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Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
Jessie, Rachel, and first-time Talking Triple Crown guest Deswarey break down All Japan's Champion Carnival and walk through the best matches and moments of the tournament, plus a full review of May 7th's Ota Ward show. They also discuss some big match announcements coming up for the promotion, a round of news, and Carnival-inspired match recommendations. Please note, this episode was recorded on Tuesday, May 9th before the announcement Shotaro Ashino had broken his arm and would no longer be competing for the Triple Crown on May 29th.
Find TTC's recommended matches on our blog. Support Joe Doering in his battle against cancer by making a gift to his gofundme.
Follow Deswarey on Twitter @Deswarey.
Follow Jessie at @royalroad72 or @SisterJessiee for more All Japan news.
Follow Rachel & Alicia at @kickout299, email us with questions and feedback for TCC or otherwise at kickoutat299@gmail.com. Support out work with a gift on ko-fi.
A special thank you to Celia for all of our amazing Talking Triple Crown graphics!
As always, please rate and follow/subscribe on your platform of choice. Thank you so much for your support!
Theme song credit: Combustible Sushi written and performed by Don Shenenberger, ASCAP, Cabin Hill Media, LLC.
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
This week, we are bringing you the third installment of our Rivals Series - All Japan Pro Wrestling's NEXTREAM. In part 1, we will cover the storied rivalry of Kento Miyahara and Jake Lee and in part 2, we will pick up with Kento's relationships with Yuma Aoyagi and Naoya Nomura. Throughout, we will discuss Kento's careful use of language to build three distinct generational rivals.
Please consider making a gift to our ko-fi to help support our work. For your professional translation needs, we highly recommend Kana. Our friend @Deswarey put together a playlist of all available matches in Jake and Kento's rivalry, which you can check out here. An extensive list of works cited for this episode will be available on our blog.
Follow us at @kickout299 on Twitter, email us with questions and feedback at kickoutat299@gmail.com, and check out our blog at kickout299.wordpress.com. As always, please rate and follow/subscribe to us on Spotify, Apple, or your preferred podcast platform. Thank you so much for your support!
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
This week, we are bringing you a book release party to celebrate our wonderful friend Sarah Kurchak's sophomore effort, Work It Out: A Mood-Boosting Exercise Guide for People Who Just Want to Lie Down out April 18th via Quirk Books. Sarah shares with us what inspired her to write Work It Out and how this book can help people incorporate exercise into their routines realistically. We also talk about Daisuke Sasaki and DDT.
Follow Sarah on Twitter at @fodderfigure. Pre-order Work It Out: A Mood-Boosting Exercise Guide for People Who Just Want to Lie Down due out April 2023 here. Buy her book I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir here.
Consider making a gift to our ko-fi to help support our work.
Follow us at @kickout299 on Twitter, email us with questions and feedback at kickoutat299@gmail.com, and check out our blog at kickout299.wordpress.com. As always, please rate and follow/subscribe to us on Spotify, Apple, or your preferred podcast platform. Thank you so much for your support!
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Join Jessie, Alicia, and our guest Smiley as we discuss All Japan's Dream Power Series throughout the month of March. Highlights include the big Ota Ward show, where we've landed with Kento Miyahara and Noah's Masa Kitamiya, and a preview of what's to come in April with Champion Carnival.
Find TTC's recommended matches on our blog. Support Joe Doering in his battle against cancer by making a gift to his gofundme.
Follow Smiley at his new twitter account @Smiley_1933.
Follow Jessie at @royalroad72 or @SisterJessiee for more All Japan news.
Follow Rachel & Alicia at @kickout299, email us with questions and feedback for TCC or otherwise at kickoutat299@gmail.com. Support out work with a gift on ko-fi.
Special thanks to Celia for all of our amazing Talking Triple Crown graphics!
As always, please rate and follow/subscribe on your platform of choice. Thank you so much for your support!
Theme song credit: Combustible Sushi written and performed by Don Shenenberger, ASCAP, Cabin Hill Media, LLC.
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
This week, we bring you an episode all about Stardom's storytelling style with Dana, a passionate Stardom fan well known for her translation work and coverage of the promotion. We also discuss how this storytelling style compares to other puroresu promotions and how English-speaking fans interact with them.
You can follow Dana on Twitter @ItsDanaNow, visit her Stardom blog, and check out her tumblr pages: Dana's Stardom tumblr and her personal tumblr. You can also send her a gift via her Ko-fi to support her excellent translation work.
A transcription of this episode is available via our blog.
Consider making a gift to our ko-fi to help support our work.
Follow us at @kickout299 on Twitter, email us with questions and feedback at kickoutat299@gmail.com, and check out our blog at kickout299.wordpress.com. As always, please rate and follow/subscribe to us on Spotify, Apple, or your preferred podcast platform. Thank you so much for your support!
