Tag: WOL
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WOL: WWE Backlash pre-show, urine throwing, Edge torn triceps, more!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Backlash tonight, urine throwing on Smackdown, AEW injuries, and tons more. It’s our Backlash pre-show, and it’s a fun time as always so check it out!
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WOL: NXT TakeOver preview, wrestling news from New Japan & GCW
Note: This show was recorded prior to NXT TakeOver. Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive is back with a Sunday edition featuring tons to talk about including a preview of tonight’s NXT TakeOver: In Your House, plus news from around the world including New Japan and GCW on the comeback trail. A fun show as…
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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: Shad Gaspard disappearance, remembering writer Larry Csonka
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back to cover a truly awful day with the news of Cryme Tyme member Shad Gaspard’s disappearance and the death of longtime wrestling recapper and personality Larry Csonka of 411wrestling.com. As a reminder, you can watch WOL live and free every day on Twitch.
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WOL: WWE Money in the Bank pre-show, Alberto Del Rio arrest, more!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with our Money in the Bank pre-show! All the matches, predictions, and so much more, plus news, the arrest of Alberto Del Rio, calls and texts and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
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WOL: WWE MITB preview, UFC finances, why the UWF failed
Image: WWE On the Saturday Wrestling Observer Live, we hit on several topics on a suddenly busy weekend in wrestling and MMA: We preview Sunday’s WWE Money in the Bank event, potential surprises in the various ladder matches, and the role The Hacker might play on Sunday. Jacare Souza is off tonight’s UFC 249 after…
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WOL: Remembering XPW’s Supreme, Raw ratings, AEW/NXT preview
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the death of XPW’s Supreme, RAW ratings, AEW vs. NXT tonight, lack of crowds in pro-wrestling, calls and texts and so much more. Remember you can watch this packed show and every WOL live and free on Twitch so…
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WOL: AEW vs. NXT, Darby vs. Cody, Keith Youngblood interview
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including AEW and NXT from Wednesday night, thoughts on Darby Allin coming close to beating Cody, a bunch of calls, and then Keith Youngblood joins us to talk winning tag titles with Jerry Lawler, handing David Arquette a beating, Northeast…
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WOL: Vince McMahon, SmackDown, plus Matthew Justice interview
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including SmackDown, Vince McMahon, this week’s lineups for both WWE Raw and SmackDown, and tons more. Then, Matthew Justice joins us to talk independent wrestling, metal and more. Stream live every day on our Twitch channel. A fun show…
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WOL: WWE’s new version of Money in the Bank
On the Saturday Wrestling Observer Live, we discuss how WWE appears to be continuing the trend of cinematic matches with this year’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view as superstars will battle throughout the WWE corporate headquarters buildling up to the roof to claim the briefcase with a WWE title opportunity contract. We also question this: while Vince…
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WOL: WWE talent cuts update, death of Howard Finkel, Kevin Gill interview
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including the death of Howard Finkel, the greatest of all time, thoughts on his career, more on WWE cutting so many different wrestlers, writers and producers yesterday, plus, after some TECHNICAL ISSUES, Kevin Gill joins the show for…
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WOL: WWE’s decision, The Revival’s next move, your favorite tag teams
On the Saturday edition of Wrestling Observer Live, we continue the discussion about WWE making the decision to return to live TV programming and the factors that influenced the decision. Also, now that The Revival have been released from WWE, fans expect they will see a long anticipated match with The Young Bucks but there are also other…
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WOL: WrestleMania day one fallout, Boneyard Match, plus Ivelisse Velez!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including fallout from WrestleMania, the Boneyard Match, all the results, a preview for today and more, then Ivelisse Velez joins us to talk Lucha Underground and how she is dealing with all of her bookings disappearing into thin air…
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WOL: WWE needs a strong post-WrestleMania 36 plan
Image: WWE.com On the first-ever WrestleMania Saturday, it’s time for Wrestling Observer Live. On this edition of the show: – I preview of all of the matches even though we still don’t know the rundown for either night. – After being told last week that we would know more about the story that put Braun…
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WOL: Northeast Wrestling, WrestleMania preview, Wednesday ratings
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Jim Valley is back with tons to talk about including the full WWE WrestleMania lineup and thoughts on this weekend’s slate of shows. They also talk about AEW vs. NXT ratings and why they matter, a detailed look at the decline of Raw ratings following football season the…
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WOL: WrestleMania week, RAW, UFC, Limitless Wrestling and more!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including WrestleMania Week line-up on the WWE Network, Khabib vs. Tony off for the 1,000th time, tons of feedback, plus Randy Carver joins us to talk LIMITLESS WRESTLING in Maine, their Pandemic At The Dojo series on IWTV, how…
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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: Gronk needs work, plus your all-time favorite performers
It’s Wrestling Observer Live Saturday with Jim Valley. Before we get into all-positive talk about your favorites in the business, I need to talk about Rob Gronkowski on Friday Night SmackDown. While he may bring publicity and eyeballs to WWE, right now Gronk doesn’t have the exact charisma for pro wrestling. Wrestling is an art that…
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WOL: Japanese wrestling restarts, WWE taping schedule
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Jim Valley is back with tons to talk about including Japanese pro wrestling slowly opening up again and what measures are being taken, WWE taping a ton of shows over the next seven days, tons of emails and text messages and so much more. Be sure to check…
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WOL: All positive show on what you love about pro wrestling
With all the uncertainty and grim news right now, it’s an all positive episode of Wrestling Observer Live Saturday. Pro wrestling is supposed to be an escape and that’s exactly how we are going to use it today. Let’s not gripe about booking or pushes. Spend the next 38 minutes on great pro wrestling past…