Joshi

James and Marcus celebrate 19 years of Ring of Honor as they produce their Anniversary PPV.

ROH 19th Anniversary

James is joined by Ben Spindler to look back into the history of Lucha Libre and the second schism in Lucha as CMLL starts to unravel. However there are some big stars in big matches as Ultimo Dragon, Vampiro, Pieroth Jnr Lizmark, El Satanico and Pirate Morgan combine for a hellacious card in Arena Mexico.

CMLL In 1992 Wth Ben Spindler

James looks at today's action in the BOSJs 29 as Hiromu Takahashi takes on Yoh.

Today At BOSJ 29 Night 8

Darragh and Martin take a look at Forbidden Door from AEW and NJPW.

The Wrestling Rewind #98 - AEW Forbidden Door Review - 05 - 07 - 22

This week's Truepenny Show breaks down into two distinct but related subjects, and has two guests to cover some big territory.

Firstly World Wonder Ring Stardom are coming to the UK this weekend and to honour this occasion, Stardom wrestler and the most successful European Joshi of ALL TIME, Alpha Female Jazzy Gabert joins James to talk, Joshi, Stradom, life in Japan, here favourite matches on this trip, the pressure and joys of working of working for a major company, her training and a little bit about what the future holds for The Alpha Female.

In Part 2 Chelsea Pollen of ShouldersUp.Net talks about her journey as a female wrestling fan. Chelsea has a unique and fascinating take on pro wrestling, she talks about her experiences about joining the Internet Wrestling Community, writing and podcasting about wrestling and what drew her too the genre.   

Alpha Female , World Wonder Ring Stardom and Being A Female Wrestling Fan

The revolution in women's wrestling these last twenty four months had to start somewhere. James Truepenny is joined by Shoulders Up's Chelsea Spollen to look at Dream Slam I, AJW's epic joint promotion with JWP, LLPW, and FMW, to find out where women's wrestling has gotten its drive from in recent years. 

They break down the card and look at its influence on the wrestling of today, its effect on Joshi, and what wrestling of that era for women in Japan was like. The pressure cooker effect of joint promotion and the high stakes, high impact matches that makes this a true "Rights of Passage" watch for all wrestling fans. So come join James and Chelsea at Yokohama Arena on the 2nd of April 1993 for what James believes is the greatest wrestling card of all time.

The Greatest Cards Of All Time; Dream Slam 1

James is joined by Chelsea Spollen of Shoulders Up to talk through the early history of Joshi, its customs and traits and the business model that created some of the most artistically pleasing wrestling of the 70s and 80s. Joshi now hits our screens via Asuka in NXT more regularly than it has ever done before, so James and Chelsea delve into the the style that has changed the way mainstream wrestling looks at women. 

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The Beginner's Guide to Japan Part 2; Joshi, The Beauty Pair & Jaguar Yokota

James is joined by Chelsea Spollen of shouldersup.net and Marcus Green of wrestletalk.tv to discuss the Crush Gals and their epic feud with the Gokuaku Domei pairing of Dump Matsumoto & Bull Nakano, as well as the super over young tandem of The Jumping Bomb Angels. They talk about the impact all three tandems had on AJW and the WWF, as well as how it set up the next generation of Joshi as the Beginner's Guide to Japan continues.

Beginner's Guide to Japan Part 6; Crush Gals, Gokuaku Domei & Jumping Bomb Angels, AJW's Revoloution

James is joined by Chelsea Spollen of shouldersup.net this week to go back to The Beginner's Guide of Japanese Wrestling. Whilst taking a slight detour to pay tribute to the late, great, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.

Its August of 1992, and the biggest tournament in the country's history is in full swing. This card features the semi final and final and some breath taking undercard action as the LCO including their fearless leader Akira Hokuto take on her former partners Suzuki Manami, Yumiko Hotta and Bull Nakano. With other key names of the era involved like Manami Toyota, Toshiyo Yamada and Aja Kong, this card sets the tone for All Japan Women for the next five years.

