April 15, 2025 - On today’s DragonKingKarl, I continue my look at acts which have not yet been voted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame with a focus on the Hart Foundation. While Bret Hart is already in, his team with Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart is not. Why? Then, we travel in time back to the mid-1930s […]

April 15, 2025 - Image: WWE Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the (likely) WWE futures for Jeff Cobb and Mariah May, Ryan Nemeth’s lawsuit, ROH adding a new title, New Japan lineups, Arena Mexico, the Raw report, and tons more. A fun show as always so check […]

April 14, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including WrestleMania, Smackdown, and new AEW title, all the news and more, then MICHAEL OKU joins us to talk SIX matches in 48 hours over WrestleMania weekend. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click […]

April 13, 2025 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back with tons to talk about including a very good edition of Collision with some really good wrestling and angles, and a very boring edition of Smackdown a week out from WrestleMania. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

April 13, 2025 - Image: WWE It’s Sunday and WrestleMania week has arrived, so let’s get things going on Wrestling Observer Live as I fill in for the ailing Andrew Zarian. Off the top, I look through the big story leading into the week for WWE: is The Rock coming back as part of this John Cena vs. Cody […]

April 13, 2025 - Dave Meltzer and I are back with our post-UFC 314 episode of Wrestling Observer Radio. Paul Fontaine joined us to go over the show as well as the news coming out of it. He also stuck around for the New Japan Windy City Riot recap. If you enjoy hearing Paul, you can watch him on […]

April 12, 2025 - Today’s WOL focus is on the fact WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas hasn’t sold out, and likely won’t be. It’s more of an indictment of Las Vegas than WWE. Las Vegas is a terrible city for WrestleMania: it’s expensive, it’s difficult to navigate between venues around the area, and high rollers don’t want to watch […]

April 11, 2025 - Dave Meltzer and I are back with our Friday episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, talking about all the big news from today’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter. But before that, we interviewed Marc Mero about his new book. We talked about his early wrestling days as Johnny B. Badd, leaving for WWF in 1996, his relationship with […]

April 11, 2025 - John LaRocca and I are back to talk about the major topics in the world of wrestling on this week’s Fight Game Podcast — our last podcast together before WrestleMania 41 as I will be in Las Vegas for the F4W convention. However, that doesn’t mean we won’t have an episode next week. In fact, we […]

April 10, 2025 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of both AEW Dynamite and NXT. Dynamite was the follow-up to Dynasty and the slow build towards Double or Nothing, and NXT was just a wild trainwreck. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save […]

April 10, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of Dynamite from Wednesday, all the upcoming shows, Pac’s injury and what the latest is, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

April 10, 2025 - Image: AEW Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the WWE Hall of Fame inductees, AEW Dynamite and NXT, ratings notes from the past week, all the news and more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Griffin/Bonnar fight anniversary, TKO […]

April 9, 2025 - After Dark Radio with Bryan Alvarez returns today with tons to talk about with special guest Jim Meyers as we delve into Bigfoot around the world, why he believes there is a paranormal aspect to it, the Sasquatch Outpost, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

April 9, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Lex Luger’s Hall of Fame induction, Dynamite tonight, a train wreck of an NXT show, and more, then Alex Michael joins us to talk his new wrestling board game! A fun show as always so check it out~! […]

April 9, 2025 - After many years, the mailbag show has returned to the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show! We have a great set of questions and topics including Ric Flair jumping from WCW to WWE, Bill Mercer and other territorial era announcers, Bob Backlund (seen above), Eric Bischoff and the fate of WCW, inducting matches into the Hall of […]

April 8, 2025 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny & Craig & Shawn Show is back with tons to talk about including our weekly chat with Granny, her wrestling and soap opera reports, trivia contest, and more. Then the boys review Mid-South Wrestling S6:E20! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

April 8, 2025 - The Big Audio Nightmare is back as myself and Mike Sempervive talk about everything happening in the very busy world of Japanese wrestling. This week’s topics include: Click here to listen (sub needed)

April 8, 2025 - Image: TNA TNA has brought back an old face to main event their next pay-per-view as former TNA Tag Team Champion and current WWE NXT star Ethan Page has returned to challenge TNA World Champion Joe Hendry at Rebellion. I get into that on this week’s Big Vinny V Show. At least, he will be […]

April 8, 2025 - Image: WWE Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including RAW from Monday, Charlotte and Tiffany, Linda McMahon’s legal issues, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Click Here to Listen (sub needed) or watch on YouTube with a premium sub

April 8, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Linda McMahon and the ring boy lawsuit, Mina Shirakawa and Ric Flair, ratings, the Raw report and the WrestleMania cards thus far, mailbag and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Linda McMahon […]

April 7, 2025 - With Bryan Alvarez out handling his business, Filthy Tom Lawlor joins Mike Sempervive and there’s a lot to get into. We give our thoughts on last night’s AEW Dynasty pay-per-view, the microphone battle between Tiffany Stratton and Charlotte Flair, what’s on tap for tonight’s Raw, NJPW Windy City Riot, and much more. A fun show […]

April 7, 2025 - My 1000 Hours subseries on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show covers the pioneer era of pro wrestling with my DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus as our guide. Col. James H. McLaughlin rules the American wrestling landscape, John McMahon and Homer Lane are trooping across the country, and wrestling is gain popularity from coast to […]

April 7, 2025 - Image: JJ Williams Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the whole Tiffany Stratton/Charlotte Flair disaster on SmackDown, Kevin Owens’ injury, a full recap of AEW Dynasty, New Japan big show notes, SmackDown, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! […]

April 6, 2025 - Image: JJ Williams The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about as we break down AEW Dynasty, what was simultaneously both a really good show with some excellent wrestling, and also a show that was way too long, clocking in at 5 hours and 21 minutes. But we had title changes, […]

April 6, 2025 - On today’s Wrestling Observer Live, there are some things to preview and review on a busy weekend. I start off recapping Friday’s WWE SmackDown where the favor Paul Heyman owes to CM Punk was revealed, and a very interesting promo between Tiffany Stratton and Charlotte Flair that got people talking, regardless of whether they went […]

April 5, 2025 - Dave Meltzer and I are back with our Friday episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, talking about all the big news from today’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Here were some of the things we covered: Click here to listen (sub needed) or watch on YouTube (video sub needed)

April 4, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with a FUN FRIDAY edition of the show talking all of the injuries in pro-wrestling right now, line-ups for the big weekend upcoming, ratings notes and what we can learn from NXT and Dynamite this week, your calls and more! A fun show as […]

April 4, 2025 - Image: AEW Ahead of this weekend’s AEW Dynasty, we’ve got our official Wrestling Weekly predictions as well as a look at the latest with the Cody Rhodes and John Cena feud leading up to WrestleMania 41. You’ll also get our thoughts on Naomi, Tiffany Stratton and how much you have to hate someone to be […]

April 4, 2025 - John LaRocca and I are back to talk about the major topics in the world of wrestling on this week’s Fight Game Podcast. We kicked off the show by giving out our Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down winners and losers of the week before going into our Top Five topics which included: Click Here to Listen (sub needed)

April 3, 2025 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about as we spend almost 90 minutes dissecting AEW Dynamite and NXT! Dynamite was a go-home show and Stand and Deliver is coming soon for NXT, and both shows featured some AWESOME segments. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click […]