Category: Wrestling Observer Live

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including WWE’s latest earnings report, how this ties into their booking and who they push and don’t push, TV deals, the lack of pyro and why it doesn’t matter, calls and texts and TONS more!

We start off with brief talk about Kane getting elected as the Republican candidate for mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. Other points of discussion include WWE’s first quarter report and why their booking, financially, doesn’t really matter.

Next up is talk about New Japan going to the Seattle area, why WWE doesn’t do pyro or different sets if they are making so much money and more on WWE’s booking not really mattering.

After the break, there’s talk on PWG’s upcoming events, Daniel Bryan’s position on SmackDown, more on pyro, more about Bryan coming back to the ring (but only for the greatest team of all time) plus more.

A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start – 2:14: Intro

2:14 – 11:42: WWE Q1 results

11:42 – 23:08: Pyro, booking

23:08 – 37:05: PWG, more pyro

37:05- end: Closing moments

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including Smackdown, a live mailbag coming to San Francisco with Dave and Bryan, WWE Backlash, your calls and texts, plus Kris Wolf joins us to talk women’s wrestling and life in Japan!

Topics for the first segment include announcements about upcoming Q&A events, AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura as well as discussion on Miss Elizabeth and her role in wrestling.

After the break, the Backlash card is ran down. There’s also discussion on the death of Universo 2000, Chris Jericho, All In tickets and more.

Kris Wolf joins the show in the third segment. She talks about getting into pro wrestling, teaching English in Japan, training and the upcoming Pro Wrestling EVE WrestleQueendom event this weekend.

A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start – 2:12: Intro
2:12 – 11:51: Styles/Nakamura, Miss Elizabeth
11:51 – 23:07: Assorted notes
23:07 – end: Kris Wolf

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including Raw last night, Smackdown, Backlash, tons of notes regarding New Japan at the Cow Palace and current ticket sales, your calls and texts and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

Discussion on Raw starts the show off, particularly the Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn vs. Bobby Lashley, Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns bout.

The second segment has talk on Bobby Lashley, if he is under contract to Bellator, him and Strowman as a team and G1 Special in San Francisco tickets.

More talk about the G1 Special tickets after the break, comparing their ticket pricing to WWE events, WWE’s commentary situation, and even more talk on Bobby Lashley.

Timestamps:

Start – 2:15: Intro

2:15- 12:10: Raw

12:10 – 23:16: Lashley, G1 Special

23:16 – 36:50: G1 SF tickets

36:50 – end: Closing moments

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including WWE Backlash, thoughts on Brock Lesnar’s next title contender, Roman Reigns, plus the triumphant return of Dr. Lucha to talk everything that has been going on south of the border since WrestleMania weekend! A fun show as always so check it out~!

After the intro, discussion starts with Backlash, which on paper just looks like “a show”, as well as talk about the future of the Universal title situation.

Following the break, more talk about Samoa Joe, Miz, Seth Rollins, Nakamura vs. Styles, Brock Lesnar dropping the title and more.

Dr. Lucha joins the show as he talks about CMLL’s anniversary show, travelling to Mexico City, Pentagon Jr.’s name and current status, Konnan back in AAA, micros and minis and much more.

Timestamps:

Start – 2:18: Intro
2:18 – 12:26: Backlash, Universal title
12:26 – 23:20: Texts and calls
23:20 – 36:58: Dr. Lucha
36:58 – end: Closing moments w/Dr. Lucha

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including the Greatest Royal Rumble fallout, Roman Reigns and whether or not turning him heel would make any difference, what to do with him if he did turn heel, calls and texts and so much more!

First segment has talk about the Greatest Royal Rumble which took place on Friday, including talk about the next possible show, the finish to Brock/Roman and Roman’s failure to win the title again and Braun Strowman winning the show’s titular match.

More talk about Roman after the break about Roman Reigns’ future. Things get pretty heated, because with the loss, who is there to be “the guy”? Should he go heel? Is Braun Strowman the guy?

Even more talk about Roman Reigns’ future fills the third segment, as well as more on Saudi Arabia and thoughts on Triple H vs. John Cena.

 A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start – 2:15: Intro

2:15 – 12:24: Greatest Royal Rumble

12:24 – 23:23: Roman Reigns

23:23 – 37:19: More on Reigns, Royal Rumble

37:19 – end: Closing moments

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including special appearances by both Dave Meltzer to talk the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and all the scoops, and Court Bauer to talk MLW Fusion, their new TV show, two EXCLUSIVE scoops only for Wrestling Observer Live listeners and more!

