April 24, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with out look at Retro Raw and Nitro from 19 years ago this week! Tons to talk about including a Nitro that literally encapsulated EVERYTHING about WCW, the good, the bad and the ugly, the RAW features Undertaker trying to marry and impregnate a young […]

April 24, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including the Greatest Royal Rumble this Friday, RAW, Bryan unleashes a POLL on Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, Triple H talks the show and the history of women on Earth, and tons more! We start off with talk […]

April 24, 2018 - We continue our longform history of pro wrestling series and go deeper into the 1950s on this episode, with the NWA title reign of Lou Thesz and it coming to an end, Rikidozan in Japan, The Sharpe Brothers, and El Santo down in Mexico. Pro wrestling continues to grow across America as the NWA grows in […]

April 24, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including the Bruno Sammartino documentary on the WWE Network, Raw from Monday with the build to the GREATEST ROYAL RUMBLE, Best of the Super Juniors, mailbag and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~! […]

April 23, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including Bruno Sammartino’s funeral, the death of Motoko Baba, Impact Redemption, the Greatest Royal Rumble, Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, Bryan Alvarez vs. Vimeo, and so much more.  News on Bruno Sammartino’s funeral and Motoko Baba’s death starts […]

April 23, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including full results of the TNA Redemption PPV, all the matches, angles and new World Champion, Motoko Baba’s death and Dave’s memories, tons of Bruno Sammartino questions in the mailbag and so much more. Things start with the […]

April 23, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with full coverage of the Impact Wrestling Redemption PPV from Sunday night. It’s a new and better Impact Wrestling and we’ve got thoughts on all the matches, the new Impact World Champion, the Eddie Edwards vs. Sami Callihan baseball bat followup and tons more! A fun show […]

April 22, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including the GREATEST ROYAL RUMBLE, list of competitors so far all of whom are male, Impact PPV tonight with a full line-up, tons of mailbag and phone questions and more!  Calls in the first segment include discussion on […]

April 22, 2018 - After the landmark and record setting past three episodes of the DragonKing Dark podcast, as you might imagine, host Karl Stern has gotten a ton of feedback. On this episode, we work through some of the email responses to the past three shows which, in themselves, raise some interesting new questions and perspectives. We continue our […]

April 22, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including a variety of notes on Bruno Sammartino including the answers to some of your questions about his life and career, PWG, ITV tapings, UFC Fight Night from Saturday, Leslie Smith, Matt Serra and tons more!  Dave first […]

April 21, 2018 - “I Left My Wallet In Greg Polanco” returns today with Impact Wrestling’s “Die Hard” Eddie Edwards and WEEI radio host and Boston Bruins broadcaster Dale Arnold. Antonio welcomes his longtime friend and fellow New England native Eddie Edwards to talk the Boston Celtics/Milwaukee Bucks series, if Kawhi Leonard will be a Celtic, why the Patriots will be fine, […]

April 20, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with special IN-STUDIO guest Matt Cross, aka Son of Havoc and MDogg20! Tons to talk about including memories of his career, Lucha Underground, the best wrestler he’s ever been in the ring with, breakdancing and gymnastics and so much more! Best of all […]

April 19, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with tons to talk about including a story contest from Granny, her Weekly Wrestling Report featuring, among things, UNDERTAKER VS. MANKIND HELL IN A CELL, plus Bryan and Vinny watch Bruno Sammartino matches and review NXT from Full Sail! Granny starts us off with her […]

April 19, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including the deaths of Bruno Sammartino and Paul Jones, our weekly interview with Dave Meltzer talking the latest stories in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Brock Lesnar’s title reign, the Superstar Shakeup, Bryan’s challenge to team with Filthy to […]

April 19, 2018 - ‘I Left My Wallet In Greg Polanco’ returns talking football with the one and only Duane “Gillberg” Gill and remembering Bruno Sammartino with Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hall of Famer, Sirius XM host, and lifelong wrestling fan Lenny Melnick. It’s been a sad week as we mourn the loss of “The Living Legend” Bruno Sammartino. […]

