Joshi'ing around

In the eleventh episode Chris Whitehead came up with a fun concept for a special episode, when joshi wrestlers are taken out of their usual comfort zone in two examples that we have various personal experiences with.First we discuss episode 3x13 of Lucha Underground when Kairi Hojo, Mayu Iwatani and Io Shirai went up against Pentagon Dark and then we go on to talk about our experiences at Sukeban shows, before we talk about Sareee's great current run in more detail.Check out the Social Suplex Newsletter!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.socialsuplex.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/tim-hunter.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/Hunter_S_Timsen

It's the great tenth anniversary special of the pod and to celebrate I didn't have a special guest, I WAS the guest as Velkej lead me through 3 important matches from his fandom in a fun little reversal episode. The matches are:Io Shirai vs Mayu Iwatani, STARDOM, 22.12.2016Queen's Quest vs Oedo Tai, STARDOM, 03.01.2018Kakeru Sekiguchi & Natsumi Maki vs Himeka Arita & Miyuki Takase, Actwres girl'Z, 15.11.2018In the process we talk a lot about the history of STARDOM, every wrestler involved, the many hardships of joshi wrestling and much, much more.Follow Velkej!https://x.com/Velkej_BrachaCheck out the Social Suplex Newsletter!⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.socialsuplex.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me!⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/tim-hunter.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/Hunter_S_Timsen

In episode 9 I have my good friend Eric aka snazzy from the UK with me who was able to jump in last minute which I am very grateful for. We met to talk about TWO Jaguar Yokota vs Lioness Asuka matches, the first one is their legendary bout from AJW Summer Night Festival on 8/22/1985 and as a bonus we also watched a second one from the Jd' promotion 13 years later on 1/11/1998. From there we branched out into a multitude of topics like their influence on modern wrestlers, storytelling in wrestling, match length and MJF.Check out the Social Suplex Newsletter!⁠⁠⁠https://www.socialsuplex.com/⁠⁠⁠Follow me!⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/tim-hunter.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/Hunter_S_Timsen

In this special episode Chris and I are talking about Syuri vs Sareee. "Which one", I hear you ask? Well, why not both! In a special new format we met before STARDOM's "The Conversion" and recorded our thoughts on the first match and the entire build and history between Syuri and Sareee and previewed the second one with all our predictions of what we think might happen. Then we met 7 days later and reviewed our predictions, how right or wrong we were and extensively talk about the second match itself.Follow Chris!Twitter // Bluesky // InstagramCheck out the Social Suplex Newsletter!⁠⁠https://www.socialsuplex.com/⁠⁠Follow me!⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/tim-hunter.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/Hunter_S_Timsen

Jared joins me in episode 7 to talk about AZM vs Starlight Kid. Specifically their match from February 23rd 2022. It is one of the more famous matches in the history of Stardom and we had a lot of fun discussing all the wild exchanges and the high speed style. We also talk about Eddie Guererro and the American Indies. Follow Jared on Bluesky!@jaewinn1.bsky.social‬Check out the Social Suplex Newsletter!⁠https://www.socialsuplex.com/⁠Follow me!⁠https://bsky.app/profile/tim-hunter.bsky.social⁠⁠https://x.com/Hunter_S_Timsen

In episode 6 I am joined by author and writer Mike Meginnis to talk about a legendary match from 2001, a match that arguably made the career of Meiko Satomura who retired very recently, on the day 24 years later. We also talk different goals in wrestling fandom and our damaged society.Buy Mike's book "Drowning Practice"!https://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.socialCheck out the Social Suplex Newsletter!https://www.socialsuplex.com/my socials:https://bsky.app/profile/tim-hunter.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/Hunter_S_Timsen

In the 5th episode of Joshi'ing around my guest Maj from the Emotional Support Wrestling Podcast and I talk about the main event tag team match from Sareee-ISM Chapter V in a completely sold out Shinjuku FACE. We talk about one of the best matches of 2024, territories, Scott Hall and the global wrestling wars.Follow Maj's podcast Emotional Support Wrestling on Bluesky: @ESWrestlingpod.bsky.socialand listen to Emotional Support Wrestling on all podcast platforms: emotionalsupportwrestling.buzzsprout.commy socials:https://x.com/Hunter_S_Timsenhttps://bsky.app/profile/tim-hunter.bsky.social

It is a special episode 4 for the Joshi'ing around podcast, as my lovely guest Trish from the Trish & Sarah Wrestling Podcast and I talk about not just a single match, but the entire All Star Grand Queendom show from 4/27/2025 in Yokohama Arena which turned out to be a monumental achievement for the STARDOM promotion, the end of an era in many ways and a new beginning. We also ventured off our path in some ways and briefly looked at the current goings on in NOAH and NJPW. it was a great conversation as always.Disclaimer: I was a bit sick during the recording of the episode, so please excuse my voice giving out at some points.Please listen to the Trish & Sarah Wrestling Podcast on any of your podcast apps! https://open.spotify.com/show/6wnp6UMuWvyat9gZMJZWHi?si=3bef674ed43041daAlso please check out the Social Suplex Newsletter!https://www.socialsuplex.com/frontpage/And follow the Trish & Sarah Wrestling PodcastTwitter: https://x.com/TrishandSarahmy socials:https://bsky.app/profile/tim-hunter.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/Hunter_S_Timsen

For the third episode of Joshi'ing around my friend Seff watched Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori from the legendary Dreamslam 1 on 4/2/1993 in Yokohama Arena.We try to dive into history that was before our time and discuss a legendary match between two of the toughest wrestlers ever.my socials:https://bsky.app/profile/tim-hunter.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/Hunter_S_Timsen

For the second episode of Joshi'ing around my friend Ariel watched Natsupoi vs Starlight Kid from 12/29/2024 in Ryogoku Kokugikan. In front of over 4000 people these women battled for the White Belt in a phenomenally emotional match and I was there for it live! We talk about that as well as Ariel's first impressions of these two women, her many thoughts on the match and joshi as a whole!my socials:https://bsky.app/profile/tim-hunter.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/Hunter_S_Timsencredits for the photo in the coverart: @IssitaMarie and @PWI

This is the pilot episode of Joshi'ing around. Emi watched Tam Nakano vs Natsupoi, a steel cage match from Stardom, that took place on 6/26/2022. She knows nothing about either woman, but we had a lot of fun discussing this match. Follow Emi's podcast Emotional Support Wrestling on Bluesky: @ESWrestlingpod.bsky.socialand listen to Emotional Support Wrestling on all podcast platforms: emotionalsupportwrestling.buzzsprout.commy socials:https://x.com/Hunter_S_Timsenhttps://bsky.app/profile/tim-hunter.bsky.social