December 21, 2010 - The original alternate returns this week in celebration of the lunar eclipse. Actually, that’s not it, at all, but it is pretty cool. Anyway, this week’s topics include, but aren’t limited to: the announced lineup for the New Japan Dome Show on 1/4 that doesn’t quite feel Dome Showy, Okada should wrestle Tacan Hansen instead, […]

December 20, 2010 - New FREE edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show is on the air! Topics and questions this episode include: Rock and Roll Express, Austin Idol, Adrian Street and why nobody but him gets the gimmick right, Bill Watts in WCW, Sportatorium in Dallas, why wrestling can’t be heavy (man), the future of pay […]

December 20, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio returns tonight with a look at the WWE TLC PPV from Sunday night! Vinny and I open the program with a complete rundown of the show with a look at all the matches plus star ratings. Then Dave joins me to give his thoughts, after which we’ll discuss the health status of […]

December 20, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to run down all the big stories in wrestling and MMA including Saturday Night’s ROH Final Battle PPV, a TLC preview, the final WEC of all time, your emails, and so much more. Best of all it’s FREE, so please post the link or […]

December 19, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns with a special weekend bonus show covering a ton of different subjects including the ROH Final Battle iPPV from Saturday night, the final-ever WEC with the best kick in the history of kicking from Thursday night, a preview of tomorrow’s TLC PPV, Smackdown thoughts, Dave […]

December 17, 2010 - It’s the return of the Bryan & Vinny Show. Not a very good one, I won’t lie. Not only did Impact totally ruin my night but my foot hurts really bad and it threw off my game. But we have the usual fun and games with Granny, including a segment on naming her penguin and […]

December 17, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with a big dual show! We’re joined first by David Lagana of ROH to discuss a bunch of topics including Final Battle this weekend, the process of taping and putting together the TV show on HDNet, the Briscoes, video packages, stories from being head writer of Smackdown, […]

December 16, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with a huge show~! We’re joined for the first hour by BILL APTER of, well, “Apter Mags” fame, talking his 40-year career, PWI, the 500, favorite memories, ribs, the heyday of the magazine industry, and so much more. Then Dave and I take a […]

December 16, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today to talk an upcoming monumental ass-whooping with ALL THREE BRISCOES~!~!~! That’s right, Mark, Jay and PAPA BRISCOE join us today to talk life on the farm, whiskey, growing up, whoopings, their pro-wrestling careers, which brother got the worst beating as a kid, the Briscoe family tree, Mama […]

December 15, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Todd Martin returns today with special guest Jonathan Snowden of the MMA Encyclopedia, Total MMA and bloodyelbow.com~! We’ll talk about the encyclopedia, what went into putting it together, a threat of physical harm that resulted from it, how it was decided what would and would not go in, […]

December 15, 2010 - It’s the return of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! Tons to cover tonight including an awful Slammy Raw, the world’s briefest yet most passionate Smackdown review, a look at some classic WWF action from 1984, and the best show of the week — in fact, Vinny called it best show of the year — ROH […]

December 14, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with one of the nicest guys in the business, Jerry Lynn, who is recovering from back surgery following an injury suffered getting ready for a match with RVD at Hardcore Justice. We’ll talk his surgery, rehab, prospects for the future and whether he’ll ever return to wrestling, […]

December 14, 2010 - We’re a day late but definitely not a dollar short as we’ve got a one-hour plus edition of Wrestling Observer Radio for your listening pleasure. Interrupted last night by a POWER FAILURE the show is now finished and is chock full of news including the latest on Ultimate Fighter coaches per Dana White, a full […]

December 13, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA! Tons to discuss including UFC 124 Koscheck vs. GSP in detail, the TLC PPV, the Slammy Awards, Overeem winning the K-1 tournament, TNA, and more! Best of all it’s FREE, so please post the link […]

December 12, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with a packed show talking all the news in wrestling and MMA! We’ve got full results of UFC 124 from Montreal with GSP beating Josh Koscheck handily in the main event. Dave was there live so we’ve got all the results, backstage news, upcoming […]

December 11, 2010 - With Doc out, Will and Les discuss wrestling thoughts and opinions of the week. Also, They find out if Les won two in a row in the PPV Prediction game! 60 minutes. Right click save

