WrestleZone released the latest episode of our signature daily pro wrestling news podcast, WZ Daily, earlier this morning. It features Sports Illustrated’s Justin Barrasso as his co-host.
You can find some of Justin’s comments regarding the cancellation of Talking Smack transcribed below.
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JB: Vince is an irregular presence at Smackdown, I have confirmed that he is, and he’s got Stephanie on RAW and he’s got his son Shane on Smackdown. I can’t get confirmation if Shane is just talent or Shane is office and talent. I truly believe that Shane is back in the office and he is the one who is overseeing Smackdown. I just haven’t gotten that confirmed but I think that’s an even bigger story than the cancellation of Talking Smack.
The WZ Daily is released Monday-Friday around Noon EST on Eric Bischoff’s IRWNetwork.com!
Today’s episode of WZ Daily is hosted by Nick Hausman and features Sports Illustrated’s Justin Barrasso as his co-host.
The pro wrestling news topics from the last twenty-four hours that Nick & Justin discuss include:
- Kurt Angle’s big reveal on RAW
- More fallout from WWE removing Talking Smack from it’s WWE Network schedule
- Rey Mysterio negotiating with GFW and WWE
- GFW announcing a talent exchange with NOAH
- CM Punk’s latest statements on his WWE and UFC future
Today’s episode also features an exclusive Spotlight Interview with NJPW’s Director of United States Operations George Carroll. Some of the topics of conversation include:
- The success of their G-1 shows in Long Beach
- What NJPW’s biggest hurdle is in breaking in to the American market
- NJPW’s plans to open offices and a dojo in Los Angeles
- NJPW’s plans to being touring in the United States in 2018
- Whether NJPW views itself as competition to WWE
- How Japanese wrestling fans affected the American wrestling fans in Long Beach
- George’s personal history with pro wrestling and NJPW
- More…
You can listen to the latest episode of Bischoff on Wrestling in the embedded audio player below:
