We review both nights of New Japan's Wrestle Kingdom 15!

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We will have a full wrestle kingdom breakdown on the review show

Covid mess throughout all of wrestling

Goldberg is back and everyone is mad

WWE’s authority guy Adamn Pearce is having a match with Roman?

WWe India showing up a lot sooner than expected January 26th

Carlito not coming back he declined for just a cameo appearance

Royal Rumble is coming up I hate when people declare for their spot stop that

Thunder Rosa has contact with Covid she's off Tv, Nick Jackson had covid earlier in the year

Thatchers injury is a work so they could push back the match

Scrull and ROH part ways

Bill's segment to be named later:

AEW:The Opening Tag Match with a Shocking Finish (SCU & Young Bucks vs. TH2 & The Acclaimed)
Jon Moxley is Back, Listen to What He Had to Say
The Inner Circle’s Hager and Wardlow Battle
AEW Gin and Juice, Snoop Dogg is in the House
The Weigh In for the TNT Championship Match (Darby Allin & Sting, Team Taz segment)
Does Marko Have a New Rival?
The Coolest Entrance of the Year - Snoop Dogg and Cody Rhodes
Did Snoop Dogg Really Just Fly??? (Cody vs. Matt Sydal; Luther & Serpentico attack)
Did AEW Crown a New AEW Women’s World Champion? (Abadon vs. Hikaru Shida)
Was Fenix Able to Capture the AEW World Championship? (against Kenny Omega)
The SHOCKING Ending to New Year’s Smash Night 1 (Young Bucks, Impact’s Gallows & Anderson align with Omega)

NXT:
Damian Priest vs. Karrion Kross w/Scarlett
Undisputed ERA look ahead to Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
Escobar vs. Metalik – NXT Cruiserweight Championship Match
Mercedes Martinez is coming for the NXT Women’s Title
Xia Li returns in impressive fashion
Timothy Thatcher injury update
Bronson Reed promises big things in 2021
Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel González – Last Woman Standing Match
Shotzi Blackheart and Kushida interrupt The Way’s celebration
Kushida & Blackheart vs. Gargano & LeRae – Mixed Tag Team Match
NXT TakeOver comes your way this Valentine’s Day
William Regal announces first-ever Women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
Finn Bálor vs. Kyle O’Reilly – NXT Championship Match


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It's the best time of the year! The 2020 Nation Awards Show! We give our bests and worsts of the year in pro wrestling. Our top matches, least favorite favorite match, wrestlers of the year and more! We look back on our show bests and worsts from 2020, and we check to see if our predictions from last year came true or not. (Mostly not). Finally we make our predictions for the 2021 year in wrestling! Thanks for a great year everyone this is always a great episode to make and we hope you have a great 2021!

* We recorded this before Wrestle Kingdom aired.*

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AEW: Brodie Lee show

AEW Honors Mr. Brodie Lee with a 10 Bell Salute
Jon Moxley Tribute
Must See Match to Open the Show (Colt Cabana & Young Bucks vs. Matt Hardy & Private Party)
Darby Allin Tribute
How did Stu Grayson & Evil Uno Pay Tribute? (Butcher, Blade & Eddie Kingston vs. Dark Order & Lance Archer)
AEW Pays Tribute to Jon Huber’s Family
Brodie Lee Jr. Shines Bright! (Hangman Page, Alex Reynolds & John Silver vs. MJF, Ortiz, & Santana; Erick Rowan appearance)
Eddie Kingston Tribute
Anna Jay Reps the Dark Order with a Big Win (Anna Jay & Tay Conti vs. Dr. Britt Baker & Penelope Ford; Thunder Rosa attack)
Chris Jericho Tribute
Who Won the Brodie Lee Jr. Dream Match? (Cody, Orange Cassidy & 10 vs. Brian Cage, Ricky Starks & Powerhouse Hobbs; Sting & Darby Allin appearance)
AEW Pays Tribute to Jon Huber aka Brodie Lee

Bill's segment to be named later:

Before we get into NXT Wrestle Kingdom 15 is tonight whats something you are looking forward to seeing?
• Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kota Ibushi - IWGP Heavyweight & IWGP Intercontinental Double Championship
• Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay
• Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Phantasmo - Winner will face Taiji Ishimori for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship on January 5
• Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Great-O-Khan
• KENTA vs. Satoshi Kojma - IWGP US Title Contract Briefcase
• Dangerous Tekkers (c) vs. The Guerrillas Of Destiny - IWGP Tag Team Championship
• New Japan King of Pro Wrestling Ranbo - Final four participants will advance to a tournament

