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 […]

July 3, 2016 - We have an amazing holiday edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show for you! A sneak preview of the MATT HARDY VS. BROTHER NEEEEEERO FINALE coming up on POP TV on Tuesday, why some may hate it but it also represents everything that is great about pro-wrestling, plus full reviews of URBAN WRESTLING FEDERATION’S BLOODY […]

July 3, 2016 - Wrestling Observer Live returns today with a special FOURTH OF JULY edition of the show! We’ve got thoughts on Raw, Brock Lesnar, Stephanie McMahon, the upcoming F4W Conventions, BABIES, RUN-INS, RAW FIVE POINT PREVIEWS AND MORE~!ASDFAKDSJHFHS Have a fun and safe weekend! Right click save

July 3, 2016 - “Bullet” Bob Armstrong was the perfect babyface character for his era. Back in a time when people still believed in babyfaces and hated heels, “Bullet” Bob was a firefighter and former Marine from Marietta, Georgia.  He spoke like others spoke, and he acted like you would expect him to act. He had a code of honor. […]

July 2, 2016 - The DKP is back with maybe our most unique episode yet! In this FREE show, our resident childhood memories specialist Mike “The Falcon” Falcone joins Alan to discuss THE HASBRO FIGURES!!! Not sure what the Hasbro figures are?? Well then you must be a lousy stinking 22 year old or something! Us children of the […]

July 2, 2016 - The women’s pet and the men’s regret is the topic of today’s show, Jackson! Even Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson recognized the incredible promo skills of Austin Idol and raved about him on the mic.  When you are recognized as a great promo by probably the greatest promo in the history of the business… well…that’s saying […]

July 1, 2016 - July 4th will mark Les Thatcher’s 56th anniversary in the wrestling business!  Les & Vic start off talking about what it was like early in Les’ career to walk into locker rooms filled with guys he’d paid to see just a few years earlier, including the time young, inexperienced Les was ribbed into doing something […]

July 1, 2016 - The DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show July 2016 marathon begins today with 32 shows in one month with a theme of “people who made me a fan of pro wrestling”.  If you have listened to Karl’s show over the years, you probably already know that this series could only kick off with one man- Mr. Olympia, […]

June 30, 2016 - Bryan & Vinny Show returns today with the usual Thursday night fare! Granny has a new contest, a Fourth of July poetry contest, her Weekly Wrestling Report, we’ve got NXT from Full Sail, Lucha Underground on El Rey, Raw from Monday night and so much more! A fun show as always so check it out~! […]

June 28, 2016 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show returns today and it’s our weekly MONDAY NIGHT WARS episode of the show! Retro Raw and Retro Nitro from 19 years ago this week. The build to Calgary Stampede, Ric Flair going crazy in Vegas with strippers, and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! […]

June 27, 2016 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with a packed show tonight, and all the news is not good. We’ve got thoughts on the death of Ryan Jimmo, the second hit-and-run MMA death in a very short period of time, Chris Jericho’s podcast covering the death of Chris Benoit, ROH and […]

June 27, 2016 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back tonight with tons to talk about! We’ve got the ROH TV report for the week, which was WOMEN OF HONOR centered, we’ve got NWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING from this week in 1986, the big build towards the Great American Bash tour! Plus, Tom Lawlor’s final wrestling match and […]

June 25, 2016 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with tons to talk about including Ring of Honor’s PPV from Friday night, a pretty great show, the NXT tapings and how it plays into the Draft, updates on Kurt Angle and Prince Puma, CM Punk’s fight, Paige VanZant off SummerSlam, Bellator from Friday […]

June 24, 2016 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA! The Cruiserweight Classic, how Vince McMahon taught Kelly Kelly to dance, Draft notes, plus Jay Lethal appears to talk the ROH Best in the World PPV coming up TONIGHT! A fun show as always so […]

June 24, 2016 - Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa return to talk Dean Ambrose, the Cruiserweight Classic & ROH’s Best in the World PPV w/special guest BJ Whitmer! We’ll start with Ohio becoming the state of champions between LeBron & and Cavs along with Dean Ambrose.  Les shares some of his history with Dean (5:45), which dates back to the […]

June 24, 2016 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back tonight with tons to talk about! Granny is working on a BOOK ABOUT BRYAN and is looking for titles, she also has a full MONEY IN THE BANK PPV REVIEW, then Bryan and Vinny talk NXT from Full Sail, Lucha Underground and Raw! A fun show as always […]

June 22, 2016 - On the newest Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, we dive deep into the big news of the week: the sale of the UFC. And who better to help us wade through the murky waters than one of the captains of the story: FloSports.com managing editor Jeremy Botter! Botter helped break the news on this story, standing by […]