After Dark Radio with Bryan Alvarez is back with special guest MICHAEL CREMO, author of the cult classic FORBIDDEN ARCHEOLOGY. We’ll talk tons of topics including out of place artifacts, evidence that history is not what we’ve learned about in textbooks, humans and dinosaurs co-existing and tons more. A fun show as always, so check it out~!
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After Dark: AP Sylvia talks VAMPIRES, plus UAP hearings!
After Dark Radio with Bryan Alvarez is back with tons to talk about today including all the news on yesterday’s congressional UAP hearing, and where you can go to find out a ton more. Then, we’ve got part two of our interview with AP Sylvia talking VAMPIRES. Nosferatu, the Wolfman, Voodoo, locations of lore and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
After Dark Radio: Eric Harrelson on The Exorcist Effect Part 1!
After Dark Radio with Bryan Alvarez is back with a fun show! We’re joined by Eric Harrelson, co-author of the Exorcist Effect, to discuss how movies like The Exorcist and Rosemary’s Baby impacted an entire generation and influenced everyone from charlatans to serial killers, and gave rise to everything from the Satanic Panic to QAnon. Plus, all the news of the weird and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Bryan & Vinny Show: Rampage, Collision, FantasticaMania, plus BIGFOOT
The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back with tons to talk about including our usual reviews of AEW Rampage and Collision, plus Vinny and I will talk about New Japan x CMLL FantasticaMania USA, and, believe it or not — BIGFOOT HOWLS. A fun show as always so check it out~!
DragonKing Dark: Las Vegas concert massacre
On this episode of DragonKing Dark, we continue our series on 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history.
This week we look back at the 2017 Las Vegas concert massacre that took place on the strip in Las Vegas targeting a large country music festival. 61 people died during the attack. It remains the largest mass shooting conducted by an individual on American history.
Daily Update: WWE stock, After Dark, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane
DAILY UPDATE
Latest News:
- WWE airing Ariya Daivari ‘Matches That Made Me’ episode of 205 Live
- Velveteen Dream denies allegation of inappropriate behavior
- AEW returning to Florida in May for live & taped Dynamite shows
- WWE confirms no annual video game release this year
- WWE 2020 Q1 financial notes: Revenues, Network subs, more
- AEW & NXT ratings: Dynamite regains viewership lead this week
- HHH: Two-night WM more enjoyable than eight-hour extravaganza
- Cody files for trademark on ‘Cody Rhodes’ name
Latest Audio:
- WOL: WWE finances, ratings, AEW going live, Rachel Patti on Fight Like A Girl! 4/24
- Wrestling Weekly: Dick Steinborn, Joe Pedicino, traveling the territories 4/24
- Left My Wallet: Paul Roma on nutrition, sports, wrestling memories 4/24
- B&V: Bryan and Vinny review AEW and NXT head-to-head! 4/23
WON NEWSLETTER: April 27, 2020 Observer Newsletter: WWE schedule changes, layoffs, and quarterly financials
Details on WWE’s scheduling changes, staff and talent layoffs, and their quarterly financial report.
Current subscribers click here to read.
FRIDAY NEWS UPDATE
WWE stock closed at $44.79 per share today coming off yesterday’s earning call. That was up nearly 15 percent from yesterday.
Here’s an interesting paradox. The Association of Ringside Physicians has stressed that no shows should be taking place at this time. The Association of Boxing Commissions has canceled its annual meeting from 7/23 to 7/30 in Sacramento citing that the decision was made out of the abundance of safety for all involved. And athletic commissions, at least in Florida and other states, are sanctioning MMA and boxing events. So the same people who think it’s too dangerous for a meeting, and whose doctors have told them it’s too dangerous to have fights, are sanctioning fights.
Smackdown tonight starts the 25th anniversary of HHH in WWE celebration, plus Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross vs. Dana Brooke & Carmella for the women’s tag titles, King Corbin vs. Drew Gulak in a Money in the Bank qualifier and Sasha Banks vs. Lacey Evans in a Money in the Bank qualifier.
Scott Coker is hoping to get Bellator started in July or August. A lot in Hollywood is building a made-for-TV set that will be used for empty arena Bellator shows and Showtime boxing shows on Friday and Saturday nights. Coker said they still expect to run their full schedule of 30 events this year.
