Benno, JP, Matty & Gareth convene for a roundtable edition of Spotlight (or is it a square) as they talk the current state of both AEW and WWE as they talk WWE’s effect on AEW and whether AEW can fix their current creative and business slumps, as well as WWE’s comparative success, various controversies and whether their product is even good.They al…

Benno & JP are joined by Andy Ogden to talk his visit to Rev Pro’s Global Wars and the company's weekender with New Japan as Zack Sabre Jr brings it home at an underwhelming Royal Quest IV. They also talk Donald Trump on Six Feet Under, before Benno & JP wrap up the news from WWE with Vince McMahon in the news, plus Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin on …

Benno & JP are joined by GRAPPL Gareth for a full review of AEW WrestleDream with the end of Bryan Danielson's fulltime career, a controversial angle and a big title change as Jon Moxley leaves with the AEW World Title. They also talk the other highs and lows of the card with Hangman/Jay White, Ospreay, Ricochet and Takeshita and angles aplenty wit…

Benno & Matty kick off October with a review of WWE Bad Blood from Saturday night featuring Punk vs Drew McIntyre in Hell in a Cell and story, story and more story from The Bloodline as Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns team up, with appearances from The Rock and Jimmy Uso.They also talk the rest of the card, Goldberg, Kevin Owens, the Motor City Machin…

It’s episode 9 of BRETRO! Matty & Gareth pay a visit to 1994 as Owen Hart steps out of the shadows and turns on Bret. We review the IWC favourite vs. the Steiner Brothers and the Royal Rumble match vs The Quebecers, and fill in all the STORY in between. GRAPPL Spotlight is produced with support from our Patrons and YouTube members, with special tha…

In the first part of this week’s show Benno & JP are joined by special guest Will Cooling of PWTorch to talk “Mr McMahon” on Netflix as they talk whether it hit expecations or it’s aims, as well as it’s coverage of the Janel Grant case and the many scandals along the way, in a full review of the series. They are then talk Rey Fenix being held to hi…

In the first half of this week’s show Benno & JP talk Miro, the Lucha Brothers and Kevin Owens various contract strife, as well as roundup some weekend TV and the latest from AEW heading into Grand Slam.They are then joined by a surprise run-in from Matty to talk the CINEMA from Smackdown and help answer your questions in a special Spotlight #AskGR…

Benno & JP return for a Sunday Spotlight as they catch up on the week (and weekend) in wrestling and talk the build to Grand Slam and WrestleDream, Nigel vs Bryan, AEW on Fox and WWE's return to USA.They also talk Jacob Fatu, MLW, TNA Victory Road, CMLL's Anniversary show and more! SHOWNOTES0:00 STORY of the Yes Movement on GRAPPL Patreon1:23 Intro…

Benno & Gareth drop in with another Spotlight Special after yet another Saturday PPV, this time from AEW with All Out 2024! Join the lads as they talk Ospreay/PAC, Jon Moxley’s turn on Bryan Danielson, Hangman Page vs Swerve Strickland and everything else on the much anticipated show. They also talk the post show presser, Gareth’s Dealer’s Choice a…

Find here the latest episode of TIME, with a nostalgic look back at April 1998 through the four pillars of culture - Music, Films, TV and Sport!From a catch up on the soaps with forgotten families and big names in Eastenders, a cracking episode of The Bill, hip hop dominating the charts, a trilogy of trilogies in the movies, PRIDE dominating combat…

It's another Sunday Special as Benno & Matty drop in to talk WWE's Bash in Berlin from the weekend, with a quick review of an even quicker card (main event aside) with Punk vs Drew in statistically one of the top 5 strap matches of all time (whether good or bad), mixed thoughts on a Randy Orton main event that may still be ongoing and some discussi…

Benno, JP & Matty are back from London to talk a wild weekend and review AEW All In Wembley 2024 with Bryan Danielson’s big win, the Casino Gauntlet with the debut of Ricochet, the return of Nigel McGuinness, Toni Storm vs Mariah May, Will Ospreay vs MJF and everything inbetween. They also talk Rev Pro at the Copperbox with Luke Jacobs beating Mich…

