The Intercontinental Breakfast | An Irish Wrestling Podcast Podcast

The Intercontinental Breakfast | An Irish Wrestling Podcast

Breffni O'Sullivan & Nathan Charlesworth | ICB Studios
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News, analysis, interviews, and more from the world of professional wrestling, hosted by Breffni O'Sullivan and Nathan Charlesworth.
S03 E24 | Bill, Please: Closing Time at The ICB
After 56 episodes, The Intercontinental Breakfast shuts the buffet doors (for the time being) as Breffni and Nathan sign off in discussing two news-packed weeks in professional wrestling: the season premiere of Monday Night Raw, the inaugural Wednesday Night War between NXT on USA and the debuting AEW Dynamite on TNT, the debut episode of SmackDown on FOX, and the fart in a crowded lift that was WWE Hell in a Cell. But don't worry! Breff & Nathan will return in the coming weeks with a brand new video podcast! Until then, we hope you enjoy our swansong episode, and our sincere thanks to anyone and everyone who has ever tuned in. Thank you, and good morning.
Oct 12, 2019
37 min
S03 E23 | I Host The Banquets, I've Got a Sceptre, This Trampled Crown, and Doink is my Jester
This week, Breff and Nathan return to your listenholes to talk Baron Corbin's victory in the King of the Ring Tournament, AEW's free-to-air ITV scheduling, the upcoming WWE Draft, the inaugural episode of SmackDown on Fox, and ahead of our trip to Disneyland Paris, which WWE superstar would be ideal for a Disney character to team up with. The Intercontinental Breakfast | An Irish Wrestling Podcast is available on 24Wrestling.com, Transistor.fm, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and wherever good podcasts are sold. Be sure to follow us on social media via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and check out new episodes every Saturday morning from 7am GMT.
Sep 28, 2019
45 min
S03 E22 | Grand Theft Jericho and the King of Middle Management
This week, Breff and Nathan return to discuss the latest career renaissance of newly crowned AEW World Champion, Chris Jericho, his overnight memeification, and what happens when you leave a championship belt on the roof of a limo while you're inside a steakhouse wolfing down a T-Bone. We also talk all the developments in the King of the Ring Tournament ahead of the final match between Big Breakfast Big Banter Middle Management Baron Corbin and Chad Gable, and the news that iMPACT Wrestling's parent company, Anthem, has acquired New Japan's US TV home, AXS. The Intercontinental Breakfast | An Irish Wrestling Podcast is available on 24Wrestling.com, Transistor.fm, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and wherever good podcasts are sold. Be sure to follow us on social media via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and check out new episodes every Saturday morning from 7am GMT.
Sep 14, 2019
45 min
S03 E21 | Y'See, it's like the Monday Night Wars, but it's on Wednesday.......
This week, Breff & Nathan delve even deeper than before, into the Roman Reigns plot, do Daniel Bryan's dream of electric cars?, the Erick Rowan "Lookalike", what a potential WWE courtroom scenario could look like. We also discuss the King of the Ring tournament one week in, along with it's potential outcomes. WWE's split from CFO$, and of course, the impending Wednesday Night Wars!
Aug 24, 2019
43 min
S03 E20 | SummerSlam Review & King of the Ring Returns!
This week, Breff & Nathan review WWE SummerSlam, held at the Scotiabank Centre in Toronto, ON, in front of nearly 17,000 fans for a very reasonable 3.5 hours! Can Drew Gulak retain his Cruiserweight Championship against Oney Lorcan? Can Apollo Crews and Buddy Murphy avoid interference from a woodland creature? Can the newly crowned Women's Tag Team Champions, Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross defend their titles successfully against the former champions, The IIconics? Can Elias get through a gig without being speared by a Hall of Famer? Can Natalya dethrone Becky Lynch for the Raw Women's Championship in her home country? Can Dolph Ziggler pull off a career defining win against the legendary Goldberg? Can The O.C. ensure the United States Championship stays with AJ Styles as he battles former champion, Ricochet? Can Ember Moon finally capture the SmackDown Women's Championship from an on-form Bayley? Can Kevin Owens avoid the dole queue by vanquishing "The Best in the World" Shane McMahon? Can Hall of Famer Trish Stratus solidify her status as "Queen of Queens" in her hometown as she faces Charlotte Flair? Can Kofi Kingston finally vanquish "The Viper" Randy Orton and retain the WWE Championship? Can Finn Balor survive against "The Fiend" in Bray Wyatt? Can Seth Rollins overcome the odds and slay "The Beast" Brock Lesnar to recapture the Universal Championship? Also, after the announcement of the return of King of the Ring, who is the favourite among The Miz, Ricochet, Cedric Alexander, Samoa Joe, Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, Sami Zayn, Cesaro, Kevin Owens, Ali, Apollo Crews, Chad Gable, Elias, Andrade, Buddy Murphy, and Shelton Benjamin? The Intercontinental Breakfast | An Irish Wrestling Podcast is available on 24Wrestling.com, Transistor.fm, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and wherever good podcasts are sold. Be sure to follow us on social media via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and check out new episodes every Saturday morning from 7am GMT.
