Episodes

GG and Paul are back with Bruise News. They are joined by Mel from our YouTube exclusive show Powerbombshells. All in all we go over: Bellator 277 and why it might not be so great for coverage for the UFC to be the only game in town AEW Rampage with a great main event and thoughts on Adam Page's run as champion so far Battle of the Belts 2 and some thoughts on the ROH match Windy City Riot and their major issues with the FITE TV PPV feed Video of the show here: https://youtu.be/WMlP2mc677Y....

After a week hiatus, the Take It Home Podcast is back! John LaRocca takes a look at ECWA's Super 8 Tournament. The Super 8 Tournament was an independent wrestling tournament that spawned countless other tournaments on the independent wrestling scene, including All Pro Wrestling's King of The Indies Tournament. John not only gives a review of the matches of this year's tournament, but also some of the tournament history, as well as his close friends who competed or worked the Super 8 Tournament i...

Mike is back podcasting on the road this week. He and JD review another really good edition of IMPACT featuring W. Morrisey’s heartfelt speech, Gresham vs Romero, Shelley vs Maclin and a wild main event between PCO and JONAH. Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fightgamemedia Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1958473677605950 Follow our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/fight...

On the final episode of their miniseries on the History of Joshi Pro Wrestling, Fumi Saito and Justin Knipper talked Akira Hokuto and Shinobu Kandori’s legendary matchup, AJW vs. LLPW, Chigusa Nagayo’s comeback and later Lioness Asuka’s comeback in ’94 and the launch of GAEA Japan in 1995. They also talked about the eventual fallout of AJW and the initial splinter groups that came out of the split like ARSION, Oz Academy, NEO Ladies, and later Stardom, Wave, Sendai Girls, Seadlinnng, plus they w...

The Pound 4 Pound podcast is back. As you heard last week, Carlos Toro is taking some time away from the show so you'll get to hear Robert Silva go solo. Robert reviews the four big fights last week including Triple G vs. Ryota Murata and then reads from his profile on Nonito Donaire as part of his series that he's writing on the greatest 45 fighters of the last 45 years. Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter....

Ryan and Paul are back for another edition of In the Clinch, covering everything you need to know about the world of MMA. In the "We Have to Talk About" segment, it's what everyone's talking about and that's Khamzat Chimaev. He had a fight of the year candidate and beat the #2 welterweight in the world so what's next for him? That fight overshadowed the title fights that headlined the show and the guys break those down as well and talk about what's next for the champions at both 135 and 145. The...

Even with an army of anti-AEW Twitter bots trying to hold them down, James and Kevin are back to talk the week in All Elite Wrestling. Among this week's topics: Wheeler Yuta's blood-soaked breakthrough match, Wardlow channeling Steve Austin, a depressing tables match, grown men crashing through walls, and Danhausen eating chips from the trash. Oh, and another classic FTR match. Plus, thoughts about how the Discovery/WarnerMedia merger could affect AEW, and a YouTube recommendation you should go ...

The latest episode of The WRAP is now live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash, Scott Young, and extra special guest Paul Fontaine recap the week that was in WWE. They discuss Cody Rhodes’ quest to win The Big One before Keila defends The Miz to the moon and back for one week only. Edge’s new faction is still a work in progress, but the trio have faith that the seasoned vet will figure things out in time. Meanwhile, NXT 2.0 is in shambles when it comes to bad booking and crowd reactions as o...

Mike and JD are back reviewing IMPACT’s Multiverse of Matches pay-per-view featuring The Briscoes vs The Good Brothers, Taya Valkyrie returns, Chris Sabin vs Jay White, Eddie vs Ishie, Shelley vs Speedball and more! Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fightgamemedia Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1958473677605950 Follow our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/fightgamemedia ...

Fumi Saito and Justin Knipper talked about the Mimi Hagiwara era, the legendary Crush Gals era, and the introduction of JWP in 1986. They also spent time at the end talking Bull Nakano and the shift of joshi wrestling from out of the idol era and into the wrestler’s era. Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fightgamemedia Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1958473677605950 Follow our...

Ryan and Paul are back a day late to cover all the news in the world of MMA. Paul gives a brief recap of his week on the road since there wasn't a UFC show to review this week. In the "We have to talk about" segment, there's some good news on the Jon Jones front. The guys then look ahead to next week's big PPV, UFC 273 from Jacksonville with two title fights and the return of Khamzat Chimaev. They then go over the news of the week including some movement on the Nate Diaz front. Paul and Ryan eve...

Sure, Wrestlemania was the main event of the weekend, but AEW was no slouch this week. James and Kevin look at how Dynamite was sneakily setting up some big developments in the relaunch of ROH, and look forward to how the Supercard of Honor will affect the course of AEW storylines. They also talk Cody's WWE debut, James runs down some of his favorite moments of the 97(!) matches he watched in the last five days, and both guys express concern about where this whole Danhausen and Hook thing is goi...

