TUESDAY NIGHT JAW
151 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsJoin host Bozzers for a weekly magazine-style wrestling podcast featuring interviews with big stars as well as up-and-comers from the British scene and beyond. With quizzes, call-ins, news and more, it's a modern spin on a 90s Saturday morning TV show. Think Live & Kicking, but with much more kicking…. Part of the Distraction Pieces Network.
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TNJ Meets... Jim Smallman
June 25, 2019 22:18 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBThis week TNJ Meets Jim Smallman... hang on... probably just listen to it (it'll make sense...promise) TNJ is super happy to be part of the wonderful Distraction Pieces Network. Please check out all of the other awesome podcasts on the network. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tuesdaynightjaw. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
TNJ Meets Sugar Dunkerton
February 08, 2019 02:04 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBJim sat down with the sensational Sugar Dunkerton for a chat. If you don't know Suge, he's in the UK for the next six months and is really making his name here after spending his time doing good things on the indie scene in the USA. As the UK scene keeps growing, it's cool to get the perspective of someone who has moved here to be part of it, as opposed to the old tradition of British guys heading for the states to make their fortune. Suge is a GREAT guy and someone you should definitely be ...
The TNJ 2018 Year End Awards!
January 22, 2019 13:17 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBIt's time for Jim, Matt and Chris to get together and announce the TNJ listener voted awards for 2018! Wrestlers, matches and shows of the year are announced and for some reason, radio stations are talked about as well. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Recommend it to a friend, or simply subscribe and rate and review it to be an excellent human. Also buy Jim's book: www.jimsmallman.com/book and get in touch on Twitter via @jimsmallman. TNJ remains super proud to be part of the awesome Distraction Pie...
The TNJ 2018 Hall of Fame Episode (Plus year-end awards primer)
December 18, 2018 14:06 - 1 hour - 59 MBFor the last podcast of 2018, Jim sat down with Chris Brooker and Matthew Richards to add nine more names to the Tuesday Night Jaw hall of fame. They got three picks each to add to the 20 names put in there last year, and they must follow these rules: wrestlers must be retired OR over the age of 40, and not currently in the WWE Hall of Fame (or absolute certainties to go in there in the future). Now we need YOUR help. In January we'll add FIVE more names to the Hall of Fame, of your choosin...
The TNJ Mrs and Mrs Q and A Special
December 06, 2018 17:39 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBSo after a podcast recording went awry this week, Jim sat down with his long-suffering wife to record an impromptu q and a to ensure that you guys get a TNJ this week! Features many mentions of Justin Thunder Tiger and some live action arm wrestling. Support this podcast! Ideally get yourself a copy of Jim's book OR buy it for someone as a Christmas present. Various ways to get it via www.jimsmallman.com/book. And of course, rate, review and subscribe to this podcast and maybe tell a friend...
TNJ Presents Two Chaps In A Car
October 31, 2018 15:13 - 2 hours - 90.5 MBIn the vein of various comedy shows, this week's Tuesday Night Jaw is two chaps in a car talking about stuff... so Jim Smallman (driving) is joined by Matt Richards (passenger) as they answer your questions on the way home from PROGRESS Chapter 77 at the weekend. Subjects covered include 1990s Italian football, what music to listen to when driving, passenger etiquette and Trent Seven being Zangief. A NOTE! This was recorded in a car so sound levels aren't as good as they would be in a studi...
Two Lists From I'm Sorry I Love You (And Also Jim's Summer Adventures)
October 25, 2018 22:58 - 50 minutes - 36.9 MBSo Jim's had a rather big summer (hence the lack of podcasts during those sweltering months), so here he gives you a mini catchup on what he's been up to, along with a different spin on two lists from his book "I'm Sorry, I Love You: A History of Professional Wrestling". Buy that via www.jimsmallman.com/book SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! It's on Spotify now too. Tell the world! Rate it! Review it! You know the drill. And tweet Jim via @jimsmallman using #TuesdayNightJaw. TNJ remains super stoked...
TNJ Meets Brody King
October 17, 2018 21:40 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBAs October 17th is recognised as National Edge Day in the USA, what better way to celebrate this than the festival of Straight Edge friendship that is the relationship between TNJ's Jim Smallman and independent wrestling standout Brody King? Reunited after the PROGRESS tour of America in August (albeit via Skype), Brody talks about his awesome background in music as well as how he broke into wrestling, his ambitions for the future and some swearing. It's a great chat with an awesome dude; ...
TNJ RELAUNCH! Live over PROGRESS's Wembley Weekend
October 02, 2018 23:07 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBWE'RE BACK! After a summer off, Jim returns with a live podcast in front of a sold out crowd at the Phoenix in London, the day before PROGRESS's historic Wembley Arena show. He's joined by Chris Brooker and Danny Garnell to chew over comedy in wrestling: funniest wrestlers, matches, promotions and angles. Of course, this is a live podcast so some bits are a bit loud, some are a bit quiet. Apologies for that. Also there are a lot of swears. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Maybe buy Jim's book, ye...
Guest Top Ten: Kid Lykos's Favourite Obscure Masked Wrestlers
June 26, 2018 23:16 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBJim sat down with the problem child of British Wrestling, CCK's own Kid Lykos, to discuss some of the wolf's favourite obscure masked wrestlers, and lots more besides. Some great names to go and look up from Japan, Mexico and the USA as well as good chat about Lykos's return from injury and a ton of other tangents. GET INVOLVED WITH THIS PODCAST! Recommend it to friends. Rate, review and subscribe on iTunes or wherever. And maybe, if you feel generous, buy Jim's book that is released on Aug...
TNJ Meets Drake Maverick
June 05, 2018 20:15 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBJim sat down for a chat with the man with the greatest name in wrestling, the one and only 205 Live General Manager, Drake Maverick. They discuss how he got his name (and his former one), Spike Dudley, his biggest ambition and how much he's enjoying his new role. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Follow Jim on Twitter and Instagram using @jimsmallman and drop him a line using #TuesdayNightJaw. Rate, review, subscribe, tell a friend, all that good stuff. And maybe buy Jim's book as well: www.jimsmallman...
Jim's Top 40 Wrestlers of All Time
May 16, 2018 15:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBAs Mr Smallman was 40 years old last week, he's put together his top 40 wrestlers of all time for your listening pleasure. Do yours! Take a picture of it and tweet it to @jimsmallman using #TuesdayNightJaw. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Point new listeners at www.jimsmallman.com/tnj and tell your friends, rate, review, subscribe and all that. Oh, and check out everything on the Distraction Pieces Network as it's all rather lovely, Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tuesdaynightjaw. Hos...
The TNJ April 2018 Roundtable
May 02, 2018 12:06 - 1 hourSo Jim was away for most of April and it seems that there was a lot to catch up on... so he got together with regular co-hosts Chris Brooker and Matt Richards to talk about a top ten list of big topics from the month in a new, hopefully slightly less unwieldy format. Nicholas! Takeover! Mania! Titus falling over! Plus a pun game. You know the drill. Oh yeah, and someone has a book out. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Rate, review, subscribe, etc. Point new listeners at www.jimsmallman.com/tnj. And g...
A Quick TNJ Q and A from Australia
April 18, 2018 01:02 - 57 minutes - 42.9 MBOK, so Jim is currently in Australia as part of the PROGRESS tour there, after some time in the USA. That has meant that getting the usual post-Wrestlemania roundtable episode sorted has proved a bit tricky. As a small apology, here's a quick Q and A episode that covers a fair few listener questions about 'Mania, Takeover, the PROGRESS shows in NOLA and salted caramel monster. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Point people at www.jimsmallman.com/tnj; rate, review, subscribe and all that jazz wherever y...