Aug 17, 2019
1 hr
S03 E19 | SummerSlam Preview + Raw & Order: Vehicular Homicide Unit
This week, Breff & Nathan talk WWE 2K20, as well as all the happenings from Raw and SmackDown, including, but not limited to: P.I. Investigations, an OBGYN visit, two returning legends, a large Samoan diving inside a soon to be speared truck, Samoa Joe looking for and receiving an apology, the tremendous build of Kofi vs. Orton, and the bewildering character of Seth Rollins. Our illustrious hosts then preview WWE SummerSlam 2019, live from the Scotiabank Centre in Toronto, ON, Canada, running down every match on the card and keeping everything crossed for a damn good smash hit of the summer. The Intercontinental Breakfast | An Irish Wrestling Podcast is available on 24Wrestling.com, Transistor.fm, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and wherever good podcasts are sold. Be sure to follow us on social media via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and check out new episodes every Saturday morning from 7am GMT.
Aug 10, 2019
1 hr 26 min
S03 E18 | My, What Conveniently Placed Scaffolding!
This week, Breff & Nathan run down Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live in what turned out to be a damn good week of WWE programming, if terrifically hokey in places, including the near death of Seth Rollins at the hands of Brock Lesnar, the near death of Roman Reigns at the hands of the ACME Corporation, Cedric Alexander, Ali, and Andrade's rise to prominence and much more. Plus, we discuss the new matches announced for AEW's TNT debut in October, and we discuss the new Netflix series, produced by WWE Studios, in which Big Show becomes an estate driving suburban Dad. The Intercontinental Breakfast | An Irish Wrestling Podcast is available on 24Wrestling.com, Transistor.fm, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and wherever good podcasts are sold. Be sure to follow us on social media via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and check out new episodes every Saturday morning from 7am GMT.
Aug 3, 2019
1 hr 5 min
S03 E17.5 | Irish Junior Heavyweight Champion, Valkyrie
Making her return to The Intercontinental Breakfast, Breff welcomes Irish Junior Heavyweight Champion & OTT Women's Champion Valkyrie back to the show to give us an update on how she's progressed in the two years since our last chat, talking everything including: the Irish wrestling landscape, training in Fight Factory, the Woke Queens and her partnership with Debbie Keitel, the Queen's Court and both working with and learning from Katey Harvey, touring in Germany with wXw, her OTT journey, her favourite matches, her favourite opponents, some of the best advice she's ever been given, the greatness of More Than Hype (and Club Rock Shandy), Irish wrestling talent to watch out for, the story of a recent little trip to the UK and what went down, and much more. This interview is also featured as part of episode S03 E17 (July 27th 2019). The Intercontinental Breakfast | An Irish Wrestling Podcast is available on 24Wrestling.com, Transistor.fm, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and wherever good podcasts are sold. Be sure to follow us on social media via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and check out new episodes every Saturday morning from 7am GMT.
Jul 27, 2019
19 min
S03 E17 | The Valkyrie Chronicles w/Valkyrie
This week, Breff flies solo in the studio, whilst Nathan lives it up on assignment in Blighty, joining us over the phone, and we are joined by the Irish Junior Heavyweight Champion and OTT Women's Champion, Valkyrie, to give us an update on her career, her insane growth in the last two years, and the craziest week of her life touring in Germany, performing in Ireland, and her experience training at a special camp in the UK that you may have heard of. In the news this week, Breff & Nathan discuss the AEW TNT TV Deal, big changes to the WWE Network, and we rundown Raw Reunion. The Intercontinental Breakfast | An Irish Wrestling Podcast is available on 24Wrestling.com, Transistor.fm, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and wherever good podcasts are sold. Be sure to follow us on social media via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and check out new episodes every Saturday morning from 7am GMT.
Jul 27, 2019
1 hr 12 min
S03 E16 | WWE Extreme Rules 2019
This week, Breff & Nathan review WWE Extreme Rules, from Philadelphia, PA, featuring a Winner Take All main event for both the WWE Universal Championship and the WWE Raw Women's Championship as Seth Rollins & Becky Lynch took on Baron Corbin & Lacey Evans. The unexpectedly great card also featured Kofi Kingston defending his WWE Championship against Samoa Joe, Ricochet defending his United States Championship against AJ Styles, Finn Balor defending his Intercontinental Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura, The Revival defending their Raw Tag Team Championships against The Usos, Daniel Bryan & Rowan defending their SmackDown Tag Team Championships in a triple threat match against The New Day and Heavy Machinery, Bayley defending her SmackDown Women's Championship in a handicap match against Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross, Drew Gulak defends his Cruiserweight Championship against Tony Nese, Kevin Owens faces off against Dolph Ziggler, and the unlikely team of Roman Reigns & The Undertaker battle against "The Best in the World" Shane McMahon and "Scottish Angryman" Drew McIntyre. Oh, and a big lad named Brock showed up. The Intercontinental Breakfast | An Irish Wrestling Podcast is available on 24Wrestling.com, Transistor.fm, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and wherever good podcasts are sold. Be sure to follow us on social media via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and check out new episodes every Saturday morning from 7am GMT.
Jul 20, 2019
52 min
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