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Wrestling Weekly: AEW, G1, bad decisions (and worse bumps)

June 15, 2019 - On tap this week: Top matches for AEW All Out, names and potential stories to follow in the upcoming G1 tournament, and too many needless risks being taken in the ring. Les and Vic will also discuss the very effective Road to Fyter Fest episode recently posted and why it’s a standout, recent booking decisions of […]

WOR: All Out sellout, Gedo, Willie Williams, ESPN’s death of AAF story

June 14, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We start the show talking about All Out selling out in just 15 minutes and how they could’ve sold many more tickets. Dave talks more about their PPV audience compared to a WWE audience, as well as what WWE may be […]

F4D: Lance Storm on Saudi Arabia, RAW, Goldberg, Firefly Funhouse, more!

June 14, 2019 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with a ton to talk about including WWE’s Saudi Arabia shows, Matt Riddle vs. Goldberg, RAW from Monday night, his revelation about the Firefly Funhouse, his death which did not happen and who was stricken by it, and tons more. A fun show as […]

WOL: AEW sells out, Gedo rumors, tons more!

June 14, 2019 - After a few days of technical difficulties, Bryan Alvarez is back with — more technical difficulties. But you may never know listening. So enjoy a show talking about AEW selling out, WWE, rumors about Gedo, no calls (maybe thankfully), text messages and more. A fun show as always so check it out~! And yes, I […]

Portland Wrestlecast: Rip Rogers on teaming with Buddy Rose

June 14, 2019 - On this week’s Portland Wrestlecast, I talk to the one and only Rip Rogers for some great stories from a legendary time in the history of Northwest U.S. wrestling. He first arrived in Portland, OR, in June 1979 when the territory was really starting to heat up thanks to the feud between “Playboy” Buddy Rose and […]

B&V: NXT, Superstars of Wrestling from 1992, more!

June 13, 2019 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with almost our usual Thursday night adventure. Bryan is on a summer vacation so only one person is capable of connecting, meaning Vinny is doing the show but no Granny this week. Still, the usual reviews of NXT and Superstars of Wrestling from 1992! A fun show […]

WOL: Some days are more productive than others

June 13, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive was back today. Sort of. Because, life (and technology) can be funny sometimes. It’s a show talking about SmackDown’s ratings, AEW announcing Mox-Omega/Spears signing, Tyrus’ troubles at FNC, Raw’s LOL Emmy spiel and “Structured” competition, and much more. Such as, a great story on the mess that was the […]

WOR: SmackDown recap, TV ratings, and AEW notes

June 13, 2019 - WWE Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Smackdown TV, ratings for both shows, AEW notes, NXT tapings, tons of mailbag questions and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOL: Raw ratings, AEW, Aoki, and a cavalcade of calls

June 12, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive is back with a solo mission for one day, as the big Bossman celebrates his 54th birthday. Cent’anni~! We take a look at Raw’s rating woes against the NBA, AEW adds matches to Fyter Fest, 205 Live adds Gable, AXS changes, news on honoring Atsushi Aoki, AJPW’s Junior title […]

B&V: Retro Raw and Nitro from 19 years ago this week!

June 12, 2019 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with our look at Raw and Nitro from 19 years ago this week! This is what people talk about when they remember the Attitude Era — an awesome Raw and a horrible Nitro. It wasn’t always like that, but this week it was. Plus, find out what […]

WOL: WWE Raw thoughts, heel heat, AEW, social media

June 11, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including RAW from Monday night, heels getting heat in wrestling and getting mad about it, AEW, WWE Stomping Grounds, social media and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

DragonKingKarl Greatest Kayfabe Tournament: Jack Brisco vs. Triple H

June 11, 2019 - The GKT continues! It’s all about the game and how you play it…yeah, Jack Brisco probably isn’t listening to that nonsense, but how did the voters see it? This week, two eras collide when we look at the former NWA World heavyweight champion and one of the most respected (and legitimate) mat wrestlers in history […]

