April 2, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including the situation with Max Halloway, Khabib and Tony Ferguson, Will Ospreay injury update, New Japan Sakura Genesis review, upcoming New Japan cards stemming from this show, HHH on Daniel Bryan and NXT, Charlotte, the Andre the Giant […]

April 2, 2018 - If you haven’t hopped aboard the DragonKing Dark express in a while, might I request that you give the next two episodes a listen. Host Karl Stern has had enough with the “argumentative for the sake a argument” sect of society and lets it loose on them. Over the next two episodes Karl discusses how, somehow, […]

April 1, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with a special guest, Lance W, to talk NWA World Championship Wrestling from December 12, 1987, an awesome and very newsworthy show built around Lex Luger leaving the Four Horseman, which includes the greatest Luger promo of his entire career, plus the usual fun and hijinx. A […]

April 1, 2018 - On an free Easter edition of the Best of Wrestling Observer Live, catch up with any of the interviews you missed from the universe’s most-widely heard episodic wrestling and MMA show, hosted by Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive. We kick off with Dave Meltzer (Thursday) discussing Ronda Rousey’s issues with two televised ESPN interviews and […]

March 31, 2018 - Baseball is back and so is “I Left My Wallet In Greg Polanco” — this time with Ring of Honor star and baseball enthusiast Frankie Kazarian! Join Antonio and Frankie as they talk the upcoming MLB season, Frankie’s hometown Angels and their 2018 outlook, his favorite player as a kid, memories of attending Angels and […]

March 30, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with a packed show featuring the usual news/calls/text and special guests “Dr. Lucha” Steve Sims and Brody King to talk pro wrestling, his band, and how the two businesses differ. The show opens with discussion on Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa at TakeOver […]

March 30, 2018 - WWE COO Paul “HHH” Levesque took part in his traditional media call prior to NXT TakeOver Friday afternoon, discussing more of the happenings and inner workings in the promotion while not actually touching on the event itself that much.  While the audio is below, here’s a few key talking points: – He was asked a […]

March 30, 2018 - With WrestleNania week approaching, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk about Mania vs. Starrcade and more on today’s show. You’ll hear Les and Vic’s thoughts on Shane McMahon apparently going ahead with his scheduled WrestleMania match (and his father signing off on that), how Les talked with the students at HWA about WrestleMania, and whether or […]

March 29, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about including Granny’s Easter Facebook fun, her Weekly Wrestling Report, then Bryan and Vinny review the NXT show leading into Takeover and Minoru Suzuki’s Tokyo Dome Empty Arena match from last year! A fun show as always so check it out~! The show […]

March 29, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back today with tons to talk about including the Gargano vs. Ciampa match at Takeover, Mixed Match Challenge, ratings, Hulk Hogan and WWE, and more, plus Dave Meltzer joins us to talk a number of topics including Randy Orton and the Hall of Fame, Josh Mathews joins us […]

March 29, 2018 - It’s WrestleMania season, but it’s also TV rights deal season for the two major players in the combat sports industry: UFC and WWE. As we turn the corner on the first quarter of 2018, there’s still no indication of where either will land, but there’s a lot of intrigue as what their moves will be, […]

March 29, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the situation with Shane McMahon and WrestleMania, Smackdown, New Japan Long Beach thoughts after Dave watched on TV, ratings, PWG getting a new building, Josh Barnett, mailbag and tons more! A fun show as always so check it […]

March 29, 2018 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back today with tons to talk about including Smackdown from Tuesday night, the road to WrestleMania, Royal Rumble 2017 with the build towards BUGS ON THE RING AT WRESTLEMANIA, THE CHOPPIN BLOCK~!, how Tom’s recovery is doing, and tons more! A fun show as […]

March 28, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including Smackdown, the 14-match Mania card, John Cena vs. Undertaker, the Shane McMahon storyline and medical update, Charlotte and Nattie, tons of emails and calls about the card and so much more! A fun show as always so […]

March 27, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with our weekly look at Raw and Nitro from 19 years ago this week! Tons to talk about including the famous angle with Bret Hart, Bill Goldberg and a sheet of metal, the kidnapping of Stephanie McMahon by Undertaker on Raw, the fallout from Austin […]

