Wrestling Observer Radio: AEW Grand Slam & NXT recap, ratings, weekend schedule

Wrestling Observer Radio is back with plenty to talk about including the aptly-named AEW Dynamite Grand Slam, WWE NXT, recent ratings and spoilers for Friday’s Rampage Grand Slam show.

We also talk Stardom and New Japan running shows this weekend, some UFC notes, and more.

A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: AEW Dynamite Grand Slam fallout

8:45: Ratings

16:26: NJPW, Stardom shows this weekend

20:38: Raul Rosas signs with UFC, Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor 2?

28:08: AEW Dynamite Grand Slam recap

55:00: Stardom PPV lineup

56:15: NXT recap

1:10:25: AEW Rampage Grand Slam spoilers

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Wrestling Observer Radio: MJF, War Games, ratings, RAW report, mailbag and more

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including MJF on Ariel Helwani’s show, Survivor Series and War Games, ratings, White Rabbit teases, CMLL Anniversary show thoughts, RAW report, tons of mailbag questions and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: “White Rabbit” tease

4:32: MJF on Ariel Helwani

7:40: Ratings

14:21: Survivor Series to have WarGames

18:35: CMLL Anniversary show review

34:02: Kurt Angle says he has memory issues

39:48: Raw report

1:00:12: Mailbag

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Wrestling Observer Radio: Malakai Black statement, Logan vs. Reigns, Jose Aldo retires

Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and I is back with plenty to talk about including Malakai Black publicly stating he asked for his AEW released, Logan Paul vs. Roman Reigns at WWE Crown Jewel, Kenny Omega, AEW in California for their first PPV of 2023, Kento Miyahara and the Hall of Fame, CMLL Anniversary show notes, Jose Aldo retires, Smackdown and Rampage and more. 

A fun show as always so check it out~! Listen to this and over 14,000 other archived podcasts with a subscription to wrestlingobserver.com! Sign up today!

Timestamps:

Start: Malakai Black says he’s taking time off

5:00: Logan Paul vs. Roman Reigns set for Crown Jewel

14:30: Kenny Omega and Triplemania, Hulu/WWE update

19:25: AEW coming to San Francisco

26:47: AJPW runs Budokan Hall, Kento Miyahara and the Hall of Fame

35:50: AEW Grand Slam rundown

41:00: CMLL Anniversary show notes

44:37: Jose Aldo announces retirement from MMA

51:55: Notes on Rampage, SmackDown

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Wrestling Observer Radio: Kenny Omega comments, Logan Paul & Roman Reigns WWE press conference

Dave Meltzer and I are back on Wrestling Observer Radio going over the news in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Topics include:

  • The line in Kenny Omega’s backstage speech from a few weeks ago
  • Dave’s idea for AEW Dark & Dark: Elevation, and working with other companies
  • Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson’s match at AEW Grand Slam Dynamite
  • AEW Dynamite to Seattle on January 4, 2023
  • Dynamite and WWE Raw ratings and how they may (or may not) be intertwined
  • NBCU and WBD story
  • Logan Paul and Roman Reigns doing a WWE press conference in Las Vegas Saturday before Canelo/GGG 3
  • Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat wrestling again
  • The Von Erichs movie

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Wrestling Observer Radio: AEW suspensions update, Dynamite & NXT reviews

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with plenty to talk about including this week’s AEW Dynamite and NXT reviews, Friday’s Rampage spoilers, AEW suspension updates, WWE Raw ratings, notes on the CMLL Anniversary show and Jun Kasai vs. Desperado, and more.

A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: AEW suspensions update, Kenny Omega in Japan, Young Bucks/WWE update

4:09: Ratings (contains NXT spoilers)

13:56: CMLL Anniversary show sells out

17:58: NJPW adds The Night Before Rumble on 44th Street

22:58: Jun Kasai vs. El Desperado thoughts

25:50: AEW Dynamite recap

47:45: NXT recap

1:00:14: Rampage spoilers for Friday

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Wrestling Observer Radio: Elias Theodorou, RAW report, AEW and NXT previews, Bucks and Kenny, more

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the death of Elias Theodorou, Rampage and Smackdown ratings, Dynamite and NXT previews, the RAW report, Stardom, New Japan, Young Bucks and Kenny Omega and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: Death of Elias Theodorou

9:00: Ratings

14:54: BTE on hiatusas Young Bucks remain suspended

24:58: NXT and AEW Dynamite previews

28:00: Hiroshi Tanahashi to appear in Tatsumi Fujinami’s promotion

34:00: CMLL Anniversary show card

37:37: Stardom PPV thoughts, Just Tap Out show

41:50: Raw report

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Wrestling Observer Radio: UFC 279 recap and fallout, ratings, Smackdown and Rampage, more

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including UFC 279, all the drama leading to the card changes that likely made for a better show, Young Bucks and WWE, ratings, Rampage and Smackdown reviews, mailbag and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: Backstage fights end UFC press conference

11:45: Nate Diaz vs. Tony Ferguson

18:55: The rest of UFC 279

31:37: Young Bucks/WWE rumor killer

32:59: Ratings

36:13: SmackDown report

51:06: Rampage report

55:55: Mailbag questions

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