The plan is to record a *Dome/Dash/other major shows in Japan* edition of the Big Audio Nightmare with @sempervive.bsky.social this Thursday!

Famous last words, but I’m going to *try* to start engaging in more Japanese wrestling discourse on here again as well in ‘26.

Speedball vs Fletcher immediately enters the pantheon of all-time great TV matches. Absolutely incredible performance by both guys.

YEP. It’s a guarantee. Every fucking time.

Also, he appears to be goddamn moron. He’s lucky he didn’t kill someone, and he’s lucky AJPW didn’t fire him.

I want to live in a timeline where Lawton Randolph is the commissioner of a promotion and his main antagonist is Col. Robert Parker.

Same here - it shows my old PPVs still there but not Full Gear 2025. Makes me wonder if they deceptively changed the terms starting with Full Gear without letting people know.

Did anyone else order Full Gear through PPV .com and get screwed out of the replay?

Apparently they are telling people that the replay isn’t included with the PPV, which is INSANE and different from how they have done it in the past.

Did you ever get any resolution to this? I still don’t have the replay either on PPV . Com, and it’s now been almost two full days. They haven’t replied to my emails.

RIHO

You have my attention with Sasuke designs

Beyond that…we now have ANOTHER year where all the “young” guys (who aren’t that young anymore) talk a big game & end up looking like absolute dorks by the end of the G1.

For a company in DESPERATE need of new top stars, they do everything in their power to make sure that doesn’t happen. Baffling.

For the “but the Japanese fans like it!” responses…where is the evidence? If the people at your shows enjoy it, but there are less people at your shows than before…is that a net positive? No.

4,500 fans for a G1 semifinal night is an awful number. Will be fascinating to see what the final does.

If I wasn’t being paid to do a podcast that covers the promotion, I’m pretty sure I would be skipping the G1 Final tomorrow.

House of Torture stuff is just Russo-level bad, and it NEVER ENDS. And it’s so intelligence-insulting that it kills my interest in the rest of the product absolutely dead.

Recording a quick solo Big Audio Nightmare G1 Climax / 5 Star GP check-in show later today, for Observer subscribers.

If you have any questions or thoughts about either tournament, post them here and I’ll try to get to them on the show.

When someone (or a company) is telling you (multiple fucking times) who they are, it’s on you if you continually don’t believe them.

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It has never been easier than it is today to be a fan of professional wrestling without giving ANY of your time, money, or attention to WWE.

Incredible world title match.

Made a last-minute call to COLLIDE

Holy shit FTR vs JetSpeed was AMAZING

Shibata vs Rush was so good. Just dudes being dudes, beating the hell out of each other.

Status: Colliding.

W/ @diemerchicago.bsky.social @wrestleatrandom.bsky.social

Ready to spend A LOT of time here for the next 3 weeks.

BRODY KING.

I was a Punk guy going back to like 2003, but this is 100 percent the final nail the coffin (that had already basically been closed in the past few years) for me.

He can fuck right off.

The worst shows sometimes make the best podcasts. Fun episode!!

Beyond that, chanting “fight forever” is literally chanting for a time limit draw.

Update: fighting off a bit of a cold, so as of now the plan is to record a new Big Audio Nightmare podcast *tomorrow night* with @sempervive.bsky.social for @wrestlingobserver.bsky.social subscribers

Also, IF this ends up needing to happen, I would make one show per month free to listen to.