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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a Raw preview for tomorrow’s show, Chris Jericho addresses HHH’s comments on Raw, TNA sale update, what’s up with all the rumors, Hulk Hogan, Bellator thoughts from Saturday, plus a bunch of questions that…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including notes from last night’s Bellator PPV, why it was a bad night for Bjorn Rebney, where they go from here, Hell in a Cell recap from last week, Survivor Series line-up, what’s…

Nov 3 Wrestling Observer Radio SIN LIMITE, Part 2: Dave and Mike spend a myriad of minutes making out with the massive mailbag, answering everything from the mercurial to the mammoth. Alliteration aside, there’s over 80 minutes of Q & A, featuring lots more on the history of Mid-South Wrestling, the territory, its stars, and…

Nov 3 Wrestling Observer Radio SIN LIMITE, Part 1: The return of the really big show talking all about last night’s pay-per-view-turned-average-TV-show: Bellator 106, featuring an awesome main event between Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez, and awesome opener, and a whole lot of okay in the middle. Plus, a look at WWE’s quarterly report, their…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest Scott Williams to talk the history of Mid-South Wrestling. We’ve got tons of great questions from listeners on most aspects of the history, hot programs, highs and lows, the biggest stars and more, plus a special run-in by someone who actually…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with a breaking news audio on the WWE quarterly earnings report. How are they doing in terms of PPV, house shows, television rights fees, etc., plus what are they bullish about in the future and what’s going on with the WWE Network? All your…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including the latest on the potential TNA sale, Smackdown taping results from Tuesday night, New Japan iPPV line-up for the next show, Rampage actually gets a fight in a few weeks, Ultimate Fighter…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest Shayna Baszler to talk Ultimate Fighter, what it was like living in the house and whether she’d ever want to do it again, what happened in the Pena fight and what she’d do differently next time, her flat-out prediction for Rousey…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including full results from Raw on Monday night, the post-Hell in a Cell fallout, where they’re going with Daniel Bryan, John Cena, Randy Orton, Big Show, HHH and others, plus Eric Bischoff and…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with our post-Hell in a Cell PPV rundown — all the matches, Randy Orton’s WWE Title win over Randy Orton, John Cena’s World Title win over Alberto Del Rio, where they might be headed towards SummerSlam, and more! Plus, tons of questions on a…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and the new silky smooth Mike Sempervive return today to talk all the news in pro-wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full one-hour preview of the WWE Hell in a Cell PPV, all the matches and angles we expect for the evening, plus thoughts on Bound for Glory…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including all the doom befalling Bellator, including Tito vs. Rampage being OFF, the heavyweight tourney finals being OFF, and more, plus UFC results from Saturday in the UK, World Series of Fighting new…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including full previews of Hell in a Cell and Friday’s New Japan show, Smackdown tapings for this Friday night, our old buddy Kurt Brown and his SHOOT FIGHT years ago, Ultimate Fighter, the…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on the AJ Styles follow-up including the announcement that he’s wrestling on Impact, TNA Bound for Glory attendance update, SummerSlam 1992 update, Raw results from Monday night including a…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with full coverage of TNA’s biggest show of the year, Bound for Glory, with thoughts on all the matches, the title change at the end and what to do now that AJ is supposedly without a TNA contract, the Kurt Angle match and storyline,…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with a two-hour show talking all the news in pro-wrestling and mixed martial arts on a very busy weekend, including a full hour preview of TNA Bound for Glory, thoughts on the big angle that may take place at the end of the show,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full review of UFC 166, a show that numerous people including Dana White have called the best night of fights in company history! All the matches, from Cain Velasquez vs. Junior…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with one of our more popular guests, Bob Hardcore Holly, to talk a ton of different subjects including watching Portland Wrestling growing up, first memories of live events, the handling of Dolph Ziggler, Ted DiBiase Jr. and Jim Ross, Chris Benoit, his book and…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a look at the death of El Brazo, full previews of TNA Bound for Glory and UFC 166 this weekend, Smackdown tapings from Tuesday night, Ultimate Fighter thoughts from last night, plus…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full rundown of Raw from Monday night, all the matches and segments, new tag team champions, Vince changes his mind on storylines, and more, plus a full New Japan iPPV review,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns with our first of two shows today. We’re joined by Frank Shamrock to talk his new documentary, Frank Shamrock: Bround By Blood, available now on SpikeTV.com. We’ll talk many of the back stories, how it was put together, emotions during filming, thoughts on whether he’d…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including thoughts on Hulk Hogan and TNA, where he’s likely to end up, supposed talks with WWE, thoughts on Impact, Bray Wyatt’s injury this weekend, Frank Shamrock special, Palhares cut, GLORY debut on…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on BattleGround, the fallout on Raw, Hell in a Cell, Hulk Hogan and TNA, where should Hogan, AJ Styles and Sting go?, plus Rousimar Palhares, Ultimate Fighter and tons…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk tons of different topics including Ultimate Fighter from Wednesday with one of the best fights in show history, UFC from Brazil, the fate of Rousimar Palhares, Shields vs. Maia plus all the rest of the fights, Smackdown spoilers from Tuesday and a…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full review of the post-BattleGround Raw — how did they attempt to salvage and awful PPV finish and try to convince fans to buy Hell in a Cell? All the matches…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on the WWE BattleGround PPV, the awful main event finish, all the matches in detail, and more, plus Raw, New Japan’s press conference yesterday, weight-cutting in MMA and what…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Todd Martin returns today with a full preview of the WWE BattleGround PPV this evening. We’ll not only give you thoughts and predictions on all the matches, but also the odds for the top five battles, who’s the favorite, what matches might end in DQ to screw with…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest LES THATCHER to talk all the historical candidates on the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ballot this year. Les has some first-hand knowledge of many of them, some fun stories, and we’ll also talk his upcoming Wrestling Cares Race for the…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including thoughts on this week’s Ultimate Fighter, season ratings thus far, the Cain vs. Junior Countdown special part one, Smackdown tapings and a look at the BattleGround PPV, death of T John Thibodeaux,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full Raw report from Monday night with thoughts on all the matches and angles, update on the BattleGround PPV, New Japan thoughts from this past weekend’s show, Dave on various individuals on the…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on Raw tomorrow, the build to the BattleGround PPV, Hulk Hogan’s apparently depature from TNA and how it went down, Dave’s thoughts on the New Japan iPPV thus far,…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on WWE Battleground, this year’s SummerSlam buyrate and why it was down, Impact with the potential departure of Hulk Hogan, the death of Leandro Souza due to weight-cutting, and…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest JOE KOFF of Ring of Honor to talk all sorts of different topics including what the issues are with iPPV, is it possible to make this work, other options including potentially running live television events, whether traditional PPV is financially feasible,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including who Jon Jones’ next opponent is going to be, whether Dave and Bryan think it’s the right call, a look at last night’s Ultimate Fighter, the plight of the pioneers on the…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns with a nearly one-hour review of Raw from Monday night with in-depth thoughts on all the matches and segments, killing the babyfaces, how it all leads to the BattleGround PPV, and more! Plus your questions on many different subjects including Sting to WWE. A fun…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on UFC 165, the controversial main event, will Jones and Gustafsson rematch, Ultimate Fighter ratings for the week, SummerSlam and Mayweather vs. Alvarez PPV numbers, which overachieved and which…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including notes on Ultimate Fighter from last night, Dave’s thoughts on the new edition of NXT, Smackdown taping results, more on what’s going on with Impact Wrestling, UFC 165 preview, plus tons of…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on Raw from Monday night, the Daniel Bryan angle, status of the title, next PPV, Mickie James and TNA, lots of talk of changing the road schedule, NXT cuts,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on the WWE Night of Champions PPV, new WWE Champion Daniel Bryan, whether he’ll be champion going into or coming out of Raw, the fast-count, Dusty on Raw, Impact…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full preview of tonight’s Night of Champions PPV including thoughts on all the matches, the betting odds up and down the show, where they go from here with Daniel Bryan and…

