Wrestlemania Backlash predictions, phenomenal AEW ticket sales, new hires and the POWER OF VANDERPUMP RULES are all part of this week's Wrestling Weekly! Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

John LaRocca and Garrett Gonzales are back on The Fight Game Podcast. They talk about the big Backlash main event between Cody Rhodes and Brock Lesnar. And they give thoughts on AEW's terrific pre-sale for their London event, the Will Washington hiring, and AEW Dynamite from Wednesday.

We dive now into September 1983 and the time is getting near for Hulk Hogan to jump to the WWF. First, however, NWA Starrcade looms where the NWA World title will go back from Harley Race to Ric Flair so Flair is doing the job tour to set up challengers. Flair will lose the Missouri title to David Von Erich, lose clean to Bob Armstrong, and lose to Pedro Morales in Puerto Rico. Sgt. Slaughter continues to rise in WWF as does the Masked Superstar. The era of change draws near.

Join Andrew Zarian for the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Live on Sunday, where he covers all the latest news from the world of professional wrestling. This week, he delves into the topic of Roman Reigns being drafted to SmackDown and the question of how long he should hold the title, with the 1000-day mark approaching. Andrew also discusses the importance of having a modern-day generational Champion for WWE.

The WWE draft is currently underway and will conclude on Monday's Raw. Andrew provides an overview of who has been drafted to each brand on SmackDown and speculates about potential new match-ups. He also discusses whether WWE will stick to a hard split between brands or allow wrestlers to move between them.

AEW is setting up a "four pillars" 4-way main event for Double or Nothing. Andrew analyzes whether this is the right program based on where each wrestler has been slotted on the card.

Plus, more CM Punk sightings, the new WWE World Heavyweight Championship, upcoming episodes of Dark Side of the Ring, and other news from the world of professional wrestling.

In 1997 one of the most bizarre moments in boxing and pop culture took place when, during the second Mike Tyson verses Evander Holyfield fight, Tyson viciously bit the ear of Holyfield not once, but twice! Tyson earned himself a disqualification and tons of negative publicity. This strange incident was a real black eye (err... ear) for boxing and stands as one of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history.

Vince McMahon gets sued, Punk meets with Jericho (and Levesque!) a new championship is unveiled in WWE which might undercut the best thing they've got going and we discuss it all on today's show. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

John LaRocca and Garrett Gonzales are back with The Fight Game Podcast talking about Triple H's new belt, the Four Pillars, Taya Valkyrie being booked like a heel, and a ton of heel beatdowns on AEW Dynamite.

The Big Audio Nightmare is back to talk about everything happening in the world of Japanese professional wrestling.

This week's topics include:

Breaking news on the creation of the NJPW Strong Women's Championship

A full, in-depth review of Stardom's All Star Grand Queendom event

Thoughts on the decision to end Giulia's title reign

A look at Stardom's next big show including several title matches

Thoughts on NJPW's April 27th show, which included a title change

A deep dive into New Japan and STARDOM as it relates to the U.S. and beyond

Much more!

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Andrew Zarian and Garrett Gonzales are back after a one-week hiatus and come back to craziness in the pro wrestling world.

A very famous era for pro wrestling at Madison Square Garden is the focus of today's show. The 19-teens would see the death of the unbeaten World heavyweight champion Frank Gotch and the split of the world championship into various factions. Among them is Joe Stecher who has his match with the famous Masked Marvel. Ed "Strangler" Lewis becomes more prominent in our story. Plus, John Olin, the Zbyszko's, and more discussed on today's show.