The Flagship: Ted Turner, Wrestling Dontaku, Champion Carnival & Backlash

The Flagship returns this week with what can best be described as a classic spray-to-all-fields edition! With no major shows to review or preview, we'll touch on a wide range of topics tonight, including Montez Ford's lawsuit, Tiger Jeet Singh slicing someone with his sword, Shotzi and Shayna Baszler to TNA, Kairi Sane to AEW, NXT going head-to-head with Blood & Guts, a "Fun in Wrestling" discussion, White Men Can't Jump and so much more.

A PACKED episode of The Flagship reviewing WWE Money in the Bank 2026, NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling, TNA Bound for Glory 2026, plus The Aggregators Are At It Again, Max Caster is out of TNA, an AEW WrestleDream preview, and so much more.

On this episode of The Flagship: a review of NOAH's N-1 Victory Finals, news and notes around NJPW on the path to King of Pro Wrestling, a preview of this weekend's WWE Money in the Bank 2026, Laynie Luck, Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, Lady Frost, and more!

This week on The Flagship, Rich recaps an emotional episode of AEW Dynamite dedicated to PAC's life, WWE counter-programming the show with Worlds Collide, WWE's obsession with AEW & more. Then Rich is joined by John Carroll (Wrestling Omakase) for an extended BOUNCIN' AROUND JAPAN as they look at the finals of AJPW's Royal Road tournament, NJPW Destruction in Kobe, the latest edition of Sareee-ISM, the closing of Shinjuku FACE & so much more.

This week on The Flagship, Rich is joined by special guests Suit Williams (suitwilliams.com) and Jesse Collings (The Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast) to preview AEW All Out and WWE/NXT/AAA Worlds Collide, review CMLL's 93rd anniversary show, talk about The Aggregators, Paramount/WBD's merger & so much more!