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This month it’s a perfect episode of BRETRO.
Episode 6 “Practice Makes Perfect” sees Matty & Gareth revisit Bret’s SummerSlam 91 IC Title win over Mr. Perfect and discuss the role of a 1989 house show match in shaping this.

On this week’s show, Benno and JP talk Tony Khan’s comments on WWE being the “Weinstein” of wrestling, as well as the rest of his media blitz this week - plus Collision, Rampage and the rest of the goings on in AEW.

They also talk Vince McMahon “selling” his TKO shares, as well as the future of Nick Khan, the WWE draft, ticket sales for Clash at the Castle and the rest of the goings on in the wrestling world with TripleMania, Benno’s trip to Grand Pro and more!

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SHOWNOTES:

0:00:00 Intro, GRAPPL with philosophy, May Schedule
0:21:35 Tony Khan comments on WWE, NFL draft appearances
0:38:50 Swerve Strickland, AEW booking, Collision, AEW news
1:21:05 Vince McMahon, Nick Khan
1:27:51 WWE draft, Backlash, Clash at the Castle
1:52:06 Sensational Sherry, TripleMania
2:06:51 Grand Pro, Progress, NJPW BOSJ

GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Kings Of The Mountain - Robert Brockie, Carl Gac, Conor O'Loughlin, Eddie Sideburns, Chris Platt, Simon Gunn, Ewan Cameron and Simon Mulvaney!

On this week’s show, Benno and Gareth talk everything AEW Dynasty with a full review of the show as well as their thoughts going into it, starting with Ospreay vs Bryan and whether it is a 5 Star match, as well as Jack Perry’s return at the conclusion of FTR vs The Young Bucks and of course, Swerve Strickland’s big AEW World Title win against Samoa Joe.
They then talk the rest of the card as they discuss the state of Jay White, PAC vs Okada, the absolute state of Chris Jericho, WIllow Nightingale and everything else on the show, with some bonus chat at the end on WWE’s releases, TNA’s Rebellion and more!
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SHOWNOTES:
000:00 Intro, Rock Film Club, Ewan Cameron KOTM pick
0:10:37 AEW build to Dynasty, current state of company
0:29:40 AEW Dynasty PPV Review, Bryan/Ospreay, FTR/Bucks, Swerve wins the title
1:45:32 Rest of Dynasty card, Pac/Okada, Willow Nighingale, Jay White, overall thoughts
2:27:52 WWE releases, Raw and Smackdown notes, NJPW, TNA Rebellion

GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Kings Of The Mountain - Robert Brockie, Carl Gac, Conor O'Loughlin, Eddie Sideburns, Chris Platt, Simon Gunn, Ewan Cameron and Simon Mulvaney! 

On this week’s show, Benno and JP talk everything going on across AEW, WWE & NJPW as Jon Moxley wins the IWGP title, Kenny Omega speaks on CM Punk and being an EVP, and the Bloodline B-Team Civil War kicks off in WWE and everything in between.

They also talk Vince McMahon and his prospects of starting a new company, Documentary Corner returns, as well as all the news around the world as the lads catch up with everything going on in wrestling this week.

If you missed GRAPPLMania week, you can replays of all of our live shows on YouTube by becoming a Member at http://www.Youtube.com/@GRAPPL, or join us on Patreon for both live video and audio replays at http://www.Patreon.com/GRAPPL!

You can also join us still on the GRAPPL Discord for free at https://discord.gg/KqeVAcwctS⁠

SHOWNOTES:

0:00:00 Intro, Rock Film Club
0:08:30 AEW, Kenny Omega, CM Punk, Tony Khan
0:23:32 Dynasty PPV build, the weekend in TV, Dynamite
0:47:40 NJPW, Moxley wins IWGP title, Jack Perry, Windy City Riot
1:16:23 Vince McMahon sells TKO shares
1:24:39 WWE, Sami Zayn vs Chad Gable, Bloodline Civil War, Roman, Nu Wyatts
1:52:05 Documentary Corner, Harley Race, Chris Colt
2:06:21 Rossy Ogawa, MARIGOLD
2:16:29 PATREON PREVIEW: Top 5 Pub Snacks (GRAPPL 5 to 1 )

GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Kings Of The Mountain - Robert Brockie, Carl Gac, Conor O'Loughlin, Eddie Sideburns, Chris Platt, Simon Gunn, Ewan Cameron and Simon Mulvaney!

