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Against The Mat – January 4th, 2023 from 2023-01-03T23:42:21
Back for the first show of 2023 and we have quite a myriad of news and notes to catch up to in the world of pro-wrestling, after a brief stop into poli-talks. Amongst the news is the passing of Don...
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Against The Mat – December 14th, 2022 from 2022-12-14T00:30:39
With our last show of the year, we have a bit of a recap of the year in the world of pro-wrestling and a small prediction as to breakout stars for next year. Download/stream the latest episode and ...
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Against The Mat – December 7th, 2022 from 2022-12-05T23:35:53
We are back on air this week with some news and notes from the worlds of MMA and pro-wrestling; some of the fallout from last week’s Dynamite (and Rampage?), some returns in WWE, and a few mo...
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Against The Mat – Web Exclusive – November 30th, 2022 from 2022-11-30T22:42:47
Due to life throwing us some curves, we had to get another web exclusive episode recorded and out to you all. We cover a number of topics, not forgetting WWE’s Survivor Series event this past...
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Against The Mat – November 23rd, 2022 from 2022-11-23T00:39:58
We are back on air for another week, catching up to the news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling and MMA; visiting the results of this past weekend’s Full Gear PPV, and looking forward ...
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Against The Mat – Web Exclusive – November 16th, 2022 from 2022-11-17T00:28:29
Back with a filter-less web exclusive episode to go over the news and notes from the past week in the world of pro-wrestling, and some politics thrown in for good measure. Download/Stream the lates...
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Against The Mat – November 9th, 2022 from 2022-11-09T00:41:46
We are back to air with a ton of news and notes to go over from the past week, some about Crown Jewel this past weekend, some about the build up towards Full Gear and Survivor Series-War Games, and...
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Against The Mat – Web Exclusive – November 2nd, 2022 from 2022-11-02T22:32:13
We are back with a web exclusive episode after a 1-week hiatus to try to cover news and notes from the last 2 weeks. As usual, filters are off in this shorter episode, so listener beware. Download/...
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Against The Mat – October 19th, 2022 from 2022-10-18T23:28:53
Back with another week filled with news and notes from WWE, AEW, and some MMA details, and we even spent a considerable amount of time on a specific superstar in the first hour. Download/Stream the...
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Against The Mat – October 12th, 2022 from 2022-10-11T23:53:40
We are back this week with a myriad of pieces of news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling as it was a busy weekend with an Impact PPV, an AEW major televised event, and WWE’s Extreme Ru...
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Against The Mat – October 5th, 2022 from 2022-10-04T23:34:14
We are back with, roughly, 2 weeks’ worth of news and notes from the worlds of MMA and pro-wrestling including some AEW, Impact, and WWE. We of course do mention the passing of the great Anto...
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Against The Mat – September 21st, 2022 from 2022-09-20T23:48:26
We are back with a ton of news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling starting with a quick view of Impact’s Bound for Glory event; more about AEW’s backstage “issue” wit...
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Against The Mat – September 14th, 2022 from 2022-09-13T23:36:46
While we start of with a brief return of Poli-talks with the mention of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd’s passing, we jump right back into pro-wrestling and MMA news and notes with some happenings at...
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Against The Mat – September 7th, 2022 from 2022-09-06T23:49:56
We are back from our respective vacations to catch up with a myriad of news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling; from returns and Clash at the Castle for WWE to AEW’s All Out and the bu...
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Against The Mat – August 10th, 2022 from 2022-08-09T23:35:24
We have quite a bit to cover this week with news and notes from AEW, WWE, and some talk about this past Sunday’s WWE Biography show on A&E. Download/Stream the latest episode and don̵...
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Against The Mat – August 3rd, 2022 from 2022-08-02T23:38:08
We are back for another week of news and notes, non-withstanding the SummerSlam results, some details about Ric Flair’s Last Match, and the changes we have seen since the “regime change...
