Let Me Tell You Something!
435 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsLorcan Mullan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon Cross (@simoncross3) are two different generations of wrestling fans that came together in friendship and now you can hear them every week discuss a facet related to the wrestling industry.
Series within the series include 'The Meltzer 5-Star Project' in which the hosts discuss every match that they can find that Dave Meltzer rated five stars (or higher) in his Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 'Match of the Week' has Lorcan and Simon take it in turns to pick a match from the wide world and long history of wrestling for a discussion. 'Silver Screen Visions' involves watching and reviewing a film or TV show that is related to or set within the world of wrestling.
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The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #121 - The Golden Lovers vs. Tanahashi & Ospreay (NJPW, 15-12-2018)
November 28, 2019 21:00 - 26 minutes - 25.4 MBWith only two weeks left in a miraculous year of perfect matches, in the opinion of Dave Meltzer, New Japan were able to squeeze one last five-star affair before 2018 reached its conclusion. It involved four men who have all been involved in multiple perfect matches this year, and it was one of the final chances for the IWGP Heavyweight and NEVER Openweight champions and challengers to size each other up before Wrestle Kingdom. Tanahashi teaming with CHAOS member, and fellow title challenger,...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #120 - The Golden Lovers vs. Okada & Ishii (NJPW, 30-09-2018)
November 27, 2019 21:00 - 21 minutes - 20.9 MBAs we wind our way down to the end of the record-breaking year for five-star matches that was 2018, we have our one and only match featuring Kazuchika Okada to be a team affair, as 'The Rainmaker' teams up with his CHAOS cohort 'The Stone Pitbull' to face The Golden Lovers. It is, at time of release, the final in-ring encounter between Okada and Kenny Omega, and features four of the top performers in all of wrestling in front of an excited U.S. crowd as NJPW continues its global expansion. Lo...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #119 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (NJPW, 23-09-2018)
November 26, 2019 21:00 - 28 minutes - 28 MBHiroshi Tanahashi continues his miraculous journey back to the main event of Wrestle Kingdom to challenge once again for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. In order to reach that match against Kenny Omega, though, he must first finally claim a victory over the man who replaced him as the Ace of the promotion in 'The Rainmaker' Kazuchika Okada. Whilst Okada has been in a different, more troubled mood since being vanquished for the title by Omega, it's obvious that whenever he faces Tanahashi h...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #118 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi (NJPW, 12-08-2018)
November 25, 2019 21:00 - 20 minutes - 20.4 MBAfter producing six five-star (and above) matches in the build up, it seems that once again they've saved the best for last as the G1 Climax final for 2018 earned a whopping five-and-three-quarter stars from Dave Meltzer. A generational conflict that sees the Ace of the Universe Hiroshi Tanahashi try once again to turn back time as he faces off against the younger upstart Kota Ibushi who entered the final off the back of defeating IWGP Heavyweight Champion and best friend Kenny Omega. With Om...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #117 - Kenny Omega vs. Kota Ibushi (NJPW, 11-08-2018)
November 24, 2019 21:00 - 24 minutes - 23.1 MBWhen Golden Lovers collide! It's a match everyone wanted but feared what would happen if it did. Having finally reunited a few months earlier, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi find themselves in opposite corners to decide who wins the G1 Climax B Block and faces Hiroshi Tanahashi in the final. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are still battling with the nastiest feedback they've ever received (thankfully not from listeners) but making sure to provide its listerns with the insight an...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #116 - Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW, 10-08-2019)
November 23, 2019 23:05 - 27 minutes - 25.8 MBIt's fair to say that losing the IWGP Heavyweight Championship has affected Okada. We're not explicitly saying he might be partaking in certain narcotics that has affected his behaviour, but he certainly seems to be a man feeling a since of liberty sincce he's no longer carrying the mantle of champion. In the other corner is his greatest rival, and a man who always seems to have stuck to the straight-and-narrow, and on a great run that puts him in pole position to reach another G1 Climax fina...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #115 - Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW, 04-08-2018)
November 22, 2019 23:57 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBIt's the final match of the self-contained round robin in B Block of the 2018 G1 Climax. Kenny Omega and Tomohiro Ishii both have victories over Hirooki Goto that gained the full five stars from Dave Meltzer, they now go head-to-head themselves as the flash and spectacle of the leader of the Bullet Club meets the no-nonsense Stone Pitbull in a bruising and literally smash-mouth encounter. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) have a nearly as fraught battle with the feedback issues ...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #114 - Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW, 21-07-2018)
November 21, 2019 21:36 - 17 minutes - 17.4 MBAccording to Google Translate, the appropriate Japanese word to call this match is a Surobbānokkā (the equivalent of a 'slobberknocker'). Two big burly brawling bastards battle it out in a G1 Climax group match. Goto has already fallen to Kenny Omega in our previous five-star match, and just a few days later he's in another match (wrestled in an entirely different style) to get the perfect score from Dave Meltzer against many people's G1 MVP 'The Stone Pitbull'. Will Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) an...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #113 - Kenny Omega vs. Hirooki Goto (NJPW, 19-07-2018)
November 20, 2019 23:56 - 19 minutes - 19.9 MBApologies in advance, but somehow recording in a hired studio face-to-face (instead of the usual recorded Skype conversation) has somehow resulted in a lower quality audio recording and us having to contend with (and mostly edit out) issues with feedback. But Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) carry on regardless as they review another G1 Climax B Block match, as IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega continues to be cock of the walk as he takes part in a champion vs. champion mat...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #112 - Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW, 15-07-2018)
November 19, 2019 21:00 - 23 minutes - 22.7 MBIt's the start of the summer bonanza of five-star matches that is New Japan's G1 Climax tournament. The tour starts as it means to go on as the opening round of matches in B Block is headlined by the 2017 block final and the 2018 tournament final, as Kenny Omega and Tetsuya Naito battle in a G1 rubber match that sees Omega being cock of the walk with his newly acquired IWGP Heavyweight Championship facing off against a Naito who is trying to recover from losing the IWGP Intercontinental champ...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #111 - Moustache Mountain vs. Strong & O'Reilly (WWE, 11-07-2018)
November 18, 2019 21:00 - 25 minutes - 24 MBY'am goonay'av a bostin' toime tonoight. Moostache Mowntin are taykin' on them basturd Undispeowted Era for the tag toitles. Lawcun (@lorcanmullan) and Soimon (@simoncross3) are gunna tayk yow on thiz jurnay. Jump the wrestling buzz wiv [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #110 - Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega (NJPW, 09-06-2018)
November 17, 2019 21:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBSo here is the match that's so good it's 40% above a perfect score! In their fourth singles outing, a year on from their 60-minute draw, 'The Rainmaker' and 'The Best Bout Machine' face off in a 2-out-of-3 Falls match with no time limit. Can Omega finally win the big one for the title? Will Okada solidfy his place as a cut above everyone, even his biggest rival? Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to find [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #109 - Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori (NJPW, 04-06-2018)
November 16, 2019 23:55 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MBIt's the time of the year where New Japan's junior stars take centre stage, and it's the top junior rep for Los Ingobernables de Japon and Bullet Club clashing for the silver glass trophy and an IWGP Junior Heavyweight title shot against Will Ospreay a week later. It's fair to say that both BC's Ishimori and particularly LIJ's Takahashi are willing to punish their bodies for the sake of having an entertaining match, but will Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) decide to give the m...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #108 - Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW, 04-05-2018)
November 15, 2019 23:51 - 38 minutes - 36 MBIt's another chapter of the feud of the decade. Whilst Kazuchika Okada may have finally surpassed his rival Hiroshi Tanahashi in the last IWGP title match between the pair at Wrestle Kingdom, he still felt he had something else to prove by extending the challenge to his elder for this match. Because victory here would see Okada surpass Tanahashi with the most successful title defences in one reign, and there was no better opponent to beat to achieve this than the original record holder. Will ...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #107 - Zack Sabre Jr vs. The A-Kid (WWW, 14-04-2018)
November 14, 2019 19:28 - 24 minutes - 23.7 MBIt's our first trip to mainland Europe as the world of wrestling continues to both expand and contract at the same time! This time Spain's hero, and hot young prospect, The A-Kid attempts to defend his home country's honour against the British technical wrestling abilities of Zack Sabre Jr. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) watch on as they catch up on a match that took quite a while from its actual taking place to gaining enough praise to even reach Dave Meltzer's attention and...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #106 - Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa (WWE, 07-04-2018)
November 13, 2019 21:06 - 43 minutes - 41.2 MBThe second of two Meltzer five-star matches in one event (to this day the only instance of that happening) sees Johnny Gargano attempt to exorcise all the demons he's suffered for months at the hands of his former DIY partner Tommaso Ciampa. An epic of many acts in front of a rabid crowd, Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) reflect on a match that in many ways has provided the template for NXT main events [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #105 - NXT North American Championship Ladder match (WWE, 07-04-2018)
