The Flagship Wrestling Podcast

The Flagship returns this week with a busy show covering all the latest in the world of wrestling, including AEW's new TV deal, NXT's debut on The CW, this weekend's WWE Bad Blood PPV, NJPW Destruction in Kobe, MLW Pit-Fighters, and obituaries on two fallen sports legends: Pete Rose and Dikembe Mutombo.

This week on The Flagship, we reviewed NJPW's Fighting Spirit Unleashed show, checked in with the WWE ID program and their first batch of signings, discussed AEW's upcoming schedule and the fast-approaching Continental Classic, reviewed MLW's Lucha Apocalypto, Dragongate King of Gate, old wrestling we watched over the last week, and more!

The Flagship returns this week to tackle a wide range of topics across the world of wrestling, including:

• NJPW news & notes: Wrestle Kingdom 18 fallout, Battle in the Valley, Korakuen, and New Beginning lineups.
• Jinder vs. Hook: A tale of tweets with Tony Khan, Eric Bischoff, Jinder Mahal, HOOK, and Dave Meltzer.
• Contract season updates: Kamille to WWE? Clark Connors, Alex Coughlin, Gabe Kidd & ELP's contracts are up, Matt Riddle to NJPW, plus major changes at the executive level for AEW and WWE.
• MLW King of Colosseum review
• NWA Paranoia preview
• TNA Hard to Kill preview
• & so much more!

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The Flagship Podcast returns to talk about the breaking news of Kazuchika Okada leaving NJPW, where he will end up, how this happened, and all of the details we know as the news broke last night.

Plus:

• NJPW's Battle in the Valley and the box office success of April's Windy City Riot.
• TNA is back! We'll review TNA's Hard to Kill PPV featuring the debut of Nic Nemeth.
• FSM 50: Voices of Wrestling has released the annual FSM 50 countdown. We'll look at the list and give our reaction to the final rankings.
• Contract Season Updates: More moves are happening in the wrestling world; we'll give you all the latest news and notes in an exciting pro wrestling free-agent season.
• Time permitting, we'll also discuss the Mascara Dorada vs. Templario from CMLL on January 5 and standout matches from both Osaka Pro and Big Japan Wrestling.

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This week on The Flagship, Joe and Rich review NXT Halloween Havoc 2024, discuss the launch of the WWE ID program, and preview WWE's Crown Jewel 2024 event, plus quick hit segments on Kenny Omega's return to NJPW, Kota Ibushi's odd situation with DDT, NJPW Power Struggle, Super Junior Tag League & more.