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In this week's edition of Sports Entertainment is Dead, Samuel 'Plan does something a little bit different. A staunch believer that the 2009 Royal Rumble Match is the greatest Royal Rumble Match of all-time and perplexed by a large and continued insistence it really isn't, 'Plan sits down to go through, blow by blow, just why he so passionately believes what he does about the night Randy Orton came of age as a main eventer.    So, firing up the WWE Network and lining up the 2009 Royal Rumble Match, 'Plan invites you to hit play alongside with him and watch in real time as he provides a blow by blow insight into how he views this remarkable version of the Rumble from a performance art-driven point of view, explaining just why he believes it really is, still, the greatest match of its kind!

The Nation is Back, Reviewing Monday Night Raw, Finn Balor’s huge night. Is it a wrap for Braun Strowman? Sasha and Ronda both tweaking each other and gaslighting, ANDRADE becomes a damn star VS Rey Mysterio, Mandy Rose and EC3 being undressed, Why are so many of Alexa Bliss’ talking segments going off a cliff? The Lebron James U Bum Of The Week and Wrestler Of The Week are crowned. https://socialsuplexwrestling.podbean.com/e/one-nation-radio-wwe-uk-takeover-blackpool-chris-jericho-signs-with-aew-your-questions/      

Are you ready for a revolution? Mizfan & Jeff are BACK! Join us this week as we look back on the year that was 2018 and talk about all of our favorite stuff from the year, including: -Lucha Underground -CHIKARA -wXw -PROGRESS -Dragon Gate -Stardom -Sendai Girls -All In -GCW -Cody Rhodes -The Colony -Dasher Hatfield -Pentagon Jr -Solo Darling -Travis Huckabee -CIMA -WALTER -Timothy Thatcher -PCO -Io Shirai -Meiko Satomura -David Starr -Mike Quackenbush -Kzy -Fenix and much more! Join us for all the wrestling which may have fallen under your radar, as always airing at 7a EST! Don't miss it!

nxt UK had their first pay per view event this weekend, as the WWE UK Championship was on the line, along with the nXt UK Women's Championship and the finals to crown their first tag champions.  Meanwhile, the next night Ring of Honor put forth their first event since Final Battle--Honor Reigns Supreme--streaming live on Honor Club including Dalton Castle challenging Jay Lethal, Jenny Rose challenging Kelly Klein, and Villain Enterprises making its debut as a unit, and in a hard-hitting affair, Mark Haskins taking on the Beer City Bruiser.

A landmark moment for the NXT UK event as they return to the place where it all began, theEmpress Ballroom in Blackpool, for the brand's first ever TakeOver event. Every wrestler giving their all to really make a statement with this show. Did they succeed? Featuring the crowning of the first ever NXT UK Tag Team Champions, master vs student in Jordan Devlin vs Finn Balor, a mighty monster's brawl in the form of Eddie Dennis vs Dave Mastiff and Rhea Ripley looking to make a mark with her first defence of the NXT UK Women's Championship. Whilst in the main event Pete Dunne defends his 603 day WWE United Kingdom Championship reign against the bitter Scottsman from Gallus, Joe Coffey. Will he meet his bitter end? It's a loaded card, to be sure. Join your Britshock hosts, Imp, Maverick, Samuel Plan and Leaf, as they break down the first ever NXT UK major event, TakeOver: Blackpool!

Pivoting off of 'Plan's current column series on LordsOfPain.net about the best non-winning performances in Rumble history, the boys turn their gaze on the best WINNING performances. Having each curated a top five, the average was calculated and a list finalised. The boys will discuss all the ins and outs of these winning efforts and talk about the legacy they left. A fun show for the historically minded among you!

LordsofPain.net 'Imp's Adventures' columnist & Perfect 10 Wrestling host Matt Maher (aka The Implications) previews this Saturday's NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool! The first official NXT UK TakeOver event! How have things been for the show? How's the card looking? Who's walking out with those damn beautiful lion championships? This Sunday I'll be back alongside Plan, Mav and Leaf for the first Britshock covering the event! LOP Radio's official t-shirts for ALL your favourite shows! Click here! Follow Imp on Twitter: @TheDamnImplicat

In this week's edition, ‘Plan sits down and begins an in-depth exploration of the way in which the Royal Rumble Match has evolved from a novelty match in 1988 to one of the most important and fun matches of every given WWE year in 2018, all by inspecting the five most important and inherent tropes of the Rumble when seen as a performance art genre. Over the course of the hour, ‘Plan opens up about his views on the Iron Man Runs of Rumble lore, the Favourites to win and the two key types of performance they often offer up, how it is that the Past Meets Present sometimes effectively but with increasing toxicity as the years have gone by, how important the core conceit of Every Man For Himself is and why 1992’s addition of tangible stakes mattered so much and, finally, the effectiveness of the Final Passage of any given Rumble bout’s conclusion – all of this to better understand what makes for a great Rumble, a poor Rumble and everything in between over the course of its long and varied history!       Theme

The Nation is joined by author of the Ringbelles Roundup Ciara Reid, @Ciara92189 to go over the first Raw and Smackdown Live of 2019. Longer show than normal but good sub-conversations are had about the women's divisions, where it's gone wrong for Braun Strowman, Hulk Hogan coming back to WWE, and what is going on overall in WWE. Enjoy The Show! 

Are you ready for a revolution? Mizfan & Jeff are BACK! Join us this week as we cover the wXw 18th Anniversary show, available on wxwnow.de, featuring: -WALTER -Timothy Thatcher -Axel Dieter Jr (AKA NXT UK's Marcel Barthel) -British Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate, & Trent Seven) -Bobby Gunns -Absolute Andy -Lucky Kid -Shigehiro Irie -Toni Storm -Killer Kelly -Yuu -Alpha Female (AKA Jazzy Gabert) -JFK -RISE and many more! Join us for all the wrestling which may have fallen under your radar, as always airing at 7a EST! Don't miss it!

