February 17, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live is back and with Bryan Alvarez on vacation, “Filthy” Tom Lawlor is once again in your house with tons to talk about! Ronda Rousey, Gina Carano, Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather all fighting on Netflix in 2026? Pikachu, Goldberg, Gangrel, and Dude Wipes making business moves along with a full report from Monday […]

February 17, 2026 - TNA No Surrender in a nutshell: the stuff you expected to deliver did, and the stuff you didn’t expect to deliver was much, much better than expected. It wouldn’t be TNA without some illogical booking and nonsensical backstage segments, but the in-ring material was so good that none of that mattered. The main event pitted […]

February 17, 2026 - Dave Meltzer and I are back the post-WWE RAW edition of Wrestling Observer Radio. We reviewed RAW including discussing the Elimination Chamber qualifiers. Here are some of the other things we talked about: Click here to listen (sub needed) or watch on YouTube

February 16, 2026 - Image: AEW With Bryan Alvarez away on vacation, “Filthy” Tom Lawlor hosts the Monday edition of Wrestling Observer Live. Tom talks about all the results and happenings from Saturday’s AEW Grand Slam Australia, and Friday’s WWE SmackDown & TNA No Surrender. Also, author Ian Douglass joins Tom to talk all about his latest book, Highland […]

February 16, 2026 - Garrett Gonzales is back with Dave Meltzer, subbing for Bryan Alvarez who is on vacation. My Fight Game Podcast co-host John LaRocca also joined us for the very first WOR + Fight Game collaboration. We recapped AEW Grand Slam and Friday Night’s SmackDown. We also discussed the weekend news including the following: Click here to […]

February 15, 2026 - With Bryan off galivanting across the globe, Vinny is left to his own devices to bring you a show this weekend. And so, drunk with power, he reviewed the exact same shows he would have if Bryan were home: AEW Grand Slam Australia and WWE SmackDown. AEW had a much bigger show than their usual […]

February 15, 2026 - Join me as I dive back into the pioneer era of pro wrestling. This episode is taken from the pages of my latest book DragonKingKarl’s Pioneer Era Pro Wrestling Omnibus available from Amazon. We are now up to 1886 in the book and pro wrestling is in its first business slump. William Muldoon claims that […]

February 14, 2026 - Happy Valley-tine’s Day or Greg Valentine’s Day. Whatever you celebrate, it’s time for Wrestling Observer Live. TNA No Surrender Friday night was a mix of action, surprises and the usual booking. As WWE SmackDown builds towards Elimination Chamber, does it feel like some fan favorites are running out of gas? We’ve seen them do so […]

February 13, 2026 - Dave Meltzer and I are back with the Friday edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, talking about the big news from today’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We dove into part one of our look at the 2025 WON Awards in addition to hitting on some other topics including: Click here to listen (sub needed) or watch […]

February 13, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including a look at the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards, most of which were great, some were arguable, and at least two Bryan found completely appalling. Then, DON CALLIS joins us to brag about his BEST NON WRESTLER win. […]

February 13, 2026 - TKO is apparently concerned about ticket sales for WrestleMania 42 and on the new Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk about what should be the real concern which is more than just ticket prices. We’ll also look at this past week’s AEW Dynamite and look ahead to what should be a tremendous Grand […]

February 12, 2026 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of both AEW Dynamite, a quite excellent show overall, and NXT, which still fails at the basic task of being a solid, well-booked wrestling show. A fun time as always so check it out~! Right Click Save As

February 12, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back with tons to talk about including an update on why Brody King wasn’t at Dynamite last night, tons of thoughts on AEW at the moment, the full Dynamite report, WWE concerned about WrestleMania ticket sales and looking at ALL THE WRONG ISSUES, and tons more! A fun […]

February 12, 2026 - Image: AEW Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the New Japan show from Wednesday with new champions, a bad main event and more, AEW Dynamite, Wembley tickets, ratings ticking up thanks to Nielsen changes, Arena Mexico, NXT notes and tons more. A fun show […]

February 11, 2026 - After Dark Radio with Bryan Alvarez is back with special guest Ella LeBain to talk her newest book, Finding Freedom When Horses Don’t Fly: A Guide to Breaking Generational Curses. Tons to talk about including family curses and how to break the chain through the generations, alien abductions and tons more. A packed show, so […]

