Tag: Radio Show

Retro F4D: Matt ‘Rosey’ Anoa’i’s 2014 interview with Bryan Alvarez

Posted on by F4W Staff

Image: WWE

Word spread Tuesday that Matt “Rosey” Anoa’i passed away at just 47 years old.

Battling congestive heart failure issues for years, Anoa’i (Rosey of Three Minute Warning in WWE) talked to our Bryan Alvarez in August 2014 about a variety of topics, the audio of which you can stream below.

A few of the topics the two discussed over a 50-minute conversation:

– His fight with congestive heart failure and how people can self-monitor to avoid the same problems

– His wrestling career which included time in WWE, Smokey Mountain, ECW, and FMW

– The success of his brother Roman Reigns and growing up in a wrestling family under his father, Sika

Right click save

JNPO: UFC 210 preview with TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter

Posted on by Josh Nason

After an 11-week hiatus, Josh Nason’s Punch-Out returns to the Internet airwaves with its 62nd episode: a focus on UFC 210 and more with TSN’s UFC Content Editor and Producer of Talent Relations Aaron Bronsteter.

In a 45-minute talk, the two went all over the combat sports map. A few stops included:

– Aaron’s past working on The Fight Show/The MMA Show with Mauro Ranallo, a show Josh did several guest appearances for

– The experience of working on TSN’s Off The Record with Michael Landsberg and some of the show’s most memorable interviews like Chael Sonnen and CM Punk

– A look at this Saturday’s UFC 210 with a deeper dive into the implications from Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony Johnson and Chris Weidman vs. Gegard Mousasi

– The positives and negatives of working with an official UFC broadcast partner

– The temperature of MMA in Canada now that GSP’s return is imminent

– The unusual feeling of seeing former co-worker and current WWE media star Renee Young on shows like Total Divas…and more.

Click below to listen or right-click to download.

Right click save

Wrestling Weekly: When blade jobs go horribly wrong

Posted on by Victor Sosa

This week, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa talk studio wrestling, a blade job gone horribly wrong and your questions about Brock Lesnar, Goldberg, Eddie Gilbert, and more!

– We start by asking Les to share his thoughts on the passing of two of his contemporaries, Tom Jones and Outlaw Ron Bass. 

– That conversation takes a turn into the world of promoting in the territory days without television, a blade job gone bad or young Les on tv, calling spots on tv in those days without the cameras and the studio audience (which was typically closer to the ring than a normal show) picking things up.

– Then, we spend a couple of minutes on the interesting comments Daniel Bryan made on Talking Smack (26:54) which indicated his intent to return to the ring in 18 months

– From there, we open the mailbag to answer your questions on why some fans are happy to see wrestlers fail when they try things outside of wrestling (33:24), thoughts on Gilbert as a wrestler and booker (38:12), why Lesnar vs. Goldberg is for the Universal Championship (41:02), would the Undertaker have value at Wrestlemania if he was involved in tag team matches from this point on (48:49), and how to increase the value of today’s stars so that part timers aren’t a must have during Wrestlemania season (51:06). 


Right click save

DragonKing Dark 44: The White Thang

Posted on by Karl Stern

On the 44th DKD, your host Karl Stern tells another tale from the isolated forest of north Alabama.  This time, it’s the “White Thang” from the 1930s.  

But, what was the White Thang? No one knows for sure but the descriptions are bizarre. Part lion? Albino Bigfoot? Who knows? Framed around a tale of post-Civil War Alabama where Winston County refused to participate and oppression followed. 

Then, Karl takes a look at other Alabama monsters, big cats, and giant apes, and the Wolf Woman of Mobile.

Right click save

Wrestling Weekly: Brock vs. Goldberg, EVOLVE, and Eddie Guerrero

Posted on by Victor Sosa

The most wonderful time of the year is nearly upon us and there’s lots of ground to cover this week from your hosts Vic Sosa and Les Thatcher.

We start with a few words on Timothy Thatcher (7:12) who recently suffered a concussion at a recent EVOLVE show, plus some thoughts on Drew Gulak and Tony Nese (10:38) who recently signed WWE deals.

The 13th of this month marked the anniversary of Eddie Guerrero’s passing (16:07), so we’ll spend a few minutes on the WWE Hall of Famer as well.  In addition, the guys talk Brock vs. Goldberg at Survivor Series this weekend (22:39), and the dismissal of Joey Styles from a number of companies this week based on what happened in Evolve last weekend (30:51).

