September 13, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back today with tons to talk about including all of the latest news heading into the weekend, big shows coming up, CMLL, New Japan, Hell in a Cell and more, plus Dave Meltzer does an Observer Live Mailbag session, calls, texts, a BANNING and more. A fun show […]

September 13, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Dave’s thoughts on Raw and Smackdown this week, particularly Ronda Rousey’s match on Raw from Monday. Bryan and Dave also talk about New Japan and UFC lineups for the weekend, Ric Flair and Wendy Barlow’s ceremony, an update […]

September 12, 2018 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Tom Lawlor is back today with a packed show talking Smackdown from Tuesday night, the go-home show for Hell in a Cell, Miz and Mrs., an easy Chopping Block segment, and our weekly WWE food sponsor review, this one being KFC! A fun show as always so check it […]

September 12, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back today with tons to talk about including Samoa Joe’s fable and the rest of Smackdown, tons of news on CM Punk, ratings, and more, plus Karl Stern joins us to talk his oral history of pro-wrestling that is 40 episodes in and still has barely hit the […]

September 12, 2018 - Yours truly was down on last weekend’s UFC 228 going into the event, but after a show with that much excitement, news, and finishes, it’s hard to hate on what turned out to be a tremendous event. Helping me atone for my sins is past guest and friend of the show Aaron Bronsteter of Canadian […]

September 12, 2018 - Week 1 of the NFL season is in the books and here to talk all the goings on around the league is Ring of Honor superstar and one half of “The Bouncers”, Brian Milonas! Brian is a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan and you’ll hear his take on the lowly performance by his team vs. Cleveland this […]

September 11, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with tons to talk about in our look back at Raw and Nitro from 19 years ago this week! Raw this week had a bunch of stuff going on at all times, Al Snow’s promo on RAY, the ever evolving story of Chaz, the latest […]

September 11, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including RAW, Ronda Rousey and her match last night, The Kid With The Weird Shirt on RAW and whatt i meant, Cruiseweights appearing on Raw, WWE and age, HBK, Conor McGregor tons of news from both pro-wrestling and MMA, […]

September 11, 2018 - Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa share their thoughts on Raw and storytelling in WWE in comparison to other promotions getting a lot of attention these days. In addition, we discuss Mr. Wrestling 2 (who just had a birthday) and share a few memories regarding 9/11. If you’re in the area potentially affected by Hurricane Florence, please […]

September 11, 2018 - The Greatest Kayfabe Tournament (GKT) — Round One, Match Five: Big Van Vader vs. Brock Lesnar. As Jim Ross would say, this one is going to be a slobberknocker! The listeners have voted and we have a winner.  On this edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show, we discuss what would happen if Big […]

September 11, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including DAVE’S BIG TRIP TO THE UK, his induction into the Mediacon Hall of Fame, the British J-Cup, tons of notes from the weekend, the death of former NJPW and WCW star Frank Andersson, fallout from UFC 228 […]

September 10, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including all the news from the past 24 hours including Raw and Smackdown new lineups and Renee replacing Coach on Raw commentary. We then have two big guests. PeachMachine joins us first to talk about his now-World Famous Broken Leg, the […]

September 10, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about including our look back at NWA World Championship Wrestling from late March/early April 1988, the go-home show for Flair vs. Sting at the Clash, and since we’re watching that show in two weeks we’ll watch the competition tonight, the main event of […]

September 10, 2018 - On this edition of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern talks about the draw and allure of old buildings. There is something haunting about about buildings that outlive multiple generations of people. We take a look old homes, mansions, cathedrals, castles, and more. Karl discusses his trip to the National Cathedral last year and seeing all the […]

September 9, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including the upcoming Vince McMahon oral history book, the latest from the Mae Young Classic, UFC from Saturday night with STUMP PULLERS GALORE, results from this weekend’s AAW show tons of calls and texts, your daily fable and more! […]

