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In a wide ranging and LENGTHY interview we get into it with Rev Pro owner Andy Quildan as we talk Rev Pro's upcoming Anniversary Shows on Forbidden Door weekend, as well as his wider thoughts on booking, Rev Pro's expansion and more.
We also talk his thoughts on international talent in Rev Pro over the years, relationships with AEW and other British indies, his thoughts on what NXT Europe could look like and some broader thoughts on the state of the wider wrestling world. (Also classic Eastenders, Power Slam, Beyond the Mat and Roast Dinners vs Fry Ups - stay tuned to the end for that)
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JP returns for a new Spotlight as he and Benno talk WWE’s coincidental booking of a PPV the night of AEW All Out, as well as JP’s takes on WWE to ESPN and the related UFC TV deal news.
They also talk the build to Forbidden Door and their respective excitement levels for the week and whether the the concept still works with New Japan in 2025, plus the rest of the AEW news, the G1 penultimate week and the latest episode of JP vs Paul Walter Hauser.
0:00 Intro, Plugs
14:01 WWE counter AEW All Out, WWE to ESPN, UFC, WWE News
1:09:27 AEW Forbidden Door build, AEW news, PWH
1:46:29 G1 Climax, Other News
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On this week's Live I'm joined by Suit Williams as we talk the breaking news of WWE and ESPN signing a surprise deal to air WWE's PLE's in the US, plus the day's hot gossip of MVP and the Hurt Syndicate's issues with Mike Bailey and refusing to lose, as well the G1, SummerSlam, Brock Lesnar and more!
Enjoy!
Benno
SHOWNOTES
0:00 Benno Intro, Plugs
16:47 Suit Williams joins, WWE on ESPN, SummerSlam, Brock
1:56:02 MVP, Hurt Syndicate, Mike Bailey, G1, Your Questions
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Benno & Matty make it through some tech problems for a non-live Spotlight to talk everything about SummerSlam from the weekend as they talk the appalling return of Brock Lesnar and everything around it.
They also talk some bewildering booking with John Cena going back face, as well as his match with Cody, CM Punk vs Gunther, Seth Rollins worked injury and all the other highlights and lowlights of the weekend.
SHOWNOTES
0:00 Intro, Plugs
9:10 Brock Lesnar, SummerSlam Review
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On this week's Live I'm joined by the great SP3 of Tru Heel Heat as we talk the plight of being media, the daft Vince McMahon car crash story, as well as some G1 with Zack Sabre Jnr vs Takeshita from today, some SummerSlam card thoughts, Forbidden Door weekend thoughts, predictions, your questions and much more.
Enjoy!
Benno
SHOWNOTES
00:00 Benno Intro
6:29 SP3 joins, Forbidden Door, G1, Vince, Your Questions & more
1:05:22 Benno Outro
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In a new Spotlight Benno & JP talk the passing of Hulk Hogan as they delve into the good, the bad and the very ugly aspects of both the man and the wrestler, as well as their own thoughts and memories of him, with a look at how the wrestling world and wider has responded to his death, with some of the more bizarre memoriums presented by AI.
They also talk the awaited debut of WWE Unreal on Netflix as well as some SummerSlam numbers and more, plus AEW Forbidden Door sales, final All In numbers, Collision, Dynamite, the G1 and much more.
SHOWNOTES
0:00 Intro, Hulk Hogan
1:22:16 WWE Unreal, WWE news, SummerSlam
1:47:41 AEW Forbidden Door, All In, Collision, Dynamite
2:00:57 Rev Pro Summer Sizzler, G1 Climax
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On the live this time, by popular demand Shooter Steph Chase returns to talk the Undertaker and his midlife crisis on NXT and in wrestling in general, as well as comparisons to Adam "Cope" Copeland and her thoughts on the state of women's wrestling after Evolution in both WWE and AEW. We also take your questions wrestling and on-wrestling and slay some other sacred cows.
Enjoy!
Benno
SHOWNOTES
0:00 Intro
7:30 Steph joins, Undertaker, Cope, WWE Evolution, the AEW Women's division, Q&A
1:19:52 Outro, plugs
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It’s a long one (for the sickos - maybe Tony Khan was right) as Benno and JP talk TNA’s Slammiversary with multiple "because TNA” moments as no history books are read by Carlos Silva with NXT wrestlers leaving with belts, as well as brighter moments as Leon Slater is endorsed by AJ Styles. They also talk the opening weekend of the G1 Climax, WWE’s faltering numbers on Netflix, SummerSlam and AEW announcing All in Wembley 2026 and airing All In on ITV in the UK.
All this, plus Benno responds to “Nuffink & Like It” (and meets Action Kid) - plus round 57 of JP vs Paul Walter Hauser, this time with a blue carpet.
SHOWNOTES
0:00 Intro, Nuffink and Like It, Plugs
18:00 TNA Slammiversary, AJ Styles, WWE relationship
1:06:41 WWE on Netflix, Raw, SD, SummerSlam card
1:36:17 AEW Wembley, All in on ITV, other AEW news
2:00:19 G1 Climax Opening Weekend, NOAH, Rev Pro
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I went live again this week with GRAPPL "scheduler" extrodanaire Matthew Edwards as he joins me for spirited chat about WWE's weekend as we chat Goldberg's retirement gripes, Roman Reigns return and WWE Evolution as well as surprising review of the one match Matty has seen from AEW's weekend.
We of course also talk AEW vs WWE, whether All In week is in the same stratosphere as WrestleMania week, Roman Reigns frequent holidays and whether SOlo Sikoa would make a list of the top 150 wrestlers (and counting) in the world, amongst other fun questions from Discord, Patreon and the chat.
