It's the 5th annual Wassies!

The Wrestling Aus Style tradition continues with Chris & Alex discussing their choices for 40 total awards form 12 categories.
* MOMENT OF THE YEAR
* WEEKLY SERIES OF THE YEAR
* STREAMING SERVICE OF THE YEAR
* ANNOUNCER OR ANNOUNCE TEAM OF THE YEAR
* ON THE MIC OR PROMO OF THE YEAR
* FUED OR RIVARLY OF THE YEAR
* RISING STAR OF THE YEAR
* TAG TEAM, STABLE, OR FACTION OF THE YEAR
* WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
* COMPANY OF THE YEAR
* EVENT OF THE YEAR
* MATCH OF THE YEAR

Plus, we look back on our 2023 Likely & Unlikely picks along with our weird predictions, before looking forward to 2024. Also, we discuss the passing of some of the big legends from the wrestling world.

^Disclaimer: Recorded January 27th, 2023.

Credit to the team at "PWDownUnder .com" for the articles on the passing of Australian Wrestlers

* R.I.P Kristen "Miami" Mitchell
> https://www.pwdownunder.com/2023/05/02/r-i-p-miami/

* R.I.P Kylah “Roxy Riot” Mir
> https://www.pwdownunder.com/2023/06/08/r-i-p-kylah-roxy-riot-mir/

* R.I.P Devlin "Salem" DeSkyes 
> https://www.pwdownunder.com/2023/07/18/vale-nsw-pro-wrestling-legend-salem/

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TIME STAMPS
* 0:00:00 - 0:03:20 ... INTRO
* 0:03:20 - 0:57:24 ... 2023 IN MEMORIAM
* 0:57:24 - 1:07:20 ... 2023 LIKLEY / UNLIKLEY RESULTS
* 1:07:20 - 2:52:36 ... 5TH ANNUAL WASSIES 
* 2:52:36 - 3:05:13 ... 2024 LIKLEY / UNLIKLEY PICKS
* 3:05:13 - 3:08:18 ... OUTRO

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0243. WAS - The 5th Annual Wassies - The 2023 Best + Worst Of Awards

Chris & Alex discuss the past week in pro-wrestling, including:

Listener discretion is advised, the subjects discussed are of an adult nature with strong language and is not suitable for younger listeners.

The news topics discusses are the following:
- Netflix will be the new home of WWE RAW.
- Dwayne Johnson joins the TKO board. 
- Lawsuit filed by Janel Grant against Vince McMahon, John  Laurinatis, and the WWE itself as a company.
- Some points from the 67 pages of the lawsuit that was made public online.
- Vince McMahon & TKO both issue statements on the lawsuit.
- Other WWE wrestlers & staff implicated in the lawsuit.
- Sponsors withdraw their backing of the WWE following this lawsuit.
- Vince McMahon resigns form the TKO board, including all positions within the WWE. 
- Triple H at the Royal Rumble Press Conference answering the Wrestling Media's questions. 
- And a little bit of house keeping in regards to the news.

Also on today's episode....
- WWE's Royal Rumble 2024; and Alex's thoughts on recent Rumble Matches since the 2010's. 

- The Royal Rumble winners chose their WrestleMania opponents, or do they?

- Also Chris discusses some WrestleMania match-up ideas. 

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0244. WAS - The Wrap (113) 'Royal Rumble + Vince News'

Chris & Alex discuss the past week in pro-wrestling, including:
* Alex was busy this week so it's a solo Chris edition.

- WWE arrives in Perth for Elimination Chamber. 
-- What Aussie Indy shows are taking place in the west?
-- Lookback on Super ShowDown weekend from 2018.
-- Where are WWE's Aussie's & Kiwi's this weekend?
-- What's occurred at yesterday's press conference?

- AEW's Revolution card is coming together, but who can't attend Sting's Last Match.

- TNA fire Scott D'Amore, what is next for their chreative team & should ROH Hire Scott D'Amore as their new booker / Vice President of Creative?

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0245. WAS - The Wrap (114) 'Elimination Chamber Weekend'

Chris & Alex discuss the past week in pro-wrestling, including:

- The Passing of Ole Anderson & Virgil.
-- Ole Anderson (Born 1942; Aged 81)
-- Virgil (Born 1962; Aged 61)

- OPW at Ballarat update.

- The Fallout of Elimination Chamber Perth.

- Preview AEW's Revolution match card 

- With Sting's Last Match we take a lookback on his music.

