Author: Garrett Gonzales

Image: WWE Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. We talk about the big story of the day which was the NXT cuts. We go into why the moves might be happening. We also discuss Adam Cole’s situation with WWE and his possible upcoming free agency. We look at Pete Dunne’s as…

Photo via @WrestlingIsKing on Twitter Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. Joining us is Kim Wood to talk about Brian Pillman and the Dark Side of the Ring season opener. Kim talks about his participation in the episode and then he and Dave go into old stories about Pillman. Kim gives…

Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. We talk Steve “Mongo” McMichael and his fight with ALS. We look at the changes in WWE management including Mark Carrano. Dave briefly talks about Nick Khan and the investor’s call. We go over the AEW Dynamite rating from Wednesday, the Kenny Omega vs Rich…

Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. We talk about all of the WWE releases from Thursday and look at who could be a hot commodity on the free agent market. We also look at Pat McAfee, who is joining the Smackdown announce team. There is also discussion regarding the AEW rating…

Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. We talk about the latest WrestleMania 37 news, including rumors of Becky Lynch, how the main event of night two may go, and possible show stealers. We look at NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver night two and compare it to night one, wonder about Gable…

Photo via @JohnArezzi Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. Joining us is special guest John Arezzi, who is coming out with a new book. We talk with John about his days running the Fred Blassie fan club, going to Madison Square Garden, and interviewing Vince McMahon in 1979. John also talks…

Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. We talk about Andrade asking for his release and WWE denying his request. We look at both buyrates from the last AEW and UFC PPVs. We discuss the NHL’s new ESPN TV deal and what that could mean for WWE and AEW. Dave gives his…

Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. AEW’s Jon Moxley joins the show. We spoil an award for next week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards issue before talking to Jon about what it was like being the champion during the pandemic. We talk about his upcoming exploding barbed wire death match…

Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. For the first half of the show, sports marketing professional Dave Meltzer (yes, the other Dave Meltzer) joins to talk sports business. Then, Dave and I come back and talk about the Wednesday night ratings, the anniversaries of Tyson/Douglas and Hogan/Andre, Butch Reed,…

Dave Meltzer and Garrett Gonzales are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. We first talk about the Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shingo Takagi match from the New Beginning in Nagoya. We then talk about Jon Moxley showing up on NJPW Strong on Friday to challenge KENTA. We talk about some of the Royal Rumble wild card possibilities…

Dave and I are back on Wrestling Observer Radio with special guest, MLW CEO Court Bauer. We talk to Court about running a wrestling company during a pandemic, the media rights market, scouting talent without independent shows, and what the schedule looks like for MLW. Dave and I then come back and talk about his…

Image: WWE Dave and I are back on Wrestling Observer Radio. No guest this weekend as we just shoot the stuff on a whole bunch of topics. We talk about Dave’s mom’s memorial, what happened on Smackdown with Roman Reigns and Adam Pearce, Donald Trump, Linda McMahon, and how the situation at the Capitol building…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales is back again. Joining us is special guest Pat Laprade. The first half of the show is a discussion on the wrestling career of Pat Patterson. Dave and Pat weave back and forth through his career from San Francisco to Montreal and in between. The…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales is back again. Joining us is special guest Kenny Omega. Dave and I talk about the latest news and little bit of WON Hall of Fame backlash. Then, Kenny joins us to talk about being an agent, AEW’s women’s division, living in Japan, and wrestling…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales is back. Joining us is Impact Knockouts champion Deonna Purrazzo. Deonna talks about her match with Kylie Rae at Bound For Glory, the end of her stay at NXT, her wrestling style, body shaming, and going to college while wrestling. Dave and I then cover…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales is back. Joining us to discuss the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ballot is someone who is actually on the ballot, Mike Tenay. This is part two of our discussion. You can listen to part one which was posted last week. For this part, we…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales is back. Joining us to discuss the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ballot is someone who is actually on the ballot, Mike Tenay. This is part one of our discussion. We open up the show talking more about Harold Meij leaving New Japan. We then…