Sept 14 Observer Radio SIN LIMITE, part two: We talk today’s New Japan iPPV and how it plays into the Destruction iPPV coming up on 9/29, Jim Ross, the debut of Wrestle-1, where the company could go, and its current philosophy. And then it’s time for almost an hour of questions submitted by you, the…

Sept 14 Observer Radio SIN LIMITE, part one: With the introductions out of the way, (literally, as the first 20 seconds of the show are in the internet ether), we’ve got a full recap (and a lot of thoughts) on last night’s CMLL 80th Anniversary show at Arena Mexico, which featured a lot of action,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest KONNAN to talk, I think, every last single thing in the history of the universe. Yup. Also, AAA and WWE’s offer to buy them several years back, the CMLL Aniversario show, Jim Ross getting fired, a whole bunch of fight predictions,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with a breaking news update talking the retirement of Jim Ross, how this ties into the Ric Flair/2K14 Q&A, a lot of questions, where he’ll go from here and more.

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in pro-wrestling including a full Raw report from Monday night, all the matches and segments in detail, how this leads to Night of Champions, the PPV line-up, New Japan’s upcoming PPVs, your questions and tons more. Best of all…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of TV reviews, Impact, CMLL, Total Divas, NXT and more, plus news on Raw, WWE injuries, Wrestle-1, death of a famous bodybuilder of yesteryear, upcoming UFC fights, Olympic Wrestling returning, G-1…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on Daniel Bryan, Night of Champions, Impact, Anthony Pettis’ shocking submission of Benson Henderson, Total Divas and so much more! Best of all it’s FREE, so please post the…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with special guest Bruce Mitchell to talk the new Mid-Atlantic DVD, thoughts on, as it’s billed, THE GOOD OLD DAYS, Q&A with your emails, plus Bruce’s thoughts on the HHH interview on Grantland where he told a story about Wade Keller that was, in…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including thoughts on EIGHT HOURS OF UFC ON A WEDNESDAY, Ultimate Fighter with Rousey and Tate, Fight Night from Brazil, where they’re going next, Bellator falling apart this Saturday, Raw ratings, Smackdown tapings,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wreslting and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on Raw from Monday night, all the matches and segments, build towards Night of Champions, Anthony Pettis and his knee, UFC preview for Wednesday night, Sean Sherk retirement and…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on UFC last night, including the title change in the main event with Anthony Pettis submitting the unsubmittable Benson Henderson, the rest of the card, UFC ratings from Wednesday,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full rundown of UFC’s Wednesday night show, plus a look at this Saturday night’s show and next Wednesday night’s show. How many main events can you name off the top of your head?…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including WHO IS JARET from Total Divas, a full report from Raw on Monday night with thoughts on all the matches and angles, Ted DiBiase quits, more on the HHH interview and what…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including thoughts on Raw Monday, Total Divas for this week, the death of the LAWMAN, HHH’s recent interview talking the backstage goings-on in WWE, TNA Impact and issues with the company, AJ Styles,…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with a very special show! Lance Storm is in studio for a two-hour career retrospective covering his time growing up, training for pro-wrestling, working in Japan, ECW, WCW and WWE, some never-before-heard stories and more! Best of all it’s FREE, so please post the…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer and, yes, LANCE STORM returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including thoughts on the Raw rating Monday, quarter hours, Smackdown taping results, John Cena’s surgery, TNA Impact preview and the X-Division rule change, Dave’s thoughts on Flair at the…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in pro-wrestling including a full Raw report from Monday night with the Randy Orton coronation, the end of John Cena for a good while, the Daniel Bryan follow-up and more! Plus your questions, more on what happened with Del…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full review of SummerSlam, thoughts on all the matches and angles and where to go from here, more on Ric Flair and the fallback from his performance Saturday night at the…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full one-hour preview of SummerSlam, Mike tried desperately to explain to Bryan that he went to a TNA TV taping and not house show, UFC on FS1 thoughts and so much…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including Ric Flair hijacking the WWE 2K14 video game press conference, SummerSlam preview, Brooke Hogan and TNA, Darren Young coming out, WWE false-advertising John Cena, and full coverage of UFC on FS1 from…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with a very special guest, former WWF/WWE referee Jimmy Korderas! We’re going to talk about the HIDDEN RULES OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING, plus try to clear up some questions about count-outs, closed fists, how long you’re allowed to be on the top rope, and more.…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on the new Total Divas deal, ratings patterns for that show, Raw ratings, the segment that did a shockingly big number, what the ref in the Natalya match had…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full report from Raw Monday, the go-home show for SummerSlam, all the matches and segments and more, plus Dave on Total Divas, Cena’s elbow injury, TNA changes the line-up for Thursday’s show, Fight…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in pro-wrestling including another G-1 Climax tournament wrap-up, thoughts on the top matches from the last night, Raw preview for tomorrow with the go-home show before SummerSlam, Total Divas, Impact from Thursday night, a WWE video game announcement for…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns to talk all the news in professional wrestling including tons of thoughts on one of the best wrestling tournaments of all time, the 23rd annual G-1 Climax from New Japan Pro Wrestling! The best matches for you to seek out, the booking going into the…

Aug 11 Wrestling Observer Radio: Hey, forget about what Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto are doing to their bodies during New Japan’s 23rd annual G-1 Climax tournament – what about Dave and Mike? We pulled the best All Nighter since Susanna Hoffs danced in front of that mirror in her underwear, and we’re back to…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on the G-1 Climax tournament so far, best matches, two injuries that kind of screw things up, Smackdown tapings, Raw ratings, Ronda Rousey and the next season of Ultimate…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including some thoughts from Dave on Total Divas, a full rundown and analysis of Raw Monday, how it leads into SummerSlam in two weeks, G-1 tournament thoughts, Rampage/Tito press conference notes, your questions…

Observer Radio SIN LIMITE, part two: An hour dedicated to answering your questions like, how may the Bellator PPV do?, the story behind All-American Wrestling on USA, Mania 19 buyrate blame, the age-old question of when did pro wrestling become worked?, what death hit the hardest?, Tommy Rich: NWA champion, Tenryu’s exit from All Japan,…

Observer Radio SIN LIMITE, part one: A full recap and analysis of the first four days of New Japan’s 23rd Annual G-1 Climax iPPV, including – SURPRISE~! – a handful of Match of the Year candidates, featuring a bunch of Wrestler of the Year candidates – as well as a Show of the Year candidate…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a review of the first-ever Total Divas, upcoming episodes, the G-1 tournament, SummerSlam, UFC in Brazil, Kurt Angle, Tito Ortiz to Bellator and TNA, and more! Best of all it’s FREE, so…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full rundown of UFC in Brazil with Jose Aldo headlining against Korean Zombie, Dave’s rant on MMA trying to ban youngsters from MMA shows, Kurt Angle’s arrest, ROH injury and title…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with a breaking news audio to talk Tito Ortiz’s debut with Impact Wrestling one day after debuting for Bellator MMA.

