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This week on The Flagship, a review of NXT Halloween Havoc, TNA Xplosion #1001, NJPW Power Struggle, an early preview of Wrestle Kingdom plus YOUR CALLS!

This week on The Flagship: WWE Crown Jewel moving to a new venue, NOAH's Sumo Hall show featuring Tetsuya Naito defeating OZAWA, a check-in on AJPW's Hokkaido tour, ZERO1's Junior Final, for some reason, the NXT Halloween Havoc 2026 go-home show, Joe's haunted house & more!

The Flagship returns this week with what can best be described as a classic spray-to-all-fields edition!

With no major shows to review or preview, we'll touch on a wide range of topics tonight, including Montez Ford's lawsuit, Tiger Jeet Singh slicing someone with his sword, Shotzi and Shayna Baszler to TNA, Kairi Sane to AEW, NXT going head-to-head with Blood & Guts, a "Fun in Wrestling" discussion, White Men Can't Jump and so much more.

A PACKED episode of The Flagship reviewing WWE Money in the Bank 2026, NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling, TNA Bound for Glory 2026, plus The Aggregators Are At It Again, Max Caster is out of TNA, an AEW WrestleDream preview, and so much more.

On this episode of The Flagship: a review of NOAH's N-1 Victory Finals, news and notes around NJPW on the path to King of Pro Wrestling, a preview of this weekend's WWE Money in the Bank 2026, Laynie Luck, Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, Lady Frost, and more!

This week on The Flagship, Rich recaps an emotional episode of AEW Dynamite dedicated to PAC's life, WWE counter-programming the show with Worlds Collide, WWE's obsession with AEW & more.

Then Rich is joined by John Carroll (Wrestling Omakase) for an extended BOUNCIN' AROUND JAPAN as they look at the finals of AJPW's Royal Road tournament, NJPW Destruction in Kobe, the latest edition of Sareee-ISM, the closing of Shinjuku FACE & so much more.

This week on The Flagship, Rich is joined by special guests Suit Williams (suitwilliams.com) and Jesse Collings (The Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast) to preview AEW All Out and WWE/NXT/AAA Worlds Collide, review CMLL's 93rd anniversary show, talk about The Aggregators, Paramount/WBD's merger & so much more!

The Flagship is back to full strength this week as Joe and Rich recap and review both nights of AAA TripleMania, discuss two major WWE Title matches from this week, preview CMLL's Anniversary show this weekend, talk recent wrestler movement/free agent news, and so much more.

With Joe out this week watching his beloved Rams, Rich welcomes two special guests to The Flagship.

In the first half of the show, Kris Zellner (Between The Sheets/Center Stage Chronicles) joins to talk about the life and career of Bill Dundee.

In the show's second half, Jesse Collings (Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast) hops on to recap and review WWE's Sunday Night's Main Event, talk about slow pushes of younger talent in modern wrestling, and pro wrestling's new Kliq.

Links

• Between The Sheets: https://redcircle.com/shows/between-the-sheets
• Between The Sheets Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/betweenthesheets
• Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/gentlemens-wrestling-podcast
• Is A New Kliq Controlling WWE’s Main Event Scene?: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2026/03/11/is-a-new-kliq-controlling-wwes-main-event-scene/
• Trapped in the Cagematch: Hoarding Wrestling’s Future: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2026/08/04/trapped-in-the-cagematch-hoarding-wrestlings-future/

On this episode of The Flagship: a massive preview of AEW's biggest show of the year, AEW All In London, and all the other festivities taking place during the weekend.

Plus a review of ROH Death Before Dishonor, a tribute to Rovert & much more!

This week on The Flagship: a review of the final two nights of NJPW's G1 Climax 36, including the much-talked-about final between Ryohei Oiwa and Yuya Uemura as well as the final match of Hiroyoshi Tenzan's career.

Other topics on the show are a preview of ROH Death Before Dishonor (yes, there is an ROH PPV this weekend), a check-in on WWE's April 2026 releases and who has popped up elsewhere, TNA Lockdown, Road Dogg, and so much more!

The Overrun!

