September 9, 2011 - Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer return today with a breaking news audio on Jeff Hardy, who did, in fact, after two years get sentenced on his drug charges, just hours before making his return to Impact. You can’t write stuff like this. Right click save

September 9, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Todd Martin returns today with a hell of a show talking all manner of subjects including Nick Diaz getting axed from his fight with GSP, why Todd thinks UFC made a terrible decision, the ongoing Raw storyline with Nash, HHH and Punk, WWE booking, Strikeforce predictions for this […]

September 8, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA, and there’s tons of it, including Nick Diaz making the dumbest decision of his life, the new foe for GSP, how this affects business, whether Diaz will still be employed tomorrow, ratings from this past […]

September 8, 2011 - DR. KEITH PRESENTS: Checkin’ in with AC! We’re back this week with a great new episode of the DKP as we check in with Panama City’s finest and one half of FUTURE SHOCK, Adam Cole. As we always do with Adam, we talk all the stuff he’s been up to on his ProWres travels, what […]

September 8, 2011 - Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show Part 4.  This show covers the Manhattan Opera House International tournament in 1915-1916 with Strangler Lewis, Wladek Zbyszko, Alex Aberg, hypnotists, Opera singers, and The Masked Marvel!  Plus the lead up to the Earl Caddock vs. Joe Stecher world title match from 1920 (check it out on YouTube) Right […]

September 8, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Dr. Lucha Steve Sims returns today to talk, what else? LUCHA~! Tons to discuss including the CMLL Aniversario show and what we know and don’t know so far, possible big matches for this year or next, AAA’s next big show and the TNA stars who may be coming […]

September 7, 2011 - It’s the return of the mighty Bryan & Vinny Show, and a wild show we have for you today! Tons to discuss including an inside look at how the newsletter is put together, thoughts on Raw Monday night, full reviews of two awesome matches from WrestleMania X, Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon and Bret Hart […]

September 7, 2011 - Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez return today with a breaking news audio covering UFC’s announcement of Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem for December 30th in Las Vegas, NV. We’ll talk all the details including whether Overeem will be putting a title on the line, the odds for the fight, the strengths and weaknesses of both […]

September 7, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with the latest in our Host Series, this week with one half of the Adam & Mike Big Audio Nightmare, Mike Sempervive! Tons to discuss including the history of the show, how he met Adam, the best and worst wrestlers in Japan that you should see out […]

September 6, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including UFC’s return to Japan after over a decade, their eventual return to Australia and what is up with that, more on Kurt Angle’s recent DWI, what he’s claiming, more UFC injuries, how […]

September 5, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA, including Kurt Angle’s DWI, his official statement through his lawyer, TNA’s reaction, Raw Monday night, Diva Twitter nonsense, Dave’s thoughts on the movie Warrior, Bull Kunkel’s life and times, Jim Cornette’s 1997 rewind from Kayfabe […]

September 5, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA, including UFC’s choice for a main event on the first FOX special, Raw and Super Smackdown, the HHH/Punk/Nash storyline, two Sin Caras, and so much more. Best of all it’s FREE, so please post the […]

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 […]