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk tons of news including thoughts on Tito Ortiz vs. Rampage Jackson in the first-ever Bellator PPV, Bellator results from Wednesday night, UFC press tour notes from New York and LA, FOX ratings breakdown, Raw ratings, death of Cory Maclin, Impact notes for…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including Dave’s thoughts on his lunch with Junior Dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, UFC on FOX 8 ratings, Total Divas pros and cons, the rating for the show, G-1 Climax fail, a full…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on UFC on FOX 8, which Bryan attended live, the debut of TOTAL DIVAS tonight on E!, Raw, Smackdown, Money in the Bank and so much more! Best of…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full recap of UFC on FOX 8 from Seattle, all the fights in detail, post-fight notes, upcoming potential matches, and more, plus notes on Bellator ratings, their proposed Roy Jones Jr.…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest Harry Smith, aka Davey Boy Smith Jr., to talk everything you ever wanted to know about New Japan, the G-1 Climax tournament coming up, some awesome Minoru Suzuki stories, training shoot wrestling, differences between New Japan and WWE in terms of…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a former WWE developmental wrestler who is set to be charged with murder, full Raw and Smackdown taping results for this coming week’s shows, G-1 running nine shows in eleven days, Jesse…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full Raw report from Monday night, the great stuff like Daniel Bryan vs. Antonio Cesaro, the horrible stuff like that Divas thing, and everything in between. Plus, the latest Nick Diaz…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest William Murdock to talk his reissued Jack Brisco book, which is available now at Crowbar press and will be available in a digital edition on Amazon in the next month or two. Tons to discuss regarding one of the greatest champions…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on the recent TNA woes, Impact Wrestling from Thursday night start to finish, some New Japan iPPV thoughts, Dave on the UFC Countdown show for FOX on Saturday, Dana…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with a brand new two hour shows talking all the news in pro-wrestling including tons of thoughts on all the problems in TNA right now, what the future holds, some scoops, the New Japan iPPV, at least two full segments on TOTAL DIVAS~!, Money…

Observer Radio SIN LIMITE, part three: Over two-and-a-half hours dedicated to answering your questions (and giving great historical nuggets) on everything from Mexican women’s wrestling, what if Rikidozan didn’t die?, history of Hawai’i, Muraco, Brainbusters, Dillon, Powers, Mata, Cole, Morgan, Kendo Nagasaki, Wilson’s Rich-Barnett claim, open scoring, could Askren hang in the UFC?, referees in…

Observer Radio SIN LIMITE, part two: Over two-and-a-half hours dedicated to answering your questions (and giving great historical nuggets) on everything from Mexican women’s wrestling, what if Rikidozan didn’t die?, history of Hawai’i, Muraco, Brainbusters, Dillon, Powers, Mata, Cole, Morgan, Kendo Nagasaki, Wilson’s Rich-Barnett claim, open scoring, could Askren hang in the UFC?, referees in…

Observer Radio SIN LIMITE, part one: A full recap and analysis of another very good New Japan iPPV – which may have been short on match of the year candidates, but was long on value with everything on the show being p. good-to-p. great, another masterful performance by Minoru Suzuki, the pros and cons of…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk tons of different news bits including what the hell is going on in TNA, the departure of Bruce Prichard, the financial problems and what has caused them, and more, plus Randy Orton’s injury, Raw ratings, Smackdown taping results, NXT thoughts including the…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in pro-wrestling including a full report from Raw on Monday night, all the matches and angles, Brock and Punk, Cena vs. Bryan SummerSlam set-up, Randy Orton, the Wyatt Family, and more, plus Warrior and the new WWE video game,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full review of the WWE Money in the Bank PPV, all the matches and angles, how this leads into SummerSlam, Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena and how that’ll be set up,…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full one-hour preview of WWE Money in the Bank, thoughts on Invicta last night with Marloes Coenen vs. Cris Cyborg, Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman 1 and 2, Warrior back in WWE, WWE’s…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Mike Sempervive returns today with a ton of news to talk about including a slew of UFC main events announced, led by the December 28 rematch between Chris Weidman and Anderson Silva. Will the show, also containing Rousey-Tate II break records? The reasons it most certainly can, plus,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with so much to news to talk about including Smackdown taping results, Main Event review, WWE’s new Performance Training Center grand opening, Matt Morgan leaving TNA, the New Japan iPPV, Randy Orton’s divorce, Silva vs. Weidman II thoughts, Fight Master review, Mrs. Cyborg fighting…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full review of Raw Monday, the go-home show for Money in the Bank, the debut of the Wyatt Clan, all the matches and angles and more. Then, we’ll talk the New…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez returns today with our first-ever solo show talking another first-ever, the first-ever loss in UFC of Anderson Silva, who was knocked out by Chris Weidman in one of the craziest finishes ever. We’ll talk all about that show, plus a preview of Raw and the Money in the Bank…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with a full report from one of the more legendary shows of all time, at least in terms of historic main events, the night that Chris Weidman knocked out Anderson Silva and ended the record-setting reign of the greatest MMA fighter of all time.…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with our final in-studio show before we head to LAS VEGAS, NEVADA for UFC 162 and our annual convention! Tons of news to get into including a New Japan and UFC PPV preview for the weekend, Raw ratings, Smackdown tapings, what’s going on with…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full Raw report from Monday night, a look at all the matches and segments on what was not the best Raw of all time, plus Silva vs. Weidman thoughts, who the pros are…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest Jim Cornette to talk tons of different subjects including how he has turned his health around in the last six months (low carb, low wrestling), the life and times of Jackie Fargo, some astonishing records from that era, pro-wrestling today and…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in pro-wrestling including notes on the career of Matt Bourne, WWE making the move to their new Performance Training Center, WrestleMania plans already in the works, TNA tapings for the next two weeks in great detail, Raw and Smackdown,…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including what’s going on with Ring of Honor and the Briscoes, the Daniel Bryan/Vince McMahon/Shawn Michaels story and why it may be much ado about nothing, Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman predictions, Matt Bourne and…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including notes on both the Raw ratings Monday and the Brooke Hogan segment from Impact, Smackdown tapings from Tuesday, Vince McMahon and Daniel Bryan, what’s up with the Briscoes, New Japan iPPV thoughts, your questions…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back again this morning with special guest Shannon Knapp, president of the all-women InvictaFC promotion, to talk their first-ever traditional PPV event, Marloes Coenen vs. Cris Cyborg, live on July 13th from Kansas City. We’ll talk the promotion’s history, next steps, the move to PPV,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in pro-wrestling including tons of thoughts on Raw from Monday night, all the matches and segments, Daniel Bryan’s win over Randy Orton, and more, plus ROH no longer doing live iPPVs, New Japan doing iPPVs including five over the…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest Randy Hales to talk the life and times of the late Jackie Fargo, the long-time King of Memphis Wrestling who gave Jerry Lawler his start, who passed away today.

