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Before Jushin Thunder Liger became the centrepiece for the explosion of junior heavyweight wrestling in the 1990s, he learnt his craft in the New Japan dojo and on his learning excursions where he gained experience in a variety of styles and fused them together. One of those stops on the way was a time working on the UK circuit, and he faced off against a man who was no stranger to Japan and its wrestlng customs - the hot-headed Mark "Rollerball" Rocco. A state of the art match that wouldn't look out of place if watched thirty-five years later, as has been the case for this episode by Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3).https://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wrestling is a deep and wide world of matches, angles, promos, feuds, and botches, with decades and decades worth of the stuff. How to make senseofit all to someone with fresh eyes? Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) have picked up their notepads and pens and have crafted together some honourable mentions anddefinitive picks for a match in each of the five categories to help someone either introduce themselves to wrestling, or take adeeper dive into different times and promotions beyond current WWE, which you would assume would be the obvious choice for most.The five categories we chose for our first of these episodes (hopefully more will come in the future) are:- Introducing someone to wrestling- Introducing someone to the 80s/90s "Golden Age" of wrestling- Introducing someone to the WWF Attitude Era- Introducing someone to AEW- Introducing someone to modern New Japan Pro WrestlingFeel free to add your own suggestions to these categories, or maybe pick some categories yourself for a future episo

In anticipation of CM Punk's Dog Collar Chain match against MJF at AEW's Revolution PPV, Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) travel back nearly twenty years to watch the match, and what is usually cited as the peak of the feud, between Punk and Raven. Just as MJF projected so much of the scars of his youth onto Punk, so to had a young Punk against the recovering addict Raven. But instead of greeting him with sympathy, he views him with pure hatred, and the most heated feud in the short history of ROH at this point put both Punk and the promotion down a new path.https://pateron.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.comhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NINE belts are on the line in this one. Dean Malenko has been the ace of cruiserweight division since its inception earlier in 1996, and now he caps off the year hoping to gain eight more titles to his colleciton by defeating J-Crown champion Ultimo Dragon. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) talk about both this clash of experts in the grapple game and what led to perhaps the biggest belt collection in wrestling during this Golden Age of junior heavyweight wrestling.https://patreon.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.comhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a comedy double bill as Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) watch an episode each of South Park and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia that show the respective ensembles try to enter the world of pro wrestling, but both have a limited knowledge of what that means. In the case of at least one of these shows, it would appear that the creatives behind it didn't really know much about wrestling, either. Do they hold up? Let's find out!https://patreon.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.comhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

His belt collection may now be lacking the IWGP World title, but Will Ospreay is still a man with a lot of luggage to carry with him, and his longest-held championship is what's being defended this time, as 'Billy GOAT' defends against rising UK star Micahel Oku for the RevPro British Championship. Having recently beaten Oku by stoppage in the twenty-ninth minute of a match with a thirty-minute time limit, this time the rule has been made to not have any stoppages. Will this have an effect to the finish? Of course it bloody will, and Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to state the obvious as well as anyone else. What did you expect?Outro music: Tiny Deaths - Stop the Starshttps://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Only two five star matches in the eyes of Dave Meltzer during the first month of 2022? That's a bad sign if ever there was one. But despite all that despair and suffering, Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) have survived to watch and discuss AEW's opener for the final Dynamite of January, as Cody Rhodes defends his TNT Championship against the man who he beat to start this third reign, the current holder of Interim TNT Championship after the postponment of this match originally planned for Battle of the Belts, and a five-star debutant: 'The Spanish God' Sammy Guevara. This had also been the opening match of the first episode of Dynamite back in late 2019. A lot has changed since then, has one of those changes been Guevara maturing to finally get a win over the most divisive figure in AEW's short history? Let's watch and find out!Outro music: 'Polvo de Estrellas' by Javier de Mabelhttps://pateron.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acas

