September 9, 2008 - We have a fun and wacky Figure Four Daily today as we’re joined by Kurt Brown, who along with Steve Sims co-authored the Martin Karadagian article for last week’s Hall of Fame Observer. We’ll talk lucha libre, wrestling in Argentina in the heyday, LA MOMIA~!, lucha films, luchadors in the Hall of Fame, luchadors who […]

September 9, 2008 - Gonna warn you right off the bat — fast forward 17 minutes if you want to avoid a complete meltdown. But after that we’re good to go with a full review of Sunday night’s Unforgiven PPV with the three Scramble matches and Jericho vs. Michaels, and Monday night’s Raw with Jericho and JBL vs. Batista […]

September 9, 2008 - It’s our twice-monthly FREE edition of Wrestling Observer Radio. Join Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer as they discuss the sad death of former UFC Champion Evan Tanner, another notable MMA name in poor health, the Ric Flair incident with his daughter that left him bloodied, Monday night’s Raw, where they may be heading for the […]

September 8, 2008 - Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez return tonight with a packed edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! We’ll talk Saturday night’s UFC 88 PPV with the doom of Chuck Liddell, backstage reaction to the show since Dave was there live, and more! Then we’ll discuss the WWE Unforgiven PPV with three different Scramble matches, three new champions […]

September 7, 2008 - The original alternate returns! Mike is riding out some hurricanes (not the Osaka Pro ones), so Joe Gagne joins Adam Summers for 90 plus minutes of Japanese Wrestling talk! We run down recent events, including strange days in NOAH, Suwama/Kea go broadway~, everything you wanted to know about Okinawa Pro (but were afraid to ask, […]

September 7, 2008 - A free edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio show. This DragonKing Wrestling Flashback show features a 2005 interview with wrestling historian and publisher of Wrestling Then and Now Newsletter- Evan Ginzburg. Evan is a great historian especially for the Northeastern United States (where I admittedly am much weaker). We talk classic wrestling then […]

September 7, 2008 - It’s the post-UFC Bryan & Vinny Show~! First we’re joined by Mike Coughlin to break down all the fights in detail and talk all the big news coming out of the show, then Forrest Lynn joins us for a first-person account from the event live from the press section. Forty-five minutes of MMA-related audio to […]

September 6, 2008 - It’s the weekend Bryan & Vinny Show, temporarily back in its old timeslot, late Friday nights! We’re back today to discuss three big shows, ECW on Sci-Fi, TNA Impact and WWE Smackdown. We’ll talk the usual nonsensical booking in TNA, some good matches, some Velocity-level action, babyfaces and heels, the booking leading to Unforgiven and […]

September 5, 2008 - WE’RE BACK! After a horrible day of site issues and new equipment malfunctions, Figure Four Daily returns with a brand new show featuring popular guest Lance Storm! We’ll talk tons of subjects including Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture, the Scramble matches on Sunday and the article he wrote on them, whether he would have been […]

September 5, 2008 - I am finally back with a new show. Because of the delay there are a ton of emails and mail bag questions ranging the gambit from the AWA, USWA, WCW, Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey, old school interviews verses today, the Tennessee Stud, Rough House Fargo, and much more. Right click save

September 4, 2008 - Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer return tonight with another edition of Wrestling Observer Radio~! We’ve got a ton of topics to discuss tonight including the dual-PPV weekend special, the latest on Gail Kim and what her future holds, and update on Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar, tons of thoughts on the Hall of Fame issue […]

September 3, 2008 - Former WWE creative team member Court Bauer returns today to talk what MMA promotions could learn from WWE’s business, what he personally learned, the Foley/Vince and Foley/HHH relationships, thoughts on the TNA video game, thoughts on the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame balloting this year, some of his favorite storyline ideas that Vince shot down, […]

September 2, 2008 - Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez return with a breaking news update talking the Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar UFC Title fight that has just been signed. We’ll give our thoughts from the press conference, what questions were maddening, why he fight was made, the decision to run Vegas instead of Portland, Fedor talk, why this […]

September 2, 2008 - We’re back with the complete audio of the UFC conference call announcing Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar in a title fight on November 15th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. This one-hour call features Dana, Brock and Randy fielding a million questions about every possible scenario, plus a hilarious rant by Brock about Fedor […]

September 2, 2008 - It’s the post-Labor Day post-Raw post-Smackdown Bryan & Vinny Show~! We’re back tonight to talk the aforementioned shows plus a bunch of other subjects including barbecues, foliage, Derby City Wrestling, horrible go-home shows, horrible wrestling, horrible skits, horrible acting, and tons more! What more could you want? And best of all it’s FREE, so please […]

