Tag: The Adam and Mike Show
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Big Audio Nightmare: Breaking news on the passing of Atsushi Aoki
Adam & Mike discuss the life and career of All Japan Pro Wrestling star Atsushi Aoki, who tragically passed away in a motorcycle accident in Tokyo on Wednesday. Right Click Save as…
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Big Audio Nightmare: NJPW BOSJ, NOAH Tag League, Miyahara
The Original Alternate flies solo again this week as Adam Summers takes you through more than 50 minutes of discussion on the Japanese scene, including a preview of the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors, a look back at Wrestling Dontaku, and a look forward at Dominion in Osaka. Additional topics include: NOAH’s Global Tag…
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Big Audio Nightmare: AJPW Champion Carnival, NJPW Dontaku, more
The Original Alternate returns on a solo voyage as Adam Summers guides you on a 52-minute odyssey through the AJPW Champion Carnival and the NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour. Topics include: Yuji Okabayashi’s incredible week, Miyahara’s chances of winning the Carnival, an intense and inspired NJPW tour, Liger and Suzuki’s old man HATEfest, an…
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Big Audio Nightmare: Saturday Night Shin Nihon Live from MSG
Back from forming like Voltron, the original alternate returns and is (not even close to) well-rested after the insanity of WrestleMania weekend. Co-host Adam Summers and I give our live perspective on the G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden as well as look ahead at the upcoming Wrestling Dontaku tour. There’s lots of rambling, but the buzz…
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Big Audio Nightmare: MSG, New Japan Cup, Miyahara, more
The original alternate is back, and the countdown is on to next Saturday’s New Japan-ROH G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden. Topics this week include, but aren’t limited to, our plans for the weekend (with an unsurprising difference in activities), our predictions for each match on the card, Raw is a long show, are Miyahara…
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Big Audio Nightmare: Liger, NJ Cup, NOAH, Momo, more
The original alternate has returned with another early morning recording. Adam and Mike talk the retirement announcement by Jushin Thunder Liger, NOAH leaving the green mat behind, their thoughts on the New Japan Anniversary show and upcoming New Japan Cup (including Adam’s predictions), plus Momo Watanabe and young lasses rising, the IWGP title scene, and more.…
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Big Audio Nightmare: NJ Cup, AJPW Carnival, Baba tribute, tons more
The original alternate is back with a “quick” 45 minute rumble through some of the top stories in Japan. We give our initial thoughts on the new, expanded, New Japan Cup, the All Japan Champion’s Carnival tournament, the Giant Baba Memorial main event, Kenta Miyahara: already great, or still on the way?, Davey Boy Smith…
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Big Audio Nightmare: Jay White, NJPW & the IWGP title
The original alternate goes solo with 45 minutes of coverage of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s New Beginning tour and more. Topics with Adam Summers include: heavy breathing with the Switchblade, is Jay White ready, history is repeating itself, and where does this leave the G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden’s main event? Also, the rest of…
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Semp’s Big Audio Observer: Talking Jay White with Alan4L
Not sure what the title of this show should be, but — for now — just call it some new free audio from Mike Sempervive. When you’re trying out some new recording equipment, what’s a better topic to discuss than New Japan’s new foreigner ace Jay White? And who better than to talk to about…
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Big Audio Nightmare: NJPW New Beginning, NOAH sale, Baba show card
The original alternate goes back to its roots with 100 minutes of puroresu-related comfort programming, as well as the occasional audio whoops. This week’s topics include — but aren’t limited to — Chiberian cold snaps, KENTA speculation, New Japan USA, Shibata’s Musketeers, the visa debacle, and the original formula Lion. Plus, Naito as Chono, a…
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Big Audio Nightmare: WK 13 thoughts, AJPW & NOAH goodness
Recorded before the Sunday night house cleaning, Adam Summers is back driving solo and giving his final thoughts on New Japan’s Wrestle Kingdom 13, Chris Jericho Funk, some non-NJ goodness featuring Kento Miyahara (seen above) vs. KAI, Kiyomiya vs. KENOH, and Shiozaki vs. Takeshita, and much more. It’s the show that knows there’s everything happening in…
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Big Audio Nightmare: Wrestle Kingdom 13 preview, more
Reunited, and feeling semi-lucid, Adam & Mike are back. After a quick look at today’s headlines, we go match-by-match and break down the 28th annual January 4 New Japan Tokyo Dome extravaganza, in our 14th consecutive year of bantering about it. We give our predictions and opine about what could come next for those people…
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Big Audio Nightmare: GHC title, Sendai-Stardom brawl, NJPW, more
With Mike on the disabled list, Adam is back to deliver the last original alternate of 2018. In a half hour of power, we get his thoughts on December 16’s NOAH title upheaval — led by Kaito Kiyomiya’s GHC title triumph over Takashi Sugiura — and its colliery to ’17 AJPW. Plus thoughts on the wild Sendai-Stardom…
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BAN: Japanese tag leagues, Nakajima, and the winds of change
The original alternate returns with a bit of banter ‘bout Japan…just sliding in before the end of the month. After a short reintroduction, yours truly and Adam Summers talk about the state of the current team leagues: New Japan’s World Tag, and All Japan’s original recipe Real World Tag. Also, as WWE continues to sink…
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Big Audio Nightmare: NJPW Jr. Tag League, foreigner situation, more
The original alternate is back, and they are old grumpy men. After going through our recent doings, and future outings, we talk about possibly letting the tide wash upon the shore of the picture in New Japan. Which is kind of a nice way of saying, we’d like to see the start of a recycling…
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Big Audio Nightmare: NJPW, Shingo, Marufuji show, more
The original alternate has returned with two guys bantering around a bit — which is a good thing since we’re doing a podcast and dead air wouldn’t be appropriate. Though it might be more coherent. Regardless, topics this week include, but aren’t limited to: the Game Changer of DEATH visits Villa Park, SHINGO announces he’s leaving…
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Big Audio Nightmare: The G1 Climax 28 post-show
Allowing just enough time to let it sink in, the Adam and Mike Big Audio Nightmare returns to give out thoughts on today’s end of the New Japan G1 Climax tournament. We run down everything — and then some — in a nearly two-hour rambling sensation of the feels.Things such as the amazingness that was Hiroshi…
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Big Audio Nightmare: Early thoughts on the G1 Climax
Now that we’ve reached a break in this year’s G-1 Climax, the original alternate here at The Empire is back to give you a half hour of power on the first third of New Japan’s epic annual tournament. Topics include, but aren’t limited to: Trouble on Tonga island, Jay White, the Hangman hanging, Juice, YTR…
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Big Audio Nightmare: The 2018 G1 Climax prediction show
The original alternate here at the Empire is back to bring you the vaunted G1 Climax Prediction Show! The annual adventure where Adam Summers and Mike Sempervive run down each night of New Japan’s summer showcase, giving their predictions for every single match, as well as dropping knowledge and opinion along the way. It’s two…
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Big Audio Nightmare: NJPW Dominion, Okada-Omega, Naito-Jericho
Your people are back, and there’s no better time than now, right? After a Stanley Cup salutation, a little praise for Miyahara-Marufuji, and some congrats for Kagetsu, we get into the reason that we’re all full of pleasin’: Our breakdown of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-Jo Hall. Long on title, and even…