Brian Fritz sent out the following:

Combat sports announcer Mauro Ranallo joins the podcast to talk about New Japan Pro Wrestling coming to AXS TV with the 13-epidsode series premiering on Friday, Jan. 16 at 9pm ET, his return to calling professional wrestling, what has always drawn him to NJPW, teaming with Josh Barnett to call the shows and what the sessions were like, if he took a different approach to calling wrestling compared to how he would call MMA and boxing, his passion broadcasting style, the wrestling landscape right now, why he still loves wrestling, his fascination with combat sports and more.

Follow Mauro on Twitter @MauroRanallo and find out more about New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS TV here.

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