Category: Burning Spirits

This week on Burning Spirits: AJPW Champion Carnival, DDT Max Bump, Hideki Suzuki and much more

To make up for last week’s puroless episode, Burning Spirits is back with a bonus episode, and a bonus voice!

It’s another Very Special Episode of Burning Spirits, where we talk about absolutely zero wrestling taking place in Japan. Today’s focus is on Kevin’s whirlwind weekend through the Big Easy for WrestleMania Weekend.  Hear all about his journey, all the shows he went to, standout matches and performances, and more MDK.

After a lengthy break, Burning Spirits returns with a bang. Drew and Kevin spend the whole show talking about Drew’s recent trip to Tokyo and discuss the live wrestling experiences involved, as well as food, record shopping, self-serve soda machines, and tourism.

This week on Burning Spirits: We talk some DDT by discussing the final Korakuen Hall show (DDT Into the Fight) before Judgement in Sumo Hall next month.  We also do a quick preview of the big show as well. Last but not least, Kevin hits on some various news and upcoming matches from around Japan.

Burning Spirits is back with another show hitting on several different promotions across the japanese wrestling landscape.

We’re back, and (hopefully) better than ever! After a short hiatus the Burning Spirits crew is back with a new format to help YOU the listener follow along.

Hear as all three Spirits run down their favorites: Promotion of the Year, Match of the Year, Wrestler of the Year, Tag Team of the Year and much more!

All three Burning Spirits are finally back together to review some heavy real heavy hitters including BJW’s Death Vegas & AJPW Real World Tag League Finals.

The Burning Spirits are back to 2/3rd strength as we break down the entire FREEDOMS Korakuen Hall show from 11/13

Brennan is the sole Burning Spirit to review the return of the multi-promotion Differ Cup Memorial 2017 tag team tournament

Brennan and Drew are Kevin-less yet again this week, but deliver a solid top-to-bottom review of DDT’s God Bless DDT 2017 Korakuen Hall show

Brennan & Drew to review the 11/9 AJPW Korakuen show including the Jr. Tag league finals and the monstrous main event of Joe Doering vs Yoshitatsu.

The whole gang is finally back together to talk some Big Japan. But First! Brennan shares some stories and highlights from his wedding.

This week on Burning Spirits Suwama vs. Doering, Onita Retirement, Takeshita vs Dino and much more!

This week on Wrestling Omakase John is joined by return guest Jesse to discuss three different Japanese indie promotions: DDT, Big Japan, and Wrestle-1!

It’s a beautiful affair as Kevin, Drew, and Brennan celebrate the 50th episode of Burning Spirits with a heartfelt wrestling match gift exchange.

Brennan and Kevin review the October 9th All Japan Pro-Wrestling Korakuen Hall show.

Drew is joined by the Fighting Network Friends Brennan and Andy to review the Wrestle-1 4th anniversary tour Korakuen Hall show

After a long break from Big Japan, we’re back with an entire show to catch up on this year’s Saikyou Tag League tournament.

Busy week recapping Drew’s ROH weekend, AJPW Oudou Tournament, DDT Factory Pro Wrestling, Who’s Gonna Top? Korakuen and much more!

This week on Burning Spirits Drew is joined by Timothy Robert Buechner to review Wrestle-1’s biggest show of the year: Pro Wrestling Love in Yokohama!

What better way to do a live watch of DDT’s recent Campsite Wrestling match than with two people who have never really watched wrestling before?

We’re back from beyond this week on Burning Spirits, as we review the big AJPW 45th anniversary show from Sumo Hall.

We are joined this week by Chad Campbell of Place to Be Nation/Pro Wrestling Only fame to review DDT’s flagship show, DDT Peter Pan 2017!

This week on Burning Spirits, Drew is joined by Jamie from Dramatic DDT to preview the HUGE upcoming DDT Peter Pan 2017 event.

In this Very Special Episode TM of Burning Spirits, Drew & Kevin are joined by Timothy Robert Buechner to stroll through the year in wrestling so far.

Burning Spirits returns to the land of AJPW reviewing July 17’s Korakuen Hall show including three big title matches & a match with main event implications.

This week on Burning Spirits we’re back in the weird and wonderful world of DDT!

This week on Burning Spirits we’re focused solely on BJW’s biggest show of the year: Ryogokutan from Sumo Hall!

The Burning Spirits crew is back with a loaded show previewing Big Japan Ryogokutan, reviewing Fortune Dream 4 and much more!