We then move on to the mailbag where we’ll tackle whether or not WWE missed a marketing opportunity Monday night (46:42) and formatting a 1 hour wrestling TV show (51:03). 

Subscribers can click below to listen:


Right click save

WOL: Sempervive & Nason on Miz vs. Daniel Bryan plus Brock’n’Jon Jones

Posted on by Mike Sempervive

Wrestling Observer Live returns on a bright sunny Wednesday with your hosts Mike Sempervive and Josh Nason to talk all of the news in professional wrestling and mixed martial arts.

And you guys know what the big story of the day is: The Miz and how soon we could see him in the octagon against either Conor McGregor and/or C.M. Punk. We also talk about emotion in wrestling, Brock Lesnar and Jon Jones’ good day, THESPIANS, the success of UFC 202, take your calls, and much more~!

The mid-week feel good has arrived. Click below to listen!

Right click save

NXT TakeOver Conference Call: HHH on 50/50 booking, CWC, more

Posted on by Josh Nason

Per usual, Paul “Triple H” Levesque did a conference call prior to the latest NXT TakeOver event, set for Brooklyn, NY, this Saturday on WWE Network.

On the 35 minute call, HHH discussed a variety of topics including fielding a few questions from this site’s Dave Meltzer:

– He discussed the WWE Cruiserweight Classic at length and why the cruisers are headed to Raw instead of Smackdown.

– He discussed criticisms fans have when it comes to veterans being brought into NXT.

– He was asked if the Brooklyn events are like NXT’s Wrestlemania.

– He was asked about the progress of a few international signees like Alexander Wolfe.

– He was asked about the possibility of Kota Ibushi working in both Japan and WWE at the same time.

– He was asked about the new strength and conditioning coach with regard to avoiding rashes of injuries like the recent shoulder injury trend.

– He talked about NXT announcers and changes now that Corey Graves is in WWE.

– He did discuss 50/50 booking and — spoiler alert — used the chocolate/vanilla phrase.

Listen to all this and more now by clicking below:

Right click save

DR. KEITH PRESENTS: Sambo Suplexes In The Sun!

Posted on by Alan Counihan

Alan goes it alone this week on the DKP but there’s no shortage of stuff for him to talk about following a holiday weekend where ALL OF THE WRESTLING was consumed.

Topics covered include: 

– All Japan’s May 1999 Tokyo Dome show featuring two huge matches

– New Japan’s Best Of The Super Juniors as the tour which has been filled with great matches comes to a close

– PWG All Star Weekend Night 1

– Pro Wrestling NOAH’s highlights of 2016

– A Match Of The Year Candidate that you NEED to see in Dragon Gate

– A Show Of The Year Candidate from All Japan

– RON GARVIN being a hard man

– New Japan vs. WAR featuring Genichiro Tenryu being THE GOD OF WRESTLING

– AAW’s recent show in Chicago with Fenix vs. Pentagon Jr

– Beyond’s “Greatest Rivals Round Robin” series, Rich Swann and much much more.

If you can tolerate listening to an Irishman talk uninterrupted, this is the show for you! CHECK IT!!!

Right click save

DR. KEITH PRESENTS: Super Strong Style 16!!!

Posted on by Alan Counihan

We’re back on the DKP and back from two days in London for the ELECTRIC Super Strong Style 16 tournament in Camden’s appropriately titled Electric Ballroom. PROGRESS Wrestling put on two incredible days of pro wrestling that provided us with alot to talk about!

In the first segment of the show, one third of PROGRESS ownership, Glen Joseph, joins Alan to discuss the weekend from a behind the scenes perspective and to talk about some of the truly special moments of the weekend for them. Then in part 2, taped LIVE ON THE STREETS OF CAMDEN, Oli Court, Iain Seaton and Jack Layzell brave the wind (we tried our best to shield the mic!) to talk to Alan about everything that happened on both shows. The lads discuss the best matches, the ironman performances of Chris Hero, Tommy End and Mark Andrews, the storylines going forward and so much more. It was an amazing tournament, an amazing weekend of wrestling and you can hear all about it this week on the DKP!!! CHECK IT!!! 

(Note: Unfortunately, both segments had some audio issues which we’ve done our best to clean up. The aforementioned wind wasn’t too bad for the most part, but unfortunately there were issues with the interview with Glen so audio is not ideal on that. Apologies, we hope you still deem it listenable and are able to enjoy!)

