In the past year, our website produced 1100 podcasts over 12 different shows. Thanks to subscriber Philippe Perez and voting on The Board, we present the final installment of the Best of 2019 podcast series for free, looking at some of the best segments, discussions, bits, and more.
In this podcast, we run through #1-15 with stops at the Bryan & Vinny Show, Filthy Four Daily, Wrestling Observer Radio, and Wrestling Observer Live.
15. Vince Russo’s Worst Nitro
14. Yoko, Suna, and Googleman
13. Bryan Calls into WOL/I Barfed
12. Vinny Loves The Maestro
11. Dave In Tokyo
10. Seth Rollins Is a Heel and It’s All the Fans’ Fault
9. Dave Cheats On Bryan With Steak
8. What’s With This Jon Baxley?
7. Producer Rob Takes the One Chip Challenge
6. The Waffle Joke
5. A Japanese Woman Learned the Word ‘Geek’ From Listening to Bryan
4. Vinny’s Best Finishes Reports from 2019
3. It’s The Wall Brother
2. Dave Turns 60/The Weights Talk To Dave
1. Granny Swears/Paisley Kayfabes/Spooks the Ghost Lad
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In the past year, our website produced 1100 podcasts over 12 different shows. Thanks to subscriber Philippe Perez and voting on The Board, we present part two of the Best of 2019 podcast series for free, looking at some of the best segments, discussions, bits, and more.
In this podcast, we run through #16-32 with stops at the Bryan & Vinny Show, Filthy Four Daily, Wrestling Observer Radio, and Wrestling Observer Live.
32. Bray Wyatt Is Not Vinny’s Idea of a Champion
31. Kingston Kopi vs. Dolph Ziggler and Goldberg vs. Undertaker
30. Mike Tenay’s Figure Four Leglock
29. A Random Animal in Dave’s Office Eating Food Supplements
28. The Python Power Twister
27. UWF’s Dipshit Ring Announcer/The Death of Herb Abrams
26. Chris Champion vs Don Valentine
25. Bryan Tells Dave About the Jericho Cruise
24. Boneless Chicken Wing Arguments
23. Mark’s Impersonations
22. Bugsy McGraw Hunts The Zodiac Killer
21. Podcasting With Paisley
20. Triple X/Granny Answers Her Phone/Kennels/Cold Stone Dropping Bricks
19. Tom’s Horrible Roast Of Bryan, Lance And Himself
18. Jet Pack/Vinnie Loves The Mountie
17. An Idiot Or A Prick
16. Granny Still Hates Wrestling
If you like what you hear, try out a one-month subscription to get immediate access to thousands of shows and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
In the past year, our website produced 1100 podcasts over 12 different shows. Thanks to subscriber Philippe Perez and voting on The Board, we present part one of the Best of 2019 podcast series for free, looking at some of the best segments, discussions, bits, and more.
In this two-hour kickoff, we run through #33-#50 with stops at the Bryan & Vinny Show, Filthy Four Daily, Wrestling Observer Radio, and Wrestling Observer Live.
50. The Wintner
49. Granny Buries Bryan’s Book
48. What An Easter Egg
47. Karl Reviews Heroes Of Wrestling
46. The Kat vs Harvey Whippleman/Nobody Will Miss Michael Cole When He’s Gone
45. Rob Loses Control Of The Camera
44. Dave Meets a 75-Year-Old Japanese Baba Fan
43. Sean Waltman Tells The Story Of Rolando Vera
42. Shit In A Cell
41. The List of 2004 WWE Rejects
40. Bryan Plays With His Buzzer/Wild Boar and Primate/The Wrong Orange Cassidy/The Undertaker Guilt Trip/Hit & Run
39. Paisley Has the Same Birthday as Ricky Steamboat
38. Yeah, Kane
37. Dumbass Callers/Bryan Unplugs The Phone
36. Kota Ibushi Is Ivan Drago
35. Nitro Cologne
34. Bryan Learns He’s Wrestling Nick Gage/We Fucking Failed
33. Nine Inch Nails
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This was a highlights show with clips of some of the best matches from the brand in 2019.
Full rundown:
Tom Philips and Nigel McGuinness sat in an empty arena and wished everybody happy holidays. They briefly talked about the great year the NXT UK roster had and ran down the announced matches for January 12th’s NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II.
The NXT UK Women’s Championship
They threw it to the Toni Storm vs. Rhea Ripley match from the first NXT UK TakeOver from Blackpool.
Toni Storm pinned Rhea Ripley after hitting Storm Zero to win the title (14:49)
These were highlights from their match on the January 12 NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool which Dave Meltzer rated ***¼. This was followed by a Storm highlight video and a brief studio promo. She said 2019 had been great and she could not wait for January 12, 2020 to come around so she could become a two-time NXT UK women’s champion.
Kay Lee Ray pinned Storm after hitting a gory bomb to win the title (9:52)
These were highlights from their match on the August 31 NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff which Dave rated ***¼.