Photo via NJPW1972.com Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales is back. We talk about the COVID-19 issue in wrestling as detailed in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We look over the piece from Variety on WWE and their fanbase. I get Dave’s thoughts on the G1 so far and if he…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales is back. We do a quick introduction talking about the G1 lineups and the AEW Dynamite and NXT ratings. And then we bring on Debbie Malenko to talk about her career, her injury, her life after wrestling, training, what she’s doing now, stories with Dave…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales is back. We talk about Vince McMahon wanting to put a stop to some third party deals made by talent. We take a look at the changes to the All Out main card and preview Saturday’s PPV. We also dig into the AEW ratings and…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales is back with special guest Lance Storm. Lance created a bit of a stir with a tweet about intergender wrestling and is on to discuss his opinion that intergender wrestling matches shouldn’t happen anymore. We also talk about the speaking out movement, Tessa Blanchard, women…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales is back with special guest and author of the new book, Shamrock: The World’s Most Dangerous Man, Jonathan Snowden. We talk to Jonathan about a lot of the stories in his new book such as Shamrock’s obsession with Royce Gracie, whether he fulfilled his potential…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales is back with guest Missy Hyatt. Dave starts the show asking Missy about her thoughts on the current sexual abuse issues that have come out against certain male wrestlers and what can be done to improve the industry. Missy talks about her lawsuit against WCW…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself Garrett Gonzales is back. In the second half of the show, we bring on writer and podcaster Andreas Hale. First, Dave and I talk about some of the news from the recent Wrestling Observer Newsletter including WWE running shows with COVID-19 positives on their roster, AEW Dynamite…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself Garrett Gonzales is back with special guest Mo Chatra. The topic of discussion is the #SpeakingOut movement. We talk about sexual assualt and misconduct in professional wrestling from the UK as well as in the US. We talk about how the story unfolded earlier in the week…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We talk about the situation with Paul Heyman being let go from his creative role and Bruce Prichard taking over as head of creative. We also talk about where Triple H fits in. We look at the Backlash card and wonder…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We begin the show talking about what’s going on in the world. We then talk about the Dana White and Jon Jones social media feud. Dave goes over the UFC Fight Night show from the UFC Apex. Then we move onto…

It’s Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and special guest Ross Hart talking about the late, great Owen Hart. Some of the topics that are discussed include Owen’s amateur wrestling career, his well-roundedness and versatility as a pro wrestler, and his sense of humor. They also talk about his friendship with the Ultimate Warrior and…

Photo via the Las Vegas Review-Journal Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We talk about the big news of the day which is Jacare Souza testing postive for the Coronavirus and being removed from the UFC 249 card. We talk about how many times he was tested,…

Photo via WWE.com Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We talk about the main event at UFC Busan, some of the happenings at the Bellator shows from Hawaii, and the wrestling shows from the weekend. Dave also reviews Smackdown from Friday. We then take listener questions about…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We kick off the show talking about the big heavyweight boxing match on DAZN from Saudi Arabia between Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua. We talk about possible fights with Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury and how hard it might be…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and I (guest co-host Garrett Gonzales) is back with a special Friday night edition of the show as with our guest David Lagana, NWA Vice President and executive producer of NWA Power, available on both YouTube and Facebook. We talk about YouTube as a publishing platform, why they’re doing…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We open up the show talking about the interviews that Dave did with Ric Flair and Becky Lynch that were posted earlier today. We talk about Bruce Prichard replacing Eric Bischoff as executive director of Smackdown Live. We discuss the Mike…

Photo via WWE.com Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We open up the show talking about Cain Velasquez showing up at the end of the first ever Smackdown on Fox and what it could mean for the near future. We dig into the entire show from the…

Photo via WWE.com Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back on a Wednesday night. We open up the show talking about AEW’s ITV deal as well as their deal with Fite TV. We then review the second ever NXT on USA show. We go over all the matches…

Photo via WWE.com Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We open up the show talking about NXT ratings for the first NXT show on USA. We discuss Kenny Omega’s comments about AEW’s competition with NXT. We also talk about the name of AEW’s Wednesday night TV show.…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back.  We watched the first NXT on USA together and recap the show. Because of WWE Network issues, we didn’t get to watch the second hour. We discuss the TV situation in Canada for both NXT and AEW’s shows. We talk about Kofi Kingston…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We begin looking at all of the shows this weekend from Bloodsport 2 on Saturday to all of the boxing to WWE’s Clash of Champions and the AAA show from the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden on Sunday. We talk…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We begin the show breaking down the G1 after nights twelve and thirteen. Dave looks at the standings and tries to figure out where it’s going. We then talk about Cain Velasquez’s pro wrestling debut at TripleMania and Dave compares his…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. Joining us is special guest Larry Dallas who is going to be one of the commentators for the English language feed for the July 21st Kobe World Festival show on Dragon Gate’s streaming network. Larry previews the show and looks at…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. This is our third show together for the weekend. We first talk about the passing of CMLL president, Paco Alonso. Because of the news of Alonso’s passing and having to record earlier than normal, we didn’t get the chance watch the…

