March 19, 2009 - It’s the mid-week edition of Wrestling Observer Radio~! Today we’ve got several news bits to discuss, including declining PPV buys, a Mania prediction, intense discussions of the Smackdown and TNA spoilers, and much more! Then we’ve got your calls and mailbag questions on a number of subjects including WrestleMania, UFC in Australia, Kane and Tim […]

March 18, 2009 - It’s a mailbag/call-in edition of Figure Four Daily! We’ve got tons of questions today on a number of different subjects including WrestleManias past and present, the booking team, UFC and Anderson Silva, Tim Sylvia, Queensryche and Honey Nut Cheerios, TNA and their absurd cage match Royal Rumble concept, and, to conclude, a primo example of […]

March 18, 2009 - It’s the bi-weekly FREE edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! This is one of those shows that patterns itself after what is reviewed. A largely great Smackdown show gets a largely great review, then a shitty Raw show that falls off the cliff gets a shitty review that also falls of a cliff. What […]

March 17, 2009 - It’s the post-shitty-Raw version of Wrestling Observer Radio! We’ll run down the show in detail, look at the “build” towards WrestleMania, then take a number of calls all with the same theme — show sucked, WrestleMania lame. Kind of depressing, really. We’ll also talk some news, including the latest on Andrew Martin, new matches and […]

March 16, 2009 - Start the new week — 3:16, in fact — with NINETY MINUTES of Wrestling Observer Radio~! Vinny and I will open with an unapologetic 30 minute rant on last night’s nightmare TNA PPV including thoughts on all the “matches”, “angles”, and “booking” in detail. Then I’m joined by Dave Meltzer to get his PPV thoughts, […]

March 14, 2009 - Dave and I are back for a quick breaking news update on the death of Andrew Martin, AKA Test. Not a lot of info at this point but we’ll cover what we know and talk a bit about his recent career. Right click save

March 13, 2009 - We have a very fun edition of Figure Four Daily to close off the weekend here! We’re joined by former WWE and OVW star Armando Alejandro Estrada to talk about all aspects of his career, including how he got his start in OVW, memories of developmental, getting called up to WWE to work immediately with […]

March 13, 2009 - “Wait, you still do radio shows?” CENSORED yes. Like RATT – we’re back for more in tightrolled acid washed jeans and like KISS we’re trying to get on your sweet grandmother. Join us this week for an all new FREE Dr. Keith Lipinski Show – maybe calling this a show is an understatement – as […]

March 13, 2009 - It’s the Thursday night edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! Got a different sort of show this week in that TNA was merely bad and ECW was actually a really damn great show and taught me a lesson about how times have changed in 2009. We’ve also got another fine appearance by Granny, who […]

March 12, 2009 - Guess who’s back? Buddy Wayne returns today for a fun edition of Figure Four Daily! We’ll actually open with some current events including JBL’s investment in Ohio Valley and what it means for the future of that company. Then we’ll dip into the mailbag for questions on all sorts of subjects including famous jobbers, memories […]

March 12, 2009 - It’s the mid-week edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! Today we’ve got a ton of news stories to discuss including the death of Tapout’s Mask, Ken Shamrock’s failed steroid test and what it means for the upcoming Lashley fight, JBL’s apparently imminent retirement, and so much more! Then we’ll take your calls and mailbag questions on […]

March 11, 2009 - Figure Four Daily returns today with — ALL CHIKARA ALL THE TIME~! We’re joined by Mike Quackenbush to talk what has become Chikara’s biggest show of the year, King of Trios! We’ll talk that show in detail, plus all the latest news from the promotion including notes on upcoming shows, deals with foreign promotions, the […]

March 11, 2009 - We did not break the RSS feed. Also, our thoughts on New Japan helping NOAH, the Budokan show, Kanemoto and Kensuke come to save DGate, random thoughts, and – of course – our thoughts on moving day in the NHL. No, we did not break the RSS feed, its the Adam & Mike BIG AUDIO […]

March 11, 2009 - It’s the Tuesday night edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! We’ve got three things to review tonight, the UFC 96 PPV from Vince’s perspective, last week’s horrid edition of Smackdown, and a pretty wacky edition of Raw including a final segment that boggles the mind. We’ll also talk the road to Mania, play some […]

March 10, 2009 - It’s the bi-weekly FREE edition of Wrestling Observer Radio~! We have a packed, nearly one-hour show tonight featuring all the latest news in wrestling and MMA. We’ll talk a very newsworthy Raw, the WrestleMania card, Ric Flair’s threatened return, next week’s show, Money in the Bank, and tons more. Besides the news we’ll also dip […]

