The latest WWE and AEW News and Results
It’s a brand new episode of We’re Live, Pal.
Andrew Zarian and I talk what everyone’s talking about: Sasha Banks and Naomi walking out of Monday’s WWE Raw.
We wonder what WWE will do with no men’s World titles being defended on the upcoming Hell in a Cell show.
We look at the current Hardy Boyz vs. Young Bucks situation before giving our thoughts about Ric Flair returning to the ring one more time.
Enjoy the latest We’re Live, Pal in podcast form below or on YouTube above.
As part of my series looking at the history of pro wrestling at “The World’s Most Famous Arena,” I conclude with all the wrestling events held at the first Madison Square Garden (Gilmour’s Garden) which featured the biggest act of the time in William Muldoon.
It’s so amazing looking back on the New York wrestling scene during this era and how it was so obviously worked and manipulated. Crowds were pretty impressive during these three years and Muldoon used every opportunity to work the press about his matches.
Enjoy this look at the last shows of MSG I from 1880 through 1883.
For the first time since January, Pacific Rim has returned.
Debbie Malenko is back wrestling after an injury ended her career nearly 30 years ago. Fumi Saito was one of the key people who helped the then-19-year-old Debbie as she started with All Japan Women. She couldn’t even speak a word of Japanese.
Listen to two old friends Debbie and Fumi talk about the matches, her opponents, her injury, and why she’s back and wrestling Saturday, May 28 in PODER CUATRO in Las Vegas as part of F4W Convention weekend.
Continuing our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history, we are begin a three episode run of tragic events that gave rise to the true crime genre of documentaries, podcasts, and TV channels.
The murder of Adam Walsh was a tragedy beyond comprehension. Yet, born out of that horrible event many incredibly good things came including the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Adam’s Law, and America’s Most Wanted.
In this episode, we examine how this terrible story also influenced an entire sub-category of pop culture information.
Dave Meltzer and I are back on Wrestling Observer Radio talking all the latest news in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter including stories on Roman Reigns, MJF, Kota Ibushi and Money in the Bank in Las Vegas.
In addition, we talk about the latest on Tammy Sytch, a change to the Capital Collision show, and Ric Flair training to wrestle again. Lastly, we talk about Tony Khan and Gedo working together on the Forbidden Door show and how much streaming will affect the next WWE TV deals.
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This is a short one, but a sweet one, as I recap the Friday, May 13, edition of AEW Rampage.
Tonight’s show features Death Triangle vs. The Butcher, The Blade, & Marq Quen plus Shawn Spears vs. Bear Boulder, Riho vs. Ruby Soho in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament and TNT Champion Scorpio Sky defending against Frankie Kazarian.
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Enjoy the show!
John LaRocca and I are back with another Fight Game Podcast.
We interview New Japan Strong’s Karl Fredericks who wrestles three times this weekend including on Saturday’s NJPW Capital Collision pay-per-view.
Before that, we recap AEW Dynamite from Wednesday which was a fun show with a strong bizarro world-like crowd.
We talk about the full show, including:
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Mike Sempervive and I talk all the happenings in a crazy week of Japanese wrestling news on this 90+ minute edition of the Big Audio Nightmare.
Topics include:
All this and much more on the original alternate: The Adam and Mike Big Audio Nightmare!
My ongoing series examining 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history continues with a look at the movie scandal that spawned the #MeToo movement and the many crimes of producer Harvey Weinstein.
Weinstein was a powerful movie producer in Hollywood who is accused of numerous heinous sexual assaults against a large number of actresses, including several to level stars.
In order to discuss this story, some listeners may find the accusations triggering. Listener discretion advised.
Dave Meltzer and I are back on Wrestling Observer Radio talking all the latest news in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter including his story on the WWE business call.
We talk about the Canelo Alvarez vs. Dmitry Bivol fight, recap UFC 274, Daniel Cormier going into the UFC Hall of Fame, and the UFC 276 card.
We also talk about AEW ratings, who the jokers might be in the Owen Cup, trios belts, Forbidden Door ticket sales, Backlash, Under Siege, and Tammy Sytch.
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Timestamps:
2:40: Canelo loses
9:35: UFC 274 recap
34:24: WWE financials
51:35: Ratings
55:28: AEW Rampage thoughts
1:03:10: AEW trios titles being made
1:08:01: AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door sells out
1:11:27: WWE WrestleMania Backlash preview
1:15:08: Impact Under Siege quick notes, Tammy Sytch arrested
On a new Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and I talk Freddie Prinze Jr.’s plans for a new wrestling promotion in addition to a few WrestleMania Backlash predictions.
We also get into some of Les’ memories of working for the original Sheik and legendary promoter Jim Barnett.
Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
Today on Mat Men, Andrew Zarian and Rich Stambolian are back for another packed episode.
NXT had another round of cuts last week and the guys discuss who the surprises were and how frequent they think these cuts will happen.
NJPW had an eventful weekend between the announcement of the Best of the Super Juniors lineup and Wrestling Dontaku where the new-look Bullet Club emerged at the end.
Speaking of the Bullet Club, AJ Styles and Finn Balor aligned on Raw this week, connecting more lineage. We talk about the BC’s long-term effect on the business will be when it’s all said and done.
AEW Dynamite this week continued to build to Double or Nothing with some great Owen Hart Foundation Tournament qualifier matches. Also, William Morrissey (fka Big Cass) wrestled Wardlow and looked great in doing so which might have gotten the attention of other promotions.
All this, your questions, and more! Click to listen below or watch the video above.
John LaRocca and I are back with another Fight Game Podcast.
We first talk about Freddie Prinze Jr.’s idea for a wrestling promotion before moving on to which matches at Sunday’s WrestleMania Backlash are must-see for us.
We go over last week’s NXT releases and try to rank them based on priority of who we would sign.
Lastly, we review AEW Dynamite and hit on these specific topics in detail:
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Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive is back with a ton to talk about including the news that Freddie Prinze Jr is looking to start up his own company, last night’s NXT Spring Breakin, a preview of AEW Dynamite and much more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
This is a free show. Just click the link at the bottom of the post to listen.
When he was released by WWE near the end of 2021, Swerve Strickland had a lot of options in wrestling — especially given the true independent contractor status most non-WWE talents have now.
But he didn’t want to just limit himself to what you see in the ring as his interests are much broader like music, acting and podcasting.
On this new edition of Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, learn all about who I feel is pro wrestling’s next breakout star in a 40+ minute interview.
Here’s some of what we talked about:
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