May 18, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back with tons to talk about today including a look at next week’s Granny contest, her Weekly Wrestling Report including some highlights from Money in the Bank, and then Bryan & Vinny review the first WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event after WrestleMania II, a very, very wacky […]

May 17, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the situation with Drew Gulak, Dana’s UFC plan going forward, what would have happened if Nitro never moved to Monday nights in 1995, tons of feedback and so much more. A fun show as always so check it […]

May 17, 2020 - This week, we begin a new series at DragonKing Dark as we will be looking at comic book characters with supernatural stories. For several weeks now, we have been exploring our fascination with the unknown, the paranormal, and the supernatural through the stories we tell. After examining several movie characters, we shift our focus to […]

May 17, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the latest on Drew Gulak leaving WWE, Smackdown from Friday night, Wednesday and Smackdown ratings, UFC main events from Wednesday and Saturday plus last night’s full show, plus tons of weekend news. A fun show as always so […]

May 16, 2020 - It’s the Saturday Wrestling Observer Live with Jim Valley. Friday Night Smackdown on Fox was kind a bizarre episode. Did Otis go from Money in the Bank to dead in the water? He shouldn’t be even thinking about attacking Braun Strowman from behind. Otis is an honest, blue-collar character. Whether he’s being manipulated or is acting […]

May 15, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Jim Valley is back with our Friday afternoon wrap-up, all the news and discussion from the past week, what’s coming up, AEW and NXT ratings, Smackdown, the TNT Title, calls and texts and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

May 15, 2020 - On the latest edition of Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk all sorts of wrestling history with “The Tennessee Stud” Ron Fuller! Along the way, you will hear about how far back Les and Ron’s friendship goes, why Ron went into promoting within 5-to-6 years of getting into the ring, various other business […]

May 14, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about in our look at NXT and AEW from Wednesday night! NXT was the Matt Riddle show and AEW was the second-to-last show before the Double or Nothing PPV. Tons to talk about plus a look at the ratings and the likely reason […]

May 14, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including AEW and NXT notes, Mike Tyson coming to AEW for an appearance, Rey Mysterio’s death and resurrection, tons of calls and text messages and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click […]

May 14, 2020 - After watching this week’s Dark Side of the Ring episode on the Road Warriors, co-host Fumi Saito and I remember his friend Road Warrior Hawk on this week’s Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling podcast and give some background not covered in the documentary.  Fumi goes into detail about when the Road Warriors debuted in Japan, the Hell […]

May 14, 2020 - Today we take a look back at another bright idea Vince McMahon had. In an era where the federal government was trying to put him in prison for dealing steroids and the WWF public imagine was at an all time low, Vince decided to promote his own bodybuilding federation full of jacked up dudes. Go […]

May 14, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Dark Side of the Ring from Tuesday, RAW ratings, NFL running games with fake cheering, AEW vs. NXT from Wednesday night, Oliver Luck and Vince McMahon and tons of other news. A packed show as always so check […]

May 13, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Sami Zayn being the only person among multiple champions to be stripped of his title, the number of champions in other active promotions who have been stripped for not showing up, RAW ratings, Rey Mysterio IN CRITICAL CONDITION […]

May 13, 2020 - The Big Audio Nightmare has returned for episode 400! Myself and Mike Sempervive are back to guide you through the pandemic affected Japanese wrestling scene including Wednesday’s breaking news from NJPW president Harold Meij on the roadmap for their return to the ring. We also take a look at last week’s head scratching NOAH shows, another Masato […]

May 13, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig & Granny Show — yes — is back today with the dawning of a new era! It’s the Tuesday Night WCW INVASION series, and it kicks off with the RAW after WrestleMania X7! And as a special bonus, since Money in the Bank was Sunday, Granny happens to join […]

May 12, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including BECKY LYNCH IS PREGNANT!, all the RAW news notes from last night including the newest brand extension, status of the IC Title and more, Bryan explains Vince McMahon’s legit crazy rule that resulted in Seth being DQ’d last […]

May 12, 2020 - On the new DragonKingKarl Old Tyme Wrestling Hour Podcast, host Karl Stern talks about the current downturn in pro wrestling ratings and popularity and explores what the future might hold. Then we bring in our special guest for this episode — Stevie J from AngryMarks.com, who acts as an impartial sounding board for questions about […]

May 12, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Becky Lynch’s pregnancy, Asuka as new champion, WWE’s latest brand extension, update on the Intercontinental Title, all of RAW, Roman Reigns, Wednesday night wars with UFC now in the mix and tons more. A packed show as always […]

May 11, 2020 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back today with THREE BIG SHOWS to recap, the UFC from Saturday with DOMINICK CRUZ BEING ALL NUTTY, Smackdown from Friday, Money in the Bank notes, and the Undertaker Last Ride documentary part one! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right […]

May 11, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Money in the Bank fallout, how much WWE actually destroyed in the match with a cost analysis, your feedback, Alberto Del Rio and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

May 11, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Money in the Bank results and where they go from here, Alberto El Patron arrested, several UFC updates from last night plus a memo sent out regarding this week’s upcoming shows, mailbag and tons more. A fun show […]

May 11, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with our full review of the Money in the Bank PPV, the shortest WWE PPV since the old In Your House shows! All the matches and angles, the wacky battle to get to the top of Titan Towers, and our thoughts on everything from top to bottom. A […]

May 10, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with our Money in the Bank pre-show! All the matches, predictions, and so much more, plus news, the arrest of Alberto Del Rio, calls and texts and more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

May 10, 2020 - This week on DragonKing Dark, host Karl is joined by Joker expert Tonya from WhenItWasCool.com to discuss the complex and widely interpreted Batman foe The Joker. The Joker debuted in Batman issue one way back in 1940 and has been interpreted many ways, both in the comics and in movies. Cesar Romero’s slapstick Joker, Jack Nicholson’s […]

May 10, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including all the details from UFC 249, COVID testing and failures, big upsets, big retirements, and more, plus Smackdown ratings, Money in the Bank preview for Sunday, some Smackdown thoughts, and tons more. A fun show as always so […]

May 9, 2020 - Image: WWE On the Saturday Wrestling Observer Live, we hit on several topics on a suddenly busy weekend in wrestling and MMA: We preview Sunday’s WWE Money in the Bank event, potential surprises in the various ladder matches, and the role The Hacker might play on Sunday. Jacare Souza is off tonight’s UFC 249 after […]

May 9, 2020 - On this special edition of the Portland Wrestlecast, Jim Valley talks with Larry Oliver, son of the late northwest legend Rip “The Crippler” Oliver. Larry talks about what it was like growing up and going to school in a time when wrestlers and their families had to protect the business. For Larry it wasn’t unusual for […]

May 9, 2020 - Photo via the Las Vegas Review-Journal Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back.  We talk about the big news of the day which is Jacare Souza testing postive for the Coronavirus and being removed from the UFC 249 card. We talk about how many times he was tested, the […]

May 8, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Jim Valley is back today with tons to talk about including Roman Reigns talking WWE, AEW and NXT ratings and a big win for AEW, how Tony Khan got the idea to put wrestlers in the crowd, a full preview of Money in the Bank with predictions, and […]

May 8, 2020 - 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 […]