Bounce on over to the FlagshipPatreon.com $5 tier for THE OVERRUN as we review the final night of ZERO1's Fire Festival, recap the free STARDOM 5-STAR GP Semifinal, and Bounce Around Japan for a wide range of topics in the region.

This week on The Flagship: a preview of NJPW's G1 Climax 36 Semifinals & Finals, Hiroyoshi Tenzan's retirement, Tetsuya Naito wins the GHC Title, NOAH reveals their N1 blocks, AEW's All In card takes shape, Avery Styles won't pick up chairs & so much more!

The Flagship returns this week for a packed show discussing AEW's two-night visit to Arena Mexico with recaps & reviews of the CMLL vs. AEW show and last night's Grand Slam Mexico Dynamite.

Additional topics include the life and career of Dory Funk Jr, indie drama between PRODUCE and Joey Janela, David Shoemaker's embarrassing new Hulk Hogan book, Busted Open crying about media seats, and so much more.

A free preview of this week's SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE Flagship Podcast. To hear this show in its entirety, subscribe now at patreon.com/voicesofwrestling on our $5 Tier.

Topics include...

• Midpoint analysis of G1 Climax 36
• Advice for Tony Khan & AEW
• SummerSlam Preview
• What's next for (fka) New Day
• AND MORE!

The Flagship returns for a packed show discussing WWE and SiriusXM launching WWE Radio, reviewing WWE Saturday Night's Main Event, announcing WrestleMania Weekend in NYC, WWE running Chicago during All Out weekend, "Mike Santana" "debuting" in NXT, previewing AEW Redemption, reviewing NOAH's Summer Epic, checking in on NJPW's G1 Climax, the life and career of Sivi Afi, and so much more!

The Flagship is back to full strength this week as we preview a massive wrestling weekend featuring the return of NJPW's G1 Climax, Shota Umino bowing out of the tournament, WWE's Saturday Night's Main Event from MSG, RevPro's Summer Sizzler, NOAH's Summer Epic, Dragongate's Kobe World, Osaka Pro's Castle Festival 2026 plus thoughts on the final episode of Dark Side of the Ring on TNA & so much more.

On this episode of The Flagship, Rich is joined by special guest Jeremy Donovan of the Keepin' It Strong Style podcast to preview NJPW's G1 Climax, his experience at Dynamite Beach Break, and his 95th percentile baby.

After we say goodbye to Jeremy, Rich talks about Tiger Mask IV's retirement show, the first two episodes of TNA's Dark Side of the Ring, stunningly low SummerSlam ticket sales, an anniversary that should make any wrestling fan angry and so much more!

• Join the Sport of Pro Wrestling G1 Climax Pick'Em at http://g1.sportofprowrestling.com.

On this episode of The Flagship, we review a massive weekend of wrestling, including fallout from AEW Forbidden Door 2026, WWE's Night of Champions, NXT The Great American Bash, TNA Slammiversary, a stacked card for next week's Dynamite Beach Break, several TNA releases, the life and career of Joe Doering, and so much more.

On this episode of The Flagship, we get you ready for a packed wrestling weekend with previews of AEW's Forbidden Door 2026 PPV, WWE Night of Champions, TNA Slammiversary, and NXT The Great American Bash.

We also review AJPW's Super Power Series show featuring a Triple Crown Title match between Kento Miyahara and Hideki Suzuki, G1 Climax lineups, ticket sales, & announcements, and so much more.

This week on The Flagship: the life and career of "The Duke of Dorchester" Pete Doherty, a review of NJPW Dominion 6.14 in Osaka-jo-Hall, a look at the G1 announcements, NJPW's upcoming schedule, a check-in on Forbidden Door, AEW All In Wembley ticket sales, a review of NOAH's Neo Global Tag League finals, a preview of AJPW's Super Power Series show, and more!

This week on The Flagship: rumors on CM Punk and his absence from WWE TV, whether wrestling reporters should report on rumors or not, plus a review the Best of the Super Juniors finals, a preview NJPW's Dominion, a review Osaka Pro's June 7 show, a review of AJPW's June 6 show, and the latest free agent updates on Steve Maclin, Shun Skywalker, Enzo Amore, and more!

