Les and Vic are back this week talking a little bit about the state of WWE as written by Dave in the lead story of this week’s Observer, and then it’s on to the main portion of the show, which is a review of Smoky Mountain Wrestling #118 from April 23, 1994 (14:49) on the WWE Network! We decided to tackle the episodes which feature Les on commentary and that particular episode is the first one of the SMW shows currently in the WWE Network vault that Les appears in. In going through the show, we’ll be talking about Lance Storm, Chris Jericho, Jake Roberts, Bob Caudle and many more! We’ll finish up with a dip into the WW mailbag (67:10). Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
What an amazing edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show we have tonight! We’ve got a special IN-STUDIO GUEST this evening, former WWE Superstar ANTONIO THE PROMISE THOMAS~! to talk NXT from Full Sail, Raw from Monday night, plus our weekly visit with Granny discussing how to get over your next bout of the cold or flu! A fun show as always so check it out~!
One day off and we’re back for yet another day of World Tag League matches! This time we’re in Kumamoto for more tag team action. Since AJ seems to be out of the tournament (New Japan still hasn’t commented on what’s going on here) his and Yujiro’s match against Evil and Tetsuya Naito results in another forfeit, giving them another two points. Let’s get to the matches that actually took place Wednesday morning:
Block A: Toru Yano and Kazushi Sakuraba vs. The Addiction
Not much to this at all, very basic stuff aside from the usual Yano antics. I did like the spot where Yano went to whip Daniels into the exposed turnbuckle but Kazarian flung his body into the ropes, absorbing the blow for Daniels. Match ended when Yano shoved Daniels, low blowed him, Sakuraba kicked him and Yano rolled him up for the win.
Block B:The Kingdom vs. Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata
Another match that really was just there. Hard time getting into it. Not that anyone was bad here, but the crowd was dead for the most part and the work was fine at best. They took out Beneett with a STO/Side Russian Legsweep combination, then did the same to Taven and pinned him. Finish was pretty anti-climatic.
Last night’s show, featuring the ninth week of the World title tournament, drew just 221,000 viewers for its 9-11 PM shows. The number was down from last week’s 234,000, and beat only the 11/18 episode (202,0000) for a first run show on Destination America. The midnight replay show did 73,000 viewers.
The combined two show total of 294,000 was also the second lowest in history, and only the second time the total of both airings was less than 300,000 viewers.
The show featured Drew Galloway vs. Lashley in the main event, Jessie Godderz vs. Awesome Kong, Tigre Uno vs. Gail Kim, and Bobby Roode vs. Matt Hardy.
Now fully in lame duck mode on Destination America, TNA is moving to POP TV in the first week of January, debuting on Tuesday, January 5th.
It’s going to be a quiet weekend when it comes to major shows, as New Japan finishes its tag team tournament on Wednesday but has shows all weekend including a Saturday night/Sunday morning show which is the biggest so far this tour, and Bellator runs a show in San Jose tomorrow night.
We’re looking for reports from tonight’s NXT show in Orlando at Dave Meltzer
Smackdown tonight from Hershey, PA
Neville vs. Tyler Breeze
Becky Lynch vs. Brie Bella
Usos & Dean Ambrose vs. New Day
Devon Dudley vs. Bray Wyatt
Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus & King Barrett & Alberto Del Rio & Rusev in a handicap match.
The New Japan tag team tournament continues tomorrow in Takamatsu:
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin vs. Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale
Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii
Mick Foley’s talk on WWE creative and a look at all the new moves WWE tried this week on television is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We look at the changes WWE attempted after a week of record low ratings, as well as the fan questionnaire sent out, what can be learned from it, and why they are asking exactly the wrong people.
We also look at the strengths and weaknesses of the current WWE business, as well as why the ratings may be important, but other factors are probably more important,when it comes to WWE’s next television deal. We look at the different potential changes in the landscape look at what aspects of business are and aren’t improving, as well as WWE’s business in the big picture.
He also update the situation with A.J. Styles, and the New Japan tag team tournament with standings and notes on the tournament matches over the past week.