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including the two iPPVs this weekend, ROH and New Japan, iPPV streaming issues and what can be done, Invicta moving to traditional PPV, Raw, Smackdown and Impact and tons more! Best of all…

Observer Radio Sin Limite, part three: An hour-and-a-half dedicated to answering your questions on everything from Akira Taue, Dutch Savage and the Nasty Boys vs. Ken Shamrock to who’s the bigger icon: Santo-Rikidozan, NWA title changes, Shawn’s smile, and so much more!

Observer Radio Sin Limite, part two: A look at this weekend’s happenings including Saturday’s Ring of Honor iPPV – which once again suffered from difficulty, Invicta’s pay-per-view strategy, TNA and Bellator ratings, Josh Rosenthal’s new employers, Adrian Broner isn’t the next Floyd Mayweather, and much more!

*Note: My computer and Pamela, the recording software I use to record the show, got into a tiff during part 1, so, for the time being, it’s only half of our review of the New Japan show. The rest will be re-recorded later today. Sorry about the inconvenience!* Observer Radio Sin Limite, part one: our…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with one of our favorite guests, Mick Foley, to talk tons of different topics including a documentary project he’s working on called I Am Santa Claus. Everything you ever wanted to know about the crazy world of being a Santa Claus, the politics, similarities…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of notes on the Raw ratings from Monday, a new WWE head writer (well, one is coming to replace the one who just quit), Smackdown tapings, the Daniel Bryan story from…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest COLT CABANA to talk all sorts of different topics including his podcast, what influenced him to start it, making money as a pro-wrestler outside WWE, why other wrestlers aren’t trying to do what he’s doing, the British style and what it’s…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including full results from a great Raw show Monday, the first live event after a great Sunday night Payback PPV, all the matches and angles leading to Money in the Bank in July, and more,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on the WWE Payback PPV, all the matches and angles leading into Raw and Money in the Bank, Smackdown thoughts from Friday night, Jackie Fargo, the return of Mark…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and walking corpse Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full preview of tonight’s WWE Payback PPV, a look at World Series of Fighting on Friday, last night’s UFC 161, AAA’s TripleMania iPPV this weekend and so much more! Best of…

June 16 Observer Radio Sin Limite: Dave & Mike talk UFC, WWE Payback, DG, your questions & much more! (Part 2) Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Mike Sempervive is back to celebrate all of the world’s men who have bore loin fruit with an epic 3-hour-plus #SinLimite program – the first of two in…

June 16 Observer Radio Sin Limite: Dave & Mike talk UFC, WWE Payback, DG, your questions & much more! (Part 1) Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Mike Sempervive is back to celebrate all of the world’s men who have bore loin fruit with an epic 3-hour-plus #SinLimite program – the first of two in…

The Bryan & Vinny Show returns tonight with our weekend episode and it’s something to hear including a pretty amazing Granny segment as we attempt, fruitfully and then in a fruit-bearing manner, to come up with a contest for next week, where you can win a Bryan Danielson vs. The World DVD. Also, a full…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including notes on the Raw rating and quarters for Monday, Smackdown taping results, previews of the Payback PPV this weekend plus AAA notes, UFC 161 preview, California and TRT, Dave’s thoughts on the first Bellator…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full review of Monday Night Raw, all the matches and angles leading into PAYBACK on Sunday, New Japan next iPPV line-up, UFC and their battles with New York State, your questions…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including thoughts on Prince Devitt winning Best of the Super Juniors, the TNA Slammiversary PPV, WWE Payback, UFC on FUEL 10, and more! Best of all it’s FREE, so please post the link or file…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full review of UFC on FUEL 10 from Brazil, a show with a record (maybe) eight submissions on a single show, bonuses and notes, Smackdown and Impact thoughts from Dave, death…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of notes on Quinton Jackson signing with Bellator and TNA, when he debuts on Impact (hint: today), his potential pro-wrestling training, who he’ll fight in Bellator, ratings slaughter Monday, Smackdown tapings, Daniel Bryan’s…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including full results of Raw from Monday night, all the matches and angles leading to WWE’s Payback PPV, another UFC fight down and the fight that was almost made but also fell through, All Japan…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full report on TNA’s third of four live PPVs this year, Slammiversary from Boston, with the final supposed title match of Sting’s career, and awesome match featuring Taryn Terrell — really — and…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full preview of tonight’s TNA Slammiversary PPV, all the matches in depth, Raw and Impact from this week, TV ratings versus major sporting events, death of the brand split, Garza and…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA, and there’s tons of it, including Raw ratings and quarters, Smackdown tapings, updates on Mark Henry and Dolph Ziggler, Buck Robley bio, Buck Zumhofe in big trouble, Kofi Kingston, new WWE straight-to-DVD cartoon, Impact and…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full review of Raw from Monday night, all the angles and segments on the show leading to the PAYBACK PPV with the return of CM Punk in Chicago, what’s going on with Olympic…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with a breaking news audio on the death of one of Mexico’s bigger stars, Hector Garza, who won every belt there was to win and managed to work not only in all the major Mexican promotions, but all the major US groups in the…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA over the past two weeks including tons of thoughts on Extreme Rules, UFC 160, all the TV from WWE and TNA including Impact, Raw and Smackdown, a look at the best title belts throughout the…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with our weekend edition talk all the news in MMA and pro-wrestling including full coverage of UFC 160, all the fights, all the future fights set-up including Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos III, GSP’s prediction on the Silva/Weidman fight, and so much more.…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk UK pro-wrestling and the life and times of Mick McManus with special guest John Lister. We’ll talk the heyday of British Wrestling, McManus’ career and the most interesting stories, Jackie Pallo, the scene today, your Twitter questions and tons more. A fun…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including some notes on the death of Mick McManus, Main Event and Smackdown taping thoughts, Impact preview for the week, Overeem gets a big fight, preview of this weekend’s UFC PPV with Velasquez vs. Bigfoot…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest HARDCORE HOLLY to talk his excellent new book which is available on Amazon.com right now. Tons to discuss including breaking into wrestling and why it’s so different today, getting a bad reputation based on his character, the Matt Cappotelli situation, Tough…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full report from Raw on Monday night, all the matches and angles, what’s going on with Triple H and Brock Lesnar, CURT AXEL, Ryback and John Cena, and more. Plus, some notes on…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including full results of the WWE Extreme Rules PPV, thoughts on all the matches and finishes and where we go from here, plus an idiotic legdrop from an idiot at the Billboard Music Awards, latest…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in MMA and pro-wrestling including full results of the UFC on FX 8 show from Brazil on Saturday night, Vitor Belfort’s big win and controversy, Nate Diaz big-ass fine, Bryan Caraway controversy, latest on Rock’s injury, TNA ratings from…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer today returns with a very special guest, Mickie James of TNA, to discuss tons of topics related to pro-wrestling, WWE and TNA, comparisons between the two, schedule, her new album Somebody’s Gonna Pay that was released last Tuesday, performing in music versus wrestling, and so much…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including Dave hitting the NEW YORK TIMES, Smackdown tapings, WWE Main Event with Kane and Seth Rollins, some Extreme Rules thoughts, Austin and Christy Hemme, death of Ronnie West, UFC in Brazil this weekend, most…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on Raw from Monday night, all the matches and segments, full line-up for Extreme Rules, Nick Diaz attempting to start a new promotion — seriously — more on the Austin Aries/Christie…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including notes on the retirement of Kenta Kobashi, thoughts on the match and everything else that surrounded it in Japan over the weekend, thoughts on Smackdown and Impact this week, Raw preview, Jay Briscoe apology,…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA over the past week including thoughts on the retirement of maybe the best wrestler of all time, Raw, Impact, Smackdown and Main Event thoughts, Extreme Rules card, Impact moving time slots, oldest World Champion ever, and…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest Peter Birkholz to talk everything you ever wanted to know about the Houston Wrestling territory, Paul Boesch, the glory days of Texas Wrestling, and more, all straight from his book, When Wrestling was Rasslin, available online, at Amazon.com, etc. A fun…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including Raw rating notes from Monday night, Antonio Cesaro vs. Randy Orton, Smackdown taping results, Raw ratings, Impact ratings and the time slot move, how this affects Bellator, Dolph Ziggler’s concussion, Extreme Rules, why there…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including full results of Raw from Monday night, the second-to-last show before Extreme Rules, all the matches and angles and more, plus the next New Japan iPPV card, Jerry Lawler’s first match back since suffering…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full review of ROH’s Border Wars iPPV from Saturday night, a look at the next iPPV line-up, thoughts on that show, Smackdown and Impact from this week, a Raw preview for tomorrow, latest…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on UFC 159, the Mayweather fight Saturday night, Raw and Smackdown, the full Extreme Rules card so far, what to do with Ryback and Cena, Rock’s future in pro-wrestling, New Japan…