TNJ Meets Drew Parker
April 02, 2018 16:07 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBHe's the death-defying urchin prince, and he's somehow only 20 years old. Jim has a chat with the awesome Drew Parker about starting wrestling training at ten years old, being thrown through glass and his dream Tournament of Death line-up. It's an interesting window into the appeal for a wrestler of deathmatch wrestling; Drew is an great dude with the world at his feet. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Rate, review, subscribe and point new listeners at www.jimsmallman.com/tnj. Get involved by tweetin...
TNJ Meets Fight Club Pro's Martin Zaki
March 26, 2018 21:15 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBYou'll often hear Jim mentioning other promotions that he likes in the UK, and one name that always comes up is Fight Club Pro. Jim had a chat with co-owner Martin Zaki about the beginnings of the company all the way up to this coming weekend, which is the biggest in the company's history as their Dream Tag Team Invitational hits Wolverhampton on Friday 30th March, Manchester on Saturday 31st and the NEC in Birmingham on Sunday April 1st as part of the Insomnia gaming festival. Tickets and...
TNJ Meets Parrow
March 13, 2018 22:28 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBPowerhouse independent wrestler Parrow hit the headlines late in 2017 when he publicly came out as gay, his online interview quickly going viral and leading to his positive, inspiring story to be shared hundreds of thousands of times. Jim first met Parrow in Orlando last year, and got together with him on Skype to talk about that whole experience, beginnings in wrestling, going on Good Morning Britain, getting heat when you're a newbie and how to obtain Salted Caramel Java Monster. Parrow ...
TNJ Meets CCK - Chris Brookes and Kid Lykos
March 06, 2018 15:08 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBALL OF THE ACRONYMS Jim happened to be in Brighton at the same time as Chris Brookes and Kid Lykos (as he was doing comedy whilst they were at Riptide) so he sat down with them to have a chat about wrestling heroes, dream matches, the joy that is Attack and being the best boys when it comes to merch. Check out said merchandise at http://obeybrookes.bigcartel.com and http://www.kidlykos.bigcartel.com and when you see them at shows. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Rate, review and so on. Recommend pe...
TNJ Meets "Bad Boy" Joey Janela
February 20, 2018 21:27 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBJoey Janela is one of the most in-demand wrestlers on the independent scene and someone who is doing things just a little differently. With his amazing SPRING BREAK 2 show with GCW coming up in New Orleans on April 6th at 11.55pm as part of WWN MoreThanMania, Jim felt it was high time they had a chat. Get tickets for that show here: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/mobile/index/1588035 … and support Joey directly via his Pro Wrestling Ts store here: prowrestlingtees.com/badbadboy This...
Jim's February 2018 TNJ Q and A Session
February 06, 2018 14:06 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBJim answers a load of questions from the TNJ e-mail bag... hang on. Is that a bag? I miss physical mailbags. Those were the days. Anyway, Jim answers a load of your questions about wrestling, comedy and Oasis. The band, not the drink. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Rate, review and subscribe. Point new listeners at www.jimsmallman.com/tnj. Take yourself to that same link to buy one of our last few remaining t-shirts. High five Jim if you see him in the street. Tweet Jim via @jimsmallman using ...
The 2018 Royal Rumble and NXT Takeover Philly Roundtable
January 30, 2018 15:59 - 2 hours - 128 MBIt's time for everybody's favourite PPV of the year, the Royal Rumble! This year the event had not one but TWO rumble matches, plus a load more besides. And the day before, there was another great NXT Takeover show as well. Jim gets together with PROGRESS colleague Jon Briley and Distraction Pieces Network honcho Scroobius Pip to chat about both shows, as well as a bit of stuff about the PROGRESS show that happened on Sunday too. WARNING! SPOILERS FOR THREE SHOWS SO BEAR THAT IN MIND! Do...
The TNJ Shoot-Style Primer
January 23, 2018 13:41 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBThis week's episode came about thanks to two things: Jim is currently researching loads of wrestling stuff for, you know, reasons, and was fascinated by the rise of 'shoot-style' wrestling in Japan in the 1980s; and as luck would have it, friend of the podcast Craig Michael Hall is one of the people behind Tetsujin, a shoot-style show that is happening in Liverpool on Friday February 9th (tickets from http://tetsujin.bigcartel.com). Craig is the expert, so he gives you wrestlers to check out...
The NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 Roundtable
January 09, 2018 18:34 - 2 hours - 107 MBLast week, the entire wrestling world stopped and watched a massive show at an unholy hour because it was the enormous WRESTLE KINGDOM 12 show from New Japan Pro Wrestling in the Tokyo Dome. Jim got together with Matt Richards and Melanie Price to discuss the mammoth card, from the main event of Okada vs Naito to the eagerly awaited clash between Alpha and Omega. Plus who we'd have in our own handsome battle, predictions for next year and a guide to buying astroturf. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! B...
The 2017 TNJ Awards
January 02, 2018 22:18 - 1 hour - 86.1 MBJim is joined by Chris Brooker and Matt Richards to discuss YOUR votes for the 2017 TNJ End of Year Awards! Winners are crowned for Male and Female wrestler of the year, show of the year and match of the year (in both WWE and non-WWE categories), surprise of the year, breakthrough talent of the year and moment of the year. Plus there's a pun game, because it's the new year and all that. GET INVOLVED: Rate, review, subscribe, recommend this podcast to people. Point people at www.jimsmallman...
TNJ Meets David Starr
December 21, 2017 00:11 - 2 hours - 84.2 MBJim has a chat via Skype to one of the very best independent wrestlers in the world today, David Starr. They get into the origin of his many, many nicknames, how he broke into wrestling, working in Europe, politics, dealing with anti-semitism and much, much more. David is one of the most articulate and interesting people in the world of wrestling and this is a delightful chat. Support David by checking out his merchandise via www.bottomlinemerch.com/davidstarr and www.prowrestlingtees.com/da...
Snow Day Stories and the 2017 TNJ Awards Primer
December 13, 2017 17:29 - 42 minutes - 31.1 MBIt's been snowing a lot here in the UK. You'd be aware of this, unless you lived under a rock (although if you did live under a rock, you'd then be hopefully protected from the snow). Jim and his PROGRESS colleagues had to put a show on this past weekend in Sheffield despite a lot of travel problems for the wrestlers, so he talks you through what it was like behind the scenes at the weekend. Also, it's soon time to vote for the 2017 TNJ Year-End Awards; check out Jim's pinned tweet via @ji...
The 2017 (Inaugural) TNJ Hall Of Fame
December 05, 2017 21:10 - 1 hour - 69 MBJim gathers together with the Northern TNJ posse (yeah, we called them a posse) Chris Brooker and Matt Richards to induct the first ever wrestlers into the TNJ Hall of Fame. Of course there's rules: inductees cannot be in the WWE Hall of Fame as yet and have to be either over 40 or retired from in-ring competition. We put a whopping TWENTY people in this first time (don't want the first inductees rattling around in there) and it's a combination of people that mean a lot to us and choices o...
Five Man Teams To Represent A Decade: From the 1950s to Present Day
November 29, 2017 21:52 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBSo with Jim doing a load of research recently and with Survivor Series still fresh in the memory, he's set about to create a list episode with a difference: Survivor Series style teams of five wrestlers, but from every decade from the 1950s to the 2010s. So each team has five men from that decade, one to represent a technician, brawler, big character, high flyer and team captain in each different team. Nobody can be in more than one team AND Jim only used guys that had significant appeara...
The Survivor Series 2017 and NXT Takeover Wargames Roundtable
November 21, 2017 12:55 - 2 hours - 128 MBAfter a long hiatus, Jim is back with special guests at the Acast studios in London for a huge roundtable discussing Survivor Series and NXT Takeover Wargames. After a great weekend of wrestling Jim's guests are Distraction Pieces Network head honcho (he's dead famous) Scroobius Pip, PROGRESS co-owner and chief cyborg Jon Briley, and the Pride of Wales Eddie Dennis (who after his night before we recorded, we were lucky to have). We discuss two of the best matches of the year, dream Survivo...
