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WOR: Becky and Charlotte, WWE Crown Jewel, G1 Climax finals

October 23, 2021 - Image via WWE.com Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. We talk about Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair having a confrontation backstage at SmackDown. We look at WWE’s Crown Jewel show from Thursday. We talk more about Dave’s lead story in the newsletter about last Friday’s head-to-head battle and what he learned. […]

Speak Now: Denise & John Pollock talk SmackDown and Rampage

October 23, 2021 - Join on-air personality Denise Salcedo on this special Saturday day edition of Speak Now Pro Wrestling with special guest Post Wrestling’s John Pollock. On today’s show they break down the biggest stories emanating out of WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage. Topics Rundown: WWE Draft Raw vs. Smackdown Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar storyline Who is […]

F4D: Lance Storm talks WWE Crown Jewel, Bound for Glory, tons more!

October 22, 2021 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including Impact Wrestling thoughts leading into Bound for Glory, WWE Crown Jewel in depth, thoughts on WWE production, WWE booking, swapping title belts, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOL: Crown Jewel review, Smackdown, Rampage, Rhett Titus interview and more!

October 22, 2021 - WWE Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Bryan’s full review of Crown Jewel, the best WWE PPV of the year, all the matches and angles, Rampage and Dynamite and Smackdown, the TBS Title, and more, plus Rhett Titus joins us to talk Ring […]

Wrestling Weekly: WWE vs. AEW

October 22, 2021 - AEW On today’s edition of Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa use last week’s matchup between WWE and AEW to take a look at the major differences between the two products. We also touch on next week’s NXT Championship match between Tommaso Ciampa and Bron Breakker and give some thoughts on Crown Jewel. […]

Big Audio Nightmare: G1 finals, Shibata returns, more

October 22, 2021 - NJPW The original alternative here at the EMPIRE~! is back to bring you a FULL rundown of the return of SHIBATA, the star-crossed G1 Climax finals night and the tournament as a whole, stock up/down for everyone, the ballad of Great O-Khan, the greatness of ZSJ, and where all of this is heading with […]

B&V: NXT 2.0, Halloween Havoc preview and ROH TV!

October 21, 2021 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of NXT 2.0, which had its highs and lows but was, in general, a totally fine show, Halloween Havoc, ROH TV for this week with two good matches, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it […]

WOL: Crown Jewel, NXT 2.0, Bron Breakker, tons more!

October 21, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back with tons to talk about including WWE Crown Jewel from Saudi Arabia, the good and bad in the results, some brief thoughts on the show from Mike before his Internet died, NXT 2.0 and Bron Breakker, ratings, and tons more. A fun show as always so check […]

WOR: G-1, Crown Jewel, Undertaker, RAW ratings, NXT 2.0, tons more!

October 21, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including spoiler-free notes on the G-1 finals tonight, WWE Crown Jewel line-up, Undertaker in Saudi Arabia, TNT scheduling for AEW which was changed, RAW ratings, NXT 2.0 recap, BRON BREAKKER, and tons more! A fun show as always so […]

WOL: Jacy Jayne, NXT 2.0, Crown Jewel preview, RAW ratings, more!

October 20, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including an update on Jacy Jayne after her fall on NXT 2.0, some thoughts on the show in general, RAW ratings for Monday night and why it would be great is everyone just moved on with their lives, Crown […]

B&V&G&C: Granny’s weekly segment, plus Luna Vachon Dark Side of the Ring

October 19, 2021 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny & Craig Show is back with tons to talk about including our usual weekly chat with Granny, her Weekly Wrestling Report, Undertaker book reading with only two weeks left, and then the boys review Luna Vachon Dark Side of the Ring. A packed show, so check it out~!

Speak Now: Co-existing, hits & misses from NXT 2.0

October 19, 2021 - Join on-air personality Denise Salcedo as she reviews the October 19th edition of WWE NXT 2.0~! This is a fun and honest review of the show, perfect for anyone who wants to keep up with the NXT product. Topics Rundown: Johnny Gargano’s NXT future Odyssey Jones vs. Andre Chase Why I am a fan of […]

We’re Live, Pal: Friday Night War, Queen’s Crown tourney, Crown Jewel

October 19, 2021 - AEW It’s a brand new episode of We’re Live, Pal. Andrew Zarian is off this week, but I’m holding down the fort with Denise Salcedo and our special guest Alex McCarthy. We talk about the Friday Night War last week between WWE SmackDown and AEW Rampage, as well as the following night’s Dynamite. We […]

F4D: Smackdown supershow, New Japan Strong, Stardom PPV title matches!

