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Closing out 2017 with Episode 8!
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FNF #008: 2017 Year End Wrap-Up & Awards

 

Andy and Brennan are back at it talkin' a little of this and a little of that, running down work, the holidays, 2017 in wrestling and their favorite moments of the show. Join them for the first ever FNF Year-End Awards show, where they deviate from shoot-style quite a bit, but also talk about their favorite shit they watched this year.

 

 

Topics Discussed:
- 6 awards about 2017, 6 awards looking back at the first 7 episodes of the show, Hideki Suzuki, Kazuchika Okada, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Tatsuo Nakano, the list goes on and on. The boys deviate from their usually scheduled shit, but have a blast and give each other matches to watch as presents at the end of the show.
X-Mas Present Matches:
3/12/17 - Ilja Dragunov vs. WALTER (wXw)
5/5/17 - Hideki Suzuki vs. Yuji Okabayashi (BJW)
2/26/17 - Arez vs. Belial vs. Impulso (Lucha Libre WMC)
4/14/17 - Dick Togo vs. Daisuke Sasaki (DDT/DAMNATION PRODUCE)
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We're finally back after the holidays!
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Episode 9. FIGHTING NETWORK RINGS IN 1992 Pt. 1

 

Finally back to our original bullshit! No more awards, no more special episodes, everyone - we are back talking RINGS! In this episode, we cover the first 5 shows of 1992 featuring some serious SERIOUS bangers.

 

Topics discussed:
Our hiatus
Brennan's moving woes
A scary Air B'n'B in Oklahoma
Tetsujin
Matt Riddle
SHOUTOUTS
RINGS RINGS RINGS
Volk Han, Akira Maeda, Georgians, Mitsuya Nagai
Keisuke Okuda, Takuya Wada, Josh Barnett and Chihiro Hashimoto
& More
Matches: We dive deep into the first five RINGS shows put on in 1992, and highlight our favorites. Our boy Willie Peeters has a disappointing half-year, but maybe the best moment of the year.
7/7/17 - IGF/NEW - Murakami & Sato vs. Okuda & Jo 12/16/17 - ESW - Josh Barnett Vs. Timothy Thatcher 7/16/17 - Hard Hit - Fujiwara & Wada Vs. Iwamoto & Matsumoto 9/24/17 - Sendai Girls - Chihiro Hashimoto Vs. Meiko Satomura
Youtube Playlist: http://tinyurl.com/fnf009
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Episode 10. FIGHTING NETWORK RINGS IN 1992 Pt. 2



We discuss the second half of shows from RINGS second year, July-December, and mainly fanboy over VOLK HAN the best to ever do it.


Topics discussed:


New Mexico

Unemployment

Our VOW 2017 MOTY Ballots

RINGS

Volk Han as the best rookie of all time?

Dope ass Matches

& More


Matches: We dive deep into the second five RINGS shows put on in 1992, and highlight our favorites. All the usual faces are there, but now we have more Russians! And Willie Williams retires...then doesn't!


3/8/97 - NJPW - Great Muta Vs. Steven Regal

11/9/99 - BattlArts - Alexander Otsuka Vs. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga

10/10/96 - M-Pro - Johnny Saint Vs. Naohiro Hoshikawa

3/21/98 - LLPW - Shinobu Kandori Vs. Yumiko Hotta



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FNF 011: A Couple Of Loud Mouths Talkin' Big Mouth Loud


Andy and Brennan enter their second decade here by taking a slight departure and bidding the RH Archive goodbye while taking a look at the first Big Mouth Loud show from 9/11/2005


We also have some real bangers in the 3rd segment.


Topics discussed:


Oklahoma, Chicken-Fried Steak and Arkansas

Andy's fancy dope as hell Valentine's Dinner

RH Archive, Tetsujin episode next week, GWWE

Big Mouth Loud Illusion

The Super J Cup, Big Bubba Rogers, BARBED WIRE KICKPADS, Takehiro Murahama & More


Matches: The whole BML show is on Youtube and in our playlist.


4/16/94 - NJPW Super J Cup - Great Sasuke Vs. Jushin Thunder Liger

4/20/01 - NJPW - Minoru Tanaka Vs. Takehiro Murahama

9/29/93 - AJPW - Big Bubba, Steve Williams & Richard Slinger Vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama

8/29/98 - BattlArts - Katsumi Usuda Vs. Ryuji Yamakawa


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FNF 012: Tetsujin Second Stage (With Quentin & Timothy!)



