December 31, 2017 - It’s the final Bryan & Vinny Show of 2017 and we end on a positive note reviewing a GREAT edition of NWA World Championship Wrestling with what should have been an all-time legendary angle, the debut of MIGHTY WILBUR and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out, and HAPPY NEW […]

December 31, 2017 - It’s the last day of the year! 2017 is gone and in the words of Yoda, “not short enough was it.” 2017 will be long remembered as the year no one could get along with each other, every politician was evil, the world was on the brink of World War, and you hate me and […]

December 31, 2017 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about today including Raw and Smackdown previews for the first shows of 2018, a look back at a terrible 2017 outside of what was actually a great year for pro-wrestling matches, UFC 219, tons of news notes from pro-wrestling and […]

December 30, 2017 - The original alternate returns with a look at the upcoming New Japan Wrestle Kingdom at the Tokyo Dome, including our predictions (aka the winds of title change). Plus, we talk about NOAH’s most recent Korakeun Hall show, this weekend’s AAW, and much more. It’s the show that’s already looking forward to the The Best of […]

December 30, 2017 - Thanks to subscriber Philippe Perez and voting on The Board, we present the finale of the Best of 2017 audio. In this two-hour+ kickoff, we go through the top 10 with stops on the Bryan & Vinny Show, Filthy Four Daily, Wrestling Observer Radio, and Wrestling Observer Live. You can listen to part one and part two as […]

December 29, 2017 - For years, John Pollock and Wai Ting were known to wrestling fans for their work on Live Audio Wrestling, The Fight Network, and a popular podcast series that reviewed weekly wrestling shows. In late-October, the two were laid off from The Fight Network but instead of folding into corporate life and podcasting as a hobby, […]

December 29, 2017 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with a FREE show talking tons of topics including Ronda Rousey vs. Asuka or Charlotte, the WWE US Title tournament, RIZIN update with Gabi Garcia missing weight and getting pulled, tons of calls and texts and more! This download is FREE so please […]

December 29, 2017 - Thanks to subscriber Philippe Perez and voting on The Board, we present part two of the Best of 2017 audio. In this two-hour kickoff, we go through 31-50 with stops on the Bryan & Vinny Show, Dr. Keith Presents, Filthy Four Daily, Wrestling Observer Radio, Karl Stern, and Wrestling Observer Live. Be sure to listen to part […]

December 29, 2017 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with a very special guest: the Omega in Alpha vs. Omega, Kenny Omega! There is plenty to discuss in this near hour-long edition of the show including how Omega is feeling after his historic year in New Japan Pro Wrestling, his upcoming match with Chris […]

December 29, 2017 - Thanks to subscriber Philippe Perez and voting on The Board, we present part one of the Best of 2017 audio. In this two-hour kickoff, we go through 31-50 with stops on the Bryan & Vinny Show, Dr. Keith Presents, Filthy Four Daily, Wrestling Observer Radio, Karl Stern, and Wrestling Observer Live. 50. Bryan vs. Breadmakers /Venezuelia – […]

December 29, 2017 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with tons to talk about including Granny’s Weekly Wrestling Report, NXT from Full Sail with an AWESOME main event, and, coming off the Filthy Tom Lawlor show on Wednesday, a look back at the very first ECW on SYFY episode! A fun show as always […]

December 28, 2017 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including news on Paige’s injury, Raw and Smackdown ratings, an interview with Dave Meltzer talking MMA and more, your calls, emails and texts and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

December 28, 2017 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back tonight with tons to talk about including Brian Kendrick and Paige getting injured, 205 Live, Smackdown, John Cena’s WrestleMania opponent speculation, UFC this weekend, Rizin, weight cut failures, mailbag and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

December 28, 2017 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back today with tons to talk about including Smackdown from Tuesday night with an awesome main event angle and Rusev Day, Royal Rumble 2007 with an awesome final few minutes, and the runoff for the 2017 ONE AND ONLY GEEK OF THE YEAR AWARD. […]

December 27, 2017 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Hideo Itami injuring Brian Kendrick, Dean Ambrose’s injury, Smackdown, Jinder Mahal in the US Title tournament and why it’s great, and more, plus Antonio the Promise Thomas, aka Thomas Santell, joins is to talk his podcast, his new […]