We also look at the TLC PPV update, more on La Sombra in WWE, questions about all the shoulder injuries, WWE security at live shows, Cena movie release, Brad Maddox firing, Maddox’s WWE history, talents WWE has shown interest in, WWE overseas tour lineup and WWE weekend live event notes and business.
We have a look at the debut of the new Rizin promotion, major announcements for the first weekend of shows, the tournament, just how big Bob Sapp vs Akebono was the first time.
We also have a story on the domestic abuse claims by the girlfriend of Tomoaki Honma, and his response.
We look at the realities of the free agency of Benson Henderson, judging of the key fights, as well as full rundown of UFC’s debut in South Korea this past week.
We’ve got notes of TNA’s canceled tour of India, notes on the death of Tommy Gilbert and El Bello Greco, along with a feature on Stan Holek, a member of two of the most decorated tag teams of the 50s and 60s, the Lisowski Brothers with Crusher and the Neilson Brothers with Art Neilson. We look at the unique reason why all of his success was as a tag team wrestler, his biggest rivals, and his 13 runs as world tag team champion.
We’ve got a feature on the retirement of Act Yasukawa and the sad reason it happened.
We’ve also got the awards ballot for the 2015 awards and information on how well Hell in a Cell did this year on PPV.
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For the TLC show, the New Day vs. Lucha Dragons vs. Usos tag team title match will be a ladder match. Kevin Owens vs. Dean Ambrose for the IC title will be a straight match. This will all be announced on tonight’s show.
UFC activities in Las Vegas for next week’s three shows start on Tuesday. In many ways, this is the most ambitious week in company history, with the new stars show on Thursday, Frankie Edgar vs. Chad Mendes on Friday and UFC 194 on Saturday.
Tickets for the Raw after WrestleMania at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on 4/4 have a pre-sale on tomorrow at 10 a.m. Central time with the code DALLAS. These tickets will likely sell out quickly due to 60,000 to 100,000 tourists in town and only probably around 12,000 tickets available. Tickets go on sale to the public on Saturday at 10 a.m. Central time.
New Japan World has released 79 new matches that have taken place in December of previous years this week.
The legendary Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen match that we talked about on the audio show earlier this week was from September 23, 1981. It’s generally considered Andre’s best ever match. There are two Andre vs. Hansen matches up on New Japan World.
TNA announced that they will be airing footage from the early PPV shows from Nashville called “The Asylum Years” on the TNA YouTube channel every Thursday at 7 p.m. Eastern time.
TNA also has a three hour special on the Flipps app tomorrow night stating at 8 p.m. Eastern for $14.99. This will be a taped PPV. Originally this was to be a live show from Mumbia, India.
CMLL tomorrow night at www.ClaroSports.com will have a singles title match with Dragon Lee vs. Kamaitachi from Arena Mexico. The match will start at about 11 p.m. Eastern time and it’s free. It’s not 100% that it will be available in the U.S., but the Friday night shows have been available the past few weeks.
WWE has released a ton of old television shows, a few each from Crockett Promotions, AWA, Stampede Wrestling, Mid South and Smoky Mountain Wrestling on its network.
WWE and Lionsgate’s Codeblack Films have a deal for co-producing and co-financing several moves, the first of which will be called “Brother’s Blood.” The movie will be filmed next month in New Orleans. What WWE star or stars involved that will likely suffer injuries on Raw at that time have not been revealed. More here.
The New York Post ran a story on WWE’s ratings declines today. They blamed the ratings decline on the WWE Network. I don’t buy that for a second. They also use last Thursday’s ratings to talk about the decline of Smackdown which is plain dishonest stats because everyone knows Thanksgiving night isn’t indicative of what the show is doing. I mean, Smackdown has declined significantly, but using Thanksgiving ratings for your stats is intellectually dishonest.
Brock Lesnar was announced for the 3/14 Raw taping in Pittsburgh. Lesnar should be appearing more regularly starting in a few weeks since he’s booked for both the Royal Rumble (promotion of which starts on 12/14) and WrestleMania.
Not that this will happen, but they were advertising this match for the 12/15 Smackdown tapings in Newark, NJ at the Prudential Center of Bray Wyatt & Sheamus & Kevin Owens vs. Kane & Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose. (thanks to Mike Omansky)
Dwayne Johnson is on the cover of the new issue of Muscle & Fitness magazine
Ric Flair and Charlotte appear on 12/18 at iPlay America at 110 Schanck Rd in Freehold, NJ from 6 to 9 p.m.
Reader Jeff Bukantz note last night the Dudleys were at the Rangers-Islanders game on camera and did a trivia contest for two tickets to the 12/28 Raw show at the Barclays Center. He said that it died live, nobody reacted to them at all.
WWE stock closed at $17.32 per share today, down 11 cents.
Dewey Foley, Mick’s son, will start as a writers assistant in January. Writers assistants are not writers.
Serra-Longo Fight Team special on Friday at 7 p.m. on FS 1
Aldo vs. McGregor All Access show on Saturday at 3 p.m. on FOX
Ultimate Insider with Chris Weidman, Jose Aldo and more on Sunday at 4 p.m. on FS 1
AXS TV’s Inside MMA has a Ronda Rousey special tomorrow night at 12:30 a.m. Eastern time, with Miesha Tate, sports psychologist Ken Baum, Shannon Knapp, and MMA Junkie radio hosts George and Brian Garcia. The show airs after the Legacy Fighting Championships show at 10 p.m.
Beneil Dariush is injured and off the 1/17 UFC show in Boston where he was to face Mairbeck Taisumov in what was a sleeper match on that show. Former New Jersey state wrestling champion Chris Wade faces Taisumov as a replacement.
MISCELLANEOUS
Lucha Underground will be part of a City of Los Angeles TV commercial for the “Discover LA campaign. They will be doing a match with two Luchadores and would like fans to come as audience members. It takes place Saturday afternoon and will be a four-hour shoot. You have to commit to staying for the four hours. All fans will get a complimentary meal and Lucha Underground poster. It’s at the Lucha Underground Temple at 516 S. Anderson St. in Los Angeles. You must be 18 or older to attend. they’d like you to wear Lucha Underground T-shirts or hat, but nothing black. You have to e-mail the promotion for times and ability to attend.
Four members of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleading team will be a the Wrestlecon convention in Dallas over WrestleMania weekend with tons of major pro wrestling names. For more info you can go to www.Wrestlecon.com.
East Coast Wrestling toys for Tots event Saturday night in Woodbury Heights, NJ at the Community Center.
Icons of Wrestling and Comic Book Collectorfeset on 4/16 at The Arena in Philadelphia from 9 a.m will have an event covering pro wrestling, science fiction, pop culture, comics, movies and TV. For vendors who with to be involved send for into to iconsofwrestlingcollectrofest@aol.com
New England Championship Wrestling on Saturday night in Wilmington, MA at West Real Estate from Noon to 3 p.m. have a public appearance with free autographs and photo ops with a donation of an unwrapped toy.
Combate Americas on 12/16 in Hollywood, CA at the Florentine Gardens with John Castaneda vs. Kiko Lopez for a show that airs live on NBC Universo at 11 p.m. Eastern and 8 p.m. Pacific time.
Premier Wrestling results from Saturday in Gilroy, CA: Joe Graves b Jeff Cobb via unanimous decision after three rounds, Alexander Hammerstone (2-0) b Tyler Bateman (1-3), Timothy Thatcher b Jeff Cobb (6-5-1) via second round submission, Khamora b Nicole Savoy (3-2) in a semifinal for the women’s athlete title, Raze b Kiko (0-2) in a semifinal for the women’s athlete title, Vito Rea (1-0) b Buddy Royal (2-5), Womens’ tourney finals: Raze (2-2) b Khamora(2-2) to become first champion, JR Kratos (9-2-1) went to a double knockout with Gabriel Gallo (4-0-1) for the Premier title, Joe Graves (4-1-1) b Timothy Thatcher (5-3-1) via fifth round submission to win the Embrace the Grind tournament
American Combat Wrestling on 12/19 in New Port Richey, FL at the All Sports Arena.