Jim's November 2017 TNJ Mailbag
November 14, 2017 22:19 - 2 hours - 101 MBIt's question time! But a wrestling one, answered by a tattooed man in his kitchen. Not a tv programme featuring politicians shouting at each other. Jim answers a whopping 80 questions from TNJ listeners about all kinds of things from WWE, NJPW, PROGRESS and more. Plus the odd non wrestling question. GET INVOLVED! Point people at www.jimsmallman.com/tnj for TNJ merch or to show new listeners how to get the podcast. Tweet @jimsmallman using #TuesdayNightJaw. Or just high five Jim in the...
TNJ Meets ICW's Mark Dallas
October 31, 2017 12:40 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBBut hang on, you guys aren't meant to get on! Ahead of ICW's huge show at the Hydro in Glasgow on Sunday November 19th (tickets via www.insanewrestling.co.uk), Jim finally got a chance to sit down with ICW head honcho Mark Dallas to talk about the rise of ICW, the creative process and the Partick Thistle mascot. It's a great chat and let's be honest, they'll probably be a second one. Follow Mark on twitter via @RealMarkDallas and ICW via @insanechampwres. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Jim is doing...
TNJ Meets Zack Gibson Part Two: The China Chronicles
October 27, 2017 01:58 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO etc. So last year, Liverpool's Number One Zack Gibson was a guest on TNJ, and he chatted to Jim about his first trip to China. These stories were so hilarious that Zack has been one of the most requested guests to have back on... so Jim popped along to the Fighting Spirit Wrestling School in Liverpool to catch up with Mr Gibson and learn all about his second trip to China. Oh boy. This is a really, REALLY good one. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Tweet @jimsmallman usi...
The Top Ten Most Uplifting Moments In Wrestling History
October 18, 2017 20:58 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBWrestling is all about emotion. Jim has put together his most uplifting ten moments in wrestling history (plus a bonus top ten uplifting moments in PROGRESS history) for you to all listen to, debate but most importantly, feel uplifted by. Get involved! Write your top ten in your notes on your phone and tweet a screenshot to @jimsmallman, using #TuesdayNightJaw. Point people at www.jimsmallman.com/tnj for all listings of past episodes, as well as links for new listeners to get the podcast o...
TNJ Meets Steve Corino
October 10, 2017 09:55 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBThe King of the Old School! Jim chats via Skype to the one and only Steve Corino. They discuss how Steve got into the business, Puerto Rico, the UK, Japan, ECW, RoH and Steve's new role as a coach at the WWE performance centre. Also, this podcast should be sponsored by the good people at Wawa.It's a great chat with a guy who is probably even more enthusiastic about wrestling than he was when he first broke in. So much positivity and so many awesome stories. This will need a part two at som...
Four Lads Use The WWE Network To Make Their Dream Cards
October 04, 2017 16:47 - 2 hours - 82.4 MBAfter a couple off weeks away (explained in the episode), Jim returns with special guests Chris Brooker, Matthew Richards and Craig Michael Hall to sit down and discuss their seven match dream cards taken from matches that can be found on the WWE Network. Of course, there are rules galore. No wrestler on a list twice. No two matches from one show. Every card must have at least one womens, gimmick and tag team match. Oh, and no more that two matches per company OR per decade. It's not as...
TNJ Live At The London Podcast Festival
September 12, 2017 18:34 - 1 hour - 77 MBThe lovely people at the London Podcast Festival asked us to come along and have a chat with a live audience... so we did! Jim is joined by TNJ All-Stars Scroobius Pip, Glen Joseph, Matt Richards and TK Cooper to hammer out the ultimate wrestling card of all time. And 100 something people in the audience get to help out with suggestions for a massive Battle Royal too (well, not everyone, we ran out of time).Who would represent Britain or Japan in a three man team? Does Matt have any sensible...
The Top Ten Theme Tunes and Finishing Moves Of All Time - Plus Live TNJ Prep!
