Tag: Wrestling Weekly
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8/14 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: Mailbag on Flair, Booking Roman, Wrestlers on Commentary, more~!
Les and Vic return with an all mailbag edition of the show this week thanks to some great questions! We’ll talk about Les working with the guys who made Mid Atlantic Wrestling so hot in the 70’s, Charlotte’s dream of main eventing Wrestlemania, promoters use of suggestive characters like Adorable Adrian Adonis, Golddust, Ricki Starr…
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8/7 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: Charlotte Fanfest Review, Great Roddy Piper Story, Mailbag, more~!
Back from the Mid Atlantic Fanfest in Charlotte, Les and Vic talk about some of the events from the weekend; the training camp and live shows, meeting Lance Russell, Les getting cussed out by David Crockett (kiddingly, of course) and more. We’ll spend a few minutes reflecting on Roddy Piper and Les shares a personal…
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7/24 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: Hogan, Taker/Lesnar bigger picture, mailbag, much more~!
The actual quotes attributed to Hulk Hogan today were released while Les and I were recording this show, so we had not seen them nor did we reference the actual quotes on this show. We talked Hogan from the perspective of the perception issues WWE has having Hogan as such a big part of their…
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7/17 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: WWE/NJPW/ROH Triangle, Divas Debut, mailbag, more~!
This week’s show is GIANT SIZED to accomodate all the mailbag questions and the Battleground Prediction game. Everyone wants to know what Les thought of the introduction of the new divas to the main roster; Les will give his thoughts on that and how he would’ve booked those debuts. We’ll briefly touch upon Jushin Liger…
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7/9 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: Mailbag on Dusty, famous Atlanta Battle Royal and much more~!
Les and Vic are all about the mailbag today! Your questions answered on Dusty Rhodes (and lots of them), people Les trained who he thought could make it but didn’t, the two ring battle royal in Atlanta Les won and some thoughts on many of the participants and much more~! There’s a reference to the…
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7/3 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: Celebrating Les Thatcher’s 55th Anniversary in Wrestling, more~!
A special day on the show as July 4th marks Les’ 55th Anniversary in this wacky world of pro wrestling! We’ll spend some time talking about that very first day & matches, then open up the mailbag to answer your questions about Harley Race, St. Louis wrestling, the Wednesday night wars, getting paid while you…
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FREE TODAY: 6/28 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly w/NWA World Jr Heavyweight Champion Steve Anthony~!
Les and Vic are joined today by NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Steve Anthony! We’ll discuss winning the title and wrestling Jushin Liger, training with some of the bigger names of days gone by like Bob Armstrong and Harley Race; being asked by Harley Race to be the head trainer at Harley’s school; how his…
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6/19 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: Greatness of Dusty & Blackjack, Promo day in Mid Atlantic, more~!
Since we recorded earlier than usual last week, today is the first time Les has had a chance to speak on Dusty Rhodes on the site, and we’ll talk about the first time they met, almost working for Dusty in Florida, a very cool memento Les got from Dusty and much more. With the news…
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Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly (June 10): MITB Picks, Mailbag, JR’s Blog, more~!
Up earlier than usual this week to answer your mailbag questions about Gene Kiniski, cartoony wrestling characters versus serious wrestlers, should tv matches be laid out for the live crowd’s benefit or the tv audience, the best matches of Les’s career, the Midnight Rider and more. We’ll also talk about JR’s great blog from the…
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Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly (June 5): Cena vs. Owens, Austin Podcast, Knoxville in June of ’79, more~!
Les and Vic share their thoughts on John Cena vs Kevin Owens from Elimination Chamber, and as much as Vic likes that Kevin Owens won, there was something he wished was different and he explains what that was and why. We’ll also talk the Austin/Heyman podcast and why Les loved it, as well as jump…
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5/29 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: ROH/TNA/DA Drama, Chamber Picks, Old School Goodness, more~!
A very newsworthy week where Les and Vic start with the ROH, TNA and Destination America soap opera; how this could be great for ROH and bad for TNA or a potential win win situation for everyone. We’ll close with our Elimination Chamber predictions for this Sunday with Les’ two cents on the discussion Dave…
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5/22 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: NXT Special, TNA DOOM (?), much more~!
Some fun wrestling to talk about this week, so if you want to hear a happy Les and Vic, this is the show for you! We’ll talk the main matches from the NXT special, Samoa Joe’s NXT debut (and a theory on why Joe got this kind of deal), high praise for Sasha Banks and…
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5/15 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: Payback Predictions, Wackiest Gimmick Match Ever, More~!
Les and Vic make their WWE Payback Predictions on the show this week. In addition to that, we open up the mailbag to answer your questions on Abdullah the Butcher, Les’ opinion of Lucha Libre (which may surprise you), the worst gimmick match Les ever saw (which he was IN….a tremendous visual when you hear…
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5/8 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: E:60/WWE, Billy Corgan/TNA Creative, GFW Announcements, more~!
Some interesting topics to talk about today on Wrestling Weekly! Les and Vic start with the awesome E:60 show on WWE, and how ESPN made three characters far more interesting in one hour than WWE has done with them in their entire tenure. We’ll toss around some ideas on whether or not this should spell…
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The 10th Anniversary Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly Spectacular~!
It’s our 10th Anniversary show and Doc Young leads this very special edition of Wrestling Weekly! Doc, Les and Vic present this trip down memory lane of some great Wrestling Weekly moments and guests like Bobby Heenan, Mean Gene Okerlund, Percy Pringle, and much, much more, as well as a big announcement at the end…
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4/24 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: Tons on Ron Wright, Extreme Rules Predictions, more~!
Les and Vic return to talk about the late Ron Wright. Some great stories about Ron Wright and Whitey Caldwell, the legends in that East Tennessee territory, a look into what a trip around that territory was like, & what Les did when working outdoor shows in the rain. We’ll also discuss why the Wright/Caldwell…
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4/17 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: Cena vs Bryan?, Rules of Good Booking, Mailbag, more~!
Les and Vic return with their take on the Briscoes spurning WWE to remain in ROH; do the pros outweigh the cons? We’ll also talk about Daniel Bryan being pulled from the WWE’s European tour as a precautionary measure, then Vic gets fired up about a booking decision WWE nearly made if Bryan had been…
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FREE TODAY! 4/10 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly w/Special Guest Danny Cage of The Monster Factory~!
Fun show today as Les and Vic are joined by Danny Cage, owner of the Monster Factory in Paulsboro, NJ. The Monster Factory is one of the premier wrestling schools in the world, and there’s a big camp coming up from May 1-3 that is open to all aspiring wrestlers, as well as those who’ve…
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4/2 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: HHH/Sting, Is Undertaker still an attraction, mailbag, more~!
Vic has already talked Wrestlemania and Raw this week on Observer Live, so Les will be giving his thoughts about the show, the Sting/HHH match, whether or not there’s still serious interest in seeing an Undertaker/Sting match, or in seeing the Undertaker at all at this point. We’ll also answer your questions on how to…
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3/27 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: Wrestlemania Predictions, Booking Ideas for Rusev, Brock, more~!
It’s Wrestlemania weekend, which means Les and Vic give their PPV Predictions. Before we get there, Les gives his take on what happened to Perro Aguayo Jr, shares some memories of Chris Candido, and gives a little love to possibly the hardest working wrestler this weekend in Timothy Thatcher (no relation). Then, it’s onto our…