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The Last Seat in the House

This is a pro-wrestling podcast with a focus on context and history. Kwizzlez is a wrestling enthusiast, who has enjoyed the artform for many years, travelling to shows both at home in Melbourne, and abroad in Japan. This show will feature both documentary and discussion-based content, that seeks to celebrate and bring positive energy to the fascinating world of wrestling and its fans. Enjoy this podcast on your walks, rides and drives, we'll keep you entertained, and won't keep you too long.

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Episodes (5)

Last Seat Radio: Around The Wrld In 80 Matches (9-12)

Welcome back to Last Seat Radio, an extension of the Last Seat in the House series. Last Seat host Kwizzlez is joined again by fellow wrestling enthusiast and co-host Sean, to present our flagship show 'Around the WRLD in 80 matches.' Here, we take a look at matches 9-12 in the series.

In this episode we cover:

1. Katsuyori Shibata vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014 (01:49)

2. RVD vs John Cena - ECW One Night Stand 2006 (19:25)

3. Hangman Page vs Swerve Strickland - AEW Full Gear 2023 (38:11)

4. Kenny Omega vs Kazuchika Okada - NJPW Dominion 2018 (01:01:19)

Music by StreamBeats

The Last Seat in the House

enDecember 23, 2023

Last Seat Radio: Around The Wrld In 80 Matches (5-8)

Welcome back to Last Seat Radio, an extension of the Last Seat in the House series. Last Seat host Kwizzlez is joined again by fellow wrestling enthusiast and co-host Sean, to present our flagship show 'Around the WRLD in 80 matches'. Here, we take a look at matches 5-8 in the series.

In this episode we cover:

1. Kota Ibushi vs Kenny Omega - Hardcore Rules Best Two Out Of Three Falls | DDT Kota Ibushi Production Beer Garden Pro Wrestling (01:00)

2. KENTA vs Bryan Danielson - ROH World Championship | ROH Glory by Honor V Night 2 (18:04)

3. Io Shirai vs Kairi Hojo - World of Stardom Championship | Stardom the Highest 2017 (30:14)

4. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Misterio Jr. - Title Vs. Mask, WCW Cruiserweight Championship | WCW Halloween Havoc 1997 (52:36)

Music by StreamBeats

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The Last Seat in the House

enDecember 04, 2023

Last Seat Radio: Around the Wrld in 80 Matches (1-4)

Welcome to Last Seat Radio, an extension of the Last Seat in the House series. Last Seat host Kwizzlez is joined by fellow wrestling enthusiast and co-host Sean, to present our flagship show 'Around the WRLD in 80 matches'.

It's positive vibes only on this show, as we run through 80 exciting matches across the wrestling world. In this episode we cover:

1. Psicosis vs AJ Styles vs Jerry Lynn vs Low Ki | NWA TNA #2 (02:52)

2. Kurt Angle vs The Rock vs The Undertaker | WWE Vengeance 2002 (20:14)

3. Jun Kasai vs El Desperado | JTO Takataichidespemania (33:23)

4. Young Bucks vs Lucha Brothers | AEW All Out 2021 (57:41)

Music by StreamBeats

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The Last Seat in the House

enNovember 23, 2023

Episode 2: Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong (Ballad of fallen angels)

The Last Seat in the House episode 2 focuses on Manami Toyota and Aja Kong's incredible match from All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling's 1994 spectacle the 'Big Egg Wrestling Universe' in the Tokyo Dome.

We take a deep-dive into the history of women's pro wrestling in Japan, its popularity among tape-traders in the 90's and more.

Guests for this episode include veteran journalist & historian Fumi Saito and prolific collector Roy Lucier.

Relive Kong & Toyota's incredible rivarly, complete with archival sound in this immersive audio documentary.

Audio credit:

AJW, Assignment Asia: No Holds Barred, GAEA Girls, 52' sur la Une: Catch feminin au japon, Japanese Women's Pro-Wrestling - The Birth, KATU in the archives, Mildred Burke VS Mae Weston 1950s.

Music by Epidemic Sound.

Resources:

"Wrestling Observer Newsletter" by Dave Meltzer

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Follow Roy Lucier on X @roylucier

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The Last Seat in the House

enSeptember 14, 2023

Episode 1: Onita vs Funk (After Hanabi)

This first episode of The Last Seat in the House is an audio documentary that explores the iconic exploding barbed-wire deathmatch between Atsushi Onita and Terry Funk, and its place in pro wrestling history.

Relive and experience this prolific deathmatch, with archival sound from throughout both competitor's careers.

Full match:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doSM6OIRXME

Audio credit:

FMW, AEW, GCW, AJPW.

John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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"Card Subject to Change" by Tim Disbrow

Resources:

"FMW World" by BAHU

"Wrestling Observer Newsletter" by Dave Meltzer

"The Inside Story of Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling..." by Damian Abraham

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