March 8, 2009 - The weekend edition of Wrestling Observer Radio is up and it’s packed with news! We’ll talk the absolute latest on Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, what happened, when it all went down and when all sides, including UFC and Brock, were made aware. We’ll talk the main events of UFC 98, 99 and 100, what […]

March 7, 2009 - Figure Four Daily returns today with another long look at the history of turn-of-the-century pro wrestling! Karl Stern is back to talk old wrestling footage, including the stuff you see at the beginning of Raw, Caddock vs. Stecher, the beginnings of MMA with collar-and-elbow and mixed-style wrestling, and tons more! Plus, non-wrestling cop stuff including […]

March 6, 2009 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back tonight with a major event! OK, not really, we recap ECW and a horrible edition of Impact. That’s novel. Thankfully, Granny returns to SAVE THE SHOW with her now-weekly ASK GRANNY SEGMENT~! Granny is wise beyond her years if that is possible. And Impact — yes, Impact, a […]

March 6, 2009 - We’ve got another excellent edition of Figure Four Daily today with one of our most popular guests, Lance Storm of stormwrestling.com! We spend nearly an hour discussing numerous issues in wrestling that Dave and I have talked about in days past including the developmental system today and in yesteryear, three-rings in training versus one, what […]

March 5, 2009 - On this episode of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show I give away gifts! DVDs a book and more. Also on this show I have the details on that old footage that airs at the beginning of WWE Raw and it’s a fascinating story. The final review of Downtown Bruno’s book, an initial look […]

March 5, 2009 - It is here at last, the midweek edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, and it is a packed show clocking in at 75-plus minutes! We’ll start with all the news in wrestling include a breaking update on Hulk Hogan and WrestleMania, the doom of the Boogeyman, thoughts on some wacky Smackdown spoilers, and more. Then we’ll […]

March 4, 2009 - We’ve got a pretty MIGHTY edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show tonight~! We’ve got in-depth reviews of both Raw and Smackdown this week, and I do mean in-depth, plus a bunch of other features including never-before-heard songs, an announcement concerning this year’s F4W Convention in Las Vegas, a very SPECIAL GUEST, and tons more! […]

March 3, 2009 - Figure Four Daily returns today with a UFC-intensive show! We’re joined by Oliver Copp, one half of the excellent Tough Talk Radio Show on this very website. We’ll discuss all manner of subjects including UFC’s new TV deals in Germany, big shows upcoming, previews of some of the bigger fights, his famous wrestling simulator, where […]

March 3, 2009 - Dave and I are back with the post-Raw edition of Wrestling Observer Radio~! We’ll run down the program in detail with thoughts on all the segments and what we’ve got so far for WrestleMania, then we’ll talk Ken Shamrock, Bobby Lashley, the problems with WWE developmental and why WrestleMania isn’t feeling special, buyrate predictions, Jericho’s […]

March 2, 2009 - We have a very history-oriented edition of Wrestling Observer Radio today! We’ve got a very in-depth discussion about the origins of pro-wrestling and mixed martial arts and how, at the turn of the century, they were intricately connected. We’ll look at early shooters, the oldest known pro-wrestling (MMA?) footage, jiu-jitsu, judo and wrestling, and more! […]

February 28, 2009 - Figure Four Daily returns for our final show of the week, and it’s a packed one. We’ll open with commentary on some of the latest news notes including the Impact rating and Linda Bollea’s supposed death threat. Then we’re joined by Todd Bridges, formerly of Diff’rent Strokes and Hulk Hogan Celebrity Wrestling to discuss his […]

February 27, 2009 - It’s the Thursday night edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show, the episode that usually saps me of my soul. Vinny and I are back tonight to talk an ECW show which featured a great main event that actually lasted longer than all the wrestling on TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION put together. No joke. And Impact. […]

February 27, 2009 - More classic wrestling goodness. On this edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Show I am GIVING AWAY GIFTS! DVD’s, in fact. Questions and topics for this show include Russian wrestlers, origins of the three count, Harley Race, Hector Guerrero, Brad Armstrong, the new DragonKing Newsletter, and much more! Right click save

February 27, 2009 - BUDDY WAYNE~! returns today for a fun and exciting show. Well, fun and exciting and kind of depressing. We’ll talk the current indy wrestling scene and bid a fond farewell to a friend of the Empire who is calling it quits. Buddy has some new students and we’ll discuss why one of them is going […]

February 26, 2009 - It’s the mid-week call-in edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! We’ll start with some news — or, more precisely, something that is not news, that being TNA having problems, then we’ll launch into phone calls on all sorts of subjects including Steve Austin and WrestleMania, what Vince is saying about the plan with Chris Jericho, drug […]