Big Audio Nightmare: KENTA, NJPW Dominion, that Naito-Ibushi match

June 11, 2019 - The original alternate is back for a quick show and the final word on Sunday’s New Japan Dominion card…and, yes, Ibushi and Naito are still complete lunatics. Adam Summers and I give our thoughts on those two, because how can you not? We then move on to other aspects of what was a really a […]

WOR: Raw recap, Stomping Grounds, Ibushi, Fyter Fest

June 11, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including RAW from Monday night, the build to Stomping Grounds, a Kota Ibushi update, AEW, Ric Flair being sued, mailbag questions and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOL: RAW, Stomping Grounds, Ibushi vs. Naito, more!

June 10, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including poor ticket sales for WWE in Tacoma, RAW on Monday night, more on Dominion and the Ibushi vs. Naito match, Jericho vs. Okada, tons of calls and texts and more. A fun show as always so check it […]

WOR: New Japan Dominion, lineups, RAW, more!

June 10, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including New Japan Dominion from Saturday night, all the matches and angles leading into G-1, upcoming line-ups, Super J Cup returning, WWE RAW, Stomping Grounds, a must-see match from Mexico and tons more. A fun show as always so […]

B&V: NWA World Championship Wrestling from 1988 and more!

June 9, 2019 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with our look back at NWA World Championship Wrestling from September of 1988. One of the all time worst builds to a Clash of the Champions ever, and yes, this is a go-home show, plus the usual jobber-filled hour of pro-wrestling and more. A fun show as […]

WOL: Super Showdown, New Japan Dominion, Ibushi and Naito, more!

June 9, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including fallout from Super Showdown, fallout from Naito and Ibushi falling on their goddamn heads all night, feedback on all of this, news, questions and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

DragonKing Dark: The curse of the Poltergeist movies

June 9, 2019 - I continue my look at various curses in pop culture and on this new edition of DragonKing Dark, I examine all the strange and tragic events surrounding the Poltergeist series of movies. A young star died of an unexpected health emergency, another was murdered, and others befell a series of bizarre calamities. DragonKing Dark Podcast is your […]

Portland Wrestlecast: Jerry Grey and Bobby Jaggers’ tall tales

June 9, 2019 - We continue our conversation with Jerry Grey. On this episode, he talks about how his relationship with Billy Jack seemingly affected his career in Portland Wrestling as he was stuck in the middle of disagreements between Billy Jack, Rip Oliver, and Playboy Buddy Rose. In May 1985, Don Owen sold out the Portland Memorial Coliseum […]

WOR: UFC PPV, Super Showdown fallout, WCW history, more!

June 9, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including full results from this past Saturday night’s UFC PPV, fallout from Super Showdown, mailbag questions, the death of WCW on the WWE Network and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start – […]

WOR: WWE Super Showdown disaster, weekend preview, more!

June 8, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a full review of the WWE Super Showdown disaster, a terrible show on many levels, with updates on Goldberg and Undertaker and more. Plus, UFC and New Japan previews for the weekend. A fun show as always so […]

F4D: Smackdown, partial Super Showdown report, more!

June 7, 2019 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Tom Lawlor is back today with tons to talk about including a full Smackdown report from Tuesday, plus a partial review of the WWE Super Showdown, the full report of which will be up later tonight with Bryan and Dave. A fun show as always so check it […]

WOL: Saudi Arabia watch-along, tons of news and more!

June 7, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with our WWE IN SAUDI ARABIA WATCH-ALONG! We’ll talk the first two matches and then watch along with the second hour of the show, plus talk all the news, take phone calls and so much more. A fun show as always so check […]

Wrestling Weekly: NJPW BOSJ and Dominion

June 7, 2019 - NJPW On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa look back at the top three matches from the Best of the Super Junior finals and ahead to Dominion this Sunday. Les will give his take on Moxley/Juice, Tanahashi/White, and Ospreay/Shingo. We’ll also look at the possibilities as it relates to Dominion. Along the way […]

WOR: NJPW’s Kevin Kelly talks BOSJ, Dominion, road to the G1

June 7, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. Joining us is New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Kevin Kelly. Kevin talks about the Best of the Super Juniors, the rise of Will Ospreay, and this weekend’s Dominion show. He also discusses the Young Lions, traveling in Japan, how he got into New Japan, […]

B&V&G: Granny, NXT 25, Alvarez vs. Stunt, more!

