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Here is WrestleTalk Behind The Scenes for October 2022 - where we talk about going to New Japan Royal Quest II, and we debut the WrestleTalk Timeline segment, looking at WrestleTalk's origins and how it all started.

We hope you enjoy!

Watch the video version here.

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Anonymous

Luke Jacobs is part of North West Strong. Seen a handful of his matches in person now mostly at Progress while he was Atlas champion and the guy just slaps. Genuine banger machine

Sean Dunne

History of Wrestletalk is really great to hear. Should be a netflix documentary style 😁

Rob Wood

Where can I find that 1PW clip?

Anonymous

I really enjoyed the history of wrestletalk part of the show. I started watching the channel right around 2016, so it feels great to know more about the backstory of it all.

Scott Agrella

American TV distribution can be confusing. We still have OTA (Over the Air) broadcasting where people can hookup antennas to their televisions. This will usually get you the "Big 4" in most media markets. The 4 being NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox. That antenna can also pull in other local channels and syndicated programming on alternate digital channels. The Big 4 have set national programming for certain windows, but otherwise are managed at the local level. NBC out of Detroit will not necessarily be showing the same thing as NBC out of Boston, unless it's during the prime time window, AM news, a special report, or a sporting event. Local news and syndicated programming varies by market. Cable in the US came about in the 1970s-80s. By the early 90s, there were 30-40 cable channels available on most carriers. The cable systems initially operated on a territory like system, with agreements made regionally and with local governments. Every cable provider made their own physical footprint. Comcast is the largest cable provider in the US, and they also own NBCUniversal (a big advantage as they do not need to negotiate carriage rights for NBC content). Charter Spectrum (formerly Time Warner) is the second largest carrier. The modern version of satellite TV came about in the 90s with Dish Network, Primestar, and Direct TV. Through it all, OTA TV has remained, and is likely akin to what you originally had across the pond.