Category: Wrestling Weekly
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Wrestling Weekly: Daniel Bryan, ZSJ, NJPW in Long Beach
Les Thatcher & Vic Sosa return to talk all of the big stories in pro wrestling on today’s Wrestling Weekly. Among the items that are covered: how hard would Les push Bryan if it were up to him, the pros and cons of Zack Sabre Jr. (and lots of love for NJPW booking), and a different look…
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Wrestling Weekly: NJPW summer show, Austin Aries, Moolah
Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa tackle New Japan’s potential summer return to the USA, some historic wrestling venues and, more on today’s Wrestling Weekly. In terms of specifics, we’ll get into New Japan’s rumored summer return to America and if July is too quick a turnaround for them to be successful, as well as historic…
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Wrestling Weekly: Ohio Wrestling HOF, Paul Bearer memories, hot topics
Image: WWE.com Les Thatcher and yours truly return for another packed Wrestling Weekly with a mix of current news and history. – Les reflects on being inducted into the Ohio Wrestling Hall of Fame last weekend, as well as memories of Bill Moody (better known as Paul Bearer) who passed away five years ago this…
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Wrestling Weekly: Rousey, Lesnar, another way to do Cena vs. AJ
On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa give their take on a week’s worth of WWE news on Ronda Rousey, Brock Lesnar, and John Cena vs AJ Styles. Les and Vic look at the two segments Rousey was involved in this week, how she came across, and give some thoughts on how the…
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Wrestling Weekly: Raw gauntlet match, Buddy Rogers & Luther Lindsay
On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa share their thoughts on the gauntlet match from Raw and discuss a couple of legends in Buddy Rogers and Luther Lindsay. We’ll start by sharing some thoughts on the unique (and successful) experiment that was the two-hour gauntlet match on Raw. After that, we’ll get into…
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Wrestling Weekly: This week in wrestling history
On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa look back at Eddie Guerrero, AJ Styles turning down WWE, great booking moves by Gedo, and more. This week’s show shines a spotlight on things that happened this week in wrestling history. Along the way, we’ll discuss a couple of times New Japan booker Gedo broke with…
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Wrestling Weekly: Stephanie going mainstream, more
On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk making Stephanie McMahon a mainstream star and how recent comments made by music legend Quincy Jones have some parallels to wrestling. We’ll discuss Dave Meltzer’s report about how WWE plans to use Ronda Rousey to make Stephanie a star outside of wrestling, how and why…
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Wrestling Weekly: Almas vs. Gargano, Ronda Rousey, All In
On this week’s episode, Les Thatcher & Vic Sosa look back at the week that was, including Andrade “Cien” Almas vs Johnny Gargano, both Royal Rumbles, and Ronda Rousey’s arrival. In addition to that, we’ll answer your questions on Velveteen Dream, whether Anthem can figure out how to turn Impact into a moneymaker, and…
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Wrestling Weekly: Men’s and women’s Rumbles, Jerry Jarrett, Blassie
On the Wrestling Weekly menu today: Raw 25, the women’s Royal Rumble, Freddie Blassie, Jerry Jarrett, and more. Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa share some quick thoughts on Raw 25, Ronda Rousey, and the women’s rumble match with or without her. Then Les will reflect on working with Freddie Blassie and we’ll discuss Jerry Jarrett…
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Wrestling Weekly: Paige Injury, classic Knoxville wrestling history
Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa kick off the weekend by talking Paige’s injury and some classic wrestling history from the Knoxville territory. We’ll start with the apparent end of Paige’s WWE career as an active wrestler, starting out so young, disagreements with doctors about treating the injury, and more. Then we’ll take a look at…
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Wrestling Weekly: Pillman book, All In, Mid-Atlantic on WWE Network
On this episode of Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa discuss the Pillman Memorial shows as written in the new book on Brian Pillman, Cody & The Bucks going “All In,” and some more classic Mid-Atlantic promos. We’ll start by dipping into the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling library on WWE Network, which leads to some…
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Wrestling Weekly: Wrestle Kingdom, Naito, more
Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa return from the holidays to talk Tokyo Dome and some old school wrestling! After a few quick thoughts on Chris Jericho vs. Omega, we’ll discuss whether New Japan missed an opportunity by not having Tetsuya Naito win the IWGP title at Wrestle Kingdom in the Tokyo Dome, finishes changed in…
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Wrestling Weekly: Big Christmas shows and some great promos
On this episode of Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa look back at a record-breaking Christmas show from Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling. Les shares some memories of his first main-event run in the Carolinas, which began on Christmas of 1967, other territories that had a strong Christmas night tradition, and more greatness from Blackjack…
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Wrestling Weekly: More Wrestling Observer HOF discussion
On this edition of Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa return to continue their discussion of the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame. The discussion centers around Gary Hart, Mr. Wrestling, Mr. Wrestling 2, Blackjack Mulligan, and your mailbag questions~!
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Wrestling Weekly: The newest Wrestling Observer HOF class
Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa look back at the last time Les did commentary with the great Gordon Solie in 1982 and the newest additions to the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame. The two talk about the 3/27/82 Championship Wrestling from Florida show, which was not only the last time Les worked with Gordon Solie,…
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Wrestling Weekly: Thanksgiving wrestling in the Carolinas
Your hosts Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa return on this Thanksgiving holiday weekend to talk the tradition of wrestling on Thanksgiving in the Carolinas. The two talk about a couple of shows Les was a part of that leads us to a wider conversation on talents like Gene Anderson, David Crockett (including a fact about David you’d probably…
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Wrestling Weekly: McDaniel shoots Slater, muscle cars, mailbag
Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa return with an all mailbag edition of the show, which this week could also be titled “The Night Wahoo McDaniel Shot Dick Slater.” Yes, he really did, but there’s more to that story and you’ll hear it on the show today. Somehow that came up while we answered your questions…
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Wrestling Weekly: Les recaps his week at the WWE Performance Center
Fresh off a week as a guest coach at the WWE Performance Center, Les Thatcher has plenty to say about that experience! We’ll cover a variety of things Les got a chance to see and take part in during his week in Orlando. From there, Vic Sosa and Les discuss Alpha vs Omega; the announcement that Chris Jericho…
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Wrestling Weekly: WWE illnesses, mailbag on Memphis, much more
With Roman Reigns reportedly out due to the mumps (and with Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas also on the shelf), Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa look back on the time Les was sidelined due to a lengthy illness and we’ll talk about diseases guys were afraid of contracting as a direct result of wrestling. We’ll also…
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Wrestling Weekly: Doing the drives, Monster Factory camp, Burrhead Jones
Back from a successful weekend camp at Danny Cage’s Monster Factory, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa discuss the camp, some road stories, and more! We start with a quick review of the latest Monster Factory Super Camp, then Les shares his thoughts on his friend and longtime wrestler Burrhead Jones, who passed away last week.…