About this episode

Steven and Jeremy preview the G1 Climax semifinals and discuss various wrestlers' performances and careers.

This week, Steven and Jeremy looked at the end of block play in the G1 Climax tournament. They previewed the semifinals, speculating on Yota Tsuji's chances of winning as the champion and assessing whether Ryohei Oiwa, Callum Newman or Yuya Uemura would be a better choice. Plus, who was helped and who was hurt by the tournament. Steven also looked at Hiroyoshi Tenzan's career on top as his retirement approaches, and he also looked at whether he should get his head examined over the name of a wrestling move (probably).

People in this episode

Hosts: Steven Conway, Jeremy Finestone

Topics covered

• G1 Climax
• wrestling analysis
• semifinals preview
• career retrospective
• Mandela Effect

Keywords

• G1 Climax
• Yota Tsuji
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan
• wrestling tournament
• semifinals

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