June 7, 2019 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with tons to talk about including our weekly chat with Granny, her thoughts on Bryan vs. Marko Stunt, her Weekly Wrestling Report and a knock knock joke contest, then Bryan and Vinny with a full review of NXT Takeover 25, an exceptional show with an […]

WOL: Saudi Arabia, women’s match, NXT name changes, more!

June 6, 2019 - Battling through the lack of a co-host combined with last-minute technical difficulties, Bryan Alvarez is back today with tons to talk about including the women’s match in Saudi Arabia, tomorrow’s show, Best of the Super Juniors, tons of calls and texts and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Pacific Rim: Has Will Ospreay replaced Kenny Omega?

June 6, 2019 - Fumi Saito was in Ryugoku for New Japan’s Best of the Super Juniors finals. After seeing Will Ospreay’s victory, he wonders if Ospreay has taken Kenny Omega’s place in the hearts and minds of New Japan fans. Fumi also has thoughts on the crowd’s reaction to Jon Moxley. Before the show, Fumi did an interview with […]

WOR: Best of the Super Juniors finals, Dominion, Smackdown, ratings, more!

June 6, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including New Japan Best of the Super Juniors, Moxley winning the US Title, Dominion line-up for Sunday, Smackdown, Nattie and Alexa in Saudi Arabia and what’s happening there, AEW, mailbag and tons more. A fun show as always so […]

F4D: Lance Storm on AEW, Raw, Smackdown, first promoter, more!

June 5, 2019 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including the death of the first person who booked him, thoughts on RAW and Smackdown, Chris Jericho and AEW, WCW history, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

Big Audio Nightmare: NJPW BOSJ finals, Jon Moxley, more

June 5, 2019 - The original alternate is back, and boy are they full of it. Full of the spirit of the New Japan Best of the Super Juniors finals, that is! Adam and Mike recorded this immediately after the BOSJ finals went off the air, this morning, and — no surprise — the praise is effusive for Will […]

WOL: Best of the Super Juniors, Goldberg, Saudi Arabia, more!

June 5, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, Jon Moxley’s debut with New Japan, Goldberg, Smackdown, Saudi Arabia, THE WINTNER, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

B&V&C: Retro Raw and Nitro from 19 years ago this week!

June 4, 2019 - Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with tons to talk about in our look back at RAW and Nitro from 19 years ago this week. RAW has a world title main event where, in fact, ROCK does the job yet again, and on Nitro it’s one of the worst shows of all […]

WOL: Aoki, RAW, Charlotte vs. Lacey, Thomas Santell interview, more!

June 4, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including the death of Atsushi Aoki, RAW from Monday night, Charlotte vs. Lacey Evans, Brock Lesnar and Dean Ambrose, plus Thomas Santell joins us to talk Beyond Wrestling and more! A fun show as always so check it […]

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: AWA All-Star Wrestling retro TV Review

June 4, 2019 - On today’s retro TV review, Karl Stern takes a look at an AWA All-Star Wrestling episode from August 1981. It features The High Flyers, Hulk Hogan, an awful Johnny Valiant promo, the world’s most awkward wrestler Baron Von Raschke, Tito Santana, Jesse Ventura, Karl’s irrational hatred of Adrian Adonis, and mush mouth Andre the Giant. […]

WOR: Death of Atsushi Aoki, Raw recap, Best of the Super Juniors

June 4, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including the death of Atsushi Aoki, RAW from Monday night, Jon Moxley and the Best of the Super Juniors, Being the Elite, tons of news and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~! […]

Big Audio Nightmare: Breaking news on the passing of Atsushi Aoki

June 3, 2019 - Adam & Mike discuss the life and career of All Japan Pro Wrestling star Atsushi Aoki, who tragically passed away in a motorcycle accident in Tokyo on Wednesday. Right Click Save as…

WOL: Alvarez vs. Stunt lawsuit, ROH and Bully Ray, Raw, Smackdown, NXT, more!

