July 24, 2016 - With one of WWE’s most important weeks upon us, Josh Nason’s Punch-Out turns to the squared circle for its 45th episode, recruiting SI.com wrestling writer Justin Barrasso to help set the stage for what’s ahead. In their hour-long conversation, Josh & Justin went over the following and more: – The WWE Draft & whether people’s […]

July 24, 2016 - On this week’s episode of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern answers a listener email that leads to a discussion about the spark of imagination and how important it is to the quality of life. This discussion also leads to some interesting conversation about the constellation of Orion. There is a discussion about how skeptics have hijacked […]

July 24, 2016 - Photo Credit: Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman On today’s July Classic Wrestling Marathon Show, host Karl Stern takes a look at another of his personal favorite wrestlers in “Dr. Death” Steve Williams. As far as tough guys go, Williams certainly had the reputation for being just that. A standout football player and wrestler at the University of Oklahoma, Williams […]

July 23, 2016 - On the eve of THE GREATEST DAY OF WRESTLING ON THE PURORESU CALENDER, the DKP brings you a last minute preview of all the big events which go down on July 24th. Alan goes solo on this one, and if you can tolerate him talking uninterrupted for over an hour, then you’ll hear an impromptu history of […]

July 23, 2016 - For many years he was the face of ECW, having long reigns as ECW world champion and ECW TV champion. But in the many times ECW has since been attempted to be resurrected, Shane Douglas has seldom been front and center of it. Douglas is a controversial, outspoken personality. He started out training in the Northeast […]

July 22, 2016 - Les and Vic start the show with a bit on the WWE Draft, as Les is unfamiliar with one particular call-up from NXT. We’ll transition into this week’s Cruiserweight Classic (11:13) episode on the WWE Network and why Akira Tozawa vs. Kenneth Johnson may not have been the best match on the show, but was the best […]

July 22, 2016 - Today, host Karl Stern takes a look at the career of Bill Eadie, best known under two gimmicks, the territory traveling Masked Superstar and later as the face-paint wearing Demolition Ax.   Eadie was a world traveler who competed for the NWA, WWF, and top New Japan championships over the course of a long career. Starting out […]

July 21, 2016 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons, and we do mean TONS of stuff to talk about! Full reviews of NXT from Full Sail, the WWE Cruiserweight Classic, Ultima Lucha Dos two-hour season finale, Raw from Monday, plus Granny joins us for not only her Q and A but also her WEEKLY […]

July 21, 2016 - Big Poppa Pump. The Big Bad Booty Daddy. One half of the Steiner Brothers. Scott Steiner started off as a super-athlete working smaller promotions, then came to WCW in the early 1990s where he was paired with his brother Rick in one of the most dominant tag teams of the era. After a run in both WCW […]

July 20, 2016 - Apparently, post-nuclear war, mankind will take off their shirts, dawn old football shoulder pads, and paint their faces. They may or may not have weird haircuts. Hockey masks may or may not be included. We will run around the planet chasing gasoline, but above all, else we will look really, really bad ass.  In the early 1980s […]

July 19, 2016 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with a BIGGER THAN EVER show as we’ve not only got Retro Raw and Retro Nitro smack dab in the middle of arguably the most exciting year in the Monday Night Wars, but we’ve got the POST-DRAFT REPORT. Who’s going where, who almost went where […]

July 19, 2016 - Photo by Joseph Currier We’re joined by podcast royalty this week on the DKP, as the man who was Alan’s first ever guest all the way back in 2009 drops by! Yes, Joe Gagne is back on the show, having attended the debut event in MA for EVOLVE. This came as part of a double-shot […]

July 19, 2016 - Who is “Gentleman” Ken Timbs? Today you will find out. Timbs worked many areas during the 1980s, from Georgia Championship Wrestling to Central States to Southwest to Mexico’s EMLL. He was a tag team partner to Eric Embry and had a great program with Lizmark in Mexico. He was also very important in host Karl Stern’s pro wrestling […]

July 19, 2016 - We have a ninety-minute Wrestling Observer Radio for you tonight covering everything, the WWE Draft, Raw from Monday in great detail, the lawsuit filed against WWE today, G-1 night one thoughts, LA Park vs. RUSH, Jon Jones’ hearing today, tons of mailbag questions and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! WWE: […]

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 […]