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Spotlight with Benno, Joe & JP has moved. As of Monday 25th March 2019, Spotlight is now the official podcast of GRAPPL. Find our new feed at http://grappl.podbean.com for new shows every Monday. We hope you'll join us there.

The Burt Reynolds of Brit Wres. Brexit Wine Gums. Backgammon. DSF. Alex Wright. Hello, Hello. The Bowling Crew. Storm Eberhard. JP’s Four Horsemen. German Steven Fludder. Zombie. Mike Awesome. The Wall. The Jung Dragons. The Austrian Anomaly. Patrick Bateman. John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood. Busters Erotik Discount. Bons. Bockwurst. Goulasch. Pizza Macs. Cologne. Essen. Dusseldorf. Oberhausen. Benno, Joe and JP debrief an incredible weekend of wXw in Germany, talking three absolutely stacked nights of wXw 16 Carat Gold 2019, their live podcast experience at the Haus Union, the #OberhausenOpen2 and all the other wrestling over the long weekend from Inner Circle, Ambition and Wrestling Deutschland! As noted at the beginning and end of the podcast, this is the last episode of Spotlight hosted by The Indy Corner. As of this coming Monday 25th March, the podcast is moving to its new home as the official podcast of GRAPPL. Follow @GRAPPLApp on Twitter for updates and subscribe to our new feed at http://grappl.podbean.com (RSS: https://grappl.podbean.com/feed.xml). You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JPJipeee) Benno (@BensonRichardE) Joe (@Bushido420) You can follow The Indy Corner: @TheIndyCorner

A shorter (by our standards) episode this week as Joe and JP soldier on while Benno is in training. The lads preview the big EuroWresFest that is wXw 16 Carat Gold 2019 weekend in the Wolverhampton of Germany - Oberhausen! They also discuss Progress Ch.84, RevPro at the Cockpit 39 and MLW Intimidation Games. There is some off topic chat but we are saving ourselves for the live show this Friday as well as the review show. You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JPJipeee) Benno (@BensonRichardE) Joe (@RossKemp)

AEW scoops. Blackpool. Coney Island. M&S Cafe. Emmental and Mushroom. Brit Wres legend Jeff Jarrett. Evans & Houllier. The Perfect 12. Webster's Garage. Paedogeddon. Bravo. Eurosport. Laid Bare. Booze Britain. Locomotive Enfield. DSF. FHM. Great Escapes. Luchariffic 2003. Redchurch. Joe's Beer Corner. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Planet Bolton. It's another Spotlight with Benno, Joe & JP as the lads talk their big Weekender in Bethnal Green and Blackpool as well as a packed show talking everything they've been watching from OTT to wXw to Bushido, FCP and some talk on this week's round of WWE releases and NXT UK. SHOWNOTES 01:06 Intro/Joe & JP go to Blackpool What We're Watching: 14:10 ROH/NJPW Honor Rising 24:29 WWE Releases/Jeff Jarrett/NXT UK 41:41 Fight Club Pro: Wrestlehouse 1:01:10 Bushido: Way of the Warrior. Bravo TV memories. 1:08:20 wXw Dead End, 16 Carat. 1:17:28 OTT Homecoming 2 Featured Reviews: 1:36:30 Rev Pro/PCW Weekender 1:45:45 High Stakes/State of Rev Pro in 2019 2:21:15 PCW Road To Glory You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JPJipeee) Benno (@BensonRichardE) Joe (@TonyKhan)

This past month, Suit Williams of PWPonderings.Com once again welcomed Indy Corner's Spotlight host Benno to discuss the good, the bad and everything in between in 2018 in Progress Wrestling, going through all of the major events and stories month by month in this mammoth 3 hour plus podcast. You can follow Suit, @SuitWilliams on Twitter and PW Ponderings, @PWPonderings. Follow Benno on Twitter @BensonRichardE and follow the Indy Corner @TheIndyCorner.

Blackpool. 18-30 Holidays. Expats. Dave Batista. Tony Cottee. Paddy Kirk. Bearwolf. Byker Grove. The Legend Of Doom. TK O'Ryan. Brock Lesnar at Craven Cottage. Big Tone. Dave Meltzer's finger. Michelle Fowler. Hugh G Rection. No Limit Soliders. Winston. Actual Dog Poo. Gedo Wenger. Jay White. All this plus talk on OTT, Rev Pro, PCW, All Elite, NJPW, ROH, Progress' Top 10 matches of the Year and much more. It's another Spotlight with Benno, Joe and JP. SHOWNOTES 0:40 PCW Road To Glory, Final Score, Bearwolf. 19:15 AEW sign Jimmy Havoc, Omega. Royal Albert Hall rumours. ROH. 38:20 Jay White IWGP Champion. MLW, Impact. 01:07:30 Progress Top 10 Matches Of The Year on Grappl 1:23:35 OTT Devlin/Starr build. Live In Belfast. 1:43:15 Rev Pro Cockpit, High Stakes The Indy Corner is sponsored by Mecha Shotei. Get pins and shirts featuring your favourite indie and Japanese wrestlers" . https://mechashotei.bigcartel.com For 10% off all items use code: Indycorner You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JPJipeee) Benno (@BensonRichardE) Joe (@JayWhiteNZ) You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