If you missed the Wrestle Kingdom Review special this past Saturday, go back and check it out and then listen to this one, as we will wrap up our thoughts on the biggest show of the year and look ahead towards the future presented by New Year's Dash.  Also, All Elite Wrestling was officially announced on the first of the year.  What are our thoughts on our favorites creating their own company?  Who will they be able to sign?  Will they succeed?

Here it is; the day after Wrestle Kingdom!  As instant reaction as your NJPW experts could provide.  What happened at the biggest show of the year?  Did Naito get his revenge on Jericho?  Did Okada get his revenge on White?  Is Kenny Omega still IWGP Heavyweight Champion?  Does Bullet Club still rule the tag team titles?  What about the Junior Heavyweight Title?  Did Kota Ibushi outshine Hirooki Goto?  Did this show rock our worlds the way it seems to every single year?  Find out what we thought here in the Kingdom! Facebook.com/Kingdom of Honor @Reejecoap @XanManLOP

Yes, that's right, it's what you've all been waiting for, the world famous TRSOTP New Year Predictions show! Mav, Maz and 'Plan look over their hits and misses from last year's predictions, before embarking on this year's. As always, there's an "insane" round and a quickfire round, as well as some write ins from other LOP personalities! This one is must listen folks!

LordsofPain.net 'Imp's Adventures' columnist & Perfect 10 Wrestling host Matt Maher (aka The Implications) hosts the Perfect 10 Wrestle Kingdom 13 Preview! This week Imp is joined by LOP Australian columnist SirSam to preview NJPW's biggest show of the year, the annual January 4th Tokyo Dome show. Omega vs Tanahashi, Jericho vs Naito, Okada vs White, Ibushi vs Ospreay, fair to say we've been served one hell of a card on our plate for this friday. Happy new year, grapple fans! LOP Radio's official t-shirts for ALL your favourite shows! Click here! Follow Imp on Twitter: @TheDamnImplicat

In this week's second of two year-end two-hour specials, Samuel ‘Plan sits down to discuss his shortlists and final selections for WWE Match(es) of the Year in his traditional five categories – and an extra sixth one just for 2018! After announcing the shortlists in Just Business last Sunday, ‘Plan reveals his picks for TV Match of the Year, Network Match of the Year, Tag Team Match of the Year, Undercard Match of the Year and Main Event Match of the Year, as well as briefly exploring each match to make each shortlist! Also revealed is the final pick in the 2018 Special Recognition category for Seth Rollins Match of the Year – created to avoid bias in the other five categories!       Theme Song: Max Flashback   Artist: Lee Rosevere   Album: Music for Podcasts

It’s The 2018 One Nation Radio Awards. The seventh annual show took fan voting into account for the first time and we crowned the best in WWE/NXT in 2018. NXT competitors are eligible for most awards for the first time unless specified. Thank you all for supporting One Nation Radio over the years enjoy the show.  

Here we are again at the *real* granddaddy of them all; the show where everything comes together and hits the climax of what we have seen in the previous 12 months.  While there may not be the build for the world championship match that there has been in the previous years, it is still going to be spectacular.  This card is all killer, no filler.  it is still going to be spectacular.  Hiroshi Tanahashi challenges Kenny Omega for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Tetsuya Naito tries to get both revenge and the Intercontinental Title from "The Alpha" Chris Jericho, for the first time in 6 years, Kazuchika Okada is not in the main event and is facing his betrayer, Jay White instead.  Tomohiro Ishii will defend the RevPro British Heavyweight Championship against ZSJ and more!

Mazza and Plan are back this week with the TRSOTP annual awards show - The Duckies.  All your favourite categories will be up for grabs as usual including: - The Sitting Duck Award For Arrested Development - The Ugly Duckling Award For Unexpected Rise - The Must See Moment - The Room 101 Award - The Smarks Court Controversy of the Year - The In The Post Award For Future Stardom Tune in at the usual time to find out who takes home all the big prizes and who misses out. 

LordsofPain.net 'Imp's Adventures' columnist & Perfect 10 Wrestling host Matt Maher (aka The Implications) hosts the Perfect 10 WWE End of Year Awards 2018! This week Imp is joined by his former co-host Burn! Celebrating the greatest highs and the depressing lows in the tumultuous year for WWE that was 2018. The Superstars of the Year, Best Talkie Bits, creative nonsense, NXT's impact and controversies galore! The WWE Network Wednesdays format for Perfect 10 Wrestling, it's rather wonderful! LOP Radio's official t-shirts for ALL your favourite shows! Click here! Follow Imp on Twitter: @TheDamnImplicat

In this week's two hour special, Samuel 'Plan welcomes LOP Legend Chad 'The Doc' Matthews back to Lords of Pain Radio for the conversation they've never properly had - it's performance art vs. sports entertainment as the two critics sit down and debate the merits and pitfalls of their alternative methods of receiving professional wrestling! Starting with a very broad discussion of both men's analytical philosophies as presented in their respective books - 101 WWE Matches To See Before You Die by Samuel 'Plan and The Greatest Matches and Rivalries of the WrestleMania Era by Chad 'The Doc' Matthews - the two eventually move to debate a question of 'Plan's suggestion to further explore their ideas: has Seth Rollins ever wrestled a 'Five Star Match' in WWE.        Theme Song: Max Flashback   Artist: Lee Rosevere   Album: Music for Podcasts