Tag: Les Thatcher
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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 Weekly: WWE WrestleMania 39 predictions, Les Thatcher congratulations
Les will be recognized with a very prestigious award. It’s WrestleMania weekend and it’s time for a new Wrestling Weekly. Les Thatcher and I give our WWE WrestleMania 39 predictions and discuss a very prestigious award being bestowed upon Les. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~! for free
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Wrestling Weekly: ROH Death Before Dishonor predictions, barbed wire and shark cages
The following is a free show. Just click at the bottom to listen. On a new Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa give their predictions on Saturday’s ROH Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view. We also discuss this week’s edition of AEW Dynamite, the mindset of a wrestler in a two out of three falls match…
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Wrestling Weekly: Vince McMahon gone but still here, Forbidden Door predictions
On the the new Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and I talk about WWE’s Vince McMahon who is back like he never left…because he hasn’t. We also preview this Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
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Wrestling Weekly: Cody, Cody & more Cody
On a new Wrestling Weekly, it’s all about Cody Rhodes with a little AEW Dynamite recap thrown in. Les Thatcher and I talk about Cody’s incredible match at last Sunday’s Hell in a Cell and his future before getting to a very shaky edition of Dynamite. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
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Wrestling Weekly: Looking at the top matches at WWE WrestleMania 38
On a new Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa pick winners for the top matches at this weekend’s WWE WrestleMania 38. We also look at what worked on a really good edition of AEW Dynamite. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
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Wrestling Weekly: The best thing going in WWE, Les Thatcher health update
Les Thatcher and I discuss the best thing going in WWE today as well as Les giving a health update and addressing some factors behind what was said on last week’s show. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
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Wrestling Weekly: A very real confrontation with COVID-19
On the latest Wrestling Weekly, co-host Les Thatcher talks about what he’s gone through for the past week since testing positive for COVID-19. We do talk some wrestling, but this is mostly about Les sharing his health experience. Thank you for listening.
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Wrestling Weekly: Les Thatcher celebrates 60 years in wrestling
Wrestling Weekly is back as Les Thatcher and I discuss Les celebrating his 60th anniversary in wrestling. We talk about how he got started at one of the very few “schools” that were available during the territory days, things that he took from his training to use with his students years later, when he knew…
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Wrestling Weekly: David Schultz ‘Dark Side of the Ring’ discussion
On this week’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and I talk about the men discussed on this week’s episode of Dark Side of the Ring: David Schultz, Eddy Mansfield and Jim Wilson. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
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Wrestling Weekly: The Fiend as champion, WWE Crown Jewel review
Image: Bray Wyatt’s Twitter Les Thatcher and I discuss the new WWE Universal Champion, Thursday’s WWE Crown Jewel show, what Les thinks Cain Velasquez needs to do, Tyson Fury’s debut, the World Series curb stomping wrestling ratings, the latest on the Wednesday Night Wars, and this week’s NWA Powerrr. Thanks for listening and have a…
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Wrestling Weekly: Les Thatcher on the art of being a commentator
With all the commentary changes coming in WWE, former wrestler and trainer Les Thatcher and I talk about being a new pro wrestler commentator and putting together a tv show for the first time. With Dio Maddin new to the WWE Raw commentary team, Les discusses what that transition is like as he got his…
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Wrestling Weekly: Ashley Massaro thoughts, Double or Nothing preview
On the new Wrestling Weekly, famed wrestling trainer and former wrestler Les Thatcher and yours truly discuss the Ashley Massaro story, AEW’s Double or Nothing, and TV networks pitching ideas to wrestling companies. We discuss aspects of the stories that have come out since Massaro’s passing that haven’t been talked as much as some of…
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Wrestling Weekly: The newest Wrestling Observer HOF class
Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa look back at the last time Les did commentary with the great Gordon Solie in 1982 and the newest additions to the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame. The two talk about the 3/27/82 Championship Wrestling from Florida show, which was not only the last time Les worked with Gordon Solie,…
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Wrestling Weekly: Les recaps his week at the WWE Performance Center
Fresh off a week as a guest coach at the WWE Performance Center, Les Thatcher has plenty to say about that experience! We’ll cover a variety of things Les got a chance to see and take part in during his week in Orlando. From there, Vic Sosa and Les discuss Alpha vs Omega; the announcement that Chris Jericho…
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Wrestling Weekly: Summer of ’71, pt. 1
We have a fun, old school centric-show today looking back at the start of a successful run in the Mid-Atlantic territory for the team of Danny Miller and Les Thatcher! That’s the main point of conversation before we open the mailbag, but there’s some other things that come up both before we get there and along…
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Wrestling Weekly: 21 questions, thoughts on Joe Garagiola, more!
Your hosts Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa are back with the latest Wrestling Weekly to talk on the passing of former wrestling & baseball announcer Joe Garagiola and just how big a star he was in his day. We also discuss the end of Bobby Roode and Eric Young’s TNA careers (14:27) as well as…
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WOL 11/18: Charlotte promo, John Cena’s whereabouts, Les Thatcher talks Bockwinkel and more!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today after a disastrous storm in Seattle to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA, everything from the Charlotte promo on Raw to Emma's cooking show and the whereabouts of John Cena. Les Thatcher also joins us to talk Don Fargo, Nick Bockwinkel and…