September 04, 2017 21:06 - 43 minutes - 31.9 MBThis weekend it's the live TNJ in London - tickets from www.kingsplace.co.uk/tnjlive - so Jim sets YOU some prep for that if you're coming along, then puts together two listener-suggested lists for your enjoyment and discussion!First off, he lists his top ten wrestler theme tunes of all time, so you can make yourself a ruddy playlist. Then he lists his top ten favourite finishers of all time (bet you can already guess number one). Get involved - tweet yours to @jimsmallman using #TuesdayNigh...
The Top Ten Female Wrestlers Of All Time
August 30, 2017 15:31 - 47 minutes - 36.2 MBWomens wrestling is currently on fire, with great matches headlining big shows, the Mae Young Classic starting on the WWE Network this week and the whole scene a million miles removed from the days of the Divas at the turn of the century.With that in mind, Jim has put together his top ten list of the best female wrestlers of all time, from big names in the WWE to independent standouts to Japanese legends. Have a listen and tweet him your list via @jimsmallman on Twitter, using #TuesdayNightJ...
The Summerslam 2017, NXT Takeover Brooklyn 3 and PROGRESS Does America Roundtable
August 23, 2017 02:38 - 2 hours - 96.7 MBSo Jim is still in the USA doing wrestling stuff, so he's joined in a hotel in Orlando by his friends and PROGRESS business partners Glen Joseph and Jon Briley to discuss a lot of things...So there's the very eventful two PROGRESS shows in New York and Boston and all of the headaches, injuries and team spirit that came with that adventure. Get the inside story on all that with three people who were there.Then the lads went to both NXT Takeover Brooklyn and Summerslam and had a great time, so...
Jim's August 2017 TNJ Q and A Spectacular
August 08, 2017 21:45 - 1 hour - 80.6 MBSo Jim gave the TNJ listeners about 12 hours to get some questions in to him... and he got a record amount! He likes to do these from time to time, and this might be the best one yet. If he didn't answer your question then drop him a tweet via @jimsmallman, using #TuesdayNightJaw.THERE IS A LIVE TNJ COMING UP! At the London Podcast Festival on September 9th at NOON, Jim and special guests will host a live roundtable discussion. Come along! Tickets via www.kingsplace.co.uk/tnjlive.SUPPORT THI...
The Top Ten Wrestlers Who Have Never Made It To WWE
August 01, 2017 22:05 - 2 hours - 97.1 MBAs DDP said on TNJ last week, everyone knows that WWE is "the show". But who are the top wrestlers to have never made it to WWE? Jim gets together with Chris Brooker and Matt Richards to discuss their top ten lists of wrestlers who never got their chance at a Wrestlemania.Yes, there are rules. It's a TNJ list show!Don't forget there is a live TNJ coming up in London at noon on Saturday September 9th. Come to it! Ticket link at www.jimsmallman.com/tnj, and that's also where you point anyone w...
TNJ Meets DDP
July 24, 2017 18:40 - 1 hour - 103 MBBANG! Jim first met Diamond Dallas Page a couple of years back when he toured the UK. Now DDP is a WWE Hall of Famer and he's heading back to these shores in September. So via Skype, Jim and DDP talk about positivity, DDP Yoga, starting wrestling later in life and the infamous Mick Foley / Steve Austin cookie story. It's a great chat, DDP is an awesome dude. For more information on his tour in September, check out DDPUKTour.com.Hey, and we have a LIVE TNJ on September 9th at Kings Place in ...
The Top Ten Heel Runs Of All Time
July 18, 2017 21:44 - 54 minutes - 41 MBJim's had a busy few weeks, so this week we've got a shorter episode of TNJ and this time, it's a list one. Jim talks about his top ten heel runs of all time; not his top ten heels, but rather specific periods of time where certain villainous wrestlers have been embroiled in tremendous storylines and feuds.It's a decent list, but what about yours? Get involved by tweeting @jimsmallman and using #TuesdayNightJaw. The only rule Jim has used this time is to NOT use any PROGRESS wrestlers as he's...
