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My first-ever pro wrestling year in review series on Josh Nason’s Punch-Out wraps up with a look back at December 2021, a month that saw several interesting names get released by WWE, AEW’s first-ever 60-minute draw, Tony Khan’s tweet in response to Big Swole, plenty of GCW news and more.

Helping me out is returning guest Jesse Collings, a columnist for Voices of Wrestling and Wrestling Inc. and the co-host of the Gentlemen’s Wrestling podcast.

A few of the topics we delve into:

• AEW’s first-ever 60-minute draw between Hangman Page and Bryan Danielson and whether we liked how things turned out
• WWE losing Jeff Hardy, Toni Storm and Kairi Sane in different circumstances while retaining Kevin Owens
• GCW making a slew of announcements as they prep for another buzzworthy year
• That Tony Khan tweet on December 31st in response to Big Swole’s company criticisms
• A look at what we are most interested in for the year ahead…and plenty more.

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The annual Josh Nason’s Punch-Out four-part series looking back at the year in MMA comes to an end with October, November and December 2021.

In the finale, Wrestling Observer/Fight Game Media podcaster and writer Paul Fontaine and I recap all the news, results and happenings including:

• The UFC wrapping up an incredibly successful financial year with three straight months of sold-out pay-per-views which did big business at the ESPN+ box office
• Glover Teixeira and Jose Aldo continuing to flip off Father Time as the former won his first UFC light heavyweight title while the latter continued his run toward another title shot with a dominant win over Rob Font
• Kamaru Usman’s march toward being crowned the best welterweight of all-time continued with another win over rival Colby Covington at a memorable UFC return to MSG
• Charles Oliveira continuing his run toward the lightweight GOAT conversation with a UFC title defense against Dustin Poirier at another memorable PPV that also saw Julianna Pena dethrone all-time great Amanda Nunes and much more
• We look ahead to some potentially big storylines and points of interest for 2022.

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My first-ever pro wrestling year in review series on Josh Nason’s Punch-Out continues with a look at November 2021, a month that saw Hangman Page win the AEW World title, WWE make two big rounds of talent cuts, the wheels put into motion for Wrestle Kingdom, plenty of GCW news and more.

Helping me out is first-time guest in POST Wrestling writer and podcaster Andrew Thompson.

A few of the topics we delve into:

• Hangman Page finishing what Andrew called “chapter 1” in AEW’s history with his World title win over Kenny Omega at Full Gear
• WWE cut more than 20 talents from the main roster and NXT including Keith Lee, Karrion Kross, Hit Row, Tegan Nox, John Morrison, Nia Jax, Frankie Monet and others
• A Rock-less WWE Survivor Series
• The UpUpDownDown controversy
• Jon Moxley enters alcohol rehab
• News from MLW, GCW, Japan, ROH, Impact and more.

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My first-ever pro wrestling year in review series on Josh Nason’s Punch-Out continues with a look at October 2021, a month that saw WWE return to Saudi Arabia, the end of Ring of Honor as we currently know it, the build to AEW Full Gear and more.

Helping me out is first-time guest and co-host of Mat Men on this very website, Rich Stambolian.

A few of the topics we delve into:

• The surprise announcement that Ring of Honor was going to regroup and reassess their future in the first three months of ’22
• WWE returning to Saudi Arabia for Crown Jewel with a show that fans seemed to like
• The build to AEW Full Gear in November with Hangman Page set to challenge Kenny Omega for the World title
• The awkward belt exchange and backstage confrontation between Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch
• The random Friday head-to-head battle between SmackDown and Rampage
• Impact, Japan, GCW happenings and more.

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My first-ever pro wrestling year in review series on Josh Nason’s Punch-Out continues with a look at September 2021, a month that saw AEW come out strong with a newsworthy All Out followed by the Grand Slam stadium show, Big E winning the WWE Championship, an NXT relaunch and more.

Helping me out is returning guest Rich Kraetsch of Voices of Wrestling.

A few of the topics we delve into:

• AEW putting on one of the biggest PPVs of the year in All Out which saw great in-ring action and the back-to-back debuts of Adam Cole and Bryan Danielson
• AEW running their first-ever stadium show in Queens, NY, featuring Kenny Omega vs. Danielson in a 30-minute draw
• Big E winning the WWE title after saying he was cashing in his MITB briefcase the day before
• The relaunch of NXT which included a new look, a litany of new debuts and Samoa Joe relinquishing the title
• ROH, Impact, Japan…and more!

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My first-ever pro wrestling year in review series on Josh Nason’s Punch-Out continues with a look at June 2021, a month that saw WWE begin to make serious cuts in their talent roster, Andrade El Idolo debuting with AEW, a new IWGP World Champion crowned and more.

Helping me out is returning guest and longtime wrestling media member Jason Powell of ProWrestling.net.

A few of the topics we delve into:

• WWE making two rounds of cuts that saw Braun Strowman, Aleister Black, Ruby Riott and a slew of 205 Live talents hitting free agency
• More NXT talents getting dark matches in anticipation of a call-up
• The return of Samoa Joe to NXT
• Andrade El Idolo signing with AEW
• AEW announcing their first-ever stadium show
• Tony Khan appearing on Impact Wrestling in the ring
• ROH, Japan, MLW and more

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My first-ever pro wrestling year in review series on Josh Nason’s Punch-Out continues with a look at May 2021, a month that saw AEW announce a network move, Double or Nothing, the infamous Chris Jericho cage fall at Blood & Guts, ZOMBIES, and more.

Helping me out is first-time guest Jesse Collings, a columnist for Voices of Wrestling and Wrestling Inc. and the co-host of the Gentlemen’s Wrestling podcast.

A few of the topics we delve into:

• AEW announces a ’22 move to TBS and their new one-hour show: Rampage
• A newsworthy AEW Double or Nothing that saw the coronation of Dr. Britt Baker
• AEW debuts the Blood & Guts cage match which included the much-discussed cage fall by Chris Jericho (seen above)
• Zombies invade WWE WrestleMania Backlash in the name of corporate sponsorship
• Will Ospreay vacates the IWGP title due to injury
• AEW and WWE announce returns to touring…and more.

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My first-ever pro wrestling year in review series on Josh Nason’s Punch-Out continues with a look at April 2021, a month that saw the return of WWE WrestleMania in front of actual fans, gear returned in trash bags, releases, surprising new hires, title changes and more.

Helping me out is returning guest and one of the voices of AdFreeShows.com, Jon Alba.

A few of the topics we delve into:

• A look back at WWE WrestleMania and NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver
• The in-ring debut of Bad Bunny at Mania
• The Mickie James trash bag incident
• WWE cuts Samoa Joe and nine other roster members and began their march through reshaping the corporate office in Nick Khan’s image
• Adnan Virk was hired for WWE Raw play-by-play without meeting Vince McMahon
• Will Ospreay wins the IWGP title
• Mike Tyson returned to AEW to align with The Inner Circle
• Kenny Omega won his third concurrent World title by defeating Impact’s Rich Swann…and plenty more.

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