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This week on "The Doc Says," Chad Matthews looks back at Summerslam with the 5-star Review and discusses the implications on WWE's upcoming fall season.  Also, did the follow-up on Raw do enough to energize the fan base to keep pace, interest-wise, with the start of European football seasons and the start of college football and NFL seasons set for two and three weekends ahead, respectively?  Doc looks at some possible options to help keep WWE in the game against the top competitors for their fanbase.  Brought to you by The WrestleMania Era: The Book of Sports Entertainment (Kindle Edition)...

Join Xanman and PEN15 every Tuesday for their expert input on all things wrestling, including weekly classic ECW show reviews. This week, your Tuesday Night Titans tell you why you should be excited about the pending return of Drax the Destroyer himself, Batista.  Also, sans a crystal ball to tell us what would occur at SummerSlam, we discussed our favorite CM Punk moments and continued our look at the big ECW Shows.  This week we're up to May 13, 1995--Enter the Sandman.  You can watch the event at the links below.  Join us, won't you? http://stagevu.com/video/nuppzxvzhbbv http://stagevu.com/video/pextmiczotlu   LOPPEN15@hotmail.com xanmanx@hotmail.com

Join LOP Columns Hall of Famer and your party host, Steve, (@YourAyatollah), for LoP Radio's official LIVE and UNCENSORED Monday Night Raw post-show and more! Steve and weekly rotating special guests will provide their views on the events of Raw shortly after the show goes off the air in addition to discussing some of the hottest topics of the day. You don't want to miss this one, as you never know just who will stop by or what, exactly, will be said. Be sure and check out The Late Shift on Facebook for all the latest show announcements and access to our archives! #LOPRadio

With SummerSlam officially in the books, what went down and, more importantly, how will it impact the WWE as we move forward into the last quarter of 2014? Did Dean Ambrose finally get to beat down Seth Rollins? Was Chris Jericho able to save himself from the world eating Bray Wyatt? Was Steph vs Brie actually watchable? Most importantly, has John Cena been conquered by The Beast, Brock Lesnar?  All of that and more will be dissected and broken down as we cover the Biggest Party of the Summer. Join LOP Radio's Four Horsemen, reunited and riding again for the first time in months. That's rignt, the Godfather of LOP Radio, Repo, (@bearforcewon), host of Monday night's The Late Shift, Steve, (@YourAyatollah), the #SlanderGawd himself, De, (@IIDeaIID) and finally, returning after a months long absence, LOP Columns Hall of Famer and legend, Hustle, (@HustleLOP) will be in attendance and, most likely, yelling at each other as we break down the evening. Tune in and join the discussion, LIVE and UNCENSORED, by hitt

This week Mazza (@MazzaLOP), Maverick (@Neil_Pollock79) and 'Plan (@LOPPlan) are joined by co host of Lords of Pain's Smarks Court and CF Hall of Famer Uncle Joe.  They will be previewing and predicting WWE's SummerSlam PPV and there are bound to be shenanigans along the way. Hear their thoughts on the Lumberjack for Ambrose vs Rollins, Daniel Bryan's physiotherapist, Roman Reigns' push and much much more. Make sure you tune in at the slightly later time of 11pm UK/6pm EST.  You can follow the show on Twitter too at @TRSOTP

Summerslam is upon us!  The WWE's second biggest event of the year is looking good on paper, but can it deliver the quality expected of such a high profile show?  The Doc gives his thoughts in the form of the monthly "5-Star Preview."  You may be surprised what ranks lowest on his list and what actually was left off his list altogether.  Brought to you by The WrestleMania Era: The Book of Sports Entertainment (Kindle Edition), "The Doc Says" will also feature a reading from the Bret Hart chapter in a tribute to "Mr. Summerslam."

XanMan and myself will be signing in and taking calls (if we receive any of them) in our first ever live podcast to cover this Sunday's SummerSlam.

Join LOP Columns Hall of Famer and your party host, Steve, (@YourAyatollah), for LoP Radio's official LIVE and UNCENSORED Monday Night Raw post-show and more! Steve and this week's special guest, LOP Radio founding father and #SlanderGawd himself, De, (@iiDeaiiD), will provide their views on the events of tonight's go-home episode of Raw shortly after the show goes off the air. Did Hulk Hogan's birthday celebration go off without a hitch? Was the nWo indeed in attendence? If so, were they smart enough to get a monster pop by allowing Scott Hall to do the, "Hey, yo!,"? Was Scott Hall even lucid enough to say that much?    You don't want to miss this one, as you never know just what, exactly, will be said. De's appearances on The Late Shift in the past have earned every bit of that UNCENSORED label so yeah, there's no telling what the hell is going to happen.  Be sure to follow along and hit us with your questions/comments via Twitter and check out The Late Shift on Facebook for all the latest show announceme

The Right Side of the Pond is staying up late to hit you with all the excellence you've come to expect from LOP Radio's longest running program. Join us this evening as we discuss all things pro wrestling over the course of the last week and look ahead to what may come as a result of all the big news. We've got everyone on board this week and it's going to be a great show!

