Benno & JP are joined by the great SP3 of Tru Heel Heat (and many other such places) to talk everything AEW booking headed into Grand Slam Australia and a longer view of the year ahead with a tale of two AEW’s as they talk the well received Omega and Ospreay story and compare it to Moxley, the Death Riders and everything going on in between.

Before that though, they talk Saturday Night’s Main Event and whether WWE’s booking gets an easy ride, plus speculate on the odds for Royal Rumble winners and the rest of the build, plus talk assorted news with Omos coming home, Jordynne coming in, ROH, WrestleMania weekend and more.

SHOWNOTES:

0:00 Intro, Plugs, GRAPPL Pateon changes

20:01 WWE SNME, Royal Rumble build, other news and notes

1:20:01 AEW Grand Slam, All In plans, Moxley, Omega Powers, AEW & ROH 2025 Directions

2:18:02 Misc News, Bloodsport UK, Stardom

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In a jumping all the big promotions edition of Spotlight, Gareth, Matty & JP catch up on goings on in the wrestling world as TNA reinvents itself (again) with its opening PPV of the year Genesis! They talk the revival of TNA and its Faustian pact with WWE that will consume its soul and ultimately destroy the company. Probably.

They also talk AEW roster issues, the build to SNME and Royal Rumble, Gareth watches Raw! Matty watches Collision! And JP watches GCW. Sigh.

SHOWNOTES:

0:00 Intro

2:50 TNA Genesis, NXTNA

53:23 Raw, Build to SNME and Royal Rumble

1:28:02 AEW Collision, AEW's iced wrestlers

2:11:09 GCW, January Plans & Patreon Changes

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In a back to basics and news heavy Spotlight, Benno & JP catch up on goings on in the wrestling world as PENTA (no last name) makes his WWE debut and Tony Khan loses the hardcores with MAXIMUM CARNAGE (and wins them back with some good news updates on Tommy Bellend and Matt Cardona).

They also talk New Japan and their 2025 schedule, Baron Corbin making his unlikely GCW debut, Mercedes in Rev Pro, Raw on Netflix episode two, Collision, Dynamite, and Corey Graves possibly working himself into a shoot.

SHOWNOTES:

0:00 Intro, Patreon Changes, January plans

9:51 Penta debuts in WWE, Raw on Netflix follow-up

45:02 Misc News, Corey Graves, NJPW announcements, GCW, Mercedes

1:15:52 AEW Maximum Carnage, Tommy End, Matt Cardona, Collision, Dynamite

1:47:16 Weekend Highlights, NJPW Battle in the Valley, MLW

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It's the second part of a double bill of catch-up review editions of Spotlight as Benno & Matty convene to talk WWE’s Raw debut on Netflix from Monday Night.

Join the lads as they talk a divisive promo and segment from The Rock, appearances from Triple H, Undertaker, John Cena and Hulk Hogan, the Seth Rollins vs CM Punk main event and Tribal Combat with Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa, as well as make some time to talk Kenny Omega vs Gabe Kidd and some highlights from the weekend.

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It's the first of a double bill of Spotlights this week as we try to cover the mad volume of big time wrestling that we've been hit with since New Year. And with Benno away and as its Tokyo Dome season, I am joined by the Empress of wrestling podcasting and Karen Peterson!

Join us as we talk both Wrestle Kingdom 19 and Wrestle Dynasty where the highs are very high and by God, the lows are very, very low. We chat Kidd vs Omega, Takeshita's weekend, the issues that New Japan curently face, THAT double main event from Day One, Karen's highlights of the whole Japanese wrestling week and much, much more!

Enjoy

JP

(Benno & Matty will be back with a second recorded show late on Tuesday, reviewing the Raw on Netflix debut)

SHOWNOTES

0:00:00 Intro

0:03:05 Wrestling Kingdom 19 Review

0:36:20 AEW x NJPW x CMLL Wrestle Dynasty Review

1:23:58 Karen's highlights from the week in Puro

Find Karen at ⁠@Karensensei.bsky.social on BlueSky⁠ and her weekly Dream Slam column at ⁠POST Wrestling⁠ 

