Category: Wrestling Weekly

The Race for the Ring Tournament is in the books and Johnny Gargano is wearing the championship ring! Les and Vic look back on the final show and the tournament in general. From there, we’ll talk about the late George Scott who had not only a great deal of influence as a booker in Mid…

Saturday night, a winner in the Race for the Ring tournament will bring the tournament to an end. Les and Vic will talk tournament matches, whether Les has heard from ROH or DGUSA about the Cole vs. Gargano final, and what makes Adam Pearce a performer who could work in any era. We’ll also talk…

Les and Vic are thawing out from the Polar Vortex and talk about the main topic of the week: the WWE Network. We’ll discuss the potential effect of moving away from PPV, how it may affect the creative process and more. We’ll also chat about Dolph Ziggler’s and the way the company has reacted to…

Les & Vic are back from a brief holiday break to discuss the news of the week, and a couple of things that went down since the last show. Les had an interesting reaction while watching the Daniel Bryan/Wyatts angle from Monday night which he’ll share. Also on the menu: Batista’s return, AJ Styles and…

Les’ travel schedule for next week means this is the final show for 2013! Lots of stuff on the site this week about the NWA Title lineage and Bruno turning down a run due to the schedule, Les and Vic jump into the wayback machine and pull out 9 days in the life of Ric…

The show is up early because Les has some important business to handle on our normal recording day, which he’ll explain. From there, he and Vic spend a lot of time discussing the segment many are buzzing about: the close of this week’s Raw. Les watched it twice, with two different perspectives. We’ll also make…

Les and Vic have your baseball free agent update to start the show, then it’s down to the business of pro wrestling. Namely the semi finals in the Race for the Ring tournament, which is taking place this weekend. Also, in addition to the usual WWE talk, Vic had a thought or two after watching…

Oh yes, Les Thatcher happened across the latest episode of Total Divas, and hilarity ensues. Vic and Les will also tell you the truth about Black Friday sales (hope you didn’t spend too much), party with Don Muraco, set off smoke bombs with The Masked Superstar, have Thanksgiving dinner with Harley Race and decline Presidential…

Les & Vic return to cry the sleepless in the apartment complex blues, then discuss Mad Dog Vachon, Pat Patterson writing an autobiography, and some of the locker room drama that may have had to do with Chris Hero’s release from WWE. We’ll also play the Survivor Series PPV prediction game and talk Raw in…

Fun show today as Vic and Les borrow an idea from the board & discuss a few names for potential inclusion on future HOF ballots, which leads to cool stories about Sputnik Monroe, George Becker and Johnny Weaver and more. Les will also share some memories of Eddie Guerrero as we reflect on the anniversary…

Lots to tackle this week, as Les and Vic talk about the late Doug Gilbert’s career, angles he was involved in during his time in Georgia and a few other very talented people both Doug and Les crossed paths with. We spend a lot of time on the HOF voting, but with an emphasis on…

A special visit for Les & Vic today as Doc Young stops by to wish Les a belated Happy Birthday and hangs out for a while to discuss AJ (of course), Big Show and other WWE related topics. We also talk about TNA being up for sale, former NFL star Shawn Merriman trying out for…

The Les Thatcher birthday fiesta began right after this show ended, so before Les went out to a fine gentleman’s establishment for the evening, he and Vic made their Hell in a Cell PPV predictions. Among the other topics discussed; notes in the Observer regarding a UFC star possibly contacting WWE about coming in, meeting…

Les will be on the road during our normal recording time as he is headed out to his training camp in Blue Ridge, Georgia, so he and Vic deliver this edition of Wrestling Weekly a bit early. If you couldn’t guess by the distraction headline, plenty about Raw to go over…I think someone else just…

Vic is in rainy New Jersey, while Les is in sunny California preparing for a day of BEACH VOLLEYBALL. One of us is happy; the other, not so much. You figure it out. Today’s show features a very cool story about Goldust & Roddy Piper’s Wrestlemania match, thoughts on the mess that was Battleground and…

Les & Vic aren’t sure very many people will pay to watch WWE Battleground this weekend, but for posterity’s sake, we’ll make our PPV predictions. Is the Hulkster really gone from TNA? If being gone means we’ll get more commercials like this, then I hope he comes back. We’ll also talk about Los Matadores, poor…

Vic & Les WILL NOT spend the full hour tearing apart Raw & Impact this week. Oh, they get ripped plenty, but we’re saved by Rick Bauer and LaMont Johnson, who are working on “Bobby Champion”, a very interesting potential TV project. “Bobby Champion” will feature ROH’s Adam Page in the title role of a…

Les & Vic are back to discuss the week that was in pro wrestling, starting with Les’ trip to the New England area to conduct a training camp, watching the Night of Champions PPV with the crew up there, the followup on Raw, Dixie’s heel turn and what exactly does this accomplish, Stephanie McMahon selling…

Les & Vic are pleased to be joined by Lance Storm this week to make WWE Night of Champions predictions. We’ll also talk Raw, issues with the world’s largest gas station attendant, The Cutting Edge segment and the greatness that was Goldust/Orton. Also some fun stuff about Lance wrestling Abdullah the Butcher in Japan and…

It’s opening weekend in the NFL and Les & Vic are decidedly more excited about that than anything that was on Raw this week. But there’s more on Daniel Bryan and Raw in general on the show, as well as a concussion story that didn’t get a lot of play but is worth noting. Also,…