Well'ard goes back to the vets. A bidding war for Bea Priestly. Brendan Gleeson. Peter Crouch. Peter Reid. Geezer Sports. Geezer Hats. Amsterdam. Scorcese. Brian De Palma on cocaine. Andy Hessenthaler. The Great Muta. Jeffrey Jarrett. Shane Inoki. Kazaa. Rich Tea. Jammie Dodger. Imitation Chipsticks. Jack Duckworth. The Austrian Anomaly. Liverpool vs Oxford. The Nasty Boys. Mario Gotze. Brexit Heat. The Real-Life Frank Butcher. Football Factories. All this, plus thoughts on how the Euro promotions faired in the Voices Of Wrestling Match Of Year balloting and talk on everything we've been watching from Rev Pro and Progress to Royal Rumble weekend, NXT UK, OTT, WrestlePro, New Japan and more. It's an all new Spotlight with Benno, Joe and JP. 01:50 Intro 19:40 Rumble weekend highlights. Ambrose/KENTA as indie free agents. 59:58 European nominations in Voices Of Wrestling Match Of The Year balloting. 1:15:46 WrestlePro UK, Billington Bulldogs, NXT UK 1:41:00 OTT Contenders, RPW in Guilford, New Japan. 2:05:05 Progress, Wrestlegate. Read the Voices of Wrestling 2018 Match Of The Year countdown here: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2019/02/01/vow-2018-match-of-the-year-10-1/ You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JPJipeee) Benno (@BensonRichardE) Joe (@KidSWOL) You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

Winter Bugs. Vegan sausage rolls. Burger King & Pensioners. Joe's Birthday. Mount Rushmore. Chris Jericho in Southampton. Tony Khan playing EWR. Richard Keys. Ryan Babel. 2013 QPR. Tony Cascarino. Shit wrestling chants. Purple Aki. All this, plus plenty of asides on NJPW post-WrestleKingdom, NXT UK Takeover, the excellent Nigel McGuinness documentary, Defiant, Progress and the controversial PAC-ZSJ match from RevPro. It's an all new Spotlight with Benno, Joe and JP! SHOWNOTES: 01:00 Intro 08:57 Wrestle Kingdom, Kenny Omega & Chris Jericho thoughts 44:30 Tony Khan, AEW/ROH 1:02:25 NXT UK Takeover 1:22:30 Nigel McGuinness Documentary 1:39:30 Defiant 1:45:40 RevPro Weekender 2:06:07 Progress Unboxing You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JPJipeee) Benno (@BensonRichardE) Joe (@Joe_Coffey) You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

Non-Progress Commitments. Winter Pimms. nWo Wolvespack. Nike Air Max. War Games in the East End. JC Ice & Wolfie D. Tony Stamp & Dave Quinan. Bergerac. Football Rounders. Knick Knock. Zack Dingle. Hod Carriers. Jim. John. Glen. Crimewatch. Grab a beer and bring in the new year with @TheIndyCorner Spotlight with Benno, Joe & JP as we #AskRevJoe and answer your questions in a mammoth Q&A edition of the podcast! http://www.theindycorner.com/podcast/spotlight-askrevjoe/ You can subscribe on Itunes or add the following url to your podcast app of choice. Alternatively, search "The Indy Corner" in any podcast app. http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:282881180/sounds.rss You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JimSmallman) Benno (@BriloTweet) Joe (@Glen_Joseph) You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@ThisIs_Progress)

This week, world's collided as Spotlight's Joe and JP joined Benno on POST Wrestling's British Wrestling Experience alongside Martin Bushby and Oli Court to talk all the best of British and European wrestling in 2018. Here for your convenience, is the extended version of that podcast as the guys talk all their highlights from the year with categories including Breakthrough Star, Import, Show and Promotion Of The Year and also take voicemails from friends of both networks, giving their picks for the big categories, Match and Wrestler Of The Year. Finally, in this extended version of the podcast, the guys talk what they didn't like too much this year with votes for the “Get In The Bin” awards (2:47:40) and play some Likely/Unlikely(3:01:03) looking at potential scenarios for 2019. Image Courtesy: Wai Ting, OTT Wrestling, Shaun Ryan.

