October 28, 2007 - We’ve got a HYOOGE Dave Meltzer show today! We’ll tackle a ton of subjects including TNA’s horrendous booking, Cyber Sunday, DOOM AT THE COW PALACE, the ROH show, the Dana White vs. Randy Couture feud, Ultimate Fighter this past Thursday night, Ted McNaylor and Larry Sweeney, and tons of talk about the Observer Hall of […]

October 27, 2007 - This week the Karl Stern show takes a look at WCW Saturday Night television. From the days of the WCW Power Hour to WCW Saturday Night. On this show I take a look at shows from 1987 to 2000. Get the best and the worst WCW had to offer all in one show. At the […]

October 27, 2007 - It’s the weekend Bryan & Vinny Show! Sometimes I’m amazed at the range of emotions present in each program. On this show, for example, my behavior ranged from apathy (TUF review) to outright red-faced anger (TNA) to great joy (ECW, Balls Mahoney, and the MONSTER MASH preview for next week). A near 90 minute show […]

October 26, 2007 - Greg Oliver of Slam Wrestling! joins us today for an interesting talk on all of his books and articles, including the newBenoit: Wrestling with the Horror That Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport. We’ll also discuss Canadian vs. UK media, The Fight Network, ranking Bret Hart, a horrifying Colonel DeBeers story, and tons more! […]

October 25, 2007 - After an unplanned hiatus, the original alternate returns with 75 minutes of… a show. Whether it’s anything more is to be determined. Topics include, but aren’t limited to: ten minutes of the NHL and international confections, Nishimura goes from Muga to Muta, the Ryo Chonan Appreciation Society meets; G-1 tag league results and decide on […]

October 25, 2007 - It’s, seriously, DAY THREE OF DOOM AT THE COW PALACE~! We’ve got a near one-hour interview with Blue Meanie, who was there all three days and witnessed some real insanity. We’ll not only discuss the event and aftermath, but also his career in general, including thoughts on the legacy of ECW, the brawl with JBL […]

October 23, 2007 - DOOM AT THE COW PALACE WEEK CONTINUES~! Today we’re joined for another BONUS SHOW by Mike Lano, who was right in the thick of things and is currently working to get a police investigation moving forward. More on Luger, Don Frye, who is responsible and how you can try to contact them, who you should […]

October 23, 2007 - IT’S THE MY GOD WAS KENNEDY HORRIBLE EDITION OF THE BRYAN & VINNY SHOW. God bless the guy, but when you can’t work with HBK it’s time to consider your options. We’ll talk Raw, Candace’s injury, recap the Smackdown from Friday that we completely forgot about, update everyone on Derby City Wrestling and the SUPER […]

October 22, 2007 - DISASTER AT THE COW PALACE~! That’s the subject of today’s BONUS Figure Four Daily. We’re joined by Keith Lipinski to discuss the entire weekend, from the wrestler sit-in to the Don Frye brawls to Lex Luger’s health scare to the ROH show Sunday afternoon to everything in between. It was the biggest disaster perhaps in […]

October 22, 2007 - This week is Hulkamania era WWF! 1984-1991 WWF is covered looking at some of the famous and infamous characters and angles of that era including a look at some early WrestleMania shows, Royal Rumbles, and a Superstars of Wrestling taping from 1987. Included at the end of this show is an interview with a WWF […]

October 21, 2007 - IT’S THE UFC 77 RICH FRANKLIN/ANCHOR MEMORIAL SHOW~! Vinny and I will recap the show in detail along with Mike Coughlin, who attended the show and press conference live. Besides the fights, we’ll discuss the latest on Randy Couture and Dana’s response to questions, Brock Lesnar’s signing and when he’ll likely fight, Cincinnati’s reaction to […]

October 20, 2007 - It’s a HYOOGE weekend Bryan & Vinny Show as we’ve got ECW, TNA and Ultimate Fighter to discuss! Topics include who the top heel on TUF is, predictions for the UFC PPV Saturday night, an Impact that made me more angry than any show in ages, a now-rare really good episode of ECW, and more. […]

October 19, 2007 - We’re back with a strange Friday Figure Four Daily. Things happen, sometimes. We’ve got news on UFC in Cincinnati and predictions from both myself and Mike Coughlin, who is on his way to the show, plus the line-ups for Cyber Sunday and TNA’s next PPV. We’ve also got insider news on Fedor Emelianenko and the […]

October 19, 2007 - The general practitioner of F4W~! returns to get low with the Dirty South’s Luke Hawx, who talks WWE tryouts, Palumbo, Cat-Bo, being an alter boy, Rob Black’s douchebagedness, death match psychology, Heidenriech at Wal-Mart, ROD PRICE~!, main eventing ROH, CZW, PWU, TNA, Juggaloquacious, BET Uncut, and the coolest man alive! Also, this week’s Naylor Nugget: […]

October 18, 2007 - We’re back with a fun show with Buddy Wayne discussing wrestling while sick, more on CM Punk and Tony Atlas, Robert Gibson’s dismissal, pranks by HBK and Marty Jannetty, seeing Iron Sheik get very upset, trying to have good matches with horrible wrestlers, book tours, why he feels responsible for Chris Jericho going to WCW, […]