Final tickets remain for "Professional Podcasters doing a Professional Podcast - LIVE", our live show in London right before Rev Pro at the Copper box, the day before All In. The link to buy tickets is https://grappl.bigcartel.com/product/grappl-live-podcast. Get your tickets before Friday at 5pm, as when they're gone, they're gone!Benno, JP & Matt…

Benno & JP are joined this week by the great Joe Hulbert of Late Night Grin, as well as WrestlePurists (and things of that nature) to talk their live experience at Rev Pro’s Summer Sizzler from York Hall with MJF vs Michael Oku, an appearance from Will Ospreay and more, in the company's last stop before the Copper Box. They also talk the build to A…

It’s Episode 8 of BRETRO and this month we’re off the title trail as we look at some Extreme Differences. It’s all about different SETTINGS as Matty and Gareth take a trip back to 1997 to visit a Shotgun Saturday Night club for a match with Mankind, and then find their way to Amarillo for a Terry Funk retirement match. Bret vs Mankind https://www.y…

In a Sunday Spotlight SummerSlam Special, Benno & Matty review (and disagree on most of) SummerSlam in a timely review from last night as they talk STORY, STORY and more STORY with the return of Roman Reigns and a divisive card from Saturday night with Main Event Solo being put to the test against Cody, CM Punk and Drew McIntyre having their big ma…

In a special early (and FREE) edition of the GRAPPL Weekend Show, to kick off August Benno & Matty talk the huge news of Shane McMahon meeting with Tony Khan, as well as preview the big SummerSlam card from the weekend and talk last night's Dynamite, Bryan Danielson's retirement stipulation and all the news and previews of the weekend's wrestling.Y…

Final tickets remain for "Professional Podcasters doing a Professional Podcast - LIVE", our live show in London right before Rev Pro at the Copper box, the day before All In. The link to buy tickets is https://grappl.bigcartel.com/product/grappl-live-podcast. Get your tickets now, as when they're gone, they're gone! JP returns with plenty to catch …

The GRAPPL lads (or is it GRAPPLads) are back as Benno, Gareth & Matty once again take a birds eye view of the goings on in wrestling this week as they talk whether MJF/Ospreay was the greatest match in AEW history, Wembley tickets moving, aew TV biz, Bobby Lashley, Talla Tonga and more - plus it’s bizarro world as Matty reviews the G1 and Gareth r…

Final tickets remain for "Professional Podcasters doing a Professional Podcast - LIVE", our live show in London right before Rev Pro at the Copper box, the day before All In. The link to buy tickets is https://grappl.bigcartel.com/product/grappl-live-podcast. Get your tickets now, as when they're gone, they're gone!In a laid back, back to basics Sp…

General Sale is NOW OPEN for "Professional Podcasters doing a Professional Podcast - LIVE", our live show in London right next door to the Copper box, the day before All In The link to buy tickets is https://grappl.bigcartel.com/product/grappl-live-podcast. Get your tickets now, as when they're gone, they're gone! This week on Spotlight, Benno retu…

BRETRO is back with Episode 7 “Portland”.Matty and Gareth go back to 1992 to talk through Bret’s second IC Title win at Wrestlemania VIII against Roddy Piper, and a defence of that belt against Shawn Michaels in the first ever WWF ladder match.

General Sale is NOW OPEN for "Professional Podcasters doing a Professional Podcast - LIVE", our live show in London right next door to the Copper box, the day before All InThe link to buy tickets is https://grappl.bigcartel.com/product/grappl-live-podcast. Get your tickets now, as when they're gone, they're gone!This week on Spotlight, JP, Matty an…

General Sale is NOW OPEN for "Professional Podcasters doing a Professional Podcast - LIVE", our live show in London right next door to the Copper box, the day before All In The link to buy tickets is https://grappl.bigcartel.com/product/grappl-live-podcast. Get your tickets now, as when they're gone, they're gone! On this Benno-less episode, JP, Ma…

General Sale is NOW OPEN for "Professional Podcasters doing a Professional Podcast - LIVE", our live show in London right next door to the Copper box, the day before All In. The link to buy tickets is https://grappl.bigcartel.com/product/grappl-live-podcast. Get your tickets now, as when they're gone, they're gone!On this episode Benno and JP are r…

