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B&V: Mid-South Wrestling S6:E30, plus Granny!

July 1, 2025 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny & Craig & Shawn Show is back with tons to talk about as we enjoy our weekly visit with Granny, discuss the soaps, wrestling, the weekly trivia contest, and more! Then the boys review Mid-South Wrestling S6:E30, a sorta boring show but way better than last week. A fun […]


WOL: WWE Raw report, Evolution, Vince vs. Grant, Slammiversary

July 1, 2025 - Image: WWE Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm returns with tons to talk about including the Raw report from last night, a show with NO RUN-INS DURING MATCHES, the Evolution poster, the latest on Vince McMahon and Janel Grant, a lot of TNA news including a new person added to the Slammiversary […]


WOR: Raw recap, SmackDown spoilers, Hogan/Funk story, WWE Evolution card

July 1, 2025 - Image: WWE Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including updates on Ben Askren and Ric Flair, the Terry Funk/Hulk Hogan story, Evolution and what’s up with Saraya and Brie Bella, Goto vs. Sabre details, ratings, Kevin Iole, plus the WWE Raw report and SmackDown spoilers. […]


Big Audio Nightmare: IWGP World title change, Aaron Wolf signing, Stardom news

June 30, 2025 - The Big Audio Nightmare is back for a solo express edition as Adam Summers talks about everything happening in the very busy world of Japanese wrestling. This week’s topics include: All that and more, only for subscribers! Click here to listen (sub needed)


WOL: New IWGP World Champion, Ben Askren update, WWE Night of Champions

June 30, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and “Filthy” Tom Lawlor returns with tons to talk about including an update on Ben Askren (seen above), Ric Flair, Tom’s back issues, the new IWGP Heavyweight Champion and why everything happened the way it did, WWE Night of Champions, what it means to bench someone, and more. A […]


Fight Game: Our WWE Night of Champions report card

June 30, 2025 - John LaRocca and I, Garrett Gonzales, are back with a special make-good Monday show to recap WWE Night of Champions and give our report card grades for the show. I was out of town, so we didn’t do our normal Friday show. Here are some of the other things we talked about: FIRST TIME SUBSCRIBERS GET […]


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WOL: Kings, Queens, Punks & planning dates

June 29, 2025 - Image: WWE It’s time for the Sunday feel-good edition of Wrestling Observer Live with guest host Josh Nason, filling in for Andrew Zarian on the final June weekend of 2025. As expected, he leads off with a look at Saturday’s WWE Night of Champions which saw John Cena defeat CM Punk who had a hell […]


WOR: WWE’s weekend in Saudi Arabia, UFC 317 recap, notes & news

June 29, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the UFC PPV report with Paul Fontaine, a full recap of WWE in Saudi Arabia, both Smackdown and Night of Champions, the week CM Punk has had, RAW on Monday, AEW All In gate notes, ratings, and tons […]


WOL: AEW KYLE-LISION Live, CM Punk, Night of Champions, SmackDown

June 28, 2025 - Wrestling Observer KYLE. Kyle Valley is back and talking about what it was like to be in the crowd for KYLELISION, plus backstage reaction to the crowd and the match. Remember in 2011 how cool it was when CM Punk did something original like winning and then leaving with the WWE Title? Today, he’s doing […]


WOL: Smackdown TWO HOURS! Punk apologizes, more!

June 27, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm returns today. After a rocky start we have a ton to get into including SMACKDOWN TO TWO HOURS CONFIRMED, CM Punk apologizes for the Miz tweet, Dynamite is back to normal after a huge Arena Mexico show, a bunch of injury notes and more. A fun […]


Wrestling Weekly: WWE Night of Champions & AEW Dynamite 300 previews

June 27, 2025 - Image: WWE It’s big weekend for WWE with Night of Champions going down on Saturday following today’s SmackDown in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. On Friday’s Wrestling Weekly with Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa, the guys make their predictions and also look at this past week’s AEW Dynamite and how it helps shape this Wednesday’s 300th episode. […]


B&V: Live at Dynamite and Collision, plus NXT!

June 26, 2025 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about as we recap THREE BIG SHOWS! Bryan and Vinny (and Paisley) went to Dynamite and Collision live, so it’s an ON THE ROAD report, then the boys discuss this week’s NXT! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save […]


WOR: Injury updates, AEW Dynamite & Collision, big news recaps

June 26, 2025 - Image: AEW Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including an update on Jim Ross, Chad Gable, Dom, Kevin Owens and Pat McAfee, latest on Night of Champions, RAW ratings, a full recap of Dynamite and NXT, plus your Collision recap since Bryan attended the show […]


AD: Your stories of true crime, hauntings, ghosts, more!

June 25, 2025 - After Dark Radio with Bryan Alvarez is back with a fun show. Our guest no-showed, but we just gotta barrel on through and do our best, so it’s an hour of emails on every topic, hauntings, abandoned buildings, run-ins with true crime, and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click […]


WOL: AEW Dynamite preview, NXT TV, Max numbers, more!