October 18, 2007 - We’ve got a very special show today as we’re joined by Y2J CHRIS JERICHO~! to talk his new book, A Lion’s Tale! We’ll discuss why he wrote the book and whether a sequel is coming, acting during his time off, the story of Ralphus and other memorable angles, Fozzy and a few other bands, appearing […]

October 16, 2007 - We’re back with a discussion of a very strange edition of Raw, a Raw where it seemed the company decided that they don’t actually need to make anymore money. We’ll discuss Cyber Sunday, better names for the PPV, potential matches and stipulations, plus play some new songs and drops, read some shout-outs, and psychoanalyze Vinny, […]

October 15, 2007 - We’re back tonight with special guest APOSTLE PAUL~! to discuss the TNA Bound for Glory PPV, which at least from an in-ring standpoint was worthy of being called their WrestleMania. A few of the usual criticisms, but overall an excellent show with some great wrestling. We’ll also discuss the polar opposite, the most boring, generic […]

October 14, 2007 - The original alternate programming returns with 64 minutes of deep eardrum penetration. Topics include, but aren’t limited to: Hockey (you’re stunned, we know) and debunking the Toronto bias, New Japan talk including new IWGP champ Hiroshi Tanahashi’s not-so-dramatic announcement, Misawa still old – but teaching a lesson of holiday love, the Nishi Lama spreads HUSTLE […]

October 14, 2007 - LIVE FROM NEW YORK IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT WITH DAVE MELTZER~! In tonight’s rapid-fire show we’ll discuss TNA’s version of WrestleMania, backstage maneuverings, the doom of Raw, the multiple title changes at the No Mercy PPV and, oh yeah, RANDY COUTURE QUITS UFC. A great show as always with Dave, and of course for more on […]

October 13, 2007 - This week it’s the house that Bill Watt’s built: Mid-South/UWF wrestling. The first part of the show is spent answering listeners questions and emails and talking about an angle with the Mongolian Stomper and Austin Idol. The rest of the show is devoted to Mid-South wrestling and people like Bill Watts, Ted DiBiase, Jake Roberts, […]

October 13, 2007 - Packed show today as we’ll review Ultimate Fighter with Admin Nailz, Dancing with the Stars with Granny, One Hundred Percent More TNA, and a lackluster ECW show with a good main event. We’ll talk giant lapses in logic on both wrestling shows, who the biggest heel on TUF is, a gigantic tirade about sports, WOL […]

October 12, 2007 - This is the biggest Figure Four Daily in awhile as we’re joined by three different guests! We’ll talk with both Mauro Ranallo of the Fight Network and Oliver Copp about UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture’s departure from the company and what it means for the future, and then on the pro-wrestling side we’ll talk with […]

October 10, 2007 - Paul Lazenby returns for an excellent show talking big-time and indy pro-wrestling, and Mixed Martial Arts! We’ll discuss training and fighting for Pancrase, latest on Bodog and their TV situation, ideas for the future, thoughts on HUN-TOR and Bryan Danielson, diet and training for fighting versus wrestling, attending the meeting where Vancouver banned MMA, indies […]

October 9, 2007 - We’re back to discuss Derby City Wrestling, including the worst promo in history by yours truly, and Monday Night Raw with the surprise return of Shawn Michaels! We’ll also talk more on the No Mercy fallout, alternate booking ideas for that show, PRAISE FOR JEHOVAH HEARST HELMSELY, and tons more! Also, the most surreal song […]

October 8, 2007 - It’s our post-No Mercy PPV recap show! And what a show it was, a booking spectacle with three WWE Title matches, guys getting beaten clean, punishments on live TV, pizza eating contests, fake injuries that made no sense when you really think about it, a stunt show featuring guys that shouldn’t be doing stunts, and […]

October 7, 2007 - After a week delay the original alternate returns to the Las Vegas Leglock airwaves with an overnight excursion. Topics include, but aren’t limited to: Adam’s all-star selections from the TPI, the King of Debt attempts to cash out his chips, singing the same NOAH song, Uwai Station violates child labor laws, New Japan’s Sumo Hall […]

October 7, 2007 - This week Karl Stern takes a look at the late 1980’s AWA and the history of the AWA World heavyweight title. A look at the Super Clash shows and Wrestle Rock. Includes conversation on Stan Hansen, Rick Martel, Hulk Hogan, Verne and Greg Gagne, Scott Hall, Curt Hennig, Col. DeBeers, Buddy Rose and Doug Somers, […]

October 6, 2007 - Start your weekend with a nearly 90 minute Bryan & Vinny Show~! Among things we’ll discuss the TNA two-hour debut, which was the best and worst of the company, a useless ECW, a useless Smackdown, an Ultimate Fighter episode with a useless fighter, plus Granny appears to talk Dancing with the Stars and the magic […]

October 5, 2007 - Our last Figure Four Daily of the week is PACKED! We’re joined first by Diva Search contestant Taryn Terrell to discuss WWE, limbo contests, powerlifting and more. Then, Les Thatcher joins us to discuss the TNA debut, Pillman 10 years later, Nigel McGuinness, wrestling training, ROH and WWE, his relationship with Chris Benoit, his wrestling […]