On this episode of The Flagship, we review AAA Noche de Los Grandes, discuss the mask vs. mask main event between El Grande Americano and "The Original" El Grande Americano, discuss WWE's next steps in Mexico, WWE Clash in Italy, Shun Skywalker departing Dragongate, a brief check in on NJPW's Best of the Super Juniors, Voices of Wrestling's 30 Under 30 and so much more!

A short preview of the latest Subscriber-Exclusive episode of The Flagship—available now in full exclusively on the FlagshipPatreon.com $10 tier.

Topics discussed on the full show: slow-moving ticket sales for TNA Slammiversary and the state of TNA, a lengthy discussion on the 2026 Greatest Wrestler Ever vote, a review of Saturday's Collision, and a recap of the special two-hour premiere of MLW Fusion.

On this episode of The Flagship, we discuss the huge news that Bushiroad is selling its NJPW shares to TV Asahi and CyberAgent, what it means for the future of NJPW and Japanese wrestling, and more. We also preview this weekend's AAA Noche de Los Grandes show featuring the hottest feud in pro wrestling, WWE's Clash in Italy, the return of MLW, whatever the heck VEEPS is, hotel continental breakfasts, pretzel buns, and much more!

The Flagship is back after a week's hiatus with a loaded show featuring a preview of AEW Double or Nothing 2026, reviews of ROH's Supercard of Honor 2026 and AJPW's Champion Carnival 2026 finals.

We'll also talk about the life and career of Phil Hickerson, Brock Lesnar's return, Mick Foley joining AEW, BARON CORBIN headlines, Heidenreich's viral Walmart photo & so much more.

The Flagship is back to talk about Ted Turner's impact on pro wrestling, review NJPW Wrestling Dontaku, catch you up with the latest in AJPW's Champion Carnival, and preview this week's WWE Backlash show.

The Flagship returns with a full recap and review of this week's episode of AEW Dynamite, a preview of NJPW's Wrestling Dontaku, a review of Dragongate's Golden Colosseum & much more!

After a week's hiatus, The Flagship returned with a look at the fallout from WrestleMania and WrestleMania Weekend, ratings for WrestleMania on ESPN, ESPN's Andreas Hale being denied press credentials, this week's Dave Meltzer Discourse, the life and career of Van Hammer, early returns on Darby Allin's AEW World Title run, and more!

This week on The Flagship, we preview what's coming up for WrestleMania Week next week, give a preview of this weekend's AEW Dynasty PPV, discuss Tony Khan's appearance on "The Coach & Bro" podcast, cover what happened with the Berwyn Eagles Club, and much more!

• Note/Correction: In the segment about the Berwyn Eagles Club, we referred to the promotion with the alleged stabbing as Relentless Pro Wrestling. It was actually Ruthless Pro Wrestling. We apologize for the error.

The Overrun

We ran out of time on The Flagship proper, so we had to finish out the show on The Overrun—available exclusively on the $5 tier at FlagshipPatreon.com.

Topics on The Overrun this week: NJPW Sakura Genesis review, NXT Stand & Deliver review & a preview of WWE WrestleMania 42.

Instant Reaction LIVE: AEW Dynasty

Listen to the best post-PPV review show in the game this Sunday with Instant Reaction LIVE for AEW Dynasty 2026! Available on the $10 tier at FlagshipPatreon.com.

On this episode of The Flagship, we cover a busy week in wrestler movement, including Chris Jericho returning to AEW, Dani Luna leaving TNA, Dragon Dia departing Dragongate, and Lady Frost exiting AEW.

We also dive into the latest in the Janel Grant case, review TNA Sacrifice, preview NXT Stand & Deliver, check in on WrestleMania Week/Weekend, discuss John Cena being announced as the host of WrestleMania, preview NJPW Sakura Genesis, and more!

On this episode of The Flagship, a deep look at the life and career of Dennis Condrey, a review of the final nights of the 2026 New Japan Cup, plus a look at the latest in AJPW.

We did a Flagship on Wednesday, too, covering CMLL, ZERO1, Tony Khan's bid to buy WWE, and more. You can listen to that show exclusively at FlagshipPatreon.com.

