October 21, 2008 - It’s the Monday night post-Raw Wrestling Observer Radio Show! But before we launch into a discussion of the go-home show before Cyber Sunday, we’ve got a 22 minute discussion of the Death of EliteXC — which is, to the MMA world, roughly the equivalent of the Death of WCW. We’ll talk more about what it […]

October 21, 2008 - We’re back with a breaking news update on the Death of EliteXC. We’ll talk about what happened, what it means for the landscape of US and worldwide MMA, the future of MMA in general on CBS, who may benefit, and tons more. The absolute latest breaking news on this huge story! Right click save

October 19, 2008 - Another blast from the past. On this weeks show I answer b0aRd~! questions concerning Robert Fuller, Bruno Sammartino, Larry Zbyszko, Gillberg, The Masked Marvel (seriously), Terry Funk, Tojo Yamamoto and some chick. Then I call Jack “The Bomber” Lord to talk about the Southern Discomfort documentary and Alabama indy wrestling in general plus his thoughts […]

October 19, 2008 - Wrestling Observer Radio returns tonight with a packed show. We’ll recap UFC 89 Bisping vs. Leben, talk the upcoming show this weekend — yes, another one — plus Dave’s appearance on Inside MMA this past Friday. Other topics include Smackdown and TNA this week, the debut of Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Wrestling, good news for Steve […]

October 19, 2008 - This week, we discuss which sport offers more exciting comebacks, baseball or football (answer: football). We also have a hearty laugh about what baseball fans saw on their televisions when they tuned in to Game 6, plus notes on college football and why BYU’s first loss shouldn’t have surprised anyone, a look at the Spurs’ […]

October 17, 2008 - It’s a special Friday edition of Figure Four Daily with an hour of mailbag and Open Lines~! I’m largely just testing equipment. After listening to the show, it’s certainly a vast improvement from last night, and most of the major issues are gone, but there are still a few things that need cleaning up. Still, […]

October 17, 2008 - It’s funny how you can invest in new equipment and the shows keep sounding worse and worse. It’s never been this bad. I apologize in advance, but I will be calling around in the morning to either get this stuff fixed or replaced. In the meantime, a Bryan and Vinny Show with thoughts on Impact, […]

October 16, 2008 - We’re back today with a 90-minute Figure Four Daily! We’ll open up with the mailbag and Open Lines on a number of different topics, then we’re joined by Lance Storm to talk all the news in pro-wrestling and MMA, including disrespect on TUF that made him want to kill someone, Mick Foley’s supposed departure from […]

October 16, 2008 - Dave Meltzer and I are back tonight to talk a ton of different subjects including the latest edition of Ultimate Fighter, Junie’s insanity, disrespect of a legend, ECW on Tuesday night, Mick Foley’s latest retirement on TNA TV, the story behind what happened to Lance Cade, a look at this weekend’s UFC and the rest […]

October 16, 2008 - Figure Four Daily returns today with a fun show featuring Mike Quackenbush of Chickara! We’ll talk to him about the latest goings-on, their upcoming tour of GERMANY~!, plans for the rest of the year and beyond, plus a where-are-they-now with a bunch of guys and a look at one of the greatest gimmicks in wrestling […]

October 14, 2008 - It’s the post-Raw Bryan & Vinny Show~! And what a Raw it was — boring, with one of the worst Shawn Michaels matches of the millennium. We’ll discuss this show, Smackdown from Friday night, plus talk Cyber Sunday, why Michael Cole is so bad, why wrestling fans aren’t as into the product anymore, Koslov, and […]

October 14, 2008 - Dave Meltzer and I are back for the second consecutive day to discuss a number of different topics, including a rather boring edition of Raw, the build to Cyber Sunday, a rare boring Shawn Michaels match, a major change to next week’s UFC show, the Countdown special on Spike tonight, and tons more! We’ve also […]

October 13, 2008 - A mix of the old and the new. Half the show answers email questions. Topics include Bruno Sammartino, southern wrestling, scaffold matches, and more. The second half of the show is an interview with the editor of Wrestling Perspective and a great historian himself; Paul McAurther. Plus an update on a special show later this […]

October 13, 2008 - We’re back with a giant 90-minute version of Wrestling Observer Radio! Vinny and I will open up the show talking the TNA Bound for Glory PPV in great detail match-by-match, then we’ll get some thoughts from our buddy Craig and Mike Coughlin, who was live in the building. Then we’re joined by Dave Meltzer to […]

October 12, 2008 - BREAKING NEWS: FAT JOE LEFT ATLANTIC! And it’s my birthday, so you have to listen this week! We’ll discuss the stupidity of the Major League Baseball playoffs, a really whacky suspension by an Oakland sports franchise, what is and is not an upset in college football, and try to figure out if the Tennessee Titans […]