On this week's episode, The Doc invites callers to join him live as he discusses the WWE Network and the recent figures that make him think that WWE could be in serious trouble if the apologetic blinders are removed to reveal the fiscal realities.  Also, callers are encouraged to give their Win and Fail from Raw, as The Doc looks back at the second to last WWE flagship program before Summerslam.  Brought to you by The WrestleMania Era: The Book of Sports Entertainment (Kindle Edition)

Join Xanman and PEN15 every Tuesday for their expert input on all things wrestling, including weekly classic ECW show reviews.  This week, a couple of things stemmed from RAW that Xan Bolieved warrented discussion and PEN took aim at Xan's long held belief that SummerSlam is the best WWE Pay Per View of the year.  Due to the lengthy discussion of SummerSlam, the scheduled review of ECW Hostile City Showdown '95 was pushed back until next week, but we still both gave dynamite WWE Network picks.  Oh yeah, and a major announcement!  

Join LOP Columns Hall of Famer and your party host, Steve, (@YourAyatollah), for LoP Radio's official LIVE and UNCENSORED Monday Night Raw post-show and more! Steve and this week's special guests, author of Chair Shots on Lords of Pain, Rob, (@ChairShotsLOP), will provide their views on the events of Raw shortly after the show goes off the air. Did Brie Bella attempt to "act" this week? Did Randy Orton call Roman Reigns Miss Piggy? Did Cena maintain his serious demeanor or did he inevitably do something stupid to ruin the good will of last week's promo, like Photoshop Brock Lesnar's head onto a gorilla? You don't want to miss this one, as you never know just what, exactly, will be said. Follow along with the live broadcast and interact with us via Twitter via @YourAyatollah and the hashtag #TheLateShift Also be sure and check out The Late Shift on Facebook for all the latest show announcements and access to our archives! #LOPRadio

Once again, TNT ran into technical errors where our show was uploaded for Tuesday, but did not play. So, this was meant to air on July 29th, so might be a bit dated, but still presented to you for those who don't mind a bit of a delay in broadcast.   For July 29th edition of Tuesday Night Titans, Xanman and myself talked about some general frustrations with WWE's main event scene. We also continued our coverage of ECW supercards, continuing on with 1995’s Three Way Dance    

Dem UK Boys are back once more.  This weeks sees the highly anticipated return (anticipated by 'Plan at least) of 101 WWE Matches To See Before You Die.  Plan and Mav will be looking at Hulk Hogan vs The Iron Sheik in a match that sparked a new era in the WWF.  In more recent stuff, Shinobi and Maverick will be discussing a whole host of topics including TNA's issues with Spike, Chris Jericho vs Bray Wyatt, the politics of Rusev vs Jack Swagger, the feud over the divas title and Paul Heyman.   

Mizfan & Jeff are your first responders to all the latest happenings of Impact Wrestling! Are they underrated? Underappreciated? Are they going to be out of business by the time this episode is over? Only one place to hit the ground running every Thursday night, so join the Revolution!

On this week's episode of "The Doc Says," we dive immediately into a continuation of a Twitter/Facebook discussion that Doc had last week concerning John Cena's crowd reactions and whether or not they're suggesting that it's finally time for WWE to move in a different direction with his character.  Chime in on that after listening to Doc's thoughts @TheDocLOP or on Lordsofpain.net.  Also, Doc offers his Win/Fail of the week from Raw and attempts to put the Summerslam 2014 card, as we know it, into historical perspective as it relates to its peers.  In case you didn't catch it, check out last weekend's LOP Radio Special, featuring Tuesday Night Titans's XanMan debating The WrestleMania Era: The Book of Sports Entertainment with Doc. 

Join LOP Columns Hall of Famer and your party host, Steve, (@YourAyatollah), for LoP Radio's official LIVE and UNCENSORED Monday Night Raw post-show and more! Steve and this week's special guest, Steve's very own Padawan, Sean Jensen, (@SeanJLOP), will provide their views on the events of Raw in addition to discussing all the hottest topics of the day. You don't want to miss this one as you never know just what, exactly, will be said. Feel free to follow along and have your questions and comments addressed LIVE on the air by hitting us up via Twitter! Also be sure and check out The Late Shift on Facebook for all the latest show announcements and access to our archives! #LOPRadio

The WrestleMania Era: The Book of Sports Entertainment by LOP's own, "The Doc" Chad Matthews, was released in late 2013 and has garnered overwhelmingly positive reviews.  LOP's XanMan, co-host of Tuesday Night Titans and long-time LOP columnist, read the book and has some things he'd like to discuss with the author.  Listen in as Xan and Doc openly debate the greatest of the WrestleMania Era and the decisions that led to Doc's ranking of the top stars in modern pro wrestling history.   

This week sees the full time return of Shinobi and he joins Mazza and Maverick.  The guys discuss the latest goings on in wrestling and address some of the questions on the road to SummerSlam such as: - Can the Hollyowod gimmick ressurect Miz's career? - What will happen with the "Nation of Domination '14" group? - How good can the Steph vs Brie feud be? They will also look at the usual suspects including Brock vs Cena and Ambrose vs Rollins.  And the group finish off this week by discussing the legacy that CM Punk has left behind on WWE.    

Mizfan & Jeff are your first responders to all the latest happenings of Impact Wrestling! Are they underrated? Underappreciated? Are they going to be out of business by the time this episode is over? Only one place to hit the ground running every Thursday night, so join the Revolution!