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DragonKing Dark: The 7th Heaven controversy
Karl Stern’s Dark 100 lands on the strange stories around an actor on the popular TV show. I continue with my Dark 100 series on the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history with a stop at 7th Heaven — a sappy, moralistic drama series which ran for ten seasons (!) on the CW Network. […]

Portland Wrestlecast: ‘Excitement in the Air’ author Mike Rodgers returns
The Pacific Northwest wrestling expert talks to Jim Valley about more Portland wrestling stories. The Portland Wrestlecast returns with part two of our conversation with author and historian Mike Rodgers.  We talk about some of the famous wrestlers that worked in Portland like Greg Valentine and Bobby Shane, and the incredible rib Dutch Savage and […]

JNPO: Pro wrestling year in review – A very unusual month for AEW
Josh & Fightful’s Kate Elizabeth recap everything that happened in August 2022. AEW The Josh Nason’s Punch-Out 2022 pro wrestling year in review series says farewell to summer with a final look back at August. Joining me on the beach is first-time guest Kate Elizabeth of Fightful. It’s a heavy AEW month with the build […]

Big Audio Nightmare: A look at the final card for Wrestle Kingdom 17
Adam & Mike also talk the return of cheering (mostly) for NJPW shows. The Big Audio Nightmare is back to talk about everything happening in the world of Japanese professional wrestling over the past week. This week’s topics include: The final card for next month’s Wrestle Kingdom 17 Cheering (mostly) returns to NJPW World Tag […]

Wrestling Observer Live: A week of definite (and possible) returns
It’s time for a Saturday Wrestling Observer Live with Jim Valley looking at a week of returns in pro wrestling. Announced on Friday, John Cena is coming back on the December 30th WWE SmackDown to team with Kevin Owens against Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn. In another return that isn’t so definite, Vince McMahon wants […]

Wrestling Observer Radio: Latest on Vince McMahon, Sasha Banks, MLW/WWE
Dave Meltzer and I are back on Wrestling Observer Radio going over the news in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Topics include: The latest on Vince McMahon and him wanting to come back to WWE Why the Rita Chatterton lawsuit can happen in 2022 The market for Mandy Rose Sasha Banks and how WWE perceived […]

Wrestling Weekly: Chris Jericho, William Regal, Jamie Noble & the Christmas spirit
Vic Sosa & Les Thatcher recap a busy week in wrestling. AEW On the final Wrestling Weekly until after Christmas, Les Thatcher and I are in the Christmas spirit. We talk about Vince McMahon, Sasha Banks, and Action Andretti as part of a busy week and also say some nice things about Chris Jericho, William […]

Wrestling Observer Live: COULD PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING BE AN OLYMPIC SPORT?
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including what ends up being A SHOW LONG DISCUSSION OF WHETHER YOU COULD DO PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING IN THE OLYMPICS. YES. Also some news. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Wrestling Observer Live: ACTION ANDRETTI vs. Chris Jericho, Dynamite recap, Tokyo Dome, NXT ratings omen
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including CHRIS JERICHO VS. ACTION ANDRETTI, our full Dynamite review including MJF vs. Ricky Starks, you can kinda sorta maybe cheer a little at the Tokyo Dome and the rules are really quite simple, NXT ratings omen, and tons […]

Fight Game: Dave Meltzer on Mandy Rose’s release, Vince McMahon developments
Dave & John also recap Wednesday’s AEW Winter is Coming. John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new episode of The Fight Game Podcast. Before we recapped AEW Dynamite’s Winter Is Coming, I talked to Dave Meltzer about Mandy Rose’s release from WWE as well as the Vince McMahon Vice documentary and the latest Wall […]

Wrestling Observer Radio: 9 Lives of Vince McMahon and Q&A, Dynamite review, Mandy Rose, Tokyo Dome, more
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the 9 Lives of Vince McMahon and a Q&A about it, Vince’s latest allegations, what happened with Mandy Rose, Tokyo Dome line-up and notes, ratings, AEW Dynamite and NXT TV reviews, spoilers for Rampage and NXT, and more. […]

JNPO: Pro wrestling year in review – Vince McMahon resigns from WWE
Jon Alba joins Josh Nason to talk all the happenings in July 2022. One of the most interesting year in pro wrestling news history peaked in July 2022 with Vince McMahon announcing his retirement/resignation from WWE. We talk about that and more in the latest installment in the pro wrestling year in review series on […]