In anticiation of the upcoming Owen Hart Cup tournaments in AEW, Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are looking back at the legacy of the youngest sibling, but probably the best athlete, of the Hart family. Instead of going to his best known WWF matches, they are looking further back to the point where Owen was the top gaijin wrestler in New Japan's junior heavyweight division. Having recently won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title, the first non-Japanese wrestler to achieve this, Owen defends it against Shiro Koshinaka, a perennial figure in New Japan despite receiving his training in All Japan only a few years earlier.https://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the land of Extreme that Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are venturing into this time, as Rob Van Dam faces the man he often cites as his favourite opponent of all time in Jerry Lynn. It's the Whole F'N Show against the New F'N Show, and perhaps where your alleigances lie tells a lot about the sort of wrestling fan you are.https://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This time last year we were spoilt for choice with the number of five-star matches. This year it's a veritable drought with only one match producing a rating of five stars or above from Dave Meltzer. Fortunately for Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) it's a five-and-three-quarter-star match! Or is it? It's the match to finally decide the undisputed IWGP World Heavyweight Champion after Kazuchika Okada dethroned Takagi for the official championship, finally abandoning his beloved V4 Heavyweight belt, and now has to face his former protege, opponent at last year's Wrestle Kingdom, and the man who never officially lost the title before being forced to vacate due to injury, 'The Aerial Assassin' Will Ospreay.Outro music: Nicola Conte - Quiet Starhttps://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another gap is plugged as Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (simoncross3) travel back to All Japan. The six-man tag matches between Tsuruta-gun and the Super Generation Army were maybe what made the LMTYS hosts fall in love with All Japan wrestling, so this being a prequel to that rivalry, with Jumbo's previous great rival Tenryu leading his army of disciples, including a young zebra-print wearing Kawada, against Tsuruta and his top two lieutenants, Yoshiaki Yatsu and the always welcome return of the Shithouse himself, Masanobu Fuchi!Outro music: Samson - A Star Diedhttps://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2021 was a year, wasn't it? Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to talk about it.https://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Less than a month since his five-and-a-half-star (in the eyes of Dave Meltzer) title win over Kenny Omega, 'Hangman' Adam Page faces two different challenges. First the challenge of the reinvigorated 'American Dragon' Bryan Danielson in-storyline, who has had a fun time tormenting him in the build up to this match, but also Page faces the challenge of keeping up with the top names in all of wrestling as far as perception of their abilities as an in-ring performer. Can Page keep pace with another in-ring great? Will his title reign come to an ignomonious end at the first hurdle? Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to find out.Outro song: Maximum Sixty - Lost in the Starshttps://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://twtitter.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I don't know whether this was accidentally deleted, or I just failed to upload it in the first place, but this is an early recording of Match of the Week that we're now reuploading in anticipation of Bryan Danielson achieving a second ever five-star match in the eyes of Dave Meltzer. A match we cite frequently in other episodes, this is probably as close as we got to Bryan Danielson in Daniel Bryan. Also, thanks to the five-star project, we notice some references to another smaller wrestler who is able to bully larger opponents like Sheamus and gain sympathy. Also, this is Daniel Bryan showing why he deserved more than eighteen seconds as the previous WrestleMania.Adam Page vs. Bryan Danielson Meltzer five-star match review episode coming on Thursday 23rd!https://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The last territory standing outside of the big two of WWF and WCW, Memphis was a little land unto itself with its own fanbase, its own style of wrestling, and its own top star - Jerry 'The King' Lawler. Drawing thousands of fans to the Mid-South Coliseum on a weekly basis, Lawler could be tangling with up-and-coming stars (making sure to repeat footage of him beating them when they do become national stars in the future), bizarre gimmick characters that would even make the Gobbldy Gooker look relatively realistic, or in this case a fellow showman able to work the Memphis style better than most, and maybe a man who never reached the full star potential he showed, Austin Idol. Accompanying him is the young man referred to by the commentator as "Paul Dangerly". Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) observe all this with 2021 eyes to see what worked then, what influence this style of wrestling has or doesn't have in today's climate, and whether it would still work now. Also, knowing Lawler mostly as a h

2001 was probably the most tumultuous year in the history of pro wrestling. Not only were the three major promotions in North American being absorbed by the winner-take-all WWF, but in Japan the longtime top two promotions of New Japan and All Japan saw a splintering for the first time since their creation in 1972, when Misawa and the majority of AJPW talent departed to form NOAH. A threadbare roster called for desperate times for those left in All Japan, and that's why we see a match for the promotion's top prize be contested between a man who Giant Baba had said he'd never allow to return to the promotion after his unexpected departure in 1990, and one of the top stars of New Japan, and longtime fan of the 'King's Road' style of wrestling, Keiji Mutoh, who was halfway into his miraculous comeback when it seemed he was nothing but a shattered, broken down husk of his former self less than a year earlier.The match was voted the best of the year by Wrestling Observer readers, and 2001 was a year of great match

A five-star match, or a five-star storyline, or both? Or something more?! A multiple-year storyline reached its conclusion at the end of Full Gear 2021 as 'Hangman' Adam Page looked to exorcise every last demon he had to contend with after failing to become the first AEW World Champion by challenging the current champion, and his former tag team champion partner, Kenny Omega. It's about more than just a title. But is worth more than a perfect five-star rating as Dave Meltzer thought? Or is it even worth a perfect five-star rating. Or does that even matter in the first place?https://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chaos, action, and wheelbarrow racing are the topics of conversation this time as Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) cover the first of two matches from AEW's Full Gear PPV. Will the Superkliq continue to dominate trios action? Or can the unlikely partnering of the veteran Cage, the monstrous Luchasaurus, and the maturing Jungle Boy pool their talents together and score the upset under falls count anywhere rules?https://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two men currently in a no-man's-land of sorts in the WWE were, seven years ago, wrestling for the top singles prize in the hippest promotion in all of wrestling - California's Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. But whilst Ricochet and Kyle O'Reilly have gone onto greater heights as far as reaching a mass audience and making money, this might have been at a time when they were both approaching their cultural zeitgeist in the wrestling world. Have their talents been squandered? Is the best still to come? Is this a match that holds up when seen beyond the context of very drunk wrestling hipsters watching with a slightly detached irony? Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to find out one way or the other.https://pateron.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chikara's King of Trios tournaments from the late 2000s to the mid 2010s were a major highlight in the indy wrestling calendar and matches like this are proof of why that was the case. Featuring three wrestlers who would go onto great successes today in WWE, AEW, and New Japan, alongside one of the top students to ever come from the Chikara training gym, it's a high-speed action fest from start to finish. But does it have enough grasp of the fundamentals to avoid the harshest critiques of Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3)? Listen to find out!https://patreon.com/lmtyspodhttps://facebook.com/lmtyspodhttps://twitter.com/lmtyspodlmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.