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WOL: Latest cancellations, AEW and NXT, William Quintana of Prestige Wrestling!

March 18, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including all the latest cancellations, updates on NXT and AEW tonight, ratings for RAW on Monday, and tons more, then William Quintana joins us to talk Prestige Wrestling and the challenges they’re facing having to cancel not just a […]

B&V: Reviewing the final WCW PPV ever

March 17, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with NOT Retro Raw and Nitro from 19 years ago this week since we’re keeping bodies in the studio down to a bare minimum with coronavirus concerns. Instead, we review WCW Greed from, in fact, 19 years ago this week — their final pay-per-view ever. Next week, we’ll […]

WOL: WWE finally makes WrestleMania decision, RAW, plus Shazza McKenzie!

March 17, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including WWE finally moving WrestleMania to the Performance Center, more cancellations and postponements, the Hall of Fame, and TAKE TWO, a successful one this time, of our interview with Shazza McKenzie. A fun show as always so check it […]

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Old Tyme Wrestling Hour with Dave Wills

March 17, 2020 - On this brand new Old Tyme Wrestling Hour on the Dragon King Karl Classic Wrestling Show, I talk about something I have been working on for a couple of months: the secret history of pro wrestling. The history of pro wrestling isn’t what a lot of people think it is and a lot of the bickering […]

Big Audio Nightmare: Wrestling in Japan and life in uncertain times

March 17, 2020 - The Big Audio Nightmare is back this week with continuing coverage of COVID-19’s impact on the world of professional wrestling in Japan and on all of our lives in general. In this week’s solo voyage, Adam Summers takes you through the wrestling news in Japan like what shows are happening, what shows have been canceled, […]

WOR: Coronavirus and WrestleMania, RAW, more

March 17, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with, well, not the most upbeat show to be honest, as we’ve got to talk about more cancellations as the result of the coronavirus outbreak including WrestleMania and many associated events, empty arena RAW, Dave watched a show on Chris Benoit, and more. A […]

F4D: Empty Arena Smackdown, upcoming events that aren’t happening, more!

March 16, 2020 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of the empty arena Smackdown from Friday, the highs and lows of the show, what was better without a crowd and what was worse, upcoming shows that aren’t happening, Tom’s schedule which has nothing […]

WOL: All the news, Shazza McKenzie briefly, tons more!

March 16, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with all the latest news from around the wrestling world, and the world in general, plus an interview with Shazza McKenzie until technology — or a lack thereof — intervenes. A fun show as always so check it out~!

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

March 15, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with tons to talk about including Granny’s usual segment taking questions from listeners and doing her Weekly Wrestling Report! Then, Bryan and Vinny review the final episode of WWF Superstars that is currently available on the WWF Network, the end of an era. A fun […]

FREE WOL: WrestleMania, shows actually canceled, Cody Chhun real-life superhero and more!

March 15, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the latest cancellations, the STILL NOT CANCELED WRESTLEMANIA SHOW, all the news, plus Cody Chhun is the first of dozens of wrestlers and promoters affected by coronavirus cancellations who will be joining us EVERY DAY on Observer Live […]

DragonKing Dark: ‘Paranormal Survivor’ TV show

March 15, 2020 - On this week’s DragonKing Dark podcast, host Karl Stern takes a look at an episode of the television docuseries “Paranormal Survivor.” This episode takes a look at a haunted house (one of my favorite topics), a haunted car and other haunted objects, and much more. We venture into the realm of ghosts and demonic activity.

