May 13, 2026 - Welcome to the latest DragonKingKarl Show as Karl Stern continues his long form history of pro wrestling series, taken from the pages of the DragonKingKarl’s 1986-1987 Pro Wrestling Omnibus. Business is starting to slump temporarily in the wake of all the big shows in the spring of 1986. Stan Hansen has the AWA World heavyweight […]

May 12, 2026 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about including our usual weekly chat with Granny, what you would do if you had a full tank of gas, the wrestling and soap opera reports, trivia, and then, yes, a special event — VIOLENT J OF INSANE CLOWN POSSE AND JCW APPEARS FOR […]

May 12, 2026 - Well, you can’t win ’em all. TNA and AAA both put up TV shows last week, but neither turned out to be particularly exciting. Vince Verhei talks about them all on the latest Big Vinny V Show. TNA is still six weeks out from Slammiversary and seems to be in no hurry to put a […]

May 12, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of RAW from Monday night with a poor crowd and a lackluster show, NXT and Dynamite previews, Big Data Plus Panel Strikes Back, Stephanie Vaquer legal update, and tons more! A packed show as […]

May 12, 2026 - The Big Audio Nightmare is back with a solo express edition looking at the latest news from New Japan Pro Wrestling, Stardom, Pro Wrestling NOAH, and more throughout the very busy world of Japanese professional wrestling. Subscribers can listen here.

May 12, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of RAW from Monday night, how Roman Reigns’ schedule has changed — again — Kevin Nash talks WWE booking and business, Dave on the Von Erich’s doc, ratings, Rousey vs. Carano and tons more. A […]

May 11, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including the JOHN CENA TOURNAMENT and why it sounds like a very bad idea even though apparently they have no idea what they’re going to do yet, a look at Asuka’s career and future, line-ups for the next few […]

May 10, 2026 - Dave Meltzer and Garrett Gonzales are back with Wrestling Observer Radio, post UFC 328 and WWE Backlash. Paul Fontaine joined us to discuss the show as as well as all of the news coming out it, such as newcomers to the UFC Hall of Fame, Khamzat Chimaev moving up to light heavyweight, and the latest […]

May 10, 2026 - On Sunday’s DragonKingKarl Show, we continue to go through my DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus as we are nearing the end of the pioneer era. Martin “Farmer” Burns had defeated Evan “Strangler” Lewis and the reputation of Lewis took a big hit after the newspapers firmly believed the match had a predetermined outcome. However, […]

May 10, 2026 - Andrew Zarian returns for another Sunday edition of Wrestling Observer Live to discuss the latest news from the past week. WWE Backlash took place Saturday night, featuring Roman Reigns retaining his title against Jacob Fatu. I discuss that match and the rest of the show, including Asuka’s possible semi-retirement following her bout with IYO SKY. […]

May 10, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including full results from the WWE Backlash PPV, the future of Asuka after her loss to Iyo Sky, Roman Reigns’ future, the AEW Fairway to Hell edition of Collision, all the weekend news and more! A fun show as […]

May 9, 2026 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of the WWE Backlash show, which wrestling-wise was WAY better than WrestleMania, with much less downtime and more time for all the matches. A fun recap of a fun show, so check it out~! Right Click Save As

May 9, 2026 - It’s the Saturday edition of Wrestling Observer Live with Jim Valley. The Gingerbread Man closed the go-home Smackdown for tonight’s WWE Backlash, ending a show long angle that was short on big laughs and long on being long. If not for the aura of Trick Williams, this could have been a baking disaster. Will we […]

May 8, 2026 - With more departures and pay cuts reportedly being handed out in WWE, the Wrestling Weekly duo of Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa discuss the optics of TKO’s latest moves, a similar situation taking place in Hollywood right now, and the additional scrutiny these moves could attract outside of the wrestling bubble. We’ll also talk about […]

May 8, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including previews of Smackdown and Backlash, who Danhausen’s mystery partner might be and why, Brock Lesnar’s future, more on the WWE cuts of late, tons of questions from the listeners and more! A fun show as always so check […]

May 8, 2026 - John LaRocca and I return with a brand-new Fight Game to discuss some of the most topical things going on in pro wrestling this week. You can also watch full video of the show below. We gave out our thumbs up and thumbs down before jumping into the major topics of the week which included: Then, […]

May 7, 2026 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about as we recap, well, a ton of shows, the two-hour Dynamite followed by one-hour Collision block, NXT from Tuesday night with the debut of a goddamn seventh generation sheep shearer, and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~! […]

May 7, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live is back with “Filthy” Tom Lawlor and Lance Storm today to talk about memories of early WCW,AEW Dynamite and Collision reports, Raja Jackson plea, and more! A fun show as always so check it out ~! Right Click Save As

May 7, 2026 - In place of the usual DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Podcast, Karl Stern was instead a guest on the Def Dave’s 1984 podcast which covers pop culture and which you can listen to here. This season, he is covering 1984 and invited me on to discuss the historic WWF World Heavyweight title match where Hulk Hogan defeated […]

May 7, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the life and times of Ted Turner and what he meant to the wrestling business, your mailbag questions on his life, AEW Dynamite notes plus line-ups for the next two shows, FantasticaMania, ratings and more! A fun show […]

May 6, 2026 - After Dark Radio with Bryan Alvarez is back with special guest Brenda Ganske to talk HORRIFYING HISTORY including murderous clowns — actual legit murderers, not phantoms — the Toronto Circus Riot also involving clowns and carnies, Travis Walton’s UFO abduction, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save […]

May 6, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including the history of Ted Turner in professional wrestling from the early days of the Superstation through the death of WCW, your NXT TV report with all sorts of weird and wild happenings, and tons more! A fun […]

May 5, 2026 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny & Shawn & Craig Show is back with tons to talk about including our weekly sit-down with Granny, the weekly Facebook question, wrestling report and SEVENTIES TRIVIA! Then, the boys review part 2 of StrangleMania from Las Vegas WrestleMania weekend! A fun show as always so check it out~! […]

May 5, 2026 - Let’s celebrate Cinco de Mayo by catching up on the best feud of 2026: El Grande Americano vs. Original Grande Americano, who are set for their mascara contra mascara match. But before that, we get El Hijo Del Vikingo vs. Mini Vikingo in a fun (and newsworthy) big brother vs. little brother battle, and Laredo […]

May 5, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including Chelsea Green’s heart procedure, RAW from Monday Night, WWE and their contract restructurings, plus Luke Owen joins us to talk a very pivotal year in pro-wrestling history, 2001! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right […]

May 5, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the restructuring of the WWE contracts and timing, thoughts on the top matches and angles at New Japan Dontaku, line-ups for the next several days, the RAW report, Backlash and ESPN 2, and tons more! A fun show […]

May 4, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including all the WWE cuts over the past several days plus more inside notes on what happened, worrisome finishes on Smackdown with cuts happening now, Kota Ibushi apparently doesn’t have a femur right now, weekend news, reviews and […]

May 4, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including more WWE releases including New Day, John Cena at Backlash, what’s up with Roman Reigns, nonsensical story not true, New Japan, Smackdown and Collision recaps, all the news and more! A fun show as always so check it […]

May 3, 2026 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of Smackdown, a rather generic show with the exception of the incredible Gingerbread Man saga, and a very fun, very wrestling-heavy edition of AEW Collision! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

May 2, 2026 - It’s the Saturday Wrestling Observer Live with Jim Valley. It turns out the departure of talent from WWE isn’t finished yet. On Saturday, The New Day of Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods and others parted ways with WWE. Jim will talks about the names, their history and where you might like to see them appear […]