A special show this week as Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa are joined by the one and only Jim Cornette to talk about his latest book, Tuesday Night at the Gardens – Pro Wrestling in Louisville! Of course there are a number of other subjects tackled, including a lot regarding the state of the independent scene and some of the workers who are a part of it not taking their craft
Les and Vic are back this week talking a little bit about the state of WWE as written by Dave in the lead story of this week’s Observer
Les and Vic return on Black Friday so that you can forget about the bills you just rang up and enjoy some Wrestling Weekly~! We’ll talk about Les’ harrowing experience at a store that was open after Thanksgiving dinner with some early sales, then get down to the business of pro wrestling. We’ll do that by discussing the late Tommy Gilbert (7:26) and the Tennessee territory, then spend time covering a myriad of WWE subjects (24:58) including Sheamus, low ratings, Mick Foley’s comments this w
Les and Vic return to discuss the events of the week including some time spent on the great Nick Bockwinkel
Lots of fun stuff this week as Les and Vic talk about Les’ trip to Tennessee last weekend to honor a good friend, do a seminar and watch one of the worst wrestling tv shows Les has ever seen, and that covers some ground. There’s also discussion of how Les first arrived in the Knoxville area (7:57) and what it was like being famous there (11:28) as one of the first babyfaces when the local promotion got a television show on the air in the territory back in the 60’s. Les shares great stories
Obviously, the big story of the moment is the injury to Seth Rollins and how this affects WWE’s plans for Survivor Series and a whole lot more, so that’s where Les and Vic start this week, including a few thoughts about why it might be in WWE’s best interest to NOT have a tournament at Survivor Series and where that idea might work better. After that we’ll discuss the potential for Jerry Jarrett to get back into the business with the project he’s working on (23:33), the perils of working wit
Les and Vic return fresh off of Les’ weekend camp at The Monster Factory and his 75th birthday!!!! We’ll talk about those two things to start the show, then segue into the week that was in WWE (12:20); specifically the return of Alberto Del Rio, Brock Lesnar’s win over The Undertaker, and breaking the rules as it relates to blood. We’ll finish up by opening up the mailbag (29:38) and answering your questions on clueless announcers, which leads to a classic Les story about the time he was a
This week, Les and Vic start the show by talking about a loaded card from March 1963 from one of Les’ home arenas, The Cincinnati Gardens. We’ll talk about some of the stars on that card and segue into the territory itself, promotional wars and more. We’ll open up the mailbag (25:03) to talk about a couple more Observer HOF Candidates in Mario Milano and Mark Lewin, then use the last couple of mailbag questions to segue into our Hell in a Cell predictions for this Sunday (41:10). This is a
Les and Vic return to talk Asuka’s NXT debut, (0:00) which turns into a discussion about the decision to keep her and several other talents away from the main roster, the corporate world of sports entertainment today and a hilarious story about a match an indy promoter wanted to book recently. From there we’ll talk about some of the Observer HOF candidates on this year’s ballot from both the historical (13:40) and modern categories (29:35). Then we’ll wrap by dipping into the mailbag.
Les and Vic return this week to talk about the passing of Les’ friend Bill Bowman (0:00) and reflect on Brian Pillman (7:30) & the Pillman Memorial Shows as well. From there, we discuss the situation Daniel Bryan finds himself in with WWE (28:49) having to seek a third opinion from a neurologist, and we’ll close by dipping into the mailbag. (41:11)
A fun show as always, so check it out~!