December 26, 2017 - Wrestling Observer Live returns from holiday with Mike Sempervive on a short-notice solo mission due to the entire Alvarez family being placed on the disabled list due to PESTILENCE. He touches on last night’s Raw, the women’s Royal Rumble, plus your calls, tweets, and more. A fun show, as always, so check it out~! Right click […]

December 26, 2017 - Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with our RETRO RAW AND NITRO SHOW looking back at Raw and Nitro from 19 years ago this week. It’s the Monday after Starrcade 1998 and Goldberg is no longer champion BUT WHO CARES because Eric Bischoff beat Ric Flair. A pretty wretched show followed by […]

December 26, 2017 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today ON CHRISTMAS with a ton to talk about including Raw from Monday, new tag team champions, Jason Jordan is a babyface again, another look at the top stories of 2017, and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click […]

December 25, 2017 - We round out yet another fun-filled edition of the DKP Christmas Party with the return of the show’s Father himself DR. KEITH LIPINSKI!!! Such a monumental occurrence as this was of course reason enough for us to make it a FREE show, so tell your friends, gather everyone around, and listen as Keith and Alan reminisce […]

December 25, 2017 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is here on CHRISTMAS EVE with a bunch of talk about including Vince McMahon selling almost $100 million in stock to apparently fund a football league, Raw Monday, Tyler Bate vs. Pete Dunne, Arena Mexico, Top Ten Stories of the Year, mailbag and so much more! […]

December 24, 2017 - It is here at last, unleashed, the annual Bryan and Vinny Christmas Show. Join Bryan, Vinny, Craig, Granny, Filthy Tom and a host of others as we wish you all the happiest of holidays, and drink much more than we should. It is believed to be a fun time as always, so check it out~! […]

December 24, 2017 - The Christmas Party rolls on with the return of a true DKP Hall Of Famer, Justin Shapiro! Justin joins Alan to…sort of…reprise the Just A to Z series with a look at the letter O! Oh yeah! Of course, this leads to the lads going off in all kinds of mad directions as Alan reminisces […]

December 24, 2017 - UFOs are in the news after newly-released footage of a Navy encounter with an Unidentified Flying Object. Plus, the Pentagon finally admits there was a program in recent history to study UFOs. Is NASA preparing for something? Are we being conditioned for a bigger announcement or revelation? On this episode of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern […]

December 24, 2017 - As is now tradition, the doors of the DKP Christmas Mansion open up for the fourth year running with the festive merriment of the JOE GAGNE CHRISTMAS DRAFT!!! Yes, Alan, Joe, and the Voices of Wrestling lads gather round for over two hours of nerding it up in a big way. This year’s draft board takes […]

December 23, 2017 - Though it appears that Vince McMahon is on the verge of re-entering the professional football business, it wasn’t that long ago that Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer did a post-mortem on McMahon’s first football venture and the original run of the XFL. This episode of Wrestling Observer Radio is from February 5th, 2017, which was […]

December 22, 2017 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including Vince McMahon now selling stock to presumably fund his upcoming football venture, the stock market’s reaction, New Day, Dean Ambrose, tons of calls and text messages and so much more! A fun show as always so check […]

December 22, 2017 - Yours truly continues his look back at the year in MMA one quarter at a time and was joined by two guests to help look back at a fun and historic three month stretch in the sport. Bleacher Report lead MMA writer, Co-Main Event Podcast co-host and author Chad Dundas dropped by to discuss all […]

December 22, 2017 - He held out as long as he could but Christmas finally broke Bryan here on Thursday, the day of the Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show. Still, Granny joins us for the holiday poetry, her Weekly Wrestling Report with another historic blow-away match, plus full reviews of NXT from Full Sail and, in the THURSDAY […]

December 21, 2017 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including the future of Daniel Bryan in the ring, Floyd Mayweather update after yesterday’s nuttiness, commercial-free Raw, and appearance by Dave Meltzer to talk all the latest stories in the new Wrestling Observer Newsletter and tons more! A […]

December 21, 2017 - This edition of the longform history of wrestling series features wrestling historian Karl Stern talking about 1940 and 1941 in pro wrestling. The World title is fractured into many pieces and people like Lou Thesz, Steve Casey, Bronko Nagurski, and Orville Brown are battling for it. World War II is unfolding, pro wrestling is changing, and […]