WrestleMania Fallout!

Andrew Zarian is back with another Sunday edition of Wrestling Observer Live, discussing the latest news from professional wrestling.

Following WrestleMania weekend, I share my thoughts on the main event of night two and the negative impact of The Rock's absence. I also discuss how he attempted to backtrack and rectify the situation instead of simply admitting he never planned on being at WrestleMania.

I follow up on the Raw after WrestleMania; with John Cena as champion again, we're getting another program with Randy Orton. Additionally, we witnessed the formation of a new faction seemingly led by Paul Heyman, and I provide my analysis.

AEW is building towards Double or Nothing. I offer my insights on this week's Dynamite and Collision, with the highlight being FTR's heel turn and alignment with Stokely Hathaway.

Plus, I'll share my thoughts on the Owen Hart Cup finals, Gunther's time off, and more!

After Dark Radio with Bryan Alvarez and is back with special guest TEX WESSON to talk all manner of topics including Bigfoot, Dogman, and some new ones for Bryan, CRAWLERS and NOTDEER. A super fun show as always so check it out~! If you love this show, sign up through whatever platform you're listening on and get a new After Dark Radio every week, plus 84 different monthly pro-wrestling podcasts. Sign up today!

Andrew Zarian is back with another Sunday edition of Wrestling Observer Live, talking all the latest in professional wrestling.

We are in the middle of WrestleMania weekend. With night two of WrestleMania getting ready to start, I break down night one, concluding with the big turn at the end with Paul Heyman aligning himself with Seth Rollins.

The other big story from yesterday was the acquisition of AAA Lucha by the WWE. I give my thoughts and talk about what we know as of now on this situation, what it means for smaller promotions, including New Japan and others.

I also preview night two of WrestleMania and give my thoughts on the main event between John Cena and Cody Rhodes, and why Bayley was pulled from her match.

Plus, highlights from some of the bigger independent shows, including Minoru Suzuki taking on Butterbean.

All this and more!

On a brand new Josh Nason's Punch-Out, Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics returns for his quarterly visit to chat the previous quarter of AEW business.

From Grand Slam Australia to the Max simulcast era to everything in between, we got you covered with some unique insights.

Supporting documentation can be found at Wrestlenomics.com with a subscription

On a Sunday edition of Wrestling Observer Live, Josh Nason fills in to question whether The Rock will return for WWE WrestleMania 41 week, your excitement level about the show, AEW's big push for Spring Break Thru, some complaining about a new ROH title, Mariah May making waves, and more.

CM Punk's favor, AEW heads to Dynasty

Andrew Zarian is back with another episode of the Sunday edition of Wrestling Observer Live, talking all the latest news in professional wrestling.

I start off this week talking about Friday Night SmackDown Live from London, as it had a lot of ramifications for Wrestlemania. Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and CM Punk close the show with a contract signing. Paul Heyman tells CM Punk he has his WrestleMania main event, as the match will go on last one of the nights, however, Punk would reveal that was not the favor. I talk about what this means and speculate the many different ways this all plays out.

With the negotiation period for the PPV rights for UFC coming up in a couple of weeks, I talk about the possibility of Netflix or another streaming service getting those rights and pushing ESPN and other mainstream platforms out of live sports in the future.

I also ran down the card for next weekend's AEW Dynasty and the build from Saturday's Collision. I speculate on the end game for the Death Riders story and why the best ending for this will be Moxley retaining and eventually dropping to Will Osprey, possibly at All In.

Plus, Rey Fenix on Smackdown, TNA departures, and more!

Andrew Zarian is back with another episode of the Sunday edition of Wrestling Observer Live, talking about all the latest news in professional wrestling.

I start off this week talking about Friday Night SmackDown Live from London, as it had a lot of ramifications for Wrestlemania. Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and CM Punk close the show with a contract signing. Paul Heyman tells CM Punk he has his WrestleMania main event, as the match will go on last on one of the nights; however, Punk reveals that was not the favor. I talk about what this means and speculate on the many different ways this all plays out.

With the negotiation period for the PPV rights for UFC coming up in a couple of weeks, I talk about the possibility of Netflix or another streaming service getting those rights and pushing ESPN and other mainstream platforms out of live sports in the future.

Also I run down the card for next weekend's AEW Dynasty and the build from Saturday's Collision. I speculate on the endgame for the Death Riders story and why the best ending for this will be Moxley retaining and eventually dropping the title to Will Osprey, possibly at All In.

Plus, Rey Fenix on Smackdown, TNA departures, and more!

Listen to Tony Khan talk to the media ahead of this Sunday's AEW Dynasty.

Listen to Tony Khan's AEW media call prior to the 2025 edition of Dynasty.

Note: this show was recorded Tuesday but due to an RSS issue, it's going up Wednesday.

On a brand-new TUESDAY April Fool's edition of Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez finally addresses his enemies.

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