Tag: AEW
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Wrestling Observer Live: ‘Filthy’ Tom Lawlor & Sempervive talk Terry Funk, AEW Dynamite
Wrestling Observer Live Thursday with myself and “Filthy” Tom Lawlor is back and, as always, there’s a lot to get into — not the least of which is the passing of Terry Funk, one of the greatest professional wrestlers, if not the greatest, in the history of the universe. We also take a look at…
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Fight Game: An early preview of AEW All In
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast. Here are the things we discussed: All of the matches that have been announced for All In MJF and Adam Cole working twice on the show How similar the builds were to big matches How far it seems Tony Khan books in…
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JNPO: AEW Q2 investors call with Wrestlenomics’ Brandon Thurston
Josh Nason’s Punch-Out returns for a second installment of the quarterly AEW investors call series, focusing on the second quarter of 2023. The indispensable Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics returns to lend his thoughts, numbers, and an exclusive PDF for Wrestlenomics subscribers. If you’re new, here’s the inspiration: Roughly a month after every financial quarter ends,…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: More on Punk and Hangman, WrestleMania tickets, ratings, WWE Raw report
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the latest on CM Punk and Hangman Page and everything that happened on Collision including your questions, WrestleMania tickets, AEW and NXT previews, ratings, RAW report and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: SummerSlam business, RAW fallout, Lesnar, G-1 update, AEW and NXT
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including RAW from Monday night with the fallout from SummerSlam, the huge business the show did, the latest on the G-1, ratings, updates on Lesnar and Sonya Deville and Gable Steveson among others, and tons more. A packed show…
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Fight Game: WWE SummerSlam preview
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast. Here are the things we discussed: What matches and programs we’re looking forward to and what is coming up short for us with Saturday’s WWE SummerSlam The new Cody Rhodes documentary on Peacock and if AEW fans will enjoy it The Elite…
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Wrestling Observer Live: CM Punk is AEW’s ‘Real World Champion’
Andrew Zarian is back with another Sunday edition of Wrestling Observer Live talking about the latest in another busy weekend of wrestling. On last night’s AEW Collision, CM Punk finally revealed what was in his bag and, to no one’s surprise, it was his original AEW World Championship before his departure last September. The first…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: Vince McMahon surgery, AEW news, UFC 291 preview
Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio going over all the news in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and a few things that have happened since it came out. We discussed the following: Vince McMahon’s spinal surgery The latest on Kenny Omega, Hangman Page, and the Young Bucks AEW Dynamite…
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Wrestling Weekly: Les Thatcher on his induction into the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame
KJW Photo On a special edition of Wrestling Weekly, my co-host Les Thatcher shares some details from his induction this past weekend into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame as the first recipient of the Jack Brisco Spotlight Award. We also get into a little WWE and AEW. Thanks for listening and have a…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: A packed weekend, TripleMania preview with Larry Dallas
Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio going over all the news in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Before that, Triplemania English announcer Larry Dallas joined us to preview Saturday’s show and also to talk about the lucha libre scene. Dave and I then discussed the following when going…
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Wrestling Weekly: Great TV moments, Kenny Omega comments, AEW’s updated rules on moves
On a new edition of Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and I go over some of the excellence in both AEW and WWE over the past seven days…and a couple of lowlights as well. We also discuss Kenny Omega’s thoughts on criticism of his match with Will Ospreay, the updated rules of combat in AEW, and…
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Wrestling Observer Live: Giant weekend of AEW, AAA, Impact and New Japan shows, All In on PPV, and more
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with TONS to talk about including PPV plans for All In, a HUGE weekend of stuff with Rampage, Collision, Battle of the Belts, Smackdown, Slammiversary, the kickoff of the G-1, TripleMania and more, plus all the news and your questions. A fun show as…
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We’re Live, Pal: Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso, AEW Blood & Guts
It’s a brand new We’re Live, Pal! with myself and Andrew Zarian. We opened up talking about last Friday’s WWE SmackDown at Madison Square Garden. Andrew was live at the show and talked about the vibe in the arena. We also talked about how the trial of Roman Reigns played for the New York crowd. …
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Filthy Four Daily: Filthy Tom does AEW, NJPW Strong in Japan, Insane Clowns, plus Smackdown!
Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about in our first show with Filthy in several weeks. We’ll talk his AEW debut on match with Adam Cole that wasn’t, New Japan Strong in Japan, Gathering of the Juggalos, and more, plus the weekly Smackdown report! A…
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Wrestling Observer Live: Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk, firsthand WWE SmackDown review
It’s time for a new Wrestling Observer Live, talking about the biggest stories from the week which included everything from Friday’s WWE SmackDown and Saturday’s AEW Collision. Subscribers can listen by clicking below while YouTube upgraded subscribers can watch there shortly. This week’s SmackDown took place at New York City’s Madison Square Garden where I…
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Fight Game: What’s the best pro wrestling event of 2023 so far?
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast. We got right into our Top Five of the week where we discussed the following: The best pro wrestling show of 2023 including feedback from listeners A short review of last weekend’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry’s first…
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Wrestling Observer Live: AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door preview
I am back with a special Sunday edition of Wrestling Observer Live, previewing tonight’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door pay-per-view. The show is available for website subscribers below or on YouTube for subscribers. A free 16-minute preview can be seen above. I take a look at tonight’s PPV card and about how the build this…
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Fight Game: Expectations for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand-new Fight Game Podcast for subscribers. It has been a crazy busy week so far, so we got right into our top five and discussed the following: CM Punk and AEW Collision A look at The Owen Hart Foundation tournaments The optics of The Elite not being…
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Pacific Rim: AEW’s Tony Khan talks his fandom of puroresu
The Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast is back with a show that has been years in the making as AEW head Tony Khan joins myself and journalist Fumi Saito. With AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2 coming up this weekend, it seemed like a good time to talk about Tony’s puroresu fandom growing up in…
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We’re Live, Pal: Tell CM Punk when he’s telling lies
It’s a brand new We’re Live, Pal! with myself and Andrew Zarian. We open up the show talking about CM Punk and last Saturday’s AEW Collision debut. We also wonder if the two shows will split the overall AEW audience based on who is on each show. We then discussed last Friday’s WWE SmackDown angle where…