General Sale is NOW OPEN for "Professional Podcasters doing a Professional Podcast - LIVE", our live show in London right next door to the Copper box, the day before All InThe link to buy tickets is https://grappl.bigcartel.com/product/grappl-live-podcast. Get your tickets now, as when they're gone, they're gone!On this episode Benno and JP talk th…

On this episode Benno and JP are joined by Gareth & Matty to make the HUGE announcement of their live show on Saturday 24th August 2024, the day before All In and the day of Rev Pro’s Anniversary Show at the Copperbox, right over the road in Hackney Bridge (literally, over the road).They also talk June coming up on GRAPPL before Benno & JP run thro…

On this episode Benno and JP are joined by the returning GRAPPL Gareth to talk AEW Double or Nothing. Join the lads as they talk the return of MJF on an overall poorly received show as they talk their respective interest levels in AEW, whether the “Triple Main Event” delivered and everything else on a very long May PPV from AEW.They also talk WWE K…

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/KqeVAcwctS⁠On the Weekend Show this week it's an early and bumper sized (free) ed…

On this episode Benno and JP catch up on the news of the week, plus AEW Collision and Rampage from the weekend, this week’s Dynamite, Vince McMahon on Dark Side of the Ring (not that story), New Japan’s BOSJ and Resurgence shows, the Champions Carnival final and more.You can find all of our live shows on YouTube by becoming a Member at http://www.Y…

Find here the latest episode of TIME, with a nostalgic look back at April 1998 through the four pillars of culture - Music, Films, TV and Sport!From a catch up on the soaps with a supersized episode of Eastenders, a big explosion in Brookie, Titanic dominating the box office, Arsenal dominating the Prem and the TIME debut of TFI Friday and much mor…

On this week’s show, Benno and JP are joined by Matty to talk WWE Backlash from Lyon, France at the weekend, as well as Cody Rhodes, the debut of Tonga Loa and more from the show, as well as Triple H taking on the media. They also talk the WWE release of Gable Steveson, some more on John Laurinaitis and a quiet weekend for AEW ahead of Double Or No…

This month it’s a perfect episode of BRETRO.Episode 6 “Practice Makes Perfect” sees Matty & Gareth revisit Bret’s SummerSlam 91 IC Title win over Mr. Perfect and discuss the role of a 1989 house show match in shaping this.

On this week’s show, Benno and JP talk Tony Khan’s comments on WWE being the “Weinstein” of wrestling, as well as the rest of his media blitz this week - plus Collision, Rampage and the rest of the goings on in AEW. They also talk Vince McMahon “selling” his TKO shares, as well as the future of Nick Khan, the WWE draft, ticket sales for Clash at th…

On this week’s show, Benno and Gareth talk everything AEW Dynasty with a full review of the show as well as their thoughts going into it, starting with Ospreay vs Bryan and whether it is a 5 Star match, as well as Jack Perry’s return at the conclusion of FTR vs The Young Bucks and of course, Swerve Strickland’s big AEW World Title win against Samoa…

On this week’s show, Benno and JP talk everything going on across AEW, WWE & NJPW as Jon Moxley wins the IWGP title, Kenny Omega speaks on CM Punk and being an EVP, and the Bloodline B-Team Civil War kicks off in WWE and everything in between. They also talk Vince McMahon and his prospects of starting a new company, Documentary Corner returns, as w…

On this week’s show, Benno, JP, Gareth and Matty wrap-up GRAPPLMania Week with a full review of WrestleMania Saturday and Sunday as Cody both ends his STORY and begins another with the alleged “Paul Levesque Era”, plus possible defenses of Uso vs Uso, an unexpected edition of GRAPPL warfare over WALTER vs Sami (and Drew McIntyre), and all the other…

On this week’s show, Benno, JP, Gareth and Matty start GRAPPLMania Week with the Big Preview of WrestleMania and ALL of the major shows happening in the Philadelphia area and beyond from ROH, GCW, WrestleCon and more - plus other shows happening this week from around the world.Before that though, they talk CM Punk on Ariel Helwani, mass releases fr…

