Working a Resthold - Wrestling & Comedy Podcast

Alan & Ben are joined by Scott for this special, final episode of The Indy Darlings, talking all the news of the last two weeks AND wrapping things up in style!

A long and very warm day is over and the Love The Graps boys are here to ramble incoherently about the Lucha Forever show from Birmingham. Listen to us talk about Trent and Joel, begrudgingly compliment CCK, and grumble about some other things. Also, a moment of genuine mild peril happened during the recording of this episode.

Ben & Alan are back for the last-but-one time to discuss everything that's going on this week in independent wrestling, featuring PROGRESS, EVOLVE, and more!

Episode 20, what a fantastic landmark, a number with a zero on the end! And a fantastic way to end a great weekend of graps with Day 2 of Pro Wrestling Eve's 'Babes With The Power' featuring a tournament of top women's wrestling to crown a new champion.

Positively fresh as a pair of wind damaged daisies, Chris and Alan manage to start recording a post-FCP episode before 1am. Expect lots of raving about Drunken Child Ref Shay Purser, 'wrestling jesus' Travis Banks, top tag wrestling, and loads more.

Ben & Alan are back with the latest news & just about everything else that touched independent wrestling this week.

"I imagine him to be like Fagan from Oliver Twist..." Scott and Ric are back to talk a bit of wrestling plus music from Y Key Operators, The Only Route, The Sums, The Vulnerables, The Covasettes and The Brakes! @SoundMovesRadio @WarProds workingaresthold.com

After a couple of weeks off Alan and Chris are back with some hot chat all about ATTACK's latest show in Cheltenham. Get ready for a whole bunch of talk about men kissing, happy birthdays, and the number of acceptable sleeves on a leather jacket.

Ben & Alan return once more to run down everything that's happened in independent wrestling in the last 7 days, including Chikara, Ring of Honor, and a look at the value of ex-WWE "stars".

Alan makes the trip to Southside's Speed King 2017 and tests out his new recorder with his pals! Extra content!

Ben & Alan return with more chat about what's been going on - and what's going to happen - in indy wrestling, including a look at how companies are getting their stuff out there!

"He said his favourite unsigned band was Feeder" Ric and Scott are back with the second episode of Sound Moves with some wrestling talk, nonsense plus the best music from unsigned bands: Colour, The Retrosettes, The JJohns, The Palava, Without Andrew and Unknown Refuge! @SoundMovesRadio facebook.com/soundmovesradio @WARProds workingaresthold.com

Ben & Alan are back once more to give you the run down on EVERYTHING that happened in indy wrestling this week - featuring NoVA-Pro, The Elite in the UK, and a look at Barely Legal and its legacy today!

"Long live the King, the King is Dead" Sound Moves is the name of the now rebranded Working A Resthold radio show! Scott and Ric play music from some of the best unsigned artists out there, talk some wrestling and talk a little bit of nonsense too. @SoundMovesRadio facebook.com/soundmovesradio @WARProds facebook.com/workingaresthold workingaresthold.com

Chris and Alan finish off their bank holiday weekend with a trip to Birmingham for the debut show from Lucha Forever. We talk conga lines and potentially public nudity, as well as pondering on what exactly 'Lucha Forever' even is!

It's another late one! We are home from another trip to Fight Club Pro in Wolverhampton and ready to chat all about the massive supershow featuring The Elite versus them off the telly! There was a bunch of other stuff too. Have a listen.

Ben & Alan are back with another week of what's happening and what's going to happen in independent wrestling - features a look at just where Ring of Honor are right now, and your chance to become part of the Indy Darlings team!

Ben & Alan are back with a look at the last week in indy wrestling, and the winners & losers from Wrestlemania week in Orlando!

We finish our ManiaWeekendMania miniseries with a bang rather than a whimper, as Alan finally loses the plot. We talk for way to long about Wrestlemania, but still manage to miss out important matches, and cover off a few highlights from the most intense weekend of live graps viewing possible (almost). Thanks for all your support gang!!

