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 about the late Don Fargo (20:54); his skills as wrestler, some wacky road stories, and his talents as a cartoonist (!). In addition, we’ll talk about Eddie Guerrero (37:00) because as hard as it is to believe, today is the 10th anniversary of his passing. And we will talk some current WWE because the mailbag today (46:23) is all about the WWE title tournament. Thanks for listening, and have a great weekend~!
Category: Wrestling Weekly
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Wrestling Weekly 11-6: Why WWE Should Not Run A Tournament At Survivor Series, tons more~!
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 with the wrong wrestling trainers (33:53), quick thoughts on The Assassins, Ivan Koloff and Daniel Bryan as it relates to the Observer HOF (41:02) and a quick peek into the mailbag (45:31). Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
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Wrestling Weekly 10/30: Monster Factory, Del Rio Returns, Lesnar, Mailbag
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 part of SATAN’S ANGELS and the innocent women they corrupted (he’ll be so mad at me for writing that), Dutch Mantel, finding more Latin stars for WWE (as well as stars of other ethnicities) and way too much thigh slapping to add sound effects to punches and kicks. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
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Wrestling Weekly: Great Old School Card from Cincy, Mark Lewin, HIAC Predictions, more~! 10/23
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 FREE SHOW so please spread the word! Wrestling Weekly airs every Friday talking about any and everything in old school wrestling as well as covering the major wrestling stories of the week! Sign up at wrestlingobserver.com for daily bonus subscriber-only shows, plus over 7,000 archived shows dating back to 2005!Thanks for listening, and have a great weekend~!
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Wrestling Weekly 10-16: Asuka’s Debut, Observer HOF, Mailbag and tons more~!
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. (39:49) Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
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Wrestling Weekly 10-8: Bill Bowman, Brian Pillman, Daniel Bryan and the Mighty 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~!
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10/5 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: WWE and Bischoff’s renewed relationship, celebrating Chris Jericho, more~!
Somehow, Vic’s dating life (or lack thereof) kind of became a thing at his radio station, so Les asks about how Vic became one of New York City’s most eligible bachelors (0:00); then we’re onto the subject of Eric Bischoff and tons on Les’ perspective as a trainer, viewer & someone who worked with both promotions at one point during and at the end of the Monday Night Wars (5:30), and we’ll wrap with some thoughts on Chris Jericho (43:20) who celebrated his 25th anniversary as a wrestler this weekend with his match against Kevin Owens on the WWE Network MSG special. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~! This show was recorded Friday morning, but is just making it’s way onto the site now because of some unforseen issues, which have since been corrected. We should be back on schedule next week and thank you for your patience and understanding!
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Wrestling Weekly 9-25: Les and Vic return to talk Percival A. Friend and Jake Roberts
Les and Vic return to talk about Les upcoming and very scenic trip to Massachusetts, the late Percival A. Friend (4:40), Jake Roberts on Steve Austin’s podcast (8:50), Fans rushing the ring these days, the disappearance of heat in wrestling and adding realism back to the product (16:22), Brock Lesnar’s “Go To Hell” Tour in October (28:19), Should older wrestlers be banned from wrestling in WWE (39:10), Federal Regulation of the industry (47:40), poor Les’ beloved Washington Redskins (52:30) and the Andersons for the Observer Hall of Fame (1:01:00). Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
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9/18 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: Roderick Strong, Twin Magic, Flying Headscissors, mailbag, more~!
Les and Vic will make our Night of Champions predictions at the end of this week’s show, but before we get there, we’ll talk about Roderick Strong’s comments from the interview he did with Semp and Bryan yesterday, how the finish to the Nikki/Charlotte match on Raw could’ve come off better, pick up on Dave & Bryan’s flying headscissors conversation from Monday night and answer some mailbag questions. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
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9/11 Doc Young’s Wrestling Weekly: Bayley/Sasha 2, Kurt Angle’s Future, Mailbag, much more~!
Les and Vic return on this opening weekend for the NFL to talk….a 30 minute IRONWOMAN match at the next NXT Takeover! Well, that’s part of the fun today; we’ll also look at Kurt Angle’s recent comments regarding his future and answer your questions about cats & dogs (seriously), the upcoming Mr. Olympia competition (not the guy from Mid South wrestling in the 80’s), what WWE can do to boost falling ratings, and the unfortunate lot in life enhancement talent in the territory days when they perhaps had bigger plans for their career. And one more thing: what you can do today (or anytime, really) to honor those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Have a great weekend and thanks for listening~!