Night Two - January 5:
• Tetsuya Naito or Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Jay White - IWGP Heavyweight & IWGP Intercontinental Championship
• SANADA vs. EVIL
• Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi or El Phantasmo - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
• Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Jeff Cobb - NEVER Openweight Championship
• El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) vs. Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
• Four-Way Match for the KOPW 2021 Trophy
Night two is also set to feature two dark matches from Stardom:
• Mayu Iwatani & Tam Nakano vs. Giulia & Syuri
• Saya Kamtani, Azumi, & Utami Hayashishita vs. Maika, Natsupoi, & Himeka - Six-Woman Tag Team Match

NXT:
Bronson Reed vs. Isaiah “Swerve” Scott
Shotzi Blackheart wins NXT Breakout Star of the Year
Breezango vs. The Grizzled Young Veterans
The Undisputed ERA wins NXT Tag Team of the Year
Xia Li and Boa return next week
Mercedes Martinez sends a message to the Women’s division
Adam Cole and Io Shirai win NXT Male and Female Competitor of the Year
Roderick Strong vs. Pete Dunne
Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher prepare to enter the NXT Fight Pit
Finn Bálor “presents” the NXT Match of the Year Award to Kyle O’Reilly
Damian Priest and Karrion Kross destroy each other in all-out brawl
Rhea Ripley’s broken bond with Raquel González
Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado vs. Legado del Fantasma
The Way celebrates Austin Theory winning Future Star of the Year
Johnny Gargano vs. Leon Ruff – NXT North American Championship Match

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This week's review is a fun one! There is a wrestling scene in there towards the end! It's a 1981 classic.

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How was your christmas

Brodie Lee RIP

Danny Hodge also passed away

Big E won the IC title

Trent is out with a torn peck

Pat McAfee off tv for “a while”

Bill's segment to be named later:

NXT:
Burch & Lorcan vs. Dain & Maverick – NXT Tag Team Title Street Fight
A Very Gargano Christmas
Finn Bálor and Kyle O’Reilly break down their NXT TakeOver 31 battle
Jake Atlas vs. Isaiah “Swerve” Scott
Velveteen Dream returns to confront Adam Cole
Rhea Ripley vs. Dakota Kai
Challengers take aim at NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai
Xia Li and Boa’s grueling training continues
Bronson Reed returns to action against Ashante “Thee” Adonis
Leon Ruff vs. Timothy Thatcher
Karrion Kross promises doomsday for Damian Priest
Tyler Rust vs. Ariya Daivari
Adam Cole vs. Velveteen Dream

AEW:
Top Flight did not upset the Inner Circle’s Chris Jericho & MJF
Jake Hager makes a challenge to Wardlow & Alex Marvez tracks down AEW World Champ Kenny Omega
Sting “I am back in the jungle and back on TNT”
Sting gets interrupted by Team Taz
PAC returns, beats Butcher?
Kip Sabian & Penelope w/ the Best Man Miro Announce their wedding date
Will Dustin Rhodes accept Evil Uno’s invite to Join Dark Order Nope and he beat him in a match
Un-Cut: What’s going on with Shawn Spears? He’s mad about his booking threw away the glove
Abadon interferes in a match for Shida bites her neck...
Young Bucks beat the Acclaimed
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We finally did it! Hulk Hogan as Santa! What a classic!

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Welcome our newest member Poppy Shotzi Defazio born Thursday during our biggest snow storm since 1993!

TLC was last night:

Bray wyatt was set on fire

Carmella and Sasha had a nice match

Charlotte is back

Other news

USA not happy with Raw ratings because AEW beat them in 18-49 demo. Leading to the real reason NXT is on wednesday

Speaking of NXT they are making an NXT developmental show headed by Evolves guy Gabe Sapolski

Cam Grimes out 4-6 weeks with a broken leg?

JR criticizes AEW “high spots” on his podcast

Omega will wrestle on Impacts Hard to Kill PPV
RIP Kevin Greene

Bill's segment to be named later:

NXT:
Leon Ruff & Kushida vs. Johnny Gargano & Austin Theory
Shotzi Blackheart says her war with Candice LeRae is far from over why??
Tommaso Ciampa infuriates Timothy Thatcher but also beat Tyler Rust?
The Grizzled Young Veterans send a message to the Tag Team division
O’Reilly beats Dunne – Winner challenges Finn Bálor at New Year’s Evil
Xia Li is forced to brutally punish Boa
Dexter Lumis will host New Years evil? how?
Shotzi Blackheart wins by DQ to Indi Hartwell
Karrion Kross dominates in return to the ring, challenges Damian Priest
Isaiah “Swerve” Scott explains his actions (and Ever-Rise Rules!)
Finn Bálor warns Kyle O’Reilly before their New Year’s Evil clash
Rhea Ripley lost to Toni Storm
AEW:
Has Hangman Page joined Dark Order? (Page Alex Reynolds & John Silver lost to a now evil Matt Hardy & still good Private Party)
Did Angelico pick up the win against Cody Rhodes? Nope Also Brandi is preggo
Sting walked tall to intimidate everyone
Eddie Kingston addresses PAC and Lance Archer
Who came out on top of the big 12 Man Tag Team Match? (Inner Circle beat Best Friends, Top Flight & Varsity Blondes) Top Flight shinned after the match they will fight Jericho and MJF
The Acclaimed beat SCU and challenged the Bucks
Did Ivelisse & Diamante conquer Sereen Deeb and Big Swole?
Did Joey Janela earn an AEW World Championship match? (in his No DQ match with Kenny Omega) NO awesome Don Callis commentary thing
Kenny Omega’s victory celebration is cut short by Pac saying he will face Fenix next
Wally’s top 10 christmas movies

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Do you have your multi pass ready? We tackle the Fifth Element! RIP to Tiny Lister.

