July 18, 2016 - The Greatest. Simply the most appropriate nickname for one of the biggest mega-stars ever. Few people in modern history have reached the level of fame that Muhammad Ali did. Ali was a force beyond stardom in the 1970’s. If you were old enough to be aware of sports then Ali was as big as they came. He fought […]

July 18, 2016 - This is the second half of the Lex Luger biography, so be sure to listen to episode one first.  This second part focuses on the later part of Luger’s WWF tenure, and his entrance into WCW on the first WCW Monday Nitro. His second WCW run is covered and then the chaotic years after the end of WCW.  Luger’s […]

July 17, 2016 - If you are religious, it is likely that your religion has some version of an end times prophecy: a set of events that will foretell the end of life of Earth or the transition to another world. If you are not religious, it is still important to know that you live in a world full of people who believe certain […]

July 17, 2016 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with our usual Sunday fare, a full look at Ring of Honor on Sinclair with our first look at an awesome new team plus Roderick Strong’s final ROH match for the time being, then an NWA World Championship Wrestling show for 1986 that started out not looking […]

July 17, 2016 - Today, host Karl Stern is back with a doubleheader, a two-part Lex Luger biography. Show number one covers his early career coming out of the USFL as a pro football player into Florida wrestling and his training with Hiro Matsuda during his early days there.  Luger was pushed to the moon from the start and was a […]

July 16, 2016 - They are the guys who get destroyed by your favorite stars. In years past, enhancement matches were a staple of pro wrestling. Many big stars got their starts putting over the wrestlers of their era and many were forever destined to be in the roll of staring at the lights. Today, Karl Stern will talk […]

July 15, 2016 - Les Thatcher is back from his weekend training seminar and is ready to talk the WWE Cruiserweight Classic and a lot more!  We’ll start with a quick rundown of how the camp went and a young man who had a gimmick that got the attention of one Les Thatcher, but probably not for the reasons the […]

July 15, 2016 - Today, Karl Stern looks at the Beast from the East. Bam Bam Bigelow started out his wrestling career as a highly acclaimed student of the Monster Factory. He soon showed up in Memphis with his manager and trainer Larry Sharpe, where he battled Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, and all the top stars in Memphis for a short period […]

July 15, 2016 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with FOUR BIG SHOWS to talk about plus GRANNY. We’ve got NXT, the Cruiserweight Classic, and Ultima Lucha Dos parts one and two! Also, tons of thoughts on the Las Vegas Convention, thank yous, and more, plus, yes, Granny reviews FINAL DELETION and more! A fun show […]

July 14, 2016 - You have probably seen Mil Mascaras before. If not wrestling, then at least on the cover of a magazine or in the WWE Hall of Fame. You have probably read stories about him in your favorite wrestling books, but who is Mil Mascaras really? On today’s episode, Karl Stern takes a look at the career of […]

July 13, 2016 - Just when you started to give up on HOPE, the optimistic attitude of mind which is the life-blood of Observer Live, NEVER FEAR! It’s time again for the annual, arduous, infamous, more-than-famous, match-by-match, pick ’em, extravaganza that’s known as the Adam and Mike BIG CLIMAX SELECTION SHOW. Without trying to figure it out beforehand, we go through every […]

July 13, 2016 - Photo: Boston Herald On the 44th edition of Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, Josh brings back his very first guest on JNPO: Jack Encarnacao of Sherdog and The Lapsed Fan!  On this one hour and 20 minute edition of the show, Josh and Jack went #deep on some of the big UFC topics of the week: – Discussion […]

July 13, 2016 - Today on the July Classic Wrestling Marathon, host Karl Stern heads south of the border to Mexico to look at one of his favorite lucha stars, Canek.   Canek seems to be one of those stars of lucha libre who many in the United States have heard of but know very little about. While many fans in […]

July 12, 2016 - Vinny is out of town but that’s not stopping us from producing the BRYAN AND CRAIG SHOW with a look back at Raw and Nitro from 19 years ago this week! Team Canada vs. Team USA heating up, the debut of DUDE LOVE, Rodman done just got beat and so much more! A fun show […]

July 12, 2016 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with tons to talk about! Raw from Monday, the Darren Young storyline, TNA taping tonight after a lot of uncertainty, WWE BattleGround, Brock Lesnar, calls and text messages and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Shop crazy deals all day […]

July 12, 2016 - Many people mistakenly believe that the “Tennessee Stud” was Robert Fuller (AKA: Col. Rob Parker) since Robert and his cousin Jimmy Golden were active during the cable TV era and the end of the territories.   Together Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden were known as The Stud’s Stable but the original Stud’s Stable had actually existed […]

