February 10, 2011 - A crazy new concept is unleashed this week on the DKP!!! WE’RE TALKING ABOUT CURRENT MAINSTREAM WRESTLING!!!! Contain your shock and awe please. Yes it’s WrestleMania season, so for the next few weeks we will have Justin Shapiro randomly dropping in for shows where we discuss all the goings on in WWE-land. On this first […]

February 9, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio — the ILLUSTRIOUS Wrestling Observer Radio — with Dave Meltzer and Bryan returns today with the one and only Chris Jericho to talk his newest book, “Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps“, his first critically-acclaimed book, when he might return to WWE, whether he’d ever work for […]

February 9, 2011 - The original alternate returns this week with a cavalcade of purorageous activities, which led to topics including, but not limited to: the original Keys of comedy with a meme to remember, a look at September’s IGF antics featuring Barnett-Sylvia, Coleman-Suzukawa, and a bunch of b-list Brother Yasshi’s, a review of last July’s Nanae Takahashi-Kaori Yoneyama […]

February 9, 2011 - It’s the return of the Bryan and Vinny Show, and we’ve got a lot to discuss! We’ve got a really fun Smackdown to review with Kelly Kelly’s best performance ever and Vickie lighting the world on fire, a pretty lame Raw, and then, in this week’s 24/7 fun, BEST OF WWF VOLUME 13. A mix […]

February 8, 2011 - Figure Four Daily returns today with OPEN LINES~! Tons of things to tackle including how much people hate Michael Cole and the positives and negatives of that, thoughts on UFC 126, Sting, WrestleMania, ideas for Undertaker after he retires as an active performer, Raw on Monday night, the Montreal Screwjob and other questions regarding mid-90s […]

February 8, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back tonight talking all the news in wrestling and MMA! We’ve got a full Raw report for Monday night, a flat show two weeks out from Elimination Chamber. We’ll talk the Strikeforce show this weekend, Rashad’s camp talks his future, Quinton Jackson and why Bones […]

February 6, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with in-depth coverage of UFC 126 from Las Vegas! We’ll talk all the fights including Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort and Bones Jones vs. Ryan Bader, plus the upcoming Bones vs. Shogun title match and the back story there, GSP vs. Silva talk, and […]

February 5, 2011 - Will, Doc and Les review the Royal Rumble, give their thoughts on Impact and Smackdown, and discuss Superbowl champs on WWE programming, Justin Bieber on Wrestlemania, J-Woww on TNA, Kurt Angle interview on Booker and Nash, They answer mail, give their superbowl predictions, and much more! 63 Minutes. Right click save

February 5, 2011 - We are so happy to be joined tonight by Jeff Meldrum, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Anthropology and Adjunct Associate Professor of the Department of Anthropology at Idaho State University, and Adjunct Professor of Occupational and Physical Therapy and Affiliate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Idaho Museum of Natural History, talking his book, “Sasquatch: […]

February 5, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez is back tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA! We’ve got notes from the UFC 126 weigh-ins, the shoving match with Vitor and Anderson, who had a completely different body, and other UFC scoops. Then we’ve got notes on TNA, their big rating […]

February 4, 2011 - February 4 Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show with tons of old school talk including a bunch of pioneer era talking including great champions among the pioneers, worked vs shoots, Frank Gotch, and modern stuff such as TNA and where all the old school fans have gone. A fun show and a freebie! Right click […]

February 4, 2011 - It’s the return of the mighty Bryan & Vinny Show~! We’ve got a world-class Granny segment to open the show, then Bryan and Vinny delve into one of the more nonsensical editions of Impact in quite some time, the show where the guys who beat up the babyfaces last week revealed that they are, in […]

February 3, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Todd Martin returns today with tons to discuss. We’ll talk UFC 126 from Vegas this weekend, thoughts and predictions, the Royal Rumble and Raw, the WrestleMania line-up and thoughts on all the main matches, what WWE can do to freshen up the show and line-ups, plus Todd’s thoughts […]

February 3, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez is back today to run down all the latest news in wrestling and MMA! Ariel Helwani could not make it, but we’ll talk UFC 126, Silva vs. Belfort, Franklin vs. Forrest, the undercard, where you can watch Kid Yamamoto fight, the Smackdown spoilers, WrestleMania, Money in […]

February 2, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with two big guests, Dr. Lucha Steve Sims and Hall of Fame luchador KONNAN~! Tons to discuss including thoughts on the Guerra de Titanes show we watched last night, Parka getting his mask all ripped off, Perro Aguayo Jr.’s status, Mistico to WWE, the scuttlebutt Konnan has […]