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The Beginner's Guide to Japanese Wrestling; 1992 AJW Grand Prix Final

James is joined by Alex Watt and Alex Edwards to start a new era for the Truepenny Show by reviewing the year of 2017 in Asia.  They look at the big matches, the ongoing trends and give out the annual Truepenny Show Awards.

Asia Year in Review 2017

James is joined by Marcus Green for a trip back to 1993 and the "1st Anniversary of Revolution" show that WAR produced alongside NJPW and the WWE. With the last three matches featuring the then darlings of the NJPW Locker Room The Three Musketeers, it was sure to be a huge night for both Japanese companies as a wrestling legend Genichiro Tenryu faces off against NJPW rising star Shinya Hashimoto, a bizarre WWF tag team match, and one of the best hair/moustache combinations in wrestling history!

The Beginner's Guide to Japan Part 30; WAR 1st Anniversary of Revolution

In the week that North and South Korea finally come together to talk peace after half a century of stand off, James and Si look at the depth of wrestling diplomacy that was Collision in Korea, the NJPW/WCW/AJW Co-Promotion that was unbelievably held in North Korea at a time when no one got into North Korea

"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair  and Antonio Inoki have their first ever meeting in a match in the main event. Scott "Flash" Norton wrestles "The Destroyer" Shinya Hashimoto  as the pair try and redefine what Strong Style was about before your very eyes. The Steiners reignite their feud with Kensuke Sasaki and Hiro Hase.

And of course Bull Nakano, Akia Hokuto, Manami Toyota and Mariko Yoshida steal the show.

The Beginner's Guide to Japan Part 34; Pyongyang International Sports and Culture Festival for Peace

Mike is joined by Tony Cottam this week to discuss Scott D'Amore and Impact Wrestling's relationship with Ring of Honor, Matt Riddle's transition to NXT, they pay tribute to Jose Lothario and discuss what Tetsuya Natio may or may not have done during his recent contract negotiations with WWE.

FWR - Episode4

James is joined by Alex Watt to discuss the late, great Rollerball Mark Rocco.

Brit Wres And Beginner's Guide To Japan Special The Life And Times Of Rollerball Mark Rocco

Darragh and Dave are joined by James Truepenny of the Truepenny Show to go through their nominations for the Year End Awards.

The Wrestling Rewind #51 - Year End Awards - 2020 With James Truepenny

Darragh and Dave look at WWE Smackdown in the late 90s edition of Smackdown in their retro review and look forward to Hard to Kill from Impact wrestling.

The Wrestling Rewind #52 - The Triple H Challenge Aka WWE Smackdown 23rd 1999 - Hard To Kill 2021

Five shows that try and give well rounded discussion to everything in wrestling around the world.

The latest show in the Truepenny Show family is All About All Japan as Christy invites guests to discuss Japan's legendary promotion and its rising stars in her own unique way. Featuring guests from across the wrestling commemorate.

The Wrestling Rewind is hosted by Darragh O’Connor and Dave Stephens as they take an in-depth look at the stories in North American pro wrestling from the previous week. They look at WWE, Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor with a wry sense of humour but go deep on the issues facing the industry in North America.

If it's wrestling and it's a little bit different, The Truepenny Show covers it. James Truepenny and his crew of wrestling experts from around the world; Chelsea Spollen, Christy of Wrestling Sexism and NJPW Gifs, Alex Watt, Alex Edwards, Marcus Green, John Dinsdale of Steel Chair Magazine, Simon Heath, Canadian Indie Expert Anna, Queen of Tokyo and DDT historian Michelle Cain take you on a journey around the pro wrestling world.

Today at . . . is James’ show where he gives a quick round up of the day's action at any given event around the world on any wrestling day. The G1, The Best of Super Juniors, World Tag League and Wrestle Kingdom week have been covered so far with more shows to look at throughout the year.

Tellin' Stories looks back at James' writing  career as he looks back on articles he had written in the past that have become relevant once again or were just a fun read, re read with notes for your listening pleasure.

The Beginner's Guide to Japanese Wrestling; 1992 AJW Grand Prix Final

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