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Against The Mat – July 27th, 2022 from 2022-07-26T23:35:02
We are back after a brief break with quite a myriads of news from the world of pro-wrestling, including the “bombshell” of Vince McMahon’s retirement, and the supposed build up to...
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Against The Mat – July 13th, 2022 from 2022-07-12T23:56:15
We are back another issue created hiatus to catchup on news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling; mostly glancing at some of the Money in the Bank event’s matches, looking forward to the...
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Against The Mat – June 29th, 2022 from 2022-06-28T23:30:10
We are back this week with a ton of news and notes from AEW, UFC, and WWE; with a brief detour through some of the podcasts Drew & Ryan have been listening to. We have a brief note about this c...
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Against The Mat – June 22nd, 2022 from 2022-06-21T23:44:59
We are back after a 2 week hiatus, and we attempt to catch up to all the news and notes we would have otherwise covered during that time; including to a certain promo on AEW Dynamite; this past wee...
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Against The Mat – June 1st, 2022 from 2022-05-31T23:36:17
We are back after a one-week hiatus to catch up on two weeks’ worth of news and notes; including results from AEW’s Double or Nothing. Download/Stream the latest episode and don’t...
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Against The Mat – May 18th, 2022 from 2022-05-17T00:37:24
We are back this week with our Yearly roster building show (aka “will Fred pick Alexa Bliss for his roster” show). Inter-spaced with our picks, we have some news and notes from the worl...
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Against The Mat – May 11th, 2022 – Web Exclusive from 2022-05-11T23:04:01
As with the other Web Exclusive episodes, we have not filtered the language. We launch a wide net on various topics from the world of pro-wrestling; mostly WWE and AEW. Download/Stream the latest e...
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Against The Mat – May 4th, 2022 from 2022-05-03T23:17:05
We are back from a week long hiatus, catching up to the news from the last 2 weeks in the worlds of pro-wrestling, mostly on WWE, Impact, and AEW. Download/Stream the latest episode and don’t...
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Against The Mat – April 20th, 2022 from 2022-04-19T23:21:47
We have a ton of news and notes from the worlds of pro-wrestling; Impact, AEW, and of course, WWE; over the next ~2 hours. Download/Stream the latest episode and don’t forget to follow on Fac...
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Against The Mat – April 13th, 2022 from 2022-04-12T23:37:40
We are back for another week of news and notes from the worlds of pro-wrestling and MMA; AEW and some Impact in the first hour and WWE in the second. Download/Stream the latest episode and don̵...
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Against The Mat – April 6th, 2022 from 2022-04-05T23:24:42
We are back after another week hiatus to plunge right into a crazy week of wrestling news; results from some of the events happening with Wrestle-Con, and of course the results from WrestleMania. D...
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Against The Mat – March 23rd, 2022 from 2022-03-22T23:34:52
We have a ton of news and notes this week and we don’t hesitate to mention details about the upcoming week of events in wrestling in the “Greater Dallas Area” for the week of Wres...
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Against The Mat – March 16th, 2022 from 2022-03-15T23:28:51
We are back with some talk about the passing of Scott Hall this past Monday along with some other news from the world of pro-wrestling. Download/Stream the episode and don’t forget to follow ...
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Against The Mat – March 9th, 2022 from 2022-03-09T00:24:18
We are back after a week’s hiatus, catching up with quite a bit of news and notes from the worlds of MMA and pro-wrestling; mostly sticking to Tony Khan’s purchase of ROH, the building ...
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Against The Mat – February 23rd, 2022 from 2022-02-23T00:40:36
Back with a show with a ton of news and notes from the worlds of pro-wrestling and mma; a brief run down of Elimination Chamber and a quick overview of NJPW’s New Japan Cup and it’s fir...
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Against The Mat – February 9th, 2022 from 2022-02-09T00:25:06
Back for another week of news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling and some MMA. Download/Stream the latest episode and don’t forget to follow on Facebook or Twitter.