TNJ Meets Eddie Dennis
July 10, 2017 21:24 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBHave you ever quit your day job to follow your dream? Eddie Dennis did just that last Friday, leaving behind a hard-earned and lucrative career to follow his one true dream: To be a full-time professional wrestler.Jim talks to "The Pride of Wales" about making that huge leap, his ambitions and beginnings; it's a genuinely interesting discussion that anyone who has ever followed an ambition - or has hopes to - can relate to. Eddie is a great guy and a wonderful speaker, so this Skype conversa...
TNJ Meets Jimmy Havoc
July 04, 2017 13:36 - 2 hours - 92.3 MBIf there was a vote for "most requested" guest for a sit down TNJ interview, then there is no doubt that this week's guest would be one of the people that everyone wanted to hear from. Jim chats to The King of the Goths, the 2017 Tournament of Death winner and the longest-reigning champion in PROGRESS history, the one and only JIMMY HAVOC. Via Skype they discuss Jimmy's beginnings, former jobs, PROGRESS and ToD, injury, mental health and Jimmy even lists his favourite hardcore matches of all...
TNJ Meets Aleister Black
June 26, 2017 19:04 - 1 hour - 156 MBJim had a chat with NXT star (and man with the greatest entrance music in the world) ALEISTER BLACK during the recent tour of the UK and shows at the Download Festival.Aleister's days on the independent scene, his global travels and his taste in music are covered, as well as listener questions being answered. It's a good talk with one of the most interesting and intelligent men in wrestling. Oh yeah, and we work out how much of his wikipedia page is accurate!Follow Aleister on Twitter via @...
TNJ Meets The Golden Boys: William Regal and Robby Brookside
June 12, 2017 21:15 - 1 hour - 77.9 MBWhat an honour this is: At William Regal's request, Jim got together with him and Robby Brookside in a hotel room during the NXT tour of the UK and two friends - who have known each other for over 30 years - just chat about their time in wrestling together.This is SERIOUSLY cool. Two of the most important gentlemen in recent British wrestling history chat about their time spent teaming with each other and wrestling each other hundreds of times around the world. And spoiler alert - we'll proba...
TNJ Live at PROGRESS Wrestling's SSS16 2017
May 30, 2017 20:55 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBAfter day two of PROGRESS Wrestling's Super Strong Style 16 tournament, Jim is joined by a load of guests and 250 wrestling fans inside Camden's Electric Ballroom to talk wrestling and have a laugh. WARNING: SOME SPOILERS FOR THE SSS16 EVENT! If you're waiting for it to drop onto www.demand-progress.com in ten days or so then maybe avoid the podcast. Jim's co-hosts are Scroobius Pip, Matthew Richards and PROGRESS cameraman, video legend and comedian Al Ronald. Special guests are Toni Storm...
Episode 19: The Backlash 2017 and Takeover Chicago Roundtable
May 24, 2017 10:24 - 2 hours - 117 MBJim is joined in Manchester by guests Scroobius Pip, Chris Brooker and Matt Richards to discuss Backlash and Takeover Chicago. They cover Jinder becoming champ, fruit and vegetable puns and lots more... although to be honest, this podcast should just be called the "Why We Loved Pete Dunne v Tyler Bate Edition".HEY! WE'RE DOING A LIVE PODCAST THIS COMING SUNDAY AFTER PROGRESS SSS16 DAY TWO! DETAILS AND TICKETS VIA WWW.PROGRESSWRESTLING.COM!NOTE - Not recorded in a studio so sound levels aren't...
The TNJ Ultimate Top Ten Matches List Episode
May 16, 2017 22:11 - 2 hours - 121 MBJim is joined by Chris Brooker and Matt Richards to discuss their top ten wrestling matches of all time. Each man brings a list of ten matches under the usual TNJ rules: No wrestler can be in the top ten twice, and no two matches from one card. There are some CRACKERS in here; get involved yourself on Twitter via @jimsmallman using #TuesdayNightJaw.Of course, there's a pun game as well...SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Point people at www.jimsmallman.com/tnj and rate, review and subscribe wherever you ...