March 27, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Raw, Shane McMahon, the WrestleMania card, Smackdown tonight, speculation on upcoming matches and match changes, tons of text messages and calls and so much more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Following the intro, news […]

March 27, 2018 - “I Left My Wallet In Greg Polanco” is back with none other than the Empire’s own “Filthy” Tom Lawlor of wrestling and MMA fame. Every week you hear “Filthy” review SmackDown and talk wrestling on Filthy Four Daily, but now you get to hear him wax poetic on his sports memories from childhood. Some of […]

March 27, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including updates on Vader and Shane McMahon, how this affects WrestleMania, Raw from Monday, Undertaker vs. Cena, New Japan Sakura Genesis line-up, Dean Ambrose, mailbag and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Show starts […]

March 26, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive and Josh Nason is back today, talking all of the fallout from last night’s New Japan Strong Style Evolved show. What we thought about the matches, the production, and the reaction to the reaction. Plus, MLW lands a spot on beIN, your calls, tweets, and more. A fun show […]

March 26, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today live from LONG BEACH to talk the New Japan show with Golden Lovers vs. Young Bucks headlining, all the notes from the show, the Cow Palace return, AJ Styles and RAW, PWG from the weekend, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, the Andre the […]

March 26, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with yours truly today, riding solo for the Mothership Edition of the show. We talk all about tonight’s New Japan Pro Wrestling Strong Style Evolved and the company’s big American adventure weekend, the week that was Daniel Bryan, plus your calls, tweets, and more. As the kids say, it’s a a fun show […]

March 25, 2018 - On this edition of the DragonKing Dark podcast, host Karl Stern once again catches up with the what’s happening in the news of the odd, science, and the bizarre. Topics include the death of Stephen Hawking and his works in science and thoughts on the topic of God. Are violent video games causing children to […]

March 25, 2018 - If you missed any of the interviews from this past week’s Wrestling Observer Live shows, we got you covered. This week was a very Daniel Bryan-heavy week with daily discussion on his clearance from WWE to return. There were (and still are) plenty of questions about his return to in-ring competition to when he was […]

March 24, 2018 - With New Japan Pro Wrestling returning to Long Beach, CA, for the second straight year, it was a perfect time for our Dave Meltzer to take the drive and meet up with IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada for a 48-minute in-person interview, recorded Friday. Dave and Okada talked about Okada’s career, his unforgettable series of matches with […]

March 23, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio is back today with special guest Jason Hehir to talk the Andre the Giant documentary premiering on HBO next month! We’ll talk the myth and reality of Andre, which is interesting because some of the stuff you’d think is true isn’t, and some of the stuff that sounds like myth isn’t either. […]

March 23, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live returns on this Friday with Mike Sempervive and special guest co-host Josh Nason to talk the fallout from a busy week on the canvassed mat. We talk about Daniel Bryan and potential issues with his WWE return, the upcoming UFC lightweight title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson, WWE talking to Hulk […]

March 23, 2018 - “I Left My Wallet In Greg Polanco” is back to kickstart your weekend with former WWE superstar Kevin Thorn, aka Mordecai! Whether you know him as Thorn or Mordecai, I know him simply as Kevin. Now you can get to know my former OVW and WWE colleague in this candid chat filled with football talk and […]

March 23, 2018 - Les Thatcher & Vic Sosa return to talk all of the big stories in pro wrestling on today’s Wrestling Weekly. Among the items that are covered: how hard would Les push Bryan if it were up to him, the pros and cons of Zack Sabre Jr. (and lots of love for NJPW booking), and a different look […]

March 22, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with tons to talk about including Granny’s usual Q&A and Weekly Wrestling Report, her long-awaited story about FILTHY TOM and more. Then, Bryan & Vinny move into 2018 with our NXT report and THURSDAY NIGHT POTPOURRI, which just happens to to be the heavily-requested 205 […]

March 22, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including all the non-Daniel Bryan news from the past week that we haven’t gotten to, ratings, New Japan in Long Beach line-up and more, plus we’re joined first by Dave Meltzer to talk all the stories in the […]