Well that's my birthday evening sorted out... How many craft beers can I drink in four hours...

Welcome @ianwrestling.com and Euro Clutch to the VOW Podcast Network! Euro Clutch examines the world of European wrestling covering wXw, Rev Pro, Pro Wrestling EVE, PROGRESS, along with some promotions you may not be so in touch with! redcircle.com/shows/8a289a...

Alright, so we are slowly getting back online at backbodydrop.com - the pesky "insecure connection" warnings are a thing of the past thanks to our new hosts. We're aware of issues with missing site images - which we're slowly working on as the migration continues!

Available now on Spotify and all podcast apps... #AufDieFresse featuring @mikekilby.bsky.social and @ianwrestling.com talking wXw's shows in Dresden, Leipzig and Frankfurt, featuring Manders' title win... and chat about Mania weekend appearances. open.spotify.com/episode/2wGY...

Looks like we're going solar...

First good weather weekend of the year so of course we took the doggo out...

Just heard Chasyn Rance was arrested today for violating terms of his sex offender registration. Specifically, the Orange County Jail website says he failed tor report changes in vehicle ownership, failed to report an “internet ID, web page, or app name” 2x, and provided false registration info 3x.

Roll away with Axyz, a perspective-shifting puzzle game now available on Steam for Windows, Mac and Linux. 📼🌴 Launching with a 15% discount and fully playable on Steam Deck! store.steampowered.com/app/2850490/...

wXw 16 Carat Gold 2025 - Night Three (March 09, 2025) recap - #wXw16Carat - It all comes down to this as the 16 Carat Gold finals determined both this year's tournament winner… and Elijah Blum's upcoming title match opponent.

wXw We Love Wrestling #65 (March 09, 2025) recap - #wXw16Carat - The final day of Carat weekend kicked off with a We Love Wrestling taping, featuring Joseph Fenech Jr.’s first defence of the Shotgun title.

wXw 16 Carat Gold 2025 - Night Two (March 08, 2025) recap - #wXw16Carat - We’ve got all four quarter-finals on top as “Championship Saturday” of Carat weekend was topped off with a TLC match for Young Blood’s tag titles.

wXw AMBITION 16 (March 08, 2025) recap - #wXw16Carat - It’s all about the Cowboy and the Astronauts as Thomas Shire looked to go all the way, while the Fighting Detectives took to the mat for the main event.

wXw Shotgun Bonanza (March 08, 2025) recap - #wXw16Carat - Anita Vaughan’s got to run the gauntlet as her Shotgun title was on the line in the inaugural Shotgun Bonanza match.

wXw 16 Carat Gold 2025 - Night One (March 07, 2025) recap - #wXw16Carat - Freitag war Carat, and so begins our look back at this past weekend’s festivities in Oberhausen!

wXw Inner Circle 17 (March 06, 2025) recap - #wXw16Carat - The night before Carat saw another packed crowd at the wXw Academy - and something extra special in the main event!

It's a second episode #AufDieFresse in 24 hours - this time @ianwrestling.com and @mikekilby.bsky.social return to discuss this weekend's 16 Carat Gold - with every announced match (so far) for Oberhausen! Available on Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts! open.spotify.com/episode/6MwF...

Out now - @ianwrestling.com and @mikekilby.bsky.social dropped the first of two new episodes of #AufDieFresse this week - this one looking back at Dead End from Hamburg, and a few tidbits for the year ahead. Available on Spotify, or find links to stream the show at backbodydrop.com/blog/feature...

"If you don't have a desire to see violence, why are you watching professional wrestling?" - @lordgideongrey.bsky.social Someone ought to stick that on a shirt...

Yay for signal failure on the way home from the wrestling...

Revolution Pro Wrestling Live in Sheffield (February 23, 2025) Some of the names gunning for Michael Oku lined up with him and against him in Sheffield as we continued to head towards Epic Encounter.

wXw Dead End 2025 (February 22, 2025) recap - #wXwDeadEnd - It’s the last stop before 16 Carat Gold - and Young Blood have to deal with the Big Bucks’ challenge in order to take their titles into Carat weekend.