Part 2 of a show so big, even cut in halves, it will take spots 1 through 4 in the Best of ‘13 poll, Wrestling Observer Radio returns today with an epic THREE HOURS with Dave Meltzer and Mike Sempervive, talking all about Friday’s New Japan “Wrestling Dontaku” iPPV show from top to bottom, Impact’s…

Part 1 of a show so big, even cut in halves, it will take spots 1 through 4 in the Best of ‘13 poll, Wrestling Observer Radio returns today with an epic THREE HOURS with Dave Meltzer and Mike Sempervive, talking all about Friday’s New Japan “Wrestling Dontaku” iPPV show from top to bottom, Impact’s…

Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer return today with a breaking news audio telling you everything you ever wanted to know about WWE’s latest quarterly earnings report and subsequent investor’s call — what they made, the good and bad, PPV numbers, and more!

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all sorts of news including an awesome WWE Main Event TV match you must see, Raw rating notes, Smackdown tapings from Tuesday night for Friday’s show, New Japan iPPV preview, Chael Sonnen shockingly returning to fighting, survey on boxing, wrestling and MMA,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full Raw report from Monday night with thoughts on all the different angles and matches on the show, inside notes on future directions, Hulk Hogan lawsuit versus Gawker update, WWE’s new deal with…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Mike Sempervive is back talking a bunch of subjects, including the fall-out of Saturday’s UFC 159, debating the race debate – and is it more about hating the great?, possibility of NXT on American TV in the fall, news from around Japan including NJ’s upcoming iPPV, Sekimoto, the…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including full results of a very cursed edition of UFC, the famed 159 from Newark with bad finishes galore and a near-title change in the main event had time and circumstances been slightly different. Also,…

Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of notes on the Raw ratings this week, what did well and what did poorly, Smackdown tapings for the week, UFC on FOX ratings, preview of this weekend’s Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen fight,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest Bruce Mitchell to talk the ECW Barbed Wire City DVD that has been in the news this past week. Tons of thoughts on the rise and fall of the company, all the characters involved, comparisons to everything from TNA to Roller…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full Raw report from Monday night in the UK, all the matches and angles on the show, thoughts on the Barbed Wire City DVD documentary that just came out, updates on Rock and…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on UFC on FOX last night, a look at next week’s Jones vs. Sonnen card, the upcoming Extreme Rules PPV, Rock’s surgery and what it means for his wrestling and film…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full rundown of UFC on FOX with a record-tying number of knockouts, some controversial decisions, great fights and more. We’ll also talk press conference notes, more on the new WWE training center, what’s…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on Dave’s trip to Cauliflower Alley Wednesday night, Smackdown tapings from Tuesday, Jon Jones decides to promote a fight, what happened with MMA ref Josh Rosenthal and a bunch of marijuana,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full Raw report from Monday night, thoughts on all the matches and angles, Brock Lesnar’s destruction, Cena and Ryback and more, plus what’s up with Rock’s injury, Ultimate Fighter tryouts, your…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with a brand new show, our post-WrestleMania wrap-up edition with all the news from the biggest show of the year, the line-up thus far for the WWE Extreme Rules PPV, tons of thoughts on Rock, Undertaker, John Cena and more, plus TUF Finale thoughts…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including everything you ever wanted to know about the Ultimate Fighter Finale, all the fights, Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano on TUF, Jones and Sonnen and more, plus Impact thoughts, what the hell was up…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest and brand new WWE Hall of Famer MICK FOLEY to talk tons of different topics including thoughts on his big day last Saturday at Madison Square Garden, Bob Backlund’s speech, Bruno Sammartino and Vince McMahon, tons of thoughts on his comedy…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including the latest on what’s going on with Rock, injury update, Smackdown tapings from Tuesday night, ratings notes from Raw, FANDANGO, Fallon Fox controversy, Ultimate Fighter Finale this coming weekend, your questions on a ton…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including what happened with the Rock, his injury, the big angle that ended up not taking place, a full review of a very wacky Raw with some wild fans, a few title changes, some big…

It is here! Our annual WrestleMania post-PPV review show! Tons of stuff to discuss including full results of all the matches from both a televised and live perspective, thoughts on some major changes made, what was cut from the show besides the tag match and why, how Undertaker vs. Punk was live, tons of notes…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news on the biggest weekend of the year, WRESTLEMANIA SUNDAY! Tons of live thoughts from Newark, including notes on WrestleCon, all the shows, ROH, the Hall of Fame, WrestleMania tonight and so much more. Best of all it’s FREE, so…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons and tons of thoughts on WrestleCon with SHIMMER and Chikara, all the meet and greets, tons of Mania weekend scoops, full live Hall of Fame report with Foley, Bruno, crazy Backlund…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on the ROH iPPV on Friday night, an awesome event live, with thoughts on all the matches, the new ROH champion, how some other shows this weekend did, the EVOLVE issues…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns with our final show until Bryan heads out to Newark for WrestleMania weekend! We’ll talk the biggest show of the year and potentially the biggest of all time, the Hall of Fame, ratings from Monday for the go-home show, buyrate for the Elimination Chamber with…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full rundown and analysis of the go-home edition of Raw Monday, all the matches and angles, the Hall of Fame controversy with Mick Foley, Smackdown taping results, the awful Ric Flair 911 call,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including more on the death of Reid Flair, update from Friday, WrestleMania I memories, thoughts on Smackdown Friday, what happened with Charlie Haas at ROH, Impact thoughts from Thursday night, Kenta Kobashi’s final match, is…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns this Easter Sunday to talk all the news in pro-wrestling including the tragic story of the death of Reid Flair, his recent history in Japan, how he looked in the ring, and more. Then, a WrestleMania preview with thoughts on some of the matches and…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to discuss everything we know at the moment about the tragic passing of Ric Flair’s son Reid.

