Ian and Mike return for a new episode of Auf Die Fresse, looking back at last weekend’s Back to the Roots featuring a major change for Elijah Blum in the Käfigschlacht. We also go over the latest announcements for 16 Carat Gold weekend, the new format for the autumn Pro Wrestling Grand Prix festival, and a little bit of TV Total’s Promi Wrestling (which you can watch-along with on YouTube thanks to Mike’s handy playlist at https://tinyurl.com/tvtotal-promi-wrestling

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.

Intro music: Heavy Metal Hyperbole by TeknoAXE

Happy New Year everyone! Ian’s joined by Dohmi to talk about wXw’s last events of 2024 - We Love Wrestling Live in Borken, and the 24th Anniversary show - giving a mixture of the at-home and in-person experiences at Anniversary. We also chat about next weekend’s Back to the Roots… and what could be for 16 Carat Gold later this year.

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Dohmi on Twitter @RealPhillipDohm - and over on Twitch for his retro In Your House streams at twitch.tv/dohminator43. Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.

Intro music: Dude, What’s Up With Your Time Signature? by TeknoAXE

It’s that end-of-term feeling as Ian and Mike sit down and chat about most of the year that was 2024 in wXw - looking back on the top stories of the year, and dish out our picks for wrestler of the year, match of the year, newcomer of the year… and some predictions going into 2025.

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.

Intro music: “Punk Sitcom Intro” by TeknoAXE

(mors mors!) Ian and Mike return to take a look over Broken Rules - perhaps the best wXw show of the year - from a packed Markthalle in Hamburg. The lads chat about OSKAR’s latest homecoming success, the surprise appearance of Ludwig Kaiser, and just what’s going on with Bobby Gunns in wXw?

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.

Intro music: “Hyperbole” by TeknoAXE

Ian & Mike return for a quick look at this past weekend’s wXw FAN from Frankfurt, featuring a LOT of High Performer Limited, with Elijah Blum looking to upset Peter Tihanyi’s reign at its start. We chat about that, announcements for 16 Carat Gold, Ambition, and a spot of the Young Gym Pump Guns?!

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found by searching for IanWrestling or BackBodyDrop on BlueSky/Instagram.

Intro music: “Break Me Down” by Our Waking Hour

The dust has settled on another festival of wrestling in Oberhausen. Ian and Mike return to talk about 2024’s wXw World Tag Team Festival - a weekend that saw every title change hands once again, the return of Timothy Thatcher, and the Y2Kuties going all New Jack on us.

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Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram.

Intro music: "Retrofuture Dirty" by Kevin Macleod

Twelve tag teams - and a whole lot more - are about to descend on Oberhausen as 2024’s World Tag Team Festival kicks off later this week. Ian Hamilton and Mike Kilby run through what to expect, as the tag festival weekender also sees a wXw homecoming for Timothy Thatcher, and a return of an extreme wrestling party.

This episode was recorded before the Shotgun vlog dropped - and features the cards as of that point.

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Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram.

Intro music: "Retrofuture Clean" by Kevin Macleod

Ian and Mike return to look over the last stop before wXw’s World Tag Team Festival - topped by Aigle Blanc’s latest defence of the European championship. We look at the return of an Avalanche, a pair of qualification matches, and some El Hijo de Performante Jr.

Reviews of wXw events can be found over on backbodydrop.com

Over on social media, you can find Mike at @MikeKilby on pretty much every platform… Ian can be found via @IanWrestling on Twitter/X/Instagram along with @bigbackbodydrop on Twitter or @backbodydrop on Instagram.

Intro music: "Heavy Metal Hyperbole" by Teknoaxe