August 17, 2009 - Figure Four Daily returns today with a very newsworthy show! We’re joined by Bill Douglas of the California State Athletic Commission to discuss, well, everything that has happened of late: Strikeforce Saturday night, Josh Barnett’s failure, Nick Diaz’s failure, medical marijuana, Armando Garcia, loopholes, and yes, even some WWE and TNA. If you have any […]

August 17, 2009 - We’ve got a JUMBO edition of Wrestling Observer Radio tonight! We’ll open with Vinny and I running down the TNA PPV match-by-match with thoughts on the booking, storylines and where they’ll go from here. Then I’m joined by Dave Meltzer to get his thoughts on the show, keeping the title on Angle, more on the […]

August 17, 2009 - It’s the final Karl Stern show before I leave to wander in the wilderness for 40 (or so) days and nights. On this show we discuss a plethora of topics including wrestlers in the movies, Kendo Nagasaki again, good and bad commentators, the NWA World Junior title in the 1980’s, and much more. Right click […]

August 16, 2009 - We’re back tonight with a full rundown and analysis of the Carano vs. Cyborg Strikeforce event from the HP Pavilion in San Jose! We’ll talk about all the fights in detail, including the main event, plus tons of backstage notes, what happened to Carano afterwards, press conference details, and more! We’ve also got the very […]

August 15, 2009 - We’re back tonight with an exclusive interview with Strikeforce promoter Scott Coker, covering tonight’s weigh-ins, Saturday’s Carano vs. Cyborg show, Fedor Emelianenko’s future, Phil Baroni, Gegard Mousasi, and more. Right click save

August 13, 2009 - Figure Four Daily returns for the first of two shows today alone. Here we’re joined by former MMA fighter/pro wrestling/commentator/jack of all trades Paul Lazenby to talk a number of subjects including working as a stunt double for Steve Austin in his latest film, an update on MMA regulation in Vancouver, thoughts on people who […]

August 13, 2009 - Topics include, but aren’t limited to: UFC 101 at the Wachovia Center, It’s Always Slutty in Philadelphia, Barncat skinned, P4P best shouldn’t equal Superfight champion, a meeting of the Bob Jenkins Appreciation Society, a night-by-night look at the New Japan G-1 Climax league, inappropriate team names Hama and Petey, All Japan’s junior league finale leading […]

August 13, 2009 - It’s the mid-week edition of Wrestling Observer Radio~! Dave Meltzer and I are back tonight to talk the latest news in wrestling and MMA, including Smackdown taping thoughts, the UFC vs. Strikeforce war, ratings from this past Monday night, WWE 1998 vs. WWE 2009, and more. We’ll also take your phone calls on a number […]

August 12, 2009 - It’s the Tuesday night edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! Big edition tonight as we’ve got three big shows to discuss — Smackdown from Friday night, which was great, a lame Raw from Monday night which was even more lame a day later, and perhaps the single most important wrestling show in the history […]

August 11, 2009 - Chris Nowinski joins us today to talk his latest research into brain injuries in pro-wrestling, MMA and other sports. We’ll talk the advances that have been made in the last year, his concern about MMA fights, his interesting take on MMA vs. boxing in terms of safety, other wrestlers who have offered to donate their […]

August 11, 2009 - It’s the bi-weekly FREE edition of Wrestling Observer Radio~! Dave Meltzer and I are back tonight with a packed MMA/wrestling show. We’ll open with a long discussion of the doom of Nick Diaz, including tons of details about what happened and counters to a lot of the poorly thought-out arguments out there. We’ll also discuss […]

August 10, 2009 - We’ve got the complete audio of the Strikeforce Carano vs. Cyborg conference call that just took place. Neither woman was on the call, but they hyped up this Saturday night’s Showtime event from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, plus gave the latest news on the Nick Diaz situation. Check it out! Right click save

August 10, 2009 - Dave and I are back yet again with another edition of Wrestling Observer Radio~! Tonight we’ll discuss the WEC show, which was fantastic, talk the upsets, and break down all the fights. We’ve also got some pro-wrestling news, including rumors of a Shaq vs. Show match and how the last Raw special with Trump ultimately […]

August 7, 2009 - Oops. Did we forget to do a show again? Well, we’ve made up for it with TWO HOURS of being gracious and loquacious. Topics this week include, and (at least for the near seventy-minute part one) is limited to someone who likes to hear the sound of their own voice, our match-by-match predictions for the […]

August 7, 2009 - It’s the weekend edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! We’re back tonight to discuss a boring version of ECW and, if nothing else, a wild edition of TNA that I guess you could say was pretty good per TNA standards. Of course, it is leading to what looks like an awful PPV, but that’s […]

