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Against The Mat – January 4th, 2023

Against The Mat — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 23:42:21 +0000

Back for the first show of 2023 and we have quite a myriad of news and notes to catch up to in the world of pro-wrestling, after a brief stop into poli-talks. Amongst the news is the passing of Don West.

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Against The Mat – December 14th, 2022

Against The Mat — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:30:39 +0000

With our last show of the year, we have a bit of a recap of the year in the world of pro-wrestling and a small prediction as to breakout stars for next year.

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We wish you all Happy Holidays and will be back in the new year!

Against The Mat – December 7th, 2022

Against The Mat — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 23:35:53 +0000

We are back on air this week with some news and notes from the worlds of MMA and pro-wrestling; some of the fallout from last week’s Dynamite (and Rampage?), some returns in WWE, and a few more things.

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Against The Mat – Web Exclusive – November 30th, 2022

Against The Mat — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 22:42:47 +0000

Due to life throwing us some curves, we had to get another web exclusive episode recorded and out to you all. We cover a number of topics, not forgetting WWE’s Survivor Series event this past weekend.

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Against The Mat – November 23rd, 2022

Against The Mat — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:39:58 +0000

We are back on air for another week, catching up to the news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling and MMA; visiting the results of this past weekend’s Full Gear PPV, and looking forward to Survivor Series: War Games, and an update to the Wrestle Kingdom 17 card.

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Against The Mat – Web Exclusive – November 16th, 2022

Against The Mat — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:28:29 +0000

Back with a filter-less web exclusive episode to go over the news and notes from the past week in the world of pro-wrestling, and some politics thrown in for good measure.

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Against The Mat – November 9th, 2022

Against The Mat — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:41:46 +0000

We are back to air with a ton of news and notes to go over from the past week, some about Crown Jewel this past weekend, some about the build up towards Full Gear and Survivor Series-War Games, and we have a segment that makes its long awaited return at the end of the show.

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Against The Mat – Web Exclusive – November 2nd, 2022

Against The Mat — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 22:32:13 +0000

We are back with a web exclusive episode after a 1-week hiatus to try to cover news and notes from the last 2 weeks. As usual, filters are off in this shorter episode, so listener beware.

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Against The Mat – October 19th, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 23:28:53 +0000

Back with another week filled with news and notes from WWE, AEW, and some MMA details, and we even spent a considerable amount of time on a specific superstar in the first hour.

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Against The Mat – October 12th, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 23:53:40 +0000

We are back this week with a myriad of pieces of news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling as it was a busy weekend with an Impact PPV, an AEW major televised event, and WWE’s Extreme Rules Event; and of course a ton of returns to WWE as well.

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Against The Mat – October 5th, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 23:34:14 +0000

We are back with, roughly, 2 weeks’ worth of news and notes from the worlds of MMA and pro-wrestling including some AEW, Impact, and WWE.

We of course do mention the passing of the great Antonio Inoki this past weekend as well.

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Against The Mat – September 21st, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 23:48:26 +0000

We are back with a ton of news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling starting with a quick view of Impact’s Bound for Glory event; more about AEW’s backstage “issue” with suspensions ending and other details from that promotion; and the ever-present WWE and some of the changes done since the promotion of Paul Levesque at top of creative.

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Against The Mat – September 14th, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 23:36:46 +0000

While we start of with a brief return of Poli-talks with the mention of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd’s passing, we jump right back into pro-wrestling and MMA news and notes with some happenings at this past weekend’s UFC event, and quite a bit more.

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Against The Mat – September 7th, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 23:49:56 +0000

photo credit: Kimberlasskick on Twitter

We are back from our respective vacations to catch up with a myriad of news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling; from returns and Clash at the Castle for WWE to AEW’s All Out and the build up, and of course the “fall out”.

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Against The Mat – August 10th, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 23:35:24 +0000

We have quite a bit to cover this week with news and notes from AEW, WWE, and some talk about this past Sunday’s WWE Biography show on A&E.

