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The Ol’ FCA crew (Drew, Fred & Travis) was back in action to have a “Rowdy” 2 hours. We started with a tribute to “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, and a brief walk down memory lane for some of the most memorable moments of Roddy’s career. We then spent the remaining time talking about UFC and the […]
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We are all back to cover this week in history; the PR disaster caused by some comments made by Hulk Hogan that were released; and some news for ROH, TNA/GFW.
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We are back this week with our view of history with our new feature “This week/day in Wrestling History”; a quick rundown of the Battleground results and the announcement of this event’s prediction game winner. We were also joined in the second hour by Andre “The Answer” Myette. We spoke about his time in the […]
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We are back with some wins and fails, our impression of the Raw segment that brought in some new blood into the Women’s/Diva’s Division, and we also have our Battleground PPV predictions as well. Download/Stream the latest episode or Subscribe to our podcast.Filed under: Show Upload
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We are back from a week of holiday festivities to cover 2 weeks worth of news and deals from WWE, TNA, GFW and the MMA world. There is too much to recap in a few simple paragraphs, you just will have to click the link below to get all of it. Download/Stream the latest episode […]
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We are counting down the hours until the NWE’s debut here in Fredericton by having NWE’s World Heavyweight Champion Ryan Heath in our first hour of the show. We also mention briefly the passing of “The Nature Boy” Buddy Landell; the card so far for Battleground; a bit on MMA; and quite a bit more. […]
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Against The Mat! will be covering the NWE Pro Wrestling event LIVE on CHSR! Tune in Friday, June 26 at 7:00pm.
This show is full of interviews and topics not usually covered. We were joined in studio by Rugged Rick Owens, to promote the Vision Pro Wrestling event being held in Fredericton this Saturday night and his harrowing travels back from out West. We then took a break to talk about Global Force Wrestling. In the […]
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*Note* As with all of our Web Exclusives, strong language is used. As Big Dave once said, “Deal With It!” As the on-air show was full of interviews and topics, we compiled our usual segments into a quick Web Exclusive Against The Mat Extra for you all out there. Download/Stream the latest episode or Subscribe […]
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We are back to run down this week’s news in the business; our wins and fails; our Predictions for the upcoming WWE Money In The Bank event; and we were joined via phone by NWE’s Nightmare. Download/Stream the latest episode or Subscribe to our podcast.Filed under: Uncategorized
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*Note* Language used in this recording may not be suitable for children and the easily offended. This month’s PPV Review fell on ECW One Night Stand, aired on June 12, 2005. Drew and Ryan go through the card and gives a run down of the action and their impressions of the event. Download or Stream […]
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As posted in our weekly episode update, we had the pleasure to speak with Joe Koff, the COO for Ring of Honor, in our second hour.
For those looking exclusively for that interview, download or stream the latest episode via this link.Filed under: Show U…
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This is a packed show for our 5th “Season Premier”. We start off the show joined by NWE wrestler Kurtis Isiac Real to promote the upcoming NWE show here in Fredericton and for a bit on his background. We also have a quick recap of this past Sunday’s Elimination Chamber event and declare this event’s […]
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After ROH and Destination America announced their television deal yesterday, there were questions abound pertaining to Samoa Joe and his ability/inability to work subsequent ROH television tapings. Against the Mat reached out to ROH COO Joe Koff for comment earlier today, and received the following response: “As far as we are concerned all will go […]
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Former WWE champion Brock Lesnar will be returning to television a bit earlier than expected. It was announced via the Banker’s Life Fieldhouse Twitter page that Brock Lesnar will return on the June 22 Raw from Indianapolis. He’s also scheduled to appear at the July 19th Battleground PPV.Filed under: Uncategorized
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TNA Wrestling has re-signed former TNA Tag Team Champions, Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards, collectively known as “The Wolves”. The Wolves are currently scheduled to face “The Dirty Heels” (Bobby Roode & Austin Aries) in the final match of a best of five series for the tag team titles at the Slammiversary PPV on June […]
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On May 20th, Drew, Fred, and Ryan went through this week’s news and Drew had his new monthly “PPV Retro Review”; this month, he covered In Your House 8: Beware of Dog. We also gave our predictions for NXT Takeover: Unstoppable. Download/Stream May 20th’s episode. And on May 27th, the guys were back with some big […]
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There has been another bout added to the May 31st WWE Network exclusive event, as WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella will defend her title in a triple threat match against Naomi, and the returning Paige. Naomi holds a couple of pinfall victories over Nikki, while Paige won the #1 contender’s battle royal last month and […]
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The following is my report for the 1996 WWF Pay-Per-View In Your House: Beware of Dog. We’ll be doing a complete audio review of this show as part of our “RetroReview” series on Against The Mat tomorrow night at 6pm ET/7pm AT at http://www.chsrfm.ca! Check it out! WWF In Your House 8: Beware of Dog […]
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After tonight’s WWE Raw, we now know four matches for the May 31st WWE Network exclusive show, which emanates from Corpus Christie, TX. Here is the card thus far: Elimination Chamber Match for Tag Team Championship: New Day (c) vs. Los Matadors vs. Lucha Dragons vs. Prime Time Players vs. Tyson Kidd & Cesaro vs. […]
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WINS: Fatal 4 Way WWE Title Match: This was the highlight of the WWE Payback PPV. All four men worked very hard, and it paid off big time in this match. The crowd was hot for this match for the duration, which is something that couldn’t be said about everything on this show. The crowd […]
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This is the yearly Draft show.
Drew, Fred, and Ryan go through the WWE, NXT, TNA, ROH, and NJPW rosters to compile their own.
Lists now available on the Draft Page.
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The crew is back this week with a quick rundown of the news in the past week; some impressions of the WWE Live Event in Saint John; and quite a bit more.
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Good crowd for this show – I’d estimate somewhere in the 4,000 range. They were very vocal and enthusiastic all night, which made for a fun atmosphere. Lots of kids as you’d expect, but plenty of adults as well. 1. Fandango and the Lucha Dragons beat Adam Rose and the Matadors. Match was fun, with […]
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We are back with an Extreme Rules recap; we declare the season’s first PPV Prediction Game winner; run down some UFC and other WWE news. Download/Stream the latest episode or Subscribe to our podcast.Filed under: Show Upload
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