September 9, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez returns today with a special show! Dave Meltzer is in the UK and so he’ll be replaced this evening by Filthy Tom Lawlor! We’ll recap Saturday night’s UFC 228, a really fun show, break down all the fights in detail, then talk the wrestling news from the weekend, including […]

September 8, 2018 - Image: Miami Herald/Jim Varsallone Well, well, weeeeeeelllllll, ‘Left My Wallet’ returns with a new episode featuring ECW original and “The Quintessential Stud Muffin” himself, Joel Gertner! Joel and I talk on a myriad of subjects including his fandom of the Jacksonville Jaguars, growing up in the 80s, being a Mets fan, collecting baseball cards, game […]

September 7, 2018 - Figure Four Daily with Lance Storm is back today with tons to talk about including thoughts on the Mae Young Classic, announcing on the show, man vs. woman matches and angles, Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker, injuries and risky bumps in pro-wrestling, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click […]

September 7, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including thoughts on the first episode of the Mae Young Classic, Tomasso Ciampa’s promo from NXT this week and the ridiculous verbiage that WWE uses, more from All In this past weekend and Bryan and Mike’s thoughts on dangerous […]

September 7, 2018 - Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa are back with the last word on All In. We’re all over the proverbial map today on all things All In. Issues covered include: fundamental pro wrestling storytelling stealing the show, getting your audience to want what you’re planning to give to them and actually following through, what else the […]

September 6, 2018 - THE MIGHTY BRYAN AND VINNY SHOW is back today with tons to talk about including Granny’s Weekly Wrestling Report and a pretty goofy contest this week, then we’ve got full reviews of NXT with the latest twist in the Johnny Gargano storyline, and Day One of a Mae Young Classic that is sure to improve […]

September 6, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about. We first talk about the death of Mike Hogewood, who was briefly the announcer for ROH on HDNet for a couple of years, but is known for his announcing in other sports. Bryan and Mike both share their memories. […]

September 6, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Daniel Bryan re-signing with WWE, All In notes and fallout from the show, WGN ratings and what they mean for the future, reviews of both Smackdown and 205 Live,  UFC 228 this weekend and Dave traveling to the UK […]

September 5, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about. We have news on WOW signing Tessa Blanchard, the All In attendance and WGN viewership numbers, Smackdown and Andrade Cien Almas talking, why Brie and Nikki Bella are able to appear on both shows, Pentagon Jr.’s future, more on WWE’s […]

September 4, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with our look back at Raw and Nitro from 19 years ago this week. Don’t have enough words to describe it. Boring, horrible, wretched, inconceivably bad, horrific, atrocious, awful, preposterous, ridiculous, appalling, we could go on. Russo needs to jump ship so Raw can improve […]

September 4, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about after a long holiday weekend, specifically All In and everything surrounding it and the RAW show from Monday night, which had the Shield arrested, charged, booked, released, then reoffend all in three hours. Talking points include the HBK […]

September 4, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including RAW from Monday, particularly the the Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker segment. Is is the start of a build to a match, or something else? Tons of news to talk about as well, including more fallout from All In, what […]

September 4, 2018 - All In weekend may be a wrap, but the memories remain, especially from Starrcast.  Our subscribers can now listen to audio from the memorable Four Star Summit Panel featuring our Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez along with Wade Keller and Bruce Mitchell from the PW Torch.  For a video version of this panel and all of […]

September 3, 2018 - It’s a slow labor day weekend outside of All In and Starrcast, but fear not, we’re on mostly our usual schedule! Vinny is on vacation but Lance Storm steps in to review NWA World Championship Wrestling this week! It’s a treat for Lance as this was right around the period that he first started watching […]

September 3, 2018 - There is a series on Netflix called “Dark Tourism” where a host takes you to various taboo hotspots around the world where a tourism industry has sprung up. On this week’s DragonKing Dark podcast, host Karl Stern talks about the allure of seeing places of tragedy, disaster, and the macabre. Why are we drawn to such […]