May 29, 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: May 31, 1999. Nitro had the debut of Tank Abbott, the return of Eddie Guerrero, Eric Bischoff on commentary, Van Hammer vs. Evan Karagias, Erik Watts […]

May 29, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive are back today with tons to talk about! First we have talk on Enzo Amore’s rap video and what it contained. Would WWE ever want him back, and does Enzo even have any interest in coming back? There’s also Money in the Bank updates as well […]

May 29, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back tonight with tons to talk about! We start things off with the retirement of Michael Bisping, which was announced this evening. Dave goes over his career, including how he won the Middleweight title and his last few bouts before his retirement. as well as […]

May 28, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about. First we have talk on the Mauro Ranallo documentary, where he shared his battles with mental illness throughout his life while calling some of the most prolific fights of the modern era. There’s also notes on Stardom’s Io […]

May 27, 2018 - The Sunday night Bryan & Vinny Show is back with our look at NWA World Championship Wrestling from early 1988! An absolutely awesome show in terms of promos with Dusty Rhodes, Jim Cornette, The Sheepherders and Dick Murdoch blowing the world away, plus the usual fun squashes and so much more. A fun show as […]

May 27, 2018 - On this edition of the DragonKing Dark podcast from WhenItWasCool.com, host Karl Stern takes a look at the Grand Illusion. What is that? It was a song by Styx in the 1970s, but it is so very relevant today. The media, especially social media, has created a very fake, very false narrative that we have all bought […]

May 25, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back today with our Memorial Day Weekend edition of the show with tons to talk about! We first have talk of the upcoming WWE UK tournament including the opening round matches. There’s also talk on WWE no longer needing to release people anymore, Sanity’s status and WWE talent […]

May 25, 2018 - Nearly three years to the day after it started, the 100th edition of Josh Nason’s Punch-Out is here, just in time to discuss the big news that UFC is heading to ESPN. Helping me talk through all the major questions, answers, and thoughts on the deal are three fine gentlemen: Post Wrestling’s John Pollock, Awful […]

May 25, 2018 - On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk the new WWE TV deals, where that leaves everyone else, and believe it or not, some lucha. First up today is the massive TV deals WWE struck with USA and Fox for Raw and SmackDown respectively. We discuss what it might mean for the product, if […]

May 24, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with tons to talk about including a look at Granny’s week, which started out as a disaster and ended up with her PRACTICALLY RICH. There’s also some responses to what Bryan should get for his birthday, the Weekly Wrestling Report which has reviews of 205 […]

May 24, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez (no Mike Sempervive today) is back today with tons to talk about! We kick things off with more talk about the WWE and UFC television deals. One point that was brought up is that WWE is getting more money out of their TV deal than UFC is getting from […]

May 24, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including the UFC to ESPN deal and how it compares to WWE’s TV deals. In the end, it seems that WWE may be getting more from their deals than the UFC’s. There is also news and notes on […]

May 23, 2018 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and UFC star Filthy Tom Lawlor is back today with tons to talk about! We kick things off with our weekly look at Smackdown live including an awesome main event pitting Daniel Bryan against Jeff Hardy. The winner of that match will face Samoa Joe next week on SmackDown in […]

May 23, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about. We start off with talk with official news that UFC is leaving FOX for ESPN in 2019, moving everything barring pay-per-view events to their new home. There is also talk on SmackDown possibly going to Fox, with the idea […]

May 23, 2018 - ‘I Left My Wallet in Greg Polanco’ returns with a conversation I recently had with Ring of Honor star and leader of The Kingdom, Matt Taven.  If you haven’t heard my show and aren’t a subscriber, this is a free show. If you like what you hear, subscribe now and get access to my entire archive, […]

May 22, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with tons to talk about in our look back at Nitro from 19 years ago this week. We aren’t watching Raw, which is the Owen Hart tribute show. Instead, we’ll pay tribute to Owen by watching his 1994 King of the Ring run and his […]

May 22, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about. First up we have talk on Raw, primarily the Bobby Lashley/Sami Zayn segment that caused some controversy. There’s also talk of pay-per-view events  going to four hours. After the break, more talk of PPVs going to four hours. […]

May 22, 2018 - We continue our longform history of pro wrestling series on today’s edition of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show. In part 34, we enter the mid-to-late 1950s and take a look at a famous riot in Madison Square Garden between Dick the Bruiser & Dr. Jerry Graham vs. Antonino Rocca & Edouardo Carpentier that got children banned […]

May 22, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about. We kick things off with a huge Q&A on WWE’s possible new television deal. Not only could SmackDown move to Fox, but WWE would get a massive amount of money for the content if reports are accurate. Dave […]

May 21, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about. The theme for today’s show is the newest report on WWE’s potentially massive TV deals, this time for SmackDown. A new report says the show may be going to FOX, with WWE possibly generating over $2 billion over […]

May 20, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about. We start off with talk on Tom Magee, who was assaulted earlier this week. After that, we have talk on the upcoming Nia Jax vs. Ronda Rousey match. Rousey, who was put in six person tags in the […]

May 20, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about in our look back at NWA World Championship Wrestling from the first week of January 1988! This show was AWESOME and included, more importantly than anything else, AN INCREDIBLE DICK MURDOCH MATCH AND INTERVIEW. Plus, all the usual fun and hijinx from […]

May 20, 2018 - There is a book on the subject, and Johnny Cash even sang about it, but what is the real truth behind the White Witch of Rose Hall, Jamaica? As it turns out, there is some truth and a lot of fiction behind the supposed Witch of Rose Hall, which is a popular tourist destination on […]

May 20, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about today including Saturday night’s UFC from Chile, where Kamaru Usman defeated Demian Maia in the main event. There’s also talk on Ariel Helwani going to ESPN and what it means as far as the UFC/ESPN deal goes. There’s […]

May 18, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about. We first have more talk on the WWE television deal, with the latest rumors indicating USA could snag the rights to Raw for triple the amount. A Variety article mentioned that one option for SmackDown may be going […]

May 17, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with tons to talk about. Granny answers questions regarding a tag team name for Kane and Undertaker, what music Bryan should come out to, favorite TV/radio show growing up, the Royal Wedding, the first WrestleMania she watched and more. The wrestling report has reviews of […]

May 17, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about with special guest CODY, including All In, his memories of the day tickets went on sale, tons of behind-the-scenes notes, planned match rollout schedule, his time in WWE, acting and so much more. A fun show as always so […]

May 17, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about! We first start things out with WWE’s rumored television deal, the stock price hitting record numbers, If Raw would be better if it focused on the General Manager and the Shinsuke Nakamura/AJ Styles feud on SmackDown. Dave Meltzer […]

May 17, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including WWE’s rumored TV deal with NBC Universal. There’s also talk about the possible ramifications. There’s also talk aon Smackdown and 205 Live, New Japan’s upcoming Dominion event, Best of the Super Juniors, Enzo Amore’s charges being dropped, […]

May 16, 2018 - FILTHY FOUR DAILY with Bryan Alvarez and Tom Lawlor is back today with tons to talk about. First up is our weekly review of Smackdown, featuring a main event pitting AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura where the winner gets to choose a stipulation for their WWE title match for Money in the Bank. Two more […]