Kenny Omega (Part 2)

This week on The Patron Saints of Sick Sons of Bitches, Orchid and Colette go deep into three years of Kenny Omega’s career, his 2016-2019 run as a heavyweight in New Japan Pro Wrestling! Orchid joked that Omega would be a three-parter, and boy was she right! Beginning with the night he took control of […]

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Kenny Omega (Part 1)

This week on the Patron Saints of Sick Sons of Bitches, Orchid and Colette cover the enigmatic, sensational, and often unnecessarily controversial career of Kenny Omega! It’s the first time The Wheel has landed on a name submitted by Orchid, and boy is she anxious about it! We cover his fascinating journey to Japan’s DDT […]

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Markio Yoshida

This week on the Patron Saints of Sick Sons of Bitches, Orchid and Colette cover the career of late-90s joshi sensation Mariko Yoshida. It’s the first time a listener-submitted name has come down from The Wheel, and what a ride it is. From her origins as a midcard worker in All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling to […]

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Sara Del Rey

This week, Orchid and Colette get emotional about Sara Del Rey. The once and forever Queen of Wrestling changed the landscape for women’s professional wrestling in the United States through her work in SHIMMER, CHIKARA, Ring of Honor, and other independent wrestling promotions before signing to WWE as a trainer in 2012, a position she […]

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Megumi Kudo

This week, Orchid and Colette discuss the career of deathmatch trailblazer Megumi Kudo! After washing out of the biggest women’s wrestling promotion in history, Kudo returned to wrestling to anchor the women’s division of Atsushi Onita’s FMW, where she became an icon, putting together a resume of classic wrestling matches and unbelievable death match spectacles. […]

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Death Valley Days: Road Report Is The Antidote To American Wrestling’s Maximalism Problem

One of my greatest talents is confusing Wrestling Observer subscribers. I’m in an invite-only online space with many WON/R readers and listeners that formed because the quality of conversation on The Board~! and the podcasts have been steadily declining for years. I consider these men—thoughtful, considerate, kind men—to be my friends. Most are AEW viewers, […]

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