Tag: paul heyman
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Wrestling Weekly: Life after Sting in AEW, Rock & Roman’s WrestleMania plans
It’s Friday and that means a new edition of Wrestling Weekly. Life must go on in AEW after Sting’s retirement last Sunday at Revolution, so Les Thatcher and I discuss what they have got lined up after watching this week’s AEW Dynamite. We also discuss the big angle leading into WWE WrestleMania 40 as The…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: Vince selling stock, Heyman Hall of Fame, RAW report, New Japan Cup
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Vince McMahon selling a ton of TKO stock, Paul Heyman going into the WWE Hall of Fame, Darby and the fallout from the PPV Sunday, ratings, the New Japan Cup is kicking off, your weekly RAW report and…
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Wrestling Observer Live: Does The Rock trump the appeal of the Cody (or LA Knight) story?
WWE It’s Saturday and that means it’s time for Wrestling Observer Live — a very newsworthy show based on Friday’s WWE SmackDown. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson came back to Denver and WWE, backing up Pat McAfee and laying out Austin Theory, but does he have Roman Reigns in his sights? To hear him on McAfee’s…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Continental Wrestling’s self-destruction
You may have heard rave reviews about the time Eddie Gilbert and Paul Heyman came to book the newly-purchased Continental Wrestling Federation. David Woods bought the company from Ron Fuller and turned over the creative reigns to the then-young, hot creative minds Gilbert and Heyman. The newsletters gushed over the creative direction, but the reality…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The last great Memphis angle
Straight out of 1986-87, this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show takes a deep dive into the Jerry Lawler vs. Austin Idol steel cage hair vs. hair match which also included Tommy Rich and Paul Heyman. I had so much fun putting this show together and I encourage not only fans of classic wrestling to listen…
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Speak Now: WWE Draft to return, SmackDown recap
Denise Salcedo also talks Sami Zayn vs. Jey Uso. Welcome to another Friday night edition of Speak Now Pro Wrestling. On tonight’s show, the focus is Friday’s WrestleMania fallout edition of WWE SmackDown that saw the announcement of the WWE Draft returning, a main event of Sami Zayn vs. Jey Uso, and plenty more. Watch…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: WrestleMania 39 fallout
Garrett Gonzales and Dave Meltzer discuss the UFC/WWE merger, WrestleMania fallout, and more. Dave Meltzer and I are back for a new Wrestling Observer Radio going over all the news in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We discuss the following: Dave’s story on the WWE acquisition and merger with UFC under Endeavor…
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Wrestling Observer Live: AEW’s Tony Khan promises big announcement, Heyman talks Cody
Bryan & Mike also review Tuesday’s NXT TV. Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez & Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Tony Khan’s massive announcement tonight on AEW Dynamite. and what it could be, Paul Heyman talks the Cody Rhodes loss at WrestleMania, your full NXT TV report and tons more.…
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Figure Four Daily: Lance Storm on what Vince return means for WWE and AEW, ECW journey part two
Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including Lance’s thoughts on the return of Vince McMahon and what it could mean both for WWE and for AEW, how Paul Heyman helped his career, part 2 of his ECW journey and tons more. A fun show as…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: The latest on WWE WrestleMania, AEW pros and cons
Dave Meltzer and I are back for a new Wrestling Observer Radio going over all the news in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Our talk included: The latest on Jerry Lawler All the latest WrestleMania news and who’s involved in the major stories What’s going on with Becky Lynch for WrestleMania? SummerSlam 2023…
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Wrestling Weekly: The best way to hide & use a blade on national TV
Les & Vic also talk about the Cody Rhodes and Paul Heyman segment. After watching the opening match between MJF and Konosuke Takeshita on AEW Dynamite, Les Thatcher goes old school and discusses the best way to both hide (and use) a blade without it being seen on worldwide TV. We also discuss the greatness…
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Mat Men: Cody’s road to WWE WrestleMania, looking ahead to AEW Revolution
The guys also talk the AEW video game, Jerry Lawler and more. Andrew Zarian and Rich Stambolian are back with another episode of Mat Men, discussing all things professional wrestling. On this week’s WWE Raw, Paul Heyman and Cody Rhodes had an all-time promo exchange setting up the main event of this year’s WrestleMania. The…
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Wrestling Observer Live: Jerry Lawler updates, Cody vs. Paul, ratings, RAW report and more
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including all the latest on Jerry Lawler and the medical emergency he suffered yesterday, RAW with the Cody vs. Paul Heyman promo, Smackdown and Rampage ratings, RAW report and tons more. A fun packed as always so check it…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: Cody and Heyman, Charlie Norris, RAW report, weekend shows, more
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the deaths of Charlie Norris and Kenny Jay, Billy Graham health update, ratings, FantasticaMania, weekend show recap, ROH TV tapings upcoming, RAW report with tons of notes on the Cody/Paul Heyman promo and more. A fun show as…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Marathon: Eddie Gilbert
For today’s July marathon show, host Karl Stern takes a look at one of the most conflicted minds in wrestling history, “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert. The son of Tommy Gilbert, Gilbert was a second generation wrestler, who patterned himself after Jerry Lawler and had a brilliant mind for the wrestling business. Like many creative people however, he…