The latest WWE and AEW News and Results
Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio, discussing the 2020 awards in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Helping us go through the awards is AEW’s President and CEO (as well as winner of promoter and booker of the year) Tony Khan. We go through every award, get Tony’s reactions on how his company did in the awards, talk about his upcoming Revolution PPV, discuss ratings, and more.
Dave Meltzer and I are back with a Saturday night edition of Wrestling Observer Radio.
We talk about Derrick Lewis’ one punch knockout of Curtis Blaydes in the main event of Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ show and the rest of the main card.
We also cover the Bloodsport 5 card and the news of the main event for Bloodsport 6 during WrestleMania weekend featuring Jon Moxley vs. Josh Barnett.
We discuss the two New Japan roster injuries, AEW Dynamite and NXT ratings, the Elimination Chamber, Bad Bunny, Konnan, and finish off with Dave’s story on Tom Cole in the latest WON.
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including WWE’s bizarre new social media policy, AEW vs. NXT on Wednesday night, the AEW women’s tournament, BTE, Stefan Struve retiring from UFC, the Raw report, from Monday with a great gauntlet match, and tons more.
A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: AEW this week, BTE
10:27: AEW Women’s title eliminator tournament Japan
16:50: WWE new social media policy
24:37: Young Rock
34:17: Stefan Struve retires
37:26: Lacey Evans pregnant, Raw
59:55: Mailbag
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of the great NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day, the story on Sammy Guevara and Impact Wrestling’s recent situation, the latest on the death of Tom Cole, a look at Monday’s Raw, tons of news and more.
A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: WWE Raw preview
6:20: AEW Women’s tournament first round streaming tomorrow
7:59: More on the passing of Tom Cole
22:17: NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day
45:25: Sammy Guevara and Impact creative story
51:20: Keiji Mutoh signs with NOAH, Jun Akiyama signs with DDT
55:48: Mailbag
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of UFC 258, Impact No Surrender, Friday’s Smackdown, Wednesday night ratings, the death of Tom Cole, WWE Elimination Chamber news, a look ahead to Sunday’s NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day, Muto winning the GHC Title, WWE unrest and more.
A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: UFC PPV
8:31: Ariel Helwani and Dana White on Gina Carano
17:00: Tom Cole passes away
30:39: SmackDown rating, thoughts
46:34: NXT TakeOver preview
51:05: Elimination Chamber card rundown
52:15: Impact No Surrender notes, door continues to open
58:40: Keiji Mutoh wins GHC Heavyweight title
1:00:57: People upset in WWE over no bonuses
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This week’s Wrestling Observer Radio with myself and Dave Meltzer has a little bit of everything.
In the first half of the show, we talk about the passing of the legendary Hank Aaron and his relationship to pro wrestling and Dave tells more Paul Varelans stories from this week’s feature in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We then talk about what’s going on with the NBC Sports Network, Dave’s Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier UFC 257 pick, and the Wednesday night ratings.
Then, Dave interviews Randy Hales about his book on Memphis wrestling called Living The Dream, the early years of The Rock as Flex Kavana, Kurt Angle, and more.
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a great update on Jim Valley, the death of Paul Varelans, full reviews of the Impact Wrestling PPV with AEW Champion Kenny Omega pinning Impact Champion Rich Swann in a six-man, UFC with a main event that may win Fight of the Year, Raw, SmackDown, ratings and more.
A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: Jim Valley goes home
3:47: Paul Varelans
21:22: Guy Hauray passes away
24:09: Impact
44:57: SmackDown
52:18: Ratings
55:06: UFC
1:08:28: WrestleMania 2021 will be two nights
1:13:48: Raw preview
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Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and I is back with tons to talk about including WWE Raw ratings from Monday night, Chris Jericho’s admission he had COVID in September, Pat Miletich being let go from LFA, UFC returning to network TV Saturday, Wednesday night wrestling, and more.
A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: Chris Jericho September positive COVID-19 test
5:28: Raw ratings
10:16: UFC debuting on ABC
15:06: Pat Miletich let go from LFC
17:29: Dusty Classic brackets
20:23: AEW recap
49:38: NXT recap
1:04:12: WON preview
We’re back with Wrestling Observer Radio as Dave Meltzer and I interview Kevin Kelly, previewing this week’s Wrestle Kingdom 15.
Kevin talks about the situation with COVID-19 in Japan, broadcasting shows when everyone is in different parts of the world, matches he’s looking forward to calling, and more.
After the interview, Dave and I talk about some great news for our Jim Valley, the Brodie Lee and Danny Hodge bios in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Lastly, we talk about Bruce Mitchell’s controversial column about Lee and media, including wrestling media, as a whole.
Timestamps:
Start: Wrestle Kingdom 15 preview with Kevin Kelly
1:00:00: Jim Valley update
1:02:17: Brodie Lee, Danny Hodge bios
1:19:54: Bruce Mitchell and wrestling media
On a special edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer and I discuss the sudden passing of Jon Huber, better known as AEW’s Brodie Lee and WWE’s Luke Harper.
We also talked to AEW announcer Jim Ross earlier in the day to discuss the passing of Danny Hodge at 89 years old. Because of when we recorded it, there’s no conversation about Huber’s death.
Finally, we close things out with some discussion of recent news.
Wrestling Observer Radio is back today with a solo edition of the show.
I give my condolences to Dave Meltzer and his family on the passing of Dave’s mom, the death of Kevin Greene and his run in WCW in the mid-90s, SmackDown ratings from their move to FS1 and how it compares to AEW last Wednesday, AEW and NXT lineups for this coming week, RAW Legends Night, a full recap of the post-TLC RAW, and a look at all the categories from the Slammy Awards.
Timestamps:
Start: Condolences to Dave Meltzer
1:33: Death of Kevin Greene
6:28: SmackDown ratings
9:50: Matches announced for NXT, AEW, SmackDown
18:55: Raw
43:02: Slammy Awards runthrough
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a full review of WWE TLC with the BURNT TO A CRISP DEATH of the Fiend, two ladder matches, babyfaces with no friends, good action and more. Plus, we answer your questions, discuss Ben-K getting knocked out badly and more.
A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: TLC
34:18: Ben-K knocked out
44:34: Mailbag
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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including record-low WWE Raw ratings and why it’s a very important story, Impact and SmackDown ratings, Kenny Omega working the Impact Hard To Kill pay-per-view main event, details and thoughts on AEW and NXT TV and so much more.
A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: Dave’s mom update, the other Dave Meltzer
2:45: Raw record low ratings
26:12: Impact ratings, Omega match announced for Hard to Kill
28:37: Volador/Bandido match announcced
30:00: Ortega/Volkanovski match announced
30:52: AEW
1:00:41: NXT
1:12:50: Sports Business Journal article
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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including NXT TakeOver: WarGames, thoughts on all the matches and where they go from here, New Japan tournament finals on Friday, NOAH!!!, Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul, Mike Tyson wanting to fight again, mailbag and more.
A packed show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: TakeOver
20:33: NOAH
28:04: Best of the Super Juniors/World Tag League finals lineup
34:55: Mayweather-Logan Paul, Holyfield-Tyson
43:00: Mailbag
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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including NXT Takeover Sunday night, thoughts on the matches, WWE’s Raw and Smackdown, AEW and NXT ratings, New Japan update, mailbag and more.
A packed show with more to come tomorrow, so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: NXT WarGames preview
9:24: SmackDown
28:54: TLC lineup so far
31:23: Ratings
45:02: Raw this Monday
45:38: NJPW
48:26: UFC
53:45: Mailbag