Better late than never! Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including Smackdown spoilers, new Mania matches and thoughts on the card, Antonio Cesaro, Smackdown tapings, Impact, Ric Flair update, New Japan iPPV thoughts, the Diaz/GSP weigh-in controversy, real life LLUSA angle…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with a special bonus show featuring the Doctor himself, TOM PRICHARD, to talk all sorts of subjects including his many runs in WWE developmental, the positives and negatives of the current system, memories of his great friend Brad Armstrong, growing up a wrestling fan,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest Chris Jericho to talk a ton of different topics including ROBOT COMBAT LEAGUE on Syfy, everything you ever wanted to know about giant fighting robots, his match with Fandango at WrestleMania and how that came about, his thoughts upon hearing the…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full recap of Raw from Monday night, all three hours and 22 minutes of it, Rock and Cena, what’s up with Ric Flair, Bruno all over the place, GSP controversy from Montreal plus…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest NIKITA KOLOFF to discuss tons of subjects including the unique way he broke into the business, why he vowed early on to retire before 35, whether an injury really ended his career, going into the ministry, his new Lifetime series that…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on Raw Monday, Smackdown, TNA Impact, Dave’s thoughts on Mick Foley’s comedy show, the death of Joe Weider and everything you ever wanted to know about bodybuilding, your questions and so…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with TWO FULL HOURS on nothing but WWE and WrestleMania. We’ll run down the entire card, talk all sorts of different booking ideas for the biggest show of the year, plus take your phone calls with questions and comments. Best of all it’s FREE,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk about last night’s World Series of Fighting 2 on NBC Sports show, the NCAA Division I wrestling finals and the incredible accomplishment of Kyle Dake, a little on the New Japan iPPV, Thursday’s Impact Wrestling, the impact of Joe Weider, the career…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest Rick Bassman, the man who helped launch the careers of Sting, Warrior, John Cena, Samoa Joe and countless (literally, could probably not count the number) of other modern-day superstars. We’ve got so many stories to get into, many of which will…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including Raw ratings from Monday night, Smackdown tapings from Tuesday, the last of the TNA PPV tapings at Universal Studios, Bully Ray and the fallout of his recent slur caught on tape, UFC 158 buyrate…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full review of a pretty lame Raw from Monday night, the road to WrestleMania with new matches, details on the TNA tapings through February, why Flair isn’t doing WrestleCon at this point, CM…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on last night’s UFC 158: Diaz vs. GSP with thoughts on all the top matches, Diaz’s performance before and after the fight, where they go from here, and more. Plus, tons…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA — and there’s tons of it — including all the latest on UFC 158 GSP vs. Diaz, Diaz’s crazy post-fight rant, where to go from here, Dana vs. Vince backstory and why Dana turned it…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including more thoughts on WWE business stemming from last week’s conference call, the WWE Network, Smackdown tapings from Tuesday night, changes to the Mania line-up, Nick Diaz no-shows an open workout and what Dana White…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with a full review of Raw from Monday night, the Paul Bearer tribute show, with thoughts on all the matches and angles, WrestleMania, and more. Plus, WWE’s new training methods, WWE App playing stuff during commercials and how WWE is defending it, thoughts on…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with special guest Patrick Laprade to talk he and Bertrand Hebert’s new book, “Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw-Jobs: The Untold Story of How Montreal Shaped the World of Wrestling”. If you’re a fan of pro-wrestling history, Montreal or otherwise, this is a great show…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full rundown of the TNA Lockdown PPV from San Antonio on Sunday night, all the matches and big angles on the show, where they go from here and more, plus notes on Robert…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA this week including the death of Paul Bearer, his life and times, a full preview of the TNA Lockdown PPV, WrestleMania line-up thus far, GSP vs. Diaz next weekend and so much more! Best of…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including more on the death of Paul Bearer, health problems he’d been having of late, Smackdown tapings for this week, Raw rating and a look at the best and worst quarters, TNA Lockdown and TV…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with a breaking news update on the death of Paul Bearer, aka Percy Pringle III, one of our more popular guests on the show, as well as notes on Speed Channel being rebranded Fox Sports 1 and what it means for UFC.

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in pro wrestling including tons of thoughts on Raw Monday night, a show where we actually got MATCHES for WRESTLEMANIA besides the official two we had last week. All the matches and angles in depth, plus talk of Rey…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a preview of Raw Monday, thoughts on Smackdown Friday night and the ROH iPPV, more UFC notes from Saturday night, the WWE Network and whether it can work financially, your questions and tons more!…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on UFC on FUEL from Saitama Japan, Ronda Rousey PPV buyrate, the Road to WrestleMania, update on matches, Undertaker and Raw, Saturday Morning Slam, the WWE Network idea that nearly gives…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including notes on the Raw ratings from Monday, big and small quarters, WWE’s earning report preview for Thursday, Smackdown tapings, new GM debuts, UFC with GSP vs. Mania with Rock, the All Japan purchase, more…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full recap of Raw Monday with two big WrestleMania main events set, the life and times of Cyclon Negro, Ronda Rousey buyrate estimates from Saturday, what’s going on with Aldo and…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on UFC 157 with Ronda Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche fittingly headlining, plus the latest on WrestleMania, what’s up with Jack Swagger after his DUI arrest, and more! Best of all it’s…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including the latest on the return of the Undertaker, what’s up with Jack Swagger and WWE following his DUI, plus a full rundown and analysis of UFC 157 Rousey vs. Carmouche, which Dave attended live,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including more thoughts on Jack Swagger’s DUI, the Zeb Colter angle and where they could go, ratings report from Monday night, UFC preview for the Rousey show Saturday, stats that will disappoint some hardcores, more…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with a breaking news audio on Jack Swagger’s DUI arrest Tuesday night, the cutting of Jon Fitch by UFC, and what happened when Nick Diaz got his day in court.

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including full results from Raw Monday night with thoughts on all the matches and angles, what’s happening on the show next week, latest on Tito and Cyborg, Rory McDonald DOWN, plus your questions and more!…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including full results of last night’s WWE Elimination Chamber show, the last PPV on the road to WrestleMania, all the matches and angles, how it may play into Raw tomorrow, Tito and Cyborg, your questions…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a recap of last night’s UFC on FUEL event plus a big 30-minute preview of tonight’s Elimination Chamber PPV! Best of all it’s FREE, so please post the link or file elsewhere and help…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Mike Sempervive returns to talk about today’s UFC on Fuel 7, Dana White’s stances on TRT, Tito and Cyborg’s press conference, and her future, possible loophole for MMA in New York, thoughts on tomorrow night’s WWE Elimination Chamber PPV, Bully Ray and more~!

