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FREE TODAY! Easter Wrestling Observer Live: Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive talk the death of Reid Flair, his career in Japan and more, plus your phone calls previewing the biggest show of the year, WrestleMania next week

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns this Easter Sunday to talk all the news in pro-wrestling including the tragic story of the death of Reid Flair, his recent history in Japan, how he looked in the ring, and more. Then, a WrestleMania preview with thoughts on some of the matches and your phone calls on everything wrestling-related. Best of all it's FREE, so please post the link or file elsewhere and help spread the word about wrestlingobserver.com! If you like what you hear, sign up for a subscription as Dave Meltzer and I do 3-4 shows per week in addition to the other 15-20 brand new shows, plus members have full access to our thousands of hours of audio and hundreds of new and archived Wrestling Observer and Figure Four Weekly online newsletters. It's a steal, so sign up and join the fun!

Apr 1 Wrestling Observer Radio: Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer talk death of Reid Flair, updates, WrestleMania I memories, Mania 29, Smackdown and Impact thoughts, Gustaffson, Kobashi's last match, your questions, tons more!

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including more on the death of Reid Flair, update from Friday, WrestleMania I memories, thoughts on Smackdown Friday, what happened with Charlie Haas at ROH, Impact thoughts from Thursday night, Kenta Kobashi's final match, is Gustaffson fighting and what happened, plus your questions on a ton of different topics. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Apr 1 Figure Four Daily: Bryan Alvarez talks to Adam Cole about Mania weekend ROH, PWG title, CZW, EVOLVE, comparing various promoters, WWE tryout, breaking into the business, your Twitter questions, tons more!

Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest ADAM COLE, currently of ROH, CZW and PWG and formerly of EVOLVE and numerous other promotions worldwide. Tons to discuss including how he broke into wrestling, training at CZW and why he chose their school, the moment when he felt he'd made it as an indy star, his more famous ROH and PWG matches, his recent WWE tryout, Gabe Sapolsky vs. Delirious in terms of booking, your Twitter questions and tons more! A great show with Adam so check it out!

Apr 1 Figure Four Daily: Bryan Alvarez 10-Minute Afternoon Update on go-home Raw, what Mania weekend shows I'm attending, ride the bus, plus tons of details on weekend Charlie Haas altercation and his quitting ROH

Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with our 10-Minute Afternoon Update talking all sorts of stories including my schedule for WrestleMania weekend and which shows I'll be going to, how you can ride a bus with us from the hotel in Newark to Mania and back, Raw preview for tonight, plus a ton of details on what happened with past weekend with Charlie Haas quitting Ring of Honor, including a backstage altercation. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Apr 2 Wrestling Observer Radio: Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer talk go-home Raw for biggest Mania ever, all the matches and angles, Smackdown tapings, more on Reid Flair, your questions and tons more!

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full rundown and analysis of the go-home edition of Raw Monday, all the matches and angles, the Hall of Fame controversy with Mick Foley, Smackdown taping results, the awful Ric Flair 911 call, plus your questions on a few different topics. Mania is only a week away, so check it out~!

Apr 2 Figure Four Daily with Arik Cannon: DGUSA and EVOLVE, Mania weekend, love for Pabst Blue Ribbon, developing his style, memories of the 00s, tons more!

Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest Arik Cannon to talk all sorts of topics including independent wrestling in the 00s, how he broke in, Dragon Gate USA and EVOLVE, memories of Hero and Claudio back in the day, his great love for PBR, the DUF stable in Dragon Gate USA and how it came about, how he developed his wrestling style, Gabe Sapolsky's booking, and so much more. A really fun show as always so check it out~!

Apr 2 Bryan & Not Vinny Show: Your calls and emails on the biggest show of the year, WrestleMania, thoughts on the booking, predictions, potential swerves, tons more!

The Bryan & Vinny Show returns tonight with Bryan but not Vinny. He's in New York already for WrestleMania so I'm going it alone, taking your phone calls and emails on, what else?, WRESTLEMANIA. Thoughts on all the matches, the booking, where they can go after the show, and the big swerves that a surprising amount of people are expecting. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Apr 3 Figure Four Daily: LOUDEN NOXIOUS talks the world famous Kaiju Big Battel, Chikara, history of the promotions, creating monsters, fun and wackiness, all leading into WrestleCon this weekend

Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest LOUDEN NOXIOUS to talk all things KAIJU BIG BATTEL AND CHIKARA! Both promotions are running shows at WrestleCon this weekend and we'll give you all the scoops, plus the history of Kaiju, creating the creatures, various wacky secrets and tragic histories, and more! Support pro-wrestling this weekend, and enjoy this show -- a fun time as always to check out!

FREE TODAY! Apr 4 Figure Four Daily: Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm predict the finish of all the WrestleMania matches, talk Raw, CM Punk angle, Extreme Rules, Impact Thursday, Lance's birthday, tons more!

Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest Lance Storm to talk all the news in pro-wrestling including a full rundown with predictions of all the matches at this weekend's biggest show of the year, WrestleMania. Who wins, who loses, big angles, and more! Plus, thoughts on Raw this week, the Undertaker angle, Impact on Thursday, Lance's birthday and more. Best of all it's FREE, so please post the link or file elsewhere and help spread the word about wrestlingobserver.com! And if you like what you hear, consider signing up for a subscription as Dave and I do 3-4 shows per week in addition to the other 15-20 brand new shows, plus members have full access to our thousands of hours of audio and hundreds of new and archived Wrestling Observer and Figure Four Newsletters. It's a steal, so sign up and join the fun! Only at wrestlingobserver.com.

April 3 Doc Young's Wrestling Weekly: All Wrestlemania, All The Time~!

