Tag: WOR
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WOR: The life of Dick ‘The Destroyer’ Beyer with Mike Tenay
Image: Las Vegas Review-Journal Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back with a special show on Dick Beyer. Joining us is many time Wrestling Observer Award winner and former WCW and TNA announcer Mike Tenay. We talk a ton about all the great memories of Dick as The Destroyer, as…
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WOR: Ronda Rousey & Becky Lynch Twitter war, Jones, Luke Perry
Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. We open up the show talking about the recent news that Luke Perry, father of AEW’s Jungle Boy, was in the hospital because of a stroke. We talk about meeting him at an APW show held at the Cow Palace and how…
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WOR: Jerry Jarrett on WCW, Jerry Lawler, working for Vince McMahon
Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. Dave updates some news items from yesterday and we talk about The Young Bucks and The Lucha Bros, Bruce Prichard, GSP and money matches that were still out there, and Gennady Golovkin closing in on a big deal with DAZN. Then, we…
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WOR: Roman Reigns on Raw, GSP retires, lots of pro wrestling news
Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. First, Dave updates us on his hand. Then, Dave and I talk about Roman Reigns being scheduled for Raw and Good Morning America next week. Dave then goes into his memory bank to talk about the career of Georges St-Pierre. We get into…
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WOR: Chris Jericho on signing with All Elite Wrestling
Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. Also on the show is special guest, All Elite Wrestling’s Chris Jericho. Chris joins us to talk about signing with All Elite Wrestling, leaving WWE, doing a second Rock ‘N Wrestling Rager cruise, and more. We also discuss Tony Khan in comparison…
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WOR: Tony Khan on founding AEW, his fandom, goals for the company
Image: Al Powers for MGM Grand Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back with a special guest — All Elite Wrestling president Tony Khan. We talked to Tony just a couple of hours after AEW presented their Double or Nothing ticket announcement event. Tony is a huge wrestling fan and goes into major…
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WOR: Kenny Omega on AEW, his match with Tanahashi, WWE
Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back along with special guest Kenny Omega. Kenny talks about signing with All Elite Wrestling, why and how he came to his decision, and how close in the running WWE was. Omega discusses the upcoming documentary on him and goes over his feud with Hiroshi Tanahashi,…
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WOR: Dave Meltzer tours the Giant Baba exhibit in Tokyo
It’s a unique episode of Wrestling Observer Radio as Jim Valley decided at the last moment to interview Dave Meltzer as he toured the Giant Baba Memorial Exhibit inside Tokyu department store in the Shibuya area of Tokyo. Dave and Jim walk through the exhibit and describe the many wrestling posters on the walls and run down some of the…
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WOR: Latest on Kenny Omega, NJPW, AEW, UFC, more
Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back with the latest on Kenny Omega, who told Tokyo Sports that he’s leaving New Japan Pro Wrestling. Dave gives an update on whether All Elite Wrestling and New Japan are going to work together in the near future. We discuss the latest news from…
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WOR: New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 13 recap from Tokyo
On a special edition of Wrestling Observer Radio from Tokyo, Japan, Dave Meltzer, Fumi Saito, and Jim Valley recap Wrestle Kingdom 13, an epic show with incredible matches, and talk about the future for New Japan, AEW, ROH and key pro wrestlers. The show featured seven title changes and incredible performances up and down the…
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WON/F4W Best of 2018 audio, part 3
Thanks to subscriber Philippe Perez and voting on The Board, we present the final part of the Best of 2018 podcast series. Here’s part one and part two if you missed them. In this two-hour show, we go through moments 13 through 33 with stops on the Bryan & Vinny Show, Filthy Four Daily, Wrestling Observer Radio, Karl Stern, Big…
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WOR: Gene Okerlund, AEW, Wrestle Kingdom 13, more
Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back with a pre-Wrestle Kingdom 13 edition of the show. We discuss the political scene in Japan with representatives from New Japan, ROH, and All Elite scheduled to meet to discuss working together. We go over the Double or Nothing rally in Jacksonville next…
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WON/F4W Best of 2018 audio, part 2
Thanks to subscriber Philippe Perez and voting on The Board, we present part two of the Best of 2018 podcast series. Here’s part one if you missed it. In this two-hour show, we go through moments 13 through 33 with stops on the Bryan & Vinny Show, Filthy Four Daily, Wrestling Observer Radio, Karl Stern, Big Audio Nightmare, and…
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WOR: All Elite Wrestling, Chuck vs. Tito, Creed 2, more
It’s Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales. Welcome to all of our new subscribers after our Black Friday sale. Dave and I follow up on the All Elite Wrestling trademark story, following up on what he wrote in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer. We talk about Tony Khan’s background,…
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WOR: Crown Jewel thoughts, Power Struggle preview, more
Image: WWE.com It’s a Friday Night edition of Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales. Dave and I go over all of the latest news surrounding Friday’s WWE Crown Jewel results, ncluding Dave’s Observer story on Daniel Bryan and his decision to not go to Saudi Arabia, Shane McMahon winning…
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WOR: WWE financials, Crown Jewel and the state of wrestling
Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and yours truly, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back with a second Saturday/Sunday show featuring tons of wrestling discussion. We take a look at the WWE Q3 financial report, the changing of the business, and what it means for the stock. We then talk about this Friday’s WWE Crown Jewel and…
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WOR: The ROH/NJPW to MSG story, Extreme Rules preview, more
On a Bryan Alvarez-less edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer and guest host Garrett Gonzales run through a busy day and night of news: – The ROH/NJPW Madison Square Garden story, what changed, and what Vince McMahon’s next move might be. – Should ROH/NJPW made themselves a target for WWE? – What is the…
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WOR: IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada
With New Japan Pro Wrestling returning to Long Beach, CA, for the second straight year, it was a perfect time for our Dave Meltzer to take the drive and meet up with IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada for a 48-minute in-person interview, recorded Friday. Dave and Okada talked about Okada’s career, his unforgettable series of matches with…
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WOR: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 review
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with full coverage of the January 4th Tokyo Dome Show, Wrestle Kingdom 12, with thoughts on Omega vs. Jericho, Naito vs. Okada, all the matches top-to-bottom, where they go from here, and more, plus WWE and UFC news notes! A super packed show as…
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Retro WOR: Bryan & Dave discuss the XFL and ESPN’s 30 for 30
Though it appears that Vince McMahon is on the verge of re-entering the professional football business, it wasn’t that long ago that Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer did a post-mortem on McMahon’s first football venture and the original run of the XFL. This episode of Wrestling Observer Radio is from February 5th, 2017, which was…