The Deep Dive (The Midnight Express vs. The Original Midnight Express): https://www.patreon.com/posts/deep-dive-vs-71970399

With Joe unavailable this week, Rich welcomes Trevor Dame (http://linktr.ee/trevordame) to The Flagship!

Rich made Trevor endure NXT's Booker T Appreciation Night, so they review this week's NXT TV episode, the first AAA Rey de Reyes 2026 show, discuss the aftermath of Sunday's AEW Revolution PPV, The Hangman stipulation, plus some ROH nostalgia and more.

• Listen to Trevor on the Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/a5213cab-9356-48e4-90d5-9f783121c871

On this episode of The Flagship, we preview this Sunday's AEW Revolution 2026 PPV, discuss AEW's launch of MyAEW, review NXT Vengeance Day 2026, ESPN dropping WWE Letter Grades, Shinjuku FACE closing in September, and review Osaka Pro's BUSHI-DO 2026 show.

Instant Reaction LIVE: AEW Revolution 2026: Join us Sunday night immediately following AEW Revolution 2026 for the best post-PPV review show in the game: Instant Reaction LIVE—available exclusively on the FlagshipPatreon.com $10 tier.

In this episode of The Flagship, we cover David Finlay's AEW debut, the AEW Revolution PPV lineup, a review of WWE Elimination Chamber 2026, Danhausen's debut, and the main event: a review of ZERO1's February 28 show.

On this episode of The Flagship, we talk the latest on AJ Styles' status, preview Elimination Chamber (sort of), NJPW New Beginning in USA, review Fantasticamania, discuss NXT moving off WrestleMania Weekend, and so much more.

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A short preview of the latest Subscriber-Exclusive episode of The Flagship—available now in full exclusively on the FlagshipPatreon.com $10 tier.

Topics discussed on the full show: WWE doing a tribute show to AJ Styles, putting him into the WWE Hall of Fame and what it means about his future in pro wrestling, AJPW's Excite Series show from February 23 featuring a Kento Miyahara Triple Crown title defense, ROH moving to a TV studio for future TV tapings, Bronson Reed tears his biceps & more.

On this episode of The Flagship, we welcome special guest thecubsfan of luchablog.com to discuss changes in CMLL, pro wrestling's increasing homogeneity, WWE's influence in the marketplace, and more.

Also on the show, a review of Fantasticamania Night 1, and a deep dive into the 2025 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards.

On this episode of The Flagship, a full recap and review of NJPW's The New Beginning in Osaka 2026 show, a look at the New Japan Cup brackets and upcoming NJPW schedule, a preview of AEW Grand Slam Australia, the discussion around Powerhouse Hobbs' age, what's going on with Brody King & much more!

A short preview of the latest Subscriber-Exclusive episode of The Flagship—available now in full exclusively on the FlagshipPatreon.com $10 tier.

Topics discussed on the full show: WWE blacking out local airings of WrestleMania 42, a look at year-over-year ticket movement for WrestleMania, the life and career of Tadao Yasuda, the history and failing of Inokiism, a review of MLW Battle Riot VIII, and why Tuesday is the worst day of the week (except when there's a new Flagship).

On this episode of The Flagship, an honest and fair look at Billy Gunn's career and why the recent discourse around it has no basis in reality PLUS a hot run of TV from AEW leading to big upcoming shows, our thoughts on NJPW's upcoming New Beginning in Osaka show, trying to make sense of what the hell is going on with the Nielsen ratings, and so much more!

You guys have asked for it, and now you're getting it: Double the Flagships!

Starting this week, we’re moving to a semi-regular schedule of two Flagships per week. Here's how it's going to work: you’ll still get our standard Friday show on your free podcast feeds, but we are officially adding a Subscriber Exclusive Flagship earlier in the week, most weeks.

Both the live stream and audio replay for this earlier-in-the-week edition are available exclusively to $10 tier members at FlagshipPatreon.com.

On our debut exclusive show, we recapped the Royal Rumble, broke down NJPW’s Road to New Beginning, and discussed the shocking departures of Hiromu Takahashi from NJPW and Ava from WWE. Plus, we took a patended banter detour into the stress of self-checkout lines and fast-food ordering anxiety.

