Category: The Fight Game Podcast
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Fight Game: WWE Elimination Chamber preview
John LaRocca and I are back with another episode of The Fight Game Podcast. We kicked off the show talking about the 35th anniversary of the iconic Ric Flair vs. Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat match from Chicago. We then got our Top 5 which included: A preview of Saturday’s WWE Elimination Chamber The surprising Cody…
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Fight Game: Why Samoa Joe shouldn’t be a transitional AEW World champion
Photo via AEW John LaRocca and I are back with another episode of The Fight Game Podcast. We kicked off the show talking about the great job Samoa Joe has been doing as AEW World champion. We look at his program with Swerve Strickland and Hangman Page and discuss who should be champion coming out…
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Fight Game: Is the WWE WrestleMania 40 main event now finalized?
John LaRocca and I are back with another episode of The Fight Game Podcast. We kicked off the show discussing Thursday’s WWE WrestleMania kickoff media event with a big angle concerning The Rock, Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, and Seth Rollins. How did WWE get here and what should the focus be on the road to…
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Fight Game: Wrestling with fandom after the Vince McMahon lawsuit
John LaRocca and I are back with another episode of The Fight Game Podcast. We kicked things off with a discussion about whether our wrestling fandom is the same after the sordid details that came out in Janel Grant’s lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE. We compared it to other times where we had to…
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Fight Game: Vince McMahon lawsuit, WWE Royal Rumble preview
Photo via WWE.com John LaRocca and I are back with another episode of The Fight Game Podcast. We kicked things off by talking about Janel Grant’s lawsuit against Vince McMahon. We then got to the rest of our Top 5 which included: Thoughts on WWE’s deal with Netflix Adam Copeland against Minoru Suzuki AEW rankings…
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Fight Game: Where is Kazuchika Okada headed?
Photo from @NJPWGlobal John LaRocca and I are back with another episode of The Fight Game Podcast. We kicked things off by talking about the news broken Thursday night by New Japan Pro Wrestling that Kazuchika Okada is leaving the company. We then got to the rest of our Top 5 which included: NJPW Battle…
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Fight Game: Sting’s last match in AEW
John LaRocca and I are back with another episode of The Fight Game Podcast. We kicked things off by talking about the live wrestling we will get to see on Saturday night at the old San Jose Civic Auditorium with NJPW Battle in the Valley. We then got to the rest of our Top 5…
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Fight Game: Did The Rock change Cody Rhodes’ WrestleMania story?
John LaRocca and I are back with the first 2024 episode of The Fight Game Podcast. We kicked things off by talking about Thursday morning’s Wrestle Kingdom 18 show from the Tokyo Dome. We then got to the rest of our Top 5 which included: Bryan Danielson and Kazuchika Okada as all-time wrestlers The Rock…
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Fight Game: AEW Worlds End preview
John LaRocca and I are back with the last Fight Game Podcast of 2023. We kicked things off talking about AEW Dynamite and the two semifinal matches for the Continental Classic. We then got to the rest of our Top 5 which included: Overall thoughts on the tournament The silly AEW Devil angle NXT thoughts…
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Fight Game: AEW Continental Classic, wrestling-themed Christmas gifts
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast. We kicked things off by talking about the first half of week five of the AEW Continental Classic, our favorite match from Wednesday, and thoughts on a three-way match determining the winner of the Gold League. We then got to the rest…
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Fight Game: The CM Punk effect
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast. We kicked off the show talking about going to see the new Von Erich film The Iron Claw which we reviewed at the end of the show in a non-spoiler way. We then got to our Top 5 which included: Dave Meltzer’s…
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Fight Game: WWE NXT Deadline preview
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast. We started off the show talking about our newest project which will be on this podcast feed for anyone that is interested. We then got to our Top 5 which included: NJPW star Kazuchika Okada and the latest news surrounding his contract…
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Fight Game: What’s next for CM Punk in WWE?
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast, starting off the show talking about, who else, but CM Punk as he made his return to WWE last Saturday at Survivor Series. We then got to the rest of the Top 5 which included: The idea of Punk vs. “Stone Cold”…
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Fight Game: WWE Survivor Series preview
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast. We cheated a little bit on our Top 5 as talking about our Thanksgiving celebrations spread as our first topic. We then got to the rest of the Top 5 which included: Thoughts on the main matches at AEW Full Gear The…
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Fight Game: Who is AEW’s devil?
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast. Before we got to our Top 5, which was actually a Top 5 1/2, I talked about going to see a live AEW Rampage and Collision taping last week in Oakland. We then got to our Top 5 which included: NXT’s Trick…
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Fight Game: Are The Bloodline getting stale?
Photo via WWE John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast. To kick off this week’s top five, we discussed if The Bloodline, as an act and the main storyline in WWE, is starting to get stale. Other topics include: NXT’s move to the CW Network next fall The men’s…
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Fight Game: WWE Crown Jewel Preview
Photo via WWE.com John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast. To kick off this week’s top five, we looked at some of the issues we’ve had with AEW television of late. Topics include: Too much comedy that doesn’t hit in AEW An excellent MJF vs. Kenny Omega match on…
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Fight Game: The many programs of MJF
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast. To kick off this week’s top five, we talked about a company that we don’t usually talk about but were in the news because of a rebrand back an an old brand. Yep, we talked some TNA to start the show. Some…
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Fight Game: Is Nick Wayne ready for prime time?
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast. Also back is our top five pro wrestling stories of the week. Our first story was about the pivot from where the MJF/Juice Robinson storyline seemed to be going last week before Saturday’s Collision and Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite. We also looked at…
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Fight Game: AEW Dynamite or WWE NXT – which show was better?
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast. For this week only, we changed up the format to do a segment-by-segment comparison of AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT. We know who won the ratings battle, but we wanted to see which show we enjoyed most. Before we compared and contrasted…