The Truepenny Show

For the month of September we talk about the Royal Road tournament, Kento Miyahara, and our love for Taishin Nagao.

James, Christy and Marcus get together to discuss the Stardom September Show from Korakuen Hall. As AZM and Saya Kamitani go title for title with the NJPW Strong and World Wonder Ring Stardom Titles are on the line with a packed card including the Wonder of Stardom Championship match between Champion Hina and challenger HANAKO!

James and Marcus look at two shows from Marigold, their DreamStar Tournament final night in Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with all the final block action and the final match of the tournament too! Meanwhile this week Sendai had its Big Show of the year where Sendai Girls World Champion Chihiro Hashimoto defends her title against perennial contender Mika Iwata, along with an incredible series of legends in supporting roles.

James and Christy run down all the results of an emotional final day of the N1 Victory tournament with Jack Morris becoming the first non Japanese wrestler to make the final facing up against long time NOAH Stalwart and Team 2000 X member Masa Kitamiya. In the semi main event Alpha Wolf & Dragon Bane GHC Junior Tag Champs defend against All Rebellion (Alejandro & Kai Fujimura) who have been hounding them the whole tour.

James and Christy welcome Ruth back to look at the last day of N1 Victory Block action. With Naomichi Marufuji, Jack Morris and Galeno still in contention in Block B and Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya and KENTA all in contetion in Block A, there is everything to play for in NOAH's Premier Heavyweight Tournament.

James and Christy are joined by Ruth and Sarah Kurchak to talk nights 5, 6 & 7 of the N1 Victory Tournament. The tournament is heading to the final night of block action on Sunday and some incredible performances start to split from the field. Down the table, Ulka Sasaki continues to impress, but top names Jack Morris, Galeno and Kitamiya are breaking through with perennial favourites Kenoh, Maraifuji and Kioyomia continue the pressure.

James brings you the results of nights 5 & 6 of the N1 Victory tournament!

James and Christy are joined once again by Ruth as they look at Night 4 of the N1 Victory Tournament. KENTA tries to regain some momentum against Masa Kitamiya in the main event and Kaito Kiyomiya faces Kazuyuki Fujita in the semi main.

James and Christy are joined by Ruth to talk nights 2 & 3 of the NOAH N1 Victory Tournament. The matches come thick and fast as the company moves out into wider Japan from their Tokyo start point. Kazuyuki Fujita uses his preeminent power, size and veteran whiles to pull out an early lead in Block A while over in Block B Jack Morris is making his presence felt. The team round the matches and discuss all the usual asides like hair cuts, abs and No Neck Ned.

James and Christy start their first adventure outside of a NJPW Tournament for the Today At series as they take in the start of the NOAH N1 Victory Tournament. They pay tribute to the tragic passing of Jaka and Taishin Nagao, and delve into the the first matches of the tournament proper as well as picking their own favourites for the tournament.

James and Marcus look at all the action from Marvelous' K Hall show from August with a killer main event of Takumi Iroha and Sareee defneding the AAAW tag titles against Team 200KG. They then move on to this year's edition of Death Before Dishonor as Athena continue's her majestic reign as ROH women's Champion.

James and Marcus continue their exploration of the career of Akira Hokuto as she leaves AJW for GAEA and by extension a run in WCW to start of proceedings and then on to the final stages of her career where she faces the demons of her past in the Crush Gals and LCO. The rounding with thoughts on her retirement and effect on the wrestling industry. Follow along with our playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDFKuMLm7OZCK2QcBGHipLeLcnRH41CrN&feature=shared

This month we do things a little different as I introduce my friend Sonal to AJPW. We watched the 03/08 show together and discuss her first impressions and which wrestlers she liked the most.

James and Marcus breakdown the historic career of Akira Hokuto, the biggest of all AJW's Game Day Players from the 80s and 90s, taking a trip from Korakuen Hall to Yokahama Baseball Stadium via Arena Mexico. The pair dive into what made her so great and such a wonderful story teller in an era of incredible performers. Watch along with this incredible playlist of matches: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDFKuMLm7OZCK2QcBGHipLeLcnRH41CrN&feature=shared

In this special bonus episode Milo, Ruth, and Christy talk about the amazing Rising HAYATO versus Atsuki Aoyagi final and discuss some of the other important matches on that card.

James and Christy get to the final of the G1 Climax after 19 nights of competition it came down to Konosuke Takeshita and EVIL. The pair go through the whole and trace the threads of the feuds to come and go deep on the final least likely. Controversial yes, but not nearly as bad as everyone thought it would be and lays up a lot of intrude for the future.

James and Christy try their level best to explain the Semi Finals of the G1 Climax 35, but God its hard. There was other wrestling also, but if you want to listen to two people revaluate their life choices in real time this ones for you.

James and Christy brave the 30 Degree weather, over heating computers and ovens that won't turn off and watch some wrestling as Shota Umino wrestles Yota Tsuji and David Finlay goes up against Konuske Takeshita in the semi finals of G1 Climax 35!

James and Christy brave the heat, literally and figuratively to bring you the last night of Block B Action.

James and Christy talk the last night of A Block Action as Yuya Uemura, David Finlay, Oleg Boltin and Ryohei Oiwa all in with a chance of reaching the playoffs!