GRAPPL Spotlight GRAPPL

General Sale is NOW OPEN for "Professional Podcasters doing a Professional Podcast - LIVE", our live show in London right next door to the Copper box, the day before All In.

The link to buy tickets is https://grappl.bigcartel.com/product/grappl-live-podcast. Get your tickets now, as when they're gone, they're gone!

On this episode Benno and JP are right in it with no pre-show and joined by Matty Edwards to talk WWE’s Clash at the Castle this week with a big gate and a big loss for Drew McIntyre and mixed fortunes for the other Scottish talent, as well as a surprise appearance from CM Punk and mixed thoughts from the lads on AJ/Cody, Sami Zayn vs Chad Gable and the rest of Saturday evenings card.

They also talk the latest goings on in AEW as rumours abound on the return of Hangman Page, All In sales appear to stall and things start to fall in place for Forbidden Door. All this, plus the G1 lineups and schedule announcements, the latest on Jeff Hardy and WWE talent to TNA, the second episode of Who Killed WCW, NOAH, AAA, the sad death of James Castle and some chat on the Euros this week.

SHOWNOTES:

00:00 Intro, Euros, Kevin Campbell, Plugs
21:39 WWE, Clash at the Castle Review
1:46:56 AEW, All In sales, Hangman Page, this week’s TV
2:10:55 NJPW, G1 Lineups, Blocks, Schedule
2:18:54 TNA, Jeff Hardy, Tatum Paxley
2:23:10 Who Killed WCW Episode 2
2:36:36 Triplemania, NOAH
2:43:37 James Castle

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


You can find 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 on the GRAPPL Discord for free at https://discord.gg/KqeVAcwctS⁠

General Sale is NOW OPEN for "Professional Podcasters doing a Professional Podcast - LIVE", our live show in London right next door to the Copper box, the day before All In
The link to buy tickets is https://grappl.bigcartel.com/product/grappl-live-podcast. Get your tickets now, as when they're gone, they're gone!

On this episode Benno and JP talk the week in wrestling news and it’s contract season as Ricochet appears to be leaving WWE for AEW, Chad Gable is staying put and Hikuleo seems to be coming in too. They also talk the build and final ticket push for Clash at the Castle, as well as NXT Battleground.

They also talk the latest goings on in AEW as Mox/Naito is made official for Forbidden Door as the card begins to be rounded out, plus the weekend in AEW TV, New Japan’s Dominion, the latest TNA news, “Who Killed WCW?” and more!

You can find 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 on the GRAPPL Discord for free at https://discord.gg/KqeVAcwctS⁠

SHOWNOTES:


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

On this episode Benno and JP are joined by Gareth & Matty to make the HUGE announcement of their live show on Saturday 24th August 2024, the day before All In and the day of Rev Pro’s Anniversary Show at the Copperbox, right over the road in Hackney Bridge (literally, over the road).
They also talk June coming up on GRAPPL before Benno & JP run through all the news and shows from the last week with AEW’s build to Forbidden Door and Ospreay vs Swerve, the latest on Vince McMahon as well as everything else going on with WWE this week as they build to Clash at the Castle - plus stops in TNA, New Japan, MLW, Rev Pro, All Japan and more, with a preview of what’s to come in Documentary Corner in June with the upcoming Who Killed WCW series.

SHOWNOTES

00:00 Intro, Live Podcast Announcement
22:09 AEW, Swerve/Ospreay, Collision, Forbidden Door build
56:28 WWE, Vince McMahon, Kaiser/Sheamus, Clash at the Castle
1:24:49 TNA exodus, WWE relationship
1:35:25 NJPW BOSJ, Dominion card
1:48:10 Rev Pro Live in London, Anniversary show build
1:57:44 MLW Battle Riot, Mark Henry, El Jefe
2:08:10 AJPW, Anzai vs Miyahara, EC3
2:13:08 Documentary Corner, News


You can find 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 on the GRAPPL Discord for free at https://discord.gg/KqeVAcwctS⁠
GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Kings Of The Mountain - Conor O'Loughlin, Eddie Sideburns, Chris Platt, and Ewan Cameron!

On this episode Benno and JP are joined by the returning GRAPPL Gareth to talk AEW Double or Nothing. Join the lads as they talk the return of MJF on an overall poorly received show as they talk their respective interest levels in AEW, whether the “Triple Main Event” delivered and everything else on a very long May PPV from AEW.

They also talk WWE King & Queen of the Ring, the latest on Becky Lynch and Mark Henry, AEW’s negotiations with WBD and more!

You can find 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 on the GRAPPL Discord for free at https://discord.gg/KqeVAcwctS⁠

SHOWNOTES:
0:00 Intro
7:08 AEW booking, PPV schedule
28:18 MJF, Double or Nothing Full Review, AEW news
2:21:15 WWE King & Queen of the Ring, WWE news

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

You can find 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 on the GRAPPL Discord for free at https://discord.gg/KqeVAcwctS⁠

On the Weekend Show this week it's an early and bumper sized (free) edition to make up for no Spotlight as me and JP talk AEW Double or Nothing coming up this weekend, as well as AEW Dynamite from this week with Satnam vs Bryan, a big night for Swerve, Darby, Tony and all the other final PPV build.
We also talk all the day's news from the Tony Khan presser, WWE's two day SummerSlam and Saudi wish list ahead of the King & Queen of the Ring show, as well as everything else going on this weekend from Japan, Europe, America and further afield.
Enjoy!
Benno
SHOWNOTES0:00 Intro - FPL, KOTR 2001, Kurt Angle mixtape reveal18:45 Weekend News - SummerSlam 2026, Tony Khan conference call, Bad Bones, TKO1:04:56 AEW Dynamite Review, rating, the week in TV wrestling1:20:40 AEW Double or Nothing Preview, WWE King & Queen of the Ring, Other Previews

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

On this episode Benno and JP catch up on the news of the week, plus AEW Collision and Rampage from the weekend, this week’s Dynamite, Vince McMahon on Dark Side of the Ring (not that story), New Japan’s BOSJ and Resurgence shows, the Champions Carnival final and more.
You can find 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 on the GRAPPL Discord for free at https://discord.gg/KqeVAcwctS⁠
SHOWNOTES:
0:00:00 Intro, Triple H 2000, King of the Ring 2001
0:09:08 AEW news, WBD, Cash Wheeler, Collision, Rampage
0:44:11 WWE news, Vince McMahon, Bloodline, Raw, Smackdown
1:10:18 NJPW Resurgence, AJPW Champions Carnival
1:36:48 Dark Side of the Ring Black Saturday, SGW
2:03:11 Patreon Preview - Triple H Year 2000
GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special thanks to Patreon Kings Of The Mountain - Conor O'Loughlin, Eddie Sideburns, Chris Platt, and Ewan Cameron!