November 12, 2019 19:00 - 34 minutes - 32.7 MBThe WWE usually has to wait ages for a five-star match rating from Dave Meltzer, and then two come along one after the other! The first in this one-night one-two punch is to decide who will be the first NXT North American Champion as a cross-section of indy stars, international imports, returning stars, and developmental talent clash under Ladder match stipulations. There have been numerous examples of this type of match held every year in the WWE for more than a decade, so Lorcan (@lorcanmul...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #104 - Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurll (NJPW, 01-04-2018)
November 11, 2019 20:06 - 27 minutes - 26.5 MBThe first all-England five-star affair, but it's taking place in Japan! However, it is part of a storyline that started back in their days in the UK, as 'The Aerial Assassin' defends in IWGP Junior title whilst also trying to finally claim a singles victory over 'The Villain', who has made a living out of beating his Essex counterpart and claiming plenty of titles from those victories along the way. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross) are here to analyse their Sumo Hall match-up wh...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #103 - The Young Bucks vs. The Golden Lovers (NJPW, 25-03-2018)
November 10, 2019 23:18 - 31 minutes - 29.6 MBSo much conflict resolution abounds in this match you'd expect Dr Phil to find some way to get his publicity-seeking bald head to turn up at some point. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) turn into gossipy soap opera obsessives this time as they try to figure out the emotional twists and turns the Jackson brothers and their erstwhile friend Kenny and reunited friend Ibushi try to sort out their issues with the use of hard palm strikes, superkicks, and table [email protected]...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #102 - Andrade Almas vs. Johnny Gargano (WWE, 27-01-2018)
November 09, 2019 23:18 - 37 minutes - 35.4 MBIt's the first match under the auspices of WWE to gain a five-star rating from Dave Meltzer for the first time since Cena-Punk at Money in the Bank seven years earlier, and its under the NXT banner for the very first time. Two men who had suffered periods of wilderness before reaching the point of main eventing a Takeover. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to try to figure out why it's this match that started the trend and what strengths both Andrade and Gargano showed ...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #101.5 - The Debrief #09
November 09, 2019 11:28 - 54 minutes - 51.9 MBYet again, we recorded this before we realised our Tanahashi-Okada October 2013 omission, but the rest of the discusison still remains valid. Or at least as valid as you think Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon's (@simoncross3) opinions are on such matters. As in other debriefs, they return and revise their definitive lists, discuss a match that Meltzer didn't give five stars to, but others may consider a gross omission, and ponder a listener [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See a...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #101 - Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho (NJPW, 04-01-2018)
November 07, 2019 22:36 - 28 minutes - 27.2 MBSo at the time of recording, Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) believed that this was the 100th match to be given five-stars from Dave Meltzer and acted accordingly with grand statements about how appropriate this truly was and many profound statements. Unfortunately, they're both morons who can't read. But hopefully that won't stop you from listening to their ramblings about the all-Winnipeg clash as part of 2018's Wrestle Kingdom double main-event. It's a wild chaotic brawl th...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #100 - Zack Sabre Jr. vs. WALTER (PWG, 21-10-2017)
November 06, 2019 19:16 - 26 minutes - 24.8 MBA huge milestone for the show. It's a shame Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) didn't realise it at the time because they'd missed one of the Okada-Tanahashi matches before recording and correcting! The second straight match to come from PWG's show in Reseda, but an all-European clash between the mouthy lad from Kent Zack Sabre Jr faces the stern Austrian WALTER. No conforming to sterotypes in the seirous world of indie [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #099 - Donovan Dijak vs. Keith Lee (PWG, 03-09-2017)
November 05, 2019 23:01 - 24 minutes - 23.6 MBBefore they were invading Raw and making waves in NXT, these two huge men were battling it out in the smark fan mecca of the Reseda American Legion Hall during the Battle of Los Angeles tournament of 2017. Big men exchanging big moves in front of a molten crowd, and Meltzer himself in the front row, Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to provide whatever stands for [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #098 - Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW, 13-08-2017)