WOR: More cancellations, AEW, WWE and UFC plans, UFC and Smackdown recaps

March 15, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including more cancellations as a result of COVID-19 including CMLL and AAA, non-cancellations including WWE, UFC and AEW, the plan for upcoming shows, UFC and Smackdown recaps, mailbag and more. A packed show as always so check it out~! […]

WOR free podcast: Dr. Alex Patel on the coronavirus pandemic

March 14, 2020 - In a free edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer and guest host Garrett Gonzales discuss the coronavirus outbreak, the best ways to find information, social distancing, how the virus affects the still-going worlds of pro wrestling and MMA, some listener questions, and more. As always, please consult your personal doctor/physician for specific medical advice related […]

WOL: All positive show on what you love about pro wrestling

March 14, 2020 - With all the uncertainty and grim news right now, it’s an all positive episode of Wrestling Observer Live Saturday. Pro wrestling is supposed to be an escape and that’s exactly how we are going to use it today. Let’s not gripe about booking or pushes. Spend the next 38 minutes on great pro wrestling past […]

WOR: In-depth on the coronavirus with Dr. Alex Patel, latest news

March 14, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. Joining us is Dr. Alex Patel to talk about the coronavirus. Dr. Patel talks about flattening the curve, how the virus spreads, what other virus it resembles, where to find good resources for information to avoid misinformation, social distancing, and how […]

WOL: Coronavirus, another round of cancellations, SD, RAW, Mania, more!

March 13, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Jim Valley is back today with another giant wave of cancellations, latest on Smackdown, RAW and WrestleMania, WWE’s response, how it affects indy stars and other companies, plus your calls, other news and more. A packed show as always so check it out~!

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

March 12, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about in our look at AEW vs. NXT from this past Wednesday night! First, a brief look at the ratings as the shows went head-to-head with Donald Trump addressing the nation about coronavirus, then a full look at the highs and lows of […]

WOL: Coronavirus cancellations, DEFY’s Matt Farmer on ramifications

March 12, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including everything that has been canceled both in pro-wrestling and around the world because of coronavirus, what has NOT been canceled, what somehow has AND has not been canceled seemingly at the same time, plus Matt Farmer of Defy […]

WOR: Coronavirus and wrestling and MMA, AEW vs. NXT, tons of news, more!

March 12, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including everything coronavirus is affecting in pro-wrestling including potentially WrestleMania, Smackdown, Raws and more, plus RAW ratings, XFL ratings, tons of news, reviews of AEW and NXT and tons more. Timestamps: Start: Coronavirus 10:44: Rob Gronkowski signs with WWE […]

WOL: Coronavirus and WrestleMania, AEW and NXT, more!

March 11, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including whether or not WrestleMania should be moved, how coronavirus is affecting other sporting events including the XFL and pro-wrestling in Washington State, your calls and texts 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!

March 10, 2020 - We are down to the HOME STRETCH, TWO NITROS LEFT after this show. It’s our weekly look at RAW and Nitro from 19 years ago this week, the death rattle of World Championship Wrestling, and the build towards one of the better WrestleManias of all time. A fun show as always so check it out~!

DragonKingKarl Greatest Kayfabe Tournament: Stecher vs. Okada

March 10, 2020 - Match 21 in the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament sees two of the greatest wrestlers from different eras face off. From the 1920s-1930s, Joe Stecher takes on the man many say is the greatest pro wrestler of the modern era — NJPW’s Kazuchika Okada. Of course, the GKT is just a fun way of doing two biographies. You, […]

WOL: RAW, WrestleMania, wrestling and MMA shutdowns due to COVID-19, more!

March 10, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including coronavirus shutting down more wrestling and MMA events, WrestleMania, RAW from Monday, your feedback and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOR: Elimination Chamber fallout, RAW, tons of news and more!

March 10, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about in our look at RAW from Monday night, all the fallout from Elimination Chamber and a look towards WrestleMania, plus all the latest news, mailbag, and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: […]

F4D: Friday Night Smackdown, Sponsorship Snackdown, more!

March 9, 2020 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Friday Night Smackdown, the lead-in to WWE Elimination Chamber, a new Sponsorship Snackdown and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOL: Elimination Chamber fallout, tons of feedback and more!

