Tag: Jim Valley
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Wrestling Observer Radio: WBD & Paramount, AEW Dynamite recap
Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Jim Valley filling in for Bryan Alvarez. Dave talks about how the potential Warner Brothers-Discovery/Paramount merger might affect professional wrestling. There’s also talk on the latest on WBD and WWE, Matt Riddle’s first scheduled match in the United States since he was released from WWE, and how the…
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Wrestling Observer Live: What WWE SummerSlam is missing, SmackDown recap
It’s Saturday and that means a new edition of Wrestling Observer Live. Because it’s a weekend, that means I have a preview of tonight’s SummerSlam and what it’s missing as successful cards have a key ingredient that the show is missing. Plus, I talk about Ric Flair’s Last Match pay-per-view Sunday, Starrcast weekend, and the…
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Portland Wrestlecast: The biggest feud in Portland history
The Portland Wrestlecast is back with the history of the biggest feud in Portland Wrestling history. It was bigger than Piper vs. Rose or Rip Oliver vs. Billy Jack. In 1968, “Tough” Tony Borne vs. Lonnie Mayne drew thousands of fans to the then brand-new Portland Memorial Coliseum. They went from dominant World Tag Team…
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Portland Wrestlecast: The biggest feud in Portland history
Courtesy Lloyd N. Phillips The Portland Wrestlecast is back with the history of the biggest feud in Portland Wrestling history. It was bigger than Piper vs. Rose or Rip Oliver vs. Billy Jack. In 1968, “Tough” Tony Borne vs. Lonnie Mayne drew thousands of fans to the then brand-new Portland Memorial Coliseum. They went from…
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Pacific Rim: Japan’s reaction to Forbidden Door
Pacific Rim is back. Fumi Saito gives his thoughts on AEW-NJPW Forbidden Door, plus the reaction to the show in Japan and where it could lead in the future. He also has observations on Clark Connors, Moxley vs Tanahashi and how he thinks FTR will be received as IWGP Tag Team Champions in Japan. There’s…
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Wrestling Observer Live: Jim Valley joins Bryan to talk Dynamite, Mania, WWE recruiting, NXT 2.0
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and THE RETURNING JIM VALLEY is back with tons to talk about including Jim’s return to the weekend airwaves, NXT 2.0 last night and WWE’s public statement as to how they plan to recruit, RAW ratings, AEW Dynamite tonight, and tons more. A fun show as always so check…
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Left My Wallet: Jim Valley’s Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame candidates
Image: Oregon Encyclopedia Left My Wallet returns with our annual Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame talk with Jim Valley. Before that, we talk superheroes and what Jim is watching from both the Marvel and DC Universe, the remake of The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes, 80’s sitcoms, television theme songs, and a great story from the…
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Portland Wrestlecast: The WON Hall of Fame case for Don Owen
The following is a free show. Just click the red button below to listen. It’s Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame season and if Portland Wrestling promoter Don Owen doesn’t make it in this year, he’ll fall off the ballot. On this special episode of The Portland Wrestlecast, historian Matt Farmer and I talk about the…
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Portland Wrestlecast: The WON Hall of Fame case for Don Owen
The following is a free show. Just click the red button below to listen. It’s Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame season and if Portland Wrestling promoter Don Owen doesn’t make it in this year, he’ll fall off the ballot. On this special episode of The Portland Wrestlecast, historian Matt Farmer and I talk about the…
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Pacific Rim: Onita, FMW, strength of NJPW, your questions
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…
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Pacific Rim: Stardom recap, fake Inoki death rumors, New Japan title merger
On a new Pacific Rim, Fumi Saito talks with me about the Stardom All-Star Dream Cinderella card at Nippon Budokan, the false rumor that Antonio Inoki passed away and the famous wrestler who confirmed Inoki is still alive. Additionally, we go over the recent news of the merger of the IWGP and Intercontinental titles in…
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Figure Four Online Best of 2020, pt. 3: Undertaker’s Cameo for Granny
The Figure Four Online best of 2020 audio compilation shows have arrived. Hear some of the best clips from the past year’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan & Vinny, Filthy Four Daily and more. (Thanks to subscriber PL Perez for his great work!) In this final installment, hear these top 13 moments of…
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WOL: The championship curse in WWE
The Saturday edition of Wrestling Observer Live is back. New WWE Women’s tag team champions were crowned on SmackDown Friday in Bayley and Sasha Banks. While Bayley is a dominant singles champion and there are many stories to tell with she and Banks as tag champions, she’s the exception when it comes to titleholders in WWE. More…
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WOL: A deep dive into pro wrestling video games
A pre-taped edition of SmackDown Friday didn’t update the Roman Reigns situation or that Braun Strowman is Goldberg’s new opponent at WrestleMania, so we’re talking wrestling video games on the Saturday edition of Wrestling Observer Live. As both a longtime wrestling fan and gamer, I have been playing wrestling video games nearly since their beginning. We talk about…
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WOL: Lacey Evans loves the fans while Seth Rollins does not
On Wrestling Observer Live Saturday, we look at the results from the NWA Hard Times PPV, the title changes, use of veterans and the outstanding young talent. From there, we look at Saturday’s WWE Worlds Collide event, why it’s not generating a lot fan interest, and the possible outcomes for for Sunday’s Royal Rumble. Highlights from Smackdown…
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Portland Wrestlecast: Don Owen and the WON HOF, Carl Styles part two
**Editor’s Note: This is a free show. Just click the red button below to listen. On this week’s Portland Wrestlecast, I look at how longtime Portland booker Don Owen came within just two votes from being inducted into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame. I’m still shocked, but we have to talk about the 2019…
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Pacific Rim: New Japan vs. UWFI, 24 years later
October 9th is a very special anniversary in Japanese pro wrestling history: the date of the very famous 1995 NJPW vs UWFI card in the Tokyo Dome headlined by Keiji Muto vs. Nobuhiko Takada. On this week’s Pacific Rim, wrestling journalist and historian Fumi Saito talks about the history behind one of the most famous…
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Portland Wrestlecast: Mike Rodgers on 30 years of Pacific Northwest history
Fresh off last week’s Cauliflower Alley Club reunion in Las Vegas, I talk with this year’s recipient of the James Melby Award, Mike Rodgers. The Melby goes to the pre-eminent journalists in wrestling and our Dave Meltzer won it two years ago. For 30 years, Mike wrote “Ring Around the Northwest”, a wrestling newsletter focused…
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WOR: New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 13 recap from Tokyo
On a special edition of Wrestling Observer Radio from Tokyo, Japan, Dave Meltzer, Fumi Saito, and Jim Valley recap Wrestle Kingdom 13, an epic show with incredible matches, and talk about the future for New Japan, AEW, ROH and key pro wrestlers. The show featured seven title changes and incredible performances up and down the…