- Plus, Alex looks at Haku's Dark Side Of The Ring reaction to WCW's The Shockmaster debuting during Flair for the gold!

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0246. WAS - The Wrap (115) 'Nothing's For Sure Little Stingers'

Chris & Alex discuss the past week in pro-wrestling, including:

- NXT is now a "Perfect 10" now that their new Chairman is now All In. How was Roadblock while on the build to Stand & Deliver?

- WWE's Hall Of Fame class of 2024 looks to the extreme east for their first two inductions, but who are the glaring omissions?

- The Fallout of AEW's Revolution match card, with Sting's Last Match. What will be the all-important beer rating? 

- Plus, Alex tries to remember WrestleMania 37 from memory!

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0247. WAS - The Wrap (116) 'Elite Chaos'

Chris & Alex discuss the past week in pro-wrestling, including:

Chris returns solo as Alex is very busy with family stuff, IYKYK.

- A rising NJPW star announces their early retirement via social media, news broke just hours before we record. 

- NJPW's New Japan Cup & Stardom's Cinderella tournaments have both ended; who won & what will be next?

- WWE's Hall Of Fame adds more inductees to the class of 2024, but who is the next two-time hall of famer?

- Quick look towards NXT Stand & Deliver plus WWE WrestleMania.

- AEW heads through Bo$$ton & Toronto, who's the newest CEO. what's the tag title tournament look like, and a new champion?

- Plus, a quick look at the OPW events from Ballarat around April 11th!

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0248. WAS - The Wrap (117) 'Big Bo$$ton'

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IMPORTANT UPDATE - THE FUTURE OF WRESTLING AUS STYLE ON PODBEAN

Chris & Alex discuss the past week in pro-wrestling, including:

Chris returns solo as Alex is very busy with family stuff, IYKYK.

- Chris runs down some of the main cards for Mania weekend from the Indys!
-- Stardom: American Dream
-- NJPW:	Sakura Genesis
-- ROH: SuperCard Of Honor
-- GCW: Josh Barnett's Bloodsport X
-- GCW: For The Culture
-- GCW: Joey Janela's Spring Break 8 
-- GCW: Joey Janela's Spring Break: Clusterfuck Forever
-- GCW: GCW vs. TJPW
-- GCW: Effy's Big Gay Brunch 9
-- GCW: Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
-- ... Plus the Hardcore Hall of Fame class of 2024 is named! 

- AEW News sees a resigning of a legend & Collision won't air head-to-head with WrestleMania now.

- In TNA News a long time Impact tag team becomes free agents and a women's star goes on leave. 

- OPW & StarrCast Down Under announces an official partnership with a local promotion.  

- Over in the UK, the BBC announces a Bruiser Brody documentary. 

- Tokyo Sports names more women leaving Stardom. 

- New Japan is doing things with the King Of Pro-Wrestling Title, an eel eating contest?

- NJPW Windy City Riot will have a press conference, but will Jungle Boy appear. 

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0249. WAS - The Wrap (118) 'IndyMania Preview'

Chris & Alex discuss the past week in pro-wrestling, including:

- ⚠️ Chris had technical mic issues all recording and has cleaned up the best he can, apologies humans. 

- The lad's runs down some of the main cards for Mania weekend from the WWE!
-- WWE Hall Of Fame
-- WWE NXT Stand & Deliver
-- WWE WrestleMania XL 

- Plus an update on where to listen to our podcast!

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Chris & Alex discuss the past week of wrestling from North American or Asia. Including WWE, AEW, ROH, TNA, NWA, MLW, GCW, NJPW, STARDOM, NOAH, DDT and TJPW. (*Shows may vary in coverage)

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0250. WAS - The Wrap (119) 'WrestleMania Preview'

Chris & Alex discuss the past week in pro-wrestling, including:

- AEW Dynamite from 11/04/24 that seen the airing of the security camera from ALL IN & the live crowd chanting for a WWE Wrestler! 

- OPW invades Ballarat, Victoria for a huge weekend with TNA (USA) & Relentless (AUS) involved and global stars like Bret Hart & Mickie James to appear. Select events of "Starcast Downunder" to air on Triller TV.   

- Bray Wyatt becoming Immortal documentary thoughts; this is a tough but must watch for any wrestling fan, do yourself a favor and watch this!

- Breif thoughts on recent documentaries this WrestleMania weekend, with both BBC Radio's The Ballad of Bruiser Brody & Vice TV's Dark Side Of The Ring Season 5. 

