December 27, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about in our look back at Nitro from 19 years ago this week. It may or may not have been the worst Nitro of all time. At best, it’s one of the three worst Nitros we’ve ever seen. At worst, it’s the worst […]

December 27, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including our weekly chat with Dave Meltzer, Smackdown, the WrestleMania main event, WWE women’s tag team titles, unfortunately a ton more on Jon Jones, your texts and calls and so much more! A fun show as always so […]

December 27, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including Dave’s upcoming trip to Japan, the Tokyo Dome, this coming weekend’s UFC and more on the Jon Jones controversy, what all the fighters should learn from this, Smackdown, WWE house show notes, more on the Observer Awards, […]

December 26, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and special guest-host Filthy Tom Lawlor is back today with tons to talk about including the Jon Jones situation, Tom’s thoughts on how it all went down, unions in MMA, the latest pro-wrestling news, plus Dr. Lucha returns to talk LA Park into the Hall of Fame, the Year […]

December 26, 2018 - This week, the Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast goes in depth on one of the members of the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame Class of 2018: Yuji Nagata. Fumi Saito and Jim Valley talk about Nagata’s career, his amateur background, getting recruited by Hiroshi Hase, his time as IWGP Champion, his MMA career, Fedor, and Nagata’s current time […]

December 25, 2018 - With Mike on the disabled list, Adam is back to deliver the last original alternate of 2018. In a half hour of power, we get his thoughts on December 16’s NOAH title upheaval — led by Kaito Kiyomiya’s GHC title triumph over Takashi Sugiura — and its colliery to ’17 AJPW. Plus thoughts on the wild Sendai-Stardom […]

December 25, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back here on Christmas Eve to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA, including RAW from Monday night, the Ronda Rousey vs. Natalya match, more on Jon Jones, a look at the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards, some mailbag and more. Have a great holiday […]

December 24, 2018 - It hath been unleashed the 2018 Bryan & Vinny & Craig & Lance & Filthy Tom Christmas Show! There is drink, there are presents, there are calls, there is projectile vomiting after the show goes off the air, there is rampant insanity, and it’s here and it’s all yours. You can also check out this […]

December 24, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about thanks to Jon Jones, UFC and USADA. Everything you ever wanted to know about this topic, the science behind it, how the fans got totally screwed, what the fighters think about it, and so much more. Plus, news, […]

December 24, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with our usual Sunday night fare! Tonight, it’s NWA World Championship Wrestling from 30 years ago, a fun show building up an event at the Omni that you probably couldn’t see then and still can’t see today. Then, it’s another COLISEUM HOME VIDEO EXCLUSIVE, a special ULTIMATE […]

December 24, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back today with tons of news from the weekend, plus an exclusive interview with Shawn Phoenix, the indy wrestler who missed the 450 and broke his skull on the cement floor. He’s got a cautionary tale for all young wrestlers out there, plus an update on his own […]

December 23, 2018 - This week, whether secular or religious, many people in the world will celebrate Christmas. But what are the real origins of Christmas? Is December 25 really Jesus’ birthday? Is Christmas a re-appropriated pagan holiday? Is it a modern creation? What about Santa Claus? Kris Kringle? St. Nicholas? Why the Christmas tree? This week on DragonKing Dark, we […]

December 23, 2018 - While Don Owen did promote a show at the Portland Sports Arena on Christmas night, it was never the biggest or most important show of the year. However, it’s Christmas time on this week’s edition of the Portland Wrestlecast. If you ask fans who grew up in the 80s about the most memorable holiday angles, […]

December 22, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back for a Friday night edition of he show. Joining us is Will Cooling from Fighting Spirit Magazine.  We first discuss the Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame, looking at who made it and who didn’t. We go over Kenny Omega as a candidate, […]

