October 28, 2008 - Show number two in the Ric and Steve… er Karl appreciation week leading to our big reunion show next week. This show is from May 2006 and we talk about whatever seemed important back then. The man with the voice like Michael Hayes joins the man with the voice like Forest Gump. It’s another Ric […]

October 28, 2008 - We’re back tonight with a packed show! We’ve got almost a half dozen shows to discuss including Raw, Cyber Sunday, UFC 90, Hogan’s Celebrity Wrestling and Smackdown! Yes, all of that plus time to play some songs (in a failed experiment as you shall hear), take some calls, and have some fun. It’s a very […]

October 28, 2008 - It’s the bi-weekly FREE edition of Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer! We’ve got tons of stuff to discuss today including Raw from Monday night, the return of John Cena, Survivor Series, the 800th episode of Raw, the real story of Hulk Hogan, the death of SD Jones, Antonio Inoki, Tiger Jeet Singh, tons of […]

October 27, 2008 - I proclaim this Ric and Steve… er Karl appreciation week here at the Empire~! In honor of our long defunct radio show I am uploading five classic Ric and Steve… er Karl shows this week all FREE. This jewel is one of our earliest show. From February 20, 2006. Join Ric Gillespie of CanvasChronicle.com and […]

October 26, 2008 - Dave Meltzer and I are back for a quick breaking news update discussing the departure of four-time Wrestling Observer Booker of the Year Gabe Sapolsky from Ring of Honor. All the news including notes from a conversation with ROH owner Cary Silkin, plus thoughts on what this means and what it could mean for the […]

October 26, 2008 - The original alternate makes its long-awaited return (we assume there was someone who missed us) to the Empire airwaves, and makes up for the time off with nearly two hours of talk on topics including, but not limited to: New Japan’s current scene, including the winding down of the G-1 tag league, Chono’s EPID FAIL […]

October 26, 2008 - It’s the UFC 90 post-game show! Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer are joined tonight by Mike Coughlin to talk the show in detail. Coughlin was there live so he’s got all the news from the post-show press conference, including whether there will be a Patrick Cote rematch, the status of Cote’s knee, upcoming events, the […]

October 25, 2008 - We’re back tonight with Friday night Open Lines~! Every conceivable subject is discussed including Cyber Sunday, Undertaker going to Raw, Kaiju Big Battel, Six Flags Fright Night, Anderson Silva killing people, the rest of the UFC line-up, and tons more! We’ll also tackle even more questions from the mailbag. A fun show for those of […]

October 25, 2008 - Good news for puckheads! The Empire’s own Adam Sempervive drops in to discuss the NHL, including the most surprising and disappointing teams in the league thus far, what makes a good hockey player, and why you should go to a game the next chance you get. We’ll also discuss the sorry state of Auburn University […]

October 23, 2008 - Dr. Keith is finally back (yes, we’re serious this time), and is FREE this week! The show you love to hate, yet hate to miss returns with two exciting guests – both with tremendous manes. First, a VERY SPECIAL MYSTERY GUEST~! joins us to talk TNA going HD (tonight!), advice to the “youngsters” in the […]

October 23, 2008 - It’s the first episode of the new and improved Figure Four Daily! We’ll start with over a half hour of mailbag questions and open lines, then we’re joined by Buddy Wayne to talk Honky Tonk Man at Cyber Sunday, Nick Dinsmore in the Northwest, Raw, Celebrity Championship Wrestling with Hulk Hogan, Celebrity Rehab, taking too […]

October 21, 2008 - We’ve got a great show today as we’re joined by John Capouya, author of the Gorgeous George book which you can order by clicking here. We’ll talk the history of wrestling and George’s place in it, what it was like writing the book and dealing with carny pro wrestlers, George’s rise and fall and depressing […]

October 21, 2008 - It’s the FREE post-Raw Bryan & Vinny Show! We’ve got a packed show as we’ll examine Raw, Smackdown, and the best show ever, HULK HOGAN’S CELEBRITY WRESTLING! All that plus an update on the audio problems, a bevy of great songs by the BLIZZARD BEAST, and assorted fun and wackiness. Best of all this show […]

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 […]