January 28, 2025 - Image: TNA Heavy is the head that wears the crown as no sooner had Joe Hendry won the TNA World title than he found himself defending it against Matt Cardona on last week’s TNA Impact — the first live edition of the show in nearly a decade. We talk about all that and more on […]

January 28, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to COMPLAIN ABOUT including the injuries in WWE and what needs to be done starting immediately, another reason recaps are so important based on Collision numbers, plus 15 minutes on fury over people’s inability to properly drive. A packed show as always […]

January 28, 2025 - Image: WWE On today’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, the main topic of discussion is changes in pro wrestling and society over the past 30 years, how pro wrestling culture ebbed and flowed during that time, and just how great early 1990s WCW was. (From a financial standpoint, terrible, but there was also a lot of […]

January 28, 2025 - Image: WWE Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including injury updates on JD McDonagh, Apollo Crews and Dakota Kai, RAW with the build to the Royal Rumble, Jordynne Grace and WWE, ratings, Dark Side of the Cage, Moana 2, mailbag, and tons more! A fun […]

January 27, 2025 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Tom Lawlor is back to talk all sorts of subjects including strip clubs, the prettiest title belts, and, oh yeah, a three-hour Smackdown. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

January 27, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Bryan’s house going all to hell, the new WWF LFG show coming up, the life and times of Ed Wiskoski in the midst of the 2000s Portland indy boom, and more! A fun show as always so check […]

January 27, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the death of Colonel DeBeers, Vince McMahon lawsuit, Hulk Hogan, Gordon Solie and Andre the Giant anniversaries, Smackdown, SNME and Collision and more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start: Death of Col. DeBeers […]

January 26, 2025 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with a FREE episode talking two big shows, WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event with Gunther vs. Jey Uso in the main event, and AEW Collision with Takeshita and Shibata having a title match in their main event. This show is FREE, if you love it, we do 85 […]

January 26, 2025 - Image: AEW With Andrew Zarian away for the week, I return for another Sunday episode of Wrestling Observer Live to recap another busy Saturday night. A few topics on the show: Click here to listen

January 26, 2025 - Image: Karl Stern I continue to take listeners through my latest book DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus: The Bible of the Pioneer Era of Pro Wrestling and thus, we have reached the 1860s: the era right before the Detroit International Tournament and the event which would (sort of) effectively kick off pro wrestling in […]

January 25, 2025 - Author Evan Ginzburg has seemingly done everything in wrestling except take a bump. In part two of our interview on today’s Wrestling Observer Live, Ginzburg talks about his favorite matches, the changes he witnessed first hand as WWF went national in 1984-85, memories of Jimmy Snuka’s leap from the top of the steel cage, and what […]

January 24, 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)

January 24, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with FUN FRIDAY! Lots to talk about including all of the news heading into Saturday Night’s Main Event, then tons of calls and text messages on many different topics! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

January 24, 2025 - Image: WWE WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event returns again this weekend and on a new Wrestling Weekly, we have got our card rundown with predictions. We’ve also got thoughts on the end of Christopher Daniels’ career, more Penta in WWE, and whether or not its best to start your career as a heel or babyface. […]

January 24, 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 with our Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down winners and losers of the week before going through our Top Five topics which included: Click Here to Listen (sub needed)

January 23, 2025 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of AEW Dynamite and NXT, both of which had their highs and their lows. But no shortage of stuff to discuss. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

January 23, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including NXT sky-high ratings and the booking of the show, AEW Dynamite highs and lows from Wednesday night, quarter hour notes, plus news and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

January 23, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including RAW this Monday with apparently maybe Goldberg, Alexa Bliss update, Chris Daniels and Hangman, AEW’s upcoming schedule, TNA and Full Sail, ratings, AEW Dynamite and NXT show reports and more! A fun show as always so check it […]

January 22, 2025 - After Dark Radio with Bryan Alvarez is back with the NEW DEBUT SHOW, because, yes, we made it the entire show without being kicked off Sports Byline! The curse is lifted, but we’ll take your text messages on times you’ve been cursed, talked “egg-shaped UFO recoveries”, take phone calls and tons more. A fun show […]

January 22, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including NXT TV from last night, Dynamite tonight, a ton of notes on Netflix and WWE, WrestleMania single night tickets, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

January 22, 2025 - We have reached the end of 1984 in my long-form deep dive series in pro wrestling. In December 1984, the pro wrestling world was massively changing with WWF gaining more and more ground. Still, the AWA, NWA, World Class, and others remained strong, setting up for an interesting 1985. Not only do we look at […]

January 21, 2025 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny & Craig & Shawn Show is back with tons to talk about as Granny joins us for her usual wrestling segment, New Year’s Resolutions, trivia contest, and more. Then the boys review Mid-South Wrestling S6:E9, a super fun show. A fun time as always so check it out~! Right […]

January 21, 2025 - Image: WWE It’s a special edition of the Big Vinny V Show with a very special guest: MMA and pro wrestling vet “Filthy” Tom Lawlor. We start with WWE SmackDown, a very long show that featured Kevin Owens vs. Rey Mysterio in a first-time matchup and Tiffany Stratton defending the Women’s title for the first […]

January 21, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including all the news from the past few days, Chris Bey, Britt Baker, RAW, upcoming line-ups, the end of Chris Daniels’ career, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

January 21, 2025 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including thoughts on the TNA Genesis PPV on Sunday, PCO and what happened at this weekend’s GCW event, Britt Baker, ratings, RAW report, upcoming show line-ups and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps:Start: […]

January 19, 2025 - Well, here is a new one for you: Bryan and Vinny are back tonight and for the first time in a long time we are reviewing a TNA pay-per-view. That’s right: TNA Genesis with Joe Hendry challenging Nic Nemeth for the TNA Title and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~! […]

January 19, 2025 - Image: WWE On a new Sunday edition of Wrestling Observer Live, I talk about the new partnership between WWE and TNA that will allow for the continued talent exchange between TNA and NXT and what it could mean for both companies. I recap Friday’s WWE SmackDown which featured Kevin Owens, who continues to be one […]

January 19, 2025 - Dave Meltzer and I are back with our post UFC 311 episode of Wrestling Observer Radio. Paul Fontaine joined us to go over the show as well as the news coming out of it. Here were some of the rest of the topics we covered: Click here to listen (sub needed) or watch on YouTube (video sub needed)

January 18, 2025 - Image: AEW The Saturday edition of Wrestling Observer Live is on the air with a preview of tonight’s AEW Collision show and a chat with a wrestling author. I look at tonight’s show that includes Hangman Page vs. Christopher Daniels in a Texas Death Match, Kazuchika Okada defending the Continental title against Tomohiro Ishii, and […]

January 17, 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)