January 3, 2020 - Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa discuss the first Dynamite of 2020, a potential relationship with New Japan, and Wrestle Kingdom. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~! Right click save

January 2, 2020 - It’s the Bryan & Vinny & Rob Show! Very big show as we’ll wrap up the Fantasy Football League and award Rob’s belt to the winner, we’ll review AEW and NXT from Wednesday, we’ll crown the winner of the 2019 AEW vs. NXT Wednesday Night War, and more. A packed show as always so check […]

January 2, 2020 - It’s a special combined WOR/Pacific Rim from Tokyo with Dave Meltzer, Fumi Saito, and Jim Valley covering the latest news, including what’s going on in the relationship with AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling. Thoughts on how it can help both companies with big shows, but also help AEW’s young talent, Kenny Omega, and more. We watched AEW Dynamite on […]

January 2, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of all the week’s news, the wedding, RAW ratings, AEW and NXT, and more, plus your phone calls and text messages. UPDATE: Although we said at the beginning of the show that the Prediction Show […]

January 2, 2020 - The original alternate has returned…and look who decided to show back up? But before I take more time out for these messages about the Mid-Atlantic events coming to your area, Adam Summers and I give our thoughts on what we think will go down this weekend at the Tokyo Dome. Before those 90 minutes get started, […]

January 2, 2020 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez is back today with tons to talk about including all the latest news, RAW ratings, NXT and NXT UK to BT Sport, Charlotte and Andrade getting hitched, AEW Dark and a preview for next week and more, plus full recaps of both AEW and NXT from Wednesday night! A […]

January 1, 2020 - Happy New Year from Tokyo. Spend New Year’s Eve and his New Year’s Day birthday with Fumi Saito as he and Jim Valley start the night at Killer Khan’s restaurant and wrap up around 2 a.m. in Shinjuku. Killer Khan is most famous in the United States for “breaking the ankle” of Andre the Giant, wrestling in Mid […]

January 1, 2020 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back today with tons to talk about including our weekly look at Smackdown, Tom’s upcoming wrestling schedule and more. We close at 2019 and open 2020 with undoubtedly our worst show of all time. BUT IT’S A FUN TIME AS ALWAYS SO CHECK IT […]

December 31, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez is back with a solo show tonight as Dave is either en route or has arrived in Japan for Tokyo Dome week. This is, in fact, the final podcast on this site of 2019, the entire decade of the 2010s, and we get to talk about the final Raw […]

December 30, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including RAW tonight with a wedding, WWE leaving Sky Sports, AEW this coming Wednesday with Cody’s new manager, Becky Lynch and Randy Orton storylines playing out on RAW and tons more. A fun show as always so check it […]

December 30, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Jericho and Tanahashi and the AEW Title stip, bizarre WWE ratings this week, RAW tomorrow, AEW Wednesday, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

December 29, 2019 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with tons to talk about including, yes, another Granny segment where we go over New Year’s resolutions and predictions, her Weekly Wrestling Report which does, in fact, include the Undertaker vs. Kamala casket match from Survivor Series 1992, then Bryan and Vinny look at NWA […]

December 29, 2019 - I can’t spell Massachusetts…just one discovery I made this week on this week’s DragonKing Dark Podcast. I take a look at one of the oldest states in the Union and try to find the strangest, most odd, and unusual places. Massachusetts has the usual stuff like oddity museums, and largest something or other, but they also […]

December 29, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including New Japan losing AXS TV, Jericho offering to put the AEW title on the line if Tanahashi beats him at the Tokyo Dome, Smackdown, investor suing WWE over the XFL, AEW this coming Wednesday, Bellator and tons more. […]

December 29, 2019 - It’s the last Saturday WOL of 2019 and before Jim Valley flies to Tokyo for Wrestle Kingdom 14 and all the Observer’s coverage. My thoughts on situations making news in Stardom: the retirements of both Hazuki and Kagetsu and the fan reaction to the women’s dark match at WK14. Aubrey Edwards did more than just blaze a trail for female referees […]