February 11, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including the death of Tadao Yadusa, the history of MMA dating back to the Greek Olympic Games, Lesnar’s return and what might happen at WrestleMania, the NXT TV report, New Japan big show recap from last night, comings […]

February 10, 2026 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny & Craig & Shawn Show is back with tons to talk about including the final 20 years ago in TNA review before moving to a monthly potpourri. It’s time. And, of course, we’re joined by Granny to discuss ghosts in her apartment, the weekly wrestling and soap opera report, […]

February 10, 2026 - Heading into the first app special in the AMC era, TNA presented an episode of Impact last Thursday with some good wrestling, some baffling booking, and some insufferable backstage segments. The good wrestling included Trey Miguel vs. Adam Brooks, Mustafa Ali and Jada Stone shining in a mixed tag team match, and a Knockouts trios […]

February 10, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including the death of Tadao Yasuda, RAW last night, Bron Breakker update, the AJ Lee vs. Becky Lynch segment, WrestleMania news and notes, line-ups for the next several shows, and tons more! A fun show as always so check […]

February 10, 2026 - Karl Stern has a really fun pro wrestling history show for you on this week’s DragonKingKarl Show. As he continues work on his upcoming DragonKingKarl’s 1986-1987 Pro Wrestling Omnibus book, he has been watching tons of pro wrestling from that era. Recently, he decided to watch the entire uncut 1987 NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial […]

February 10, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns with tons to talk about including the death of Tadao Yasuda, Bron Breakker hernia update, New Japan has a big show tomorrow, AAA TV notes from the weekend, Impact ratings are up again, the RAW report, Elimination Chamber, AEW TV previews, and tons more! A […]

February 9, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including WrestleMania ticket prices, WWE pricing in general, how both nights of WrestleMania are doing so far and how many tickets Punk vs. Roman being announced sold, Smackdown, Collision notes, news and more! A fun show as always […]

February 9, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a bunch of injury updates, why WWE is concerned about WrestleMania and what changes they’re making, ratings notes on Dynamite, legal updates on Gail Kim and Janel Grant, Arena Mexico, Collision and Smackdown reviews and tons more! A […]

February 8, 2026 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about as we recap two very good shows, WWE Smackdown with some above-average wrestling, including possibly Miz’s best match in a decade, and Collision with a great last 45 minutes or so. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save […]

February 8, 2026 - Image: AEW On a Super Bowl Sunday edition of Wrestling Observer Live, Josh Nason fills in for Andrew Zarian who is still dealing with frozen pipes somewhere in the still freezing Northeast U.S. He recaps Saturday’s AEW Collision which capped off a hot week for the company going into next weekend’s Grand Slam Australia. A […]

February 7, 2026 - Image: WWE It’s time for the Saturday Wrestling Observer Live with Jim Valley. On Friday’s WWE SmackDown, many fans were puzzled by Cody Rhodes bragging about what he has below his belt, rather focusing on winning the WWE belt. Also, we had Drew McIntyre, Jacob Fatu, Jade Cargill, Jordynne Grace, Oba Feminists, and lemon pepper […]

February 6, 2026 - Dave Meltzer and I are back with the Friday edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, talking about the big news from today’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Here were some of the things we discussed: Click here to listen (sub needed) or watch on YouTube

February 6, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including lots of thoughts on TNA Impact and the Feast or Fired concept, all of the news including a Gofundme for a WWE referee who lost four family members in a house fire, Mercedes’ next title defense, Royal Rumble […]

February 6, 2026 - Image: WWE We’ve got a big time main event for WrestleMania! On a new Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa discuss the reasons behind Roman Reigns choosing CM Punk as his opponent for April’s mega event. The guys also look at booking habits and patterns repeating themselves in both WWE and AEW and the […]

February 6, 2026 - John LaRocca and Garrett Gonzales return with a brand-new Fight Game to discuss some of the most interesting topics in pro wrestling. They gave out their thumbs up and thumbs down before focusing on the major stories of the week, including the top main event programs in both AEW and WWE like the build to WrestleMania […]