Tag: ufc
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Wrestling Observer Radio: Backlash, UFC PPV, Lauranitis, Steveson, Mania in Vegas, Dontaku, all the news
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including WWE Backlash with an incredible crowd in France, post-show notes, UFC PPV recap with Paul Fontaine plus post-show notes, John Lauranitis flips, Gable Steveson is fired, WrestleMania is coming to Vegas on Easter, New Japan Dontaku and Resurgence,…
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Filthy Four Daily: Tom Lawlor reviews the week in MMA
Filthy 4 Daily is back this week with a special solo edition with Tom Lawlor only! Filthy Tom talks the happenings in MMA from this past week and with shows from UFC, KSW, RIZIN, and PFL/Bellator it was a loaded one! It might be a fun show as always, or maybe not, there’s only one…
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JNPO: The MMA year in review, pt. 4
UFC With the UFC calendar ready to kick into gear this weekend, I wrap up my annual MMA year in review series with a look back at October through December 2023, joined by Paul Fontaine. Some of the highlights in our 80-minute conversation: The UFC and USADA splitting up and the messy situation that ensued Francis…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: New AEW and WWE hires, where will RAW end up?, plus Dynamite Homecoming and more
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including thoughts on where RAW will end up, the AEW Dynamite Homecoming show, ratings, a look at all the shows this weekend, new WWE and AEW hires, NXT TV, and more. A fun show as always so check it…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: New AEW & WWE hires, Raw’s TV future, Dynamite Homecoming recap
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including thoughts on where RAW will end up, the AEW Dynamite Homecoming show, ratings, a look at all the shows this weekend, new WWE and AEW hires, NXT TV, and more. A fun show as always so check it…
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JNPO: The MMA year in review, pt. 3
Zuffa/UFC The third installment in my Josh Nason’s Punch-Out four-part MMA year in review series rolls on with a look at July, August & September 2023. Joining me as always is Paul Fontaine of the In The Clinch podcast, The Dynamite Show, and wrestling TV ratings writer for this very website. It was a month…
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JNPO: The MMA year in review show, pt. 2
Zuffa/UFC On a new Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, my yearly MMA year in review series with guest co-host Paul Fontaine rolls on with a look at April, May & June. This 90+ day stretch saw Israel Adesanya regain the UFC middleweight title from rival Alex Pereira at UFC 287 in front of 19,000 Floridians and a…
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JNPO: The MMA year in review show, pt. 1
It’s time to kick off my four-part MMA year in review series on Josh Nason’s Punch-Out: a tradition dating back to 2015. Eight years later, a lot remains the same including that the UFC is still the dominant leader in MMA and even more so than ever before. Joining me once again is my trusty…
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JNPO: Pro wrestling year in review – A month of unthinkables
On a new Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, Fightful’s Kate Elizabeth returns to co-host the April 2023 edition of my pro wrestling year in review series. And what a month it was. The day after a hugely successful WrestleMania 39 in Los Angeles, the fate of WWE was announced with the news they would merge with UFC…
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Filthy Four Daily: Smackdown, Rampage, UFC, New Japan, tons more!
FILTHY FOUR DAILY is your stop for ECLECTIC PRO-WRESTLING DISCUSSION. We’ve got Smackdown, some Crown Jewel notes, AEW Rampage, UFC this past weekend, plus Tom’s upcoming schedule including New Japan Friday and a match with FUNNYBONE on Saturday. A fun show as always so check it out~!
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Wrestling Observer Radio: Crown Jewel, New Japan, weekend TV and news, UFC lawsuit, more
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including WWE Crown Jewel, notes from the New Japan show this weekend with an incredible main event, Hard to Kill, the Tokyo Dome, notes on the UFC lawsuit and other MMA news, Rampage and Collision notes and more. A…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: TNA returning, AEW Collision & Battle of the Belts recaps
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the big news from Impact Bound for Glory and the rebranding back to TNA, a recap of Saturday’s UFC pay-per-view, the latest on Darby Allin, full recaps of AEW Collision, AEW Battle of the Belts and WWE Smackdown.…
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Wrestling Observer Live: AEW vs. NXT ratings, USADA vs. UFC, should WOL move to Hallmark Channel
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back including SOME PERSPECTIVE DAMMIT on the ratings for AEW vs. NXT on Tuesday, UFC and USADA split and USADA throws them under the bus, line-ups for upcoming shows, NWA to a top 20 network, WOL searching for a top 20 network, and more. A…
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We’re Live, Pal: TKO has officially arrived
It’s a brand new We’re Live, Pal! with myself and Andrew Zarian and this week’s show is available for free on YouTube. Just click above to watch. We talked about the new combined WWE and UFC company, now under the branding of TKO. We discussed WWE’s media rights and some of the rumors of where they…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: UFC PPV recap, Danielson speech, Collision and Smackdown, more
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the UFC PPV this weekend with a giant upset, the death of Brett Sawyer, Jim Duggan hospitalized, Bryan Danielson teasing the end of his career, Drew McIntyre and Gable Steveson updates, a big NXT Tuesday, Collision and Smackdown…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: UFC class action lawsuit and WWE tie-in, AEW and NXT, ratings, G-1 update
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the UFC class action lawsuit with tons of details on how it also could apply to WWE, G-1 update with latest standings, ratings, CMLL Anniversary Show line-up, plus AEW and NXT TV reviews and more. A fun show…
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JNPO: How a former MMA editor became a five-time Jeopardy champion
Jeopardy Question: This former MMA editor-in-chief went on to become a five-time Jeopardy champion this year. Answer: Ben Goldstein. On a new Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, I introduce the uninitiated to Ben, the former EIC for Cage Potato, a humor-based MMA news site that was a big part of the MMA media ecosystem back in the post-TUF…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: Dynamite and NXT recaps, weekend preview, G-1 coverage
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a weekend preview, notes on the UFC PPV, your full Dynamite and NXT reports from the past two days, tons of G-1 notes plus all the results and standings and so much more. A fun show as always…
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Figure Four Daily: Bryan and Tom review Smackdown, Rampage, and the UFC PPV!
Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including full reviews of Smackdown, Rampage from Friday night and the UFC PPV from Saturday! A fun show as always so check it out~!
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Wrestling Observer Live: New WWE titles, AEW Collision, rookie classes
I am back with the Sunday edition of Wrestling Observer Live, available for website subscribers below or for YouTube subscribers above. I give my thoughts on the passing of the Iron Sheik last week, his legacy, and what he meant to professional wrestling. On Friday’s WWE SmackDown, The Bloodline story took another turn as The…