August 6, 2009 - We’ve got the complete audio of this morning’s Strikeforce/M-1 conference call featuring Strikeforce head Scott Coker, Fedor Emelianenko, Vadim Finklestein, and, well, some dogs. Right click save

August 6, 2009 - It’s the mid-week edition of Wrestling Observer Radio~! Big show today as we’ll talk some news, including the latest on press conferences from Strikeforce and WWE and some brand new guest host names for Raw, then take your phone calls on a ton of different subjects including UWFi-style wrestling in 2009, buyrate predictions for upcoming […]

August 5, 2009 - It’s the Tuesday night edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show, and it’s a big one. Three huge shows to talk about: A GREAT Smackdown with Hardy vs. Morrison on top; a horrible, utterly wretched Raw with DR. KEN, who sucked no matter how famous he is; and SUMMERSLAM 1993 with LEX LUGER VS. YOKOZUNA […]

August 4, 2009 - COLT CABANA returns today for a fun episode of Figure Four Daily. The last time he was on was before he went to WWE as Scotty Goldman, so we’ll talk about his run there, what he learned, the good and the bad, and why he’s happy back on the indy scene. Also, talk of CM […]

August 4, 2009 - It’s the post-shitty-Raw edition of Wrestling Observer Radio~! One of the worst episodes in a long, long time, a wretched program. We’ll slice it and dice it segment by segment and look at the cornucopia of ways in which the company buried itself and everyone who works for it. Also, tons of notes on the […]

August 3, 2009 - The DKS is back once again with a show more packed than Ryota Hama’s singlet. This week is our monthly FREE PROGRAM and more importantly its Keith’s birthday gift to you, the first annual ISW ESPECIAL!!! We have Inter Species’ resident president – Mr. Mike Rotch, Inter Species’ resident bovine terrorist – MOOHAMMED and Inter […]

August 3, 2009 - The Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show presents an interview with veteran star Pat Rose. In this interview we talk about his early days with Nick Gulas and Chattanooga, Southeastern Championship Wrestling and his title winning teams with Mr. Wrestling II and Randy Rose, his time in Puerto Rico, Georgia, WCW, and more. Plus thoughts […]

August 3, 2009 - It’s the Sunday night edition of Wrestling Observer Radio~! Slow news week with no PPVs so we’ll talk a bit of news, including the latest on Brock, UFC 101 and some WWE injuries, then do a 30-minute mailbag session with questions on tons of subjects including Honky Tonk Man, M-1 co-promoting, Smackdown, Jeff Jarrett and […]

July 31, 2009 - Dave and I are back with a breaking news edition of Wrestling Observer Radio~! Tons of thoughts on the UFC press conference today and the big news Dana announced, plus thoughts on the creative shake-up in TNA and what it means and an update on Josh Barnett’s test failure. Twenty minutes of breaking news, so […]

July 31, 2009 - We’ve got the full audio of the UFC press conference hosted this afternoon by Dana White and Tito Ortiz on all number of subjects, including Fedor, ESPN, Vitor Belfort and other new signings, and tons more. Also includes a pretty incredible promo on Fedor and his management after Dana gets all riled up. Dave and […]

July 31, 2009 - It’s the weekend edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! Packed show as always as we’re joined by Granny to talk more about her porch, the history of the United States, and how much hamburgers used to be. Then we’ve got a review of a great edition of ECW with the Whoo Whoo Guy actually […]

July 31, 2009 - Lance Storm returns today with his first major interview since his ROH appearances this past weekend, which were perhaps the final matches of his career. We’ll talk the entire weekend in depth and look at his mindset coming out of it, then talk a number of other subjects including Shaq, Raw Monday, Beat the Clock, […]

July 30, 2009 - Wrestling Observer Radio returns tonight with a fun show running down a number of subjects including the absolute latest on UFC and Fedor! We’ll talk all the rumors of what he has allegedly been offered, how it may affect morale among the fighters, what the hold-ups were in the past, the chances of this actually […]

July 29, 2009 - New Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show with tons of questions and topics on old school wrestling including: Kendo Nagasaki (no not that one), Terry Gordy and the phantom car crash, John Tatum and the not phantom car crash, WCW pay per views, Watchmen, Kamala(s), and more. This is a freebie for all you people […]

July 29, 2009 - The Bryan & Vinny Show returns tonight from the 105-degree suburbs of Seattle, WA. Christ it sucks here. But we’ll do our sweaty best to tell you about Raw, Smackdown, and the best damn wrestling show of all time, World Championship Wrestling from December 18, 1986. All that plus thoughts on a name for Dolph […]