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Fight Game: Cody Rhodes has finished the story
John LaRocca and I are back with another episode of The Fight Game Podcast. We kicked off the show talking about a fantastic culmination to WrestleMania 40 with Cody Rhodes beating Roman Reigns to finish the story. We recapped both nights of WrestleMania, talked a little bit about the NXT show from Saturday morning, and…
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Fight Game: Our favorite Sting memories and moments
Photo by JJ Williams John LaRocca and I are back with another episode of The Fight Game Podcast. We kicked off the show talking about our memories of Ole Anderson and Mike Jones, aka Virgil, who passed away this week. We then got the rest of our Top 5 which included: Our favorite memories of…
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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…
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Fight Game: There’s only one pillar
John LaRocca and Garrett Gonzales also talk about CM Punk coming back to AEW. John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast. We kicked off the show with our thumbs up/thumbs down segment before moving on to our big picture look at AEW Dynamite. We went over the following: A…
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Fight Game: Ranking AEW’s underutilized young talent
John LaRocca and I are back with another episode of the Fight Game Podcast. Before we review AEW’s Fyter Fest Dynamite from Wednesday, we talk about our schedule over the next two weeks since I’m going on vacation and what we’re going to do. Don’t worry: it’s going to be fun stuff. We also look at…
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Fight Game: Booking Steve Austin after WrestleMania, Undertaker WWE HOF idea, AEW & NXT recaps
John LaRocca and I are back on the Fight Game Podcast. In addition to recapping AEW Dynamite and NXT from this week, we discuss the following: Booking “Stone Cold” Steve Austin after WrestleMania and what his biggest money match might be An idea for this year’s WWE HOF surrounding the Undertaker New talent heading into AEW…
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Fight Game: Moxley returns, Gunther, Dynamite & NXT recaps
John LaRocca and I are back on the Fight Game Podcast. Before we recap AEW Dynamite and NXT from this week, we discuss the following: Jon Moxley’s return to AEW and his upcoming match this weekend for GCW Cody Rhodes’ promo that went in a few different directions WALTER becoming Gunther Sarray’s new character We then…
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Fight Game: Saving the Observer, NXT & AEW Dynamite recaps
Garrett Gonzales and John LaRocca and are back on the Fight Game Podcast. Before we recap AEW Dynamite and NXT from this week, we discuss the following: My story of helping Dave Meltzer find the Hall of Fame edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter which he thought he accidentally deleted Oversaturation of wrestling on TV Wrestling matches universally…
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Fight Game: WWE releases, Page vs. Danielson 2, Bron Breakker
John LaRocca and I are back on the Fight Game Podcast to go over several big topics in the world of professional wrestling before tackling AEW Dynamite and NXT from this week. Dave Meltzer joins us right at the top of the show to talk about the injuries that happened at AEW Dynamite and the Rampage taping,…
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Fight Game: Toni Storm, Roman vs. Brock, AEW Dynamite & NXT recaps
John LaRocca and I are back on the Fight Game Podcast to go over several big topics in the world of professional wrestling before tackling AEW Dynamite and NXT from this week. We discuss: Toni Storm leaving WWE What to expect from the WWE Day 1 main event of Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar Jade Cargill’s win…
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Fight Game: Three questions with Denise, Lance, Bryan & Dave
I am doing double duty this week hosting Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer until Bryan Alvarez is back from vacation. Because of that, I couldn’t record my normal podcast with John LaRocca. So instead, I pre-recorded interviews with John, Denise Salcedo, Lance Storm, Bryan Alvarez (before he left), and Dave Meltzer for the show.…
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Fight Game: Kevin Owens, Brody King, Winter is Coming recap
John LaRocca is back after a week off and he and I go over a couple of big topics in the world of professional wrestling before tackling AEW Dynamite and NXT. We discuss: Kevin Owens re-upping with WWE The rumors of Brody King joining AEW Adam Cole’s surprise for The Young Bucks Bryan Danielson and Hangman…
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Fight Game: WWE main eventers in 2022, Dynamite & NXT recaps
John LaRocca is celebrating his youngest daughter’s second birthday so he has the night off. In his place is podcaster extraordinaire Keila Cash. On this week’s show, Keila and I give our top five lists of WWE talent who should be in the main event picture in 2022. We then go over the good and bad…
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Fight Game: NXT WarGames, Cody vs. Andrade, Sting
John LaRocca and I are back after being away last week. In our place was an interview that I did with this website’s own Jim Valley. On this week’s show, we look at NXT WarGames and give a heat index of our anticipation for all the matches on the show. We go over the good and…
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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: 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…