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It’s that end-of-term feeling as Ian and Mike sit down and chat about most of the year that was 2024 in wXw - looking back on the top stories of the year, and dish out our picks for wrestler of the year, match of the year, newcomer of the year… and some predictions going into 2025.
Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.
Intro music: “Punk Sitcom Intro” by TeknoAXE
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(mors mors!) Ian and Mike return to take a look over Broken Rules - perhaps the best wXw show of the year - from a packed Markthalle in Hamburg. The lads chat about OSKAR’s latest homecoming success, the surprise appearance of Ludwig Kaiser, and just what’s going on with Bobby Gunns in wXw?
Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.
Intro music: “Hyperbole” by TeknoAXE
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Ian & Mike return for a quick look at this past weekend’s wXw FAN from Frankfurt, featuring a LOT of High Performer Limited, with Elijah Blum looking to upset Peter Tihanyi’s reign at its start. We chat about that, announcements for 16 Carat Gold, Ambition, and a spot of the Young Gym Pump Guns?!
Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.
Intro music: “Break Me Down” by Our Waking Hour
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The dust has settled on another festival of wrestling in Oberhausen. Ian and Mike return to talk about 2024’s wXw World Tag Team Festival - a weekend that saw every title change hands once again, the return of Timothy Thatcher, and the Y2Kuties going all New Jack on us.
Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram.
Intro music: "Retrofuture Dirty" by Kevin Macleod
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Twelve tag teams - and a whole lot more - are about to descend on Oberhausen as 2024’s World Tag Team Festival kicks off later this week. Ian Hamilton and Mike Kilby run through what to expect, as the tag festival weekender also sees a wXw homecoming for Timothy Thatcher, and a return of an extreme wrestling party.
This episode was recorded before the Shotgun vlog dropped - and features the cards as of that point.
Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram.
Intro music: "Retrofuture Clean" by Kevin Macleod
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Ian and Mike return to look over the last stop before wXw’s World Tag Team Festival - topped by Aigle Blanc’s latest defence of the European championship. We look at the return of an Avalanche, a pair of qualification matches, and some El Hijo de Performante Jr.
Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram.
Intro music: "Heavy Metal Hyperbole" by Teknoaxe
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The Dream Factory opens its doors once again as Mike Kilby (“@MikeKilby on everything”) joins us to talk about this past weekend, where Rev Pro tore down the Copper Box Arena at their 12 Year Anniversary show. We go over the Michael Oku vs. Luke Jacobs main event, Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hechicero, the Cut Throat Collective’s no-disqualification outing, and the rest of a stacked show - along with a quick look at this upcoming weekend’s cards in Berlin with the GWF, and the usual stop at the 229 in London.
Note: this weekend's Rev Pro shows with the GWF can be streamed via www.youtube.com/@GWF
Reviews of Rev Pro shows, and links to our photo albums, can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Find us on social media… @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram. For the websites, it’s @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads.
Intro music: Forever Never - As I Lie
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Rev Pro’s 12th anniversary show hits the Copperbox this weekend - and we’re here to preview of much of it as we can on the Dream Factory! Ian’s joined by Voices of Wrestling’s Neil David (@chubby_chtulu) to go over Saturday’s card, along with a quick check over the results from this month’s Summer Sizzler and Live in Southampton events.
There's even time for a quick chat over the state of independent wrestling streaming, and why shows feel like they're either going live or being forgotten.
Reviews of Rev Pro shows, and links to our photo albums, can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Find us on social media… @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram. For the websites, it’s @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads.
Intro music: Forever Never - As I Lie
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We’re back for another episode as Ian and Mike take a look at High Performer Ltd.’s latest acquisition - and how that’s changed the landscape of wXw going into World Tag Team Festival.
Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram.
Intro music: “Deep Haze” (edited) by Kevin MacLeod
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We’re weeks away from Rev Pro’s 12th Anniversary at the Copperbox Arena in London - so what better time to kick off a new podcast? We take a look at Rev Pro's Live in Coventry show… which ended with MJF popping up out of nowhere and challenging Michael Oku for York Hall. The remainder of the card for Summer Sizzler came out today, so we’ll take a look at that, along with a look at what’s announced for Rev Pro's 12th Anniversary show and the rest of a packed end-of-year.