Get live video, news updates, weekend previews, weekly bonus shows and the world famous GRAPPL Spotlight Pre-Show at ⁠⁠http://www.Patreon.com/GRAPPL or by becoming a YouTube member at http://www.Youtube.com/@GRAPPL!

On this week’s show, Benno, JP, Gareth and Matty wrap-up GRAPPLMania Week with a full review of WrestleMania Saturday and Sunday as Cody both ends his STORY and begins another with the alleged “Paul Levesque Era”, plus possible defenses of Uso vs Uso, an unexpected edition of GRAPPL warfare over WALTER vs Sami (and Drew McIntyre), and all the other highlights and lowlights of the shows.

The lads also talk their overall thoughts on the weekend with their best and worst matches, best performers and best shows across the board covering the Collective, IWTV, WrestleCon, NXT, ROH, DDT, Stardom and everything in between.

If you missed GRAPPLMania week, you can replays of all of our live shows on YouTube by becoming a Member at http://www.Youtube.com/@GRAPPL, or join us on Patreon for both live video and audio replays at http://www.Patreon.com/GRAPPL!

You can also join us still on the GRAPPL Discord for free at https://discord.gg/KqeVAcwctS⁠

SHOWNOTES:

0:00:00 Intro, GRAPPLMania Week plugs
0:08:58 Cody finishes the story, Roman Reigns loses, The Paul Levesque Era
0:51:22 Cody & Seth vs Rock & Roman, WrestleMania Saturday review
1:45:32 WrestleMania Sunday review, overall thoughts
2:27:03 WrestleMania Weekend indie shows NXT, ROH
3:11:42 CM Punk All In footage, Matt Hardy

GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Kings Of The Mountain - Robert Brockie, Carl Gac, Conor O'Loughlin, Eddie Sideburns, Chris Platt, Simon Gunn, Ewan Cameron and Simon Mulvaney!

Join us on the brand new GRAPPL Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/KqeVAcwctS⁠

Get live video, news updates, weekend previews, weekly bonus shows and the world famous GRAPPL Spotlight Pre-Show at ⁠⁠http://www.Patreon.com/GRAPPL or by becoming a YouTube member at http://www.Youtube.com/@GRAPPL!

On this week’s show, Benno, JP, Gareth and Matty start GRAPPLMania Week with the Big Preview of WrestleMania and ALL of the major shows happening in the Philadelphia area and beyond from ROH, GCW, WrestleCon and more - plus other shows happening this week from around the world.

Before that though, they talk CM Punk on Ariel Helwani, mass releases from AEW this week, the latest on Vince McMahon, and WWE’s announcement of Clash at the Castle in Scotland.

You can join us for GRAPPLMania week and get all of our Live Shows on YouTube by becoming a Member at http://www.Youtube.com/@GRAPPL, or join us on Patreon for both live video and audio replays at http://www.Patreon.com/GRAPPL!

You can also join us to chat the shows through the week on the GRAPPL Discord for free at: https://discord.gg/KqeVAcwctS

SHOWNOTES:

0:00:00 Intro, GRAPPLMania Week
0:19:01 CM Punk on Ariel Helwani
0:46:18 Vince McMahon
0:51:36 Clash at the Castle
0:54:15 AEW Releases
1:05:05 Rev Pro Rumble
1:10:52 Raw, Final WrestleMania build, Smackdown
1:28:37 WrestleMania Night 1 and 2 Preview
2:22:41 WrestleMania Week Preview, WrestleCon, The Collective
GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Kings Of The Mountain - Robert Brockie, Carl Gac, Conor O'Loughlin, Eddie Sideburns, Chris Platt, Simon Gunn, Ewan Cameron and Simon Mulvaney!

Join us on the brand new GRAPPL Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/KqeVAcwctS⁠

Get live video, news updates, weekend previews, weekly bonus shows and the world famous GRAPPL Spotlight Pre-Show at ⁠⁠http://www.Patreon.com/GRAPPL or by becoming a YouTube member at http://www.Youtube.com/@GRAPPL!