October 10, 2008 - The original alternate returns with its second show of the week and, with it being October, you know what that means: HOCKEY~! Topics include, and are pretty much limited to: Two men rambling for two hours (yes, you read that right) about things like the MAGNANIMOUS and FASHIONABLE Sean Avery, Everything’s not come up Melroses […]

October 10, 2008 - Fun and games return with today’s weekend edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show! We have, among things, an appearance by Granny talking Dancing with the Stars, in-depth recaps of ECW and Ultimate Fighter, tons of thoughts on Impact, which was, no joke, the go-home show before the biggest PPV of their year, plus a […]

October 9, 2008 - We’re back with a packed Figure Four Daily today. We’ll open with a dip into the mailbag and open lines, including calls from Quebec and the UK. Then we’re joined by Buddy Wayne to talk pro-wrestling history, the indy scene, the time warp that is Portland, great announcers in history, and more. We’ve also got […]

October 8, 2008 - We’re back with a very special edition of Wrestling Observer Radio today as we’re joined by Bret the Hitman Hart to talk his new book, Hitman: My real life in the cartoon world of wrestling. We talked about the mechanics of writing the book, his inspirations in wrestling, his thoughts on things every step of […]

October 7, 2008 - We’re back with another packed Figure Four Daily. Lance Storm is back! We had a huge list of questions and topics to discuss on Thursday but the Don Callis show went in numerous different directions and we got to none of them. So we’ll run them down today, plus talk the latest in wrestling and […]

October 7, 2008 - It’s the BRYAN AND BRYAN SHOW. That’s right, I’m running solo tonight with NO WARNING. Vince apparently lost his car keys right before he was supposed to be here. So I’m on my own with only the callers to help. Thankfully, lots to discuss including Friday Night Smackdown, No Mercy, Raw and the EliteXC special […]

October 7, 2008 - Wrestling Observer Radio is back for our third straight show, and we’ve got a ton to discuss. We’ll recap Monday night’s Raw show, look forward to Cyber Sunday and all of the stip matches, talk the return of Steve Austin, and more. We’ve also got thoughts on the EliteXC fallout, what the rating means, the […]

October 6, 2008 - The Big Audio Nightmare returns! Mike isn’t here, Adam is on death’s door, and not a lot is happening, but Joe Gagne is back to help carry the day. Topics include but are not limited to: a journey into the mind of Kikutaro (not a fun trip), ch-ch-changes at All Japan, Dragon Gate don’t need […]

October 5, 2008 - It’s the post-EliteXC Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer! Dave was live at the show so we’ve got exclusive details on one of the most newsworthy nights in MMA history, which coincidentally took place on one of the most newsworthy shows of all time! We’ll talk Ken’s injury, what happened, the magical […]

October 5, 2008 - It’s the show that never ends! About an hour and a half of the Vinny V Sports Report! We’ll discuss the top conferences in college football, what makes for a good baseball stadium, who I’m cheering for in the baseball playoffs, our first REVIEW~! of the past week’s NFL action, and look ahead to this […]

October 4, 2008 - Karl returns with another old school wrestling show featuring news on Steve Travis, Guido Falcone, Vito Mussalini, and Jack Brisco. Plus talk and questions on this show about Sherri Martel, Mighty John Quinn, Big Daddy Crabtree, Rick McGraw, NWA rules, Bronko Nagurski, the Dream Machine, Bubba Typhoon the Big Steel Shockmaster, the Fabulous Ones, and […]

October 3, 2008 - It’s the first of TWO weekend Bryan & Vinny Shows~! We’ve got a special appearance by Granny tonight talking Dancing with the Stars and other noteworthy topics, then we’ll delve into such things as one wretched edition of Impact (the streak is over), a largely wretched ECW until the end of the main event, the […]

October 2, 2008 - We’re back with a very special edition of Figure Four Daily! Today I’m joined by our usual bi-weekly Thursday guest Lance Storm, and also former WWF, ECW and TNA wrestler Don Callis! We’ll talk all sorts of subjects including the fighter on this season of TUF that Don trained, the Raven vs. WWE lawsuit and […]

October 2, 2008 - Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez return tonight for another edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! We’ll preview the rest of the week and the weekend, including the WrestleMania special tonight, Impact with the infamous Jill Jarrett line, Smackdown’s move to the CW, Ultimate Fighter, an important programming note for people, Saturday night’s EliteXC, the No Mercy […]

October 2, 2008 - Figure Four Daily returns today with an hour-plus-long show! We’ll spend the first half taking calls and answering mailbag questions on a variety of subjects, then we’re joined by Mike Sawyer of Tough Talk Radio to talk all the news — and GOSSIP~! — in the world of MMA! We’ll talk Lesnar vs. Couture with […]