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Wrestling Weekly: Memories of and a tribute to Bob Armstrong

August 28, 2020 - On this week’s edition of Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk about the life and career of the great Bob Armstrong. From Bob’s start in the business, his role in the Atlanta wrestling war, why he only worked in a specific group of territories, and a few stories of classic ribs thrown in […]

B&V: Bryan and Vinny review AEW and NXT head-to-head!

August 27, 2020 - Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about including NXT from this past Wednesday night with Karrion Kross having to send the NXT Title INTO ABEYANCE, and then this past Saturday’s Dynamite with Mr. Brodie Lee vs. Cody for the TNT Title and more. A fun show as always so check […]

WOL: NXT recap, AEW preview, tons more!

August 27, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including last night’s NXT show, tons of thoughts on all the angles and title changes, AEW line-up for Thursday night, your feedback and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOR: Sports cancellations, RAW and AEW ratings, NXT review, more!

August 27, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with to talk about including the NBA and other sports leagues cancelling games, RAW ratings, NXT review from Wednesday night, New Japan with some VERY wacky stipulations, mailbag and tons more. A packed show, so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Sports cancellations 6:42: AEW […]

WOL: RAW ratings, NXT tonight, plus David Finlay talks New Japan!

August 26, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including RAW ratings, NXT tonight featuring two completely baffling matches that will at least be very good in the ring, plus DAVID FINLAY joins us to talk his New Japan career, training with his father, and tons more! A […]

B&V: Retro Invasion Smackdown May 24, 2001, plus Granny!

August 25, 2020 - Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with the final RETRO INVASION SHOW before the ACTUAL INVASION BEGINS. IT’S BEEN MONTHS. But it’s a super newsworthy show that features an impromptu four-way TLC match that actually spells the end of Chris Benoit’s career for the next year. A packed show as always so check it […]

WOL: WWE fans ruining Thunderdome, Payback, AEW ratings, more!

August 25, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including WWE fans trying to ruin the Thunderdome experience, RAW from Monday setting up Payback on Sunday after SummerSlam this past Sunday, AEW ratings from Saturday and what they tell us, and tons more. A fun show as always […]

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: From the pages of the Observer – Boris Malenko & Art Barr

August 25, 2020 - Today on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show, host Karl Stern dives back into the pages of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter for Dave Meltzer’s biographies on Boris Malenko (the father of wrestler and future agent Dean Malenko) and Art Barr. The death of Barr was treated as a huge loss for pro wrestling at the […]

WOR: SummerSlam fallout, Payback, RAW, tons more!

August 25, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including SummerSlam fallout, RAW from Monday night, all the rewrites, matches announced for Payback thus far, and more, plus all the news and mailbag. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: SummerSlam Google trends 2:46: […]

F4D: Smackdown in the THUNDERDOME, NJPW Strong, more!

August 24, 2020 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including our weekly review of Smackdown, this time from the THUNDERDOME, and New Japan Strong with the finals of the NJPW USA Cup tournament! A packed show as always so check it out~!

WOL: SummerSlam fallout, Thunderdome, AEW and Takeover, more!

August 24, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including SummerSlam fallout, the Thunderdome and how fans are directed, AEW TV from Saturday, Keith Lee and Karrion Kross, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOR: SummerSlam, Roman Reigns, Sonya, tons of news and more!

August 24, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a full review of SummerSlam, notes on Roman Reigns, Sonya Deville, Mauro Ranallo and other follow-ups, Dave’s Takeover thoughts, mailbag and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Vince McMahon’s birthday 2:15: […]

B&V: SummerSlam 2020 and NXT Takeover!

August 23, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with a packed program talking two big shows, SUMMERSLAM from the THUNDER DOME including the return of Roman Reigns, and WWE Takeover from Full Sail! A packed show with tons of notes so check it out~!

WOL: SummerSlam pre-show, Takeover, AEW TV, ThunderDOME, more!

August 23, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including our SummerSlam pre-show, a look at all the matches scheduled, thoughts on THUNDERDOME, AEW TV, NXT Takeover, Pat McAfee and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

DragonKing Dark: Distrust of government and each other

August 23, 2020 - I’m sure you’ve noticed… we are having a hard time getting along with one another lately. Even the simplest of things seem to trigger people. One would think simply asking the public to wear a mask to slow the spread of a disease would be met with, “Oh sure, that’s easy.” Instead, it’s been met […]

WOR: Smackdown, Takeover, AEW TV, ratings, tons more!

August 23, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including full reviews of Smackdown in the THUNDERDOME, AEW TV from Saturday and NXT Takeover, plus ratings, the Cormier/Miocic buyrate, SummerSlam and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOR: Jon Moxley on AEW, being champion, NJPW, G1

August 22, 2020 - AEW Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales is back with special guest AEW World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley. Jon reflects on leaving WWE to joining AEW to becoming the World Champion. He talks about working for New Japan, wrestling Minoru Suzuki, how he agreed to do the G1, the origin story of his […]

F4D: Lance Storm interviews Molly Holly!