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Against The Mat – February 2nd, 2022 from 2022-02-02T00:28:21
We are back with quite a bit of news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling, including a bit of a post-mortem from this past weekend’s Royal Rumble event. Download/Stream the latest episod...
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Against The Mat – January 19th, 2022 from 2022-01-19T00:41:29
We have a myriad of news and notes from the various areas of the pro-wrestling world this week; AEW, WWE, Impact, Independents, and quite a bit more for the 2, or so, hours. Download/Stream the lat...
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Against The Mat – January 12th, 2022 from 2022-01-12T00:33:55
Back for another week of news and notes, a few results from Wrestle Kingdom 16, some details about the latest releases, and getting a better idea of the upcoming Royal Rumble “premium live ev...
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Against The Mat – January 5th, 2022 from 2022-01-03T21:15:46
Our first show of the year 2022 is full of news and notes from the last few weeks along with some looking forward (at the time of recording) to Wrestle Kingdom 16, the Royal Rumble and other “...
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Against The Mat – December 15th, 2021 from 2021-12-14T01:05:59
We are back for our last show of 2021 with a ton of news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling and with our yearly awards for best and worst in a number of categories. Download/Stream the lates...
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Against The Mat – December 1st, 2021 from 2021-11-30T00:59:35
We have a note packed show this week with a bit of news from the worlds of pro-wrestling and MMA. We have a brief glimpse into NXT’s War Games, the 6th PPVs of the month, and a few more thing...
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Against The Mat – November 24th, 2021 from 2021-11-23T01:05:46
We are back with a bunch of news we wanted to catch up with, including the Survivor Series results, build up towards Wrestle Kingdom 16, and some notes along the way. Download/Stream the latest epi...
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Against The Mat – November 17th, 2021 from 2021-11-16T01:14:26
We have a myriad of notes from the world of pro-wrestling, including the 6th held PPVs for the month of November, upcoming WWE shows in Canada, results from AEW’s Full Gear, and other pieces ...
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Against The Mat – November 10th, 2021 from 2021-11-10T01:31:45
We have a ton of news and notes to catch up on in the worlds of pro-wrestling and MMA; ROH news, WWE releases, some UFC notes, and quite a bit more, including a run down of AEW’s Full Gear ca...
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Against The Mat – October 27th, 2021 from 2021-10-26T23:33:50
We are back this week with a myriad of pieces of news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling, a short mention of Crown Jewel and Bound for Glory, looking forward to Full Gear; along with some di...
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Against The Mat – October 12th, 2021 from 2021-10-12T23:55:30
We are back from our brief hiatus to attempt to go through the news and notes from the past few weeks in the world of pro-wrestling and MMA; a quick run down of 2 of the Dark Side of the Ring episo...
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Against The Mat – September 15th, 2021 from 2021-09-13T23:00
We have gone through quite a number of pieces of news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling from the last few days with a bit of preview of matches for upcoming events. Download/Stream the late...
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Against The Mat – September 8th, 2021 from 2021-09-06T23:11:14
We are back this week with roughly 2 weeks’ worth of news and notes, along with All Out’s results and surprises, and quite a bit more. Download/Stream the latest episode and don’t...
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Against The Mat – August 25th, 2021 from 2021-08-25T00:11:37
We have the fallout of this past weekend’s events – AEW Rampage, WWE SummerSlam, and NXT Takeover 36 – along with a ton more of news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling and ...
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Against The Mat – August 18th, 2021 from 2021-08-17T23:45:16
We have quite the bunch of news and notes from the worlds of wrestling and MMA, not forgetting the upcoming weekend’s SummerSlam and NXT TakeOver 36. Download/Stream the latest episode and do...
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Against The Mat – August 11th, 2021 from 2021-08-10T00:14:21
We have a ton of news and notes this week to cover, including some WWE releases and some further build up to SummerSlam. In the 2nd hour, we go over the final match up for our Best Feuds tournament...
