Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with a breaking news audio talking Brock Lesnar and his deal to fight Mark Hunt and how it could affect SummerSlam and more, what Dana White has said about Arial Helwani, Michael Bisping and the slur caught on tape Saturday night, Bray Wyatt’s return and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns with a look at the death of Muhammad Ali, plus a preview of Saturday’s UFC 199 top bouts.
We’re still on the road to UFC 200, but we have to make a stop in sunny Los Angeles, CA, first for a fun-looking UFC 199 event that is full of bad blood.
On this week’s edition of Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, Bleacher Report senior MMA analyst & Washington Post contributor Patrick Wyman drops by the show to go over the event and much more like…
– Why he feels like it would take an alien invasion for Michael Bisping to best Luke Rockhold
– If Urijah Faber has a real path to victory against Dominick Cruz
– What he feels should be next for bantamweight rising star Cody Garbrandt
– A little bit of UFC 199 true/false
– What MMA fans can watch for in order to get more educated on the nuance of the sport
– Patrick’s background and how he came to prominence as a striking analyst
– And so much more.
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Just how much has the injury bug that’s bitten WWE in recent years been a result of the schedule? That’s the main topic of discussion on Wrestling Weekly! Les and Vic will start the show with some sad news about Danny Miller, who is a longtime friend and former tag team partner with Les. After some quick talk about Roderick Strong and Zack Sabre Jr.(4:25) and the very few things that went well on Raw this week, (6:47) we’ll take a look at Dave Meltzer’s article in the new Observer regarding how many of the guys who work the most matches in WWE in recent years have suffered significant injuries the following year (13:41). Is it the schedule? Is it the style? Or is there something that has to do with one of those things that may not be talked about often enough? After that, we’ll open the mailbag and answer questions about Vader (40:09), adding talent to the WWE main roster for the brand split(44:00), Randy Orton being a bully (47:09), guys who didn’t speak great English during the territory days but got over big anyway (50:50), promotions that had split crews years ago (53:41), and whatever happened to the elbow drop (56:44)? Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with a packed show today! Tons of news, Slammiversary poll, Hiroshi Tanahashi injured and a New Japan update, Zack Gowen appears to talk his new Wrestling for Warriors charity project and so much more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Photo of Eddie Guerrero and Jerry “Mr. JL” Lynn by Karl Stern
Classic wrestling host and wrestling historian Karl Stern takes a look at the recent Will Ospreay vs. Ricochet match from NJPW to see what all the fuss is about. How does it fit historically? Is this a bunch of flippy-doos doing something other than pro wrestling or is it a good match? Are the criticisms of Jim Cornette and Vader valid?
This leads to a deep discussion of the evolution of the Japanese junior heavyweight styles, and then a talk about the psychology of gimmick matches in the 1970s and 1980s which leads into a heavier than expected examination of society — an amazingly complex question.
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Just a reminder that time is running out to order the giant wrestling history collection on the Super Stern Stick 16gb flash drive. The drive is going to be discontinued soon so if you’ve ever thought about ordering… well… time is running out.
We’re back on the DKP and back from two days in London for the ELECTRIC Super Strong Style 16 tournament in Camden’s appropriately titled Electric Ballroom. PROGRESS Wrestling put on two incredible days of pro wrestling that provided us with alot to talk about!
In the first segment of the show, one third of PROGRESS ownership, Glen Joseph, joins Alan to discuss the weekend from a behind the scenes perspective and to talk about some of the truly special moments of the weekend for them. Then in part 2, taped LIVE ON THE STREETS OF CAMDEN, Oli Court, Iain Seaton and Jack Layzell brave the wind (we tried our best to shield the mic!) to talk to Alan about everything that happened on both shows. The lads discuss the best matches, the ironman performances of Chris Hero, Tommy End and Mark Andrews, the storylines going forward and so much more. It was an amazing tournament, an amazing weekend of wrestling and you can hear all about it this week on the DKP!!! CHECK IT!!!
(Note: Unfortunately, both segments had some audio issues which we’ve done our best to clean up. The aforementioned wind wasn’t too bad for the most part, but unfortunately there were issues with the interview with Glen so audio is not ideal on that. Apologies, we hope you still deem it listenable and are able to enjoy!)
From Cody Rhodes to Extreme Rules to the build to Money in the Bank to the WWE brand split, it’s been an incredibly eventful week and Les and Vic return to talk about it all! We’ll start with Cody and the statement he released that didn’t do him any favors at WWE Headquarters, how many guys feel the way he does, and having a lot of respect for him being willing to walk away from a good amount of money if the money doesn’t come with the opportunity he’s seeking. Vic was live in the building for Extreme Rules last Sunday and he’ll talk about a feeling he couldn’t shake while watching AJ Styles vs Roman Reigns (18:41) and just how far (and for what reasons) AJ Styles is willing to go to have a great match. Also, is that willingness doing him any good within the company at this point? No discussion would be complete this week without touching on the brand split (47:10) and the announcement that Smackdown is moving to Tuesdays and going live in July. We’ll talk the idea of 2 champions as opposed to 1 and something that might be missing from the product today that will be essential to the brand split being a successful one this time around. We hope you have a happy and healthy holiday (in the USA) weekend and thanks for listening~!
On the 39th Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, longtime MMA and hip-hop journalist Andreas Hale (Yahoo, The Source, Sherdog, many more) drops by to talk NJPW Best of the Super Juniors, WWE brand split, UFC’s fun Memorial Day weekend show, Nate Diaz, the state of boxing, and tons more.
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In this hour-long edition, the guys jumped into the following:
– How pro wrestling was Andreas’ gateway drug into other combat sports
– What he’s watching and why he’s watching it
– Talk on the WWE brand split and why both guys are skeptical of the outcome
– Last weekend’s disaster of a Bellator middleweight title fight and why their belts don’t seem to matter
– How UFC and Bellator fail on their community outreach programs
– Whether Kimbo Slice resonates with the black community
– Thoughts on Nate Diaz and his Wednesday interview with Ariel Helwani
– Andreas’ thoughts on the boxing scene and the plethora of PBC shows
– What both guys are excited about with this weekend’s UFC Fox Sports One show on Memorial Day
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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back to talk the WWE brand extension and Smackdown move to Thursday, tons of questions about it from listeners, the latest on Hulk Hogan, TNA breaks a ratings record, Super Juniors and Lucha Underground reports, UFC sale notes, Overeem vs. Stipe, Floyd vs. McGregor, mailbag and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
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