- We touch on some events from NJPW with Sakura Genesis having taken place & look forward to both Windy City Riot in Chicago & Wrestling World in Taipei.

- A quick look over Game Changer Wrestling & other indy events from the weekend, including what took place inside the ECW Arena.


- ROH Supercard Of Honor is headlined by Mark Briscoe challenging Eddie Kingston for the ROH World Championship, a title his brother Jay Briscoe won 11-years ago to the day!
 
- WWE SmackDown sees the big meaty men slapping meat in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal & NXT Stand & Deliver was a thing.

- WWE's Hall Of Fame is headlined by Paul Haymen (Paul E. Dangerously), but as with some years at the Hall Of Fame there are idiots in the crowd. 

- WWE WrestleMania live from the Eagles stadium with weatherman Cole ringside. Was this an all-time great event, and were you not sports entertained? 

- Plus who are the few men in the NWA/WWE World Heavyweight Champions club?

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0251. WAS - The Wrap (120) 'WrestleMania 40 Weekend'

At "Wrestling Aus Style" hosts Fruity Is Alex & Chris Thunder goal is to help expand both the #AussieWrestling & the #KiwiWrestling scenes out to a global audience with a podcast focused on the ever-growing amount of local wrestling made available at your fingertips each month. 

Wrestling Aus Style Series of Podcasts: 
> Released at 6:00 pm AEST

---{] TUESDAYS [}---
• "WEEKLY WRESTLING WRAP"
> (WEEKLY) 
>> Reviewing and discussing the past week of international wrestling news, results & more, one week at a time.

---{] THURSDAYS [}---
• "FALLOUT DOWN UNDER - DOMESTIC"
> (1ST WEEK)
>> This series focuses on reviewing and discussing classic wrestling events, with one domestic event chosen by one of the two hosts. 

• "#AussieWrestling + #KiwiWrestling"
> (2ND WEEK) 
>> Reviewing and discussing the past month of Australian & New Zealand wrestling video on demand shows one month at a time. 

• "FALLOUT DOWN UNDER - INTERNATIONAL"
> (3RD WEEK) 
>> This series focuses on reviewing and discussing classic wrestling events, with one international event chosen by one of the two hosts. 

• "FALLOUT DOWN UNDER - DOCUMENTARY"
> (4TH WEEK)
>> This series focuses on reviewing and discussing classic wrestling events, with one documentary event chosen by one of the two hosts. 

• "FALLOUT DOWN UNDER - HOST CHOICE"
> (5TH WEEK) 
>> This series focuses on reviewing and discussing classic wrestling events, with one event chosen by one of the two hosts, either a television, streaming, or podcast episode. 

---{] SATURDAYS [}---
• "FRUITY'S ULTIMATE GAME SHOW"
> (FORTNIGHTLY)
>> This series focuses on fun, where we have to fantasy booking two rival promotions in secret, with the goal being to present a card so good we’d pay for it, but beware the twists! Representing WCW is Alex, while representing WWF is Chris.

• "OUTSIDE THE RING"
> (FORTNIGHTLY) 
>> This series focuses on non-wrestling reviews from the worlds of film, television, & music.

--{] SUNDAYS [}---
• "THUNDERSTORM"
> (ONCE A MONTH)
>> This series focuses on wrestling top lists including "top 10 wrestling themes", & "top 5 wrestling matches".

• "WE'RE TAKING OVER!"
> (ONCE A MONTH)
>> This series focuses on wrestling watch along podcasts.

• "R-BLOCK"
> (DURING MONTHS WITH EVENTS) 
>> This series is where Wrestling meets Footy Tipping, focusing on the New Japan Pro-Wrestling calendar tournaments. Currently, during weeks when NJPW event's are taking place result's and standings will be discussed on the Weekly Wrestling Wrap.

> 2020 included New Japan Cup USA, G1 Climax, Best Of The Super Juniors, & Super J Cup. (Alex 76 def. 67 Chris)
> 2021 has included New Japan Cup, & New Japan Cup USA. 

---{] SPECIALS [}---
• "BEST OF AWARDS"
> (YEARLY - FEBRUARY 5TH)
>> The annual Wrestling Aus Style end of the year awards, where we discuss the best & worst in the world of wrestling both domestically & international. 

• "WAS SPECIALS"
> (DURING MONTHS WITH EVENTS)
>> The Wrestling Aus Style Specials focus on additional coverage of the biggest wrestling weekends international. Also some year in review & more.

0244. WAS - The Wrap (113) 'Royal Rumble + Vince News'

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