February 19, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back tonight with tons to talk about including a history of the Von Erich’s on the 25th anniversary of Kerry’s death, Roman Reigns potential issues this week, New Japan in Australia, RAW preview, changes to WWE’s PPV schedule, UFC from Sunday night, mailbag and tons […]

February 19, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today and by popular request — and we may have to PUT A STOP TO THESE SPECIAL REQUESTS — our Sunday night NWA World Championship Wrestling show will feature, yes, a review of the 1987 Starrcade with Ric Flair vs. Ronnie Garvin for the NWA Title in a […]

February 19, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live, Mothership Edition Hour Two with Mike Sempervive featured calls ranging in topic from John Tolos to Saturday night’s AAW show, and everything in between. Hour one, featuring both Bryan and Mike, is also available on the site now. A fun show as always so check it out~! After the intros, a caller asks about […]

February 19, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live is back this Sunday afternoon with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive for the first hour. The second hour, featuring Mike Sempervive going solo, will be posted in a few hours. The show starts off with a rundown of Elimination Chamber this Sunday. Following an update on CMLL following a major 7.2 earthquake, […]

February 18, 2018 - This edition of DragonKing Dark is something else. The first half of the show is fine as host Karl Stern reads some listener emails and has a serious discussion about the line between life and death with listener feedback. Then the second half of the show we do news of the weird and odd, and […]

February 16, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including Elimination Chamber, Jenna Morasca’s recent run-in with the law, Ronda Rousey, WrestleMania, Braun Strowman and more, plus Dr. Lucha appears to talk CMLL, AAA and Lucha Underground! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right […]

February 16, 2018 - On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa look back at Eddie Guerrero, AJ Styles turning down WWE, great booking moves by Gedo, and more. This week’s show shines a spotlight on things that happened this week in wrestling history. Along the way, we’ll discuss a couple of times New Japan booker Gedo broke with […]

February 15, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with tons to talk about including Granny’s Weekly Wrestling Report, featuring the usual NXT and Undertaker matches, and then Bryan & Vinny’s Thursday night NXT TV review and Thursday Night Potpourri! This week, AND PROBABLY THIS WEEK ONLY, it’s USWA TV, and boy is there […]

February 15, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including Rich Swann’s WWE departure, a new treatment by the FDA to aid in concussion evaluations, New Japan, Dave Meltzer talks the newest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, tons of calls and texts and more! A fun […]

February 15, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including how the history of women in MMA and perhaps UFC itself could have changed if even the slightest things went differently, weekend line-up, UFC 221 buyrate, Smackdown, 205 Live, New Japan and ROH upcoming shows, mailbag and tons […]

February 14, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about from last night’s Smackdown! Camera shaking! Nonsensical solutions to problems! Goofy graphics! TOP TEN LISTS! PANCAKES! AND MORE! And your thoughts, plus all the news. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

February 14, 2018 - After a busy few weeks in New Japan Pro Wrestling, Alan is joined by Joey Bay and Matt McEwen to take stock of things and look forward to what’s to come with the New Japan Cup around the corner and big things after that. The lads talk in detail about the rejuvenation of Minoru Suzuki, […]

February 13, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with a look at why Raw did, in fact, beat Nitro in the Monday Night Wars. Nitro was ONE GODAWFUL HORRIBLE SHOW and Raw was a pretty good show with a GREAT main event featuring Rock vs. Mankind in a ladder match for the WWF […]

February 13, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including WWE changing their PPV schedule, early indications about how things will change, Ronda Rousey going to Raw, the WWE Hall of Fame, Mixed Match Challenge vanishing into thin air along with the Cruiserweights on Raw, and tons […]

February 13, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including WWE changing their PPV schedule yet again, Ronda Rousey allegedly signing with WWE, a full Raw report for Monday night heading into Elimination Chamber, ROH/New Japan line-ups, mailbag and more! A fun show as always so check […]

February 12, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including tonight’s upcoming Bayley vs. Sasha match, Finn Balor and the Elimination Chamber, Bayley heel turn ideas, tons of calls and text messages and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

February 12, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with our look back at NWA World Championship Wrestling from 30 years ago, the late-November 1987 go-home show for Starrcade! We’ll talk all the matches and angles leading to the Ric Flair vs. Ron Garvin show that basically led to the Crocketts having to sell to Ted […]

February 12, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about from the weekend including Booker T and Corey Graves wrapping up their storylines, New Japan, UFC notes, tons of calls and text messages and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

February 11, 2018 - It’s the epic 100th episode of DragonKing Dark! On this episode, host Karl Stern looks back at the 100 episodes so far and addresses the question — Has his mind changed about any of this? Does he now believe in Bigfoot? Are UFOs a real thing? Does he believe in ghosts now? Is he more […]

February 11, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including full results of UFC Saturday night, New Japan Saturday, ROH Friday and Saturday, and more, plus WWF financial notes, tons of pro-wrestling and MMA news, WWE line-ups and more! A packed 90 minute show so check it […]

February 9, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including baffling odds for a Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor MMA FIGHT, Booker T vs. Corey Graves, big weekend of action, and more, plus calls and texts and finally an appearance by the DOCTOR OF LUCHA Steve Sims […]

February 9, 2018 - On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk making Stephanie McMahon a mainstream star and how recent comments made by music legend Quincy Jones have some parallels to wrestling. We’ll discuss Dave Meltzer’s report about how WWE plans to use Ronda Rousey to make Stephanie a star outside of wrestling, how and why […]

February 8, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with tons to talk about including Granny’s special Valentine’s Day Facebook segment, her WEEKLY WRESTLING REPORT now featuring Undertaker every single time, and then Bryan & Vinny review NXT on the WWE Network and the new BLOOPERS, BLEEPS AND BODYSLAMS Coliseum Video release. Well, as […]

February 8, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez, Mike Sempervive and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about! WWE’s quarterly earnings call was today so Dave joins us for two segments to talk the WWE Network, Facebook’s Mixed Match Challenge, profit and loss and more, plus news on Smackdown’s title match, text messages and […]

February 8, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including a big weekend ahead with a big New Japan show and a not-so-big UFC show, Smackdown and 205 Live, changes to 205 Live with HHH in charge, ratings, tons of notes on upcoming UFC cards, mailbag and […]

February 7, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the highs and lows of Smackdown Tuesday night, big changes coming to 205 Live with HHH taking over, plus Court Bauer joins us to talk Thursday’s MLW show in Orlando and a ton of other topics! A fun […]

February 6, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with tons to talk about including a look back at Raw and Nitro from 19 years ago this week. A lot of people ripped Nitro, and it wasn’t a great show, but Raw was unfathomably bad. If you’d like to WATCH this show in beautiful […]

February 6, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including Raw last night, a good first two hours and a bad second hour, bizarre decisions in the main event, Elimination Chamber, New Japan and Australia, tons of mailbag questions and more! A fun show as always so […]

February 6, 2018 - The first part of today’s show talks about pro wrestling history in general and why wrestling faces a bigger problem in television entertainment than other shows. With no offseason and no end of story plotting like other scripted shows, pro wrestling is at a disadvantage. Plus, Karl gets into some WWE talk. Then we resume […]

February 6, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of Raw, some very good wrestling and angles leading into the Elimination Chamber PPV, the main event finish, Booker T vs. Corey Graves, Rey Mysterio and WWE, tons of mailbag questions and more! A fun […]