This week on Burning Spirits we’re back talking more DDT, most notably their recent King of DDT 2017 Finals.

A Brennan-centric episode this week features a full review of BJW’s Road to Ryogokutan show from Korakuen Hall.

The match everyone has been waiting for, truly the greatest match in the history of our sport: Sanshiro Takagi vs Minoru Suzuki at the (empty) Tokyo Dome

Brennan and Drew are joined this week by return guest John Carroll to review DDT’s Audience show from 5/28 and discuss news & notes from the world of puro.

It’s a veritable smorgasbord of puro action this week as the crew hits on a few under-the-radar fist-pumpers throughout the county of Japan.

This week on Burning Spirits we decide to take a trip back in time to review FMW’s 7th Anniversary show, and oh what a trip it is!

Drew and Brennan are joined by Timothy from This Week in Wrestling and The Lucha Undead Podcast to review Big Japan’s Endless Survivor show.

Burning Spirits is back with some more Champion Carnival talk including overall thoughts on the tournament, standout matches, MVPs & more!

This week on Burning Spirits, John Carroll from Open the Voice Gate joins the show to discuss the first four nights of the AJPW Champion Carnival 2017.

Burning Spirits deviates from routine with a sample platter of reviews and discussion for DDT, BJW, and AJPW. Including Train Wrestling!

The Burning Spirits crew is finally back together to discuss the highlights of the BJW Ikkitosen DeathMatch Survivor tournament.

On this week’s episode of Burning Spirits we’re reviewing DDT Judgement 2017 — DDT 20th Anniversary Box Office!

To celebrate the 20th episode of Burning Spirits, we decide to preview DDT’s huge 20th anniversary show, DDT Judgement 2017!

On a very special episode of Burning Spirits, Drew and Brennan are joined by Kevin Wilson to provide an intro to the world of joshi in 2017.

The whole Burning Spirits team is finally back together to discuss the latest from All Japan Pro-Wrestling including the 2/17 Korakuen and 2/26 Osaka show.

Burning Spirits is back! We focus on Big Japan in 2017, talking about the promotion’s year so far and previewing upcoming title matches.

Kevin and Brennan are joined by return guest Andy (@trillyrobinson) to countdown their top 40 Puro Stars over the age of 40!

It’s a jam-packed week on Burning Spirits as we open the show discussing the launch of DDT’s new streaming service, DDT Universe, NOAH The REBORN & more!

Burning Spirits returns to the exciting world of AJPW this week, as we discuss some highlights of the New Year Wars shows.

Everyone is back this week & joined by Milo of Open The Voice Gate to share heartfelt thoughts on Hajime Ohara’s title win & more from The First Navigation.

The first week of 2017 saw an incredible show headlined by possibly the greatest match of all time. What are we talking about? ZERO1, of course!

The BS boys are back together and joined by Dylan Justin to say goodbye to 2016 and hello to 2017 starting with the New Year’s Eve Tag Shuffle tournament

It’s the most beefiest time of the year! Visions of head drops, light tubes and elbows are dancing around in our heads as we review Big Japan’s Death Vegas.

Burning Spirits is a man down this week, but we fight through the pain in our hearts to deliver the Big Japan goods.

Burning Spirits does battle with the eight-tentacled beast of DDT’s Osaka Octopus show and give an update on DDT’s streaming service DDT Universe.

Burning Spirits returns with our longest show yet with a review of AJPW’s big show in Sumo Hall: AJPW Ryogoku Kokugikan ~ New Explosion

Burning Spirits turns up your Turkey Time with an in-depth look at All Japan Pro Wrestling’s big return to Sumo Hall: AJPW RYOGOKU KOKUGIKAN ~ NEW EXPLOSION

As seasonal affective disorder sets in and the weather cools down, Burning Spirits is HEATING UP with a show devoted to Pro Wrestling HEAT UP.

Burning Spirits heads back to the punishing world of Big Japan Pro Wrestling, covering the finals of the BJW Saikyou Tag League.

Burning Spirits #3 tackles All Japan Pro Wrestling including a brief history of ownership, Kento Miyahara as the young ace and more!

Burning Spirits #2 sets its sights on the BJW Saikyou Tag League, reviewing our favorite matches of the tournament leading into the finals.

On the debut episode of Burning Spirits, we take a look at the DDT promotion including Shuji Ishikawa’s stellar 2016, young talent, DAMNATION & more!