Category: Wrestling Weekly
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Wrestling Weekly: Memories of the Stomper & Gordon Solie, Styles/Jericho greatness
We’ll start the show this week discussing two men Les has great history with and fond memories of: The Mongolian Stomper Archie Gouldie, and the great Gordon Solie (18:41), whose 87th birthday would’ve been this week. Then we’ll turn our attention to the AJ Styles/Chris Jericho match (36:17) and talk about why Les thinks it…
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Wrestling Weekly: AJ Styles, Royal Rumble predictions, Road to Mania begins
It’s the Royal Rumble edition of the show! After Les and Vic get done discussing a different kind of rumble; people who just don’t know how to act on the road or in the supermarket when snow is coming, we’re pretty much all about WWE (12:00) the rest of the way! Should AJ Styles be…
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Wrestling Weekly: the future of WWE roster cuts, Sting, Vintage Observer review
On this week's Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa look back at the days when you could count on a bunch of roster cuts from WWE shortly after Wrestlemania and wonder if it might be time for that to happen again. We’ll also talk Sting in the WWE HOF (29:01) and remember the night one…
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Wrestling Weekly: NJPW 4, WWE Injuries, 50/50 Booking 1/8
Les and Vic cap off a very newsworthy week in the world of wrestling with lots of thoughts about the New Japan 4, the rash of shoulder injuries, and 50/50 booking in WWE. After starting off with New Japan, we’ll tackle a couple of issues mentioned in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter: the eye opening stats regarding…
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Wrestling Weekly: Sam Muchnick, Death of the Territories, more~! 12/31
The last show of the year is old school heavy! Lots of talk about the best president in the history of the NWA as well as the demise of the territories, but Les and Vic start this week with high praise for Alberto Del Rio and even a booking idea regarding a new team and…
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WW: Roman, Dusty/JCP, Guys Not Being Called Up By WWE 12/24
Les and Vic return just in time for Christmas with some catching up on what we missed by being “on assignment” last week. Vic will start by explaining this assignment, which was more like absent mindedness and about how this doesn’t quite feel like the holiday season. After that, we’ll discuss (8:51): -Roman Reigns beginning…
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Wrestling Weekly (12/11): Jim Cornette talks ‘Tuesday Night At The Gardens’
A special show this week as Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa are joined by the one and only Jim Cornette to talk about his latest book, Tuesday Night at the Gardens – Pro Wrestling in Louisville! Of course there are a number of other subjects tackled, including a lot regarding the state of the independent…
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Wrestling Weekly: State of WWE, Smoky Mountain Wrestling Review, Mailbag, more~!
Les and Vic are back this week talking a little bit about the state of WWE as written by Dave in the lead story of this week’s Observer, and then it’s on to the main portion of the show, which is a review of Smoky Mountain Wrestling #118 from April 23, 1994 (14:49) on the…
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FREE TODAY! Wrestling Weekly: Black Friday, Sheamus, Foley, Sami, Tommy Gilbert, much more~! 11-27
Les and Vic return on Black Friday so that you can forget about the bills you just rang up and enjoy some Wrestling Weekly~! We’ll talk about Les’ harrowing experience at a store that was open after Thanksgiving dinner with some early sales, then get down to the business of pro wrestling. We’ll do that…
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Wrestling Weekly: Bockwinkel, Flair Family, TNA Lives On, Survivor Series, more~! 11/20
Les and Vic return to discuss the events of the week including some time spent on the great Nick Bockwinkel, which also leads us to some stories about other wrestlers who suffered similar fates as Nick. From there, we’ll get Les’ take on the show closing angle from Raw this week with Charlotte and Paige…
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Wrestling Weekly 11/13: Working Knoxville, Don Fargo, Eddie Guerrero, Mailbag, more~!
Lots of fun stuff this week as Les and Vic talk about Les’ trip to Tennessee last weekend to honor a good friend, do a seminar and watch one of the worst wrestling tv shows Les has ever seen, and that covers some ground. There’s also discussion of how Les first arrived in the Knoxville…
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Wrestling Weekly 11-6: Why WWE Should Not Run A Tournament At Survivor Series, tons more~!
Obviously, the big story of the moment is the injury to Seth Rollins and how this affects WWE’s plans for Survivor Series and a whole lot more, so that’s where Les and Vic start this week, including a few thoughts about why it might be in WWE’s best interest to NOT have a tournament at…
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Wrestling Weekly 10/30: Monster Factory, Del Rio Returns, Lesnar, Mailbag
Les and Vic return fresh off of Les’ weekend camp at The Monster Factory and his 75th birthday!!!! We’ll talk about those two things to start the show, then segue into the week that was in WWE (12:20); specifically the return of Alberto Del Rio, Brock Lesnar’s win over The Undertaker, and breaking the rules…
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Wrestling Weekly: Great Old School Card from Cincy, Mark Lewin, HIAC Predictions, more~! 10/23
This week, Les and Vic start the show by talking about a loaded card from March 1963 from one of Les’ home arenas, The Cincinnati Gardens. We’ll talk about some of the stars on that card and segue into the territory itself, promotional wars and more. We’ll open up the mailbag (25:03) to talk about…
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Wrestling Weekly 10-16: Asuka’s Debut, Observer HOF, Mailbag and tons more~!
Les and Vic return to talk Asuka’s NXT debut, (0:00) which turns into a discussion about the decision to keep her and several other talents away from the main roster, the corporate world of sports entertainment today and a hilarious story about a match an indy promoter wanted to book recently. From there we’ll talk about…
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Wrestling Weekly 10-8: Bill Bowman, Brian Pillman, Daniel Bryan and the Mighty Mailbag~!
Les and Vic return this week to talk about the passing of Les’ friend Bill Bowman (0:00) and reflect on Brian Pillman (7:30) & the Pillman Memorial Shows as well. From there, we discuss the situation Daniel Bryan finds himself in with WWE (28:49) having to seek a third opinion from a neurologist, and we’ll…
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10/5 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: WWE and Bischoff’s renewed relationship, celebrating Chris Jericho, more~!
Somehow, Vic's dating life (or lack thereof) kind of became a thing at his radio station, so Les asks about how Vic became one of New York City's most eligible bachelors (0:00); then we're onto the subject of Eric Bischoff and tons on Les' perspective as a trainer, viewer & someone who worked with both…
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Wrestling Weekly 9-25: Les and Vic return to talk Percival A. Friend and Jake Roberts
Les and Vic return to talk about Les upcoming and very scenic trip to Massachusetts, the late Percival A. Friend (4:40), Jake Roberts on Steve Austin's podcast (8:50), Fans rushing the ring these days, the disappearance of heat in wrestling and adding realism back to the product (16:22), Brock Lesnar's "Go To Hell" Tour in…
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9/18 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: Roderick Strong, Twin Magic, Flying Headscissors, mailbag, more~!
Les and Vic will make our Night of Champions predictions at the end of this week’s show, but before we get there, we’ll talk about Roderick Strong’s comments from the interview he did with Semp and Bryan yesterday, how the finish to the Nikki/Charlotte match on Raw could’ve come off better, pick up on Dave…
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9/11 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: Bayley/Sasha 2, Kurt Angle’s Future, Mailbag, much more~!
Les and Vic return on this opening weekend for the NFL to talk….a 30 minute IRONWOMAN match at the next NXT Takeover! Well, that’s part of the fun today; we’ll also look at Kurt Angle’s recent comments regarding his future and answer your questions about cats & dogs (seriously), the upcoming Mr. Olympia competition (not…