Image: WWE It’s time for the Saturday Wrestling Observer Live with Jim Valley. There’s been some massive news stories from WWE over the past seven+ days like the return of Brock Lesnar and WWE legal claiming he has “been cleared” in the Janel
Fumi Saito knew Hulk Hogan for over 40 years, going back to the AWA when they both lived in Minnesota. On this episode of Pacific Rim, Fumi talks about Hulk Hogan before WWE, Hogan’s first tour in NJPW, how Stan Hansen and Andre
On a new Pacific Rim with Jim Valley, he and co-host Fumi Saito remembers Sabu, his friend of over 30 years. Fumi fills in a lot of Sabu’s history going back to his uncle — the “Original” Sheik Ed Farhat — Sabu’s training
Thirty years ago, All Japan Women’s Wrestling was on a roll. Today’s new episode of Pacific Rim features Fumi Saito and I talking about the significance of the show and AJW’s run in the mid-90s. On March 26, 1995, 9000 fans at the
You probably knew him as Colonel DeBeers. Before he adopted the wrestling persona of an apartheid-supporting South African heel, he was Ed Wiskoski aka “The Polish Prince” — the intelligent wrestler who helped back up all the trash talk of “Playboy” Buddy Rose
On a new Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling podcast, we take a trip back to the late-90s, specifically 1998. 26 years ago on December 5, 1998, the finals of the All-Japan Pro Wrestling Real World Tag League took place as Kenta Kobashi & Jun
The Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast is back! Fumi Saito talks to me about the success of both Queen of Villains in Japan — the story of wrestling legend Dump Matsumoto — as well as the Mr. McMahon docuseries on Netflix. Plus, CIMA
On this week’s Pacific Rim, myself and Fumi Saito talk about attending the first-ever Marigold card held at Korakuen Hall. We talk about the atmosphere, the presentation, Bozilla, and Marigold’s plans for the future. Plus, we chat about this year’s Hana Kimura Memorial
Yes, the Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast still exists. Longtime wrestling journalist Fumi Saito and I discuss his trip to Philadelphia last month to see Bull Nakano inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. He talks about how it happened, his thoughts on
It’s the Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast. Fumi Saito and Jim Valley are back. Fumi sets the record straight about Stardom and the split with Rossy Ogawa. We talk about what happened, what brought it on, and what to expect going forward. Fumi