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*We at Against The Mat do not condone the consumption of household cleaning products such as bleach and Tide Pods; the last comment on the episode was facetious*

Against The Mat – August 3rd, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 23:38:08 +0000

We are back for another week of news and notes, non-withstanding the SummerSlam results, some details about Ric Flair’s Last Match, and the changes we have seen since the “regime change” related to creative.

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Against The Mat – July 27th, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 23:35:02 +0000

We are back after a brief break with quite a myriads of news from the world of pro-wrestling, including the “bombshell” of Vince McMahon’s retirement, and the supposed build up to this weekend’s SummerSlam.

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Against The Mat – July 13th, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 23:56:15 +0000

We are back another issue created hiatus to catchup on news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling; mostly glancing at some of the Money in the Bank event’s matches, looking forward to the ROH event, and somewhat mention some AEW news.

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Against The Mat – June 29th, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 23:30:10 +0000

We are back this week with a ton of news and notes from AEW, UFC, and WWE; with a brief detour through some of the podcasts Drew & Ryan have been listening to. We have a brief note about this coming weekend’s Money In The Bank event and have quite a bit about this past weekend’s Forbidden Door event.

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Against The Mat – June 22nd, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 23:44:59 +0000

We are back after a 2 week hiatus, and we attempt to catch up to all the news and notes we would have otherwise covered during that time; including to a certain promo on AEW Dynamite; this past weekend’s Slammiversary; this coming weekend’s Forbidden Door; and the upcomming Money In The Bank event.

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Against The Mat – June 1st, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 31 May 2022 23:36:17 +0000

We are back after a one-week hiatus to catch up on two weeks’ worth of news and notes; including results from AEW’s Double or Nothing.

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Against The Mat – May 18th, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 17 May 2022 00:37:24 +0000

We are back this week with our Yearly roster building show (aka “will Fred pick Alexa Bliss for his roster” show). Inter-spaced with our picks, we have some news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling. You can see our picks below.

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	Drew	Fred	Ryan
1	Omega	Adam Page	Roman Reigns
2	Young Bucks	FTR	Dr. Britt Baker, DMD
3	Adam Cole	Bianca Belair	MJF
4	ReDragon	Drew McIntyre	CM Punk
5	Sasha Banks	Kazuchika Okada	Bryan Danielson
6	Cody Rhodes	Minoru Suzuki	Jurassic Express
7	Jon Moxley	Rhea Ripley	Josh Alexander
8	Wheeler Yuta	Darby Allin	Eddy Kingston
9	RK-Bro	Usos	Charlotte Flair
10	Lucha Bros	Walter (Gunther)	AJ Styles
11	Thunder Rosa	Ruby Soho	Kevin Owens
12	Ronda Rousey	Samoa Joe	Becky Lynch
13	Sammy Guevara	Shinsuke Nakamura	Briscoes
14	Ricochet	Seth Rollins	Good Brothers
15	Nyla Rose	Keith Lee	Matt Cardona
16	Will Ospreay	Swerve Strickland	Santana + Ortiz
17	Zack Sabre Jr	Cesaro/Claudio	Wardlow
18	Alpha Academy	Miro	Finn Balor
19	Jordynne Grace	Asuka	Hikaru Shida
20	Brock Lesnar	Jay White	Chris Jericho

Against The Mat – May 11th, 2022 – Web Exclusive

Against The Mat — Wed, 11 May 2022 23:04:01 +0000

As with the other Web Exclusive episodes, we have not filtered the language. We launch a wide net on various topics from the world of pro-wrestling; mostly WWE and AEW.

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Against The Mat – May 4th, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 03 May 2022 23:17:05 +0000

We are back from a week long hiatus, catching up to the news from the last 2 weeks in the worlds of pro-wrestling, mostly on WWE, Impact, and AEW.

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Against The Mat – April 20th, 2022

Against The Mat — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 23:21:47 +0000

We have a ton of news and notes from the worlds of pro-wrestling; Impact, AEW, and of course, WWE; over the next ~2 hours.

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