May 22, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Jim Valley is back with tons to talk about including AEW and NXT from Wednesday, Double or Nothing tomorrow, a look at ratings and NXT moving to USA in the first place, calls and texts and more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click […]

May 22, 2020 - On this week’s edition of Wrestling Weekly, former wrestler, trainer and commentator Les Thatcher and I talk about Drew Gulak being out of WWE, some shady promoter stories, and what it’s like working out with the legendary Four Horsemen. We also tackle a Ric Flair approved body weight workout if gyms in your town still aren’t […]

May 21, 2020 - Image: AEW The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with a HUGE recap of the Wednesday night wars, AEW vs. NXT, with thoughts on both shows, the build towards In Your House and Double or Nothing, ratings, and tons more. A fun show as always, and don’t forget to catch our post-show Saturday night […]

May 21, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons of news to talk about including all the injuries at AEW last night, some thoughts on why it’s happening from other wrestlers, Dark Side of the Ring numbers, UFC ratings affecting wrestling, tons of emails and text messages and so much more. […]

May 21, 2020 - Southeastern Championship Wrestling was built around the feud between “The Stud” Ron Fuller and “The Bullet” Bob Armstrong. In late 1982, both men were babyfaces until Armstrong shocked everyone and turned heel, something few thought he could pull off. But, he did and it was incredible. What happened next is wrestling booking at its finest […]

May 21, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the Owen Hart documentary, tons of questions from readers and listeners about the case, all of the news including RAW ratings, AEW vs. NXT notes and more. A packed show so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Owen Hart […]

May 20, 2020 - Following Tuesday’s premiere of Dark Side of the Ring: The Final Days of Owen Hart, Dave Meltzer and Jim Valley talk to Dr. Martha Hart about a wide range of topics. She gives her reaction to the Vice documentary and discusses the challenges of getting it made and why a production about her husband’s tragic death took […]

May 20, 2020 - The Big Audio Nightmare is back as Adam and Mike continue to guide you through the pandemic-affected Japanese wrestling scene, including Dragon Gate’s King of Gate tournament gets underway, AJPW produces another stellar empty arena offering, BJW meets its crowdfunding goals, and one of Stardom’s top stars retires due to injury. All of that, plus […]

May 20, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Dark Side of the Ring with Owen Hart, the death of Shad Gaspard, ironic parallels between the two, tons of phone calls with memories and stories and so much more. A packed show as always so check it […]

May 20, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny & Craig Show is back today with tons to talk about including Granny finally reviewing the Money in the Bank main event inside WWE Corporate Headquarters. Bryan and Vinny and Craig then look back at the April 5 2001 edition of Smackdown in our ongoing look at the WWE […]

May 19, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about today including a bunch of Shad Gaspard stories from a friend of his, the robbery he once prevented, an update on the search and more, plus RAW from Monday night, THE GREATEST WRESTLING MATCH OF ALL TIME, and so […]

May 19, 2020 - On this edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, Karl Stern reviews WCW Saturday Night from May 16, 1992. This is the week that Turner finally put Jim Herd on the chopping block and the company was about to hire Bill Watts. We get Hercules Hernandez with red pantyhose over his head, the Z-Man, an insufferable […]

May 19, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Shad Gaspard, the death of Larry Csonka, RAW from Monday night, Henry Cejudo un-retiring after a whopping one week of retirement, and tons more. A packed show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Shad Gaspard 13:57: […]

May 18, 2020 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including the UFC main events from Wednesday and Saturday, Friday Night Smackdown on FOX and the Undertaker documentary part two on the WWE Network. A packed show as always so check it out~! Right click save

May 18, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back to cover a truly awful day with the news of Cryme Tyme member Shad Gaspard’s disappearance and the death of longtime wrestling recapper and personality Larry Csonka of 411wrestling.com.  As a reminder, you can watch WOL live and free every day on Twitch. Right click save

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 […]