This will be the ONLY place to listen to our Royal Rumble review, we won't be covering it on the Friday Flagship this week because we already talked about it for 90 minutes!

Unlock the full episode now and all Subscriber Exclusive Flagships moving forward at FlagshipPatreon.com

This week on The Flagship: a preview of this week's Royal Rumble show and the potential last match of AJ Styles' ...WWE career?

We also dive into recent ratings from TNA, AEW, and WWE, contract season updates, a large swath of recent injuries, the Korean Smark Awards, and review the January 25 AJPW show featuring a Triple Crown Title match between Kento Miyahara and Talos.

This week on The Flagship: our reaction to TNA's AMC debut rating and a review of TNA's Genesis PPV. Plus, new contract season updates on a number of people, including EVIL, David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Trey Miguel, and Tommaso Ciampa.

Also on the show: discussion of the annual FSM 50 countdown on VoicesofWrestling.com, a review of the first episode of AAA on FOX, CMLL's big weekend with plenty of AEW involvement, and much more.

Enjoy the first three minutes of Joe's review for the debut episode of TNA Thursday Night iMPACT! on AMC. Unlock the full review and thousands of hours of bonus audio here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/friday-impact-1-148391925

"A clearly unprepared, not ready for prime time TNA debuts on AMC with a low rent, unprofessional, irredeemably putrid show, which unfortunately shocked no one who actually pays any attention to TNA."

This week on The Flagship: whatever the hell TNA was trying to accomplish with their debut on AMC, major contract season updates, including Powerhouse Hobbs departing AEW, The Rascalz signing with AEW, Nick Nemeth, Mascara Dorada, Persephone, Colby Corino, Matt Taven, SANADA, Jody Threat, and Will Kroos.

Plus reviews of NOAH's Legacy Rise 2026 show, previews of TNA Genesis 2026, AAA's Saturday YouTube special, CMLL International Weekend & so much more.

This week on The Flagship: contract season updates, NJPW New Year Dash, Yota Tsuji and NJPW's return to the original IWGP Title lineage, and much more from New Japan.

Plus reviews of NOAH and AJPW's New Year's shows, including GHC and Triple Crown title defenses, Perez Hilton, and, of course, mid-2000s celebrity gossip.

The final Flagship of 2025!

This week, we preview NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 20, featuring the in-ring debut of Aaron Wolf, Hiroshi Tanahashi's final match, and more.

We also preview major New Year's shows for Pro Wrestling NOAH, All Japan Pro Wrestling, review STARDOM's Dream Queendom show, discuss fallout from AEW Worlds End 2025, Brandon Thurston's article on Vince McMahon and WWE/Endeavor, and our now-annual look at the Uncrowned Awards.

Join Rich for a special edition of The Flagship this week as we cover news and notes from the week, the latest on Andrade, updates to the Wrestle Kingdom 20 card, your Christmas questions, and then a MASSIVE preview of all the events happening in the Tokyo region for Wrestle Kingdom Week with Wrestling Omakase host John Carroll.

Wrestling Omakase Wrestle Kingdom Week Previews: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2025/12/17/wrestling-omakase-276-277-wrestle-kingdom-week-2025-26-preview-20-promotions-13-guests/

Wrestle Kingdom Week Schedule: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/wrestle-kingdom-week-2025-2026-full-schedule-map/

This week on The Flagship, we analyze John Cena's loss in his final match, including how it unfolded, the crowd's reaction, and how the media has covered it.

We also recap and review the full Saturday Night's Main Event episode, examine the Wrestle Kingdom 20 card, the 2025 World Tag League finals, break down the Tokyo Sports Awards results, and more.

This week on The Flagship: John Cena is calling it quits this Saturday, but do we care? We'll talk about his career, legacy, our anticipation level for his final match, and how his retirement run compares to other recent prominent retirements.

Plus, reviews of ROH's Final Battle 2025 and TNA's Final Resolution, additional information on TNA's deal with AMC, the life and career of "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal, Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid coming in 2026, and so much more.