November 04, 2019 16:43 - 36 minutes - 34 MBIt's the final of the G1 Climax 2017 as last year's winner Kenny Omega faces the 2013 winner, and the man he defeated in the previous year's Block B final, Tetsuya Naito. Omega is coming in hot having finally defeated Kazuchika Okada the previous night. Naito is also in a better frame of mind, defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi two nights earlier and exorcising whatever demon he had left from losing the IC belt to Tanahashi two months earlier. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross) continue ...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #097 - Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega (NJPW, 12-08-2017)
November 03, 2019 19:54 - 30 minutes - 29.1 MBIt's the final of Block B of the 2017 G1 Climax and it's the third in the series of matches to perhaps break Dave Meltzer's brain. Can the leader of the Bullet Club finally claim a victory over the Rainmaker, even if it's not for the IWGP title, but instead a berth in the final of the G1 Climax. Okada is walking wounded going into this match, and they only have half of the usual 60-minute time limit to work with to try and finish the other one off. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncros...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #096 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW, 11-08-2017)
November 02, 2019 23:06 - 34 minutes - 32.9 MBIt's a triple bill of 2018 G1 Climax clashes, and also the final chapter of a trilogy of 2018 bouts between the leader of Los Ingobernables de Japon and the Ace of the Universe. They have traded wins battling over the IWGP Intercontinental Championship, but this time it's an A block decider. Can Naito's tranquilo anti-establishment attitude trump Tanahashi's embodiment of New Japan's fighting spirit and can the two combine to provide a classic match worthy of the Dave Meltzer perfect score? L...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #095 - Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega (NJPW, 11-06-2017)
November 01, 2019 20:24 - 59 minutes - 57.7 MBAfter you break the wrestling world with your match, and then one person's review of said match breaks the internet wrestling world, where on Earth do you possible go from there to top it? If you're Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada you go long. Six months on from their six-star encounter, witness the match that Dave Meltzer rated a quarter-star higher. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross) try to figure out what on earth the difference between a 6 and a 6.25 match is whilst giving the...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #094 - KUSHIDA vs. Will Ospreay (NJPW, 03-06-2017)
October 31, 2019 22:52 - 28 minutes - 27.6 MBIt took twenty years but finally another final in the Best of the Super Juniors tournament has earned the perfect score from Dave Meltzer and allow Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross) to discuss the aerial exploits of KUSHIDA and Will Ospreay, both with huge monkeys on their backs that they're hoping winning this BOSJ tournament will finally put to rest. But has the fact that huge moves utilised at a fraught pace no longer being the exclusive domain of the smaller wrestler meant th...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #093 - Kazuchika Okada vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW, 09-04-2017)
October 30, 2019 18:19 - 46 minutes - 44.5 MBIt's flash against fundamentals, colour against monochrome, cockiness against resilience, as 'The Rainmaker' defends his IWGP Heavyweight Championship against 'The Wrestler'. Okada goes into this match full of confidence, to the point of dismissal against a man who has had to wait more than a decade to challenge for New Japan's top title against a man who has basically owned the belt since his return to the promotion. Lorcan(@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to see which overri...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #092 - Tetsuya Naito vs. Michael Elgin (NJPW, 11-02-2017)
October 29, 2019 19:28 - 26 minutes - 25.4 MBUsually a match for a championship is reason for a wrestler to be at the top of their game in order to achieve the pinnacle of their sport. Unless your name is Tetsuya Naito and you're defending the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. In which case, you're only hoping to defend the title in order to deny someone else happiness, insult your company, and physically abuse the physical embodiment of everything that has held him back and denied him his deserved place at the top of the promotion. L...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #091.5 - The Debrief #08
October 28, 2019 21:18 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBLorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to adjust their list, discuss a listener's corrspondence, and provide an alternative five-star match to discuss. Obviously, we recorded this before we realised we screwed up about Okada vs. Tanahashi from October 2013. Rest assured it will be factored in as soon as we've caught up with [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #091 - Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega (NJPW, 04-01-2017)
October 27, 2019 11:36 - 53 minutes - 51 MBHere it is. The match that, perhaps more than any other, is responsible for the increased public profile of New Japan, Kenny Omega, Kazuchika Okada, the creation of AEW, and even the significance of Dave Meltzer's star ratings. This was also the match that maybe broke the system as we know it. It's not the first six-star match, but it's the one that changed the scale forever after. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) still have the previous six-star match ranked as the best match ...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #090 - Cole/Young Bucks vs. Ospreay/Ricochet/Sydal (PWG, 03-09-2016)
