June 5, 2009 - It’s the Thursday night edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! A little different than usual. No TUF recap today due to a TV screw-up, no Granny because we recorded too late, and no Impact report. So what is there to cover? Well, a FINE episode of ECW with an awesome main event and, yes, […]

June 4, 2009 - It’s the Thursday edition of Figure Four Daily — our fourth straight this week! We’re joined today by Buddy Wayne on a sunny afternoon to discuss TNA house shows, meeting John Tolos and a rib that made him very sad, being stalked by rats, the MTV show that’s shooting with AJ Styles, Raw, his child […]

June 4, 2009 - It’s the mid-week edition of Wrestling Observer Radio!~! Dave and I are back tonight to talk a number of different topics, including UFC in New York, the three major shows this weekend (WEC, Strikeforce and Extreme Rules), some TV taping notes, a great match on ECW, and much more! We’ll also take your phone calls […]

June 3, 2009 - Figure Four Daily is back for the third straight day! We’re joined by Kurt Brown to talk all sorts of different subjects including beating cancer, watching and meeting John Tolos, memories of Buddy Rose, whether he’ll ever return to wrestling, his ECW boycott, celebrity crushes, and so much more. He’ll be back on next week […]

June 3, 2009 - This has to be the longest free Bryan & Vinny Show of all time. Nearly 90 minutes. Seriously. Why? Who knows. But I do know that besides discussing two great shows, Raw and Smackdown, we also have a very special guest going nutty, a bunch of songs, an Out-think the Fink competition, a story about […]

June 3, 2009 - Show number one of two show this week. This is the heavy on wrestling edition and topics include: a peak behind the curtain, The Brainbusters, Tully Blanchard-Gino Hernandez-Chris Adams, Global wrestling, who has had the most matches, Bob Caudle, wrestling families, and Don Muraco. Right click save

June 2, 2009 - Figure Four Daily returns today with more John Tolos stories! We’re joined by Bob Barnett to talk not only Tolos’ career, but what remains of it in the form of audio cassette recordings and videotape. We’ll talk about his early tag team days, what he did after his big LA run, and more. We’ll also […]

June 2, 2009 - It’s the Monday night post-Raw edition of Wrestling Observer Radio~! Big show tonight as we’ve got a really good episode of Raw to review — seriously — with a tremendous go-home angle. We’ll talk Flair’s future, Orton vs. Batista, some issues with the final angle, the fun time that was Kofi vs. MVP, and more! […]

June 1, 2009 - We’re back with an early-week edition of Figure Four Daily! Today we’re joined by Dr. Mike Lano to discuss the life and times of John Tolos. Mike ran the Chris & John Tolos Fan Club back in the 70s and kept in touch with him until the end. We’ll discuss John’s biggest angles, his influence […]

June 1, 2009 - It’s the Sunday night edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! We’ll talk all the latest news in pro-wrestling and MMA including the issues with UFC and Mirko Crocop, tomorrow’s Raw, Impact and Smackdown, Mr. Kennedy’s firing, the life of John Tolos, and more! Plus, we’ll take your phone calls on all manner of subjects including wrestling […]

May 30, 2009 - We’re back with a two-part breaking news update on the death of John Tolos and the firing of Mr. Kennedy from WWE. We recorded the Tolos audio and just before uploading we heard about Kennedy, so we started recording again. In other words, after I do the first wrap-up, keep listening. Stories of Tolos’ career, […]

May 29, 2009 - Figure Four Daily returns today with a fun show, our 30-minute interview with Robbie Ellis, who, at 64, continues to wrestle all over the world and will be the centerpiece of a new documentary, Canvasman, this fall. We’ll talk how he got into wrestling, why wrestling was a secret identity for so long, keeping in […]

May 29, 2009 - It’s the Thursday night edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! We’ve got a packed show, as besides the wrestling and MMA reviews we’re also joined by Granny to discuss the 2009 F4W Vegas Convention, her thoughts and memories, and assorted shout-outs. Then it’s a fun edition of Ultimate Fighter, an ECW show hurt poorly […]

May 28, 2009 - Lance Storm returns today with a packed nearly one-hour show! We’ll discuss tons of subjects including his TNA boycott, why he gets so frustrated, Raw on Monday night and the 3.2 rating, the GRAPPLING BATTEL and 2009 Convention, whether he’ll go next year, AWA Classics, the worst wrestler he’s ever seen, plus your calls on […]

May 28, 2009 - It’s the mid-week edition of Wrestling Observer Radio and it’s a BIG ONE~! We’ll discuss all the latest news in wrestling and MMA including the DREAM show this past Monday night with freak shows galore, why UFC isn’t running stadiums by now and whether it would work, Vince McMahon’s weekend insanity and whether the whole […]

