Virtual Pros

Guess who just got back today? Them wild eyed pros that had been away. A SUPERSIZED return as we go over our mid year report card for the first half of 2018. Who's on the honor roll and who's stuck cleaning erasers after school? Plus we have a whole bunch of e-mails and random shit to get off our chest. A sort of NJPW road report, spitting when you talk, Chicago etiquette, stray cats, the new Gods of Deathmatch wrestling, the World Cup, unlikely favorite wrestlers, Stan Hansen, Yung Brock, Vader and his eye, Dirt Stache Dynamite Kid and tons more!

It's the 3rd Annual SUPER SHAME CUP as we decide wrestling's most shameful fanbase. Plus serious talk about THIS BUSINESS, sleaze talk, Jeff Hardy, Naito, CM Punk cage match, modern AJPW, light VRTLBROS talk and tons more!

You asked for it so we're going over many of our favorite and least favorite wrestling video games according to a countdown made by someone who probably never played a wrestling video game. Plus is NJPW a place for women? Sabu young and old, pre-RVD RVD, Tenryu, the Usos use too much mayo, plus tons more! 

Better late than never with a Wrestlemania weekend recap. Plus we discuss having monthly t-shirt meetings, Bad News Brown's simulated shoot wrestling career, The Urban Wrestling Alliance, Pre-tranquilo Naito, and a bunch more! 

It's the biggest event of the year MERCHAMANIA III. Al and Mike put their pride and balls on the line and gamble on the outcomes of Wrestlemania weekend matches. Plus NJPW Strong Style Evolved and AIW road reports, eating dinner with wrestlers, talking way too long about Subway, Live scores, Jumbo Tsurutas sex pin, a young Cactus Jack, Trevor Berbick vs. HUSTLE king Nobuhiko Takada and Ciclope and G-Raver in a modern death match classic! 

Sit back and get comfortable for a rare lengthy episode of Virtual Pros as your best boys get all MAD MONEY and tell you which current wrestling trends you need to buy into, sell off or hold onto for a while. Plus New Japan Cup and Strong Style Evolved woes, a GCW Road Report, Why redbubble is evil, RINGS featuring Ludvig Borga, an early Benoit vs. Liger match, Jermaine Dupri's secret Joshi promotion, and wrestling mixologists. All this and so much more awaits you!   

The triumphant return of Virtual Pros that includes answering literally 1700 listener e-mails, STARDOM chat, the nuances of title belts, going to the bar to watch Monday Night RAW, a Fantasy booking nerd orgy that places wrestlers in promotions from different eras, Akiyama vs. Kobashi in a leg selling fetish match, the state of US Indie wrestling in 2007, broken orbital bones, The Bad Boy vs The Dirty Daddy in a legit bar room brawl plus a whole lot more in another can't miss episode of the world's greatest wrestling podcast. A true young girl's shining dream. 

It's time for FANTASYMANIA which admittedly sounds way more sleazy than it actually is. Al and Mike build their dream Wrestlemania cards using matches from all past Wrestlemanias. Plus New Japan New Beginning, Wrestling fan meet and greets, ECW 5 star matches, a young Hayabusa goes to Mexico, Rey and Juventud fight for cars, a death match in a bookstore and what House of Pain really meant to white people. All this and so much more in Episode 60 of Virtual Pros! 

DREAM MATCHES! Mike on the road at GCW & NXT, Minoru Suzuki’s Instagram presence, Asian People with they chests out, MMBaes & 1998 Northeast Indie Discussion. 

An extra loaded episode as Al and Mike go over listener e-mails including the "Top 5 Real Punx In Wrestling" listener submissions, new year's wrestling resolutions that turns into a legendary Virtual Pros bitchfest the likes of which hasn't been in many episodes. Plus KENTA stomping Takayamas guts out of his body, Samoa Joe making Necro Butcher bleed Real Inside Blood in a legit 5 star classic, Kenny Omega's very humble beginnings and Tim Storm wants you to stay away from his grandchildren.       

Listen to the Virtual Pros break down New Japan's yearly gift to the world in a very serious and respectful manner. What moves make us think that wrestling is still real, Ribera Steak quality, A LIVE REPORT FROM GLORIOUS NIPPON FROM JOSHIBOI, our thoughts on piracy & pro wrestling and a special mixtape with Tomohiro Ishii, WWE's vision of ECW & more! 

It's the 3rd Annual Virtual Pros year end awards show! We go over the best and some of the worst and most ridiculous things that happened in pro wrestling this year. Plus: Which wrestler is the hero of white trash everywhere, would you pay $100 to hang out with a wrestling personality at Hooters, awkward interactions with fake Bullet Club members, the exciting conclusion to the Jurassic Powers story, an old man fight and the hottest wrestling event to take place in the back room of a bar in Brooklyn. 

The Virtual Pros bless you with their holiday gift guide! Please the wrestling fan in your life with these incredibly unique gift ideas. Plus Bullet Club talk, kiss card pontificating, attendance truthing, the firing of WWE god Jim Johnston and a mixtape featuring the Jurassic Powers, Minoru Suzuki, Jushin Liger and TAKA Michinoku!

THE VIRTUALPROS PULL OUT THAT CRYSTAL BALL & MAKE WRESTLING PREDICTIONS FOR 2018! Our dream wrestling themed restaurants, Drake & his connection to the graps, THE NEW NWA CHAT, Chris Jericho & Bikinis discussions, Funko Pop Black Holes, Akira Taue vs. a hardcore legend & THE JURASSIC POWERS! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

The Pros BRING IT BACK for their 2nd anniversary & discuss antiquated & rarely used wrestling tropes that they’d like to see become popular again! Chris Jericho in NJPW, controversial BULLET CLUB merch, animal valets, signature weapons in wrestling, Shinsuke Nakamura really enjoys udon, Canadian gems & The Hell Raisers!

Al & Mike create new PPV concepts in hopes that Stamford will pick them up, Asuka’s WWE debut, coworkers finding out about your dirty graps secrets, Mike’s Balorhive commitments, belt collector empathy & the one of the wildest BJW death matches ever!

WRESTLERS WE’VE DONE 180’S ON! Roppongi 3K discussion, Hell In A Cell 2K17, Shoot Piranhas, New Japan Toys, ARSION & LUCHA UNDERGROUND~!

EPISODE 50~! An episode where we shout out our favorite wrestling related projects, RIP ROPPONGI VICE, what to do with scoops, Al is a chickenshit heel & Genichiro Tenryu. We

Al and Mike are back with a bang for episode 49 of Virtual Pros as they try and disrupt the Algorithm by talking about the three things they actually like about the WWE. Plus: Did Vince McMahon bleed shoot blood? Is it ok to find wrestlers attractive and not be a creep about it? Are AJ Styles gloves hilarious? How was the Mae Young Classic? Mixtape matches featuring Brian Cage, Mandy Leon, Shayna Baeszler, and Kendo Nagasaki! 

Al and Mike go over activities they'd like to cross off their wrestling bucket list as well as discuss whether or not dragons are real, how hard it would be to blade yourself when you are a wimp in real life, and the iconic Lama Nama Numi vs. Deadly Fred match. Plus Shibata, Old Man Misawa, KENTA, a woman named Plum and Adam Page!