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Talk'n Shop

Same City, Different Stakes

Talk'n Shop

Bleav + TNS Media

Society & Culture, Sports, Wrestling

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Talk’n Shop, Karl Anderson is joined by Joe Hulbert for a sharp, wide-ranging conversation covering the ever-changing wrestling landscape. From the impact of WrestleMania returning to the same city and what it means for independent promotions, to the possibilities surrounding future international events, Karl and Joe break down the biggest stories shaping the business today. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Talk in Shop. I am live from Saitama, Japan. The big man, the big LG, my partner for life forever is supposed to be here beside me. We made the plan last night to be in here, Japanese time, Pacific, would that be pussy? Japan time, 1 p.m. He wrote back and said,

0:25.2

I'll be there. I've heard nothing from him. So I made sure we had to have an emergency

0:29.2

talking shop. I made sure we got Joe Holbert, Joe or Joe Holbert in here. We had to do this.

0:36.7

We had to get this done. And being the big L.G.

0:40.7

last night, we went to eat, right? We went and found ourselves a nice shaboo shaboo. We went

0:45.2

and found ourselves a nice Korean barbecue type place. You know, things are different for me now,

0:50.9

Joe. Like, I'm a sober man, right? So I, usually you buy those things.

0:56.4

When you walk into those restaurants in Japan, you can, you can pay for all you can drink

1:01.8

and all you can eat. And that's, it's separate, right? So you can pay 20 bucks all you can drink

1:06.9

for 90 minutes or two hours or however long you want. You can drink for, you can do it for two hours. You can do it for 90 minutes, two hours or however long you want you can drink for you can do it for

1:12.6

two hours you can do it for 90 minutes two and a half hours whatever it was what big lg knows now that

1:17.1

i say listen the earliest they only allow you to do it for 90 minutes i'll do it for 90 minutes

1:21.7

with you uh you drink and i'll eat you know but by an but you know in hour in like i'm beyond stuffed

1:29.4

i'm finished and i don't drink anymore so i just go fuck so so the last 30 minutes i just spend

1:36.0

eating ice cream because they have the dessert they have like the dessert bar so i just go to the

1:39.5

ice cream area and that's where he ends up just smashing red wine and cold and he just continues he just

1:45.6

continues his good brotherdom that it used to be both of us doing that joe yeah then he gets a

1:52.8

text from one of the young boys here over in in japan i can't remember his name i know his name is

1:57.7

john i just don't i can't exactly explain uh who he is where he's from, or all that stuff, because I don't know him well enough yet. But he said he was going to go out, go out on the town. And LG said, well, I got to go. And I said, well, you should go, my friend. So we parted ways after dinner. And I texted and said, listen, we're going to do an emergency talk and shop tomorrow at 1 p.m. Because we got to talk about these releases. And Joe Holbert is going to come into where this Gallo said, I'll be there. And I've heard nothing from them. It's 1.02 p.m. The great Joe, welcome to talking shop. It's just you and me. unless he comes busting in, we can rock him in talking shop style. But thanks for joining me, babe.

2:38.1

Hi. great Joe, welcome to talking shop. It's just you and me. Unless he comes busting in, we can rock

2:34.9

him in talking shop style. But thanks for joining me, babe. I appreciate you having me. It is quite

2:41.4

hilarious through the other side of one of these talking shops from Japan. The emergency

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