September 24, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including a vast number of upcoming New Japan show line-ups, AEW news and notes including the Dynamite replay schedule, RAW recap from Monday night, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start […]

September 23, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including full previews for RAW tonight, Smackdown tomorrow and NXT on Wednesday, plus thoughts on AEW, the wrestling war, and tons more. Plus your calls and texts! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

September 23, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Dave’s report from the PWG Battle of Los Angeles finals, New Japan with a new Intercontinental Champion, Raw and NXT previews and more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

September 23, 2019 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about including a full review of NXT on USA from Wednesday night, the highs and lows of what was overall a really good show, and then our usual Sunday night fare, NWA World Championship Wrestling from October of 1988 with the full recap […]

September 22, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including new daughters everywhere, NXT’s USA debut and the war with AEW, Lacey Evans turning pulled over into something great, tons of calls and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

September 22, 2019 - Idaho is more than just potatoes! Yes, they even tout their famous potatoes on their car tags — but I was pleasantly surprised they have quite a few interesting oddities, roadside attractions, and weird places too. Come on a road trip with Karl Stern to visit Idaho and the strange stops in this rural state! […]

September 22, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the latest on BOLA, UFC from Saturday night with a 15 second main event that was the worst kind of 15 second main event to have, all the other fights, notes on AEW, WWE, mailbag and tons more. […]

September 21, 2019 - Image: Marc Raimondi It’s the Saturday edition of Wrestling Observer Live with Jim Valley. We talk about the results from Friday’s PWG Battle of Los Angeles card. Who should go into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame? I go over the modern candidates and give you my thoughts on Tully and Arn, Goldberg, The Ultimate Warrior, […]

September 21, 2019 - Photo via WWE.com Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back.  We open up the show talking about NXT ratings for the first NXT show on USA. We discuss Kenny Omega’s comments about AEW’s competition with NXT. We also talk about the name of AEW’s Wednesday night TV show.  Dave […]

September 20, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive and Jim Valley is back today and, as always, there’s a ton of topics to discuss.  But, the topic de jour remains NXT and all of its fallout — especially its very good rating for USA on Wednesday night. We talk a little of the wild speculation that a […]

September 20, 2019 - On the latest Wrestling Weekly, former wrestler and trainer Les Thatcher and I look at NXT’s debut on USA this past Wednesday, some favorite memories of studio wrestling, and Kenny Omega taking aim at WWE developmental on Twitter. We also talk about the upcoming NWA TV tapings, the AEW tag title tournament brackets, and some […]

September 20, 2019 - If you are a voter in the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame, listen to this show before you cast your ballot. On this episode of the Portland Wrestlecast, I talk to three very well respected voices in wrestling who make the case that you should vote for Don Owen. Tom Prichard worked for Don in 1984 and […]

September 19, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive and Jim Valley is back today and, as always, there’s a ton of topics to discuss.  Although, it’s pretty much a one-subject show today, and deservedly so: NXT debuted last night on the USA Network (as well as an hour on the WWE Network), and we give our thoughts […]

September 19, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back.  We watched the first NXT on USA together and recap the show. Because of WWE Network issues, we didn’t get to watch the second hour. We discuss the TV situation in Canada for both NXT and AEW’s shows. We talk about Kofi Kingston […]

September 18, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive is back today and, as always, there’s no shortage of topics to discuss.  Last things first. As many of you know, who have been through the process — you can’t trust it. The process of birthing children that is. It’s easier to navigate getting a pro wrestler on time […]

September 18, 2019 - You saw the video of Minoru Suzuki ripping the mask off of Jushin Thunder Liger. On this episode of Pacific Rim, Fumi Saito tells the story of their history, their parallels in wrestling, and what their upcoming match means for both men. In addition, we run down this year’s Japan ballot for the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame, […]

September 17, 2019 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with tons to talk about in our look back at Retro Raw and Nitro from 19 years ago this week. RAW was every RAW from the 2000s leading to Angle vs. HHH at Unforgiven, and Nitro was a wretched, WRETCHED show leading towards Vince Russo […]

September 17, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including fallout from RAW last night, tag team champions getting beaten up, Corbin winning King of the Ring, the Fiend, and tons more, plus all of your feedback! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click […]

September 17, 2019 - It’s time once again for the biggest show Karl Stern does every year — a detailed look and discussion of the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ballot. Karl has been a Hall of Fame voter for many years, and this year’s ballot is interesting due to several names being put back on and a few […]

September 17, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including RAW from Monday night with all the matches and angles and fallout from Clash of Champions, New Japan from this morning with Ibushi vs. KENTA, tons of mailbag questions and more news! A fun show as always so […]

September 16, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including Clash of Champions fallout, WWE’s brand superiority and what it will take for someone to compete, New Japan business notes, tons of weekend notes and more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click […]

September 16, 2019 - Prior to NXT launching their weekly show on USA Network Wednesday, WWE COO Paul “Triple H” Levesque talked to the media Monday afternoon on a variety of topics from the future of TakeOver to potential shifts in NXT creative to talent exchanges. You can hear the entire call by clicking below: When asked about ratings, […]

September 16, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including full reviews of WWE Clash of Champions, New Japan Destruction, and AAA in New York, plus news, RAW vs. football notes and more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start – 32:25: WWE Clash […]

September 16, 2019 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with our review of WWE Clash of Champions, and the big question is whether we can stay awake and power through this review. All the boring, quiet matches reviewed, but to add a little excitement we’ll also give you an update on the F4W Fantasy Football Showdown […]

September 15, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about on a very busy weekend — the incident with Big Cass on Saturday night, UFC, Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport II, Triple A, WWE Clash of Champions odds, live coverage of the pre-show and tons more. A fun show as always […]

September 15, 2019 - This week’s episode of the DragonKing Dark podcast is another in our look at society and fear and might be our most frightening one yet. We are at war. You might not think so but we are. American society is being manipulated and shots both literal and figurative have already been fired. Don’t be duped […]

September 15, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including an update on Big Cass after an unfortunate situation, reviews of both UFC Fight Night and the Josh Barnett Bloodsport II show, previews of all of Sunday’s big shows, mailbag and more. A fun show as always so […]

September 14, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive is back today and, as always, there’s no shortage of topics to discuss.  We take a look at Impact and AXS, and the tact they may want to take with New Japan, plus Clash of Champions news, your calls, and more.  It’s a fun show as always — so […]

September 14, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back.  We begin looking at all of the shows this weekend from Bloodsport 2 on Saturday to all of the boxing to WWE’s Clash of Champions and the AAA show from the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden on Sunday. We talk about the […]

September 13, 2019 - Left My Wallet is back and we’re talking NFL, fantasy football, and more with WOR fill-in co-host Garrett Gonzales. Garrett talks some Bay Area sports, specifically the 49ers and Raiders. We discuss his thoughts on each team’s week 1 victories and their outlook for week 2. We also talk some Observer league fantasy football, Lamar Jackson, […]