February 5, 2026 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of two shows that were better than usual, AEW Dynamite with Brody King getting a huge win in the main event, and NXT with a new champion crowned in a multi-person ladder match. A fun show as always so […]

February 5, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including a look at AEW Dynamite, Andrade and his potential title match, Kenny Omega, AJ explains why he didn’t put his gloves in the ring, Sponsorship Snackdown, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it […]

February 5, 2026 - WOODINVILLE Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the big change to ratings that has helped wrestling at least in terms of viewership, VOW’s best matches of the year, full reviews of AEW and NXT with a lot of noteworthy things occurring, Collision spoilers and more! […]

February 4, 2026 - After Dark Radio with Bryan Alvarez is back with special guest Gilbert Lavoie to the Shroud of Turin! This is a re-do of a messed-up show, and of course there were issues with Sports Byline this time around, so it’s almost a full hour commercial free! A fun show as always so check it out~! […]

February 4, 2026 - Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor returns today with tons to talk about including the big changes at Nielsen that have really helped pro-wrestling starting last week, how NXT covered — or didn’t — the departure of Ava, a full TV review of the show, Dynamite tonight, the F4W Convention, and tons more! A fun […]

February 3, 2026 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about including our weekly chat with Granny, her wrestling and soap opera reports, the weekly trivia game and more! Then the boys review TNA Impact from 20 years ago this week, a pretty blah show with one hideous ongoing storyline that seems impossible for […]

February 3, 2026 - Impact had some highs and lows this week, but the street fight pitting the former members of Fir$t Cla$$ against each other was one of the peaks. Other highs included Nic Nemeth vs. BDE in a shockingly good match, plus Jason Hotch of Order 4 vs. Elijah. As for the lows, we had Stacks vs. […]

February 3, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including the doom of AVA and how it will be addressed on NXT tonight, last night’s RAW with the CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns main event segment, Nick Hogan at the Performance Center, Hiromu leaving New Japan, and tons […]

February 3, 2026 - Image: WWE On today’s DragonKingKarl Show, Karl Stern goes through the pages of the February 24, 1986, Wrestling Observer Newsletter which gave an update on the death of Gino Hernandez and the first revelation that it involved drugs. There are a lot of notes about the then-upcoming WWF WrestleMania 2 including a story about William […]

February 3, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the death of the Great Mephisto, the Reigns vs. Punk promo segment at the end of RAW plus a complete report on the show, Hiromu leaving New Japan, Peacock business, ratings, more on the departure of Ava, CMLL […]

February 2, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania, RAW tonight, Finn Balor, Collision with the Tomasso Ciampa title change, the departure of AVA from NXT, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click Save […]

February 2, 2026 - Today on the DragonKingKarl Show and Karl Stern’s weekly ongoing look at the pioneer era of pro wrestling, it’s time to review a new era of the sport. Evan Lewis is now Strangler Lewis, a man that crowds found barbaric along with national opinion that swung from pro wrestling being a con game to it […]

February 1, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of both the Royal Rumble and UFC with special guest Paul Fontaine, lots of Rumble notes and WrestleMania thoughts, what happened with Ava, Sandman retiring, Hobbs’ deal, Billy Gunn, ratings, Collision recap with a title […]

January 31, 2026 - Bryan & Vinny & MARK JONES show is back with our annual ROYAL RUMBLE RECAP SHOW! Tons to talk about including the Saudi crowd, how this plays into next year’s Saudi WrestleMania, all the matches and angles, who was and was not there, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~! […]

January 31, 2026 - It’s Wrestling Observer Live on a Royal Rumble Saturday. For a go home show for one of the biggest PLEs of the year, Friday’s SmackDown was very much by the numbers. Does that bode well for Saturday’s Rumble card (ongoing as I type this)? With WWE’s ‘less is more’ philosophy, it could be amazing or […]

