October 1, 2008 - It’s a Mailbag and OPEN LINES~! day here at Figure Four Daily. We’ll discuss all sorts of topics including EliteXC on CBS, Lance Cade’s new push and when we first saw potential in him, my meeting and travels with legendary promoter Jim Barnett, tons of questions about what the hell they’re doing on Impact, IWA […]

September 30, 2008 - It’s a monumental day — THE FIRST EVER BRYAN AND VINNY SHOW WITH LIVE CALL-INS!!! And believe it or not, it was a huge success, with calls coming from Australia and Japan among other places (really). Besides calls, we have three big shows to recap including the go-home Raw before No Mercy, Smackdown from Friday […]

September 30, 2008 - It’s the post-Raw Wrestling Observer Radio! We’ve got a ton of topics to discuss tonight including the go-home Raw show in detail, thoughts on all the matches and the main event finish, how it built towards the PPV, what was good and bad, etc. We’ve also got lots of thoughts on the TNA tapings from […]

September 29, 2008 - It’s the weekend Wrestling Observer Radio Show~! Join Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez as they discuss the big weekend upcoming with CBS on EliteXC, Smackdown’s jump to CW, and the WWE PPV from Portland, why these shows are all so important, Impact and Smackdown thoughts, the imminent debut of Mick Foley, a strange Jarrett/Angle segment […]

September 28, 2008 - The original alternate has returned this week with the oxymoron that is the statement: ROUTINE BRAIN SURGERY (~!) Topics include, and are pretty much limited to: the trials and tribulations in the life of SEMP, brain busters, asCYSTance, and having Lance Storm on stand-by, NOAH’s Fan Appreciation Fail and Osaka attendance woe, night one of […]

September 27, 2008 - It’s the Sept. 27 Vinny V Sports Report! What’s better than Vinny V talking sports? Vinny V talking sports with CALLERS~! You don’t want to miss this historic first! We’ll discuss the status of the Dallas Cowboys as America’s Team, what is a sport (and what is not — this conversation may annoy divers), and […]

September 26, 2008 - It’s days like this when I feel like I’m on THE COUCH. It’s a new Bryan & Vinny Show and we’ve got a lackluster edition of Ultimate Fighter, a pretty damn good edition of ECW, and the SECOND THUMBS UP IMPACT IN TWO WEEKS. We’ll discuss all the matches and angles and, yes, things that […]

September 25, 2008 - A rare free edition of first run Karl Stern programming! On this show I cover such topics as: more on the Nick Gulas and Jerry Jarrett split including an incredible fact about the popularity of pro wrestling in Memphis, Sid Vicious and Arn Anderson and a pair of scissors, the influence of the Apter magazines, […]

September 25, 2008 - We’ve got another packed edition of Figure Four Daily today! We’ll start with a half hour of mailbag questions and open lines, concentrating on the question of why wrestling fans aren’t as into the product as they were several years ago. Then we’re joined by Buddy Wayne to not only talk the usual wrestling school […]

September 25, 2008 - Well, this is quite the show. For the first time ever, Figure Four Daily TAKES CALLS~! And it wasn’t a total disaster, so we’ll probably be doing it somewhat regularly for Figure Four Daily and Bryan & Vinny. Calls and mailbag take up the first 30 minutes, then we’re joined by Les Thatcher to talk […]

September 24, 2008 - We’ve got a PACKED edition of Wrestling Observer Radio today! First, Dave and I spend 30 minutes running down the news and talking the top stories in today’s new Observer, including the decline in interest among adult wrestling fans, the doom of DREAM, the most important MMA show of the modern era, and more. Then, […]

September 23, 2008 - We’re back with another exciting edition of Figure Four Daily. We’re joined at the beginning of the show by Steve Sims to discuss the biggest upset in 30 years, Villano V beating Blue Panther to take his mask at this past Friday night’s Arena Mexico show. Then we’ve got a big announcement which could be […]

September 23, 2008 - It’s the Monday night edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez return to talk the DREAM show from Japan, Monday night’s Raw, the Lance Cade finish, Santino Marella, WWE booking like TNA, the big jump to MyNetworkTV and ECW’s new time slot, WCW/NWA in 1989 and who was booking, a big discussion […]

September 23, 2008 - It’s the late Monday night edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! Tonight we’ve got a fun and exciting edition of Raw to discuss featuring some very odd booking including a fascinating upset in the main event. We’ll also look at this past Friday night’s Smackdown with the further rise of VLADIMIR KOSLOV setting up […]

September 22, 2008 - It’s the weekend edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez return tonight to discuss Villano V vs. Blue Panther mask vs. mask, WWE TV heading to Mexico and what it means, the Smackdown and ECW tapings with the fascinating Great Khali vs. Vladimir Koslov match, Impact this past Thursday night, the upcoming […]