Photo via NJPW1972.com Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We begin the show talking about my time away and then kick-off the real conversation with a discussion about the Raw ratings and Smackdown Live. We talk more about the Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff story. We look…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back for the second show of the day. Joining us is John Arezzi who has a new podcast based on his old radio show, Pro Wrestling Spotlight Then And Now. Dave and John start the show talking about Bruno Sammartino, who is…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We start the show talking about the big boxing upset with Andy Ruiz Jr. stopping heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. We then review Saturday’s excellent NXT: TakeOver XXV show from Bridgeport, Connecticut.  We look at AEW’s PPV numbers, their PPV buying audience versus…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We start the show with a look at Monday’s Raw ratings, which were up. We then look at what happened on Smackdown Live and run through the current card for the Super ShowDown. We have a discussion about AEW and their…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We begin the show breaking down the Lars Suillivan situation. We then talk about what could be a big Wednesday for AEW, as well as the recent referee signings. We discuss the Variety story on WWE, Raw ratings, the latest match…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. I open the show talking about the Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs fight on DAZN. Dave and I talk about Chris Jericho challenging Kazuchika Okada at Dominion. He also goes over both nights of Dontaku. We talk about the Friday night…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. Dave and I start the wrap up to the weekend with our thoughts on Cody Rhodes’ promo on the latest episode of the Road To Double Or Nothing. Dave goes over Impact Wrestling’s Rebellion PPV including an update on Brian Cage.…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. Also on the show and live at Wrestling Observer HQ is Bryan Alvarez. Bryan and Dave start the show talking about Bryan’s match at All Pro Wrestling’s Union Landing show against Jungleboy. They then talk more about the WWE financials, the…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back with special guest Pat Laprade. We talk about Pat being at the WWE TV tapings last week and how a lot of the talent was received by the Montreal crowd. We discussed Viceland’s documentary on the Montreal Screwjob and also looked…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We open up the show talking about the announcement that Cody Rhodes is facing Dustin Rhodes at Double or Nothing. We then talk about sports broadcaster Chet Coppock, who recently passed away and had pro wrestling and roller derby ties. Dave…

Photo via WWE.com Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. Last night, we went over the Raw side of the Superstar Shakeup. Tonight, we go over the Smackdown side. We recap the two-hour Smackdown Live and discuss all the newcomers to the blue team. We then talk about…

Photo via WWE’s Twitter Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We kick off the show talking about the broken news that Ronda Rousey is probably going to be out for some time. We then go over all the new members of the Raw brand who were on…

Photo via UFC’s Twitter Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We start the show going over the two fantastic interim title fights on UFC 236, which was the first PPV distributed through ESPN+. We then cover the issues that people had with the ESPN+ service and how…

Photo via WWE.com Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We kickoff the show talking about the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter. I talked about the shows that I saw live and how they came across to the crowds. We then talk about all of the latest WWE news…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We kick off the show with more discussion on the UFC on ESPN+ PPV deal including usability with older fans, wondering how much buys go down initially, and also what it means for future content rights. We then recap Tuesday night’s…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. Joining us is the Tennessee Stud himself, Ron Fuller. We talk to Ron about his podcast, the Stud Cast. We also go into his career, including his time as the youngest promotor accepted into the NWA, his Southeastern and Continental promotions,…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We kick off the show discussing ROH’s 17th Anniversary Show featuring a 60 minute ROH world championship match. We recap the entire show and then look at some of the matches made for G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden. We then…

Photo via WWE.com Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We begin the show recapping Tuesday night’s Smackdown Live featuring lots of great promos, the continued path to WrestleMania for Kofi Kingston, AJ Styles and Randy Orton setting up their match, and Becky and Charlotte furthering their story…

Photo via MLW.com Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We look at MLW’s Intimidation Games special which featured Filthy Tom Lawlor against Low Ki in a cage match as the main event. We talk a bit more about Jim Cornette’s full role with MLW and how well…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. This is a very WWE news heavy show. We talk about why Raw was booked the way it was and some reasons why Vince McMahon may be frustrated. We discuss the news coming out of Smackdown Live, but Dave and Bryan…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We start the show with sad news of the passing of Pedro Morales. Dave talks about Pedro’s career working in California, Hawaii, and his run as WWWF champion. Dave then talks about what AEW’s possible ticket sales could’ve been based on how…

Image: Daily Express Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back with a very news heavy show. We talk about suspensions for Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Jon Jones’ NAC hearing. We also go over all the wrestling news of the day including updates on Dean Ambrose, Hideo…

It’s Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales. It’s our second of two shows in a row. You can listen to last night’s show if you missed it. We review all of Saturday’s shows, including UFC’s last show on Fox, Bellator 213 from Hawaii featuring Ilima-Lei Macfarlane in the main…

It’s Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales. We first talk about WWE’s announcement that Vince McMahon is returning to Raw on Monday and what it means. We then get into a long review of ROH’s Final Battle PPV, which was a very good show. We break down all the…

It’s Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales. We talk for a few minutes about the feedback to Dave’s story in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer on Larry Matysik and some interesting nuggets about Larry. We then dig into the two major shows from the day including the…

It’s a Tuesday night edition of Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales. Dave and I go over the why Daniel Bryan beat AJ Styles for the WWE Championship just days before the Survivor Series as well as why Bryan turned heel. We look at his match with Brock Lesnar.…

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Garrett Gonzales is back with special guest Will Cooling to discuss the latest on WWE’s NXT UK Network show, why they decided to launch it next week and how it relates to Rev Pro and WWE’s current TV deal with Sky. They also talk about the rest of…