March 9, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including fallout from Elimination Chamber on Sunday night, the highs and lows of the show, why anti-AEW fans take things so personally, calls and texts and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOR: Elimination Chamber, Smackdown, Scott Steiner, David Starr, more!

March 9, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a full review of WWE Elimination Chamber, Smackdown, Wednesday night ratings, the latest on David Starr, the death of Rip Oliver, Scott Steiner, and tons more. A packed show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: David […]

B&V&G: WWE Elimination Chamber 2020, plus Granny!

March 8, 2020 - Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to get into. As always, Granny joins us for her usual Sunday segment, including her Weekly Wrestling Report, then Bryan & Vinny review the WWE Elimination Chamber show, a baffling PPV with some goofy stips and finishes and some real gems hidden within. A fun show […]

WOL: Elimination Chamber, WWE, AEW, news and notes, more!

March 8, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including a full preview of WWE Elimination Chamber, the dark match that was so compelling we forgot to see who won, tons of notes on WWE, AEW and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

DragonKing Dark: The Loch Ness Monster documentary

March 8, 2020 - One of the most popular pop culture monsters of the 1970s was the Loch Ness Monster, a supposed displaced dinosaur or sea creature in a deep Scottish lake. Nessy even made it into a song by The Police and the movie Napoleon Dynamite. While the “monster” might seem like a plausible thing that could exist, it […]

WOR: UFC 248 recap, WON awards in-depth, WWE & AEW news

March 8, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We first talk about UFC 248, which featured one of the greatest fights of all-time and one of the not-so greatest fights all-time. We break down Weili Zhang’s title defense against Joanna Jędrzejczyk and compare it to other great fights in […]

WOL: Recapping SmackDown and the WON awards

March 7, 2020 - On Saturday’s edition of Wrestling Observer Live, we kick off by reviewing Friday’s SmackDown on Fox including the NWO’s live segment. Also, why does Braun Strowman’s feud with Sami Zayn, Nakamura, and Cesaro look like something out of a Wes Anderson movie? Also, I have thoughts on the the women’s Elimination Chamber match Sunday and […]

Portland Wrestlecast: Former PNW Champion Jerry Oates

March 7, 2020 - This week’s Portland Wrestlecast features one of the best interviews I have ever had on the show: former PNW Champion Jerry Oates. Oates wrestled in the Pacific Northwest in 1978, the same time as Jimmy Snuka, Jesse Ventura, Buddy Rose, and others. He held the tag team titles with Ventura and feuded with Ed Wiskowski […]

WOL: Wrestling Observer Awards, Rip Oliver, AEW and NXT, more!

March 6, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the Wrestling Observer Newsletter 2019 Awards issue, BEST BOOK~!, the death of Rip Oliver, AEW and NXT, dual cage matches, ratings and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Wrestling Weekly: Special guest Joe Dombrowski joins Les & Vic

March 6, 2020 - Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa welcome in Joe Dombrowski to discuss the videos he’s producing which take deep dives into the Brian Pillman Memorial Shows from the late 90s/early 2000s as well as never before seen matches from the HWA from that period. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

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

March 5, 2020 - AEW The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about in our look at AEW and NXT from Wednesday night! These were two good but not great shows, although NXT’s two cage show was quite baffling in terms of both of those matches. Bryan looks at what those matches and […]

WOL: AEW vs. NXT, cages, Vince McMahon, Matt Hardy, tons more!

March 5, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including AEW vs. NXT from Wednesday night, the cage matches, an update on Matt Hardy and everyone else who wasn’t on the show last night, Vince McMahon, AEW vs. WWE backstage, and tons more. A fun show as always […]

WOR: AEW updates, Dynamite/NXT review, WrestleMania

March 5, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including AEW vs. NXT from Wednesday nights, updates on Nick Jackson, Matt Hardy, Kenny Omega, Lance Archer and more, RAW ratings, tons of news and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: WrestleMania continuing […]

WOL: AEW vs. NXT, Matt Hardy, Ricochet, tons more!

