Tag: WWE
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Mat Men: AEW and NJPW are working together
Today on Mat Men Andrew and Rich have a lot of news to discuss! The Royal Rumble was this past Sunday and Edge is your men’s Rumble winner. The big question now is who his opponent will be at Wrestlemania 37. Additionally, who from previous eras could work in today’s environment? Bianca Belair was the eomen’s Rumble…
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Speak Now: KENTA, AEW Beach Break & NXT recaps
After an explosive night of pro wrestling action, join Denise Salcedo on Speak Now Pro Wrestling episode 19. This episode is filled with thoughts and opinions on the very newsworthy AEW Beach Break edition of Dynamite, as well as NXT! Denise begins the show discussing the trendiest topic of night, the debut of KENTA on…
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Wrestling Weekly: Undertaker’s thoughts on WWE; Royal Rumble preview
This week, former wrestler, trainer, and broadcaster Les Thatcher and I talk about the Undertaker’s recent comments about the WWE locker room of today while on the Joe Rogan podcast. Then, we preview this weekend’s WWE Royal Rumble and who’s going to win. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
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Speak Now: AEW New Year’s Smash & NXT Dusty Classic recaps
Join Denise Salcedo on Speak Now Pro Wrestling, episode 16. On this episode, Denise highlights the major moments from AEW’s New Year’s Smash night two and the start of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic on NXT. In this very interactive stream, Denise kicks off the show discussing the AEW portion of the night. Some…
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Speak Now: AEW & NXT New Year show recaps
Denise Salcedo kicks off 2021, with a brand new edition of Speak Now Pro Wrestling, Ep. 15. On this episode, Denise recaps both AEW Dynamite’s New Year’s Smash and WWE NXT’s New Year’s Evil both of which were heavily promoted and featured fully stacked cards. On the AEW side, AEW Dynamite presented night one of…
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WOR: Alfonso Morales death, TLC preview, ROH Final Battle & UFC recaps
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the death of Dr. Alfonso Morales, WWE’s TLC PPV lineup, SmackDown, NXT’s lineup for Wednesday, AEW and NXT ratings notes, a review of ROH Final Battle featuring Brody King, a review of Saturday night UFC action and more!…
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Speak Now: NXT & AEW Dynamite recaps
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means! It’s the return of Speak Now Pro Wrestling with Denise Salcedo. It’s time to breakdown both AEW DYNAMITE and NXT!!! Last week, AEW Dynamite got big ratings, nearly hitting 1 MILLION — what will this week look like for Dynamite? We’ll discuss it here! Plus, NXT recently had…
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WOR: Record low Raw ratings, Impact numbers, Omega, AEW & NXT reviews
Image: WWE Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including record-low WWE Raw ratings and why it’s a very important story, Impact and SmackDown ratings, Kenny Omega working the Impact Hard To Kill pay-per-view main event, details and thoughts on AEW and NXT TV and…
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WOR: Shad Gaspard award & TLC updates, Raw & BTE reviews
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including AEW and NXT previews for this coming Wednesday night, update on the Shad Gaspard Awards, full RAW results from Monday night, the main event of TLC, BTE recap and tons more. A fun show as always so check…
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Speak Now: AEW & NXT, Full Gear predictions
Join Denise Salcedo on episode 6 of Speak Now Pro Wrestling! We are heading into AEW’s Full Gear pay-per-view, on this show Denise will share her AEW Full Gear predictions and recap the Dynamite go home show! Plus, a lot happened on last week’s Halloween Havoc NXT show, how will NXT compare this week?! This…
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WOR: Vince McMahon documentary, WWE financials, Twitch
Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales is back. We start off talking about the WWE Q3 financials, which Dave wrote extensively about in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer. We also dig into the news of the Vince McMahon documentary and wonder if Dave will be asked to be in…
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WOR: WWE Hell in a Cell recap, Bound for Glory news, Daniel Bryan
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a full recap and analysis of Hell in a Cell and where they go from here, Daniel Bryan wrapping it up, Impact injuries and a recap of their PPV, updates on Abbadon and Khabib and tons more. A…
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Wrestling Weekly: Florida is open for (wrestling) business
Les Thatcher and I discuss the reopening of Florida and what that might mean for both WWE & AEW. We’ll also talk about an issue for AEW Tag Team Champions FTR, who should be booking all The Fiend’s segments, if anyone in WWE regrets letting Cody leave, and the impact the pandemic is having on…
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B&V&C: Retro Invasion WWE Smackdown from June 11, 2001
Bryan & Vinny & Craig show is back today with our look at Retro Smackdown from June of 2001! We’re about a month away from the Invasion PPV but so far remains just about the worst Invasion of all time, nothing is happening, there’s a stupid horn, but at least the non-Invasion stuff is pretty…
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WOL: All-time bad Raw, lame invasions, Underground
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including RAW from Monday, the new invading group, the goofy FIGHT CLUB, everything that didn’t make sense which was almost everything, plus your feedback and more. A PACKED SHOW AS ALWAYS SO CHECK IT OUT~! As always, the show…
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WOR: Regis, SmackDown, UFC, New Japan, ratings, more!
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including AEW and Smackdown ratings, the death of Regis Philbin, reviews of the New Japan, Smackdown and UFC shows, mailbag and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Regis Philbin 3:36: SmackDown ratings…
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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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Wrestling Weekly: The curious case of the shrinking WWE ratings
On this week’s Wrestling Weekly, co-host Les Thatcher and I talk WWE ratings and the factors that could be driving their decline: everything from a change in mindset in terms of how to work a match to a change in presentation as a show and why some empty arena sports may prove to be easier to…
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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: SmackDown ratings, Dark Side of the Ring, TNA nostalgia
It’s Wrestling Observer Live Saturday with Jim Valley. Friday Night Smackdown experienced its fourth ratings drop in a row and for the first time in the Fox era, the show fell below two million viewers for both hours on a night when virtually every other network show saw increased ratings. What does this mean for…