Aldi. Kwik Save. Supermarket Sweep. Raoul Moat. Jeff Jarrett. Steven Avery. Battlebowl. Matthew McConaughey. The Aces & Eights. Richie Aprile, Dynamite Kid. Trevor Morgan. Alfie Moon. All this, plus reviews of Progress, Fighting Spirit, ICW and some ROH and New Japan talk. It's an all new Spotlight with Benno, Joe and JP! SHOWNOTES: SHOWNOTES: 00:30 Intro 07:08 Dynamite Kid 19:00 Ospreay in New Japan/Wrestle Kingdom thoughts 47:30 ROH Final Battle 57:49 ICW Fear & Loathing 1:14:47 Fighting Spirit Wrestling 1:27:22 Progress Chapter 80 You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JPJipeee) Benno (@BensonRichardE) Joe (@BriloTweet) You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

Benno, Joe and JP are back with another Spotlight to follow up their discussion from last week on NXT UK and talk everything they’ve been watching with wide ranging off topic chat from Impact, New Japan and the state of the US indies, to live reports from Fight Club Pro Schadenfreude, Rev Pro Live at the Cockpit 35 and TNT Cold Day In Hell, as well as thoughts from Progress Chapter 79 on VOD! SHOWNOTES: Off Topic/News & Notes: 03:50 Intro 14:10 The US indies arms race (Misc ROH, MLW, Evolve, Impact, ROH, All Elite, Creed 2 chat) Roundtable Discussion: 43:30 NXT UK Revisited What We’ve Been Watching: 1:05:23 TNT Extreme Wrestling 1:16:50 Fight Club Pro: Schadenfreude 1:48:50 Rev Pro Live at the Cockpit 35 2:07:20 Progress Chapter 79 You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JPJipeee) Benno (@BensonRichardE) Joe (@Glen_Joseph) You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

JP returns to join Benno and Joe as they talk everything they've been watching since the last show from Progress, Rev Pro, Kamikaze Pro, NXT UK and lots of off topic chat in between from Gage vs Arquette to Bryan vs Lesnar, to a live spoiler game as Progress Chapter 79 tapes while we record (see timestamps below). The guys also talk in detail the breaking news of Walter signing with WWE and the latest NXT UK contract rumours with a roundtable discussion on it's impact on the Brit Wres scene and the wider issues of over-saturation in the UK. SHOWNOTES Off Topic/News & Notes: 05:15 NJPW Tag League 07:35 Arquette vs Gage 13:53 Bryan vs Lesnar 17:25 All Elite Wrestling What We've Been Watching: 26:30 Kamikaze Pro 33:45 Rev Pro Uprising 59:05 Progress Chapter 78 1:20:46 SPOILERS Progress Chapter 79 Roundtable Discussion: 1:31:50 NXT UK, Exclusive Contracts and Brit Wres Saturation. You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JPJipeee) Benno (@BensonRichardE) Joe (@Davejone) You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

In this episode of Spotlight Benno and Joe hold down the fort without JP and talk a whole manner of subjects from Progress Wrestling to Jose Lethario. The guys begin the show talking what they've been watching with Joe's trip to the Cockpit for Rev Pro and Benno's trips to see some local wrestling in the North West with Grand Pro and This Is Wrestling, as well as some off topic chat on NJPW, Crown Jewel and a detailed discussion on the comparisons between Evolve's WWE relationship compared to Progress and wXw. SHOWNOTES: What We've Been Watching/News and Notes: 2:22 Crown Jewel/Evolution 14:02 Joe's take on Dragunov/Gunns from wXw 17:22 NJPW Power Struggle 29:04 Jose Lothario 32:24 Grand Pro Wrestling 40:31 This Is Wrestling 46:37 Welsh Wrestling 49:37 Rev Pro Live At The Cockpit/Uprising Preview 1:12:27 NXT UK/Rev Pro TV Discussion Topic/Featured Review 1:26:04 WWEvolve 1:39:51 Progress Chapter 77 You can subscribe on Itunes here or add the following url to your podcast app of choice. Alternatively, search "The Indy Corner" in any podcast app. http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:282881180/sounds.rss You can find the hosts on Twitter: Benno (@BensonRichardE) JP (@JPJipeee) You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