August 21, 2020 - Figure Four Daily with Lance Storm is back today and Lance is flying solo as host, but he’s got a great guest — the former Molly Holly! She’ll talk her career, memories and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOL: Thunderdome, AEW TV, Takeover, SummerSlam, Beyond Wrestling, more!

August 21, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about in our look at a very packed weekend with THUNDERDOME, AEW, NXT Takeover, SummerSlam, and, as we’ll talk about with our guest Paul Crockett, BEYOND WRESTLING on Sunday! A fun show as always so check it out~!

Wrestling Weekly: AEW/TNT, JCP, ThunderDome, season tickets for wrestling

August 21, 2020 - Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk a wide variety of subjects on Wrestling Weekly this week. Those include Sonya Deville, WWE ThunderDome, TNT being a good partner for AEW, the Harlem Globetrotters, other events presented by Jim Crockett Promotions over the years, and more. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

B&V: Bryan and Vinny review AEW and NXT head-to-head!

August 20, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about including our review of a SOLO edition of NXT, unopposed by AEW, and it also just happened to be the go-home show for Takeover! Also, since no AEW, as an added bonus we’ve got THE BEST OF THE DARK ORDER ON BTE. […]

WOL: AEW selling tickets to fans, Pat McAfee, big weekend of shows, more!

August 20, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including AEW running shows with 10% capacity, NXT and Pat McAfee, the entire line-up for a crazy weekend of GRAPS, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOR: Renee, RAW ratings, weekend schedule, NXT TV, more!

August 20, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a huge weekend with THUNDERDOME, AEW, Takeover, UFC and SummerSlam, NXT from Wednesday night, RAW ratings, AEW and NXT schedule updates, Hunter’s conference call today, the departure of Renee Young and more! A fun show as always so […]

WOL: Clark Connors talks New Japan, plus news on Renee, Sonya, NXT, more!

August 19, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including NXT tonight, RAW ratings, Hunter’s conference call today, more Sonya Deville appalling details, plus CLARK CONNORS joins us to talk New Japan Pro Wrestling! A fun show as always so check it out~!

B&V&C&G: Retro WCW Invasion RAW May 21, 2001, plus Granny!

August 18, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny & Craig Show is back today with tons to talk about including our usual Q&A with Granny, an INCIDENT which thankfully ended up cleared up, and then a review of an all-time classic RAW, the show where Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho won the WWF Tag Team Titles from […]

WOL: RAW, SummerSlam, Velveteen Dream, tons more!

August 18, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including RAW from Monday night with tons of your feedback, the go-home for SummerSlam, Triple H talks Velveteen Dream, and tons more. A packed show as always so check it out~!

DragonKingKarl Greatest Kayfabe Tournament: The Rock vs. Dick the Bruiser

August 18, 2020 - Round one of the GKT: Greatest Kayfabe Tournament continues as we ask the question: if pro wrestling were real (not a shoot but the characters as presented real) who would win? On this episode. The Rock vs. Dick the Bruiser! You have voted and I have the results. The most electrifying man in sports entertainment and mega-movie […]

WOR: Xavier death, Lawler history, Sonya, Velveteen, RAW, more!

August 18, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the deaths of Xavier and Tony Russo, Jerry Lawler history, Sonya Deville, Velveteen Dream, BTE, and a full recap of THAT RAW SHOW MONDAY. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: 50th anniversary of […]

F4D: Smackdown, New Japan Strong, more!

August 17, 2020 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez is back with tons to talk about including a review of Smackdown from Friday, a show that was better than last week but still pretty fucking wretched, and a great show consistently every week, New Japan Strong on NJPWWorld.com. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Big Audio Nightmare: Virus scares in Japan, NOAH booking woes, more

August 17, 2020 - This week’s Big Audio Nightmare is a solo affair as I guide you through a spate of COVID-19 scares in New Japan Pro Wrestling, STARDOM, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling and 2AW. I talk about what happened, what is canceled, what may be coming next, and what it could all mean for the Japanese wrestling scene. After that, […]

WOL: WWE THUNDERDOME, Xavier death, AEW and WWE, more!

August 17, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including WWE THUNDERDOME debuting on Friday, the death of Xavier, AEW vs. WWE programming, WWE’s inability to create stars and why their Peacock library is so sad, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

B&V: THE MAIN EVENT 1988

August 16, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about in our look at THE MAIN EVENT, the most-watched pro-wrestling show in the history of American pro-wrestling, a show that did almost THREE TIMES the biggest combined WWF/WCW audience in the Monday Night Wars. Hogan vs. Andre, Savage vs. Honky, tons of […]

WOL: Sonya Deville break-in, Smackdown, AEW schedule, ratings, more!

