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 […]

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 […]