Wrestling Observer Live: Mandy Rose gone, Tokyo Dome, Filthy vs. Shibata, NXT report, Dynamite, more!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including everything we know about Mandy Rose, AEW Dynamite tonight, your NXT TV report, New Japan updates leading into the Tokyo Dome, Filthy Tom vs. Shibata, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

DragonKingKarl Greatest Kayfabe Tournament: Steve Austin vs. Eddie Guerrero
Karl Stern’s Greatest Kayfabe Tournament series continues. My Greatest Kayfabe Tournament series (aka the GKT) continues with a round two match-up featuring “Stone Cold” Steve Austin vs. Eddie Guerrero.  You, the listener, voted for the winner and we will discuss it. Plus, this match actually took place six times in real life and I’ll take […]

Figure Four Daily: Vince McMahon wants to return, MJF vs. Moxley alternate plan, Lance Storm talks his indie career
Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including thoughts on the WSJ article on Vince’s desire to return to WWE, an alternative finish to the MJF vs. Moxley match, why he’s not going to be reviewing TV shows for awhile, and a look at his Canadian […]

Pacific Rim: Looking at Sasha Banks’ popularity and visibility in Japan
Jim Valley and Fumi Saito talk about how well-known the WWE star is in Japan. WWE The Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast with Fumi Saito and I is back and everyone is talking about the potential for Sasha Banks to appear at Wrestle Kingdom. But, how big of a star is she in Japan now […]

Wrestling Observer Live: Vice TV documentary on Vince tonight, can he return?, RAW report, tons more
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about in our look at the Vince McMahon VICE documentary tonight, the WSJ article that came out today with new allegations and claims that Vince wants to come back, what would be needed for that to happen, the RAW report, […]

Wrestling Observer Radio: Sasha, New Japan, RAW report, new AEW production hire, Hall of Fame Q&A
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the annual Hall of Fame issue with your questions, updates on Sasha and Konnan and New Japan’s tournament wrapping up, Karl Anderson and the Tokyo Dome, RAW from Monday night, Winter is Coming, and tons more. A fun […]

Filthy Four Daily: ‘Filthy’ Tom Lawlor on FTR vs. Briscoes, NXT Deadline, new Geek of the Week theme contest
Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including Smackdown from Friday, FTR vs. Briscoes from Final Battle, NXT Deadline, and, yes, a contest to get a new GEEK OF THE WEEK theme! A fun show as always so check it out~!

JNPO: MMA Year in Review – The Francis Ngannou/UFC feud continues
Colby Covington feuded with Jorge Masvidal, and Israel Adesanya continued his dominance. On a new Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, I take a break from the award-winning pro wrestling year in review series to return to the granddaddy of them all: the MMA year in review series. In the first of four parts, the returning Paul Fontaine […]

Wrestling Observer Live: ROH on Honor Club, Sasha to New Japan, NXT and ROH PPV reviews, more!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including ROH TV on Honor Club and what it might mean for the future of New Japan in America, NXT Deadline, Ring of Honor Final Battle, Sasha Banks to the Tokyo Dome, and tons more. A fun show as […]

DragonKing Dark: The 2000 Paralympic Games basketball cheating scandal
Karl Stern’s run through the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history continues. Inarguably, one of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history took place at the 2000 Paralympic Games where, brace yourself, Spain competed in basketball with players representing themselves as intellectually disabled who weren’t.  Yes, you read that right. They also won the gold […]

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DragonKing Dark: The 2000 Paralympic Games basketball cheating scandal
Inarguably, one of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history took place at the 2000 Paralympic Games where, brace yourself, Spain competed in basketball with players representing themselves as intellectually disabled who weren’t.  Yes, you read that right. They also won the gold medal and outed themselves once it hit the newspapers. The International Paralympic Committee […]

Wrestling Observer Live: Recapping ROH Final Battle & NXT Deadline
It’s a good week for me to be solo on the Sunday edition of Wrestling Observer Live because of so much happening this past weekend. As you know, both Ring of Honor and WWE NXT ran big shows on Saturday. I talk the best from both shows including the insanity from The Briscoes vs. FTR […]

