September 4, 2011 - With Doc Young still out, Will Strause, Les Thatcher & Victor Sosa are back to discuss the week that was in wrestling!  We’ll discuss the main angle on Raw, what Vic doesn’t understand about it (which is a lot), what Les would’ve tweaked it to make it more effective & his thoughts on the Smackdown contract signing.  […]

September 3, 2011 - After a three month hiatus, AFTER DARK RADIO returns tonight with a brand new show! Bryan and Karl open up talking all the strange news of the week, including a supposed close-up photo of Bigfoot’s face, Area 51 lore, and more. Then, Dan Farren joins the show to talk more about Area 51 as he’s […]

September 3, 2011 - Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show:  The History of Wrestling Part 3- Frank Gotch vs. George Hackenschmidt I and II!  The story behind both matches.  Real or worked?  Where’s the film?  Who hooked Hack?  Plus Gotch retires a million times and takes wrestling down with him.  The rise of the Zbyszko brothers, Joe Stecher, and […]

September 3, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with a breaking news audio talking two big stories, the new main event for UFC on FOX on November 12th, whether a heavyweight title fight means anything in 2011, other options they could have gone with, what the new PPV main event could be, […]

September 2, 2011 - It’s the return of the BRYAN AND VINNY SHOW, the weekend edition, and it’s a fun one~! Tons to discuss including reader’s most embarrassing moments with Granny, a look at the new cast of Dancing with the Stars, memories of SHARK JUMPING~!, an Impact that was like two different television shows, one awful and one […]

September 2, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm returns today to talk a ton of different topics including Lance’s trip to the WWE TV tapings last week, another big debate about the importance of hand-shaking, whether there was any handshaking controversy at the show, an impromptu match he was involved in, tons of notes […]

September 1, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including Raw and Super Smackdown, ratings for those shows, what segment on Monday totally bombed, the CM Punk angle two months after Money in the Bank, what went wrong where, the Sin Cara angle on […]

September 1, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Todd Martin returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including more on Raw and SuperSmackdown, the Punk/Nash/HHH storyline, Sin Cara’s behavior backstage, Dave’s Vale Tudo article, thoughts on Anderson Silva and UFC 134, Todd vs. Les Thatcher regarding Ric Flair, and so […]

August 31, 2011 - It is the mighty return of the mighty Bryan & Vinny Show and we’re mighty pissed off. Just been a bad week for WWE with angles changing right and left, matches changing right and left, characters being brought back and taken away, etc. We’ll recap both Raw Monday night and what promised to be but […]

August 31, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns with the latest installment in our Hosts Series, this time with Dragon King Wrestling’s Karl Stern~! This show has a focus on the history of wrestling and MMA, how they intertwined at the beginning of the 20th century, the role the Civil War played in the development of […]

August 30, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with a packed news show. We’ll discuss Raw from Monday night, the end of the brand extension, at least in one direction, why that decision was made, why Dave says they can’t kill the brand extension, what the hell is going on with Kevin […]

August 30, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with OPEN LINES~!, discussing all the news in wrestling and MMA including Super Smackdown, the best night for that show, tons on Mistico/Sin Cara and what the latest on that situation is, when the bloom was off the rose for good on TNA, CM Punk vs. Kevin […]

August 29, 2011 - DR. KEITH PRESENTS: The 2011 Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame It’s back to school season which also means it’s Hall Of Fame season for us here on this lovely website. With a very open ballot this year, there’s lots and lots of dicussion to be had and who better to have it with than Justin […]

August 28, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full review of UFC 134 from Rio, the good and bad of the show production-wise, prelim notes, press conference notes, bonuses, and more. Also, Bryan talks UFC 1, which he just re-watched on […]

August 28, 2011 - Will Strouse, Les Thatcher and Victor Sosa are back!  Well, Will and Les are back; Victor makes his debut today in place of Doc Young.  Will & Les discuss why Doc might be out for a while (and we wish him a speedy recovery), then we discuss some of the nuances missing from the Punk/Nash/HHH/Laurinaitis/Steph […]

