August 11, 2020 - This week, Karl Stern brings you a new Old Tyme Wrestling Hour Podcast. On this episode: the pioneer era of wrestling in Mexico isn’t what I expected. In fact, it appears Asian in origin with links to jiu-jitsu and American frontier wrestling combined into one thing. It gets weird. Also, a man died during a match […]

August 11, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the death of Kamala, New Japan line-ups, BTE, RAW from Monday night with the build towards SummerSlam, and tons more. A packed show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Hulk Hogan’s birthday, Zybysko/Bruno 3:52: Kamala 20:26: […]

August 10, 2020 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with a BRAND NEW SHOW! Starting this week, it’s not only Smackdown, an awful show, but also NEW JAPAN STRONG, a really fun show. The best of all worlds, this and every week, so check it out~! Right click save

August 10, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the death of Kamala and memories of his career, Chris Jericho and his Fozzy concert and the resulting controversy, tons of feedback on these topics, RAW and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right […]

August 10, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with a packed show! Bryan is at the beach so Granny was moved to Sunday this week, and what a Sunday appearance it is. Then, Bryan and Vinny review the January 2, 1988 Saturday Night’s Main Event show, which at first glance appears to kick off a […]

August 9, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about, mostly the goofy Smackdown show with ACES AND EIGHTS running in to cause havoc. Plus, all of your feedback. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

August 9, 2020 - DragonKing Dark podcast continues to get even darker this week as we continue the theme of the faces of evil. On this episode, host Karl Stern from WhenItWasCool.com asks the question, who are the most evil people in history? Several immediately come to mind for obvious reasons — but are there any we overlook? Are […]

August 9, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including WWE and AEW ratings and the big story that nobody is talking about yet but will be soon, Smackdown and RAW this week, New Japan tournament and G-1 updates, UFC from Saturday night, mailbag and tons more! A […]

August 8, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, Garrett Gonzales is back with special guest and author of the new book, Shamrock: The World’s Most Dangerous Man, Jonathan Snowden.  We talk to Jonathan about a lot of the stories in his new book such as Shamrock’s obsession with Royce Gracie, whether he fulfilled his potential as an […]

August 7, 2020 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with our final live Q&A for the time being, though we do plan to return about once per month with new ones. In the meantime it’ll be old-school shows with news and discussion. But enjoy all the great questions and memories in this fun […]

August 7, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including more historic ratings notes in the Wednesday vs. RAW and Smackdown battle, tons of notes on how both shows did, then ROCKY ROMERO returns to talk TalkNShopAMania and NJPW Strong, which debuts tonight on NJPWWorld.com! A fun show […]

August 7, 2020 - On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa discuss just how difficult it’s become in the modern era to get the same kind of ring experience previous generations enjoyed. We also get into how AEW’s schedule over the next six weeks could affect the ratings battle with NXT. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~! Right […]

August 6, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about in our look at the Wednesday Night Wars! AEW and NXT both put on good shows leading towards their big end-of-summer events, and both of their ratings saw a huge increase as well! All the details, some backstage scoops and more! A fun […]

August 6, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including AEW and NXT from Wednesday with your feedback, Pat McAfee and Adam Cole, and more, then JEFF COBB joins us to talk NJPW Strong, the New Japan Cup USA tournament, Lucha Underground and more! A fun show as […]

August 6, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including WWE’s new executive, Smackdown being delayed, RAW ratings, the death of Mitch Ryder, updates on Conor McGregor and Tanahashi, plus AEW and NXT head-to-head reports! A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: New WWE […]

August 5, 2020 - The Adam AND Mike Big Audio Nightmare is BACK to take you through all of the week’s Japanese pro wrestling news and more! We talk about the great championship matches in Pro Wrestling NOAH and Dragon Gate in recent days, preview NOAH’s big Yokohama show, and look at other great matches recently in Big Japan, […]

August 5, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Marty Jannetty and his crazy Facebook post, new WWE exec, AEW vs. NXT, then Karl Fredricks joins us to talk the New Japan dojo, Lion’s Break, NJPW Strong starting this Friday on njpwworld.com, and tons more! A fun […]

August 5, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig & Granny Show is back today with tons to talk about including our usual visit with Granny talking Q&A, Seinfeld, her Weekly Wrestling Report, and more, then Bryan and Vinny and Craig review the May 14, 2001 edition of RAW, a show that was better than RAW this past […]

August 4, 2020 - 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 […]

August 4, 2020 - We continue to celebrate my birthday all week long at When It Was Cool by looking back at the year 1971. Today on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I look back at a match that is still remembered 49 years later for the reaction it invoked. Bruno Sammartino was the WWWF Champion and had been dominant, dispatching […]

August 4, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back to talk a horrific RAW Monday night, the stupid fight club, the dumb angles, the stupid social media stuff they promised and barely delivered, plus all the news including the ROCK buying the XFL along with his ex-wife, and more. A packed show. Check […]

August 4, 2020 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including Smackdown from Friday, the potential return of whatever this Brawl for All idea is, and the final episode of LION’S BREAK! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

August 3, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including THE ROCK buying the XFL, RAW tonight with a new faction that they’re now actually plugging on social media, TNT and AEW time changes for the NBA, tons of calls and more. Also, how Bryan got so fat […]

August 3, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with our review of the November 1987 edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event, complete with an awesome match everyone should see, some good wrestling otherwise, a hilarious final segment and more. And, yes, a correction from last week. A fun show as always so check it out~! […]

August 2, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including TALKNSHOPAMANIA, what Bryan loved about it, Smackdown, RAW preview, tons of feedback and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

August 2, 2020 - I celebrate my birthday all week long with a look back at the year I was born: 1971. On this episode, we look back at the insane circus that was the Charles Manson Family trial. While the killings took place in 1969 and the trial began in 1970, it wasn’t until 1971 that a verdict […]

August 2, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the death of Rollerball Rocco, WWE finances, ratings for Smackdown and AEW, UFC this past weekend, Smackdown and RAW notes, an upcoming DRAFT, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Congrats […]

August 1, 2020 - Left My Wallet returns with a blast from the past as I talk soccer and college football with the former rapmaster of WCW, P.N. News. The man born Paul Nue had a lengthy career outside of WCW as Cannonball Grizzly, mostly spent overseas and in Europe. There, he discovered his passion for Premier League soccer. […]

August 1, 2020 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about in our second live weekly Q&A on Twitch.tv/f4wvideo! We’ll do two more weeks or so of this and then go back to old-school Figure Four Daily with Lance Storm shows, so enjoy while you can! A fun show as […]

July 31, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back today with tons to talk about including the death of Rollerball Rocco, Smackdown Friday, Eddie Kingston signing with NXT, NXT vs. AEW ratings, WWE earnings and why they made so much money, plus DOC GALLOWS appears to talk TALKNSHOPAMANIA on PPV and Fite.tv this coming Saturday night! […]