Wrestling Observer Radio: Great ROH and NXT shows, UFC, ROH streaming deal, Sasha Banks to New Japan, more
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including great shows from Ring of Honor and NXT, a full UFC recap, notes on the ROH streaming deal announced today, Sasha Banks to the Tokyo Dome and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! […]

JNPO: Pro wrestling year in review – The first Vince McMahon allegations emerge
Josh and Mike Gilbert also talk the bumpy road to AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. On a new Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, the clubhouse leader for the best pro wrestling year in review series continues with a stop in June 2022 — the month that saw the first of the Vince McMahon allegations come out. Helping […]

Wrestling Observer Radio: 2022 WON HOF class, John Cena, MJF at UFC
Dave Meltzer and I are back on Wrestling Observer Radio going over the 2022 class of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. John Muse joins us to go over the full class, the acts who were close, and next year’s new candidates. After that, we talked about all the recent news. Topics include: John Cena […]

Wrestling Observer Live: WON Hall of Fame, weekend predictions
Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive is back to talk about all of the news in professional wrestling, and to get you ready for this weekend! The new entrants into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, news on tonight’s Smackdown, predictions for tomorrow’s NXT Deadline and ROH Final Battle, and so much more – […]

Wrestling Weekly: ROH Final Battle preview, Becky Lynch shoulder issues
Les Thatcher & Vic Sosa look ahead to Saturday’s ROH pay-per-view. JJ Williams On a new Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and I look at the big matches for ROH Final Battle on Saturday. We also hit on the big things to come out of AEW Dynamite and discuss Becky Lynch’s recent comments on the health […]

Big Audio Nightmare: Sasha Banks NJPW story, Jake Lee leaves AJPW, Stardom
The Big Audio Nightmare is back with a big two-hour episode to talk about everything happening in the world of Japanese professional wrestling over the past week. This week’s topics include:  Sasha Banks to NJPW? Jake Lee leaving AJPW, others to follow? Thoughts on Aussie Open, Lio Rush, and other NJPW Tag League standouts A […]

Bryan & Vinny Show: Dynamite with MJF and Ricky Starks and FTR vs. Acclaimed, NXT final Deadline build
The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about in our full reviews of both AEW Dynamite with an awesome promo battle between MJF and Ricky Starks and a great title match main event, and NXT with the final build towards their Deadline show this weekend. A fun show as always so […]

Wrestling Observer Live: Ricky Starks vs. MJF, the ring, Dynamite report, Sasha Banks, tons more!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the awesome MJF vs. Ricky Starks promo last night and Bryan’s idea about what they should have done with the ring, the full Dynamite report, a bad week for wrestling ratings, Sasha to the Tokyo Dome, Mike vanishes, […]

Wrestling Observer Radio: Dynamite review, Tony talks Regal, big PPV weekend, tons more
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a great edition of AEW Dynamite, Tony Khan talks about the departure of William Regal and more, a horrible week for wrestling ratings, ROH PPV, NXT and UFC this weekend, and so much more. A fun show as […]

Speak Now: Ricky Starks & MJF promo, AEW Dynamite Recap
We had a very fiery episode of AEW Dynamite on Wednesday, lots of storytelling and good in-ring action! Tune into Speak Now Pro Wrestling with Denise Salcedo as she breaks down the night.  Topics include: William Regal/AEW situation rundown, MJF/Ricky Starks promo exchange, FTR vs The Acclaimed, and sooo much more!  Join for a fun […]

Wrestling Observer Live: Richard Holliday, NXT review, Dynamite preview, William Regal, tons more!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Richard Holliday, the RAW ratings falling off a cliff this week, NXT last night, AEW tonight, Tony Khan talks the situation with William Regal, wrestling in the Olympics, and tons more. A fun show as always so check […]

Bryan & Vinny & Shawn & Craig Show: RAW 47 with Yokozuna squashing dude into a pancake, plus Granny!
It’s the Bryan & Vinny & Craig & Shawn & Granny Show and we’ve got tons to get into including our weekly chat with Granny, a Q&A, her Wrestling Report, her TEN QUESTIONS, her joke book reading, and then the boys review RAW 47 with the infamous moment where Yokozuna decided to kill some poor […]

Speak Now: WWE NXT Deadline go-home show
Hey there, happy Tuesday! Welcome back to another episode of Speak Now Pro Wrestling. Today we are focusing on the December 6, 2022 edition of WWE NXT which happens to be the go-home show heading into NXT Deadline. Join Denise Salcedo as she recaps the show.