October 26, 2019 10:49 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBIt's our first foray into where Meltzer likes to hang out for some wrestling fun (but with his trusty pad and pencil with him) as he sits front row to watch a bumper collection of all the moves as three-quarters of PWG's main event faction Mount Rushmore (interesting name...) face off against the high flying dream team of Ricochet, Matt Sydal, and a young up-and-comer making waves from Essex called Will Ospreay. A true marmite match, let's see if Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #089 - Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW, 13-08-2016)
October 25, 2019 18:10 - 50 minutes - 47.3 MBThe leaders of the top two heel stables of New Japan, Bullet Club's Omega and Los Ingobernables de Japon's Naito, collided in the block decider for the 2016 G1 Climax and they went out of their way to tear the house down. The first of many five-star matches for both individuals, the changing fortunes of both Naito and Omega are charted both in their backstory and in the match itself. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to trade words with hopefully less spittle utilised c...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #088 - Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW, 06-08-2016)
October 24, 2019 15:23 - 25 minutes - 27.6 MBOkada may now be the Ace of the promotion, but that doesn't mean he has to face challengers, even within his own faction! It's G1 Climax time, and it's the only year where faction civil war takes place, and the 'Stone Pitbull' has risen in the ranks to become the de factor second-in-command of the group. Will that mean he can finally get a win over the 'Rainmaker' in one of his rare chances to take on the perennial IWGP Heavyweight champ. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are he...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #087 - Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW, 04-01-2016)
October 23, 2019 16:07 - 51 minutes - 48.6 MBWe are back on the chronological track (at least in release order, it'll be a long time before we get back to the right record order!) but we're still with the great rivalry of the decade as Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada once again battle it out for supremacy. Whilst Tanahashi is trying to once again reclaim the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, it's the defending champion Okada with even more to gain, as he now knows he must defeat his older rival on the biggest stage of his promotion's...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #082 - Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW, 14-10-2013)
October 22, 2019 20:39 - 29 minutes - 28.6 MBSo we made a little screw up. We're sure you're all shocked. We got a little mixed up with the multiple Okada-Tanahashi matches and which match was rated what. So we're turning back the clocks a couple of years to play catch up and watch another match in what may come to be seen as the greatest rivalry in pro wrestling history. Will Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) contain their embarassment enough to provide qualitative analysis on what was billed at the time as Tanahashi's la...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #086 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (NJPW, 16-08-2015)
October 21, 2019 21:31 - 31 minutes - 30.1 MBWhilst they main evented three separate Wrestle Kingdom events, this was the only time that the two top New Japan stars of the fourth generation both clashed in the G1 Climax final and had a match together that gained the perfect five-star rating from Dave Meltzer. It's Ace vs. King and Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) place all their cards on the table when it comes to combat [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #085 - Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma (NJPW, 14-02-2015)
October 20, 2019 20:21 - 30 minutes - 29.1 MBIt's fair to say that Ishii and Honma are two of the most unlikely wrestlers to ever become stars big enough to find themsevles headlining a New Japan event, contesting a vacant title. Neither were a home-grown talent, both started at the lowest point of the pecking order you can be whilst not being a Young Lion, and both have an unconventional wrestling style. Yet, it all came together in an alchemical blend to create a five-star match in the eyes of Dave Meltzer. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and ...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #084 - Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi (NJPW, 04-01-2015)
October 20, 2019 11:04 - 34 minutes - 32.4 MBIt's a debut for two of the top current stars in wrestling, as the 'King of Strong Style' Shinsuke Nakamura defended his beloved IWGP Intercontinental Championship against newly signed DDT 'Golden Star' Kota Ibushi. A clash of hard strikes and unusual haircuts, Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) take it all in and consider each man's respective place at the start of this match, the end of it, and in the late 2019 landscape at the time of [email protected] Hosted on A...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #083 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW, 21-09-2014)