December 28, 2019 - It’s the last Pacific Rim of 2019 and the last before Fumi Saito, Dave Meltzer, and I begin our wrestling coverage from Tokyo next week. In this episode, Fumi gives his thoughts on Stardom’s dark match at Wrestle Kingdom 14 and the retirements of Hazuki and Kagetsu. In addition, he has a really interesting prediction for […]

December 27, 2019 - Les Thatcher and I take a year-end look at AEW, ROH, New Japan’s issues with AXS, and all things WWE. Among other things we discuss: AEW’s ups and downs, the curious relationship between NJPW and ROH, WWE and Fox, NXT on USA, and more. Since this is the last show of 2019 for us, we […]

December 27, 2019 - We’re in the heart of college football season and “Left My Wallet” returns with “The Patriot” Del Wilkes, one of four consensus All-Americans in the history of South Carolina football. We talk about the outstanding recruiting class his alma mater has coming in, national college football signing day and how it was for him, the differences […]

December 27, 2019 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with the show we didn’t do Sunday — Granny has a Christmas poetry contest and her weekly wrestling report, then Bryan and Vinny review Superstars of Wrestling from 1992, and also NXT from Wednesday night. A fun time as always so check it out~! Right […]

December 26, 2019 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with the show we didn’t do Sunday — Granny has a Christmas poetry contest and her weekly wrestling report, then Bryan and Vinny review Superstars of Wrestling from 1992, and also NXT from Wednesday night. A fun time as always so check it out~! Right […]

December 26, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about. Bryan goes over the news, and since it’s a slow day otherwise we’ll be joined by two guests, Brady Roberts to talk his new independent wrestling comedy show on Amazon Prime, and Keith Lipinski to talk this weekend’s […]

December 26, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Dave’s upcoming trip to Japan, the Tokyo Dome and the Stardom dark match, RAW ratings, a look at Wednesday’s NXT show from both Full Sail and Smackdown Friday, mailbag and tons more. A fun show as always so […]

December 25, 2019 - It’s that time of year again, time for the annual Bryan & Vinny & Craig & Rob Christmas Show! Virtually no pro-wrestling talk whatsoever, just the four of us opening gifts, calling friends, and getting very, very drunk. It’s a holiday tradition. NOTE: The first 40 minutes of the video version is lost to time, […]

December 24, 2019 - Editor’s Note: This is a free show. Just click below to listen. Our four-part journey through the 2019 MMA year continues with Paul Fontaine and I sifting through April, May, and June.  On the docket for part 2: On a pay-per-view headliend by two interim title fights, both delivered like “real” title fights as Israel Adesanya-Kelvin […]

December 24, 2019 - The Ace of WWWF in the late 1970s into the early 1980s vs. the Ace of New Japan. It’s a clash of styles to be sure and a clash of charismas as well. As the GKT continues, Karl Stern of WhenItWasCool.com and F4WOnline.com takes a look at the careers of Bob Backlund and Hiroshi Tanahashi […]

December 24, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the death of Mr. Niebla and his legacy in Mexico, RAW from Monday night, Being the Elite, AEW notes, mailbag and tons more. A fun time as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Death of Mr. Niebla […]

December 23, 2019 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back today with tons to talk about including Smackdown from Friday, TWO Geeks of the Week, how you can get some Filthy Tom ring-worn gear for the holidays and our weekly BEAT THE CHAMP match review game. A fun time as always so check […]

December 23, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including RAW tonight, Smackdown, ratings, spoiler-free previews, New Japan, Tanahashi vs. Jericho, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

December 23, 2019 - Photo via WWE.com Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back.  We talk about the main event at UFC Busan, some of the happenings at the Bellator shows from Hawaii, and the wrestling shows from the weekend. Dave also reviews Smackdown from Friday. We then take listener questions about pro wrestling in […]

December 23, 2019 - It’s WRESTLE KINGDOM season! The Big Audio Nightmare is a solo voyage this week, as Adam Summers takes you on an audio tour of the NJPW Road to Tokyo Dom shows: Hiromu’s return, Liger says farewell to Korakuen, and much more. We also look at recent Dragon Gate, NOAH, and AJPW, and Adam gives a live […]