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Against The Mat – August 4th, 2021 from 2021-08-02T18:23:04
We are back for another week of news and notes from the worlds of pro-wrestling and MMA, specifics on some contracts expiring and some new releases. We now know who will be in next week’s fin...
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Against The Mat – July 28th, 2021 from 2021-07-26T23:55:45
Back for another week of prognosticating and reviewing this past week’s news and notes from the worlds of Pro-Wrestling. We have our first of the 2nd round matchups for our Best of Feuds tour...
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Web Exclusive Podcast – WWF IYH: International Incident Review from 2021-07-25T18:12:38
Ryan & Drew are back with another web exclusive podcast, this time looking back at the July 21, 1996 International Incident PPV! We get another great Shawn Michaels performance, Undertaker &...
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Against The Mat – July 21st, 2021 from 2021-07-19T23:59:53
Back this week with quite the list of news and notes from the world of MMA and pro-wrestling, including some results from Impact’s and WWE’s events this past weekend, and Drew makes a c...
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Against The Mat – July 14th, 2021 from 2021-07-13T00:07:07
We have a ton of news and notes to go over this week along with some random picks from the list of Jericho matches through out the show. In the second hour, we have our 3rd quarter final match of o...
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Against The Mat – July 7th, 2021 from 2021-07-06T13:58:56
We are back with a full episode of news and notes from the world of pro-wrestling and MMA; have our yearly Draft episode (full table here); and continue with our 2nd first round match in our Best o...
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Web Exclusive – WWF In Your House #2: The Lumberjacks from 2021-07-01T01:08:08
Drew & Ryan are back with an online exclusive podcast reviewing the July 23, 1995 In Your House PPV event, The Lumberjacks! A lame main event, a great Shawn Michaels match, and assorted other g...
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Against The Mat – June 30th, 2021 from 2021-06-30T23:45
We start this week with a ton of news from the various worlds of MMA and pro-wrestling, along with some COVID details. In the 2nd hour, we concentrated on the first match up for our “Best Feu...
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Against The Mat – June 23rd, 2021 from 2021-06-23T23:45
We have a myriad of news and notes this week from the worlds of pro-wrestling and MMA; including the divulging of the return of the “Greatest of all Time” tourney. Download/Stream the l...
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Against The Mat – June 16th, 2021 from 2021-06-16T23:45
We are back this week with a ton of news and notes from the worlds of pro-wrestling and MMA, including some details from this past weekend’s NXT Takeover: In Your House; and a very quick prev...
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Against The Mat – June 9th, 2021 from 2021-06-09T23:45
We are back after a hiatus of a week and go through some news and notes from the worlds of MMA and pro-wrestling. In the 2nd hour, we have tried fitting in a ton about the A&E WWE Biographies a...
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Against The Mat – May 26th, 2021 from 2021-05-26T23:30
Back from a one-week hiatus, we have a ton of news and notes from the worlds of MMA and pro-wrestling. We cover a number of details from some of the A&E WWE Biographies that aired in the last f...
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Against The Mat – May 12th, 2021 from 2021-05-12T23:45
Back with the full team this week with news from the worlds of pro-wrestling and MMA, including the card for UFC 262, last week’s Blood & Guts, the upcoming WWE event “WrestleMania ...
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Against The Mat – May 5th, 2021 from 2021-05-05T23:30
Back from another hiatus with news and notes from the past two weeks, some details from the A&E biography shows and some hopes for the upcoming Dark Side of the Ring season. Download/Stream the...
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Against The Mat – April 21st, 2021 from 2021-04-21T23:30
We are back after a one week hiatus with the fallout from WrestleMania, NXT: TakeOver – Stand & Deliver, along with a myriad of news and notes from the worlds of MMA and pro-wrestling. St...