October 18, 2019 22:14 - 28 minutes - 27.4 MBAs much a family dispute in a soap opera as it is a wrestling match, the Ace who spent the past decade shouldering the main event burden of the promotion faces off against the man who should have been sharing that weight as part of the Fourth Generation's new "Three Musketeers", this is a very personal one. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are here to find out "what's gaing on!" and tell them to "leave it aahht!" before finding out if the match deserves the full perfect rating ...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #081 - Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW, 04-08-2013)
October 17, 2019 17:14 - 29 minutes - 28.4 MBThe first G1 Climax match to gain five stars, but the first of many as August becomes a hotbed of perfect wrestling in the eyes of one Dave Meltzer. To start things off we've got a quick, violent slice of strong style striking as The Wrestler faces off against The Stone Pitbull and everyone in the audience in the venue and watching at home starts to feel pain in their own jaw just watching the match. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross) hope that the second-hand pain won't be too mu...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #080.5 - The Debrief #07
October 16, 2019 21:57 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBIt's been a long time for everyone for ten five-star matches to occur. more than a full decade. So Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) have a long period of time to discuss in their alternative 5-star match, to the point that they've decided to cover both a highly-rated match and its equally lauded re-match that didn't quite gain a perfect score from Dave Meltzer. As well as that they attempt to answer a listener's question and reconfigure their top 10 lists to determine the best ...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #080 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (NJPW, 07-04-2013)
October 15, 2019 18:09 - 43 minutes - 41.6 MBAs the era of New Japan dominance in this list kicks off, this golden age of five-star matches wrestled on the cereleun blue mat was born from the epic rivalry for the role of 'Ace' of the promotion between the long-standing top star and 'Once in a Century Talent' Hiroshi Tanahashi and the cocky 'Rainmaker' Kazuchika Okada. Going into the fourth match of this series (and the first to gain a perfect score from Dave Meltzer) Tanahashi has recovered from the shock title loss in February of the p...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #079 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki (NJPW, 08-10-2012)
October 14, 2019 18:59 - 34 minutes - 32.5 MBIt's the first of many, MANY matches this decade from New Japan that Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) will be covering for the rest of this five-star series. This one sees the Ace of Universe defend his IWGP Heavyweight Championship against every Young Lion's worst nightmare, and a man who could steal your girl as a young man and steal one of your limbs now, Minoru [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #078 - Davey Richards vs. Michael Elgin (ROH, 31-03-2012)
October 13, 2019 21:50 - 30 minutes - 29.5 MBWhen it burst on the scene in 2002, Ring of Honor quickly became the wrestling hipster fan's promotion of choice. A decade on and the praise was increasingly infrequent. Despite this, they achieved their fourth and final five-star clash during WrestleMania 28 weekend as Davey Richards defended his ROH Championship against "Unbreakable" Michael Elgin in what is frequently cited as his star-making turn. Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) have previously dished out five star ratings...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project #077 - John Cena vs. CM Punk (WWE, 17-06-2011)
October 12, 2019 21:14 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBIt's been a long time, but you will be happy for the wait because we've got A LOT of audio to provide you with over the rest of the year. After Meltzer also took a long break from rating a match five stars, we took a little break from uploading. So we thought we'd make up for that with the longest episode in this series so far, and there's no more fitting a match to make Meltzer go the full five and for Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) for natter for over an hour-and-a-half to ...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #077 - John Cena vs. CM Punk (WWE, 17-06-2011)
October 12, 2019 21:14 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBIt's been a long time, but you will be happy for the wait because we've got A LOT of audio to provide you with over the rest of the year. After Meltzer also took a long break from rating a match five stars, we took a little break from uploading. So we thought we'd make up for that with the longest episode in this series so far, and there's no more fitting a match to make Meltzer go the full five and for Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) for natter for over an hour-and-a-half to ...
The Meltzer 5-Star Project: #076 - Blood Generation vs. Do Fixer (ROH, 31-03-2006)
August 17, 2019 02:02 - 25 minutes - 24.4 MBIt's the final five-star match for over five years as Ring of Honor plays host to a six-man Dragon Gate clash between the rival facctions of Blood Generation (CIMA, Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino) against the Do Fixer trio (Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito). Can Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) keep up with rapid fire move-for-move exchange? Listen to find out and then stick around to hear the co-hosts explain the planned course of action as the series enters the 2010s.lmty...