September 20, 2008 - In the latest edition of the Vinny V Sports Report, we venture outside the world of football for the first time. We’ll discuss Ichiro! and his latest chance to prove his greatness, then address questions from the board, including the possibility of future guests and my thoughts on the University of Notre Dame. Then we’ll […]

September 18, 2008 - Lance Storm returns today for another fun edition of Figure Four Daily! We’ll discuss tons of things from his time in WWE including an incident where Vince McMahon was very unhappy with him, creative control in WWE as compared to WCW, Dirk Ziggler, last night’s UFC events, Jeff Hardy finding his way into the news […]

September 18, 2008 - 100 power packed minutes of exciting old school pro wrestling action. Tune in this week for such stars as Jerry Jarrett, Nick Gulas, Rene Riggins, Gordon Solie, Jimmy Hart, The Moondogs, Grizzy Smith and family, Masahiro Chono, Mike Davis, Mike Rotundo, The Fabulous Freebirds, Bobby Eaton, The Four Horsemen, and much, much more. Don’t you […]

September 18, 2008 - Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez return tonight with the mid-week Wrestling Observer Radio! We’ll talk all the big stories in wrestling and MMA tonight including the new season of Ultimate Fighter, Fight Night Live, promotional ideas, Kurt and Karen’s upcoming divorce and what it might mean for Angle’s future, Mick Foley and whether or not […]

September 17, 2008 - We’re joined today by former WWE creative writer and current Spike employee Andrew Goldstein to talk all sorts of subjects, including the day-to-day life of a person in WWE, great storyline ideas he had that never made it, where you can see his fingerprints, who is actually a great but underrated worker, dealings with Chris […]

September 17, 2008 - It’s the Figure Four Daily Mailbag Show~! We’ve got tons of questions today including thoughts on MMA booking matches like pro-wrestling, reading Shawn Michaels’ mind, gimmicks in wrestling and which are real and which are fake, wrestlers emulating the Rock, the same Elijah Burke question we seem to get asked daily, and tons more. Also, […]

September 16, 2008 - It’s the post-Raw Bryan & Vinny Show~! Besides discussing Monday night’s extravaganza we’ll also talk the upcoming PPV, all the segments one-by-one, Smackdown this past Friday night with Hunter’s burial of the entire promotion, and more! Plus, shout-outs and an update on my tragic back injury and how my recovery is going. Best of all […]

September 16, 2008 - It’s the post-Raw edition of Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer! We’ll run down all the major segments in the show plus talk about the upcoming main events for No Mercy, the weekend schedule, Ultimate Fighter and Ultimate Fight Night, Evan Tanner, TNA’s PPV and their upcoming tapings, Chris Jericho’s latest big […]

September 15, 2008 - Still unsure of whether of not apostrophes break RSS feeds, the original alternate returns this week with its original hosts, doing an un-original idea: The Mailbag Edition. But, unlike these other chumps, we have a THEME. Yeah, they’re jealous. And the topics for this week include, but aren’t limited to: Raijin gets a goodbye present, […]

September 13, 2008 - We’re back for Week 2 of the Vinny V Sports Report podcast~! We start with a state of the union address, looking at where this little experiment goes next, then take an in-depth look at Week 2 in the NFL. We’ll talk about a few fantasy players you positively, absolutely must bench, look at which […]

September 12, 2008 - It’s the weekend Bryan & Vinny Show~! We’ve got the usual shows to recap including a completely pointless ECW and a TNA show that was, yes, entertaining to the point where I gave it a thumbs up. Of course, that’s for entertainment reasons, as a show to build the PPV it was a failure, and […]

September 11, 2008 - Buddy Wayne returns today for a fun edition of Figure Four Daily. We’ll discuss the ideal number of matches for an indy show, the next Tulalip Championship Wrestling battle, funny stories from the wrestling school, his match with Shawn Michaels, memories of John Tenta, death tours and ICE ROAD TRUCKER, the latest hot realty shows […]

September 11, 2008 - Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez return tonight for a brand new edition of Wrestling Observer Radio~! We’ll discuss the latest news including more on Ric Flair’s woes, what the big Affliction announcement is going to be and what it means for the business, the cancellation of their next show, HHH and his insider terminology and […]

September 11, 2008 - Our mini Lucha Week continues as we’re joined by Steve Sims to talk all sorts of subjects including the decline and fall of AAA, a recent history of the promoion, knife fights, WWE signing a deal with Televisa and what it means, the CMLL 75th anniversary show, more on La Momia and wresting in Argentina, […]

September 10, 2008 - Time to clean out the mail bag. In order to catch up I’m doing an marathon 90 minute barn burner. Topics include: Ta Gar Lord of the freakin Volcano, Buddy Fuller and family, territory travels, Ric Flair, British Bulldogs and animal murder, The Patriot, Global wrestling, Mick Foley, plus new feature segments including Old School […]