Category: Wrestling Weekly

Fun show today as Les and Vic are joined by Danny Cage, owner of the Monster Factory in Paulsboro, NJ. The Monster Factory is one of the premier wrestling schools in the world, and there’s a big camp coming up from May 1-3 that is open to all aspiring wrestlers, as well as those who’ve…

Vic has already talked Wrestlemania and Raw this week on Observer Live, so Les will be giving his thoughts about the show, the Sting/HHH match, whether or not there’s still serious interest in seeing an Undertaker/Sting match, or in seeing the Undertaker at all at this point. We’ll also answer your questions on how to…

It’s Wrestlemania weekend, which means Les and Vic give their PPV Predictions. Before we get there, Les gives his take on what happened to Perro Aguayo Jr, shares some memories of Chris Candido, and gives a little love to possibly the hardest working wrestler this weekend in Timothy Thatcher (no relation). Then, it’s onto our…

Costumed capers and sign stealing is on the list of topics for this week’s show! Those pro-Daniel Bryan signs being confiscated at Raw Monday led Les and Vic to talking about guys who were so laid back they seemed unconcerned about how they were booked in Les’ day and guys who were super vocal about…

It’s all about NXT from a bunch of angles today! Les and Vic return to talk about the plans for a national touring brand, the talent reportedly on the radar screen to be brought in, behind the scenes issues, some of the potential pitfalls of continuing to bring in big name independent talent without truly…

One of the bigger stories this week is about Bill DeMott, and the letters that surfaced this week regarding things he’s alleged to have done to developmental talents a couple of years ago. Les and Vic talk about that and along the way, discuss Les’ breaking in back in 1960, how Les works with wrestlers…

It’s a busy weekend in pro wrestling and MMA, so Les and Vic return with GIANT SIZED edition of the show! Topics today include: what is the worst thing a wrestler could do when he hears a “boring” chant, why it’s the worst and what the guys in the ring should do instead; Dave Meltzer’s…

Les and Vic return to give predictions for WWE Fast Lane this Sunday; Reigns or Bryan? Will John Cena be the first to pin Rusev? Also on the show are some great stories about Tony Charles and Ole Anderson, a tremendous piece of business for Georgia Championship Wrestling Les was working on that never saw…

An interesting week for the WWE Public Relations Department with respect to Seth Rollins and Darren Young. Les and Vic will talk those situations and address HHH’s plans to expand NXT into a touring brand (which includes a story about Les’ plans with HWA that were frowned upon in Stamford). We’ll also answer your questions…

Your questions make up today’s show, so Les and Vic are here to discuss potatoes, ribs and donut holes. No, this is not a cooking podcast, but you asked about them, so Les will tell you some stories about guys who worked too stiff, a couple of stories about ribs guys played on other guys…

With all the WWE news this week coming out of the Royal Rumble and Raw, Vic and Les feel COMPELLED to spend some time on Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan, why the audience and Vince McMahon seem at times to be locked in a struggle to steer the direction of the company, and why much of…

With the Royal Rumble this weekend and our prediction game this is a modern era heavy show, but it’s GIANT SIZED and a lot of fun!  Vic and Les play the PPV Prediction Game, discuss episode 1 of New Japan on AXS TV, NJPW’s domination of the Observer Awards and how big a deal is…

This week’s show is mostly mailbag! Les and Vic answer your questions about Hulk Hogan inducting Randy Savage into the WWE HOF. If not Hulk, then who? Should Elizabeth be inducted with Randy? Also, questions about Les being clued in on angles when he was announcing, how many matches did Les average a year (A…

Doc Young starts the show with Les and Vic to talk about some of the plans he’s working on to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Wrestling Weekly! WWE just made some changes to their announce teams for Raw and Smackdown, and that got us talking about Les’ time as a commentator in Canada, the…

Les and Vic return from Xmas break a little earlier than usual due to New Year’s travel schedules, and that puts us in position to talk Monday Night Raw. Well, it’s not a show breakdown, but we’ll discuss Daniel Bryan’s return and how to use him in the run to Wrestlemania, what does Bryan’s return…

Les and Vic return to (reluctantly) talk a little WWE, then onto Les’ take on the great Styles Clash debate, how life does not suck if you’re the former Alberto Del Rio. From there, it’s onto the mailbag, where we’ll discuss UFC looking an awful lot like old school pro wrestling, did promoters like beating…

We close this week’s show with our WWE TLC predictions but today is all about the mailbag! Your questions answered about favorite Christmas angles/matches, what formula would Les use to put together a wrestling tv show today, how involved was Les in the training of Dean Ambrose, Punk in UFC, Ivan Koloff in the WWE…

The last 10 days have been too newsworthy to cover it all in an hour, so this extra large edition of the show has Les and Vic spending plenty of time on the CM Punk and Vince McMahon podcasts with subtopics like how a large ego can work for (or against) you, the perpetual wackiness…

Just in time for the holiday weekend, this show is pretty much all mailbag! Les and Vic answer questions about using Sting in WWE, how to work young guys up the cards to get them into the top mix, working in St. Louis and how detail oriented booker Bobby Bruns was, working under a mask,…

Survivor Series is FREE on the WWE Network this Sunday, and we’ll close the show by making our PPV predictions. Before we get there, Les and Vic will talk about the new inductees into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame, some of those who are dropping off the ballot and thoughts on some of those…