Tag: Wrestling Weekly

Les and Vic discuss what Dave Meltzer and Larry Matysik said about how far Daniel Bryan could’ve gone in the territory days and whether Les agrees with their assessment…or not. We’ll also talk Ox Baker, Ken Ramey and the awesome piece Dave did on him in the Observer, go over Les’ Observer HOF ballot, discuss…

The University of Kansas published a study about why people are WWE fans. The results were interesting, and Les and Vic will go over a couple of things in the study. We also answer your questions on the death of tag teams, Jim Barnett, the best guys who should’ve become world champion but never did,…

More Mailbag! Les and Vic answer your questions regarding Verne Gagne, Pro Wrestling USA, Superstar Graham’s impact on steroids in wrestling, and even more important topics like ice cream, Red Robin, and baseball’s American League Championship Series. However, the GLORIOUS discussion of Les’ fashion sense in the 70’s & 80’s as well as his favorite…

Some really interesting questions came in this week and Les & Vic had a lot of fun answering them. Among them, what 3 things would Les change if he ran WWE, did Les ever use steroids during his bodybuilding days and the ultimate challenge for a pro wrestling trainer of his experience: can Les turn…

Lots to tackle on this week’s show including Vic’s theory on why it seems almost no one gets a good reaction from the crowd on Raw these days, our take on a very interesting interview given by someone recently let go from WWE creative, and Ladies’ Man Les Thatcher back in the day~! Best of…

Time for Night of Champions predictions; John Cena can’t win…can he? SIGH. Feel free to stop by our thread on the board and give us your NOC predictions. Also discussed today: Roman Reigns’ promos, what Les thought of the “halftime” idea, how Monday Night Football affected the territories, and some fun talk about Smoky Mountain…

This show is almost completely WWE Raw free! Les and Vic spend this show talking about why Joe Rogan’s comments on wrestling might just have some truth to them, what has happened to commentary on wrestling shows today, the passing of Sean O’Haire, Big Dave Batista hitting the nail on the head, the debut of…

As the title indicates, the question is asked after one of the worst Raw shows in recent (and probably long term) memory: is Vince McMahon a creative genius? Was he at one time and the gift is gone? Or is he someone who took the ideas from other companies and gets credit because he placed…

It’s Les and Vic’s 3rd Anniversary of doing this show together! And to celebrate, WWE gave us a horrible edition of Raw. Happy Anniversary indeed. After the Raw discussion, which includes Vic’s theory on why Super Cena’s act is even more tired to fans of a certain age, we’ll have a little fun talking about…

On the agenda this week: Why not having Brock Lesnar on tv every week is a good thing; stuff you can do to work around it, clearing up any confusion on training Dean Ambrose, Del Rio, Rey, remembering Bonnie Watson, the art of refereeing and more. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

We didn’t get a chance to talk about the passing of Ken Lucas last week, so Les will tell some stories about his friend here today, and they’re really good. Don’t miss the piece on Ken in this week’s Observer, by the way. From there, it’s onto the Summerslam predictions and along the way, we’ll…

Les and Vic are back from Charlotte (well, Les is) to talk all things Fanfest; how the training camp went, the Hall of Heroes induction ceremonies, seeing lots of major names in the wrestling biz again and much more. That’s the majority of the show and it’s a lot of fun, but we did close…

Les Thatcher and Victor Sosa are here with a special edition of the show this week. With the final Mid Atlantic Legends Fanfest a week away, we discuss each of Les’ 3 runs in the territory; who he worked with, how he was booked, how Les ended up doing magazines and commentary, getting a promo…

If you’re looking for modern day wrestling talk, all you’ll get is a little bit on this week’s Vince Russo fiasco and a very little bit on Raw. This show is largely built around some of the details from the great article in the Observer about the 30th anniversary of “Black Saturday”, the day Vince…

With the final Mid Atlantic Fanfest a couple of weeks away, Les & Vic talk about this year’s Hall of Heroes inductees. That means you’ll hear stories about the Poffo family, Jerry Brisco, The Four Horsemen and everyone else who will be honored in Charlotte. Plenty of WWE as it relates to the news on…

A special day in the Thatcher household as Les celebrates his 54th anniversary in the wrestling business! We talk things such as training in Boston and why Les chose that great city, how different training was then compared to the modern day, and moving onto Indianapolis and working for Jim Barnett. Vic can’t let the…

Les and Vic spend the majority of the show talking WWE Money in the Bank. We give our predictions and in between cover Raw, why you should always avoid “yes men”, why Kane should not be in the title match on Sunday, what match he should be in and why, booking next year’s Wrestlemania main…

Les and Vic return on this first day of summer in the USA to discuss ROH’s major move to PPV this Sunday and specifically the career growth and development of ROH Champion Adam Cole. Also discussed this week: advice Les has given to trainees that he wishes he could change, people who’ve been fired right…

That’s Ole, not Olé~! Ole Anderson’s name came up on Observer Radio this week, so Les and Vic talk about him and the Andersons for a bit, as well as some other popular tag teams of the Mid Atlantic territory of the 60’s & 70’s. What team did Les most look forward to working with….and…

Special day as Les and Vic are joined at the start of the show by the man who created it: Doc Young stops by to give us a health update and let us all know what he’s been working on lately. From there, we’ll talk turning Seth Rollins, some fantastic tweets from another longtime trainer…