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Starting out with Wednesday night wars

NXT:

Several challengers confront Finn Bálor
Pete Dunne, Kyle O’Reilly and Damian Priest all confronted the NXT Champion to stake their claim for a title opportunity before Bálor exited the ring, only to be confronted by Scarlett, who hadn’t been seen since Karrion Kross relinquished the NXT Title due to injury. Before leaving, Bálor declared that he would put the title on the line at NXT New Year’s Evil, but against whom?
Jake Atlas def. Isaiah “Swerve” Scott
Incensed with his defeat, “Swerve” refused Atlas’ handshake afterward.
The Grizzled Young Veterans def. Ever-Rise and Imperium in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match
Uhhhhh Team shotzi “Took care of business”??? What ??? Toni and IO fight
Tommaso Ciampa def. Cameron Grimes
Much like Tommaso Ciampa did weeks ago during one of Timothy Thatcher’s matches, the dean of Thatch-As-Thatch-Can pulled up a front-row seat for himself during this bout. While Thatcher’s intentions were unclear, Grimes stepped up to go hold for hold with The Blackheart, but he couldn’t find a way to put Ciampa away.
Tyler Rust, the former student of Thatcher’s who helped ambush Ciampa previously, attempted to attack, but Ciampa snuffed out his plot and planted Grimes with the Willow’s Bell for the victory. Upon being confronted afterward by Ciampa, Thatcher insisted he had nothing to do with the interference.
Karrion Kross returned to attack Damian Priest
New NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano, victorious WarGames captain Candice LeRae, Austin Theory and Indi Hartwell took the ring for a post-TakeOver victory lap, coining their alliance as “The Way.” The celebration was cut short by Damian Priest, though The Archer of Infamy didn’t speak for long before Karrion Kross returned to brutalize Priest, smashing him through a table with a massive powerbomb.
Pete Dunne def. Killian Dain
Raquel González def. Ember Moon
Toni Storm came to the ring afterward, seemingly looking for a pound of flesh from Moon, but Moon’s WarGames teammate Rhea Ripley arrived to provide backup before engaging in a smoldering staredown with the rival González.
AEW:

Non-Title Match
The Young Bucks defeated The Hybrid
The Acclaim are about to attack the Bucks after the match but SCU run out and chase them off.
Sting and Cody Rhodes “see ya around kid.”

FTR w/Tully Blanchard (12-1) vs. Varsity Blondes (Brian Pillman Jr. & Griff Garrison) (4-6)
Hangman will team with Dark Order and Dustin Rhodes has a match and gets propositioned by Evil Uno to be the 7th member.
Tony Schiavone sits down with Brandi Rhodes and Shaq
Inner circle breakup doesnt happen but Sammy says he would quit with one more MJF thing. (also liked Jericho and the towel, the big guys yelling at each other)
The Mad King” Eddie Kingston, The Butcher & The Blade def “The Murderhawk Monster” Lance Archer and Lucha Bros (why no Pac here?)
Abadon squash and situp after kendo attack
Kenny Omega is shown arriving in a helicopter alongside Don Callis. “Welcome to the wrestling business, kid,” much more to come
Main Event Dynamite Diamond Ring Match MJF def Cassidy with miro interference

NEWS:
Keith among others sent down to learn how to work by Vince
We lost Tiny Lister
Omega on Impact’s PPV and will be on more
WWE upset about snoop dogg being on AEW

Bill's segment to be named later:

* Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., and Tito Santana defeated Maximo, Mr. Iguana, and Nino Hamburguesa
* The Lucha Brothers (c) defeated Myzteziz Jr. & Octagon Jr. and Rey Escorpion & El Texano Jr (AAA World Tag Team Championship Match)
* Lady Shani won the Copa Triplemania Femenil
* Monster Clown, Psycho Clown, and Murder Clown defeated LA Park, Hijo de LA Park, and Blue Demon Jr.
* Terror Púrpura and Venenoide defeated Aracno and Leyenda Americana (Marvel Luche Libre)
* Kenny Omega (c) defeated Laredo Kid (AAA Mega Championship Match)
* Pagano defeated Chessman (Hair vs. Hair Match)

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