Smash Wrestling on 1/16 at the Franklin Horner Community Centre in Toronto.
Shine runs 12/11 in Ybor City, FL at the Orpheum with Santana Garrett headlining an all womens show that including April Hunter, Marti Belle, Allysin Kay, Jessicka Havok, Amber Gallows, Malia Hosaka, Leilani Kai, Daffney and more.
CWE tonight in Brandon, Manitoba with Charlie Haas vs. Tommy Lee Curtis and Silas Young vs. Chad Tatum at the Houston’s Country Roadhouse.
There is a Lucha Libre show on 12/19 in Dallas at the Indoor Soccer Zone with Atlantis & El Hijo de L.A. Park vs. Bestia 666 & Ultimo Guerrero
Upcoming main events at the Auditorio in Tijuana are 12/18 with Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. L.A. Park vs. Damian 666 vs. Pagano, 12/25 with Dr. Wagner Jr. & El Hijo del Rey Misterio & Super Muneco vs. Damian 666 & Pakal & Rey Misterio II, and 1/8 with the original Gronda & L.A. Park & Rayo de Jalisco Jr. vs. Cibernetico & the original Cien Caras & Dr. Wagner Jr. (thanks to Kris Zellner)
Pure Wrestling Association on Friday night in Guelph, ONT at Red Chevron.
IWF on 12/5, 12/12 and 12/19 at the IWF Centre in Nutley, NJ.
Maryland Championship Wrestling tomorrow night in Felton, DE at the Delaware Auto Exchange with Mick Foley and The Head Bangers appearing.
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with a packed show! We’ve got tons of news, an appearance by Dave Meltzer talking the newest Observer, Rousey vs. Holm II and more, plus Eddie Kingston joins us to talk Chikara TOP BANANA coming up this Saturday at the former ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA. A fun show as always so check it out~!
Dana White is spending the day at ESPN in Bristol, CT and has made two announcements thus far.
The first is that he said a Holly Holm vs. Ronda Rousey rematch is imminent.
“I think that if we didn’t make the rematch, me and Lorenzo should probably lose our promoters’ license,” White said on the Mike & Mike show. “Yeah, that fight’s going too happen. I don’t know when, but that’s the fight that will happen.”
White also said on Sports Center that the winner of the Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor fight on 12/12 would be sharing the upcoming video game cover with Rousey, saying that he believed it was the first time in major sports that a result of a match would determine who is on the cover of the new video game.
Holm knocked out Rousey in an historic upset in 59 seconds of the second round in the main event of UFC 193 from Melbourne, Australia on November 15th. The show drew one of the three biggest buyrates in company history. A properly-promoted rematch should beat that number, perhaps handily.
Last week, Tigre Uno won a three way match to advance in the series. Drew Galloway beat Spud with the sick kick, while Bram demolished Grado in short order. Jessie Godderz beat Micah, and Davey Richards being Robbie E in a pretty good match. Kenny King beat Crazzy Steve, while Austin Aries lost to Bobby Lashley in the best match of the series to date. The show begins with a recap of last week’s events and tonight’s card, including Gail vs. Tigre Uno, Drew vs. Lashley, and Matt Hardy vs. Bobby Roode. DJZ faces EC3 up next. They say that if Ronda Rousey can be beat, then so can EC3. Wow.
DJZ vs. EC3
EC3 is hyped up by Josh as the man who has never been pinned and talks about how DJZ has no chance, despite just saying that EC3 could be beaten if Ronda Rousey could. Is it too much to ask for a character to be consistent for five minutes? Basic armwork to start while Josh talks about Bracket Brawl. EC3’s flapjack is countered by a dropkick. They fight to the floor and EC3 tosses him in, turns his back, and eats a basement dropkick. Josh points out that Tyrus should’ve warned him, and then reminds us that Tyrus wants a World Title shot against EC3 if he wins the series. They go back to the floor and EC3 tosses him into the post.