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Against The Mat – April 7th, 2021 from 2021-04-07T23:00
We are on the home stretch on the road to WrestleMania and we have quite a bit of news and notes from the businesses of pro-wrestling and MMA, along with our run down of NXT’s Stand and Deliv...
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Against The Mat – March 31st, 2021 from 2021-03-31T23:00
We are back this week, still headed down the road to WrestleMania 37 and it’s 2 night event, the NXT Stand & Deliver 2 night event, and a number of other news and notes from the worlds of...
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Against The Mat – March 24th, 2021 from 2021-03-24T23:00
We are officially on the road to Wrestlemania 37 and we are going to have a very quick run down of the main matches from this past weekend’s Fastlane along with a number of notes and other pi...
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Against The Mat – March 17th, 2021 from 2021-03-17T23:00
Back with an on-air episode this week with a number of notes and pieces of news from the worlds of MMA, pro-wrestling, and some boxing. We also have a quick rundown of the Fastlane card, as it curr...
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Against The Mat – March 3rd, 2021 from 2021-03-04T00:15
We are on the final stretch before AEW’s Revolution this weekend and we have our predictions for the card as it currently stands. Of course, we have a ton of news and notes from the worlds of...
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Against The Mat – February 24th, 2021 from 2021-02-25T00:15
We are back this week with a bit of a run down of this past weekend’s WWE Elimination Chamber PPV/Event along with some other notes from the world of Pro-Wrestling, a bit from Poli-Talks as w...
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Against The Mat – February 17th, 2021 from 2021-02-18T00:00
We are back this week with approximately 2 weeks worth of news and notes in the worlds of MMA and pro-wrestling/sports entertainment, along with some news on the wider world of sports. Download/Str...
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Against The Mat – February 3rd, 2021 from 2021-02-03T11:05
Back on air for a new week of news and notes from the worlds of pro-wrestling and MMA; mostly the fallout of this past weekend’s Royal Rumble event, and a myriad of other things that happened...
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Against The Mat – Web Exclusive – January 27, 2021 from 2021-01-28T00:54:06
We have a web exclusive episode for you this week as we weren’t lucky in getting a recording in time to get aired. As usual, we are unfiltered on these so watch your ears. Download/Stream the...
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Against The Mat – January 13th, 2021 from 2021-01-14T00:55
We are back at the start of 2021, albeit a week later than planned with a ton of news and notes from the worlds of pro-wrestling, MMA, and some politalks in there for good measure. Stream/Download ...
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Against The Mat – December 23rd, 2020 from 2020-12-23T23:15
We are back this week with our year end special and giving our answers to the various “award” categories we had this year such as Best Wrestler, Best Match, Best and Worst Feud, and qui...
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Against The Mat – December 9th, 2020 from 2020-12-09T23:32:23
We have a number of things we covered this week’s episode, including the passing of Pat Patterson last week, NXT’s War Games event and quite a bit more. Download/Stream the latest episo...
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Against The Mat – December 2nd, 2020 from 2020-12-03T00:59
We are back this week with a number of notes from the worlds of MMA and pro-wrestling; listing off the 5th PPVs of December; some talk about NXT’s War Games event this coming Sunday; and quit...
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Against The Mat – November 25th, 2020 from 2020-11-26T00:55
We are back on-air this week with a few notes from the world of politics, and more MMA and pro-wrestling news from the last week; not forgetting the Survivor Series results. Download/Stream the lat...
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Against The Mat – November 11th, 2020 from 2020-11-12T00:50
Back in our usual time slot this week with quite a bit of an update for PoliTalks, a number of pieces of news and notes from the worlds of pro-wrestling and MMA. In a bit of a switch, we had our no...
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Against The Mat X PoliTalks – November 5th, 2020 from 2020-11-06T01:19:27
We are back with a web exclusive Against The Mat X PoliTalks episode. We have some details about the elections held by our neighbours to the South this past Tuesday. We complete it all with some ne...