This was followed by a video of Piper Niven’s debut and a promo where she said she told her mum as a kid that she would be famous one day. A graphic then announced the Ray vs. Storm vs. Niven match at Takeover: Blackpool II.
The Jordan Devlin vs. Travis Banks rivalry
Jordan Devlin beat Travis Banks in a falls count anywhere match
From the March 6 episode of NXT UK, this was a highlight package of the two brawling and Banks hitting a crossbody off the stands on Devlin who was on the floor.
The NXT UK Tag Team Championship
The Grizzled Young Veterans did a promo from the tapings at Download Festival.
James Drake & Zack Gibson beat Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate & Trent Seven) in 23:46 after hitting Ticket to Mayhem on Seven to win the inaugural tag team titles
These were highlights from their match on the January 12 NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool which Dave rated as ****½. This was followed by a Grizzled Young Veterans highlight video and Gallus calling them out and Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster joining in on the fun
In a three-way, Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster beat The Grizzled Young Veterans and Gallus (Wolfgang & Mark Coffey) when Webster pinned Gibson to win the titles (20:17)
These were highlights from their match on the August 31 NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff which Dave rated as ****½. This was followed by a promo by Webster and Andrews about their year. They claimed they would climb the ladder and become two-time champions at TakeOver: Blackpool II. A graphic then announced the four-way ladder match between Gallus, Imperium, the Grizzled Young Veterans, and Webster & Morgan.
Forces to be Reckoned with
Dave Mastiff and Joe Coffey brawled to a double countout
These were highlights from their match at the August 7 episode of NXT UK. This was followed by a promo by Mastiff who talked about how he would unleash “the proper British heavyweight: on NXT UK.
Never Bet Against the Ace
Jordan Devlin beat Dave Mastiff after a second rope Devlinside
These were highlights from their match at the October 31 episode of NXT UK. This was followed by a Devlin promo putting himself over. He then addressed Tyler Bate as the two will meet at TakeOver: Blackpool II.
— Tom and Nigel were back, talking about Devlin and then transitioning to Ilja Dragunov. They briefly talked about Dragunov vs. Cesaro from TakeOver: Cardiff.
Dragunov vs. Cesaro
Cesaro beat Ilja Dragunov with the Neutralizer (12:26)
These were highlights from their match on the August 31 NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff which Dave rated ****.
Another highlight video followed showed both male and female NXT UK stars, culminating with Trent Seven and Noam Dar.
Trent Seven vs. Noam Dar
These were highlights from the October 4 episode of NXT UK, a match Seven won.
The WWE UK Championship
Pete Dunne and Joe Coffey signed their contract for NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool
On the January 2 episode of NXT UK, Coffey powerbombed Dunne through a table.
WALTER beat Jack Starz
These were match highlights from the January 30 episode of NXT UK. In his in-ring debut, WALTER punished Starz and left a huge handprint on Starz’ chest. Afterward, Tom and Nigel talked more about the match and Nigel had them replay the chop over and over again while Philips cringed. Nigel then went to chop Tom as the screen displayed technical difficulties and asked us to stand by.
After a graphic for WALTER vs. Joe Coffey at TakeOver: Blackpool II, Philips complained about getting chopped and Nigel told him it was for patronizing his country by wearing a Union Jack pin on his lapel.
WALTER pinned Pete Dunne after a top rope splash to win the WWE UK Championship (25:40)
These were highlights from their match on the April 5 NXT TakeOver: New York which Dave rated ****¾. This was followed by a highlight video, detailing the formation of Imperium.
WWE UK Champion WALTER pinned Tyler Bate after a lariat to retain (42:12)
These were highlights from their match on the August 31 NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff which Dave *****. This was followed by a promo by Joe Coffey who said he’d leave his mark on WALTER and leave with the WWE UK Championship at TakeOver: Blackpool II.
— Nigel and Tom concluded by announcing Ilja Dragunov vs. Alexander Wolfe in a no disqualification match as the main event for next week’s episode of NXT UK.
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Our four-part journey through the 2019 MMA year continues with Paul Fontaine and I sifting through April, May, and June.
On the docket for part 2:
On a pay-per-view headliend by two interim title fights, both delivered like “real” title fights as Israel Adesanya-Kelvin Gastelum and Max Holloway-Dustin Poirier provided a literal UFC 1-2 punch
Rory MacDonald won a fight and then questioned if being a religious man meant he didn’t have the will to hurt people anymore…then fought less than two months later
Henry Cejudo and Patricio Pitbull both became two-division champions in hard-hitting fashion
The increasingly rapid decline of B.J. Penn
A controversy over whether spiking someone’s head into the mat is legal
Sage Northcutt got his face crushed in his ONE debut
Big fights were made, guys got hurt, cards existed, and Dana White had his share of head-scratching decisions
