Category: Podcasts
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Wrestling Observer Radio: Ice Train, your WWE/Netflix questions answered, Dynamite & NXT recaps
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the death of Ice Train, your questions about the WWE & Netflix deal, all the business notes from the past few days, AEW Dynamite and NXT reports, plus tons more. A fun show as always so check it…
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Wrestling Observer Live: Okada’s final Korakuen Hall match, AEW Dynamite preview
On a new Wrestling Observer Live, Mike Sempervive and former MLW Champion Tom Lawlor chat about, well, a lot of stuff. On the topic board: More WWE Raw heading to Netflix thoughts A preview of tonight’s AEW Dynamite John Cena wanting his last match in London Okada’s final NJPW appearance in Korakuen Hall Click below…
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DragonKingKarl Greatest Kayfabe Tournament: Bruiser Brody vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
AEW In my rotation of classic pro wrestling topics here on the DragonKingKarl Show, we are back to my Greatest Kayfabe Tournament. In this round, we have two very different pro wrestlers from two different eras, but both are legends in Japan: Bruiser Brody vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi. The listeners have voted and we have a…
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Bryan & Vinny & Craig & Shawn Show: Okada’s last three Tokyo Dome main events, epic Granny segment
The Bryan & Vinny & Craig & Granny & Shawn Show is back with tons to talk about including an epic segment with Granny featuring questions, her memoirs, wrestling report and more, then it is a celebration of Okada as we review his last three WrestleKingdom main events. A fun show as always so check…
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Wrestling Observer Live: WWE and Netflix, Okada’s future, all the news
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including RAW to Netflix, the latest on Okada and WWE and AEW, The Rock and WrestleMania, plus all the news and your questions. A fun show as always so check it out~!
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Wrestling Observer Radio Breaking News Audio: Raw to Netflix, Rock to TKO Board, Okada and WWE
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with a breaking news audio talking WWE Raw moving to Netflix in 2025, Okada and WWE, and The Rock being named to the TKO Board of Directors.
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JNPO: WWE Raw/Netflix TV rights deal talk with NY Post’s Ryan Glasspiegel
WWE With the big news coming Tuesday morning that WWE is taking its Raw talents to Netflix beginning in 2025, I welcomed New York Post sports media reporter Ryan Glasspiegel on Josh Nason’s Punch-Out to talk all about the big news. In our 20+ minute discussion, we talked about the deal that will see Raw…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: Kevin Patrick, what AEW could learn from WWE and vice versa, RAW report, more
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Kevin Patrick’s departure from commentary, AEW attendance dropping and what to do about it, what Tony Khan could learn from Paul Lavesque and vice versa, the RAW report and tons more. A fun show as always so check…
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Wrestling Observer Live: Updates on Seth, Big E., Omega and Okada, plus news and Smackdown
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez, Mike Sempervive and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including the latest on Big E., Seth Rollins and Kenny Omega, RAW tonight, the Royal Rumble this coming Saturday, Tom’s Smackdown report, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
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JNPO: Pro wrestling year in review finale – Worlds apart
JJ Williams The time has arrived to wrap up the Josh Nason’s Punch-Out 12-part pro wrestling year in review series with a stop in December. Joining me for the first time as my co-host: the one & only Ibou of WrestlePurists. And even though December ended three weeks ago, a lot happened that is worth…
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Bryan & Vinny & Craig: Reviews of both AEW Collision and Rampage kick off this week!
The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back with tons to talk about as Sunday’s will now feature both AEW Collision AND Rampage. Most weeks we will also do the live Q&A if it doesn’t take too long to review both shows. And both this week were very good! A fun show as always…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: G.W. Flagg & John McMahon
On another DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I return to further discuss the pioneer era of pro wrestling in my 1000 Hours subseries which focuses on pro wrestling pre-1900 or before the era of Frank Gotch. This week, I look back at the career of two pioneers: G.W. Flagg and John McMahon. These were two men…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: UFC 297 recap, Okada, Omega, Rollins updates
Photo via UFC.com Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. Ryan Frederick joined us to recap UFC 297. We went over the entire main card and Ryan talked about some of the undercard highlights in addition to the news coming out of the show. Dave and I then discussed the following: Updates…
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Wrestling Observer Live: Kevin Kelly talks Okada, NJPW, his thoughts on the future for both
With the news that Kazuchika Okada is leaving New Japan, Jim Valley talks to AEW Collision color commentator Kevin Kelly, who’s worked for New Japan and WWE, about what the future may hold for The Rainmaker. Kevin offers a unique perspective on Okada’s strengths and whether or not he feels Okada could hold down a…
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Big Audio Nightmare: The departure of Kazuchika Okada from NJPW
NJPW The Big Audio Nightmare is back with an EMERGENCY PODCAST on Kazuchika Okada leaving NJPW This week’s topics include: Okada leaves New Japan Why Okada is leaving and what it means Is the Japanese professional wrestling scene becoming the NPB? Why didn’t NJPW prepare for this, and what can they do to recover Where…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: Seth Rollins update, Kazuchika Okada leaving NJPW
Photo via WWE.com Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio going over all the news in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We opened up the show with the news with an update on Seth Rollins’ knee injury sustained during his match on Monday night on WWE RAW. We also…
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Wrestling Observer Live: Okada leaving New Japan, WWE SmackDown preview, more
AEW With Bryan Alvarez back on his Friday thing, Mike Sempervive returns to get you caught up on everything taking place in the world of professional wrestling. And by “everything,” we mean Kazuchika Okada and his announced upcoming departure from New Japan Pro Wrestling. Why he’s leaving, where he may end up, is there anything that…
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Pacific Rim: Okada leaves NJPW, remembering Killer Khan
Fumi Saito/Jim Valley The Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast is back. I get Fumi Saito’s thoughts on Kazuchika Okada leaving New Japan Pro Wrestling and he offered his insight on the dynamics and relationships behind the scenes in the company and speculates on the future of “The Rainmaker.” Also, who can step up and fill…
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Fight Game: Where is Kazuchika Okada headed?
Photo from @NJPWGlobal John LaRocca and I are back with another episode of The Fight Game Podcast. We kicked things off by talking about the news broken Thursday night by New Japan Pro Wrestling that Kazuchika Okada is leaving the company. We then got to the rest of our Top 5 which included: NJPW Battle…
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Bryan & Vinny Show: Dynamite and NXT, plus news on Okada leaving New Japan
The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about as we recap a great edition of AEW Dynamite and a somewhat less great edition of NXT, especially if you are a new viewer and trying to figure out what’s going on. Plus, a rare deal, NEWS at the start of the show,…