Dave Meltzer and I are back with a new Friday episode of Wrestling Observer Radio.
For the first 60 minutes, Lance Storm joined to talk about the culture of pro wrestling and some of the changes. He talked about first reading Janel Grant’s lawsuit. He also talked about Ashley Massaro and some of the despicable things that happened to her. Storm mentioned some of the cruel bullying the locker room got away with when he was in WWE as well as advice he gave to wrestlers who made it to the main roster.
Pat Laprade joined to talk about the passing of his friend Paul “Butcher” Vachon. He also talked about Andre The Giant.
Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. We invited Tim Marchman from Vice News to join the show.
We talked about Tim’s reporting on Ashely Massaro’s previously unpublished statement about WWE and Vince McMahon, her rape claim while in Kuwait, and the story being corroborated by a former WWE doctor.
We also talked about the NDAs Vince had women sign, wondered if TKO is doing a company-wide investigation, discussed previous and current lawsuits, and more.
Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio going over all the news in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
We opened up the show talking about WWE’s WrestleMania Kickoff press event. We talked about the chaotic feel to the event, the changing of the booking and overall story, and where things may be going.
We also discussed the following:
Dave’s story on Ashley Massaro
The new sports streaming company
Early ticket sales for AEW’s Big Business Boston event
Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio going over all the news in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
We opened up the show with the latest on Janel Grant’s lawsuit against Vince McMahon including two stories that came out after the latest issue of the Observer went to print.
We also discussed the following:
John Laurinaitis claiming to be a victim
Brock Lesnar’s status
Shawn Michael’s handling of questions compared to Paul Levesque’s
Latest numbers on the Netflix deal
Where things stands for the WrestleMania main events
Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio.
Ryan Frederick joined us to recap UFC 297. We went over the entire main card and Ryan talked about some of the undercard highlights in addition to the news coming out of the show.
Dave and I then discussed the following:
Updates on Kazuchika Okada, Seth Rollins, and Kenny Omega
AEW rankings
Tama Tonga
The Dark Side of the Ring slate for the next season
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