Category: Wrestling Weekly

Les and Vic talk all the legal issues this week between Jimmy Snuka, Bram, and the WWE Performance Center Stalker.  Then there’s some time spent on Paige and why Vic thinks she’s not on the level of the NXT’s Four Horsewomen.  From there we’ll wrap this week’s proceedings by dipping into the mighty mailbag.  If you’re in the USA (or part of the US Armed Forces) and celebrating Labor Day, be safe and have fun!  For all who take the time to listen to this, thank you and have a wonderful weekend~!

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Les and Vic return to talk the brilliance of Sasha Banks (and Bayley), the Lesnar/Taker finish, Seth working twice at NOC, the great AJ Styles interview on the site this week and your questions regarding the presentation of the women in NXT as opposed to the WWE Divas, the worst venues for wrestling, is not presenting wrestlers in WWE the same way as in NXT a bad idea, and questionable wrestling promoters. Thanks for listening, and have a great weekend~!

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This week Les and Vic make their Summerslam Predictions, but before that, a fun trip in the wayback machine to 1975!  We’ll discuss the origins of the US Title in the Mid Atlantic territory, some of the early champions and the strategy involved in who held the belt in the first few years after it was created that was designed to get it over as a true nationwide championship in the eyes of the fans in the territory.  Have a great weekend, enjoy Summerslam and thanks for listening~!

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Les and Vic return with an all mailbag edition of the show this week thanks to some great questions!  We’ll talk about Les working with the guys who made Mid Atlantic Wrestling so hot in the 70’s, Charlotte’s dream of main eventing Wrestlemania, promoters use of suggestive characters like Adorable Adrian Adonis, Golddust, Ricki Starr and others from days gone by, why most wrestlers have nothing to say when they’re put at the Raw announce table, any wrestler from any era Les would have liked to climb in the ring with and how Les would book Roman Reigns from this point forward if the goal is still to make him the face of the company.  Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

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Back from the Mid Atlantic Fanfest in Charlotte, Les and Vic talk about some of the events from the weekend; the training camp and live shows, meeting Lance Russell, Les getting cussed out by David Crockett (kiddingly, of course) and more.  We’ll spend a few minutes reflecting on Roddy Piper and Les shares a personal Roddy story from the 80’s as well.  We wrap the show by getting to the mailbag questions we didn’t answer last time around, so we’re all caught up.  Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

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The actual quotes attributed to Hulk Hogan today were released while Les and I were recording this show, so we had not seen them nor did we reference the actual quotes on this show. We talked Hogan from the perspective of the perception issues WWE has having Hogan as such a big part of their history and now their rush to distance themselves from him.  We also talked about why Lesnar/Undertaker may move the needle in the short term, but there are tons of inherent problems with WWE that have not gotten a lot of mention this week that put them in the position of having to go with this program at this point.  We also answer your question on Tough Enough, what Les would do if he were running ROH and was faced with WWE trying to do them harm, how Les would book it if NJPW and WWE made a deal to exchange talent regularly and more.  Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

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This week’s show is GIANT SIZED to accomodate all the mailbag questions and the Battleground Prediction game.  Everyone wants to know what Les thought of the introduction of the new divas to the main roster; Les will give his thoughts on that and how he would’ve booked those debuts.  We’ll briefly touch upon Jushin Liger being added to the NXT Brooklyn show and while there’s no doubt WWE always wants to eliminate any competition, Vic will toss out a theory as to why WWE is throwing a monkey wrench into the New Japan/ROH relationship.  We’ll also answer your questions on Patrick from Tough Enough, the chances of a long term foreign NWA Champ in the territory era, cutting weight as a bodybuilder as opposed to a fighter, why wrestlers are loudly calling spots these days (which leads to a very educational sidebar discussion) and midget wrestling (which leads to a pretty funny sidebar discussion).  Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

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Les and Vic are all about the mailbag today!  Your questions answered on Dusty Rhodes (and lots of them), people Les trained who he thought could make it but didn’t, the two ring battle royal in Atlanta Les won and some thoughts on many of the participants and much more~!  There’s a reference to the day of the week which will sound dated because this show was recorded on Wednesday July 8th but some technical difficulties prevented it from making it onto the site until the 9th.

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A special day on the show as July 4th marks Les’ 55th Anniversary in this wacky world of pro wrestling!  We’ll spend some time talking about that very first day & matches, then open up the mailbag to answer your questions about Harley Race, St. Louis wrestling, the Wednesday night wars, getting paid while you were off selling worked injuries, common “bad habits” Les sees during his training seminars and whether a promotion can ever be too far gone to salvage creatively.  There’s a bonus story about a very young Les Thatcher and why you should leave the fireworks to the professionals this weekend, too.  Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

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Les and Vic are joined today by NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Steve Anthony!  We’ll discuss winning the title and wrestling Jushin Liger, training with some of the bigger names of days gone by like Bob Armstrong and Harley Race; being asked by Harley Race to be the head trainer at Harley’s school; how his travel schedule has increased since winning the title, working the Race for the Ring tournament for Les and so much more~!  Best of all this show is completely FREE, so please post the link or file elsewhere and help spread the word about wrestlingobserver.com! If you like what you hear, sign up for a subscription as we produce anywhere from 12-15 new radio shows every week, plus members have full access to over 6,000 archived audio shows dating back to 2005, plus hundreds of new and archived Wrestling Observer and Figure Four Weekly online newsletters. It’s a steal, so sign up and join the fun!

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