August 16, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Sonya Deville’s house getting broken into by someone with very bad intent, Smackdown, ratings, the AEW schedule next several weeks, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

DragonKing Dark: 2011’s ‘The Devil We Know’

August 16, 2020 - DragonKing Dark gets darker again this week as I look at a 2011 documentary titled The Devil We Know. This documentary takes a look back at the historic origins of Satan. You might be saying, “Hey Karl, the origins of the Devil are from the Bible.” While that is true, the devil we have been […]

WOR: Cormier vs. Stipe, Carano vs. Cyborg history, Smackdown, ratings, more!

August 16, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including UFC 252 with Daniel Cormier’s last fight ever, all the fights in detail, Smackdown, AEW and NXT ratings, Carano vs. Cyborg history, mailbag and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Daniel […]

WOR: Lance Storm on intergender matches, #SpeakingOut

August 15, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales is back with special guest Lance Storm. Lance created a bit of a stir with a tweet about intergender wrestling and is on to discuss his opinion that intergender wrestling matches shouldn’t happen anymore. We also talk about the speaking out movement, Tessa Blanchard, women […]

Wrestling Weekly: Weekend training camp, AEW/NBA playoffs

August 14, 2020 - On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa discuss the weekend camp Les and Dr. Tom Prichard ran last week. They also talk about AEW’s opportunity to make some new fans with the next Dynamite airing after an NBA playoff game. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

B&V: Bryan and Vinny review AEW and NXT head-to-head!

August 13, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with our look at AEW and NXT from Wednesday night! All the matches and angles on both shows, our weekly look at the ratings, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOL: AEW vs. NXT, SummerSlam at Amway, tons more!

August 13, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back — yes, Mike is back — to talk all sorts of topics including WWE running Amway Center for SummerSlam and why that may be, AEW vs. NXT, tons of feedback and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~1

WOR: RAW ratings, AEW vs. NXT, UFC Cormier finale, more!

August 13, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including RAW ratings from Monday, AEW vs. NXT from Wednesday night with tons of thoughts on both shows, UFC this weekend and the best heavyweight of all time, and tons more. A packed show as always so check it […]

WOL: AEW and NXT, RAW ratings, tons more!

August 12, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back flying solo today with previews of AEW and NXT tonight, RAW ratings from Monday, and tons and tons of feedback from listeners on everything from who should beat Cody for the TNT Title to why 18-34 year-olds aren’t watching WWE. A fun show as always so check […]

B&V&C: Retro Smackdown May 17, 2001!

August 11, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with our look back at RETRO INVASION SMACKDOWN, which has been ongoing for two months and we still don’t have an Invasion yet. But we have some awesome segments with Austin and Hunter and Undertaker and some great wrestling, the best one of these shows […]

WOL: RAW, ROH, Retribution, Flair vs. Orton, more!

August 11, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including ROH returning to taping TV, RAW, RAW Underground, Retribution, the Ric Flair vs. Randy Orton angle, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Old Tyme Wrestling Hour

August 11, 2020 - This week, Karl Stern brings you a new Old Tyme Wrestling Hour Podcast. On this episode: the pioneer era of wrestling in Mexico isn’t what I expected. In fact, it appears Asian in origin with links to jiu-jitsu and American frontier wrestling combined into one thing. It gets weird. Also, a man died during a match […]

WOR: Kamala, New Japan, RAW, BTE, more!

August 11, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the death of Kamala, New Japan line-ups, BTE, RAW from Monday night with the build towards SummerSlam, and tons more. A packed show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Hulk Hogan’s birthday, Zybysko/Bruno 3:52: Kamala 20:26: […]

F4D: Smackdown on FOX and New Japan Strong on NJPWWorld.com!

August 10, 2020 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with a BRAND NEW SHOW! Starting this week, it’s not only Smackdown, an awful show, but also NEW JAPAN STRONG, a really fun show. The best of all worlds, this and every week, so check it out~!

WOL: Kamala passes away, Jericho concert, tons more!

August 10, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the death of Kamala and memories of his career, Chris Jericho and his Fozzy concert and the resulting controversy, tons of feedback on these topics, RAW and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

B&V: Saturday Night’s Main Event January 2, 1988, plus Granny!

August 9, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with a packed show! Bryan is at the beach so Granny was moved to Sunday this week, and what a Sunday appearance it is. Then, Bryan and Vinny review the January 2, 1988 Saturday Night’s Main Event show, which at first glance appears to kick off a […]

WOL: Smackdown and RETRIBUTION

August 9, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about, mostly the goofy Smackdown show with ACES AND EIGHTS running in to cause havoc. Plus, all of your feedback. A fun show as always so check it out~!

DragonKing Dark: The most evil people in history

August 9, 2020 - DragonKing Dark podcast continues to get even darker this week as we continue the theme of the faces of evil. On this episode, host Karl Stern from WhenItWasCool.com asks the question, who are the most evil people in history? Several immediately come to mind for obvious reasons — but are there any we overlook? Are […]