WOL: Smackville, G1, UFC 240, ROH & Portland Wrestling

On this week’s Wrestling Observer Live Saturday Edition, I talk about the WWE Smackville special live from Nashville on the WWE Network tonight and the G1 Climax showdown between Kazuchika Okada and KENTA. Lance Archer doesn’t win every match — but he continues to impress. New Japan sells out

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Pacific Rim: Could Stardom or NJPW work with AEW?

AEW roster member and joshi star Riho announced this week that she has joined Stardom. There’s also a report from Dave Meltzer about WWE officials meeting with Stardom officials. With this news, Fumi Saito and I talk about the likelihood of possible working agreements between Stardom,

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WOL: Saturday show with Jim Valley

It’s the first weekly Saturday edition of Wrestling Observer Live. I’m hosting solo for the first time. Callers and I talk about the incredible G1 Climax matches: Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley vs. Tomohiro Ishii. In addition, we talk about the chase for the AEW

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Pacific Rim: G1 Climax, Jon Moxley and Shota Umino

Fumi Saito has an in-person account of night five of the G1 Climax from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. His thoughts on Will Ospreay vs. Kota Ibushi, how Lance Archer appears to be gaining respect and momentum, the crowd’s reaction to  KENTA, and why his favorite match

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Pacific Rim: Sean ‘X-Pac’ Waltman

Fumi Saito and Sean “X-Pac” Waltman have known each other for nearly 30 years. In this special episode of the Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast, these two long-time friends reminisce about how they met, times in Japan, spending Christmas together in Minnesota, and key moments in

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