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Friday Mar 03, 2023
TTC is back with coverage of All Japan's February tour, Excite Series, plus a conversation around AJPW's match at the Tokyo Dome against NOAH for Keiji Muto's Last Love Hold Out. We talk about the very best matches and moments of the month and where we think All Japan is headed next during what promises to be an exciting year.
Find TTC's recommended matches on our blog. Support Joe Doering in his battle against cancer by making a gift to his gofundme.
Follow Jessie at @royalroad72 or @SisterJessiee for more All Japan news.
Follow Rachel & Alicia at @kickout299, email us with questions and feedback for TCC or otherwise at kickoutat299@gmail.com. Support out work with a gift on ko-fi.
Special thanks to Celia for all of our amazing Talking Triple Crown graphics!
As always, please rate and follow/subscribe on your platform of choice. Thank you so much for your support!
Theme song credit: Combustible Sushi written and performed by Don Shenenberger, ASCAP, Cabin Hill Media, LLC.
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Today, we are bringing you a very special episode: a review, or "companion piece", to Keiji Muto's Last Love Hold Out, a retirement spectacle that saw many, as Katsuhiko Nakajima put it, "endings, beginnings, and reunions". Captain Lou and Justin Knipper joined us for a match-by-match discussion on our favorite moments and storylines from the show, and what we hope to see for the future as wrestling bids the Hesei era goodbye.
Follow Captain Lou @CaptainLouJapan and read his review of Keiji Muto's Last Love Hold Out and many others at Happy Wrestling Land.
Follow Justin Knipper @justinmknipper and listen to his podcast Write That Down! with Fumi Saito via the Fight Game Media Network (subscribe to get all their episodes wherever you listen to your podcasts).
Consider making a gift to our ko-fi to help support our work.
Follow us at @kickout299 on Twitter, email us with questions and feedback at kickoutat299@gmail.com, and check out our blog at kickout299.wordpress.com. As always, please rate and follow/subscribe to us on Spotify, Apple, or your preferred podcast platform. Thank you so much for your support!
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
We are bringing you the second installment of our Rivals Series on Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya, known by their former tag team name as The Aggression. We take you through their entire history, including Kitamiya's dojo tryout overseen by Katsuhiko himself, translations from some of their most heated public comments over the years, their now infamous June 2021 cage match in Pro Wrestling Noah, and much more.
Consider making a gift to our ko-fi to help support our work. Works cited on our blog.
Follow us at @kickout299 on Twitter, email us with questions and feedback at kickoutat299@gmail.com, and check out our blog at kickout299.wordpress.com. As always, please rate and follow/subscribe to us on Spotify, Apple, or your preferred podcast platform. Thank you so much for your support!
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Kick Out is back in 2023 with a brand new episode on Akira Hokuto and Kensuke Sasaki's Diamond Ring. We explore the origins of the promotion, founded in 2005 as Kensuke Office, and take you through its history up until its disbanding in 2014, plus an overview of some of the key members of the roster and personnel, including Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Saito, Kento Miyahara, and more. We also discuss the upcoming NOAH vs. AJPW Tokyo Dome match (2/21/23) featuring Nakajima and Miyahara and how that match, amongst others, speaks to Diamond Ring's legacy in wrestling today.
Consider making a gift to our ko-fi to help support our work.
Follow us at @kickout299 on Twitter, email us with questions and feedback at kickoutat299@gmail.com, and check out our e-zine at kickout299.wordpress.com. As always, please rate and follow/subscribe to us on Spotify, Apple, or your preferred podcast platform. Thank you so much for your support!
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Talking Triple Crown is back to kick off our 2023 with all the news from All Japan Pro Wrestling's New Year Giant Series tour. Unfortunately, Rachel could not make the recording but Captain Lou stepped in to be our third man (a MASSIVE thank you to Lou). Join us for a breakdown of each show's matches, our favorite moments, and a lively recap of whatever happened during the All Asia tag match on January 3rd. We debut a new segment at the close of the episode and preview some of the matches you can look forward to in February.
Follow Captain Lou on twitter @CaptainLouJapan. Read his All Japan show reviews and more at Happy Wrestling Land.
Find TTC's recommended matches on our blog. Support Joe Doering in his battle against cancer by making a gift to his gofundme. Check out a promo from Jake Lee with English subtitles courtesy of Pro Wrestling NOAH.
Follow Jessie at @royalroad72 or @SisterJessiee for more All Japan news.
Follow Rachel & Alicia at @kickout299, email us with questions and feedback for TCC or otherwise at kickoutat299@gmail.com. Support out work with a gift on ko-fi.
Special thanks to Celia for all of our amazing Talking Triple Crown graphics!
As always, please rate and follow/subscribe on your platform of choice. Thank you so much for your support!
Theme song credit: Combustible Sushi written and performed by Don Shenenberger, ASCAP, Cabin Hill Media, LLC.