June 3, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about in the wake of Bryan Alvarez vs. Marko Stunt, the replay of which is available right now at independentwrestling.tv. Bryan explains why you MUST NOT WATCH, plus details on how badly he was screwed Saturday night. Then, all […]

WOR: John Arezzi on his life in wrestling and his new podcast

June 2, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back for the second show of the day. Joining us is John Arezzi who has a new podcast based on his old radio show, Pro Wrestling Spotlight Then And Now. Dave and John start the show talking about Bruno Sammartino, who is […]

DragonKing Dark: Oddities of Arkansas

June 2, 2019 - Sitting in Mid-America is a landlocked state with no big cities nestled between the Mississippi river and the plains of Texas and Oklahoma. Arkansas is a beautiful state filled with flat farmland, plentiful forests, and the scenic Ozark mountains. It is also oddly home to a lot of weird stuff. On this edition of DragonKing Dark, […]

WOR: Joshua loses, NXT TakeOver: XXV, AEW PPV numbers, UFC Stockholm

June 2, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We start the show talking about the big boxing upset with Andy Ruiz Jr. stopping heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. We then review Saturday’s excellent NXT: TakeOver XXV show from Bridgeport, Connecticut. We look at AEW’s PPV numbers, their PPV buying audience versus […]

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Mike Sempervive and Dirty Dawg Darsie

June 1, 2019 - On a special edition of the Classic Wrestling Show, I wanted to present something a little different: an episode of the Wrestling With the Dawg Podcast featuring Mike Sempervive, originally featured on my When It Was Cool podcast network. The When It Was Cool Podcast Network and FlairFlop.com presents the 119th installment of Wrestling With the Dawg […]

F4D: Moxley interview, Double or Nothing, RAW, more!

May 31, 2019 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including the Jon Moxley interview on Talk is Jericho, AEW and their Double or Nothing PPV, TV thoughts, why they need to keep the trust of the fans, RAW, Ricochet and Aleister Black, and tons more. A fun show […]

WOL: Double or Nothing buyrate, Dave Meltzer, Brock and Saudi Arabia, AEW, more!

May 31, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back today with tons to talk about including tons of AEW notes including a Double or Nothing buyrate, their mindset behind show length, Goldberg coming to Smackdown, Brock Lesnar and Super Showdown, tons of calls and texts, an appearance by Dave Meltzer and more! A fun show as […]

Wrestling Weekly: Moxley, Double or Nothing, wrestling down South in the 60s

May 31, 2019 - 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 — […]

B&V&G: Granny, NXT, WWF Superstars of Wrestling from 1992!

May 31, 2019 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with tons to talk about including Granny’s Q&A after a week off, a preview of Bryan vs. Marko Stunt no holds barred, Granny’s Weekly Wrestling Report, and then full reviews of NXT from Full Sail and WWF Superstars of Wrestling from 1992, a VERY newsworthy […]

WOL: RAW and Smackdown ratings, AEW, Moxley, tons more!

May 30, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including the Raw and Smackdown ratings, Vince’s reaction to AEW, the Moxley podcast, AEW, tons of questions, preview of the doom of Marko Stunt, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOR: Moxley on Talk is Jericho, WWE creative, AEW rewatch, tons more!

May 30, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including Dave’s thoughts having re-watched AEW’s PPV on TV, a look at the Chris Jericho podcast with Dean Ambrose, tons of notes on WWE creative, Smackdown thoughts, tons of mailbag questions and more. A fun show as always […]

WOL: Talking Jon Moxley on Talk Is Jericho

May 29, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with yours truly and Mike Sempervive is back today with everything you ever wanted to know about Jon Moxley on the Talk is Jericho podcast. We go over all the highlights, why it’s the best podcast in years, your feedback and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!