September 1, 2008 - Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez return tonight with another edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! We have the absolute latest details on the injury to Shawn Michaels and his potential future and chances of retirement, Mick Foley and TNA now that his contract has expired, the life and times of Killer Kowalski, tons of thoughts on […]

August 31, 2008 - The original alternate returns to fill the void between bigger shows with a mini-version. We’ll be back with more depth early this week but for now the topics include, but aren’t limited to: little notes on New Japan, Hirosuke Tanamura, the strange doings in Zero-One, how it affected Takao Omori, and how it may affect […]

August 30, 2008 - It’s a FREE edition of the Dr. Keith show this week and it’s over-indulgent from top to bottom. Dr. Keith and Rob Naylor wax poetic on the annoyances of wrestling fans, live shows they’ve been to, Harley Race and whether or not he uses Pantene and Rob declares Jake the Sober Roberts as the “worker […]

August 30, 2008 - Dave Meltzer and I are back tonight with a breaking news update on Randy Couture’s negotiations to return to UFC for one of the biggest fights in history. We’ll talk why the decision was made, the opponents he’d like to face, where and when it may occur, possible hold-ups, status of the title, update on […]

August 29, 2008 - Bill Douglas of the California State Athletic Commission returns today to talk all sorts of subjects, including the recent Affliction and EliteXC drug tests, how samples are collected and what the process is between a person giving a sample and a person being given a suspension for a drug testing failure, the latest stats on […]

August 29, 2008 - We’re back tonight with a packed Bryan & Vinny Show~! We’ve got a pretty decent episode of Impact to discuss including a really great promo by Sting even though it apparently backfired in a way that should surprise literally nobody who knows anything about human psychology, plus ECW with the tournament to determine four contenders […]

August 28, 2008 - Buddy Wayne returns today to discuss pro-wrestling training and answer your questions! We’ll talk training and working girls in angles, whether he’d ever involve his family in wrestling, who should be featured in a reality show, tales from the Maritimes, wrestlers like CM Punk who never drank, peer pressure to drink back in the day, […]

August 28, 2008 - It’s the midweek edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! Dave Meltzer and I are back tonight to discuss a number of different topics including Dave’s amazing memory, Mick Foley to TNA rumors, UFC big matches upcoming and what has and has not been confirmed, the latest on EliteXC and a major issue that could very negatively […]

August 27, 2008 - We’re back today with a fascinating edition of Figure Four Daily! We’re joined first by attorney Ken Hesser to talk the Levy et. al vs. WWE lawsuit, including what happens if WWE or the Levy side loses, potential major changes that WWE could be forced to make, a look at similar cases of this nature […]

August 26, 2008 - Well, we finally did it — the worst Bryan & Vinny Show of all time. This is what happens when all you have to talk about is Raw and Smackdown and you’ve got nothing better to do with your life for a full hour. At least it’s not free to drive off potential customers. Right […]

August 26, 2008 - Dave Meltzer and I are back with a FREE edition of Wrestling Observer Radio covering all the biggest news from the past 24 hours! We’ll discuss Raw from Monday night, John Cena’s neck injury and how long he’ll be out of action, more Scramble matches, Jericho vs. Shawn, Ken Shamrock vs. Kimbo Slice and the […]

August 23, 2008 - On this ALL NEW edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio show I answer a mailbag full of greatness. Topics include The Midnight Express, Ox Baker and his killer heart punch, Lex Luger and the famous Bruiser Brody cage match, Jim Barnett, The Rock, Steve Williams, Rush, and books talk. Also, perhaps my favorite […]

August 23, 2008 - The original alternate returns this week with a promise to not break the RSS feed. We could be lying about said promise, but we will have no idea for sure until Tony yells at us. This week, topics include, and are pretty much limited to: The New Japan G-1 Climax league, and all of the […]

August 22, 2008 - It’s the weekend Bryan & Vinny Show! What a range of emotions on this program as I started out very sad, then got mad, then got happy, and finished overjoyed. We’ll talk Impact and why this particular television show just isn’t for me despite the fact that it was significantly better than usual, we’ll run […]

August 21, 2008 - A day late but decidedly NOT a dollar short, Larry Sweeney makes his first Figure Four Daily appearance since defeating me for the prestigious ICW/ICWA Texarkana Television Title. We’ll talk all the news including the four-way for IWC, his upcoming trip to Japan, Colin Delaney and Bobby Dempsey in real life, breaking into the business […]