October 19, 2021 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with a PACKED show talking Smackdown’s Supershow on Friday night, New Japan Strong from Saturday, and the latest Stardom PPV with FIVE title matches! A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOL: AEW vs. Smackdown, Dynamite, Crown Jewel, Raw report, more!

October 19, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the full results of the AEW vs. Smackdown battle on Friday night, all the demos and wins and losses, Dynamite from Saturday, the full card for Crown Jewel which looks good on paper, RAW from Monday, and your […]

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The death of Louie Spicolli

October 19, 2021 - On this episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, it’s another edition of From the Pages of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter discussing the death of Louie Spicolli. Spicolli wrestled for WWF, WCW, AAA, and ECW, among others. At the time it happened, his death was a major story related to the rampant drug deaths in […]

WOR: AEW vs. Smackdown, how WWE needs to improve, RAW, G-1, more!

October 19, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the AEW vs. Smackdown battle on Friday and who won what, WWE’s major problems and what they need to do to remedy this, RAW report from Monday night with a decent Crown Jewel build combined with awful TV […]

WOL: AEW vs. Smackdown, weekend show reviews, more!

October 18, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Mike’s thoughts on the weekend as Bryan has to step away for a segment, AEW vs. Smackdown demos and the weird decision WWE has already made about the next head-to-head battle, and tons more. A fun show as […]

B&V&C: AEW Buy In, Rampage and Dynamite!

October 17, 2021 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back with tons to talk about including full reviews of Friday Night’s Buy-In with Bryan Danielson and Minoru Suzuki, AEW Rampage on Friday night and AEW Dynamite on Sunday! A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOL: New Sunday host Andrew Zarian joins Bryan Alvarez to talk all the news!

October 17, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back and joined today by the man who will become our NEW SUNDAY HOST FOR WRESTLING OBSERVER LIVE, Andrew Zarian! He’ll be doing two hours live every Sunday starting in November, and we’ll talk to him today about all of the different shows this past weekend, Smackdown, Rampage, […]

DragonKing Dark: The death of Paul Walker

October 17, 2021 - A staple of the popular Fast and The Furious movie franchise, actor Paul Walker still likely had a tremendous film career ahead of him when he was tragically killed at the age of 40 in a car accident in California. The grisly details of the fiery car crash were blasted all over the celebrity news […]

Fight Game: Friday Night War, NXT, AEW Dynamite recap

October 17, 2021 - On this week’s episode of The Fight Game Podcast, John LaRocca and I talk about the Friday Night War. It was WWE SmackDown and AEW Rampage going head-to-head for thirty minutes, but just as interesting were the maneuvers behind getting to the competition in the first place. We quickly go into NXT, but focus the rest of the show on […]

WOR: AEW overnights, Dynamite, New Japan, RAW preview, tons more!

October 17, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the very interesting story of AEW OVERNIGHTS, Dynamite going live on the west coast, RAW preview, New Japan G-1 and San Jose updates, MMA notes and your Saturday AEW Dynamite report! A fun show as always so check […]

Speak Now: Saturday night AEW Dynamite show recap

October 16, 2021 - Join on-air personality Denise Salcedo for a fun edition of Speak Now Pro Wrestling in which she reviews the special Saturday Night edition of AEW Dynamite. Topics Rundown: Overall thoughts on the show, Denise’s travel day Dante Martin’s fantastic opening match against Malakai Black Inner Circle-American Top Team: Finally got interesting? FTR…… win AAA Tag […]

Wrestling Weekly: Thoughts on SmackDown & Rampage showdown

October 16, 2021 - On this edition of Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk about last night’s showdown between SmackDown on FS1 and AEW’s combo of The Buy-In and Rampage. We also discuss the main matches for WWE’s Crown Jewel and tonight’s edition of Dynamite. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