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk about a ton of eclectic topics including last night’s Bellator 89, next week’s Martinez-Shamhalaev featherweight final, the Olympic wrestling folly and FILA’s failure, Jordan Burroughs, thoughts on the second Primetime special, the concept of the show overall, anti-Ronda sentiment, Tammy Sytch’s sad…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including more on the IOC dropping wrestling from the Olympics starting in 2020, Smackdown taping results, WWE no longer providing rehab for Tammy Sytch, great business move by Tito Ortiz, upcoming big UFC fights, your…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full report on the go-home edition of Raw before Elimination Chamber, all the matches and angles, wrestling potentially (and it’s looking bad at the moment) being dropped from the Olympics, tons of UFC…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on the WWE Network and DirecTV, the New Japan iPPV from Saturday night, CM Punk getting hurt at a house show, Undertaker and a possible Raw return, the Ronda Rousey UFC…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on Bruno Sammartino going into the WWE Hall of Fame, Impact and Jeff Hardy’s re-signing, Ronda Rousey Countdown special before her big fight, and so much more. Best of all it’s…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including thoughts on the Raw rating last night, pertinent quarters, Smackdown and Main Event tapings from Tuesday night, drug test failure at UFC, Vitor Belfort and TUEs, Pettis vs. Aldo, your questions on a ton…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full report from Raw Monday night, all the angles and segments, how it plays into Elimination Chamber, and more. Plus, notes on the upcoming ECW documentary, more on Bruno Sammartino and the Hall…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA! We’ve got tons of things to discuss including a look at last night’s UFC 156 show, all the big matches and upsets, fallout from the Royal Rumble, looking towards WrestleMania and more! Best of all…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with tons to talk about including full results of UFC 156 from Vegas, which Dave attended live, including a rundown of all the fights, backstage news and notes, what’s going on with the women, the 115 pound division, Ultimate Fighter, Randy Couture, the new…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with a special call-in show. You sick of the idea of John Cena vs. Rock II? What is your alternate WrestleMania main event booking idea? We’ll take your calls on this subject, plus some insight into why certain matches were made and others were…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest Mike Quackenbush to talk all things FUN in pro-wrestling, including tomorrow’s NATIONAL PRO WRESTLING DAY with free attendance and paid availablility on iPPV, Chikara’s season opener, the new Wrestling Is channel, All Japan Women, and so much more. Best of all…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including notes on the Raw rating and quarters, Smackdown tapings, WWE PPV buys, Vince McMahon real-life surgery, alternate WrestleMania matches, what’s up with Undertaker, Dana White on Ms. Cyborg, the FOX ratings, Randy…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling including a full rundown and analysis of the first post-Royal Rumble Raw on the Road to WrestleMania! All the segments, the good, the bad and the very ugly, plus notes on Ric Flair, Brock Lesnar, Vince McMahon…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns with one of our biggest Observer Radios of the year, our recap of the 2013 WWE Royal Rumble PPV! The Road to WrestleMania has begun, and we’ll recap all the matches and angles, how things play into the WrestleMania build, and more! We’ve also got…

Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive return today with Wrestling Observer Live! We’ve got tons of things to discuss including a full one-hour plus preview of the Royal Rumble with predictions on all the matches including each person’s odds of winning, the Road to Mania, UFC on FOX and more! Best of all it’s FREE, so…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk tons of news including what happened with Ric Flair and the very bad decision he made, Royal Rumble matches and preview for Sunday, Impact taping notes from the UK leading into Lockdown, Eddie Alvarez legal situation, what happened with Lesnar and Fedor…

Jan 26 Observer Radio: Dave Meltzer and Mike Sempervive talk the news including about Ric Flair being unable to compete for All Japan today, wrestlers migrating to the promotion, Sunday night’s Royal Rumble, buyrate potential, ratings news on Bellator 86 and how TNA factors in, tonight’s UFC on Fox 6 show, a peek at upcoming…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest Kurt Angle, calling live from the TNA tour in the UK, to talk a bunch of different subjects including how the tour is going, British Boot Camp, thoughts on Ben Askren’s Bellator fight tonight, King Mo pro-wrestling vs. MMA, whether he’s…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including thoughts on the 2013 Observer Awards, Raw ratings from Monday, surprising winners and losers in the quarters, UFC ratings, a preview of UFC on FOX, Impact thoughts, Bruno and the Hall of Fame, your…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with a special bonus show featuring Lance Storm! This show focuses on drugs in sports, everything from Lance Armstrong to fighter’s concern over Saturday night’s UFC event in Brazil. An engaging one-hour discussion, so check it out~!