As we head into Mania Weekend and find out if Cody will finish the story, find here our Patreon Dealer's Choice episode, where we looked back at his entire run in AEW, with Gareth's Dealer's Choice pick - "CODY - AEW Nightmare"! If you want to support us this Mania weekend and get more shows like this, as well as the video version, and all our othe…

It’s BRETRO episode 5!Yeah baby, it’s time for some Anvil as Matty & Gareth jump into the tag division to discuss the Hart Foundation’s two World Tag Team Title wins.We go back to 1987 for the win over the British Bulldogs (well, DAVEY anyway), and then there’s no place to hide in 1990 as they go against all three members of Demolition.…

On this week’s show, Benno and JP are joined by Matty for the first part of the show fresh from Vegas as he joins the lads to discuss The Rock and Cody Rhodes angle, what it all means for Roman Reigns and a very lively segment with CM Punk as the real Phil Brooks comes out on Raw.JP and Benno then discuss all the news from AEW this week ahead of Dy…

On this week’s show, Benno and JP are joined by a returning GRAPPL Gareth to talk the state of AEW with the fresh blood at the top of the card as the introductions of Mercedes, Will Ospreay and Kazuchika Okada continue to impress, as well as Bryan/Shibata the super indie AEW Collision from the weekend, Matt Hardy, Jack Perry and more.They also talk…

On this week’s show, Benno and JP talk Nick Khan and Stephanie McMahon being named in the Vince McMahon case and what it might mean next for WWE and TKO, plus the rumours of a return of Brock Lesnar.They also talk the week in AEW with the new Elite and new directions for Will Ospreay and Bryan Danielson, plus the business of Big Business, TNA Sacri…

On this week’s show, Benno and JP review AEW’s Revolution PPV with Sting’s retirement with a crazy main event, as well as Opsreay/Takeshita, Bryan/Kingston and everything in between, as well as all the news coming out of the weekend in AEW with Sammy Guevara’s suspension, Mike Santana’s release and more.They also talk the rest of the day’s news wit…

On this week’s show, Matty, Gareth and JP go all over the place (that's what happens when we don’t have Benno to steer the good ship GRAPPL! - JP) from Down Under to talk Elimination Chamber, to the shite going on in NJPW, and Gareth gives his thoughts on the current AEW product on the road to Revolution.We also have Gareth revealing his Dealer’s C…

We’re knocking bones with BSK in episode 4 of Bretro.Join Matty & Gareth as they discuss Bret Hart’s 5th WWF World Title win in ‘97 vs The Undertaker at THE SummerSlam and a 1993 Raw match with Fatu.Get the video version: https://youtube.com/live/IrGO5SdLvD8?feature=shareGet live video, news updates, weekend previews, weekly bonus shows and the wor…

On this week’s show the lads are back on a rare Wednesday to talk Rev Pro’s High Stakes 2024 and the big Oku/Ospreay MOTYC from Crystal Palace, as well as the rest of the stacked card as Benno and JP talk their trip and their live experience at the show.They are also joined by Matty and Gareth at the top of the show as JP reveals his Dealer’s Choic…

On a wide ranging show Benno and JP are first joined by Matty to reveal Benno’s Dealer’s Choice show, as well as talk the WrestleMania kickoff and reports of a tag team match headlining WrestleMania night one - plus the latest on Vince McMahon, Bruce Pritchard’s comments, more mainstream coverage and other notes.They then talk some AEW as the Young…

Spotlight: "Hollywood Rock" (Vince McMahon, Rock vs Roman, Cody Rhodes, AEW Collision, Rev Pro, MLW, Stardom)Benno and JP are joined by Matty for the first half of the show as they talk the apparent change to the WrestleMania main event with Cody Rhodes seemingly replaced by The Rock and all the drama and news that has resulted. They also of course…

Benno, JP and Matty talk Vince McMahon and his resignation from TKO after allegations of sex trafficking and sexual misconduct. They also talk TKO’s response to the allegations and Triple H’s horrendous press conference on a week that can be described as anything but “amazing” for WWE.They also talk the breaking news of CM Punk’s tricep injury, the…