Josh runs through more of tonight’s card, including Eli Drake vs. Shera. DJZ gets a jawkbreaker into a flying neckbreaker. DJZ’s wacky popping DDT is countered for the 50th time in just the Series, before he hits a regular DDT. DJZ flips around while standing before getting a rana. He goes for it again, but eats a sitout powerbomb and the One Percenter wins. EC3 moves on to the round of eight. We see the brackets, so now we don’t need to play Bracket Brawl to actually see who could fight who in this. Gail Kim vs. Tigre Uno is up next and they hype it up as historic because it’s the first time the X Division Champion will face the Knockouts Champion. Gail puts over how TNA has always let women be themselves, and now she can take the World title. After a break, Gail gets an intro while Uno gets nothing.
Gail Kim vs. Tigre Uno
Gail gets 2 off a quick schoolboy. Love Gail being shocked that a schoolboy didn’t win a mid-card match in 2015. Tigre gets a front facelock and wrestles her down to the mat before getting a headlock. Josh points out that Tigre being a luchardor helps him here since he has likely faced female wrestlers before. Gail pops up and gets a blind crossbody, but Tigre rolls through for 2. Tigre counters Eat Defeat into a wacky lucha submission before Gail sunset flips out of it for 2. Gail gets the headscissors into the octopus stretch, leading to Tigre dumping her on the apron. Uno does a forward roll mid-ring before doing a plancha. Josh busts out his first “trending topic” mention of the night before Gail lands a top rope rana and a shotgun dropkick that sends Uno into the buckle.
Gail struggles to get the ringpost figure four on, but does so safely. Tigre counters a sunset flip counter attempt into a cradle to win. Bram vs. Davey is up next and they hype up Lashley vs. “The Captain” Drew Galloway. What is he the captain of and why is that one of his nicknames? Josh and Pope recap Gail vs. Uno and they re-recap the results of both that match and the EC3 match. We get a recap of Bram’s path of destruction in the series so far, but he gets no intro. Davey gets a partial intro before the bell rings.
Bram vs. Davey Richards
They start off with a collar and elbow tie-up that Bram wins. Bram overpowers him again before mocking Davey. Davey gets a go-behind and starts working on the arm. Bram knocks him down with a punch before Josh runs down Bram’s nicknames. Bram throws him to the floor, but Davey runs back in and gets a baseball slide dropkick to the floor before some machine gun kicks against the barricade. Davey attacks him with some corner mount punches before low-bridging him and sends Bram to the floor. Bram attacks and lands a fireman’s carry facebuster into the steps. Josh gives Bram a new nickname – Calculated Chaos. Maybe he can get a math teacher gimmick and confound the roster with Calculus Chaos. Bram shoves Davey’s back into the ropes, but Davey avoids the charge. Davey hits a double stomp off the steps, in what is easily the best part of the match so far.
Back-bumping missile dropkick leads to a nip-up and a big exploder to Bram. Josh calls this match a big upset if Davey can win despite Davey being an ROH World Champion. Double stomp off the top gets 2. Bram gets the F5 as a transition move to the impaler DDT, which Davey turns into a small package for the win. This sets up Davey vs. EC3, which has the potential to be quite good. Eli says that the future four was a group of losers and Shera is a great dancer and a strong guy, but is a moron. Drake vs. Shera is up next. Drake gets no intro, while Shera gets his and a few fans do the Shera Shake. We get a Shera hype video of his run through the series.
Mahabali Shera vs. Eli Drake
Drake punches away at him in the corner while Josh plugs the January TV tapings. Shera lands a slam and clotheslines Drake to the floor. Josh says that Shera isn’t even polished and he’s already doing very well in TNA. Drake stomps away on Shera and lands a series of elbows for 2. Drake gets a nice back suplex, but misses a big leaping elbow drop. Drake ducks down and eats a boot and clothesline. Shera backdrops him and does the Shake for a second. Drake goes up and eats a slam before losing to the Sky High. Matt Hardy cuts a promo on Roode in a very dark room while someone coughs in the background. He says his formula is “Twist of Fate, win” and how his dream is like him – it will not die. Roode vs. Hardy is up next. Josh and Pope pick the winners for the remaining match and each man gets intros for this match.