Episode 5 in this miniseries. It's getting weird now.

And we are into part 4 of our Wrestlemania weekend adventure, this time Chris and Alan talk all about Bob's Burgers, burger monsters, boxing shrimp and THE REST. Enjoy.

OMG it's already part 3 of our Mania Weekend Mania podcast miniseries. We've had a rough day, but we chat about not watching some stuff, struggling to watch some, and we talk for a real long time about the WWE Jetsons crossover movie starring The Big Show

It's part2 of our stupid series of podcast detailing our descent into madness trying to stay up all hours and watch the sum of all streaming wrestling across this most hallowed of graps weekends. Join us won't you?

Joe Atherton is back with another exciting interview, this time with WWE UK Tournament competitor, Joseph Conners! @oldathers @WAR_Podcast facebook.com/workingaresthold workingaresthold.com

A quick miniature podcast all about our plans for Wrestlemania weekend, which mainly involve pushing our wrestling viewing to it's (il)logical conclusion, and watching more streaming graps than the human body is built to withstand. Join us on this incredible journey.

"They're going to beat the piss out of each other" Working A Resthold 'daddy' Scott Andrews joins Alan Boon this week to talk ALL of the UK & US independent news including a view on the shows going on in and around Orlando this weekend! The Indy Darlings is a Love The Graps production for the Working A Resthold Network. @IndyDarlings @indysleaze @nukethebridge @WAR_Podcast @LoveTheGraps facebook.com/workingaresthold workingaresthold.com

"What is Punk Rock Wrestling anyway?" Alan & Ben are back with a NEW FORMAT plus all the US & UK Indy scene news and results including PWG, PROGRESS, WWE buying ROH, BROKEN Matt Hardy and his gimmick plus a look at DDT and STARDOM from Japan. The Indy Darlings is a Love The Graps production for the Working A Resthold Network. @IndyDarlings @indysleaze @nukethebridge @WAR_Podcast @LoveTheGraps facebook.com/workingaresthold workingaresthold.com

Less than 24 hours after our last sleep deprived episode, we follow up with a hot sequel, talking all about our time at 'The First Female of Fight Club PRO', the second of a weekend double header from FCP. Listen to us ramble on about how wrestling makes us feel, how much we love Nixon Newell, and the greatness of Travis Branks.

Rough audio footage of David Starr's press conference from wXw 16 Carat Gold weekend! David discusses his many nicknames & their origins, facing Matt Riddle, amateur wrestling, his tattoo and much more! @WAR_Podcast workingaresthold.com

A quick little episode recorded in the wee hours in the aftermath of a St Patrick's Day Fight Club PRO show. We give all our thoughts on the end of a beautiful intergender rivalry, the joy of observing new fans, and Chris being tired and grumpy and a little bit delirious.

Audio from 'Avalanche' Robert Dreissker's press conference at wXw 16 Carat Gold. Thanks to contributors from Voices of Wrestling, Rock Bottom Radio and Place to Be Nation. @WAR_Podcast facebook.com/workingaresthold workingaresthold.com

"...the whole of Reddit is now the champion" Ben & Alan return to talk all the UK & US indy scene news including Ring of Honor's anniversary show, Kota Ibusi's fireworks in XWA, wXw 16 Carat and much more! @IndyDarlings @indysleaze @nukethebridge @WAR_Podcast workingaresthold.com

Joe Atherton returns with another of his fantastic interviews, this time with the RASCAL, Bubblegum! @oldathers @WAR_Podcast facebook.com/workingaresthold workingaresthold.com

"Is Brie Bella's music a guilty pleasure?" Ric & Scott are back after a two week hiatus to talk Thai massages, wXw 16 Carat Gold, WWE news and your WRESTLING GUILTY PLEASURES. All of this week's music are our MUSIC guilty pleasures. @WAR_Podcast facebook.com/workingaresthold workingaresthold.com

Christian Michael Jakobi, co-owner of Westside Xtreme Wrestling, talks 16 Carat Gold, Starting a Promotion, Shoot style wrestling and more in this excerpt from his press conference before Day 3 of 16 Carat Gold commences. @WAR_Podcast workingaresthold.com