May 27, 2009 - It’s the Tuesday night edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! We’ll open up with memories of a great Las Vegas weekend, some extra special shout-outs, and why you — yes, YOU! — have no excuse to not attend next year. We’ve also got some thoughts on UFC, the greatness of Matt Hughes and Lyoto […]

May 26, 2009 - It’s the post-Raw edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! We’ve got a packed show tonight as we’ll discuss a pretty lame edition of Raw, particularly the basketball-related stuff, the return of Ken Kennedy and his latest injury, TNA’s latest set of TV tapings and where they are heading, more questions about the Sacrifice PPV last night, […]

May 25, 2009 - It’s the Sunday night post-TNA edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! Dave, Todd Martin and I are back to discuss the entire PPV match-by-match, including who beat who, whether anything made any sense, the positives and negatives on the show, logic holes, what the finish of the main event means, what’s planned for Impact and next […]

May 23, 2009 - It’s a special Friday night edition of Wrestling Observer Radio as we’ve got a final preview for UFC 98 with the latest news, plus thoughts on TNA Impact this week, the weigh-ins, Frank Mir’s Q&A, and tons more. We’ll be back tomorrow after the show as well, and make sure you check the front page […]

May 22, 2009 - The original alternate has returned with 100-plus minutes, yes 100-plus, of eclectic audio awesomeness. This week’s topics include, but aren’t limited to: 30 minutes of Clint Malarchuk Death Matches, Hockey, Adventures in WOL, Coast To Coast AM, Sirius/XM programming, Mr. Fred the Politician, NIGEL BENN, hopes for Ashley Judd and Danica Patrick, and LEFT TURN; […]

May 21, 2009 - It’s the mid-week edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, and it’s a packed one. We’ll discuss the latest in the WWE vs. NBA saga, plus the important part of the story that the mainstream media has totally missed, UFC 98 and the Serra vs. Hughes pre-show that you must see, wrestlers working with casts, the history […]

May 20, 2009 - It’s the final in-studio Figure Four Daily until the 2009 EMPIRE CONVENTION! We’re joined by Buddy Wayne for a fun show talking all sorts of subjects, including running over animals on THE ROAD, good and bad promoters, his thoughts on Dave’s Buddy Rose bio, favorite wrestling and non-wrestling movies, workers looking too plain nowadays, training, […]

May 20, 2009 - What an action packed and FREE edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show we’ve got today! We’ll discuss three big shows — Friday night’s excellent Smackdown, the WWE Judgment Day PPV from Sunday with the return of Ric Flair, and Monday Night’s Raw! We’ve also got a look at the F4W Convention this weekend, a […]

May 19, 2009 - It’s the post-Raw edition of Wrestling Observer Radio~! Besides reviewing Raw in great depth we’ll also follow up on the Ric Flair story from yesterday with details about why he’s back and what kind of deal he has with the company, and why it’s so fascinating. We’ll look at the situation with Raw being bumped […]

May 15, 2009 - It’s the weekend edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show!~! We open with Granny. It was a must to start with something that would cheer us up after yet another poor edition of Impact. The show is so bad I am compelled to review it every week, as it’s my best revenge. We’ve also got […]

May 14, 2009 - Lance Storm returns today to talk his newfound relevance having signed with Ring of Honor, why he made the decision, other bookings he’s been offered of late, his training regimen to get himself into shape, and more! We’ll also discuss the latest news in wrestling including Raw and Smackdown and Dr. Phil Astin’s sentencing, then […]

May 14, 2009 - It’s here! Our 75-minute interview with one of the great managers of all time, the legendary James E. Cornette! We’ll discuss every topic under the sun, including his new book, which you can order worldwide at jimcornette.com, WWE and TNA booking, wrestling bears (as promised), memories of Ohio Valley Wrestling during its glory period, the […]

May 13, 2009 - It’s the mighty May 12 edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! We’ve only got two shows to talk about here, a horrible Raw and a pretty good Smackdown, but somehow there is enough material to fill 60 minutes. We’ll talk all the segments in great detail — perhaps too much detail — plus kill […]

May 13, 2009 - A ginormous FREE edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show. This episode clocks in at over an hour and a half and contains such topics as: Axe attack at indy show, Johnny Cougar, why Vince Russo could never book LOST, Killer Kowalski, Tojo Yamamoto, State Athletic Commissions and wrestling history, WWF, Mid-South wrestling, […]

May 12, 2009 - Our Playboy Buddy Rose coverage continues today as we’re joined by Matt Farmer, a local Northwest wrestler who is also co-author of Buddy’s book. We’ll discuss the latest on the project, when and if it will be published, the process of putting it together, what Buddy was like to work with, stories he wasn’t hot […]