The Truepenny Show

James is joined by Christy to talk AJPW and Kento Miyahara defends the Triple Crown against Yuma Anzai, there is an All Asian Tag Title match where the Champions MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka defend against invaders from Dragon Gate Gajadokuro and somewhat inevitably, a Battle Royal!

James looks at the New Year's Eve Show from Marigold as they have their annual Rookie Tournament as well as the Marigold Rumble!

James looks at the fun and games of Tokyo Joshi Pro's year end party as there is news from the Tag Team scene, three killer singles bouts, a tag match for a singles title and Rumble match to bring you swinging into the new year!

James talks about the Mika Iwata Anniversary Show from November, and highlights the young talent on show!

James and Christy examine the rise and rise of Stardom as they go back to Sumo Hall for one of their biggest shows of the year. Saya Kamitani defends her World of Stardom Championship against Saori Anou, the Wonder of Stardom title is on the line when Konami defends against Saya Iida, and Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Natsuko Tora & Ruaka from HATE defend against Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara of Cosmic Angels. Christy and James dissect the matches, talk about the stories and give an insight as to what is making Stardom the hottest property in Japan right now.

James takes a long look at JTO's card from November as part of wrestling Christmas. A loaded card with a small but extremely hot crowd gives a real flavour of what is going on in the Japanese Indie Scene. Watch the show here: https://youtu.be/NmN0Z-3wVps?si=1aMFVMgd2Bev601o

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On this first day of Wrestling Christmas James reviews CMLL's Martes De Glamour Show from Guadalajara on the 16th of December which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0_DKHAQaiQ

James and Marcus look back over two of the Autumn's biggest cards, ROH Final Battle and Chihiro Hashimoto's 10th Anniversary Show in Tokyo. Athena defends her ROH title, a new Women's Pure Champion is crowned and Mercedes Mone defends the TV title against Red Velvet. The pair then discuss the absolute barn burner of a main event in Sendai as Big Hash defends her Sendai Girls World Title against The Sun God Saree!

James and Christy close out this tournament with some happy thoughts of a tournament well wrestled but some doubts and concerns for the future as they look at Wrestle Kingdom 20 with both joy and some serious reservations. In the mean time two loaded cards impress and bring a riveting climax to what has been an incredible year for NJPW John Dinsdale's story on the Tupelo Concession Stand Brawl that we talked about on the show https://wrestlingsc.com/2021/10/17/31-days-of-deathmatches-volume-3-day-17/

Good Lord where do we even start? A week of excellent wrestling and perplexing decisions, bring frustration to Christy and quiet joy to James as NJPW drop a firework in the underpants of forward planning but offer up some banger wrestling matches. Defy genre expectation along the way. Shoma Kato continues to be cringe.

James & Christy bring you news from Sunday's New Japan World Tag League as the final is getting closer and the teams are vying for a place in the semi final. There is news from outside of NJPW, as BUSHI is announced for NOAH, and the intrepid duo look at the lack of news concerning Wrestle Kingdom 20.

Good Lord where do we even begin? 10 minutes on Zane Jay's wrist tape and we are off and running on a show of segues masquerading as a show review. The Joy of Callum Newman's Tattoos, Tag Team Marriage Counselling and the pure hearted opulence of Katsuya Murashima's wholesome energy. Go on, you know want too.

James & Christy bring you all the news of Night 9 & 10 of World Tag League as the tournament wears on the and the edges start to fray around the marriage of convenience that is Ward dogs and the Unaffiliated.

James & Christy deep dive into night 8 of the World Tag League as the slow starters begin to catch up and relationships begin to develop. Hiromu and Finlay become a bit Dierks and Katy, and we kick off with a new opening!

James & Christy catch you up on the week's action as NJPW World Tag League continues. El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa pick up some surprising wins, Toru Yano & Oleg Boltin also impress and some of the bigger names struggle with momentum.

James looks at this week's action from New Japan's World Tag League on nights 3 & 4.

James and Marcus look at the second half of the career of the Bad Man from Borger Texas, Stan "The Lariat" Hansen. As he helps to elevate the Japanese scene. Come back to prominence in the US with a run in WCW, and his tragic time in Puerto Rico as WWC Champion. Watch our full playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOlkhzGHepcB9ce3CtdoEKWT7ThTZE4JN&si=xDaZmdOfQefrniUW

James and Christy round up the action of the first two night's of this year's World Tag League as New Japan put together some very interesting pairings in what looks to be a non traditional approach to the tournament, but with the established teams of Knockout Brothers and Bishamon as hot favourites. Segues include: War Dragon's Bro Love WXW 16 Karat Gold Tana's final opponent and the problems with being perceptive and paying attention

James is joined by author, commentator and ring announcer Michelle Cain as they deep dive into DDT's Annual winter festival that is Ultimate Party! With the usual DDT Hijinks compared with some top notch pro wrestling.