Audio footage from the Jeff Cobb press conference at #wXw16carat He talks Lucha Underground (hypothetically), working the UK, #SSS16 and more

Scott Andrews, Allan Cheapshot plus Michael and Daniel from Rock Bottom Radio have a chat about day one of Europe's most prestigious wrestling tournaments - wXw 16 Carat Gold 2016! @WAR_Podcast workingaresthold.com

Another late night chat between Alan and Chris, this time all about XWA's show in Colchester. Find out their feelings on the match between one of the finest wrestlers on the planet, Kota Ibushi, and his rotund little best friend, Goto Ihashi, and the reimagining of The Artist Formerly Known as Thomas Dawkins.

Alan is back once again with Chris filling in for Ben to give you the run down on all the news, results & upcoming shows on both sides of the Atlantic!

After a brief car nap (for Chris, not Alan, we would be dead if Alan napped) we are back with another round of #LoveTheGraps, talking all about our experience of wrestling on a school night at part 2 of Progress Wrestling's Freedom's Road tapings. So settle in and listed to Alan gush all over Matthew Riddle and Chris be generally tired and grumpy. ENJOY.

Alan & Ben sit down for a special bonus pod with Papa Hales, the loveliest wrestling fan you could ever hope to meet, and discuss his unique story, as well as engage in an Indy Talent Swap!

Alan is joined this week by his #LoveTheGraps cohort, Chris East, as they run down everything that's happened - and is going to happen - in independent wrestling!

An incredibly tired Chris and Alan chat all about what they loved (or maybe didn't) about their trip to Bristol for Attack Pro Wrestling's 'Gorilla Pressed and something the kids know about'. So sit back, open your earholes and listen to us praise the evil ref, accidentally refer to Alan as a man in his 30s, and gradually get tired as we finish recording at 1:30am. yes yeah.

Alan & Ben return to talk all the UK & US Indy scene news in episode 36! Talking Pro Wrestling EVE, ICW, Futureshock, NOVA PRO, EVOLVE, PWG and much more! @IndyDarlings @Indysleaze @nukethebridge @WAR_Podcast workingaresthold.com

"What was the best thing about Boy Meets World?" "Topanga" Ric & Scott are back talking all the hot stories from the week in WWE, plus wrestlers in films and our new feature ECW Hardcore TV from 20 years ago this week! Plus all of the tracks played this week are from MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS. @WAR_Podcast facebook.com/workingaresthold workingaresthold.com soundcloud.com/workingaresthold

Chris and Alan give their hottest of hot takes on the afternoon and evening double header of shows from Pro Wrestling Eve at the Resistance Gallery in Bethnal Green, London. With raving about Meiko Satomura, Emi Sakura, Nixon Newell, Samii Raine and Martina the Session Moth, plus the usual curmudgeonly grumblings (and hopefully constructive criticism). We love the graps, and we love women's wrestling.

Alan & Ben return to talk all the UK & US Indy news with talk on Fight Club: Pro, CZW, Ring of Honor, WCPW and more! @IndyDarlings @Indysleaze @nukethebridge @WAR_Podcast workingaresthold.com

Joe Atherton is back with another special interview, this time with 'The Kiwi Buzzsaw' Travis Banks! @oldathers @WAR_Podcast workingaresthold.com

"Who would play Del Rio in the film about Paige?" Ric & Scott are back to talk the fall out from WWE's Elimination Chamber PPV, what this means for Wrestlemania and they are joined by Futureshock owner and comedian, Chris Brooker! @WAR_Podcast facebook.com/workingaresthold workingaresthold.com

Yes yeah! Chris & Alan are back with a second episode of the weekend, this time tackling all the big subjects, such as Kurt Angle's knees, shouting 'Chris Benoit', free stuff and A WHOLE LOT MORE, all because they went to see WCPW's iPPV presentation in Milton Keynes. Give it a listen, i dunno, if you want. I don't care.