the Toronto Raptors. John tells of his memories going to games in their inaugural season, his love of Damon Stoudamire, their huge upset of Jordan and the ’96 Bulls, Vince Carter, what the city thinks of Kawhi Leonard, and their playoff outlook.
Finally, John talks about his WrestleMania week in NYC, his highlights, a chance meeting with Ric Flair, he and Wai’s journey to Bloodsport, and much more!
It’s a fun and enjoyable hour with one of Canada’s foremost wrestling journalists and a great friend to the site.
Even though a great Canadian retired Thursday in Montreal, another Canadian icon ready to take his place.
On a new Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, POST Wrestling co-founder John Pollock returns for an hour-long edition of the podcast, hitting on three main topics and splintering off from there.
We begin with the retirement announcement of Georges St-Pierre, his relationship with Dana White the past few years, the situation around the Khabib Nurmagomedov fight not happening, and who we wish we had seen him fight before he retired.
We then transition to some POST Wrestling updates which veers off to some talk about the media and why they can’t be blamed for everything.
Finally, I get to vent a bit about Bellator MMA after a near disastrous weekend that saw one main event end due to a groin shot and another that was a complete dud despite a huge build-up.
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Nearly three years to the day after it started, the 100th edition of Josh Nason’s Punch-Out is here, just in time to discuss the big news that UFC is heading to ESPN.
Helping me talk through all the major questions, answers, and thoughts on the deal are three fine gentlemen: Post Wrestling’s John Pollock, Awful Announcing managing editor Joe Lucia, and Awful Announcing sports media writer Andrew Bucholtz.
– John kicks off the show and we discussed both the UFC and rumored WWE TV deals and why I think it shows that ultimately, the opinions of the fanbases no longer matter. We also hit on Ariel Helwani departing to ESPN, how MMA Fighting can recover, his thoughts on Mauro Ranallo’s documentary, and John’s experience with Post Wresting nearly six months after it launched.
– We then go to old friend Andrew for a more business-minded discussion of the UFC/ESPN deal with all the financial fixings.
We have had a lot of great conversation and guests over the past three years, so I’m happy to present the 100th edition of the show with more of it. Thank you for the support!
For years, John Pollock and Wai Ting were known to wrestling fans for their work on Live Audio Wrestling, The Fight Network, and a popular podcast series that reviewed weekly wrestling shows.
In late-October, the two were laid off from The Fight Network but instead of folding into corporate life and podcasting as a hobby, the two developed POST Wrestling over the past two months, part free and part funded by Patreon — now with over 800 people funding their operation at a minimum of $6/head.
On the latest Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, Pollock answers all the questions you have about the story behind the launch, the decision to enter into the paid content realm, whether the LAW show will come back in their new endeavor, whether he’ll cover MMA, and plenty more.
Then, the guys talk for about 15-20 minutes about MMA going into 2018 and some high-level thoughts about Saturday’s UFC 219 show.
It’s the final JNPO of 2017 and it’s free for you to listen to. Happy New Year!
On the eve of CM Punk’s UFC debut, The Fight Network and Live Audio Wrestling superstar John Pollock drops by for an hour of power to talk UFC, WWE, and even a little TNA.
Host Josh Nason poked and prodded John’s brains on the following:
– What John’s been up to this summer amid an insane combat sports schedule
– His thoughts on CM Punk’s fight week preparations and promotions thus far
– Have wrestling fans foresaken Punk or will they come out in droves to watch UFC 203?
International Fight Week is raging in Las Vegas as is the annual Wrestling Observer Convention, so Josh Nason went out and recruited a big international name for the sixth edition of Josh Nason’s Punch-Out: John Pollock of The Fight Network and Live Audio Wrestling!
On this episode, Josh and John hit on a ton of subjects:
– This weekend’s UFC 189 and UFC TUF Finale events
– The importance of the result of Conor McGregor vs. Chad Mendes
– The underselling of welterweight champion Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald and the emergence of Rory Mac as a contender
– Life at The Fight Network and how John juggles his schedule
– John’s favorite weekly wrestling show and why
– An interesting note about The Fight Network and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter
– A few laughs (yes, actual chuckles)
– Josh’s Opening Round…and more!
*****
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