Super Special, Co-Produce, Co-Discussed, Co-Starring episode!


Andy & Brennan (Fighting Network FRIENDS) are JOINED for the first time ever with two guests: Quentin (Psychology is Dead) and Timothy (Lucha Undead/This Week in Wrestling) aka THE DEAD.


The 4 dudes are here to discuss the second ever Tetsujin show, showcasing some of the best talent in the UK in "shoot-style", KO/Submission only matches. We go through the whole show from beginning to end, and Quentin and Timothy are able to school Andy & Brennan about these British dudes they barely know.The show (Tetsujin 2nd Stage) is a breeze to watch (1 hr 43 minutes), available to stream and features an early MOTYC.


Wrestlers involved: Chris Brookes, Mike Bird, Mark Haskins, Kyle Fletcher, Chris Ridgeway, Craig Kollins, Travis Banks, Omari, David Starr & Zack Sabre Jr.


This "different kind of show" deserves a "different kind of episode" and we hope y'all enjoy it.



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FNF 013: The Violent Ballad of Ikeda & Ishikawa
We are back to two and back talkin' about FEUDS! We FINALLY delve pretty deep into BattlArts here by talking the signature feud - Yuki Ishikawa and Daisuke Ikeda, wrecking each other's faces.There is also an ALL TIME CLASSIC in the 3rd segment.
Topics discussed:

- Brennan's Flu

- Andy's new employment!
- What we've been watching in our own lives (not much!)
- Talkin' Tetsujin and EURO SHOOT Vs. Shoot Style
- Brennan is in The Atomic Elbow zine - go buy a copy.
& More
Matches: We are covering 8 of the 12ish singles matches Ishikawa and Ikeda have had in their career and most are available on our Youtube page.
1/17/18 - BJW - Takuya Nomura vs. Fuminori Abe
12/11/17 - Defiant Wrestling - David Starr vs. Chris Brookes
6/12/86 - NJPW - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Akira Maeda
3/20/92 - PWFG - Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Bart Vale
Youtube Playlist: http://tinyurl.com/fnf013
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FNF 014: RINGS in '93 Pt. 1 (and Matt Riddle's BLOODSPORT)




Episode 14. FIGHTING NETWORK RINGS IN 1993 Pt. 1


After ALMOST a month, Andy likes wrestling again! And of course that means we have watched and are covering the 3rd year of RINGS here. Andy & Brennan discuss January-July of 1993 for the FIGHTING NETWORK in which we see Volk Han become one mean dude. In the third segment we drop the "4 match" thing we usually do briefly go over Matt Riddle's BLOODSPORT that took place over Wrestlemania Weekend 2018, a show both dudes really liked.


Topics discussed:


FOOD

Traveling

Quintet

Oh shit, FNF has a SHIRT coming out (follow us on social media)

RINGS RINGS RINGS

No Maeda, Volk Han, Dick Vrij, Andrei Kopilov, a million dope ass Europeans and Mitsuya Nagai and Masayuki Naruse as the babyface team we need.


BLOODSPORT includes Hot Sauce &Kingston, Gage & Thatcher, Walter & Lawlor and Riddle taking on our king, Minoru Suzuki. KUMITE KUMITE


Youtube Playlist: http://tinyurl.com/fnf014




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FNF 015: RINGS in '93 Pt. 2


Episode 15. FIGHTING NETWORK RINGS IN 1993 Pt. 2, let us close out the year of our master VOLK.



We are back to finish off the year of RINGS in '93: does Volk still reign surpreme? Will Maeda return? Will Dick Vrij kick off people's heads? And what about this new dude Zouev? We cover August-December and talk about our favorite matches, spoiler - the Europeans have a killer year.


In the third segment we are back to our usually scheduled program, reviewing matches featuring Bob Backlund, Baba, Bruno (RIP), Yoji Anjoh, FMW clusterfucks and a recent modern classic in Wrestle-1.


Topics discussed:

- Scary ass dogs

- Quintet

- Thanks for ordering our shirt! It'll be out soon!

- RINGS RINGS RINGS

- Masayuki Naruse, Volk Han and Nikolai Zouev. Amazing singlets, hairy dudes, wacky submissions and the return of Dimitri Petkov.


