June 22, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the situations with Joey Ryan and Sammy Guevara, fans muddying the issue by making this a WWE vs. AEW thing, tons of news from the past few days, New Japan, and so much more. A packed show as […]

June 22, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with two fun reviews, thoughts on Minoru Suzuki vs. Yuji Nagata and how it compares to other empty arena great matches, and Saturday Night’s Main Event from January 1987 with the Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Orndorff steel cage match and more! A fun show as always so […]

June 22, 2020 - The mysterious Mayan civilization built cities, roads, and elaborate complexes throughout Central America. An amazing advanced civilization that evaporated in a remarkably short period of time. Host Karl Stern watched an episode of Secrets of Archaeology and reviews it and relates his experiences visiting a Mayan holy site a few years ago. Right click save

June 21, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about today including more allegations and firings stemming from various allegations, the alleged retirement of the Undertaker, tons of texts and a few calls and so much more. Happy Father’s Day everyone. Right click save

June 21, 2020 - Recorded live from our mighty Twitch channel, future PFL strongman and former Mongolian Stomper of the UFC, “Filthy” Tom Lawlor joined me for our EXTRA PROFESSIONAL UFC on ESPN 11 post show party…which Josh Roshkopf is not invited to. “Filthy” fills us in on a few more details about the New Japan Lions Break Collision shows. Plus, […]

June 21, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including looking at some of the biggest accusations against wrestling talent over the past few days, including a firing by WWE, tons of notes on various cases, Florida exploding with coronavirus cases, Smackdown, ratings for Wednesday and Friday, UFC […]

June 20, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself Garrett Gonzales is back with special guest Mo Chatra. The topic of discussion is the #SpeakingOut movement.  We talk about sexual assualt and misconduct in professional wrestling from the UK as well as in the US. We talk about how the story unfolded earlier in the week and where […]

June 20, 2020 - On the Saturday edition of Wrestling Observer Live, Jim Valley recaps the latest ramifications from the #SpeakingOut movement, Matt Riddle’s Friday debut on WWE SmackDown, IWA Mid-South’s controversial Friday return in a very confined environment with no social distancing and few masks, the home for many Portland, OR, wrestlers is closing down, and much more.  Right […]

June 19, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Jim Valley is back today with one main topic to discuss, the flood of sexual abuse allegations over the past 24 hours. Notes on investigations, the good and bad of the wrestling business, plus your thoughts. A packed show, so check it out~! Right click save

June 19, 2020 - Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk about WWE inviting some maskless friends and family into the audience at Raw as well as new guidelines for running wrestling shows in the state of Pennsylvania. These new guidelines are important for a number of reasons, particularly the potential impact on all independent wrestling in the USA if […]

June 19, 2020 - Image: NJPW The Big Audio Nightmare is BACK with a solo voyage as Adam Summers guides through the new in Japan, including the beginning of the New Japan Cup! Full analysis of the presentation, what worked and what didn’t, and an outstanding first round match between Yuji Nagata and Minoru Suzuki! From there, we take […]

June 18, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about as we look at AEW and NXT TV from this past Wednesday night! Tons of details on both shows plus our weekly look at the ratings and who we thought won the head-to-head battle. A fun show as always so check it […]

June 18, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the David Starr allegations, NXT and AEW from Wednesday night, odd vomit angles and more on NXT, tons of feedback from texts and callers and more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

June 18, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including fallout from WWE’s COVID testing, the taping changes, RAW ratings, New Japan Cup thoughts, AEW and NXT reports from Wednesday and so much more. A packed show as always so check it out~! Right click save

June 17, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about today including an update on WWE coronavirus testing, the taping schedule and how it’s changed as a result, correction regarding WWE alerting talent, update on John Skyler’s injury, RAW ratings and so much more. A packed show as always […]

June 17, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with our look at WWE Smackdown from April 19, 2001. It’s the Retro Invasion show but it seems like this goddamn Invasion is actually never going to start. Also, incessant heat, though the babyfaces did briefly get to celebrate for 10 seconds at one point. […]

June 16, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including a long rant from Bryan on the state of Vince McMahon’s handling of coronavirus, new information since last night, thoughts from talent, your feedback and more. A packed show, so check it out!~! Right click save

June 16, 2020 - We have a retro PPV review of WCW WrestleWar 1992 on this week’s edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show. I recently reviewed the go-home show for this PPV and it was pretty terrible. Well, WCW over delivered with a PPV that was pretty decent from top to bottom with a home run WarGames main event […]

June 16, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including WWE’s appalling handling of COVID-19, a positive test, one canceled day, friends and family not being allowed to wear masks at RAW, and more, plus the RAW report, news and mailbag. A packed show so check it out~! […]

June 15, 2020 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and FILTHY TOM LAWLOR is back with tons to talk about including NOTHING ABOUT HIM ON NEW JAPAN, Smackdown from Friday night, the Greatest Wrestling Match Ever, VINNY FUCKS UP, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

June 15, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including, yes, the two most talked-about things at Backlash, the GREATEST WRESTLING MATCH EVER and the worst goofy segment between the Street Profits and Viking Raiders. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

June 15, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including THE GREATEST MATCH IN WRESTLING HISTORY, WWE Backlash, WWE lawsuits including one that discusses what actually happened on that flight back from Saudi Arabia, Kris Statlander, Paul Heyman and tons more. A fun show as always so check […]

June 15, 2020 - Image: WWE The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with tons to talk about including our full coverage of WWE Backlash, all the matches and angles, the best and worst of WWE, including THE GREATEST WRESTLING MATCH OF ALL TIME! Plus, our weekly Granny segment. A fun show as always so check […]

June 14, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Backlash tonight, urine throwing on Smackdown, AEW injuries, and tons more. It’s our Backlash pre-show, and it’s a fun time as always so check it out! Right click save

June 14, 2020 - On this episode of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern takes a break from reviewing retro paranormal shows and discusses a topic that have many of the religious world unsettled right now — end-time events. Karl takes a look back at the Biblical plagues of Egypt as detailed in the book of Exodus. Then, we visit […]

June 13, 2020 - It’s Wrestling Observer Live Saturday with Jim Valley. After a great match against Daniel Bryan on SmackDown, AJ Styles is the new WWE Intercontinental Champion. From his beginnings on the Georgia independents to being TNA’s signature star, the IWGP Heavyweight Champion and Bullet Club leader in NJPW, and winning several titles and always being a key player in WWE, Styles has really […]

June 13, 2020 - On a very personal episode of the Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast, Fumi Saito talks to Jim Valley about his memories of Hana Kimura and his experiences following her tragic passing. Fumi met Hana when she was a seven-year-old kid who went with her mom Kyoko Kimura to the matches. He tells a great story about […]

June 13, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back.  We talk about the situation with Paul Heyman being let go from his creative role and Bruce Prichard taking over as head of creative. We also talk about where Triple H fits in.  We look at the Backlash card and wonder if […]

June 12, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the removal of Paul Heyman and consolidation of the RAW and Smackdown creative teams, the impossible job of running WWE creative teams, AEW vs. NXT ratings, Backlash, tons of feedback and more. A packed show as always so […]

June 12, 2020 - UFC president Dana White generally despises the media, but has found himself a fairly soft landing spot on ESPN programming. An exception was this past week when he appeared on First Take to officially announce the location of Fight Island.  What happened after that was unexpected to say the least courtesy of former NFL player turned […]