Les is traveling to the NYC area on business, so he and Vic are back earlier than usual to talk Wrestlemania.  Predictions on each match, as well as thoughts on the go home edition of Raw.  Enjoy your Wrestlemania week/weekend~!

 

Apr 4 Wrestling Observer Radio: Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer talk biggest weekend of the year, thoughts on Mania and various shows, Hall of Fame, Elimination Chamber buys, Raw ratings, Martha Hart lawsuit settled, Reid Flair funeral, tons of news

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns with our final show until Bryan heads out to Newark for WrestleMania weekend! We'll talk the biggest show of the year and potentially the biggest of all time, the Hall of Fame, ratings from Monday for the go-home show, buyrate for the Elimination Chamber with Rock vs. Cena, Reid Flair's funeral, Martha Hart lawsuit settlement, UFC this weekend, and tons, TONS more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Lights Out, L.T., pioneer era American title, and food!

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Topics and questions today include: lights out match, Lawrence Taylor,  controversial storylines, and the pioneer era American heavyweight title.

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Apr 4 Bryan & Not Vinny Show: Vinny away in New York so Granny returns to not only take your late night Twitter questions, but run down ALL HER WRESTLEMANIA PREDICTIONS! Plus, a contest update and more!

Well, this is interesting. It's the return of the Bryan & Vinny Show~!!~!! No Vinny. If you listened to the show you're probably wondering where he's at. Well, I got word after we finished recording that he is, in fact, totally fine, however an unfortunate incident did occur. I'll let him tell you about it tomorrow if he so desires. IN THE MEANTIME. Granny is back to talk all sorts of topics including your late-night Twitter questions and, yes, HER FULL RUNDOWN FOR WRESTLEMANIA ON SUNDAY. We'll also give the status of our newest contest. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Apr 6 Observer Radio: Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer talk ROH iPPV, new champion, notes from other weekend shows, Invicita, New Japan, TNA house show, WrestleMania weekend notes, tons more!

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on the ROH iPPV on Friday night, an awesome event live, with thoughts on all the matches, the new ROH champion, how some other shows this weekend did, the EVOLVE issues and how they're being remedied, New Japan, the TNA house show, Bruno gets the key to the city, UFC's new TV deal, Invicta, some WrestleMania notes, and more! A fun show as always, first of four straight, so check it out~!

Apr 7 Observer Radio: Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer talk WrestleCon, Chikara, SHIMMER, full WWE Hall of Fame report with Foley, Bruno, crazy Backlund, plus ROH TV taping results, UFC on FUEL recap, tons of Mania notes, more!

Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including tons and tons of thoughts on WrestleCon with SHIMMER and Chikara, all the meet and greets, tons of Mania weekend scoops, full live Hall of Fame report with Foley, Bruno, crazy Backlund and more, plus ROH TV taping results and notes from UFC in Sweden. An absolutely packed news show during the craziest weekend of the year, so check it out!~!

AUDIO SPECIAL: Karl Stern Reviews G.I. Joe: Retaliation featuring The Rock

I saw G.I. Joe: Retaliation Thursday night in 3D featuring Dewayne "The Rock" Johnson.  Of course, for those of you who are regular listeners to my Classic Wrestling Audio Show here at Observer also know I am a big G.I. Joe fan and collector.  Here is my audio review of the film!



FREE TODAY! Apr 7 Wrestling Observer Live talking WrestleMania weekend, WrestleCon, all the shows, the Hall of Fame, full Mania preview and more!!!

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news on the biggest weekend of the year, WRESTLEMANIA SUNDAY! Tons of live thoughts from Newark, including notes on WrestleCon, all the shows, ROH, the Hall of Fame, WrestleMania tonight and so much more. Best of all it's FREE, so please post the link or file elsewhere and help spread the word about wrestlingobserver.com! If you like what you hear, sign up for a subscription as Dave Meltzer and I do 3-4 shows per week in addition to the other 15-20 brand new shows, plus members have full access to our thousands of hours of audio and hundreds of new and archived Wrestling Observer and Figure Four Weekly online newsletters. It's a steal, so sign up and join the fun!

Apr 8 Wrestling Observer Radio: POST-WRESTLEMANIA RECAP SHOW, thoughts on all the matches both on TV and live in person, weekend notes, Raw preview, Dave talks New Japan iPPV, so much more!

It is here! Our annual WrestleMania post-PPV review show! Tons of stuff to discuss including full results of all the matches from both a televised and live perspective, thoughts on some major changes made, what was cut from the show besides the tag match and why, how Undertaker vs. Punk was live, tons of notes from the weekend, Raw preview for Monday, Rock vs. Brock in 2014 possibilities, plus Dave reviews the New Japan iPPV. A fun show as always so check it out!!!

Apr 9 Figure Four Daily: Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer talk Rock injury, what happened, big angle that got dropped, Mania injuries, full wacky Raw report, title change, big angles, NJ iPPV, UFC star suspension, tons more!

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including what happened with the Rock, his injury, the big angle that ended up not taking place, a full review of a very wacky Raw with some wild fans, a few title changes, some big angles and more, plus New Japan's next iPPV line-up, UFC star gets himself suspended, your questions and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

Apr 9 Figure Four Daily: Bryan Alvarez talks to Dave Millican about CHAMPIONSHIP BELTS: Their production and design, creation of Spinner and new WWE Title, Winged Eagle, costs, so much more!

Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest DAVE MILLICAN to talk CHAMPIONSHIP BELTS! Everything you ever wanted to know about their production and design, the WWE Winged Eagle and old-school belts, his thoughts on the spinner and the new WWE Title, how much work went into putting that together, how much the most expensive ones cost, and so much more. A really fun show on a busy week so check it out~!

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