Enjoy!
Benno
SHOWNOTES
00:00 Intro, All In vs Double Or Nothing 2025
8:35 Matty joins, AEW vs WWE, Goldberg, SNME, ROH,
1:00:22 WWE Evolution
1:20:52 Roman Reigns returns, NXT
1:43:00 Outro
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It’s a new Spotlight as Benno and JP are joined by GRAPPL Gareth to talk a mammoth All In Texas from the weekend as they discuss whether Hangman Page and Jon Moxley stuck the landing and whether the Deathriders story was worth it, as well as whether Okada and Omega could live upto the hype, whether Toni Storm and Mercedes went as expected and whether the Young Bucks and Ospreay and Swerve had the match of the night as predicted.
They also, of course talk the show structure and length (on a 3 hour podcast, we know), as well the rest of a lesser received undercard, as they discuss whether the Texas setting hit the lofty heights of Wembley.
SHOWNOTES
0:00 Intro, All In card length, Globe Life Field overall thoughts, Attendance
20:39 Pre-Show, Opps vs Deathriders, Mens Gauntlet, TNT title 4 way
48:32 Ospreay/Swerve vs The Young Bucks, Womens Gauntlet, Tag Title 3 way
1:31:41 Storm vs Mone, Omega vs Okada, Mox vs Hangman
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I went live again on the GRAPPL YouTube and was joined by Andy Ogden as we talked Tony Khan's presser, Britt Baker, whether All In is AEW's WrestleMania (again) and other such hot topics on a big week, as well as some thoughts on WWE on Netflix numbers, Brit Wres and Andy picks for some future stars.
Enjoy!
Benno
SHOWNOTES
0:00 Live Intro/Plugs
7:10 Andy joins, Tony Khan, All In week, Brit Wres, WWE on Netflix & more
1:25:37 Outro
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Benno and JP talk a HUGE week in wrestling as it is All In Texas week as they talk the big show itself, whether it is now cemented as AEW’s WrestleMania and what that means for the UK next year. They also talk their interest level in the card and the job AEW have done building it, as well as ROH’s Death Before Dishonor and whether WWE’s Saturday Night Main Event , Evolution and NXT shows in Atlanta have hurt AEW as intended.
They also talk the latest in the Janel Grant case, the G1 schedule, Rev Pro’s new London venue, John Cena’s retirement, FTR vs the Outrunners and more, as well as open with Benno’s trip to see the Pro Wrestling Summit in Da Nang featuring Vietnam Pro Wrestling , amongst a thunderstorm.
SHOWNOTES
0:00 Intro
11:32 Benno at the Pro Wrestling Summit in Da Nang Vietnam, Plugs
35:22 AEW All In Texas week, WWE in Atlanta
1:18:33 Other AEW news, Collision, Dynamite
1:34:46 Other WWE news, Janel Grant, Raw
1:58:33 G1 Schedule, Stardom, Rev Pro new venue
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Benno's note - as you'll hear (if you get this far you did well) there are issues currently with the GRAPPL podcast feed. Instructions to reset the feed can be found here, or for a manual fix, add the following to your podcast app of choice: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/685c61d7e36cea9c16c4b7fc Alternatively become a free member of our Patreon and don't miss an episode at http://www.patreon.com/GRAPPL!
I went live again on the GRAPPL YouTube and this time was joined by GRAPPL Gareth as he checked in with some thoughts on the build to All In and some broad thoughts on Dynamite 300 as we also talked Tony Khan vs Triple H, AEW getting to their 300th episode and took some questions from the chat and Patreon and Discord Members!
Find here the (cleaned up!) audio.
Benno
SHOWNOTES
0:00 Live Intro/Plugs
4:13 Gareth joins, Triple H vs Tony Khan, AEW Dynamite 300
1:22:19 Outro
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Benno's note - as you'll hear (if you get this far you did well) there are issues currently with the GRAPPL podcast feed. Instructions to reset the feed can be found here, or for a manual fix, add the following to your podcast app of choice: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/685c61d7e36cea9c16c4b7fc Alternatively become a free member of our Patreon and don't miss an episode at http://www.patreon.com/GRAPPL!
Benno and JP talk the world of wrestling this week and it's another week where the lads are globe hopping as we go to Saudi Arabia where CM Punk's embarrassing week goes from rap battles, to apologies, to making Papa H proud, as him and John Cena wrestle for the alleged last time ever.
They also talk the rest of Night of Champions, catch up on AEW on the road to All In Texas, talk New Japan booking a world title change in the semi main event of a Japan-only show for reasons, as well as MLW’s Summer of the Beasts fallout (not the actual wrestling), plus Blake Monroe, AEW releases/WWE hirings and Andrew Flintoff’s WWE dream.
SHOWNOTES
0:00 Intro/Nonsense/Plugs
20:03 CM Punk, Night of Champions review, WWE News and TV
1:27:00 AEW Dynamite/Collision, All In Texas, contract news
1:53:31 New Japan, MLW, RevPro, Freddie Flintoff
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Don't call it a podcast (or a Spotlight, although I did, I need to make a new logo) as I went live again YouTube today to talk some of the podcast feed woes and chat with Steph about Punk in Saudi, Vince McMahon and whether Ric Flair shit himself. Yes really.
Here's the audio for those that want it, shownotes below.
Benno
SHOWNOTES
00:00 Intro, Podcast update, Plugs
9:43 Stephanie Chase joins, Ric Flair story
25:58 CM Punk in Saudi Arabia
54:00 Vince McMahon
1:15:57 Outro, Other Questions
More on the current status of the podcast feed issues: https://x.com/BensonRichardE/status/1937849191260426348
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