Right click save

JNPO: MMA/hip-hop journalist Andreas Hale on Nate, Aljamain, WWE brand split

Posted on by Josh Nason

On the 39th Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, longtime MMA and hip-hop journalist Andreas Hale (Yahoo, The Source, Sherdog, many more) drops by to talk NJPW Best of the Super Juniors, WWE brand split, UFC’s fun Memorial Day weekend show, Nate Diaz, the state of boxing, and tons more.

> Listen to the show below by clicking the link or saving to your computer.

In this hour-long edition, the guys jumped into the following:

– How pro wrestling was Andreas’ gateway drug into other combat sports

– What he’s watching and why he’s watching it

– Talk on the WWE brand split and why both guys are skeptical of the outcome

– Last weekend’s disaster of a Bellator middleweight title fight and why their belts don’t seem to matter

– How UFC and Bellator fail on their community outreach programs

– Whether Kimbo Slice resonates with the black community

– Thoughts on Nate Diaz and his Wednesday interview with Ariel Helwani

– Andreas’ thoughts on the boxing scene and the plethora of PBC shows

– What both guys are excited about with this weekend’s UFC Fox Sports One show on Memorial Day

Beers. Food. You. Us. Let’s go.

Right click save

DR. KEITH PRESENTS: HIS GRAND RETURN!!!!

Posted on by Alan Counihan

Dad’s home!!! Oh yes, it’s the return of Dr. Keith himself to his very own show that he founded ten years ago. On a special occasion like this, of course it needs to be a free show. The good Doctor joins Alan to talk AAW heading into their huge show this weekend with Fenix vs Pentagon Jr and Sami Callihan vs. Tomasso Ciampa, his father & son bonding at WWE’s Payback PPV in Chicago, the ROH Global Wars PPV that Keith will also be in attendance for this weekend and with the week that’s in it, they had to talk about the ALL TIME EPIC IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE CLASSIC between Tetsuya Naito and Tomohiro Ishii! Alan goes on an Ishii rant (a positive one) that is must listen if you’ve enjoyed past Alan Rants (TM) on Hiroshi Tanahashi and Jun Akiyama! A super awesome time, all for FREE.

CHECK IT!!!

Right click save

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: WWE SummerSlam 1992 reviewed

Posted on by Karl Stern

****This is a free edition of the show. Please share!****

On this look back at WWF SummerSlam 1992, Karl watches and reviews the entire show: Shawn Michaels, Rick Martel, The Natural Disasters, The Beverly Brothers, The Undertaker, Kamala, The Ultimate Warrior, Ric Flair, Mr. Perfect, Randy Savage, The Legion of Doom, Money Inc, and the big main event of the British Bulldog vs. Bret Hart for the WWF Intercontinental title and the honor of the Hart family!

Full review of the show with the following matches:

  • The Legion of Doom vs. Money, Inc. (LOD split up after this show and Hawk goes AWOL.)
  • Nailz vs. Virgil. (Nailz thought this match was so good he later attacked Vince McMahon over the payoff.)
  • Shawn Michaels vs. Rick Martel in a heel vs heel match with the love of Sensational Sherri at stake.
  • The Natural Disasters vs. The Beverly Brothers with Lanny Poffo in what is, shockingly, the third best match on the show.
  • Neon Crush vs. Demolition Smash in a Lone Ranger mask.
  • Ultimate Warrior vs. Randy Savage for the WWF title with Ric Flair and Mr. Perfect making the match worse.
  • The Undertaker in a mess against Kamala.
  • The British Bulldog vs. Bret Hart for the WWF Intercontinental title with one of the worst promos ever and a career performance by Hart.

It’s free, so share with your friends!

Right click save

DR. KEITH PRESENTS: Just Eamonn For WrestleMania!!!

Posted on by Alan Counihan

To all good stories must come an end. To all good journeys, must come…well, you’ll see. But before we get to that part of the latest DKP offering, Alan, Eamo and Justin are back in the saddle/van/ICE Train (with official German authenticity this week) again and run down the FULL card for WrestleMania Star! Yes the FULL CARD. We missed nothing. If you think we missed a match, you’re wrong. That match is not happening. You’re wrong. How dare you suggest such a thing!

Ahem…so anyway yes, Jericho vs. AJ in the Ultimate Dad Battle, the League Of Nations version of lad culture, Ladders with Broskis, Revolutionary Divas, main events with unfortunate builds and just who will Dean Ambrose run into next??? The lads discuss it all on the final pit stop of the most magical trip of the year – THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA!!! CHECK IT!!! 

Right click save