Bellator flyweight champion Ilima-lei Macfarlane, her sister and a third unnamed woman have filed a lawsuit against Punahou School and former basketball coach Dwayne Yuen, claiming sexual abuse when they were younger. Macfarlane claimed the abuse started when she was in sixth grade and her sister was in eighth grade. The story was on KITV News in Honolulu. Macfarlane said that her sister complained at the time, but the school did nothing, but she came forward when further allegations against the coach surfaced in 2018.
Vice will be returning After Dark Tuesday at 9:30 p.m., covering Dino Bravo. The episodes, which were off the schedule, are now taking place on a one week delay. They will be airing a new 30 minutes of last week’s show on Dino Bravo, and then have a panel discussion with Jimmy Hart, Jacques Rougeau and Fred Ottman. The following week will be another 9:30 p.m. show on the David Schultz episode that debuts this coming Tuesday. According to PWInsider, Ricky Morton, Brian Blair and Dutch Mantell will be on that show.
The NFL Draft drew 5,688,000 viewers on ABC, 7,859,000 viewers on ESPN and 1,724,000 viewers on the NFL Network.
WWE
- A Newsweek interview with Paul Levesque regarding tonight’s Smackdown show.
- The Tuesday FS line-up for this coming week will be:
7 p.m. Ric Flair’s Best WWE matches
8 p.m. Edge’s Best WrestleMania matches
9 p.m. Brock Lesnar’s most dominant matches
10 p.m. Roman Reigns’ Best WrestleMania matches
11 p.m. WWE Backstage - WWE will be taping the 5/1 and 5/8 episodes of Smackdown tomorrow at the Performance Center in Orlando.
- Early odds at www.BetOnline.ag for Money in the Bank
Braun Strowman -120 vs. Bray Wyatt -120
Drew McIntyre -500 vs. Seth Rollins +300
Bayley -400 vs. Tamina +250 - Carmella doing an at-home workout from the New York Post. (thanks to Barry Werner)
UFC
- ESPN reported that Ben Rothwell vs. Ovince Saint Preux is being worked on for the Wednesday show that would go head-to-head with AEW and NXT. UFC will also go head-to-head with AEW on May 23, the night of the AEW Double of Nothing PPV show. If UFC is still running out of Jacksonville, then they would be head-to-head right across the street practically from each other. The AEW show will be from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville.
- Daniel Cormier is joining with the personalized video platform Taki to allow people to connect with Cormier with free online seminars and training for young wrestlers preparing for college. Cormier will be doing ten videos per month and fans can engage with Cormier through Taki.
- Jon Anik, Daniel Cormier, Joe Rogan and Megan Olivi will be the broadcast team for the 5/9 UFC show.
MISCELLANEOUS
- ROH debuts the ROHStrong podcast on Monday hosted by Kevin Eck and with Marty Scurll as the first guest talking about his vision for ROH, how close he was to signing elsewhere and why he decided to stay with ROH.
- Masked Republic announced the all-new Lucha Central Website and the Lucha Central Network which debuts in May. It will have a YouTube channel, a podcast network, a gaming network and a 30 minute weekly TV series. llblic
- IWTW has reached distribution agreements with Defy, Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling, DOA Wrestling out of Portland, OR, POW! Wrestling out of Eugene, OR and 5CC out of Bellingham, WA.
- MLW Fusion tomorrow night on Bein Sports has Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Brian Pillman Jr. vs. Rey Escorpion & El Texano Jr., and Chessman vs. Richard Holliday in a no DQ match from the last taping in Tijuana.
- Impact Rebellion for this coming Tuesday night on AXS has Havok vs. Rosemary in a Full Metal Mayhem match, Suicide vs. Chris Bey vs. Rohit Raju vs. Trey Miguel and Joey Ryan vs. Cousin Jake (Jake Something).
- CWE is running tonight on its Facebook page with an 8 p.m. show from Winnipeg headlined by Johnny Malibu vs. A.J.Sanchez.
- A story on Hoodslam Wrestling. (thanks to Mike Kuzmuk)
- KHON in Hawaii did a piece on Mayor Matt Morgan, whose wife is from Hawaii and played college basketball at Chaminade.
