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JNPO: December 2025 wrestling year in review | John Cena literally calls it quits, AEW Worlds End controversy, TNA’s new TV deal

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The grand finale of the 2025 pro wrestling year in review series on Josh Nason’s Punch-Out has arrived with a stop in December and not one, but two debuting guests.

We kick off with Mike McGuire of ⁠CelebrateWrestling.com⁠ to talk the month in WWE and everything surrounding John Cena’s final match.

Then, Josh talks with Case Lowe of ⁠VoicesofWrestling.com⁠ and Q101 out of Chicago about the month in AEW and Japan.

Josh then takes it home with all the NXTNAAA and junk drawer happenings.

It’s two hours of audio power to close out the series — all of which are available on this very feed for free.

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JNPO: November 2025 wrestling year in review | AEW, WWE, Ridge & The Walkout

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It’s a special weekend edition of Josh Nason’s Punch-Out as Josh’s pro wrestling year in review series is nearly complete.

Josh and returning guest Paul Fontaine of this website and Fight Game Media talk all about the month of November and over 600 topics like:

  • Samoa Joe winning the AEW World title at Full Gear and all the happenings from the PPV
  • John Cena’s final PPV/PLE match as part of WWE Survivor Series
  • A month where both WWE and AEW held double cage matches
  • The announcement of Hiroshi Tanahashi’s final ever opponent
  • Ridge Holland speaking out about his WWE release and financial situation
  • Nixon Newell and Miranda Alize walking out of AEW Collision and the fallout
  • The best of WWE, AEW, CMLL, TNA, AAA and more

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JNPO: October 2025 wrestling year in review | Real injuries & not-so non-competes

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The Josh Nason’s Punch-Out 2025 pro wrestling year in review series begins its descent with a stop in October and returning guest Mike Gilbert of The Mike & JD Show and Brace For Impact.

Mike and Josh go over a ton of stuff during this 31-day stretch including:

  • Months after Seth Rollins feigned an injury as part of a storyline, he actually got badly hurt at WWE Crown Jewel
  • AEW WrestleDream featured a heel turn and a match that got one ex-AEW employee talking on X afterward
  • TNA holding their biggest event of the year, capped by a title win that would be erased two months later
  • The best in Japan, Mexico, the indies, and more

If it happened in October, it’s all here.

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JNPO: September 2025 wrestling year in review | WWE Wrestlepalooza vs. AEW All Out

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The best damn pro wrestling year in review series continues with a stop in September 2025 on today’s Josh Nason’s Punch-Out.

Returning guest Davie Portman of Poisonrana & upNXT on Post Wrestling returns for his annual holiday drop in.

Josh and Davie talk about the somewhat head-to-head battle between AEW All Out and WWE Wrestlepalooza and all of the run-up to WWE’s PLE debut on ESPN which saw the in-ring return of Brock Lesnar and AJ Lee.

They also talk about Will Ospreay’s neck surgery, the backlash to the WrestleMania/Saudi Arabia announcement, Dominik Mysterio winning another title, and all the big headlines from WWE, AEW, NXTNAAA, ROH, Japan, Mexico and the indies.

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JNPO: April 2025 wrestling year in review – The Rock skips WrestleMania, another frustrating AEW PPV main event finish

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On a new Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, the best pro wrestling year in review podcast series from here to there continues with a stop in April 2025.

Returning for an earlier than usual appearance on the series is Rich Kraetsch of Voices of Wrestling and also of the new dad club.

There’s a lot we get into on this hour+ long show like:

  • The build to WWE WrestleMania 41, the show itself, and the PR effort afterward for why The Rock skipped the show and the John Cena angle
  • A second straight AEW pay-per-view main event that ended in a meh feeling
  • WWE’s intent of a controlling interest of AAA
  • Naito and NJPW parting ways
  • Over 300 headlines and news items mentioned…and lots more.

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