February 28, 2025 - John LaRocca and I are back to talk about the major topics in the world of wrestling on this week’s Fight Game Podcast. Jeremy Finestone, co-host of Speaking of Strong Style, joined us to break down the New Japan Cup. You can watch his latest episode on YouTube. We kicked off the show by giving out […]

February 27, 2025 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about on a rare week where both AEW and NXT were really good shows! Great wrestling, build to future shows, promos, the whole nine. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

February 27, 2025 - Mike Sempervive & Filthy Tom Lawlor are back to take a look at Eddie Kington’s mindset as he recovers from surgery, Filthy’s picks for Saturday’s Elimination Chamber, as well as thoughts on last night’s AEW Dynamite, and much more. A fun show as always, so check it out~! Click here for the commercial-free download (subscription […]

February 27, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including TKO finances and future plans, Vince McMahon is not starting a wrestling promotion, Dynamite and NXT TV reports, all the news and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Don Coss passes […]

February 26, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including line-ups for all the upcoming shows, what’s going on with Giulia vs. Stephanie on NXT, a full recap of what was a very good show, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right […]

February 26, 2025 - On this week’s DragonKingKarl Show, I will again be going through a booklet of old DragonKing Newsletters I recently discovered. I continue with a look back at the early days of the Midnight Express and look back at the era when it was a trio of Dennis Condrey, Randy Rose & Norvell Austin. There are […]

February 25, 2025 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny & Craig & Shawn Show is back with tons to talk about including Granny’s weekly segment, everyone’s favorite wrestler growing up, soap opera and wrestling reports, and more, then the boys review an awesome Mid-South Wrestling, S6:E14! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save […]

February 25, 2025 - The power is out in North Bend but we’re going to barrel on through! That means it’s time to review TNA Impact, where a bunch of new names made their debuts and jumped right into the main event. Elijah (fka The Drifter, fka Elias, fka Ezekiel) teams up with Joe Hendry, first in concert then […]

February 25, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Rock promising DISRUPTION, how his Smackdown appearance did, the RAW report from Monday night, tons of news and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

February 25, 2025 - Image: WWE Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the Endeavor merger lawsuit, WWE employees upset with compensation changes, ratings, Arena Mexico Friday, AEW and NXT previews, the fall of PRIDE, the Raw report, Elimination Chamber, and tons more. A fun show as always so […]

February 24, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about as we look at all the issues surrounding Friday’s Smackdown, and try to figure out what in the hell is going on with the Rock. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

February 24, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the latest on the Vince McMahon vs. Janel Grant suit, Ryan Nemeth has filed suit against AEW and CM Punk, the Rock and whatever the hell that was on Smackdown, Collision and Smackdown reviews, and tons more. A […]

February 23, 2025 - Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back with tons to talk about including a full look at a very good edition of Collision and a very bad edition of Smackdown, maybe the worst WWE show in years. A packed show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

February 23, 2025 - On a new Wrestling Observer Live, I talk about the big segment from Friday’s WWE SmackDown featuring The Rock, who added an interesting angle to the build-up for WrestleMania 41. After initially appearing as Corporate Rock and announcing next year’s WrestleMania date for New Orleans, he then turned heel and expressed his desire to claim […]

February 23, 2025 - My 1000 Hours subseries on the Classic Wrestling Show discusses the pioneer (pre-1900) era of professional wrestling which I wrote about in my latest book, the DragonKingKarl Pioneer Era of Wrestling Omnibus. On today’s podcast, we cover the most monumental moment of the pioneer era: the 1870 Detroit International Tournament which set many of the […]

February 22, 2025 - Image: WWE The Rock calls himself “The Final Boss” — a term used in video games. But if it’s true that he may not wrestle Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 41, does that make him more like a non-playable character? Is this just a twist on the Corporate Champion story from the Attitude Era? I talk […]

February 22, 2025 - The Big Audio Nightmare is back as Adam Summers and Mike Sempervive talk about everything happening in the very busy world of Japanese wrestling. This week’s topics include: Click here to listen (sub needed)

February 21, 2025 - Dave Meltzer and I are back with our Friday episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, talking about all the big news from today’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Here were some of the things we covered: Click here to listen (sub needed) or watch on YouTube (video sub needed)

February 21, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including all of the news, Shane McMahon and Tony Khan, the Rock on Smackdown tonight, WrestleMania, ratings and more, plus it’s FUN FRIDAY!, so we’ll take your calls! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click […]

February 21, 2025 - With The Rock returning to WWE SmackDown tonight, Les Thatcher and I give our thoughts on what he might be doing as well as reviewing the week that was in both WWE and AEW. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~! Click here to listen (sub needed)

February 21, 2025 - John LaRocca and I are back to talk about the major topics in the world of wrestling on this week’s Fight Game Podcast. We kicked off the show by talking about two big topics from Thursday having to do with The Rock and Shane McMahon before giving out our Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down winners and losers of […]

February 20, 2025 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back and we’ve got 90 minutes to recap both AEW Dynamite and NXT! Both shows were fallouts from other events, Grand Slam Australia and NXT Vengeance Day! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

February 20, 2025 - Mike Sempervive is back with an express edition of the show, taking a look at all of the news around the world of professional wrestling, as well as thoughts on last night’s AEW Dynamite. It’s a fun show as always, so check it out~! Click here for the commercial-free download (subscription required)

February 20, 2025 - Image: AEW Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including more on Gran Hamada’s life and times, AEW stars to CMLL, ratings, full reviews of Dynamite and NXT, Collision spoilers and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: More on […]

February 19, 2025 - After Dark Radio with Bryan Alvarez is back to talk all of the news and more! We’ll talk the California bill to make Bigfoot the official state cryptid, the guy who killed his buddy because he thought he was going to feed him to Bigfoot, strange stories from YOUR neck of the woods, and tons […]

February 19, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including how WWE has done a tremendous job with the women’s divisions, NXT from last night, RICKY SAINTS, Smackdown and Collision ratings, and more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

February 19, 2025 - It’s another episode of We’re Live, Pal as Andrew Zarian and I talk about what’s going on in wrestling today, available in audio form or free on YouTube (below). We compared Vince McMahon and SNL’s Lorne Michaels before also discussing the following: You can also follow the show account on X. For website subscribers, you can click […]

February 19, 2025 - And now for something different on the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I have recently found a booklet in my possession I had forgotten about. After closing down the original DragonKing Press Newsletter, I briefly (for ten issues) launched a volume two which I have now made available as a Kindle book so we will spend […]

February 18, 2025 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about as Craig, Shawn and Granny join us! We will talk everyone’s favorite wrestling finishers, hear the wrestling and soap opera reports from Granny, do the trivia contest, then the boys review Mid-South Wrestling S6:E13, a quite great show. A fun time as always […]

February 18, 2025 - Image: TNA It’s the last match in the promotion for one of the biggest stars in TNA history…so why did it feel so underwhelming? On this week’s Big Vinny V Show, I review Alexander’s match against Eric Young as well as Joe Hendry defending the TNA World title against Jake Something; tragedy striking (literally) Santino […]