February 2, 2011 - The Bryan and Vinny Show returns tonight with fun and excitement. We’ve got Vinny’s thoughts on Royal Rumble and Raw, a dual review of Smackdown this week, an investigation into the Western States Heritage Championship, AAA Guerra de Titanes from this past weekend on Galavision, some wacky cat tales, songs and drops and more. A […]

February 2, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with the world famous LEAPING LANNY POFFO~! Tons to talk about including his runs both as Lanny and as The Genius for WWF in the 80s, still doing moonsaults at age 56, poetry, the creation of the Genius gimmick, steroids, differences between himself and his brother, his […]

February 1, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with a packed news shows. We’ve got the post-Rumble Raw report, a look at all the matches so far announced for Elimination Chamber, the current WrestleMania line-up, what’s up with Ric Flair, the latest on Mistico’s signing with WWE, some woeful TNA tapings given […]

February 1, 2011 - We roll on with the second episode of our Indy Good Old Days series (tm Browser Brody) and we’re joined by sound-a-likes Rob Naylor and Mike Falcone to discuss the early days of Ring Of Honor! The Feinstein Era, the Murphy Rec Era, The Rave Music Era, whatever you wanna call it, we discuss it […]

January 31, 2011 - January 31 edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show. The first half of the show is spent answering questions about old school pro wrestling sent to [email protected] and the second half of the show begins our coverage of the pioneer era book Fall Guys including how the world REALLY viewed pro wrestling back […]

January 31, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with a recap of the second biggest show of the WWE year! We’ve got a full rundown and analysis of the Royal Rumble match plus all three titles matches including Miz vs. Orton and Ziggler vs. Edge, plus a look at where they appear […]

January 31, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Live with Mike Sempervive and Bryan Alvarez returns today to talk THE ROYAL RUMBLE PPV~! It’s our pre-game show, fun and exciting both live and in hindsight, with predictions on all the matches and where they may be heading to WrestleMania. Plus, tons of news including the latest from WWE, TNA, Strikeforce, UFC […]

January 30, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with a show absolutely packed with news. We’ll talk the resignation of Donna Goldsmith from WWE and why it’s the top story of the day, a big preview of the Royal Rumble, what’s up with Nash, Booker, WWE and TNA, a bunch of WrestleReunion […]

January 29, 2011 - Will, Doc, and Les discuss Shawn Osborne’s suicide, including stories on Les training him and how Les felt to be mentioned in the suicide letter, Jon Heidemann’s passing, Stone Cold hosting Tough Enough, indie wrestlers turning down WWE contracts and opportunites, Ric Flair’s european tirade, Barrett vs Undertaker, how to bring PPV buyrates up, developmentals […]

January 29, 2011 - Bryan Alvarez After Dark returns tonight with a two-hour show covering conspiracies! We’re joined by Chris Gilleski to talk the JFK Assassination, Roswell, the supposed moon-landing hoax, and more. Why do people believe in conspiracies? Which, based on available evidence, seem ridiculous, and which should be taken seriously? We’re also joined by Karl Stern to […]

January 28, 2011 - Figure Four Daily returns today with ROYAL RUMBLE 2011 OPEN LINES~! We’ve got a million different predictions from the obvious (Cena, for example), to some that are way out there. And a few of the way out there ones are, in fact, pretty damn creative and altogether possible. A really fun show leading into the […]

January 28, 2011 - It’s the weekend edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show, and a packed on at that! We’ve got THREE Royal Rumble pools, a necessary Royal Rumble Pool State of the Address speech, an exciting and stimulating appearance by Granny with her usual Q&As, a review of an Impact with some horrible, horrible stuff, but also […]

January 28, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special bi-weekly guest Lance Storm~! Tons to discuss including a bold prediction for the Royal Rumble, Lance’s thoughts on the 2011 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards, Raw’s blatant bait-and-switch on Monday, the roll of announcers in pro-wrestling, an update on his student who vanished, rampant ECW near-nudity […]

January 27, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns with the first of two shows today! We’re joined by Mikey Whipwreck to talk all sorts of subjects including his upcoming (still) neck surgery, memories of ECW, a great road story involving Cactus Jack, who he dreaded working with in ECW, how to be a good promoter/booker, and […]

January 27, 2011 - We’re back with one of the bigger Observer Radios in history. In today’s TWO HOUR SHOW, Dave and I open with the latest on Ric Flair’s overseas adventures and then move into a discussion of every category in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter 2011 Awards Issue. Later we’re joined by the legendary TERRY FUNK to talk […]