- A story on the late Scott Bowden. (thanks to Josh Jabcuga)
- Jacques Rougeau talks about a bar fight between an NHL player, Serge Bernier, and Dino Bravo that was referenced in Tuesday’s Dark side of the Ring show.
- A rock musical on the life of Ivan Koloff takes place on 6/13 at the Triad Theater in New York. It will be live streamed here.
Daily Pro Wrestling History: Hogan vs. Bockwinkel at AWA Super Sunday
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DragonKing Dark: Friday The 13th’s Jason Voorhees
On DragonKing Dark, I continue to explore elements of the supernatural, fear, and paranormal through the stories we tell.
This week, we look back at one of the most iconic film series ever and explore the story and psychology of an icon of fear and horror: Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th movie series. The story of Jason changed frequently throughout the movie franchise, but the stalking element of fear and surprise remained constant.
Enjoy.
DragonKing Dark: Lord Humungus and our (possible) dystopian future
Here he is: Humungus, aka Lord Humungus, the master of the wastelands from Mad Max 2 and the Ayatollah of rock and rolla!
On this episode of the DragonKing Dark Podcast, I take a look at our possible dystopian future through the movie Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and its main antagonist. As we live through this pandemic, we are going to look at some pop culture that tells us stories of how the future could be.
THERE’S BEEN TOO MUCH VIOLENCE!
DragonKing Dark: The TV inspiration for ‘The Terminator’
On this edition of DragonKing Dark, I journey back in time to 1964 for an episode of the sci-fi fueled TV show The Outer Limits and an episode titled ‘Soldier’ where a soldier from the future is accidentally beamed back in time and tries to mesh with the world of 1964. The results are less than successful.
I discuss why that episode may have influenced The Terminator movies.
DragonKing Dark: Smithsonian Channel ‘Sphinx’ documentary review
This week on DragonKing Dark, I review the 2013 documentary from the Smithsonian Channel called Secrets: The Sphinx.
Of all the ancient monuments in Giza complex in Egypt, one stands out as different from the others ss the great Sphinx seems out of place, out of scale, and older than the rest. The official archaeological story says different but one can see with their own eyes that the head is out of scale to the body and there are clear signs of water erosion. What’s up with that?
We discuss the age and theories of The Sphinx on this episode of DragonKing Dark.
DragonKing Dark: 1977’s ‘In Search of…Bigfoot’
My DragonKing Dark retro TV review this week goes back into the ‘In Search Of…’ collection and tackles an icon of the 1970s: Bigfoot!
In this episode of the series, the one and only Leonard Nimoy navigates us through the usual Bigfoot stories: men trapped in a cabin under siege from a group of creatures, the Patterson film story, and many other close encounters with a giant ape man in the Pacific Northwest.
If you’re a Bigfoot enthusiast, this show produced during the height of 1970s Bigfoot-mania is for you.
DragonKing Dark: Communing with the dead
On this week’s edition of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern discusses the ancient belief that it is possible to communicate with those who have died. From the Biblical Witch of Endor to the more modern Ouija Board, our ancestors have long felt that it was possible to talk to those who have passed on.
Where do we go when we die? Why do many believe there is life after death? This episode continues our recent series of shows discussing how little we still know about death.
DragonKing Dark: Haunted dolls and Annabelle
On this week’s episode of DragonKing Dark podcast, host Karl Stern is joined by Tonya from When It Was Cool to discuss the new movie “Annabelle: Creation” and haunted objects.
We discuss haunted dolls, haunted houses, the real world version of Annabelle, and the three movies (spoilers) which feature the haunted doll, old haunted houses, haunted objects, and much more.
DragonKing Dark: Total solar eclipse
On this week’s episode of the DragonKing Dark podcast, host Karl Stern takes a look at the upcoming total solar eclipse. He talks his memories of the one he saw in 1979, then discusses what a solar eclipse is scientifically and historically, plus how rare they are and when the next several will take place.
This weekend’s episode is everything you need to know about the Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017!
DragonKing Dark: The line between life and death
The line between life and death is a favorite topic of host Karl Stern and today he discusses the Victorian fascination with death and how even today we still do not yet understand it.
On today’s show you’ll hear the story of a woman who was dead for almost twelve hours but was brought back to life. You’ll also hear the story of a cyclist who was reanimated by modern science.