August 27, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with a special bonus show to talk a very busy week in pro-wrestling and MMA. Tons to discuss including Impact from Thursday night, the return to TNA of Jeff Hardy, the Ric Flair article and what was and was not new information, more on […]

August 27, 2011 - It’s a day late, but HEY, here you go, the weekend edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show! Bryan is in Oregon, Vinny is in God knows where, and Granny is home, but that doesn’t stop the three from getting together for the weekly fireside chat. Granny has a new idea to spice up the […]

August 27, 2011 - Part 2 of the History of Wrestling Series with Karl Stern.  On this show we cover the end of the pioneer era and the beginnings of the Gotch-Hackenschmidt era. People and topics on this show include the later days of Col. McLaughlin and William Muldoon, the early career of Frank Gotch and his time in […]

August 26, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Todd Martin returns today to talk all the news in pro-wrestling and MMA including the article on Ric Flair’s financial decline, Matt Hardy’s latest issues, the return of Jeff Hardy to TNA, sports stars blowing all their money, UFC on FOX and how to promote the event, what […]

August 25, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with a packed show! We’ll talk the news, including the latest on Matt Hardy, Thursday’s TNA taping with the return of Jeff Hardy, predictions for UFC 134 and more. Then, a long, long discussion and follow-up on Dave’s awesome article on the history of […]

August 25, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Josh Nason returns today with a packed show. First, we’ll talk the new movie Warrior which Josh had a chance to see Tuesday (a movie that features Kurt Angle as a Russian Fedor-esque MMA fighter). We’ll also talk UFC to FOX, their first special and what Josh thinks […]

August 25, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Dr. Lucha Steve Sims returns today to talk all the news in lucha libre! Tons to discuss including the big CMLL and AAA shows upcoming, WWE’s biggest-ever tour of Mexico with Raw and Smackdown tapings, latest on Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio, the possibility that we’ll have three […]

August 24, 2011 - The Bryan and Vinny Show returns tonight from the scene of the first “vacation” that Bryan has taken in 17 years. Yes, he’s at the beach, doing all the work he normally does, but at least he’s doing it from the side of the sea. Vinny, on the phone, has a lot to help him […]

August 24, 2011 - DR. KEITH PRESENTS: Naylor Nuggets!!! One of the original members of the DKP family is back and doing what he does best! Yup we got Rob Naylor talking random topics. We bounce around like Sofia Vergara on a trampoline, as we go from DGUSA to Stan Hansen to Butch Reed’s love of chicken to Gary […]

August 24, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with the latest installment of our HOSTS SERIES with special guest, Oliver Copp of Tough Talk with Copp & Mike Sawyer! So much to discuss including the history of the show, the most famous episodes, the show that got them great heat with UFC brass, how they […]

August 23, 2011 - The original alternate is all New Japan talk, all the time. Well, at least for this week. But, they most certainly deserve it as their summer reached the kind of kayfabulous Climax that even Peter North would be jealous of. 80 minutes – but no G-1 spot jokes – as the topics this week include, […]

August 23, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full report of a very good episode of Raw, thoughts on the main storyline, top matches for the PPV, Punk vs. Cena, Kevin Nash’s promo, new tag champs and more! Plus, news and […]

August 22, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including the absolute latest on UFC to FOX, new details we didn’t cover last week, the new Ultimate Fighter, and more. Plus, discussion of the early days of Vale Tudo based on a Yahoo article […]

August 22, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA, including everything you ever wanted to know about the UFC move to FOX, their first-ever live special coming up in November, how this might affect TNA and WWE, and more, plus talk of SummerSlam, Matt […]

August 19, 2011 - It’s the return of the BRYAN AND VINNY SHOW, the WEEKEND EDITION, and hot damn what a show we have for you. We’ve got an amazing Granny segment with her thoughts on the iPad, Super China Buffet Day, her gambling issues, the usual Q&A and so much more, than it’s time to TRY REALLY DAMN […]