Carlos and Robert will be taking a hiatus on the Pound 4 Pound podcast for the foreseeable future but before they do, they break down the recent announcements of George Kambosos Jr. vs. Devin Haney and Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire becoming a reality. They also break down an extremely busy Saturday of boxing coming from GGG fighting in Japan to Ryan Garcia’s return and an intriguing Showtime main event between Erickson Lubin and Sebastian Fundora. Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here:...

The latest episode of The WRAP is now live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash and Scott Young recap the highs and lows from WrestleMania Sunday. They discuss Triple H officially retiring from in-ring competition with an emotional farewell to kick off Mania before praising RK-BRO, The Street Profits, and Alpha Academy for delivering the goods in the opening match. Other Hot Topics Include: Sami Zayn vs. Johnny Knoxville in an Anything Goes Match is sports entertainment at its best, Sasha Ban...

A fresh episode of The WRAP is now live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash and Scott Young recap the highs and lows from WrestleMania Night One. The duo offers their quick takes on NXT Stand and Deliver before taking a deep dive into all things Mania. Drew McIntyre kicking out of Happy Corbin’s End of Days for the first time almost broke Scott while Keila was impressed with Logan Paul’s in-ring IQ. Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair stole the show for the Raw Women’s Championship and Cody Rhodes...

It is WrestleMania week on the Fight Game Media Network and John LaRocca is keeping with that theme as he takes a look back at WrestleMania V when the Mega Powers exploded. It was John's first WrestleMania that he watched live on PPV. John talks about the matches and looks at and debates Dave Meltzer's star ratings for the matches. This fun look back at one of the most historic early WrestleManias that featured a much anticipated main event clash between "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan. ...

Joining GG on Bruise News in the first segment was Jeremy Finestone and Carlos Toro to talk about the non-WrestleMania shows that they've watched or are looking forward to this weekend. Carlos also talked about two big boxing stories this week. Then Rich and Andrew from the Mat Men Podcast joined to talk about some of the stories surrounding WrestleMania weekend as well as big predictions for the big shows. Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Fo...

Mike and JD welcome Sam from the Powerbombshells podcast. She talks about her upcoming WrestleMania weekend live stream, the state of women's wrestling and more. Plus Mike and JD talk about Jonathan Gresham’s match with Kenny King and where he goes next, and the main event featuring The Bullet Club vs The Motor City Machine Guns. Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fightgamemedia Join our Facebook Group:...

Fumi Saito and Justin Knipper did their best at going over the true origins of women’s pro wrestling in the late 1940s and early 1950s, discussing mega-stars of the past, like Mach Fumiake, Beauty Pair (Jackie Sato & Maki Ueda), and Mildred Burke, among others. The two will talk about joshi wrestling’s “Silver Age” starting from the early 1970s on next week’s episode. On Twitter: @fumihikodayo @justinmknipper Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia ...

Carlos and Robert recap what was a very busy weekend in boxing from Tim Tszyu's U.S. debut and what it means for the junior middleweight division, to Jeremiah Nakathila and Josh Warrington's impressive wins in their ESPN and DAZN main events, respectively. Plus, the two look at the latest with the potential vacant title fights at junior welterweight and even break some news at the end of the show regarding a possible rematch between Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire. Learn more about your ad choice...

Ryan and Paul are back with the latest episode of In the Clinch. They start off running down some of the legal issues recently with Jorge Masvidal, Conor McGregor and, most notably, Chael Sonnen. They then look back at another great show in Columbus and talk about just how hot UFC has been since they starting doing shows in front of real crowds and how the atmosphere makes a lot of these fights so much better. Specifically the fight this weekend between Matt Brown and Bryan Barbarena, which is a...

It's WrestleMania week, and AEW is taking part indirectly through the ROH Supercard of Honor. James and Kevin talk about their expectations for the show, whether this is the beginning of the Tony Khan era or a lame duck event, and how much we can expect AEW storylines to carry over into the matches. They also run down all of the happenings in AEW this week, and discuss the pro-wrestling spectacle that was the Oscars. Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightga...

A deluxe edition of The WRAP is now live for your listening pleasure! Keila Cash, Scott Young, and extra special guest Paul Fontaine recap the week that was in WWE as the Road to WrestleMania draws to a close. They give their thoughts on Triple H’s retirement from in-ring competition before praising Stone Cold Kevin Owens for pulling off the troll job of the year in Chicago. The trio commends Becky Lynch for embracing her inner Disney villain, wonder if Seth Rollins will find his path to Mania, ...

This week on the Take It Home Podcast, John LaRocca reviews Southern Honor Wrestling Show #37 which took place on March 4th in Canton, Georgia. He gives full matches reviews including his critique of the booking of this show. Which match and booking made John want to bang his head against a wall? Listen and find out! Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fightgamemedia Join our Facebook Group: https://www....