WOR: Tony Khan, WWE SmackDown vs. AEW Rampage, G1

October 16, 2021 - Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. We talk about the recent quotes from Tony Khan about WWE as well as Roman Reigns’ comments to Complex Sports about AEW’s fanbase. We then get into all the shows from Friday starting with AEW’s Buy-In on YouTube with Bryan Danielson vs. Minoru Suzuki in […]

Speak Now: AEW Rampage vs. WWE SmackDown recap

October 15, 2021 - Join on-air personality Denise Salcedo as she reviews an action packed night of pro wrestling. WWE and AEW went head to head tonight, with WWE holding a supersized version of SmackDown and AEW held a Rampage Buy-In show prior to Rampage itself, which gave us plenty to talk about. Tune in for a fun and […]

F4D: Lance Storm on RAW, fighting partners gimmick, psychology 201, more!

October 15, 2021 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including pro-wrestling psychology 201, tons of thoughts from RAW on Monday since Lance obviously hasn’t seen Dynamite and had to skip Impact this week, storytelling and how to do the partners who don’t like each other gimmick properly, and […]

WOL: AEW Rampage vs. WWE Smackdown, Roman Reigns, wrestling psychology and more!

October 15, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including AEW Rampage vs. WWE Smackdown tonight, the lead-ins and lead-outs, head-to-head half hour, Youtube BUY-INS and more, plus Tony Khan gets his ribs squeezed, WHAT IS PRO WRESTLING PSYCHOLOGY, Roman Reigns vs. AEW and more. A fun show […]

B&V: NXT 2.0 and Ring of Honor on Sinclair!

October 14, 2021 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk! No Dynamite this past Wednesday so instead we’ll be reviewing NXT 2.0, which was better but still had its issues, and Ring of Honor on Sinclair, a very good show. A fun time as always so check it out~!

WOL: NXT 2.0, Full Gear lineup, Fred Rosser on New Japan, ratings

October 14, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the full lineup for Full Gear with a spoiler warning, NXT 2.0 ratings and a review, plus FRED ROSSER joins us to talk New Japan Strong this coming weekend at the former ECW Arena in South Philly! A […]

Mat Men Podcast: The Friday Night War

October 14, 2021 - On Thursday’s Mat Men, the boys are back with some news as Andrew Zarian has a big announcement that will change things for the podcast. On Friday, AEW Rampage and WWE SmackDown will be going head to “headish” which officially begins the Friday Night War. With both shows having big cards planned, how will both shows do […]

WOR: G-1 tournament, AEW vs. WWE this weekend, NXT 2.0, ratings, more!

October 14, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including an update on the G-1 tournament thus far, NXT and RAW ratings, NXT 2.0 TV review, AEW Rampage vs. Smackdown Friday night with lineups for all the shows, Full Gear’s line-up, the nonexistent December WWE PPV, and tons […]

Pacific Rim: Onita, FMW, strength of NJPW, your questions

October 13, 2021 - The Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling podcast is back. Fumi Saito and Jim Valley talk about Fumi’s thoughts on The Dark Side of the Ring episode on Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling and Atsushi Onita, including stories and insight not featured in the documentary. Plus, Fumi dispels the myth that New Japan Pro Wrestling is dying or […]

WOL: AEW vs. WWE UBS, Raw and Rampage ratings, Chris Silvio, more!

October 13, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the AEW vs. WWE battle at the UBS Arena and the addition of Roman Reigns, RAW ratings, Rampage rating notes and why the line-up is so important, plus Chris Silvio joins us to talk old-school OVW/DCW including Chico […]

B&V&G&C: ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997, Granny segment and more!

October 12, 2021 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny & Craig Show is back with tons to talk about including our weekly Q&A, Wrestling Report and Undertaker Book Reading with Granny, then the boys review ECW HARDCORE HEAVEN 1997, a very, well, ECW show if there ever was one. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Speak Now: Lots of changes to NXT 2.0, full show review

October 12, 2021 - Join on-air personality Denise Salcedo as she reviews the latest edition of WWE NXT 2.0, she shares her honest thoughts and opinions while also engaging with live viewers. A fun and opinionated conversation! Topics Rundown: Overall thoughts on NXT Who really fits into NXT 2.0? Joe Gacy: Do we love or hate him? Or both? […]

WOL: RAW report, AEW and WWE ticket sales and ratings, GCW weekend, more!