April 19, 2018 - Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk a tough week in the world of wrestling with the losses of Bruno Sammartino and Paul Jones. Thoughts and memories about the man without whom there may not be a WWE start the show this week, as the one and only Bruno Sammartino is discussed.  Then things become even […]

April 19, 2018 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back today with a PACKED show full of fun and excitement! We’ll look back at Tom’s match at Defy this past Friday, what he’s learned from his second loss to Mike Santiago, A POTENTIAL MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT, SmackDown, Royal Rumble 2018, the CHOPPIN BLOCK and […]

April 18, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez, Mike Sempervive and Dave Meltzer are back today to talk the life and times of the great Bruno Sammartino, a wonderful man who also happened to be the greatest guest we’ve ever had on our radio shows. His history, your questions, and so much more. RIP Bruno. Dave joins […]

April 18, 2018 - The original alternate returns to the Empire airwaves as Mike Sempervive and I are back to stumble through the Japanese wrestling landscape. We give our thoughts on WrestleMania weekend, the ongoing All Japan Champion Carnival and the company’s streaming service, the ballad of Yoshitatsu, Minoru Suzuki mea culpas, Yuji Hino love, Zack Sabre Jr, Okada, […]

April 18, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about on our day-early midweek edition of the show including the Superstar Shakeup Smackdown edition, a full review of the show, 205 Live, ratings for RAW Monday, UFC TV deal rumors, this coming weekend’s show, and so much more! A […]

April 17, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with our look back at Retro Raw and Nitro from 19 years ago this week! Nitro was actually an excellent show with some really good wrestling, and Raw was absolutely horrible up until the thing that spelled the difference in the wrestling war, THE ROCK […]

April 17, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including full results of the Raw Superstar Shakeup and your thoughts on it, issues involving ticket sales to the GREATEST ROYAL RUMBLE, full card for that show, who might be heading to Smackdown tonight and so much more! […]

April 17, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including all of the trades from Smackdown to Raw in the Superstar Shakeup, some ideas for Tuesday, a full Raw report, John Cena and Nikki Bella, Taker and Rusev, UFC on FOX ratings, mailbag and tons more! A […]

April 16, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including the breakup of John Cena and Nikki Bella, the Superstar Shakeup, the history of five star matches in both WWE and worldwide, your calls and texts and so much more!  Big news starts off the show as […]

April 16, 2018 - On the latest Best of Wrestling Observer Live, hear from some of the wrestling industry’s notable newsmakers, stars from the past, and the guys & gals you’ll be hearing more of in the years ahead. On this edition of the show:  – We kick off with an interview Mike Sempervive did with Jason Agnew, formerly […]

April 16, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about including some of Bryan’s million memories about the late Art Bell, the man without whom you would not be listening to this show today. Then, it’s our weekly look back at NWA World Championship Wrestling, this time from mid-December 1987! Luger’s rise […]

April 15, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including the Superstar Shakeup on Raw and Smackdown, the death of Art Bell, the Greatest Royal Rumble, predictions on all of the above shows, calls, text messages and so much more! A fun show as always so check […]

April 15, 2018 - Life is weird sometimes…obviously. You are listening to a show that airs on the Dark Matter Radio Network so, of course, you know this. Following on the heels of two of our most popular shows ever, we slow down this episode for a cautionary tale. A story about a man so dedicated to his job […]

April 15, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including UFC on FOX results featuring a Fight of the Year contender, Superstar Shakeup this week in WWE, Arena Mexico, New Japan notes, a whole bunch of historical mailbag questions and tons more! A fun show as always so […]

April 13, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live is back today with a fun show as we’re joined IN STUDIO by UFC star Filthy Tom Lawlor, who is getting ready for DEFY SEATTLE at Washington Hall tonight! We’ll talk with Mike Sempervive and you about a variety of topics including the Greatest Royal Rumble, what’s going on with RUSEV DAY, […]