April 5, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of WrestleMania 36, all the matches and angles and, yes, THE BONEYARD MATCH, plus Vince meets with Trump, a lawsuit involving Dana White, Smackdown, AEW and NXT ratings and tons more. A fun show as […]

April 4, 2020 - Image: WWE.com On the first-ever WrestleMania Saturday, it’s time for Wrestling Observer Live. On this edition of the show: – I preview of all of the matches even though we still don’t know the rundown for either night. – After being told last week that we would know more about the story that put Braun […]

April 3, 2020 - From Seattle to Tokyo, this week the Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast updates you on how Fumi Saito and Kiki are coping with social distancing. Believe it or not, he’s watching even more wrestling. Fumi has some interesting thoughts on the Fujita-Shiozaki match and its 30-minute staredown. Rather than see the empty venue as a negative, they looked […]

April 3, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Jim Valley is back with tons to talk about including the full WWE WrestleMania lineup and thoughts on this weekend’s slate of shows. They also talk about AEW vs. NXT ratings and why they matter, a detailed look at the decline of Raw ratings following football season the […]

April 3, 2020 - Image: Lee South/AEW On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa discuss the situation WWE and AEW find themselves in as their options for running shows appear to be running out, AEWs TNT Championship tournament, and the passing of CAC treasurer Dean Silverstone. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~! Right click save

April 3, 2020 - In this week’s solo voyage of the Big Audio Nightmare, I take you through the latest wrestling news in Japan including the cancellation of AJPW’s Champion Carnival and the mass cancellations taking place across the landscape. I also look at the incredibly polarizing empty arena GHC Title match between Go Shiozaki and Kazuyuki Fujita, a great […]

April 3, 2020 - Left My Wallet is back again talking baseball with former WWE superstar, baseball fanatic and fantasy sports radio host, Matt Striker. We start with fantasy baseball. Matt discusses the value of starting pitching in a short season, how you can make a top level starter out of streaming the waiver wire, some of his favorite players […]

April 3, 2020 - Image: Lee South/AEW The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about in our look at AEW and NXT from Wednesday night! We review both shows, talk about the ratings, and why they absolutely do matter even in the middle of a pandemic, and tons more. You can also watch this […]

April 2, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including more cancellations as a result of coronavirus, ROH making PPV more accessible and cheaper as WWE goes the opposite direction for WrestleMania, AEW vs. NXT notes, plus Amber Nova appears with tons to discuss including COVID-19 thoughts as […]

April 2, 2020 - On the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I continued with the third part of the history of the NWA World heavyweight title. I take a look at the title from the time of Harley Race to the era of Ric Flair, how Race ended up bridging the gap between Dory Funk Jr. and Jack Brisco following Funk’s […]

April 2, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including more states shutting down and preventing wrestling and MMA from running, AEW vs. NXT from Wednesday night, Raw ratings, the New Jack documentary, and tons more. A packed show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Coronavirus […]

April 1, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the atrocious RAW ratings for the go-home show for WrestleMania, how it compares to even a year ago, the three big questions going forward, and more, then, to turn the mood around, Paul London joins the show to […]

April 1, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about in our look back at, no shit, the FIRST EPISODE OF THUNDER. We’ll explain why we made this horrible decision, then take you through what was, in fact, a terrible and terribly long pro-wrestling program. A fun show as always so check […]

April 1, 2020 - While Dean Silverstone technically ran his “Superstar Championship Wrestling” promotion in the northwest against Don Owen, his legacy is such that we have to dedicate an entire episode to Dean and his accomplishments. Jim Valley talks with one of Dean’s good friends — historian and Defy Wrestling promoter Matt Farmer. Matt talks about what it was like for Dean running […]

March 31, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including WWE pushing PPV hard again, RAW from Monday night including what happened with Montez Ford, AEW’s new title and more, plus Benjamin Boone joins us to talk LOVE in professional wrestling, as he is the wrestling BACHELOR. A […]

March 31, 2020 - The spring of 1981 saw Harley Race continue his run as NWA World champion, Ron Fuller losing his smile and going home, Junkyard Dog cranking it up in Louisiana, Hulk Hogan battling Jerry Lawler in Memphis, a big name wrestler appearing on a game show, Sgt. Slaughter becoming a force in WWF, Don Muraco heading to WWF, and […]