January 30, 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. AEW’s Alex Marvez joined us to talk about the life and times of Kim Wood. Here were some of the things we discussed: Click here to listen (sub needed) […]

January 30, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including best wishes to Braun Strowman, the Royal Rumble, many potential surprises, what talent have been told about photos this weekend, Dynamite notes, big date plus panel killing ratings, the Impact TV report, and tons more! A fun show […]

January 30, 2026 - Image: AEW It’s Royal Rumble weekend and on a new Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa make their picks for the big singles matches and speculate on who might show up for the men’s and women’s Rumble matches. Additionally, they look at the AEW debut of Tommaso Ciampa and a big win for Andrade […]

January 30, 2026 - John LaRocca and Garrett Gonzales return with a brand-new Fight Game to discuss some of the most interesting topics in pro wrestling. We gave out our thumbs up and thumbs down before focusing on the major stories of the week. We talked about Tomasso Ciampa joining AEW, the men’s main event scene in AEW and some […]

January 29, 2026 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of AEW Dynamite, a really good show with some great improvements and, yes, a BRAND NEW FACE IN THE TITLE PICTURE. Then, a review of NXT, another bad show, plus an explanation of why Bryan wanted people called up […]

January 29, 2026 - With Wednesday’s news of the passing of Kim Wood, mentor to Brian Pillman and the first-ever full-time NFL strength coach, the following is Dave Meltzer and Garrett Gonzales’ two hour talk with Wood from a 2021 edition of Wrestling Observer Radio. The following is free for anyone to listen to and is available here, Spotify […]

January 29, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Dave’s memories of the late Kim Wood and the role he played in one of the great angles of the mid-90s, Royal Rumble notes, ratings, UFC news, full results from Dynamite and NXT, and tons more! A fun […]

January 28, 2026 - After Dark Radio with Bryan Alvarez is back with TONS to talk about on a fun solo show, including Squatchfest this weekend, thoughts on the Ancient Aliens TV show after some binge-watching, living dinosaurs including one Bryan has never heard of, phantom clowns, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~! […]

January 28, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm returns with tons to talk about including all of the news heading into the Royal Rumble, updates on Bron Strowman and Rey Mysterio, the NXT TV report, and more! Then, ORANGE CRUSH joins us to talk a number of upcoming big shows in New York including […]

January 27, 2026 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny & Craig & Shawn Show is back with tons to talk about including the weekly Granny chat, wrestling and soap opera reports, her MEMOIRS and trivia, and more. Then the boys review TNA Impact from 20 years ago this week, Jan 28, 2006! A fun show as always so […]

January 27, 2026 - The debut of TNA Impact on AMC was a clunker, but their second try was much better. There was a lot of fun wrestling: Cedric Alexander vs. Moose; Indi Hartwell vs. M by Elegance (no, really!); the Feast or Fired match, which was a lot of fun to watch even if the idea behind it […]

January 27, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back today with tons to talk about including the Royal Rumble odds which are in fact odd, RAW from Monday night, the weird Finn Balor thing, Rey Mysterio’s injury, Je’Von Evans’ injury, TNA ratings, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~! Right Click […]

January 27, 2026 - On a new DragonKingKarl Show, I continue the countdown to my latest book — DragonKingKarl’s 1986-1987 Pro Wrestling Omnibus in March 2026 — by taking a look back at the February 17, 1986, issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. In that issue, we got the first coverage of the death of Gino Hernandez. Initial reports […]

January 27, 2026 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including updates on EVIL and WWE, AEW and Triller, Arena Mexico, best wishes to Kemonito and Mick Foley, ratings notes, Smackdown, Collision and RAW recaps, the Royal Rumble, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it […]

January 26, 2026 - We have a new edition of the Bryan & Vinny show available which you can watch or listen to on Spotify right now. Yes, both audio and video versions from Sunday’s show are available at no cost right now. Join Bryan Alvarez & Vinny as they recap what went down this weekend including thoughts on […]