December 22, 2018 - ‘Left My Wallet’ is back with a holiday edition featuring the return of Glenn Gilbertti, better known as Disco Inferno. The holiday season is heating up and so is the playoff picture in the NFL as we head into the playoffs. Disco and I talk which teams are the most well rounded, who he thinks is […]

December 21, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and special guest host Lance Storm is back today with tons to talk about including Impact getting a new television deal, RAW and Smackdown and NXT, the Royal Rumble, tons of calls and texts and so much more. This download is free, so please spread the word to your […]

December 20, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about including our usual weekly chat with Granny, her Q&A and Weekly Wrestling Report, and more. Then, Bryan and Vinny review NXT from Full Sail, and for Potpourri it’s a WWF Coliseum Home Video from 1985 featuring one Hulk Hogan RAMRODDING his way […]

December 20, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including feedback to the Jimmy Jacobs episode from yesterday, Hall of Fame talking including WHY ISN’T DAVE ON THE BALLOT, plus calls, texts, news and tons more. And a power outage! A fun show as always so check it […]

December 20, 2018 - There has been no shortage of discussion over the years on the rise and fall of WCW, including this effort by our own Bryan Alvarez and R.D. Reynolds, but there has never been a deep dive quite like ‘Nitro: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner’s WCW‘, the first book by author Guy […]

December 20, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including the newest entrants into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame, how everyone fared, who went up and who went down in balloting, who’s new next year, who may fall off the ballot and more. Plus, Smackdown, Smackdown […]

December 20, 2018 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with a packed show today. Bryan and Tom speak for the first time since Tom projectile-vomited all over his studio, discussing Christmas Show fallout. Then, a full review of Smackdown Live from Thursday, the first of the NEW ERA Smackdowns, Geek of the […]

December 19, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including a full show with Jimmy Jacobs talking the entire WWE writing experience, how many people are on the crew, what is involved in the process, who does what, Vince McMahon’s role, whether the process is too complicated, […]

December 19, 2018 - On the final Wrestling Weekly of the year, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa take a look at 2018 for New Japan, ROH, NWA, and WWE. We discuss some major things that went down in each company and share some thoughts on their year and what 2019 may hold. Thanks for listening, Merry Christmas and Happy New […]

December 18, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with tons to talk about in our look back at Retro Raw and Nitro from 19 years ago this week! RAW is a generic throw-away holiday show, and Nitro is an insanely insane show that doesn’t make a goddamn bit of sense, although it does […]

December 18, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back here today with tons to talk about including ALL THE MASSIVE RAW CHANGES FROM MONDAY, HOW RONDA ROUSEY HAS SUNK THE SHOW, HOW THE SHOW WAS ACTUALLY AWESOME, HOW YOU CAN’T CALL ANYONE ELSE UP FROM NXT, and more. Actually, none of that. But […]

December 18, 2018 - It’s round one, match eight in the Greatest Kayfabe Tournament. This time, we pit two contemporaries from the late 1960s against each other: WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. WWA World Champion Fred Blassie. Blassie has terrorized the west coast, Georgia, and Japan, while Sammartino has become a legend in Toronto and New York. Who will […]

December 18, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about today including a full recap of RAW, a show where Vince McMahon promised CHANGE, yet it was, in fact, the same show we see every week, plus NXT call-ups, Being the Elite, mailbag and tons more. A fun show […]

December 17, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live returns with Mike Sempervive in a studio that wasn’t soiled by the lack of intestinal fortitude that was, literally, displayed by one Filthy Tom Lawlor. Remember that couch Bryan was talking about last night on the B&V? We have an update. Besides chewed food, we have more fallout from last night’s TLC, […]

December 17, 2018 - Fumi Saito and Jim Valley are back with a new Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast. This week, they look at Asuka winning the SmackDown Women’s Championship at the WWE TLC PPV, how it’s being received in Japan, and what it can mean for the future. Plus, how companies in Japan remembered Dynamite Kid following his […]