March 31, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including RAW from Monday night, the full WrestleMania line-up thus far, AEW’s new championship, and tons more. A packed show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Coronavirus discussion 4:15: Khabib/Tony off 12:59: AEW announces tournament for TNT […]

March 30, 2020 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with a lot to talk about including their current lockdown situations, Smackdown from Friday night with the Road to a WrestleMania which is different from what they promoted on Smackdown, a Male Bag repeat question and more. A packed show as always so […]

March 30, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including WrestleMania Week line-up on the WWE Network, Khabib vs. Tony off for the 1,000th time, tons of feedback, plus Randy Carver joins us to talk LIMITLESS WRESTLING in Maine, their Pandemic At The Dojo series on IWTV, how […]

March 30, 2020 - In part two of Wrestling Observer Radio interview with Jim Ross, Dave Meltzer and Jim Valley talk to J.R. about his new book “Under the Black Hat”. Subscribers can listen to part one now while non-subscribers can get an eight minute segment of the chat on YouTube. In part two, we talk about AEW’s young talent, new roster […]

March 30, 2020 - On this special two-part Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer and Jim Valley talk to Jim Ross about his new book “Under the Black Hat“. JR talks about his favorite chapters, memories of his late wife Jan, the unique challenges faced by the wrestling business in these trying times, what he learned from Bill Watts, driving around Leroy […]

March 30, 2020 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with tons to talk about. Granny joins us just for a couple of minutes to offer thanks to everyone and also tell us about a match she loved, then Bryan & Vinny remember Crazy Wayne and talk Saturday Night’s Main Event from Mother’s Day week […]

March 29, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Bryan’s memories of his late uncle Wayne, who actually had several tie-ins to pro-wrestling dating back to the early 90s, WrestleMania update, and then Kristian Nielsen joins us from Denmark to talk Bodyslam Pro Wrestling! A fun show […]

March 29, 2020 - Left My Wallet continues its run of new content with everyone’s favorite football expert and wrestling fan, Vince Verhei of the Bryan & Vinny Show and Football Outsiders. Vinny talks about his favorite and not so favorite NFL offseason moves, how the DeForest Buckner trade will impact the 49ers, where Jadeveon Clowney might end up, […]

March 29, 2020 - This week on DragonKing Dark, I review the 2013 documentary from the Smithsonian Channel called Secrets: The Sphinx. Of all the ancient monuments in Giza complex in Egypt, one stands out as different from the others ss the great Sphinx seems out of place, out of scale, and older than the rest. The official archaeological […]

March 29, 2020 - Image: Limitless Wrestling Left My Wallet is back again with some with EVOLVE title contender, Limitless Wrestling champion and Zero1 USA Northeast owner/promoter Anthony Greene! Anthony is one of the fastest rising young up and coming talents on the independent scene and someone that I have known since he was 12. He is a wrestling […]

March 29, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back and we’ve still got tons of news to talk about despite so much shut down. WrestleMania changes, Smackdown, ratings notes, Dana White and UFC, AEW notes, Luke Harper, tons of mailbag questions and more. A packed show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: […]

March 28, 2020 - A pre-taped edition of SmackDown Friday didn’t update the Roman Reigns situation or that Braun Strowman is Goldberg’s new opponent at WrestleMania, so we’re talking wrestling video games on the Saturday edition of Wrestling Observer Live. As both a longtime wrestling fan and gamer, I have been playing wrestling video games nearly since their beginning. We talk about […]

March 27, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Jim Valley is back with tons to talk about including all of the latest news from WrestleMania, Roman Reigns off the show, Andrade off the show, new matches and more, then we’re joined straight from China by Adrian Gomez to talk pro-wrestling in that country, how it’s recovering […]

March 27, 2020 - On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa return to talk about Roman Reigns pulling out of WWE WrestleMania, how to stay in shape with no gyms open, and ask if we’ve reached the point where WWE and AEW should stop running TV shows with live wrestling. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~! Right […]