Category: Wrestling Weekly

Image: Ricky Havlik On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa discuss Jon Moxley’s Talk is Jericho appearance, the loss of a historic venue for wrestling, and what it was like wrestling in the south during the civil rights movement. Obviously, the biggest stories of the week revolve around Moxley, WWE creative, and Double or Nothing —…

Image: WWE Les and Vic discuss the highs and lows of WWE Money in the Bank, as well as issues with PAC and AEW. Specific topics include: future plans for Bayley as champ, referee incompetence and when (or if) booking to get heat on refs is a good idea, PAC and Page this past weekend and not…

On today’s show, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa literally go through Les’ closets for some wrestling history, talk AEW’s potential TV deal, the WWE Wild Card situation, and more. Les has been going through his boxes at home recently and came across some items that spark some fun old school discussion, including driving Andre the Giant around…

On today’s show, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa discuss how Vince McMahon chooses to use his valuable television time, how much creative freedom means as opposed to a big money contract, Cody’s terrific Double or Nothing promo, and more. Also on the list for today: Goldberg being announced for WWE’s next Saudi Arabia show, Rey Mysterio’s 30th…

Image: WWE From falling ratings to declining house show attendance and stock prices, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk Vince McMahon’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. Profitability will reach an all-time high soon, but storm clouds appear to be in the distance — and one of the big reasons why takes up the…

We’re jumping into the wayback machine today to talk about crazy things wrestlers did to get over and some of the biggest names in wrestling during the early part of Les Thatcher’s in-ring career. Up for discussion on this week’s show: the time Les thought he might kill Ken Patera, a wrestler asking to be…

(photo: Les Thatcher’s Facebook) The boys return to talk about Les Thatcher’s longtime friend, the late, great Roger Kirby as well as the wrestling news of the week. We’ll also cover Cody’s recent tweets on faces and heels, which leads to an old school story or two, the semifinals of the New Japan Cup, Jim…

On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa return to talk about how the New Japan Cup could be shaping the G1 Supercard at MSG, a very effective video from AEW, and a couple of Southeastern Wrestling stories. We’ll also discuss a WrestleMania moment for Ricochet & Aleister Black, a nice moment for Shota…

On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa discuss the passing of Dick Beyer, the retirement of Jushin Liger, and an “old school” booking approach to the Becky Lynch/Ronda Rousey rivalry. We also talk about reality TV being good for Les’ business, what to do with the NXT Championship without Tommaso Ciampa, and Vic compares Kofi…

Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa have an interesting list of WWE returns to discuss, including Roman Reigns, Bruce Prichard, Batista, and Kevin Owens. We’ll also look at the departure of Arn Anderson, what the best promos in WWE over the past few years have had in common, why Vince McMahon did the same thing with…

From rewriting shows to surprise call-ups, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk a crazy week in WWE. We’ll touch on the subjects of Undertaker, Seth Rollins, last-minute rewriting, Mandy Rose, Andrade, the call-ups of Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, Ricochet, Aleister Black, and more. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

On today’s show, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa give their thoughts on the AEW event in Las Vegas and talk about more WWE wrestlers being vocal about their unhappiness in the company. We’ll run down the news coming out of Thursday night’s AEW party and share some thoughts on the presentation of the event itself. Also…

On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk Dean Ambrose leaving WWE in April, Dream/Gargano at NXT, Nia Jax beating up the boys and more. Les trained Ambrose, so we’ll find out if the teacher is surprised at the big decision made by his student this week. Other subjects covered include Harold Meij’s…

This week, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk Ronda Rousey, ratings, Rumbles, and remembrances of an old friend. Les will share some memories of the late Brian Hildebrand, who would’ve turned 57 this week. We’ll also discuss legendary announcer Bob Caudle, who along with his wife reached a very impressive milestone in the last few days,…

Today’s show features discussion on WWE’s excellent Nigel McGuinness documentary, as well as the increase in demand for talent already paying dividends for wrestlers. We’ll also touch on why Vince McMahon passed on Chris Jericho, Cody’s comments on not having writers in AEW, and who in WWE might benefit from any issues they may currently…