December 11, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA! Dave is in Montreal so we’ve got all the latest from UFC 124, including a full line-up and predictions, plus we’ll talk the TNA tapings, the next PPV which actually looks awesome on paper, Chael […]

December 10, 2010 - DR. KEITH PRESENTS: The Big Green Machine!!! Got one for you this week Chikara fans! Everyone’s favourite courageous rookie – GREEN ANT joins us this week to discuss his first year in the business, his training, his matches against Pinkie Sanchez, Tursas and Keita Yano, broken arms and more! We also run down the upcoming […]

December 10, 2010 - It’s the return of the Bryan & Vinny Show for our mighty weekend edition! Tons to talk about today including Impact from Thursday night, which I didn’t find all that bad until I went back and read through all my notes. A pretty horrible show, though at least the girls worked really hard in the […]

December 9, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest Dr. Lucha Steve Sims to talk all the news south of the border! Two big year-end shows took place last weekend and business, well, sucked. We’ll talk about the big matches and angles, the good and the bad, the latest on the death of […]

December 9, 2010 - The Original Alternate~! returns with Mike sounding like Ricky Steamboat after taking a ring bell to the throat. Topics with Adam & Mike include Mike hanging with Ovie and Brian Burke at the Verizon Center, Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Budokan Hall Joe Higuchi Memorial show, the Real World Tag League Finals, New Japan predictions, a preview […]

December 9, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns today to talk the death of King Curtis Iaukea with his long-time friend and biggest fan, Kevin “Taskmaster” Sullivan! We’ll talk Curtis’ glory days, influences and men he influenced, many funny stories, and also Sullivan’s thoughts on the death of WCW, current wrestling scene, how […]

December 8, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Todd Martin returns today with a big show discussing all manner of topics including Raw with John Cena’s fake firing, Smackdown with Kane, Bearer and Edge, the TUF Finale Saturday night, Strikeforce and whether they should show prelim fights, Todd’s thoughts on the Chael Sonnen hearing and the […]

December 8, 2010 - The Bryan and Vinny Show is back! I won’t lie. First 20 minutes or so sucks. Not half as bad as the Edge/Kane/Bearer storyline, but it sucks. So just skip forward to the good stuff, that being great songs, a review of STRANGE DAYS WITH BOB SAGET covering pro-wrestling, RODDY PIPER VS. GREG VALENTINE DOG […]

December 7, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with a packed show! We’ll talk Raw from Monday night, the idiotic John Cena fired storyline, Nexus, the baffling TNA tapings from Tuesday night, latest on Jeff Hardy, Strikeforce and UFC news, plus your questions on a number of different subjects. Best of all […]

December 6, 2010 - A new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show featuring questions and topics on the rock and roll hall of fame, changing the WWE set, Shotgun Saturday Night, Crockett Cup, Pez Whatley, announcers, Jeff Jarrett, 2000 era WWE, more pioneer era talk and history of the world title, Magnum TA, Led Zeppelin, and […]

December 6, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio returns tonight with our post-TNA Final Resolution show. It was awesome until the final three matches, and Vinny and I will open the show with all the details, results, and more. Dave then joins the show to talk how Jeff Hardy nearly got pulled from the show and stripped of the title, […]

December 6, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with a look at all the biggest stories of the week including the death of King Curtis, Strikeforce and TUF going head to head, the Chael Sonnen hearing, and so much more! Best of all it’s FREE, so please post the link or file […]

December 5, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with a packed one-hour plus show talking the death of Hawaiian legend King Curtis Iaukea, the Ultimate Fighter Finale on Spike TV and Strikeforce from St. Louis on Showtime. Results of all the matches, bonuses, some backstage notes, tons of thoughts on judging and […]

December 5, 2010 - Doc is out of the hospital and back on Wrestling Weekly, and he, Will and Les discuss Johnny Walker’s latest surgery, WWE thoughts of the week including Lawler/Miz, David Otunga, WWE Superstars, Cena coming back under a mask and more. They also discuss MVP’s release, DDP in TNA?, Eric Bischoff’s son as a secret, Raven […]