October 12, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Mike’s GCW weekend, AEW and WWE ticket sales and ratings updates, your weekly RAW report, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: WWF Superstars, new rap

October 12, 2021 - On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I present to you another, hopefully laugh-filled, retro wrestling review. This week, we travel back to May 1994 when the then-WWE was really struggling to come up with something. Scandal had eroded public popularity and troubles were everywhere. So, they tried to freshen things up with a Puerto […]

WOR: Rampage and Smackdown ratings, RAW report, Friday battle, more!

October 12, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Rampage and Smackdown ratings from Friday night, a look at the head-to-head battle Friday, Okada the most four-starringest man in wrestling history, Hall of Fame, Chuck Liddell and Luis Pena arrested, THE RAW REPORT and tons more! A […]

F4D: Smackdown, New Japan Strong, tons more!

October 11, 2021 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including our weekly review of AEW with the King of the Ring and Queens Crown tournaments and a great Paul Heyman promo, and the best TV show this week, New Japan Strong with Filthy Tom, Suzuki, Fred Rosser, […]

WOL: Rampage vs. Smackdown, RAW and Crown Jewel, tons more with Lance Storm!

October 11, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including AEW Rampage vs. Smackdown on FS1 this Friday night, thoughts on Smackdown potentially moving to three hours, RAW and Crown Jewel, tons of thoughts from Lance on all these topics and much more. A fun show as always […]

B&V&C: AEW Rampage report plus our live weekly Q&A!

October 10, 2021 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back with tons to talk about including our weekly review of AEW Rampage, a good show but a show that felt like it was not must-see, our weekly Q&A with a bunch of questions on a variety of topics including our favorite memories wrestling, and tons more. […]

WOR: Weekend big shows, GCW, Impact, Smackdown, Rampage, G-1, more!

October 10, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including all the big shows this weekend, Fury vs. Wilder, GCW with Gage vs. Moxley, Impact’s women’s tournament, Smackdown, Rampage, next week’s head-to-head battle with WWE throwing even more out, G-1 and tons more. A packed show as always […]

WOR: Dave at SmackDown, AEW & WWE head-to-head next Friday

October 9, 2021 - WWE Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. Dave attended SmackDown live on Friday and gives his thoughts on the show. He talks about the passing of Reggie Parks. We talk about WWE extending next week’s SmackDown by a half hour to compete head-to-head against AEW Rampage and Tony Khan’s follow-up […]

Speak Now: SmackDown & AEW Rampage show reviews

October 8, 2021 - Join on-air personality Denise Salcedo on her weekly Friday night podcast where she reviews both WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage. In this fun hour long conversation, she shares her honest opinions about both shows, includes analysis and in-depth coverage while also including commentary from live audiences. Topics Rundown Smackdown: The first portion of the stream […]

F4D: Lance Storm talks Dark Side of the Ring, AEW Dynamite, Impact, more!

October 8, 2021 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including Dark Side of the Ring, the WWE vs. AEW survey in Variety, tons of thoughts on AEW Dynamite, new belts, ladder matches and more, Impact Wrestling thoughts, and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOL: Reggie Parks, AEW Dynamite ratings, Smackdown tournaments, more!

October 8, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the death of Reggie Parks and his place in the industry, AEW Dynamite ratings, Smackdown preview for tonight, the WWE vs. AEW survey, your feedback and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

B&V: Bryan and Vinny review AEW and NXT 2.0!

October 7, 2021 - It’s the BRYAN & VINNY SHOW and we have tons to talk about today including our full reviews of AEW and NXT this week! AEW opens the show so if you just want to hear about a great pro-wrestling show, listen to that and then avoid the NXT 2.0 spoilers (that it sucked). A fun […]

WOL: AEW Dynamite, NXT 2.0, Hangman return, Full Gear, tons more!

October 7, 2021 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with an explosive show talking AEW Dynamite from Wednesday, the TBS title, the RETURN OF HANGMAN, NXT 2.0 thoughts from Tuesday, NXT ratings and the median viewership age, hilarity and frivolity, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!