3rd Segment Matches:

3/14/18 - Shotaro Ashino vs. Manabu Soya (Wrestle-1)

5/5/01 - Hayabusa & The Great Sasuke vs. Mr. Gannosuke & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (FMW)

12/22/91 - Bob Backland vs. Yoji Anjoh (UWFI)

8/7/68 Bruno Sammartino vs. Giant Baba (JWA)



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FNF 016: The World According to SAWA



EPISODE 16, that's one more than 15! We are back and we are discussing one legend in particular - the recently revived (but always awesome) Munenori Sawa! Brennan and Andy talk 8 matches from Sawa's BattlArts run here. We also have an absolute BANGER of a 3rd segment, where Brennan finally watches one of the greatest matches of all time.


Topics discussed:


Guess who's moving back to Oregon?!

Shirt updates

Munenori Sawa in Battlarts 2008-2011

Ikuto Hidaka

Shitty Camera angles

Victor Zangiev and our lil' Butterball Tatsuo

Onita & Tae Kwan Do

The God-like kicks of Kawada

Megumi. Kudo. Combat. Toyoda. FMW. 7th. Anniversary.

& More


Matches: We are covering 8 Munenori Sawa from Battlarts between 2008 and 2011, all of them available on Youtube for now!

6/1/08 - Battlarts Young Generation Battle 2008 - Munenori Sawa def. Koichiro Kimura (9:42)

8/31/08 - NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Title - Sawa & Ikuto Hidaka def. Yuki Ishikawa & Yuta Yoshikawa (23:19)

10/25/08 - Battlarts Kitasenju Tournament - Mitsuya Nagai def. Munenori Sawa (14:26)

7/26/09 - Battlarts B1 Climax 2009 - Munenori Sawa & Yuta Yoshikawa def. Alexander Otsuka & Kyosuke Sasaki (16:00)

8/30/09 - Battlarts B1 Climax 2009 - Munenori Sawa def. Yujiro Yamamoto (14:30)

2/7/10 - Yuta Yoshikawa Retirement - Munenori Sawa & Ikuto Hidaka def. Yuta Yoshikawa & Katsumi Usuda (27:31)

6/19/11 - Yuki Ishikawa def. Munenori Sawa (16:27)

11/5/11 - Battlarts Once Upon A Time Battlarts ~Remember That Time~ - Munenori Sawa def. Manabu Suruga (21:21)


Also:


10/14/94 - UWF-I - Tatsuo Nakano & Victor Zangiev vs. Yoji Anjoh & Yuko Miyato

5/19/90 - FMW - Atsushi Onita Vs. Lee Gak Soo

3/3/01 - AJPW - Toshiaki Kawada Vs. Mitsuya Nagai

5/5/96 - FMW - Combat Toyoda Vs. Megumi Kudo


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FNF 017: Inoki Festival 1995



EPISODE 17, the single show review! We are here to talk a little talked about show that Antonio Inoki put on at the end of 1995, featuring all of our favorite guys (and gals)! Fujiwara, Takada, Yamazaki, Ikeda, Kakihara, Hase, Anjoh, Bull, Hokuto, Nagata and more! Yo this show is clipped to hell, but it's a ton of fun - listen to us discuss it!


Topics discussed:



We are gonna take a break after this one, Brennan is moving back!

T-shirts are all figured out, paid for, being printed and will be arriving before long!

What we are watching

Inoki Festival 12/30/95

More dope matches!

Choshu, Destroyer, Robinson, Windham, Regal, Hideki, Abe, Nomura and everything ever.


& More



Also:

5/13/18 - BJW - Hideki Suzuki & Daisuke Sekimoto Vs. Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura

5/26/78 - AJPW - Billy Robinson & Ervin Smith Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & The Destroyer

6/9/87 - NJPW - Riki Choshu Vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara

4/17/93 - WCW - Steven Regal Vs. Barry Windham



Youtube Playlist: http://tinyurl.com/fnf017



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It's been a minute but we're back and we're going back to Fighting Network RINGS to talk the first half of 1994. Direct link is HERE!

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FNF 018: RINGS in '94 Pt. 1

FIGHTING NETWORK RINGS IN 1994 Pt. 1! Will Volk Han still win our hearts, or is there a new young upstart stealing the show? Only one way to find out.

We are back after like 44 years to talk RINGS once again. We got Volk, we got Maeda, we got Tariel, we got Vrij, we got Kopilov, but most of all the first half of '94 brings us the ascendance of Yoshihisa Yamamoto. Oh, and Grom is MEAN.

In the third segment, we focus on one of Andy's favorite feuds of all-time, as we pay our respect to Vader (RIP) as he locks up with the bleached-blond babyface STING. (Oh and Hideki Suzuki and Takuya Nomura wrestled for the BJW title and it rocked.)

