NEW FLAGSHIP: Keller & Fann discuss WrestleKingdom and whether it set up New Japan for 2026, Jericho-WWE teases, Punk-Breakker outcome, more
Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast
Wade Keller
3.9 • 903 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
- WrestleKingdom analysis including Kazuchika Okada's performance and effort, how Hiroshi Tanahashi's retirement was handled, the quality of the show overall, did the event entice fans who showed up for the first time in years or ever to come back, who are the top rising stars for 2026, and more
- The Chris Jericho-WWE teases, pro and con
- WWE Unreal
- Becky Lynch vs. Maxxine Dupri
- Is WWE overdoing the underdog storyline
- Tommaso Ciampa
- C.M. Punk vs. Bron Breakker
- MJF and Jon Moxley and the AEW Men's Division in 2026
- Mercedes Mone and Willow Nightingale and the AEW Women's Division in 2026
- AEW ratings for Continental Classic and whether the tournament should be moved so more people see it
- Some Chevy Chase talk, too!
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| 1:12.7 | It's time for the weekly flagship talking current events in pro wrestling. |
| 1:21.7 | Art Rich, Wrestle Kingdom is in the books. |
| 1:25.3 | Tanahashi's career is in the books. |
| 1:27.3 | Were you impressed at the pageantry, |
| 1:30.5 | the presentation, the plans, the execution, the outcome, and Okada's part in it. Oh, wow. |
| 1:40.2 | That's a lot. I'll just sit back and listen for Havar. So I guess I'll start with Okada because that's the one that kind of stuck in my head. |
| 1:50.3 | For those who hadn't seen it, the Russell Kingdom main event was Okada versus Tanahashi. |
| 1:56.7 | I steadfastly maintain that if it were possible, |
| 2:01.0 | Nakamura would have been an equally suitable opponent. |
| 2:05.2 | But as I'll talk at some point in the next few minutes, |
| 2:07.8 | politically I understood why that wasn't going to happen. |
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