Figure Four Daily: Bryan and Lance Storm talk pro-wrestling in the Olympics, RAW and Dynamite
Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including the idea of pro-wrestling in the Olympics, tons of thoughts on Dynamite and RAW, plus so much more. A fun extended show, so check it out~!

JNPO: Pro wrestling year in review – MJF, Sasha Banks & Naomi take a stand
Josh Nason & Jesse Collings recap May 2022 in pro wrestling. In the May 2022 stop in my JNPO pro wrestling year in review series, we arrive at two different types of situations where wrestlers took a stand against their employers but for completely different reasons. The returning Jesse Collings of Voices of Wrestling and […]

Figure Four Daily: Bryan and Lance Storm talk pro-wrestling in the Olympics, RAW and Dynamite
Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including the idea of pro-wrestling in the Olympics, tons of thoughts on Dynamite and RAW, plus so much more. A fun extended show, so check it out~!

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The life and career of Killer Kowalski
On this week’s DragonKing Karl Classic Wrestling Show, we return to the pages of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter to take a look back at Dave Meltzer’s very detailed career and life history of the man who trained Triple H (Paul Levesque) and held multiple major titles during his career: Walter “Killer” Kowalski. A big drawing […]

Wrestling Observer Live: Storytelling in wrestling, RAW report, tons more!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including storytelling in pro-wrestling particularly as it pertains to Keith Lee and Swerve on Rampage, the Rampage and Smackdown ratings, RAW from Monday night and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Wrestling Observer Radio: Windham, Rampage ratings, Hall of Fame issue, RAW, tons more
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a new Observer book out now, a health update on Barry Windham, Hall of Fame issue notes, Tales from the Territories, AEW and NXT previews, ratings for Rampage and Smackdown, your RAW report and tons more. A fun […]

Wrestling Observer Live: Final Battle line-up and price, William Regal, Triple H, tons more!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including some Rampage and Smackdown notes, RAW and Dynamite previews, tons of thoughts on the Final Battle line-up, price and more, William Regal’s status, and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Filthy Four Daily: Tom Lawlor and Bryan talk Smackdown, New Japan Strong, Stardom, Geek of the Week contest
FILTHY FOUR DAILY with Bryan Alvarez and Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including Smackdown, New Japan Strong, the finals of the Stardom Tag League tournament, and more, plus BEER VS. ANYTHING ELSE, a new contest for a GEEK OF THE WEEK THEME, and tons more. A fun show as always so […]

Wrestling Observer Radio: RAW and Dynamite previews, Smackdown and Rampage, Cain Velasquez, more
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Smackdown and Rampage this week, RAW and Dynamite previews, Steph and Nick Khan want to buy things, Slapfighting, tons of mailbag questions and questions from the live chat and more. A fun show as always so check it […]

Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show: Baffling edition of Rampage, a fine and dandy live Q&A!
The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back with tons to talk about including a totally baffling edition of AEW Rampage with one segment after another difficult to make heads or tails of, a lively and exciting live Q&A session with queries from our live listeners and Bryan’s Twitter Subscribers, and more! A fun […]

Wrestling Observer Live: Rock Royal Rumble rumors, Regal done with AEW
On a Sunday edition of Wrestling Observer Live, I am back once again with Matt Ryan of Catalyst Wrestling discussing all the latest wrestling news from the past week. As we wrap up the year, we find ourselves entering WWE Royal Rumble season and there has been both speculation and rumors regarding The Rock returning […]

Wrestling Observer Radio: The Rock, UFC insider betting, William Regal
Dave Meltzer and I are back on Wrestling Observer Radio going over the news in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Topics include: WWE’s pie-in-the-sky idea for The Rock WrestleMania and who may be there Who runs creative for the Bloodline story Survivor Series and Full Gear business numbers News out of Rampage Update on William Regal […]

Wrestling Observer Live: Is Ricochet’s WWE push for real this time?
On the Saturday edition of Wrestling Observer Live, I have a lot of questions given what happened this week in wrestling. On Friday, Ricochet defeated Santos Escobar to win the WWE SmackDown World Cup. Is his push for real this time? Also, when will we see Bray Wyatt actually wrestle? On the AEW side, will […]

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