December 17, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with tons to talk about including a full recap of the 2018 TLC PPV, all the matches and angles, what worked and what didn’t, everything leading to RAW and more, plus New Japan notes, UFC ratings, and so much more. A fun show […]

December 17, 2018 - The Bryan and Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about including a full rundown of the WWE TLC show from Sunday night, all the matches and angles, some happy endings, two really good matches, the most horrible grudge match in a long-ass time, and more. PLUS, exclusive details on this year’s upcoming […]

December 17, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive is back, running down tonight’s WWE Tables, Ladders and Chairs pay-per-view, as well as taking your calls. Right click save

December 16, 2018 - We have more discussion this week about the hot topic of artificial intelligence and the problems we may, or may not, be facing in the future from machines that can think for themselves. In other recent news we take a look at more recent UFO sightings, and reports that a portal to another dimension opened up […]

December 16, 2018 - It’s Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales. It’s our second of two shows in a row. You can listen to last night’s show if you missed it.  We review all of Saturday’s shows, including UFC’s last show on Fox, Bellator 213 from Hawaii featuring Ilima-Lei Macfarlane in the main event, […]

December 16, 2018 - It’s a special Figure Four Daily live Q&A featuring the great LANCE STORM, alongside Bryan Alvarez and guest host Filthy Tom Lawlor, live at the Lunchbox Lab in Bellevue, WA, for the Defy Wrestling holiday party! More info on Defy is up at defywrestling.com or defynw on Twitter. Enjoy the show! Right click save

December 15, 2018 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back today with tons to talk about including RAW this coming Monday, the return of Vince McMahon, ideas to turn around RAW, announcers, a new Gene Okerlund, squash matches on TV every week, and tons more! Lance is in studio and you can check out […]

December 15, 2018 - It’s Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales. We first talk about WWE’s announcement that Vince McMahon is returning to Raw on Monday and what it means. We then get into a long review of ROH’s Final Battle PPV, which was a very good show. We break down all the matches in […]

December 14, 2018 - Left My Wallet returns as I talk sports with the poet laureate of professional wrestling and a true “Genius”, Lanny Poffo! Lanny talks about his athletic background growing up and why he chose wrestling over a traditional sports career, and then delves into his brother, Randy Savage, and his minor league playing days. Lanny tells […]

December 14, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the ROH and MLW shows tonight, TLC, Lars Sullivan, All Elite Wrestling, contract situations in the new year and how everything could or could not change in 2019, and tons more! A fun show as always so check […]

December 14, 2018 - Image: SunnyD Photography / Limitless Wrestling With so much of a shift this year in talents signing with WWE, Ring of Honor, Impact Wrestling, MLW, and other places, I wanted to get a sense of what it takes to run an indie wrestling organization given those challenges added on top of everything else. Several weeks […]

December 14, 2018 - The Bryan & Vinny & Granny Show is back today with tons to talk about including VINNY ALMOST DIES IN A CAR CRASH, Granny’s usual Q&A and Weekly Wrestling Report, the usual shenanigans, and then Bryan and Vinny review this week’s NXT and the WWE Rivalries show with Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper. A fun […]

December 13, 2018 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including Smackdown ratings, more on WWE’s claim that writing RAW is difficult, a look at the actual income generators in WWE outside of TV and how they’re doing, our weekly chat with Dave Meltzer, and tons more. A […]

December 13, 2018 - Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa go into the mailbag for your questions on kayfabe in the territories, HWA trainees, and the state of WWE. We discuss how promotions protected the business when their TV shows were filmed and directed by TV stations whose staff weren’t in the business, which of Les’ trainees exceeded his expectations, […]

December 13, 2018 - In 2018, the wrestling world lost legendary wrestler Masa Saito, better known to wrestling fans as Mr. Saito. On a special edition of the Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling podcast on F4W, co-host Fumi Saito (no relation) and I remember the man he calls his godfather in the business. Fumi talks about what Mr. Saito taught him, […]