Days ahead of the 2023 World Tag Team Festival, Ian and Mike return for a bumper episode to look at the upcoming festivities… and a passing look at wXw’s last three shows in Bremen, Hamburg and, err, Newcastle.

Reviews of wXw shows can be found over on backbodydrop.com

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Intro music: Kevin Macleod - Retrofuture Clean

Ian and Mike return for a look at wXw’s Shortcut to the Top, featuring some surprise returns and talk about the eventual winner… where things go from here, and what’s coming up.

Reviews of wXw shows can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Social media? No matter what they’re calling it, we’re on that - it’s @MikeKilby on pretty much everything or @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram/BlueSky/Threads. For the websites, it’s @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads/BlueSky.

Intro music: “Tonight” by NEFFEX

Ian and Mike jump into the middle of the sommerpause for a look at wXw’s trip to Frankfurt - featuring a first win for Michael Oku - while we take a look at August’s Shortcut to the Top and the slew of announcements for wXw in September.

Reviews of wXw shows can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Social media? No matter what they’re calling it, we’re on that - it’s @MikeKilby on pretty much everything, including Threads… or @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram/Threads. For the websites, it’s @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram/Threads.

Intro music: Kevin McLeod - Summon the Rawk

Ian and Mike return for a look at an eventful Drive of Champions, which gave us departures and new champions… we also take a look at the latest names from wXw to make the trip over to Japan, and chat about the Shotgun Backstage Vlog - and other things that could be done with it.

Reviews of wXw shows can be found over on backbodydrop.com

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Intro music: “Barge" by Gunnar Olsen

Ian and Mike are back for a look back on a packed month, featuring four wXw shows - one of which we were able to get to without needing our passports, along with the latest World Tag Team Festival weekender announcements, and some thoughts on the current state of the roster.

Reviews of wXw shows can be found over on backbodydrop.com

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Intro music: “Radiator" by Meizong

Ian and Mike return for a look at True Colors, along with the latest news as GCW and CZW head over to Germany… plus news on the first team announced for World Tag Team Festival, and the latest on the injury bug that’s causing some card changes in the next few weeks.

You can also catch Mike on the Groundhoppers Guide on YouTube over at tinyurl.com/groundhoppersfootball

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Intro music: “Metal Simple Metal" by Teknoaxe

Ian and Mike are back for a show that’s shockingly light on WrestleMania chatter as instead they look over the latest news out of wXw, along with a quick review of the wXw & APC Fight For Paris III card, and We Love Wrestling 43: 16 Carat Gold Revenge in Frankfurt.

You can also catch Mike on the Groundhoppers Guide on YouTube over at tinyurl.com/groundhoppersfootball

Reviews of wXw shows can be found over on backbodydrop.com

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Intro music: “Radiation" by Meizong

The dust is settling from a long weekend in Oberhausen, with over 1100 fans packing the Turbinenhalle for this year’s 16 Carat Gold tournament. Ian and Mike look at (almost) all the shows from the weekend, and pick out our highlights, lowlights, and who to keep an eye on in the future…

You can also catch Mike on the Groundhoppers Guide on YouTube over at tinyurl.com/groundhoppersfootball

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Intro music: “Sirius Beat” by My Story

It’s that time of year... 16 Carat Gold is almost here, and this year its for all the marbles as this year’s Carat is for the title - so will we be getting rice pudding in Oberhausen, or sour milk? Ian and Mike look over the tournament itself, as well as matches for the wXw NOW & Friends Showcase, Ambition, We Love Wrestling and more.

You can also catch Mike on the Groundhoppers Guide on YouTube over at tinyurl.com/groundhoppersfootball

Reviews of wXw shows can be found over on backbodydrop.com

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Intro music: “Carat ist nur einmal im Jahr” by Disko King Franky und die Goldenen Reiter / “Sirius Beat” by My Story

Ian & Mike are back for a look at the final taped show before 16 Carat Gold - and the ballad of Levaniel. Featuring an extra special brain-fart at the end - Inner Circle’s on Thursday 9th March, not the Friday!

You can also catch Mike on the Groundhoppers Guide on YouTube over at tinyurl.com/groundhoppersfootball

Reviews of wXw shows can be found over on backbodydrop.com

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Intro music: Radiation by Meizong

Ian & Mike are on the road to 16 Carat Gold - but first we’ve got to go Back to the Roots for a look at the Käfigschlacht… and the injury to Robert Dreissker. There’s some chatter over the latest names announced for Carat, plus Norman Harras’ big announcement, and more!

