JNPO: Pro wrestling year in review – The first Vince McMahon allegations emerge

Josh and Mike Gilbert also talk the bumpy road to AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door.

On a new Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, the clubhouse leader for the best pro wrestling year in review series continues with a stop in June 2022 — the month that saw the first of the Vince McMahon allegations come out.

Helping me through this month is first-time guest and Brace for Impact podcast host Mike Gilbert of Fight Game Media.

Mike and I talk about the emergence of the McMahon story by the Wall Street Journal and the immediate fallout that saw McMahon appear on WWE TV in a show of confidence, defiance and false bravado.

June also saw a strange path to AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door including a notable post-Double or Nothing AEW Dynamite that included CM Punk getting injured on a stage drive, Hiroshi Tanahashi appearing to set up a match that never happened, and MJF deliver a scathing promo before his three-month disappearance.

We also get into everything that happened in Impact, Japan, and the indies.

Enjoy this latest deep dive into the pro wrestling year that was.

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