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Against The Mat – October 28th, 2020 from 2020-10-28T23:00
We are back with some news and notes from the worlds of MMA and pro-wrestling; this weekend’s UFC event, Hell in a Cell, the upcoming AEW event, and quite a bit more. We also have the finals ...
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Against The Mat – October 21st, 2020 from 2020-10-21T23:50
*Nota* Due to a technical issue, the recording for the first segment was lost during post-production. To have a show that is roughly full length, we have an interview from our accessible archives i...
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Against The Mat – September 30th, 2020 from 2020-09-30T23:50
We have quite a bit of news from the wide world of sports, sports entertainment, and MMA this week, along with the results of Clash of Champions this past Sunday. We continue our Greatest IC Champi...
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Against The Mat – September 23rd, 2020 from 2020-09-23T23:50
We are back this week with some news from the wild world of sports and the continuing success with bubbles for some of the leagues, the world of pro-wrestling and MMA. We have our last first round ...
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Against The Mat – September 16th, 2020 from 2020-09-17T00:00
We are back to our regularly scheduled time slot to bring you the news and notes from the wild world of sports, pro-wrestling and MMA. We, of course, continue on with our Greatest IC Champion of al...
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Against The Mat – September 2nd, 2020 from 2020-09-02T23:30
We are back this week with more new from the worlds of pro-wrestling and MMA, and a bit from other sports. We have the 2nd match up in the Greatest IC Champion of all time tournament in the 2nd hou...
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Against The Mat – August 26th, 2020 from 2020-08-27T02:00
We are back from a few weeks hiatus with quite a bit of news from the worlds of MMA, wrestling, and a sliver from other sports that have taken the right precautions for COVID. As it is our first sh...
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Against The Mat – Web Exclusive – August 5th, 2020 from 2020-08-06T03:22:19
We are back with a web exclusive, and shortened, version of the show this week due to various scheduling conflicts and technical difficulties. We have covered a number of pieces of news from the wi...
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Against The Mat – July 29th, 2020 from 2020-07-30T02:00
We are back this week with quite a bit of news from the worlds of pro-wrestling, mma, and other in the wide world of sports. We announced a new Greatest of All Time tournament and gave our predicti...
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Web Exclusive Podcast: WCW Spring Stampede 1997 from 2020-07-26T21:42:32
Drew & Ryan are back with another retro PPV review! This time we travel back to April of 1997 to check out WCW’s Spring Stampede! The main event sees DDP face Randy Savage in a No DQ matc...
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Web Exclusive AEW Dynamite Review 07/20/20 from 2020-07-23T05:45:32
A review of this week’s AEW Dynamite show – fun times, so check it out!
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Against The Mat – July 22nd, 2020 from 2020-07-23T02:00
We are all back with a ton of news from the world of pro-wrestling, most of which being some results from the past weekend’s events; Impact’s Slammiversary and WWE’s Horror Show a...
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Web Exclusive Podcast – WWE Raw Review 07/20/20 from 2020-07-21T06:27:57
Drew is back solo to provide a review of Monday Night Raw! A fun show – check it out!
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Against The Mat – July 15th, 2020 from 2020-07-16T02:00
We are back this week with quite a bit of news and notes from the worlds of MMA and pro-wrestling, including UFC 251, the upcoming Horror Show, and a bit more. In the 2nd hour, we had our 2nd semi-...
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Against The Mat – July 8th, 2020 from 2020-07-09T02:20
We are back this week with a few pieces of news from the worlds of MMA and pro-wrestling, talked about the upcoming UFC 251, the now theme park-like named Horror Show at Extreme Rules, and a few mo...
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Web Exclusive Podcast: WWF Backlash 2001 from 2020-07-05T03:50:07
Drew & Ryan return with another Web Exclusive retro review – this time looking back at the 2001 WWF Backlash! The first PPV post-WrestleMania X-Seven sees WWF Champion Steve Austin team w...
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