Reviews of Rev Pro shows, and links to our photo albums, can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Find us on social media… @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram. For the websites, it’s @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads.
Intro music: Lipstick on a Pig - Teknoaxe
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Auf Die Fresse returns as Ian and Mike take a look at the Wrestling EM from Frankfurt, with an eight-man tournament to crown wXw’s first ever European champion… we also take a look ahead to next month’s Shortcut to the Top, with announced names and some spitballing at who could be surprise entrants.
Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram.
Intro music: Curtain Call by Our Waking Hour
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It’s a quiet month as wXw took the month off for the Euros - even if football didn’t come home to Germany. Instead, Ian and Mike spent the time going through one of wXw’s iconic rivalries - and on this episode we go through five matches from the back catalogue of WALTER and Ilja Dragunov. We also cover the latest news bits, as we finally have a line-up for the Wrestling EM in Frankfurt!
You can watch all the matches we talk about on this show on wXwNOW.com:
Borken (September 2015) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyxU9JBZuEc (German audio)Carat 2017 Night Three - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnlYC8DJznk (English audio)Carat 2018 Night Two - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiGq8DJQDyA (English audio)True Colors 2018 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dya11gGF7Ac (English audio)Superstars of Wrestling 2018 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A46kZ6cGl9Q (English audio)Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads/BlueSky.
Intro music: Unstoppable by NEFFEX
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Am Freitag kommt der Fußball nach Haus… but first, Ian and Mike return for a look at this month’s Drive of Champions - an eventful show that marked the end of a reign, and maybe the end of an era. We also bring you up to speed with announcements for Frankfurt and October’s World Tag Team Festival.
Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram/BlueSky/Threads along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads/BlueSky.
Intro music: I’ve Got a Bazooka by TeknoAXE
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Ian and Mike return for a look at wXw’s latest trip to Hamburg, as das Powercrowd were molten hot for an OSKAR title win that… nearly happened. We break that down, then take umbrage at how things are being announced... speaking of, we’ve also some more announcements for World Tag Team Festival, as well as injury updates and potential farewells.
Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram/BlueSky/Threads along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads/BlueSky.
Intro music: Dangerous Waves by TeknoAXE
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On this episode of Auf Die Fresse, Ian and Mike pay tribute to “Bad Bones” John Klinger, who passed away recently at the age of 40.
The GoFundMe in John Klinger's memory can be found at https://www.gofundme.com/f/spende-in-gedenken-an-john-bad-bones-klinger
Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram/BlueSky/Threads along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads/BlueSky.
Intro music: Baba Yaga by Kevin MacLeod
Outro music: I Walk Alone by Raw Solution
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Ian and Mike return to look over a pair of shows from wXw’s weekend in Saxony, featuring AMBOSS’ latest tilt for the tag titles, the Battle Without Honor & Humanity in Leipzig, and a cracker between Mike D and Hektor.
Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram/BlueSky/Threads along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads/BlueSky.
Intro music: “Punk Sitcom Intro” by TeknoAXE
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A quick episode this month as Ian and Mike cast an eye over Frankfurt’s 16 Carat Gold Revenge, WrestleMania weekend shows that are happening right now, and a few other tidbits.
Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram/BlueSky/Threads along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads/BlueSky.
Intro music: Summon The Rawk by Kevin Macleod
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A surprise winner, or one that we should have seen coming? Ian and Mike are back from Oberhausen and review a hectic weekend of wrestling that saw every title defended, a new addition to wXw’s Hall of Fame, and of course, the 16 Carat Gold tournament.
Reviews of wXw events (and our 16 Carat Gold photo sets) can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram/BlueSky/Threads along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads/BlueSky.
Intro music: Sirius Beat – “My Story”
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We’re days away from 16 Carat Gold, so that means it's time for Ian and Mike to take a look at the big weekend - who’s got a realistic shot of winning Carat? Who’s got AMBITION? And who else has taken this podcast to heart?
Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram/BlueSky/Threads along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads/BlueSky.
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With all sixteen names for Carat now confirmed, Ian and Mike take a look at this past weekend’s Dead End and Road to 16 Carat Gold shows. Plenty of stuff for your proverbial notebooks lies ahead!
Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com
Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram/BlueSky/Threads along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads/BlueSky.
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