You can also catch Mike on the Groundhoppers Guide on YouTube over at tinyurl.com/groundhoppersfootball

Reviews of wXw shows can be found over on backbodydrop.com

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Intro music: Break Me Down by Our Waking Hour

We’re back as Ian and Mike talk about the recent turbulence surrounding wXw’s video library, from the closure of wXw NOW, the re-emergence of wXw NOW on YouTube, and the mooted disappearance of wXw content from the WWE Network and Peacock. We also talk about the recent passing of Jay Briscoe, and of course, chat about all the shows we’ve had to catch up on, from Borken, to the Anniversary, to Dead End… and a joint show with SMASH in Canada that’s worth your time!

You can also catch Mike on the Groundhoppers Guide on YouTube over at tinyurl.com/groundhoppersfootball

Reviews of wXw shows can be found over on backbodydrop.com

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Intro music: Deep Haze (edit) by Kevin MacLeod

With wXw NOW on ice over the holidays, Ian and Mike take a look at how the first full year of touring for wXw since the pandemic has gone…

Note: there's some chatter and speculation over the wXw NOW 2.0 platform, but that's all that'll be since wXw announced they were cancelling all agreements with Vimeo (translated from https://www.wxw-wrestling.com/pages/posts/wXwNOW-2-0-wird-nicht-ueber-Vimeo-launchen-8777.php)

You can also catch Mike on the Groundhoppers Guide on YouTube over at tinyurl.com/groundhoppersfootball

Reviews of wXw shows can be found over on backbodydrop.com

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Intro music: What You Want by Kevin MacLeod

Ian and Mike drop by for our latest catch-up of all things wXw, including the splitting of former tag team champions, the controversy around the upcoming anniversary show, Ender Kara, and the arrival of more names familiar in the UK to wXw.

You can also catch Mike on the Groundhoppers Guide on YouTube over at tinyurl.com/groundhoppersfootball

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Intro music: This Ain't The End of Me by White Comic

Ian and Mike are back to catch up on October’s pair of We Love Wrestling shows from Bielefeld and Dresden. Who’s won us over so much that their return next year is going to be eagerly anticipated? What’s apparently obvious but also going to be a surprise? And what are we looking forward to next May?

You can also catch Mike on the Groundhoppers Guide on YouTube over at tinyurl.com/groundhoppersfootball

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Intro music: Not Your Enemy by megaphone

Ian and Mike are back for a look at all the goings on at World Tag Team Festival weekend in Oberhausen, from the Inner Circle at its new home in Gelsenkirchen, through to all six festival shows that featured the crowning of new champions. We’ve even got some chatter about wXw’s debut in Austria in September as well…

You can also catch Mike on the Groundhoppers Guide on YouTube over at tinyurl.com/groundhoppersfootball

Reviews of wXw shows can be found over on backbodydrop.com

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Intro music: RetroFuture Dirty by Kevin MacLeod

Ian and Mike return to take a look at the return of the World Tag Team Festival… what’s happening, who’s going and who’s got a shot of winning it all?

You can also catch Mike on the Groundhoppers Guide on YouTube over at tinyurl.com/groundhoppersfootball

Reviews of wXw shows can be found over on backbodydrop.com

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Intro music: RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod

Ian and Mike return for our first retro show, looking back at Fan Apprecation Night from Hamburg in August 2015, as well as a quick peek at the first Fight Forever show from the Gelsenkirchen academy... and some quick NXT UK/Europe chatter too.

You can also catch Mike on the Groundhoppers Guide on YouTube over at tinyurl.com/groundhoppersfootball

Review: backbodydrop.com

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Intro music: Urban Street Speak by Teknoaxe

Ian and Mike return for a quick look at Shortcut to the Top, and the announcements coming out of it… and what those all mean for World Tag Team Festival weekend.

You can also catch Mike on the Groundhoppers Guide on YouTube over at tinyurl.com/groundhoppersfootball

Review: backbodydrop.com

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Intro music: Dangerous Waves by Kevin MacLeod

Ian and Mike are back to take a look at the continued fallout from Broken Rules and last month’s Dead End. We also chat about the Academy's new home, Fight Forever, general touring woes, tag team nitpicks and of course, a brief look forward to this weekend's Shortcut to The Top.

You can also catch Mike on the Groundhoppers Guide on YouTube over at tinyurl.com/groundhoppersfootball

Review: backbodydrop.com

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Intro music: Tonight by NEFFEX (edited)