Category: The Fight Game Podcast
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Fight Game: Jim Valley on Don Owen, AEW, his 2022 goals
John LaRocca and I are taking the week off from our normal podcast subjects of AEW and NXT. Instead, I interviewed this website’s own Jim Valley. Jim and I chatted about the following: Don Owen for the WON HOF Defy The history of his wrestling fandom Video games and amusement parks AEW What he wants to…
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Fight Game: A busy Saturday in San Jose with Dave & Bryan
John LaRocca and I are back on the Fight Game Podcast to talk about our crazy wrestling weekend with Bryan Alvarez in town and watching AEW Full Gear at Dave Meltzer’s house. Then, we go into our AEW Dynamite and NXT breakdowns. There was some strong wrestling and promo work on Dynamite, but we differ in…
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Fight Game: Oliver Copp previews AEW Full Gear
Joining me on a bonus episode of the Fight Game Podcast is Oliver Copp, someone who is very familiar to longtime fans of this website as the co-host of Tough Talk, part of the commentary team for AEW in Germany and the TNM wrestling simulator. Oliver talks about how AEW brought him back to wrestling before we…
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Fight Game: Our top ten wrestlers, AEW Dynamite & NXT thoughts
John LaRocca and I are back on the Fight Game Podcast, looking at ten wrestlers we would choose to start our own promotion with. There isn’t as much crossover with our lists as you might think. We then get into the go-home AEW Dynamite before Full Gear Saturday. We talk about the really strong wrestling we liked…
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Fight Game: Jon Moxley, AEW Dynamite & NXT recaps
John LaRocca and I are back on the Fight Game Podcast. We open up the show talking about Jon Moxley and The Blade and how we’re rooting for them and sending nothing but good thoughts their way. I tell the story of how I started doing podcasts with Jon over a year ago. We then look…
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Fight Game: AEW Dynamite, Halloween Havoc, ROH
Image: WWE On this week’s episode of The Fight Game Podcast, John LaRocca and I are back in our normal time slot. We talk about some of the upcoming shows this weekend on the F4W/WO Podcast network. We then break down AEW Dynamite, which was bookended by two extremely different matches. Then we look at NXT’s Halloween…
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Fight Game: Bound for Glory, Becky & Charlotte, AEW Dynamite
This is a free edition of the show. Just click below on the red button listen. On this week’s episode of The Fight Game Podcast, John LaRocca and I did our very first YouTube live stream on the Figure Four Online YouTube channel. But that doesn’t mean our podcast-only folks get left out as the free edition of…
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Fight Game: Friday Night War, NXT, AEW Dynamite recap
On this week’s episode of The Fight Game Podcast, John LaRocca and I talk about the Friday Night War. It was WWE SmackDown and AEW Rampage going head-to-head for thirty minutes, but just as interesting were the maneuvers behind getting to the competition in the first place. We quickly go into NXT, but focus the rest of the show on…
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Fight Game: Mox vs. Gage, Gable Steveson, Dynamite & NXT recaps
Image: WWE On this week’s Fight Game Podcast, JD Oliva, substituting for John LaRocca, and I talk about a few topics that John and I don’t necessarily veer into. We announced our giveaway on this show for this weekend’s GCW PPV on FITE with Jon Moxley vs. Nick Gage headlining. JD covered the MLW media…
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Fight Game: New AEW TNT Champion, frustrating NXT, G1 updates
On this week’s Fight Game Podcast, John LaRocca and I begin by looking forward to what could be an amazing stretch run in New Japan’s G1 B block for both Jeff Cobb and Kazuchika Okada. We then quickly talk about last Sunday’s WWE Extreme Rules before breaking down what was a disappointing and frustrating NXT show, which is…
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Fight Game: AEW Dynamite Grand Slam, best G1 matches so far, NXT
Image via Andrew Zarian On this week’s Fight Game Podcast, John LaRocca and I begin by talking about the main events of the first two nights of this year’s NJPW G1 tournament. We then look at WWE bringing their biggest star over from SmackDown to Raw in Universal Champion Roman Reigns. We then dig into…
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Fight Game: Bron Breakker debut, Danielson vs. Omega, InDex wedding
Image: WWE On this week’s Fight Game Podcast, John LaRocca and I begin by talking about Big E winning the WWE title, Jeff Cobb vs. Kazuchika Okada and the upcoming G1 tournament. We then went into NXT 2.0 and talked about the InDex wedding, Tommaso Ciampa winning the NXT title, the debut of Bron Breakker and some very…
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Fight Game: All Out weekend, Moxley/Suzuki, NXT transition
On this week’s Fight Game Podcast, John LaRocca and I begin the show talking about AEW All Out weekend and I share stories throughout the show. We discuss the bachelor and bachelorette party segments from NXT before digging deep into a very straightforward and easy to watch NXT show. On the AEW Dynamite side, we talk about…
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Fight Game: McMahon & Prichard NXT revamp, AEW All Out preview
Image: @WrestlingIsKing On this week’s Fight Game Podcast, John LaRocca and I begin the show talking about the news that Vince McMahon and Bruce Prichard will be be producing the NXT revamp. I talk about AEW All Out weekend and our live We’re Live, Pal show with Denise Salcedo and Andrew Zarian on Saturday morning and discuss some nice deeds…
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Fight Game: Ridge Holland, Becky Lynch, CM Punk, NXT & AEW reviews
On this week’s Fight Game Podcast, co-host John LaRocca is back. John and I talked about CM Punk’s two home run promos for AEW from the last seven days, Becky Lynch’s supposed heel turn for her WWE return, and Ridge Holland as NXT’s next guy to focus on. We then recap NXT from Tuesday and AEW Dynamite from…
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Fight Game: AEW Dynamite & WWE NXT recaps, Punk, Moxley, Jericho
John LaRocca was out again this week, but Paul Fontaine came to the rescue. Paul and I talked about CM Punk and AEW Rampage for Friday. We also wondered if NXT TakeOver is being overlooked this weekend. We then go over NXT from Tuesday and AEW Dynamite from Wednesday. Also on this week’s show: What’s CM Punk’s match at All Out?…
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Fight Game: Adam Cole, AEW’s ceiling, Dynamite and NXT recaps
On this week’s edition of the Fight Game Podcast, John LaRocca is back. John and I discussed the NXT situation and Adam Cole’s free agency, as well as whether AEW has another few levels they can get to. Then we do our regular analysis of NXT and Dynamite. Also on this week’s show: We wonder how some of…
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Fight Game: CM Punk, Bray Wyatt, NXT and Dynamite recaps
John LaRocca had to miss the recording of our show at the last minute, but Paul Fontaine saved the day. Paul and I hit on a few newsworthy pro wrestling topics and then go over NXT from Tuesday and AEW Dynamite from Wednesday. On this week’s show: Paul and I wondered if Bray Wyatt would fit in AEW. We…
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Fight Game: The Dave Meltzer historical wrestling show guessing game
On a special episode necessitated due to me being in Hawaii on vacation, Dave Meltzer joins me this week for a fun guessing game. Here’s how it works: I give him a date of a historical show and he tries to guess what show it is. We then talk about it based on his memories.…
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Fight Game: Vince McMahon & NXT, Kross vs. Joe, Fyter Fest night two
John LaRocca and I are back with the Fight Game Podcast as we go over NXT from Tuesday and AEW Dynamite from Wednesday. On this week’s show: We open up talking about Karrion Kross losing on Raw and question why it even happened. We talk about all the buzz surrounding CM Punk and Bryan Danielson. We go…