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Fight Game: Special Thanksgiving episode — A look back at Survivor Series ’89

Posted on November 28, 2024November 28, 2024 by Garrett Gonzales

John LaRocca and I are back with a special Thanksgiving episode of The Fight Game Podcast.

We went into the wayback machine and rewatched Survivor Series ’89, which was only the third Survivor Series ever.

Here are some of the things we talked about:

How it was clear from this show that the Ultimate Warrior was going to be next for Hulk Hogan
How the two big babyfaces (Warrior and Hogan) got cheap wins in the grudge matches
Why Bobby Heenan was the MVP of the show
All the behind the scenes information about Tully Blanchard
Too many countouts!

We’ve also put this show up for free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify as well as on YouTube below.

(John and I also recorded a show for Fight Game Media on Sunday night with all of our normal segments and discussed AEW Full Gear, CM Punk, Continental Classic, and more.)

Wrestling Observer Radio: AEW Dynamite Full Gear go-home show, Tyson vs. Paul business

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Garrett Gonzales

I am subbing for Bryan Alvarez who is currently without power. Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio, talking about all the news since last weekend. If Bryan can get power back and Dave can get back home on time, they’ll be back to recap AEW Full Gear.

Here were some of the things Dave and I covered:

Tyson vs. Paul business numbers
Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education
Omega vs. Kidd
All the recent ratings numbers
Upcoming AEW schedule
AEW and Arena Mexico
AEW Dynamite Full Gear go home recap
NXT notes
Questions about Dave’s 1989 book

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Wrestling Observer Radio: UFC 309 recap, 2024 WON HOF class

Posted on November 17, 2024 by Garrett Gonzales

Vacationing Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio, talking about all the big news from Friday’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter as well as the big events from the weekend.

Paul Fontaine and Pat Laprade joined us.

Here were some of the things we covered:

UFC 309 recap
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
2024 WON HOF class
Jon Moxley’s comments to the NY Post
Speedball Mike Bailey leaving TNA
Konnan’s health concerns
AEW Dynamite ratings
WWE SmackDown

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Wrestling Observer Radio: UFC 308 & TNA Bound for Glory recaps, WWE news

Posted on October 27, 2024October 27, 2024 by Garrett Gonzales

Dave Meltzer and I are back with our second podcast in two nights. Paul Fontaine joined us for the first segment to recap UFC 308.

Then, Dave and I covered the following:

Friday’s WWE SmackDown
TNA Bound for Glory recap
A possible new match for WWE Crown Jewel
AEW Collision
Samantha Irvin
Next Friday’s SmackDown spoilers

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Wrestling Observer Radio: 2024 WON Hall of Fame show

Posted on October 18, 2024November 3, 2025 by Garrett Gonzales

Dave Meltzer and I are back with our Friday episode of Wrestling Observer Radio. We didn’t cover any of the stories in today’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter because it’s WON HOF season.

Pro wrestling historians John Muse and Ethan Tyler joined us to go over this year’s ballot. For almost two hours, we dug through all of the categories debating who the top candidates are on the ballot.

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Wrestling Observer Radio: Is The Rock scheduled for WWE WrestleMania 41?

Posted on October 11, 2024October 11, 2024 by Garrett Gonzales

Dave Meltzer and I are back with our Friday episode of Wrestling Observer Radio. We talked about all the big news in today’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, but first talked to Robert Sweeney from Kino Lorber which put out the Blu-Ray release of the 1980 film Below the Belt in which Dave did a commentary track for.

Here were some of the things we covered after we talked to Robert:

If the Rock is currently scheduled for WrestleMania next year
AEW Dynamite’s poor rating on Tuesday and what to learn from it
AEW Dynamite in San Jose
Daniel Garcia’s and Rhea Ripley’s contract renewals
WrestleDream thoughts
Dave’s new book on 1984

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Wrestling Observer Radio: AEW TV deal Q&A

Posted on October 4, 2024October 4, 2024 by Garrett Gonzales

Dave Meltzer and I are back with our Friday episode of Wrestling Observer Radio. We talked about all the big news in today’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and took questions from subscribers about the AEW TV deal.

Here were some of the things we covered:

AEW library on Max
PPVs on Max, plus pricepoints
Audience for cable viewing plus streaming viewing
Possibility of a Fox deal
WWE’s NXT deal by comparison
How the shows will be simulcast
AEW Dynamite rating
Dave’s new book on 1984
WON HOF ballot
NXT Title Tuesday vs. NXT

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We’re Live, Pal: The latest on the AEW TV deal, All Out insanity

Posted on September 10, 2024September 10, 2024 by Garrett Gonzales

It’s another episode of We’re Live, Pal, which is also available for free on YouTube below, as Andrew Zarian and I talk about what’s going on in wrestling today.

We kicked off the show talking about eating crow, before digging into the latest on the AEW TV deal.

We discussed all the things that Andrew thinks is happening in the very near future and go over how they could possibly use MAX if streaming on MAX is part of their deal.

We then talked about the insanity that was Hangman Page against Swerve Strickland as the main event of the AEW All Out PPV. We then hit on a few WWE notes such as RAW going back to two hours after October and through the rest of the year, Saturday Night’s Main Event, and the WWE Bad Blood card so far.

You can also follow the show account on X.

For website subscribers, you can click here to listen (sub needed).

Wrestling Observer Radio: The passing of Afa Anoa’i

Posted on August 16, 2024August 16, 2024 by Garrett Gonzales

Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio going over the big stories in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

We began with the passing of Afa Anoa’i.

Then, we got into the following:

Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, and John Cena
Thoughts on Dave’s story on Kevin Sullivan
AEW All In 2026 and other Tony Khan surprises
AEW Dynamite ratings
FuboTV’s injunction against Venu
G1 predictions
UFC 305 thoughts
UFC 307 card
An update on Cain Velasquez

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Wrestling Observer Radio: John Cena’s retirement tour, AEW’s TV rights deal

Posted on July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 by Garrett Gonzales

Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio going over the big stories in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Dave and I talked about the following:

John Cena’s retirement tour
The latest on AEW’s TV rights deal
Dynamite’s ratings
Stephanie Vaquer
Wooooo Energy
Chris Jericho vs. Mistico
Updates on Kevin Sullivan, Kenny Omega, and Bandido

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Fight Game: Who wins the WWE Money in the Bank briefcases?

Posted on July 6, 2024July 6, 2024 by Garrett Gonzales

John LaRocca and I are back to talk about the major topics in the world of professional wrestling on this week’s Fight Game Podcast.

We kicked off the show with our Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down winners and losers of the week. Then, we went through our Top Five topics of the week which included discussions on the following: