JNPO: June 2025 wrestling year in review – Mr. Punk heads to Saudi Arabia
On a new Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, the best pro wrestling year in review podcast series from here to there continues with a stop in June 2025 and returning guest Kate Elizabeth of Fightful.
June featured another WWE trip to Saudi Arabia but this time with a new passenger: CM Punk. We talk about the controversy in his first visit, his apology when he arrived, and all the hubbub around it.
The month also featured R-Truth’s run in WWE coming to an end…for about a week. Remember this story? We do.
Josh and Kate also talk AEW Grand Slam Mexico, all the happenings in NXTNAAA, Japan, and the rest of the pro wrestling world.
If it was important in June, we talk about it here.
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Past episodes:
- January with Jack Farmer
- February with Jesse Collings
- March with Rich Fann
- April with Rich Kraetsch
- May with Warren Hayes
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.