June 25, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm returns with tons to talk about including more new injuries in pro-wrestling, an update on Kevin Owen’s surgery, more AEW on Max discussion, Dynamite tonight, the NXT TV review, and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As


B&V: REF AUBREY in studio for Granny and Mid-South S6:E29!

June 24, 2025 - It’s a big show tonight! Bryan and Vinny and Granny and Craig and Shawn are joined by AEW’s REF AUBREY! She joins us for the entire show, the Granny segment, wrestling and soap opera reports, trivia, and even the review of Mid-South S6:E29! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save […]


WOL: AEW booking vs. promoting, Saudi latest, RAW report!

June 24, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about, including the difference between promotion and booking in AEW, the non-existent line-up for Collision and Dynamite in Seattle tomorrow, RAW from Monday, the latest on Saudi, and more! A fun show as alway so check it out~! Right […]


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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: July 1985

June 24, 2025 - Image: WWE Karl Stern returns with the latest entry into his long form history of wrestling series on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show. July 1985 was a big month in wrestling history featuring the first ever WWF King of the Ring Tournament and a red-hot NWA Great American Bash. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express began […]


WOR: WWE Night of Champions update & Raw report, NJPW G1 news

June 24, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including RAW from Monday night, Night of Champions on as scheduled, the New Japan G-1 update, AARON WOLF the next huge NJPW star, Arena Mexico, ratings, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps:Start: […]


WOL: WWE Night of Champions update, AEW Grand Slam Mexico ratings, SmackDown

June 23, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with the latest on the situation with WWE and Saudi Arabia, will the show happen and what are the alternative options, Dynamite does a huge number and what can be learned from it, Smackdown thoughts, and tons more! A fun show as always […]


WOR: WWE and Saudi, Smackdown and Collision, Jon Jones

June 23, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including WWE and Saudi Arabia, the full Smackdown and Collision reports, Jon Jones retires, Olympic gold medalist signs with New Japan and won’t change name, the Dynamite rating and why it was so huge, and more! A fun show […]


B&V: On the Road to COLLISION~!, plus Smackdown!

June 22, 2025 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about including our ON THE ROAD report to Collision in Kent, Paisley’s first-ever wrestling show! All the matches and angles, a look forward to Wednesday, plus the Smackdown report with John Cena’s pipebomb promo on CM Punk. A fun show as always so check […]


WOL: WWE prepares for Saudi Arabia amid Middle East uncertainty

June 22, 2025 - Image: WWE Just when WWE thought everything would be clear sailing for this week’s trip to Saudi Arabia, the United States attacked several Iran-based nuclear facilities, leaving a lot of uncertainty around the world. Josh Nason covers that topic and more on Sunday’s Wrestling Observer Live, available for free by clicking below or listening on […]


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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The pioneer era erupts

June 22, 2025 - This is hour 74 of my DragonKingKarl 1000 Hours subseries looking back at the pre-Frank Gotch era of pro wrestling in the United States called the pioneer era. This podcast is packed with big happenings taken from the pages of my latest book, DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era of Pro Wrestling Omnibus, available from Amazon. The late […]


WOR: Marc Raimondi NWO book interview, AEW Dynamite Grand Slam Mexico rating

June 20, 2025 - Dave Meltzer and I, Garrett Gonzales, are back with our Friday edition of Wrestling Observer Radio. We didn’t get to too much that was in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, but you should still give it a read. The reason is because Marc Raimondi, author of the new book Say Hello to the Bad Guys: […]


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WOL: Gunther vs. Goldberg, AI predicts Smackdown and Collision line-up

June 20, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including Gunther vs. Goldberg clarifications from WWE, AI predicts the Smackdown results tonight and attempts to predict a card for Collision tomorrow, FUN FRIDAY PHONE CALLS, why Bryan no longer watches UFC, and more! A fun show as […]


Wrestling Weekly: Looking at AEW Grand Slam Mexico and WWE King & Queen of the Ring

June 20, 2025 - It’s Wrestling Weekly with Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa. AEW took their talents to the iconic Arena Mexico for a very noteworthy show and WWE has some fascinating semifinal matchups in their King and Queen of the Ring tournaments. We’ll discuss AEW’s trip to Mexico as well as how we think those tournament matches in […]


Fight Game: Gunther vs. Goldberg is set, AEW Grand Slam Mexico recap

June 20, 2025 - John LaRocca and I, Garrett Gonzales, are back to talk about the major topics in the world of wrestling on this week’s Fight Game Podcast. We kicked off the show by giving out our Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down winners and losers of the week before hitting the major AEW and WWE topics of the week. Here are […]


B&V: Excellent Arena Mexico Dynamite, plus NXT!

June 19, 2025 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about including an excellent edition of Dynamite live from Arena Mexico, and a very VERY hit-and-miss edition of NXT from, well, a small building in Florida. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As


WOL: HOOK interview, plus Grand Slam Mexico and more!

June 19, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back with tons to talk about including a bunch of injury updates, Goldberg talks his upcoming match with Gunther, AEW Grand Slam Mexico, and then, in the final segment, we are joined by HOOK to talk wrestling and his new film. Yes, he talks! A fun show as […]


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