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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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Pacific Rim: Fumi Saito remembers Terry Funk
With the passing of Terry Funk, we hurriedly put together this very special edition of the Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast. Terry Funk made over 100 trips to Japan and Fumi Saito was there for many of them. Fumi knew Terry, interviewed him many times over his career, and even visited the Double Cross Ranch.…
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Wrestling Observer Live: Bryan, Filthy Tom and Sempervive talk All Out weekend, UFC lawsuit, NXT Heatwave
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive AND FILTHY TOM LAWLOR is back with tons to talk about including All In this weekend with all the latest news on the show, who is off and why, an NXT TV match you have to see, UFC lawsuit thoughts from Tom, the NXT TV report…
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Bryan & Vinny & Craig & Shawn: NWA-TNA from the week of 8/22/02, plus GRANNY MEMOIRS!
The Bryan & Vinny & Shawn & Craig & Granny Show is back with tons to talk about including our weekly chat with Granny, questions, her wrestling and soap opera reports, HER MEMOIRS, and more. Then the boys review NWA-TNA from 21 years ago this week, a way better show than usual with a lot…
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Wrestling Observer Live: Bryan and Filthy talk Tony Khan’s press conference, RAW report, ratings, more
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back today and the boys TRIUMPHANTLY COMPLETE AN ENTIRE SHOW WITHOUT AN ISSUE. Tony Khan talks All Out and changes to the show, AEW Collision, Rampage and Smackdown ratings for the week, the world famous RAW report and tons more. A fun show as…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: All In and WrestleMania numbers, ratings, RAW report, UFC lawsuit
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Konnan potentially getting a kidney donor, AEW All In and WrestleMania numbers, AEW and NXT previews for this week, ratings, the UFC lawsuit, RAW report from Monday, mailbag questions and more. A fun show as always so check…
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Wrestling Observer Live: All In and WrestleMania ticket sales, Edge and Christian kill it over the weekend
A power outage put everything on the fritz right before showtime but GODDAMN IT WE DON’T GIVE UP, and so Filthy Tom and I are here to give you the best 15 minutes of WOL that we can give you. Tom will return tomorrow and all this week to give his thoughts on this wild…
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Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show: AEW Collision with awesome Christian vs. Darby match, weekly live Q&A
The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back with tons to talk about including another odd edition of Collision with an awesome main event, your weekly live Q&A with tons of questions both wrestling and non-wrestling related, and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
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Wrestling Observer Live: Thank you, Edge
WWE Wrestling Observer Live Saturday with Jim Valley is back this week. An emotional ending to SmackDown as Edge beats Sheamus in what Edge says is his last match in Toronto. Is it his last match ever? We talk about that and his legacy. Plus, the arraignment of Cash Wheeler puts a spotlight on more…
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Wrestling Observer Live: The latest on Cash Wheeler, huge weekend of shows, more
AEW Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive returns today and, as always, there’s a lot to get into, including the latest on the arrest of All Elite Wrestling’s Cash Wheeler for aggravated assault with a firearm stemming from an alleged road rage incident in Florida. We also take a look at an extremely busy weekend across…
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Wrestling Observer Live: Bryan and Lance Storm talk Dynamite, All In, Edge possibly retiring
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including AEW Dynamite from Wednesday, Lance’s thoughts on that show plus NWA-TNA this week, Rampage and Smackdown line-ups, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
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Bryan & Vinny Show: Acid trip Dynamite, NXT build to Heatwave
Whoa we are early this week! It’s the Bryan & Vinny Show and we’ve got a ton to talk about including an acid trip version of AEW Dynamite with SEVEN ATTACKS building up Wembley next week, NXT with the build towards their Heatwave show that they’re hoping can beat Dynamite in some demos, and tons…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: Koichi Yoshizawa, interesting ROH taping names, Dynamite and NXT, ratings
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the death of Koichi Yoshizawa and what he meant to Japanese pro-wrestling coverage, interesting names at the ROH tapings, ratings report, Lacey Evans done with WWE, a very bizarre AEW Dynamite, NXT TV report, plus Rampage tapings. A…
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Wrestling Observer Live: Vinny Pacifico talks New Japan, CM Punk, RAW ratings, NXT TV report
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Dynamite tonight, the CM Punk and Jungle Boy story, RAW ratings, a look at the NXT TV show this week, and then Vinny Pacifico joins us to talk New Japan and G-Force Energy sponsorships. A fun show as…
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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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Pacific Rim: Fumi Saito’s thoughts on NJPW G1, Asuka’s Stardom comments
WWE The Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast is back. I get Fumi Saito’s thoughts on this year’s NJPW G1 Climax like the 32-man format, Naito as the winner, SANADA, Kiyomiya’s performance and who he thought stood out. So much of what we hear and read is from an English-speaking perspective so Fumi offers a perspective…
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Bryan & Vinny & Craig & Shawn Show: Granny’s polka song contest plus NWA-TNA week of 8/16/02
The Bryan & Vinny & Craig & Shawn & Granny Show is back with tons to talk about including our weekly chat with Granny, a contest to determine a new polka theme song for her show, the soap opera and wrestling reports, more from her memoirs, and then the boys review NWA-TNA from the week…
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Wrestling Observer Live: CM Punk and Hangman Page apology, locker room reaction, RAW report
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back with tons to talk about including the CM Punk situation with the latest on his promo on Hangman Page, the locker room reaction to everything, ratings for this weekend with NFL preseason competition, the RAW report with the best spot ever in the main event, and more.…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: More on Punk and Hangman, WrestleMania tickets, ratings, RAW report, more
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: 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~!…