Tag: Eyada

WOR: eYada memories, Del Wilkes, AEW ratings

Posted on by Garrett Gonzales

Photo via Eyada Alumni Facebook Page

Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio.

We discuss the AEW ratings from last Saturday and this past Wednesday night. We look at three young babyfaces in AEW who delivered in big moments over their last two shows. We also talk about Del Wilkes, who passed away on July 1. 

There’s also discussion on Mike Tyson and Triller as well as the person who looks to be the successor to Ariel Helwani at ESPN. And then we have a fun discussion on eYada as it is almost 20 years since it shut down. We talk about favorite guests, how Dave did the show when Bryan Alvarez came along, and how that show relates to the current website. The eYada conversation starts at about the 52-minute mark.

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The Eyada Years: Jacques Rougeau on the history of Montreal wrestling

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From the Wrestling Observer Live archives, we head back to the era when the show streamed live on the late, great Eyada.com platform.

On the edition of the show from June 20, 2001, Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez talk about the pro wrestling news of the day (the Invasion angle, King of the Ring) and then talked to Jacques Rougeau in a long interview about his career, the Montreal territory era, going to WWF, working as The Mountie and in the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers, working with the Dynamite Kid, and more.

Click below to listen.

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The Eyada Years: Bobby Heenan & Dave Meltzer

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On the breaking news audio on the death of Bobby Heenan, our Dave Meltzer referenced an interview he did with Bobby Heenan and Frank Shamrock years ago which we’re happy to provide to you thanks to the great work of one of our subscribers.

The interview is from February 23, 2001, on the old Wrestling Observer Live Eyada show Dave and Bryan Alvarez reference frequently. The near two hour show features Shamrock — who was then preparing for a fight — and Heenan, who called in and talked for 90 minutes. 

Highlights of the interview that begins at the 32 minute mark include:

– Heenan’s thoughts on what he would do if given the reigns to WCW as he had left by this point

– Thoughts on Eric Bischoff dropping women from WCW

– Thoughts on working with Vince Russo

– Who Heenan thought the best announcers in the business wer

– Why managing turned into a lost art

– His experience calling the WBF, walking off Arsenio Hall, the XFL, Andre stories, and more.

Enjoy this entertaining interview now.

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