The lads are back with another episode of the Indy Corner's Spotlight pod. In hour one, hosts Benno, Joe & JP talk everything they've been watching & the news stories that have been catching their eye since the last show with discussion topics ranging from Walter vs Ospreay from OTT, IPWUK inexplicably travelling out for Wrestlemania Weekend, a possible NXT Germany & some off topic talk on Bound For Glory and WWE's Saudi Arabia woes. In hour two, the guys debate the winner of week one of Brit Wres new "TV" war of NXT UK versus Rev Pro on Freesports and give their in depth thoughts on Rev Pro's Global Wars from last weekend that Joe attended live. SHOWNOTES: Newsnotes/What We've Been Watching: 02:00 WWE in Saudi Arabia 14:00 Impact Bound For Glory 26:25 NXT Germany 31:35 OTT Walter vs Ospreay. 49:00 WrestleMania Weekend Roundtable Discussion: 58:00 Rev Pro on Freesports vs NXT UK Featured Review: 1:24:20 RPW Global Wars You can subscribe on Itunes here or add the following url to your podcast app of choice. Alternatively, search "The Indy Corner" in any podcast app. http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:282881180/sounds.rss You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JPJipeee) Benno (@BensonRichardE) You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

Joe is back with Benno and JP, as the guys review Progress Wrestling's "Hello Wembley" and talk the good, the bad & the indifferent of the company's biggest ever show. Before that, in hour one, the guys talk what they've been watching with a cavalcade of wrestling and non-wrestling subjects, from Rev Pro Live at the Cockpit and Global Wars, to Fight Club Pro's upcoming shows and tangents to New Japan, WWE, Connor McGregor, Eastenders, DDP Yoga, Meat vending machines and more! SHOWNOTES: What We've Been Watching (01:50) Progress Hello Wembley (01:05:20) You can subscribe on Itunes or search "The Indy Corner" in any podcast app. You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JPJipeee) Benno (@BensonRichardE) You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

Spotlight Special: wXw World Tag League Oberhausen Weekender In a special episode of Spotlight, JP and Benno talk their trip this past weekend to the wrestling mecca of Oberhausen, going through their weekend in Germany starting at Thursday's Inner Circle event, the three days at Tag League and everything in between from the #OberhausenOpen to the Saturday afterparty. Come for the talk of incredible matches and atmospheres, stay for the stories of lads travel woes and tips of what not to do abroad. Photo Credit: @GDPhotographyDE https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdphotographyde You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JPJipeee) Benno (@BensonRichardE) You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

Spotlight: The Road To Wembley **Note: Progress talk begins at 52:00** It's a tangent heavy and Progress Wrestling heavy edition of Spotlight, as hosts Benno, Joe and JP talk everything Progress leading into their biggest ever show at Wembley this weekend, with talk of the go-home show Chapter 75 and a breakdown of all the key matches coming up on Sunday. Before that, the guys talk everything they've been watching in both Brit Wres and abroad with some off topic discussion of the big New Japan Jay White angle, WxW World Tag League, Wrestle Island, Fight Club Pro, MLW War Games, early 90's WCW, OTT and all kinds in between. SHOWNOTES: 00:34 Intro/What We've Been Watching: Tangent Edition. 00:52:00 Progress Hello Wembley full preview, Chapter 75 thoughts, Progress business chat and more. You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JPJipeee) Benno (@BensonRichardE) Joe (@MattyEdwards86) You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

This past weekend, Joe, JP and Benno attended the first ever Wrestling MediaCon at Bowlers Exhibition Centre just outside of Manchester. The guys give their full thoughts on the weekend as a whole with talk of the Impact vs The UK live show, the Rev Pro British J Cup and all the other live events happening over the two days. JP also fills us in on the goings on of the Rev Pro TV Tapings at York Hall, with some minor spoilers contained. SHOWNOTES 00:47 Intro 10:30 Rev Pro TV Tapings 20:04 Wrestling MediaCon 58:10 British J Cup and Impact vs The UK Live at MediaCon You can find the hosts on Twitter: JP (@JPJipeee) Benno (@BensonRichardE) Joe (@Colin_Rice) You can also find The Indy Corner on Twitter (@TheIndyCorner)

A special interview with one of the folks behind this weekend's WRESTLING MEDIACON Paul Benson (@BensonLives). We discuss what events are taking place, some of the special guests and even delve into a bit of nostalgia about this great sport of professional wrestling For further information on the event visit https://wrestlingmediacon.com/ To purchase tickets visit https://wrestlingmediacon.com/buy-tickets Listen to all of our podcasts on the website or via iTunes, links below: Website: http://www.theindycorner.com/category/podcast/ ITunes: https://apple.co/2wM1Ivw For articles, reviews and podcasts, please visit theindycorner.com Follow the hosts at: JP - @JpJipeee Benno - @Bensonricharde Joe - @SamLemon90