Watching on TV, the atmosphere at this Sunderland game is downright eerie. Feels like everyone is on tenterhooks, with Pattos howler not helping at all. #safc

It's the weirdest hill to die on, but I have a feeling that that Palace duo is gonna be what eases me out the door...

The scene's gotten a lot of new fans in the last 5-10 years... but if you've not read up on recent history, boy howdy you're going to see a repeat of it very soon.

A loss to the leaders not unexpected, but I do wonder if Browne and Mundle were fit. Serious questions about running the same 11 into the ground with this run of games #safc

WILS-ON OFF THE POST!

One thing I never wanted to be was "a name", but it's a hell of a kick in the balls to be doing something for the thick end of 20 years and feel so goddamned anonymous.

There's a lot to be said for recognising when the writing's on the wall and to just go with the tide.

Stuff I miss from "old wXw"...

Systems owned: ❌Amstrad CPC ❌️ Atari ✅ Spectrum ❌️ Amiga ✅PC ✅NES ✅SNES ✅GB/GBC ✅N64 ❌️GBA ✅GameCube ✅NDS ❌️3DS ✅Wii ✅WiiU ✅Switch ❌Master System ❌Game Gear ❌Mega Drive ❌Mega CD ❌Saturn ❌Dreamcast ✅PS1 ✅PS2 ✅PS3 ✅PS4 ❌️PS5 ❌️PSP ✅PSVita ✅Xbox ✅Xbox 360 ❌Xbox One ✅Xbox X/S I wasn't a SEGA kid...

Scrolling through ads on Instagram and I'm sorry, but since when are WREXHAM a grassroots club?!

The last 48 hours or so have really made me doubt large swathes of the scene. The more things change, the more you realise nothing really changed

#ICYMI - we dropped a new episode of #AufDieFresse last night talking about the breaking news of Peter Tihanyi's injury, the plans that'll need changing for Carat, as well as a look at last weekend's show in Bielefeld. Links to stream at backbodydrop.com/blog/feature...

Four years ago today we adopted this bugger and we've never looked back. Sure she hates other dogs with a passion, and she's prone to snatching stuff on walks that land us with vets bills for pancreatitis... But we'd not change a thing!

New episode of #AufDieFresse with @ianwrestling.com and @mikekilby.bsky.social discussing Peter Tihanyi's injury and the subsequent effects for Carat. Plus a look at the Bielefeld and Mendig shows and other news. Out now on Spotify and all podcast apps! open.spotify.com/episode/1duI...

Wilson! #safc

Enzo le Fee!

I've not been following New Japan closely for a long while, but finally paying off the Goto arc is proof that there is such a thing as a long game - but not everyone can come through the valleys in order to reach the peaks.

Checking my spam folder, there's a bunch of the usual crap, but one stood out. The promise of riches from a fella called Dan Malanko. The Man of 1,000 Scams

Revolution Pro Wrestling Live in Southampton 34 (February 09, 2025) recap - Bizarro world got their reward as David Francisco challenged Michael Oku for the British Heavyweight title here.

wXw We Love Wrestling #64 - Road to 16 Carat Gold 2025 (February 08, 2025) recap - #WeLoveWrestling - The last place in the 16 Carat Gold line-up is up for grabs in front of another sold-out crowd in Bielefeld.

Someone's spiked my pastel de nata - David Francisco won?

Gideon Grey nonchalantly setting off the 8-bit version of Beat It...

"Stephen Wolf is not a furry, we've done the research!" "I bet you have..." Never before has a glare been so audible!

Amira's come on leaps and bounds since her last Rev Pro match - I'd like to see her in the ring more often around here...

Rev Pro are two-for-two in Southampton today with Leon Cage looking great in defeat to RKJ... but bloody hell he's taking a beating.

James Ellis/JJ Gale on today's Rev Pro show was a hell of a match for < 8 minutes... best Ellis has looked in Rev Pro.

If you're not locked in on WWE right now it's really easy to feel a sense of nihility around wrestling these days. WWE just needs to exist to be in the top spot. People invariably ape the leader and if you're not a fan of it, it's eventually going to seep into the indies.

With all the spanking in this Manders/Dullnig match right now, expect this one to pop up on some alternative bootleg comps...

The replay of Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Big Van Walter/Gunther from 2012 that's been replayed during this wXw interval has been glorious. We had it so good...