Topics discussed: - We're back! - Brennan has no furniture, but he IS in Oregon - The shirts arrived, they look great, and you should have them! - Inokiists, PWO, Fall Wrestling - RINGS RINGS RINGS - Vader, Sting, Takuya, Hideki

3rd Segment Matches: Vader and Sting: Great American Bash 92, Starrcade 92 and Superbrawl III 6/20/18 - BJW Strong Title: Takuya Nomura vs. Hideki Suzuki

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We're back for the second half of Fighting Network RINGS 1994, plus some other goodies. Direct link is HERE!

https://fightingnetworkfriends.podiant.co/e/3674e2626b4fae/ to stream, or subscribe to the RSS feed. You can also find us on Apple Podcasts. 

FNF 019: RINGS in '94 Pt. 2

THE YEAR OF YAMAMOTO CONTINUES

Another long break, but we explain why before delving into a solid second half of '94 with RINGS. Han is good, Nagai is killer, Kopilov shows up, and Maeda and Yamamoto have perhaps the best RINGS match up to this point. In the third segment, we are all over the place, talking Katsuhiko Nakajima, Takuya Nomura, Daniel Makabe, Timothy Thatcher, Masa Saito & Tsuyoshi Kohsaka.

Topics discussed: - Fuck Furniture Companies - The G1...meh? - RINGS - Our dude, son of Togi. - Good matches!f - Nakajima's mustache - Maybe a match of the year.

3rd Segment Matches:

Nakajima & Kitamiya Vs. Nomura & Kamitani

Daniel Makabe Vs. Timothy Thatcher Pt. 2

Tsuyoshi Kohsaka Vs. Yuji Nagata Pt. 2

Masa Saito Vs. Akira Maeda

 

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We're back again for Kakiride 2! Direct link is HERE!

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FNF 020: Slappy Kaki Returns! (Kakiride 2 Mini-Episode)

The anniversary episode? Who cares, Kakihara is back with his second annual Kakiride show! Is it as good as the first? Is Hideki Suzuki the best in the world? Will Tatsuo Nakano ever age? Will Yoshiaki Fujiwara always remain the GOAT? Brennan and Andy test a newer, nicer microphone and record IN PERSON over at Brennan's new place, for this somewhat shorter episode. No 3rd segment here, just a deep dive and look at the sequel to the show that started the podcast in the first place - with a lot of love to our main dude, Masahito Kakihara.

Topics discussed:

WE HAVE A NEW SHIRT! Check out the Bigcartel page.
Monterrey, Mexico and where we have been
Is wrestling any good? Doubtful!
Kakihara, Kakiride and all that it entails.

& More?

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After what seems like MONTHS (but maybe only a month), we're back with a grab bag of wrestling goodies, plus we break dive into the Vader/Takada feud from UWFi. Direct link is HERE!

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FNF 021: Match Grab Bag & Vader Vs. Takada

After another long break, we are back, and though Andy's microphone seems blown out (apologies) we are better than ever!

This episode, we are doing something we've wanted to do for a while - just reccing random matches to each other from all the world of wrestling, reviewing 6 matches total in the second segment. From Inoki to Danielson to Takeda to Andre to modern Lucha - this was a super fun segment to record.

In the third segment, we are FINALLY delving into the three match series between Nobuhiko Takada and Super Vader from UWF-I. We break down their 93, 94 and 95 matches, talk about highlights, which is our favorite, what works, what doesn't and of course - our t-shirt. These matches are MUST WATCHES if you like spectacle and hell PRO WRESTLING, so watch and listen.

Topics discussed: - Where the fuck have we been? - Brennan has been diggin' holes, Andy drivin' vans - T-Shirt update (spoiler: they rule and you're getting them soon) - What's been working for us in 2018? - Tons of match discussion. If your least favorite wrestling podcasts are when people just breakdown matches, this isn't the episode for you.

Matches covered:

Antonio Inoki Vs. Don Frye - 4/4/1998

American Dragon Vs. Low Ki (Tap out only) - 6/7/2002

Masashi Takeda Vs. Yuko Miyamoto - 7/12/2009

Dick Togo Vs. Antonio Honda - 1/30/2011

Aramis Vs. Dragon Bane - 9/2/2018

Andre the Giant Vs. Killer Khan - 4/1/1982

AND

Takada Vader 93

Takada Vader 94

Takada Vader 95

 

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