OH MY GOD WHAT A SHOW TONIGHT. First, Granny joins us for the BABY NAME CONTEST! Will one of the NINETY ENTRIES guess the name of Bryan and Whitney’s child? There’s $100 US dollars on the line. This all leads to THE BIG REVEAL~! And then, what a follow-up. Raw from Monday with great wrestling and a God-awful main event angle, another match from the Tenryu retirement show, then NXT from Wednesday night setting up BAILEY VS. EVA MARIE~! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with special guest Gary Juster of ROH to talk the life and times of Nick Bockwinkel! Gary only had limited time today so we’ll get him back on again in the future. But a fun show as always so check it out~!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with tons of news and notes! Dave Meltzer joins us to talk the Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm buyrate and a big underreported story in sports, then news on TNA to POP TV, La Sombra to WWE developmental, Survivor Series and so much more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
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On the latest episode of the DragonKing Classic Wrestling Show, host Karl Stern bring you the latest in a series of wrestler biographies. This week, Karl takes a look at the incredibly popular, mythical, and controversial “Intelligent Monster” Frank “Bruiser Brody” Goodish.
Brody was a wild bearded powerhouse who ran roughshod through the United States, Japan, and Puerto Rico before his untimely death in 1988 at the hands of Jose “The Invader 1” Gonzalez. Until his death by stabbing in 1988, he was one of the biggest business stars in the world. In Japan, it was reported that at times he made in excess of $14,000 per week. It is impossible to tell the tale of recent biography focuses like Stan “The Lariat” Hansen and Abdullah the Butcher without also telling the story of Bruiser Brody.
Attached to this show is a special audio bonus feature! Karl recorded an audio companion for the Super Stern Stick Flash Drive based on issue 35 of the DragonKing Press Newsletter. That issue dealt with the death of Brody as told by some of the people that were there or later talked to Jose Gonzalez including Tony Atlas (the closest thing to an eyewitness), Dutch Mantell, and “Nightmare” Ken Wayne.
I hope you enjoy this show and a detailed look at the crazy life and untimely death of Bruiser Brody.
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We are living in a post-Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm world, and while the fight itself has been analyzed to death, there’s plenty to discuss with the business aspects of what happens next. That’s why Josh brought in former Bellator VP of Talent Relations and co-host of The MMA Insiders podcastSam Caplan to help talk about that and tons more! If you’re into MMA business talk, this podcast is for you!
Here’s some other topics Josh and Sam talked about:
– What Sam has been up to, including some other non-MMA endeavors
– His thoughts on where we’re at with Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm several days after the fight
– When he would make a Rousey-Holm rematch and it’s an answer you might not expect
– What he would do with Holly Holm from a media perspective
– The decision making that goes into making a big rematch
– His current thoughts on the Bellator product, and what they need to do to succeed
– His thoughts on OneFC and Ben Askren’s next move when his contract is up
– His thoughts on the Reebok deal, Cain Velasquez signing with CAA, and tons more!
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Show Notes:
– Here’s the Vice Motherboard story Josh was interviewed for.
– Here’s Josh’s column on the potential of the great Rousey comeback story.
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with tons of news to talk about including an epic rant from Dave regarding the Charlotte angle on Raw, Survivor Series notes, what John Cena is doing during his time off, the death of Bryan’s original trainer Ole Olsen, blockbuster numbers for UFC this past weekend, mailbag and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm returns today with tons to talk about including the Charlotte/Paige angle from Raw Monday, Lance’s alternate take on it, what he has told his students about how to handle it if he passes away, some notes on the retro Nitro for this week and how Christ Jericho saw it all coming, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today after a disastrous storm in Seattle to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA, everything from the Charlotte promo on Raw to Emma’s cooking show and the whereabouts of John Cena. Les Thatcher also joins us to talk Don Fargo, Nick Bockwinkel and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
The Bryan & Vinny Show is back tonight amidst HIGH WINDS in Seattle. A massive windstorm knocked out Bryan’s power at noon Tuesday, and as of the time this is being posted he still has no power. So it’s a POWER-FREE PROGRAM, meaning no songs, no drops, and, sadly, NO CRAIG CONTEST. Next week. But we do have retro Raw and retro Nitro, and those were two fun shows! And this is still a fun show as always so check it out~!
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back tonight to talk tons of news topics including our full review of Raw from Monday night with the go-home angles for Survivor Series, World Title tournament matches, that terrible main event segment and more! Plus, ROH’s new TV deal, fallout of Holly Holm beating Ronda Rousey, tons of questions and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!