We start off with discussion on the Greatest Royal Rumble, which will take place tomorrow. There’s also talk on ratings.

Dave Meltzer joins the show to talk about how much WWE is getting from the Saudi Arabia deal, a prayer intermission during the Greatest Royal Rumble, Bruno Sammartino and  Motoko Baba.

Court Bauer then joins the show, talking about Wale and Walemania, MLW, Tony Schiavone becoming the voice of MLW, the popularity of independent wrestling in 2018, distinguishing MLW from other independent promotions, how to watch MLW’s new television program and more.

A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start – 2:20: Intro

2:20 – 12:02:  Greatest Royal Rumble, ratings

12:02 – 23:22: Dave Meltzer

23:22 – 37:31: Court Bauer

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including Paul Heyman and Saudi Arabia, the Greatest Royal Rumble, Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass, Raw ratings, calls and texts, plus Viper aka Piper Niven joins us to talk her career! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including the Greatest Royal Rumble this Friday, RAW, Bryan unleashes a POLL on Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, Triple H talks the show and the history of women on Earth, and tons more!

We start off with talk about Triple H’s comments on why women aren’t competing at the Saudi Arabia event on Friday. Other topics include Dolph Ziggler backup and the situation with Vimeo.

After the break, there’s more talk about Saudi Arabia, Roman/Brock, the odds for the show, Paul Heyman and The Miz.

Third segment has talk about Brock Lesnar’s record and more about Roman Reigns. We then wrap things up with a look at a poll on who people think will win on Friday.

A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start – 2:13: Intro

2:13 – 11:59: Women in Saudi Arabia, other topics

11:59 – 23:21: More on Saudi Arabia, Brock/Rock

23:21 – 36:49: Brock and Roman

36:49 – end: Poll results and closing moments

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including Bruno Sammartino’s funeral, the death of Motoko Baba, Impact Redemption, the Greatest Royal Rumble, Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, Bryan Alvarez vs. Vimeo, and so much more. 

News on Bruno Sammartino’s funeral and Motoko Baba’s death starts off the show. They also talk about the Greatest Royal Rumble, Backlash and Saudi Arabia.

After the break, Bryan gives an update on the F4W Video situation. Calls are taken on Paul Jones, Impact Redemption and Roman Reigns, who people are torn over in regards to if he’ll win or not on Friday.

More talk about the Greatest Royal Rumble after the break, including Brock Lesnar’s contract, WWE doing business with Saudi Arabia and the situation with Booker T and the Coach.

A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start- 2:20: Intro

2:20 – 11:55: Greatest Royal Rumble, Saudi Arabia

11:55 – 23:04: Vimeo, Roman Reigns, Impact

23:04 – 36:45: Greatest Royal Rumble and Brock’s contract

36:45 – end: Closing moments

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including the GREATEST ROYAL RUMBLE, list of competitors so far all of whom are male, Impact PPV tonight with a full line-up, tons of mailbag and phone questions and more! 

Calls in the first segment include discussion on Impact, The Greatest Royal Rumble and the discrimination against women at the event.

The second segment has more talk on Impact and ex-WWE hires and more talk on the Saudi Arabia show, including who will announce, what the winner of the Royal Rumble will win, who will be in it and Roman Reigns’ latest coronation (or non-coronation).

Segment three has talk on WWE title records, what invasion with WWE would actually work, why WWE released Jim Johnston, Rusev and more.

Timestamps:

Start – 2:10: Intro

2:10 – 11:52: Impact, Saudi Arabia

11:52 – 23:03: Greatest Royal Rumble, other calls

23:03 – 36:53:  Title records, Jim Johnston and Rusev

36:53 – end: Closing moments

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with special IN-STUDIO guest Matt Cross, aka Son of Havoc and MDogg20! Tons to talk about including memories of his career, Lucha Underground, the best wrestler he’s ever been in the ring with, breakdancing and gymnastics and so much more! Best of all this show is FREE, so feel free to post the file elsewhere and spread the word! If you like this show, subscribe to wrestlingobserver.com and receive two to three new shows EVERY DAY, plus over 9,000 archived shows dating back to 2005! A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start – 2:23: Intro
2:23 – 12:01: Lucha Underground discussion
12:01 – 23:12: Matt Cross’ background and his interest in pro wrestling growing up
23:12 – 36:52: DEFY Wrestling, other questions
36:52 – end: Plugs

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