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Find here the audio of a mammoth live stream where we celebrated Christmas and brought in the New Year drinking beers, answering questions and taking calls friends of the show. It's the #AskGRAPPL Christmas Spectacular (GRAPTacular?!), and you never know who might turn up. SHOWNOTES 0:00 Intro 9:13 Michael Hamflett 59:30 Joe Lemon 1:21:45 Davie Portman 1:40:12 John Pollock and Braden Herrington 2:11:55 WH Park 2:57:49 Andy Ogden 3:09:20 Wai Ting & Karen Peterson 4:01:21 SP3 4:37:22 Stephanie Chase 4:55:01 Will Cooling 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 & Carl Gac! 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!⁠⁠ Get the the new line of GRAPPL merchandise with FREE SHIPPING to the UK, EU, US, Canada, Australia & New Zealand at ⁠https://chopped-tees.com/en-uk/collections/grappl⁠ 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

In a very special GRAPPL Christmas Film Club, Joe returns with Benno & JP as they talk the white whale of Spotlight - Gazza in China, and the Bullseye reboot! Also, Reform UK, Only Fools & Horses, Eastenders tag teams, Sean Connery, Jimmy Five Bellies, David Ginola, David Heath, Del Wilkes, Heath Slater and a lot more nonsense along the way.  Merry Christmas everyone!  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 & Carl Gac!  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!⁠  Get the the new line of GRAPPL merchandise with FREE SHIPPING to the UK, EU, US, Canada, Australia & New Zealand at https://chopped-tees.com/en-uk/collections/grappl 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

It’s that time once again as the lads look back on 2024 with the fourth annual GRAPPY awards!  Join Benno, JP and Matty as they discuss the year that was with their picks for best promotion, wrestler, match of the year, STORY of the year and more, as well as some non-wrestling awards with the four pillars of TIME, the newly christened Scran of the Year and much more! SHOWNOTES 0:00 Intro 6:28 2024 Wrestling Awards 2:10:31 Non Wrestling Awards Make your picks: https://conor-olo.notion.site/Community-Entries-15e9b7911c02803da7e9cbae7d536c62?pvs=4 Get the GRAPPY Awards: https://www.patreon.com/posts/118507172 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 & Carl Gac! 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!⁠  Get the the new line of GRAPPL merchandise with FREE SHIPPING to the UK, EU, US, Canada, Australia & New Zealand at https://chopped-tees.com/en-uk/collections/grappl 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

The GRAPPL Weekend Show was taped live on GRAPPL Patreon on Thursday night. To get the show every week, become a Patron or YouTube Member on any of our live or audio tiers!⁠ - Benno On this week's Weekend Show we talked Ospreay/Darby, a new gimmick for Ricochet and the rest of this week's Dynamite, as well as AEW's big weekend in Hammerstein, Lee Fitting, Rev Pro, TNA contracts, the WWE Netflix kickoff - plus all the news and some very special previews ahead of Christmas week! SHOWNOTES 0:00 Intro 12:01 News, Lee Fitting, BJ Whitmer, WWE Netflix launch, TNA 50:41 Dynamite Review, AEW news 1:27:07 AEW/ROH Hammerstein, Rev Pro, other Previews 1:46:22 The Christmas Day TV Schedule w. GRAPPL Charlie

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Benno & JP are back for a wide ranging Spotlight proper as Matty joins them for the first half of the show as they talk SNME, ad breaks, winged eagle belts and Jesse Ventura, before Benno & JP talk Kenny Omega, the Continental Classic, Mercedes and more out of AEW, as well as New Japan in the USA, the return of Tessa Blanchard to TNA and everything else going on in the wrestling world this week ahead of Christmas season and the fourth annual GRAPPYs and CRAPPYs next week!

SHOWNOTES

0:00 Intro, Plugs
10:25 WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, Raw on Netflix
46:01 AEW, Kenny Omega, Collision, ROH
1:16:24 NJPW, Mercedes, TNA, Tessa Blanchard

1:43:50 PATREON PREVIEW: The STORY of Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio

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It's a special Millennium edition of TIME, with a nostalgic look back at December 1999 through the four pillars of culture - Music, Films, TV and Sport!

We have a Christmas catch up on the soaps with star laden episodes of Eastenders & Corrie, Ron Dixon fears of the Millenium Bug in Brookie, the single worst Christmas Top 10 in history, Bond, Sixth Sense and Arnie in movies, the brilliance of the the Kevin Phillips/Niall Quinn partnership and a brilliantly told recap of the career of Lennox Lewis - we cover everything happening in TIME, in December of 1999.

SPOILER - the world didn’t end

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