July 11, 2016 - For today’s July marathon show, host Karl Stern takes a look at one of the most conflicted minds in wrestling history, “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert. The son of Tommy Gilbert, Gilbert was a second generation wrestler, who patterned himself after Jerry Lawler and had a brilliant mind for the wrestling business.  Like many creative people however, he […]

July 10, 2016 - The timing could not have worked out better for this show as, just the day before, Jushin Liger was announced as participating in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla’s annual Battle of Los Angeles tournament.  The tournament this year looks to be one of the most loaded in history with some incredible matches possible. Karl Stern was a huge […]

July 9, 2016 - Today’s show looks at Joe “Jody” Hamilton, best known in professional wrestling as The Assassin. He and Tom Renesto were THE prototype heel tag team that traveled the country feuding with the Kentuckians, but Karl saw none of that. He saw Hamilton as the masked Flame — a fireball-throwing heel in a bright red and yellow outfit who […]

July 9, 2016 - With the NJPW Best Of Super Juniors, All Japan’s Champion Carnival, BJW’s Strong Climb, wXw 16 Carat Gold and PROGRESS’ Super Strong Style 16 – it’s been the year of the great wrestling tournaments but the leader in the clubhouse thus far, and the tournament that has set the marker down for the G1, the […]

July 8, 2016 - Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive and Josh Nason is back today, right in the midst of International Fight Week, and boy do we have a lot to talk about. Not the least of which was the decision to add Anderson Silva to the show, taking the place of Jon Jones against Daniel Cormier. Of […]

July 8, 2016 - “The Enforcer” Arn Anderson is best known for his years spent as a member of the Four Horsemen in the NWA and WCW. He and Ole Anderson formed the second version of the Minnesota Wrecking Crew. He and Tully Blanchard formed one of the best teams of the era. He was best friends with Ric Flair. […]

July 7, 2016 - Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive returns today talking the Final Deletion of Jonny Bones Jones from UFC 200 — perfect timing for our regularly scheduled Thursday conversation with Dave Meltzer. We talk everything that’s gone down in Las Vegas (to that point in the day anyway). Then, the only and only TAELER HENDRIX from Ring of Honor joins […]

July 7, 2016 - “Mr. USA” Tony Atlas was a fixture in the wrestling magazines of Karl Stern’s youth. He was massive, and had a likability that made him an excellent babyface. From Georgia Championship Wrestling to the WWF, Atlas was a big star during the time Karl first became a superfan. His career dropped off quickly in the mid-to-late 1980s due to […]

July 6, 2016 - 36 fights. 72 fighters. Three shows. Lots of punches. That’s what we’re looking at as International Fight Week kicks into full swing Thursday night as the first of three UFC shows in Las Vegas happens, headlined by lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos defending the belt against Eddie Alvarez on UFC Fight Pass. After Friday night’s TUF […]

July 6, 2016 - Photo of Tony LeDue, Pat Rose, and Mike Jackson by Karl Stern If you watched WTBS-17 Georgia Championship wrestling or NWA World Championship Wrestling later, you saw the fiery underdog Mike Jackson week after week.  In fact, many of the enhancement workers you saw on those shows were booked by Jackson. Mike played a very important […]

July 5, 2016 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back tonight with tons to talk about including the fallout from TNA’s Final Deletion, full reviews of Raw and Nitro from this week in 1997, the week after Calgary Stampede and the week before Rodman and Hogan vs. Giant and Lex Luger, and more! A fun show as always […]

July 5, 2016 - Watch the Broken Matt Hardy vs. Brother Nero FINAL DELETION segment again, and this time, play it with RUNNING COMMENTARY from Bryan and Vinny, taped as they watched it for the very first time! Twist of Fate – The Matt & Jeff Hardy Story Right click save SUBSCRIBE NOW TO LISTEN TO THIS SHOW

July 5, 2016 - Tommy “Wildfire” Rich became a near instant star in the early 1980s but almost as quickly as he shot to stardom, he fell from the top going from one of the youngest NWA World Heavyweight champions to a comedy figure in just a few years time. So, what went wrong? Actually, Rich had a better career than most […]

July 4, 2016 - He is brash and you do not ever need to wonder what he is thinking; he will tell you in no uncertain terms. He has a grasp of wrestling psychology that few have and he still teaches it today.  If you follow him on Twitter, you know that still to this day, he thinks about wrestling and […]