Bobby Roode vs. Matt Hardy
Roode goes to the floor to stall and establish himself as the heel in this match. Bobby backs him up into the corner and pats his chest, while Matt responds with his pose. Matt shoulderblocks him down and he lands a clothesline to take him down. Roode rolls to the floor to break Matt’s momentum. Roode pulls Matt into the post on the floor and slams the wrist into the steps a few times. Roode dominates in the corner and says that this is why he’s the It Factor – Roode just acting like a heel is so much better than whatever his babyface character is. Roode gets the crossface on, but Matt gets to the rope. Side Effect hits and he gets 2 before landing a clothesine, but the bulldog is tossed off by Roode.
Hardy finally gets the bulldog for 2. Twist of Fate is countered into a schoolboy for 2. Another crossface is locked on by Roode, but turned into a cradle for 2. Roode bomb countered into a Side Effect that is countered. Roode does the V-1ah bit in the corner, but eats a kick and a Twist of Fate for the loss. Matt Hardy advances in the series. Drew talks about the series has given him a second chance and it’s an innovative tournament, and something that benefits the fans and himself. Godderz comes out to face Awesome Kong.
Jessie Godderz vs. Awesome Kong
The crowd chants “Kong’s gonna kill you” to start things off. Jessie says that Kong doesn’t really want to wrestle, she just wants to touch his body. Jessie offers a kiss, but wants that thought to marinade for a bit. Kong kisses him with a big punch! Kong chops him and drops him with shoulder charges. Kong avalanches him in the corner and slams him down three times. Jessie tries to leave, but Kong tosses him into the post and punches away. Godderz gets a thumb to the eye, but he misses a charging lariat and hits the steps. Kong’s splash misses and he wins with a bad cradle. Finish aside, this was a really fun match. EY faces Kenny King next. After a break, they recap how Jessie cheated to beat Kong and goes on to face Matt Hardy next week.
Kenny King vs. Eric Young
Kenny gets a partial intro, while EY gets none. Josh says that EY was a headliner all year while Kenny King was held back by being in the BDC. King gets a headlock and sends EY into the ropes for his flip. EY sends King to the floor and scowls a bit .They fight on the apron before King sends EY into the ring with a headstand kick. EY regains control and stomps King’s head on the apron before kicking him to the floor. EY gets backdropped to the floor and King dives onto him. King lands a springboard crossbody and gets 2 off a schoolboy. EY counters the Royal Flush with an eye rake. Kenny gets a spinebuster for 2. EY grabs the ref to distract him and piledrives King to win. We see the brackets and a graphic for Lashley vs. Galloway, followed by a small hype video for it.
Drew Galloway vs. Lashley
Lashley is called the most dominant athlete in all of sports to start. They exchange armholds to start before we get a clean break in the corner. Lashley gets a chinlock before flipping forward over Drew and turning it into a rear naked choke, which I’ve never seen before. Lashley stomps away in the corner for an ad break. After the break, Drew kicks Lashley and punches him before being Bieled into the corner. Drew gets a flying clothesline and sends him to the floor. They fight on the floor and Lashley sends him back first onto the top of the steps. Delayed suplex gets 2 for Lashley. Drew sends his shoulder into the post and clubs the back. Lashley takes Drew to suplex city with a German and an overhead belly to belly. Lashley goes for a torture rack, but can’t lift him. Lashley gets the powerslam for 2. Drew gets 2 off a neckbreaker. Lashley misses a corner charge and Drew hits White Noise before setting up the Claymore kick. Drew charges in, but eats a spear and loses. Lashley moves on to the round of eight.
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including Dave’s thoughts on the State of WWE from his headline article in the Observer this week, Smackdown tapings, Dewey Foley on the creative team, AJ Styles’ injury, the death of Stan Nielsen, Joe Rogan talks potentially leaving UFC, A Dinner with Luke Rockhold, questions and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