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with a giant packed show! We’ve got tons of things to discuss including a look at last night’s UFC on FX 6 card, future of Belfort and Bisping, Rock’s return and a Royal Rumble preview, the TNA wedding, Bellator’s Spike live debut and more!…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including thoughts on the Bellator rating from Thursday night, Impact with the Brooke Hogan/Bully Ray wedding, UFC in Brazil with Vitor Belfort vs. Michael Bisping, plus your questions and tons more. A fun show as…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including Raw ratings notes, who drew bigger — Rock or Flair?, Main Event thoughts, Smackdown spoilers, TNA/WWE lawsuit ends, Dana’s surgery, a look at Strikeforce guys heading to UFC, UFC preview for this weekend, Bellator…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest Chael Sonnen for a quick afternoon interview talking the new season of Ultimate Fighter which debuts next Tuesday at 8 PM, coaching alongside Jon Jones, top talent on the show, thoughts on Strikeforce fighters coming over and more! A fun show…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest Peter Birkholz, author of When Wrestling Was Rasslin, a history of Houston Wrestling and Paul Boesch! Tons to discuss about the life and times of one of the more respected promoters in wrestling history, plus your calls on tape libraries, touring…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full review of the 20th anniversary episode of Raw, all the segments on the show, Rock concert and more. Plus, notes on Hogan’s two lawsuits and your questions! A fun show as always…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in pro-wrestling including a full rundown of the first of only three live TNA PPVs for 2013, Genesis, with an Impact-level undercard and an awesome main event. Also, more on the 20th anniversary of Raw, two WWE injuries, Gut…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA! We’ve got tons of things to discuss including a look at the final-ever Strikeforce event, the return of Rock to WWE, Alberto Del Rio as new World Champion, a TNA Genesis preview and more. Plus,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full report of the final Strikeforce show of all time, thoughts on all the matches, tons of TNA news notes including the latest on PPV changes, tapings last night, the PPV today and…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including notes on an awesome WWE Main Event match, Raw Monday with the return of Ric Flair, Alberto Del Rio’s title win, El Generico to WWE, Impact notes for Thursday, Eddie Alvarez’s contract situation and…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full review of Raw from Monday night with the return of the Rock and Punk vs. Ryback in a TLC match, plus news on Rumble, THQ, Bully Ray vs. Hulk Hogan and how…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk a bunch of different subjects including more thoughts on the January 4th Tokyo Dome show from New Japan, the bad news coming out of the show in regards to turmoil backstage, Raw thoughts for Monday night, Impact preview for this week, plus…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full review of the New Japan Tokyo Dome iPPV on U-Stream, a Raw preview with the return of the Rock, a TLC match for the title plus the beginning of the build towards…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including thoughts on Great Khali vs. Antonio Cesaro on Main Event, Ric Flair returning to the ring, the full Tokyo Dome line-up for Friday, British Boot Camp thoughts, Ronda Rousey ticket sales update, ARM WRESTLING…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full review of Raw from Monday night, the final show of 2012 and the last low-key show before the build to Rock vs. Punk begins. Plus your questions on tons of different subjects…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with a special bonus show talking tons of different subjects including what we’d do if we sold the website and didn’t have to watch wrestling or MMA, thoughts on Smackdown and Impact, Wrestler of the Year and Fighter of the Year thoughts, Smackdown spoilers…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full review of UFC 155 with a new UFC heavyweight champion, an awesome Jim Miller vs. Joe Lauzon fight, and more, plus thoughts on upcoming booking, Raw for tomorrow, a new IC Champion,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with full coverage of UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II with full details on all the fights, the awesome Joe Lauzon vs. Jim Miller battle, notes on all the divisions going forward, backstage news and more. Plus, full results of this coming Monday’s…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk a full preview of UFC 155, which Dave is attending live in Las Vegas, with lots of thoughts on the Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos main event, all the undercard fights, Ronda Rousey, Alistair Overeem, plus some Impact and WWE notes.…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including Dave’s thoughts on WWE Main Event, Raw’s upcoming 20th Anniversary show, the BBC’s When Wrestling Was Golden documentary, UFC 155 main event thoughts, DREAM airing on CBS Sports, plus your questions on tons of…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling on this Christmas Day, including a full review of Raw from Monday night, all the segments including the doom and return of Santa and the Miracle on 34th StreetFight Main Event, plus your questions on tons of…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in pro-wrestling including tons of notes on the Survivor Series buyrate, the bloom off the rose with Ryback, WrestleMania booking, whether Punk could beat Rock at Rumble, Tribute to the Troops rating, the death of Rip Hawk, Impact taping…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in WWE over the past week including thoughts on the TLC PPV, the Shield’s ascension, the Survivor Series buyrate and Ryback, how GSP played into it, Slammys and the return of Ric Flair, Randy Orton’s injury and so much…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a lot of thoughts on WWE’s rash of programming over the last few days, Randy Orton’s injury at Tribute to the Troops, Smackdown from last night, what’s up with Ric Flair and WWE, THQ’s…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a huge review of Raw with tons of news and notes on the return of Ric Flair, what’s going on with the TNA lawsuit, the debut of Big E. Langston and who the hell…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in pro-wrestling including full reviews of both WWE’s TLC PPV with the Shield vs. Ryback & Daniel Bryan & Kane and John Cena vs. Dolph Ziggler headlining, and ROH Final Battle with Kevin Steen vs. El Generico and more!…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full preview of the WWE TLC PPV from Sunday night with thoughts on all the matches, predictions, how they could book leading into WrestleMania, and more, plus reviews of the two UFC on…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk a ton of different topics including two Ultimate Fighter Finales in two days, previews for TLC and the ROH iPPV on Sunday, Nick Diaz vs. GSP official plus what happened when Diaz had his day in court, Bellator weird match cancellation, updates…

Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with our 10-Minute Afternoon Update talking a ridiculously packed weekend of shows, line-ups for everything from TUF to TUF to WWE to ROH, plus news on Jeff Hardy’s future, a great Big Show interview, WWE vs. TNA in the ring this weekend, Paul Heyman wrestling at MSG,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on Raw and UFC on FOX ratings, Smackdown and Impact spoilers, WWE embroiled in controversy after Hurricane Sandy concert, a bunch of UFC fight announcements including GSP vs. Nick Diaz, Bellator…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full review of all the 18,000 segments on Raw Monday, the good, the bad and The Miz, plus Impact taping results, Dana White loses it regarding the women, Bellator has a big announcement…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full rundown and analysis of TNA’s Final Resolution PPV, a pretty lackluster affair, with thoughts on all the matches, injury updates and more, plus Tribute to the Troops spoilers, Kenta Kobashi’s retirement, Japanese…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts from UFC on FOX 5 in Seattle, which Bryan and Dave attended live, a full preview of the TNA Final Resolution PPV, CM Punk’s knee injury, and tons more! Best of…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk UFC ON FOX 5, live from our studio in Seattle, WA! Tons to discuss including thoughts on all the fights, bonuses, notes from the press conference, who got called for the Rousey fight and who didn’t, and more! Plus, thoughts on WWE…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including UFC on FOX 5 weigh-in thoughts, Ultimate Fighter, Impact, Bellator and Smackdown TV notes, TNA Final Resolution notes, more on Diaz vs. GSP, your questions and tons more. A fun show as always so…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on UFC on FOX 5, what’s up with the Rousey vs. Cyborg rumors, Rory MacDonald Charisma Vacuum, Smackdown tapings, Raw ratings notes, more on Ric Flair’s tabloid woes, how Hulk Hogan…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest NIGEL MCGUINNESS to talk his new documentary, The Last of McGuinness, which you can order now (and you better hurry!) at www.nigelwrestling.com. Tons to discuss including a lot of behind-the-scenes questions answered, reflections of his wrestling career, what he’s doing with…

Wrestling Observer Radio returns today with a Breaking Audio update on CM Punk’s surgery, the absolute latest from WWE in terms of how to address it, and more.

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on Raw Monday, the build to TLC, Ric Flair’s latest marriage woes and his talk of never wrestling again, NOAH going down in flames, the New Japan iPPV, Bellator and Ultimate…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including thoughts on the UFC on FOX 5 special today during football, a preview of the show, Raw thoughts for Monday night, reviews of Smackdown and Impact, full line-up for the Tokyo Dome on January…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons of thoughts on Raw, CM Punk, Ryback, John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, the build for TLC, TNA axing two PPVs next year, UFC on FOX 5 preview and so much more. Best…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with a breaking news audio on the death of Buddy Roberts, with a bonus look at the history of World Class Championship Wrestling during the peak years.

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of notes on the Raw rating from Monday, the weird Raw to two hours rumors that hit the Internet today and how they started, Smackdown tapings, Cornette out of ROH with lots of…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full report from Raw Monday night, thoughts on all the matches and segments, TLC, THE SHIELD, and more. Plus news on the New Japan iPPV this Sunday night, Bellator making a major change…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including Dave’s memories of the TV show Dallas and the death of all-time great heel Larry Hagman, aka JR Ewing, Smackdown and Impact thoughts, the Miz as a babyface, the great Hell in a Cell…

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling, MMA, and, yes, even boxing with the death of Hector Comacho. Thoughts on Survivor Series fallout, TLC, three-hour Raws and the WWE Network, Thiago Silva being sent to rehab for pot, your calls and so much more.…