December 22, 2018 - ‘Left My Wallet’ is back with a holiday edition featuring the return of Glenn Gilbertti, better known as Disco Inferno. The holiday season is heating up and so is the playoff picture in the NFL as we head into the playoffs. Disco and I talk which teams are the most well rounded, who he thinks is […]

December 21, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and special guest host Lance Storm is back today with tons to talk about including Impact getting a new television deal, RAW and Smackdown and NXT, the Royal Rumble, tons of calls and texts and so much more. This download is free, so please spread the word to your […]

December 20, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about including our usual weekly chat with Granny, her Q&A and Weekly Wrestling Report, and more. Then, Bryan and Vinny review NXT from Full Sail, and for Potpourri it’s a WWF Coliseum Home Video from 1985 featuring one Hulk Hogan RAMRODDING his way […]

December 20, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including feedback to the Jimmy Jacobs episode from yesterday, Hall of Fame talking including WHY ISN’T DAVE ON THE BALLOT, plus calls, texts, news and tons more. And a power outage! A fun show as always so check it […]

December 20, 2018 - There has been no shortage of discussion over the years on the rise and fall of WCW, including this effort by our own Bryan Alvarez and R.D. Reynolds, but there has never been a deep dive quite like ‘Nitro: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner’s WCW‘, the first book by author Guy […]

December 20, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including the newest entrants into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame, how everyone fared, who went up and who went down in balloting, who’s new next year, who may fall off the ballot and more. Plus, Smackdown, Smackdown […]

December 20, 2018 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with a packed show today. Bryan and Tom speak for the first time since Tom projectile-vomited all over his studio, discussing Christmas Show fallout. Then, a full review of Smackdown Live from Thursday, the first of the NEW ERA Smackdowns, Geek of the […]

December 19, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including a full show with Jimmy Jacobs talking the entire WWE writing experience, how many people are on the crew, what is involved in the process, who does what, Vince McMahon’s role, whether the process is too complicated, […]

December 19, 2018 - On the final Wrestling Weekly of the year, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa take a look at 2018 for New Japan, ROH, NWA, and WWE. We discuss some major things that went down in each company and share some thoughts on their year and what 2019 may hold. Thanks for listening, Merry Christmas and Happy New […]

December 18, 2018 - 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 is a generic throw-away holiday show, and Nitro is an insanely insane show that doesn’t make a goddamn bit of sense, although it does […]

December 18, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back here today with tons to talk about including ALL THE MASSIVE RAW CHANGES FROM MONDAY, HOW RONDA ROUSEY HAS SUNK THE SHOW, HOW THE SHOW WAS ACTUALLY AWESOME, HOW YOU CAN’T CALL ANYONE ELSE UP FROM NXT, and more. Actually, none of that. But […]

December 18, 2018 - It’s round one, match eight in the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament. This time, we pit two contemporaries from the late 1960s against each other: WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. WWA World Champion Fred Blassie. Blassie has terrorized the west coast, Georgia, and Japan, while Sammartino has become a legend in Toronto and New York. Who will […]

December 18, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about today including a full recap of RAW, a show where Vince McMahon promised CHANGE, yet it was, in fact, the same show we see every week, plus NXT call-ups, Being the Elite, mailbag and tons more. A fun show […]

December 17, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live returns with Mike Sempervive in a studio that wasn’t soiled by the lack of intestinal fortitude that was, literally, displayed by one Filthy Tom Lawlor. Remember that couch Bryan was talking about last night on the B&V? We have an update. Besides chewed food, we have more fallout from last night’s TLC, […]

December 17, 2018 - Fumi Saito and Jim Valley are back with a new Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast. This week, they look at Asuka winning the SmackDown Women’s Championship at the WWE TLC PPV, how it’s being received in Japan, and what it can mean for the future. Plus, how companies in Japan remembered Dynamite Kid following his […]

December 17, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including a full recap of the 2018 TLC PPV, all the matches and angles, what worked and what didn’t, everything leading to RAW and more, plus New Japan notes, UFC ratings, and so much more. A fun show […]