March 4, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including AEW vs. NXT tonight, Matt Hardy’s situation, upcoming potential AEW debuts and when they could take place, RAW, Ricochet, 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!

March 3, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back with tons to talk about in our look back at Retro Raw and NItro from 19 years ago this week. ONLY THREE DAMN WEEKS LEFT AND WE’RE DONE!!!! RAW is a good show building up to WrestleMania X7 and Nitro is a decent show with some […]

WOL: A look at a very newsworthy Raw, your calls, more

March 3, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live is back with a solo edition, as Mike Sempervive gives his thoughts on last night’s Raw. There were some logically bankrupt, as well as just bad, moments. But, the good was GREAT, led by Randy Orton turning on his gas light and Brock-Drew. We go through all that, plus a Nashville wrestling […]

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Old Tyme Wrestling Hour

March 3, 2020 - On the new, revamped, and improved Old Tyme Wrestling Hour, host Karl Stern discusses the Twitter feud between Dave Meltzer and Jim Cornette, along with the the faulty misconception many old timers have and the insane tribal mentality that accompanies it. Karl is then joined by Bryan Alvarez for some discussion about building the F4W newsletter, podcasting […]

WOR: RAW, AEW buyrate notes, UFC weekend, All Japan, more!

March 3, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including RAW from Monday night with a good open and close and, well, not really anything else of value, notes on the AEW buyrate, UFC this coming weekend, WWE and All Japan, mailbag and tons more. A fun show […]

Big Audio Nightmare: Akiyama and WWE, NXT Japan, Wrestle-1

March 2, 2020 - Adam and Mike are back this week with breaking news coverage of Jun Akiyama’s discussions with Triple H and WWE. Could this lead to the long-rumored NXT Japan, and if so, what does that mean for AJPW and the Japanese wrestling scene as a whole? Also, Wrestle-1 calls it quits, more companies cancel shows as […]

F4D: Smackdown, Male Bag, Geek of the Week return, more!

March 2, 2020 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including Smackdown from Friday night, a ridiculous show, the preview for the upcoming week, a new MALE BAG entry, THE. RETURN. OF. GEEK. OF. THE. WEEK. AND. MUSIC., Tom’s upcoming schedule and more. A fun show as always […]

WOL: AEW Revolution, Frozen Musical, WWE, more!

March 2, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including AEW Revolution from Saturday night and whether or not the Young Bucks, Kenny Omega and Adam Page had the best tag match of all time, your feedback, wrestling vs. the Frozen Musical, and so much more. A fun […]

B&V: Bryan and Vinny review AEW Revolution, plus Granny and more!

March 1, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back with tons to talk about including our weekly Granny segment featuring her Weekly Wrestling Report and more, then Bryan and Vinny review all the matches from AEW Revolution in great detail. A fun show as always so check it out~!

WOL: AEW Revolution starring pro wrestling, your thoughts, more

March 1, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live is back with a solo edition, as Mike Sempervive gives his thoughts on a very busy weekend in the world of PRO WRESTLING. Man, that’s so nice to be able to say. And there was a lot to say about AEW’s Revolution pay-per-view — including the best explanation of Orange Cassidy. Plus, […]

DragonKing Dark: When Andre the Giant played a bionic Bigfoot

March 1, 2020 - This week on the DragonKing Dark Podcast, I look back at the popular 1970s television series The Six Million Dollar Man when Bigfoot was part of the plot. Not only does Bigfoot arrive on the show in 1975, but he has bionic enhancements as well and was played by both Andre the Giant and Ted Cassidy. Here’s […]

WOR: AEW Revolution review, SmackDown, ROH title change

March 1, 2020 - AEW Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the AEW PPV from Saturday night, one of the great tag team matches of all time, MJF vs. Cody MUST CONTINUE, a new AEW Champion and more, plus Smackdown, WrestleMania, a new ROH Champion, and tons […]