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May 24 Figure Four Daily with Johnny Gargano: Awesome Japan stories, breaking his back, DGUSA, more

May 24, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest JOHNNY GARGANO~! of Dragon Gate USA, EVOLVE, and more. We’ll talk all sorts of things including how he broke his back and what finally solved some lingering issues, getting beat up by MVP while dressed as an elf, meeting Vince McMahon, going to Japan […]

FREE TODAY! May 24 Observer Radio: Full Raw report, next PPV, Randy Savage, Jose Aldo injury, UFC NY

May 24, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full report of a very weird episode of Raw, a look at the next PPV which, quite frankly, we know nothing about, a lot more on Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat’s horrible day upon […]

May 23 Observer Radio: Over the Limit LIVE report, ROH sale, Randy Savage, Sonnen, GSP vs. Diaz, etc

May 23, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to talk the WWE OVER THE LIMIT PPV from Seattle WA, which Bryan attended live. Details on all the matches, live notes, who was over and who was not, biggest pops of the night, and so much more. Plus, news on the ROH sale […]

FREE TODAY! May 22 Wrestling Observer Live talking the life and times of Randy Savage: Download here

May 22, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today talking all the news in pro-wrestling and mixed martial arts, specifically the untimely death of one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Macho Man Randy Savage. We’re also joined by Todd Martin in hour two to discuss the Chael Sonnen hearing and […]

May 21 Wrestling Weekly: Randy Savage death, training talk, Taylor fired, Over the Limit predictions

May 20, 2011 - Will Strouse, Doc Young, and Les Thatcher discuss the death and memories of Randy “Macho Man” Savage, THE END OF THE WORLD~!, more in-depth Tough Enough and training talk (if you ever wanted to train to wrestle you should hear some of these disussions), WWE requiring workers to buy their own insurance and what it […]

May 20 Bryan & Vinny Show: Cabana Road Diaries giveaway~! IMPACT NO WRESTLING, Granny fun, tons more

May 20, 2011 - THE WEEKEND BRYAN AND VINNY SHOW IS HERE~! AND WRESTLING MATTERS! Too bad it doesn’t matter on Impact. We’ll review the first episode of the NEW Impact TV show, which is, in fact, EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE OLD SHOW. I mean, seriously, you’re not surprised are you? So yeah, we’ll talk that, plus Granny […]

May 19 Observer Radio with Bret Hart: Latest WWE run, WCW misery, making up with HBK, Calgary, more

May 19, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns today with Hall of Fame superstar Bret the Hitman Hart to talk all sorts of subjects including his big signing appearance tomorrow in San Jose, the circumstances surrounding his return to WWE, how miserable he was in WCW and some stories from that period, doing […]

May 19, 2011 Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Book reviews and more!

May 19, 2011 - May 19 2011 Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Topics and Q&A include gimmick matches, more on wrestling and modern media, plus reviews of several books including MISSY HYATT~!, Howard Brody, and Chris Benoit. Which are BUY! and which ones aren’t.

May 18 Observer Radio: Josh Gross on Sonnen hearing, Dave and Bryan on Impact, WWE PPV, questions

May 19, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez is back tonight with a packed show~! First, we’re joined by Josh Gross to talk the Chael Sonnen trial as he was there live in LA to witness the whole thing. We’ll talk all the details, Chael’s future, plus Josh’s thoughts on a number of different […]

May 18 Figure Four Daily with Steve Sims~! WWE tour of Mexico, Sin Cara, AAA vs. TNA storyline, more

May 18, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest DR. LUCHA STEVE SIMS~! to discuss all the news south of the border, including the WWE tour of Mexico and how each show did, the one match that had a different result all weekend, how WWE is perceived in Mexico, big AAA storyline involving […]

FREE TODAY! May 18 Bryan & Vinny Show: Big contest, Raw, Smackdown, Sacrifice, Road Diaries, more!

May 18, 2011 - The mighty Bryan & Vinny Show is back tonight with a packed show. Making a rare Tuesday night appearance, GRANNY~! joins us for about five minutes to tell YOU, the loyal (paying) listener, how you can win a copy of Wrestling Road Diaries signed by both Colt Cabana and Bryan Danielson~! Winner announced Thursday. Then […]

May 17 Figure Four Daily with VIOLENT J: Insane Clown Posse, Juggalo Wrestling, working WWE,WCW, etc

May 17, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with the world-famous VIOLENT J of the Insane Clown Posse and Juggalo Championship Wrestling! Tons to talk about including ICP/JCW’s bi-weekly $5 wrestling iPPVs, the latest wacky storylines, the band’s lifelong love of pro-wrestling, getting into the music business, pro-wrestling vs. concert touring, how to be a […]

May 17 Observer Radio: Raw report, Impact spoilers, Tough Enough, UFC Rio, Hogan goofiness, more

May 17, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA, including a full go-home Raw report from Monday night, the TNA — er, Impact Wrestling spoilers with TONS OF CHANGES (LOL none), Tough Enough, a new UFC Rio match, the latest totally goofy Hogan interview, […]

May 16 Adam & Mike Show: NJPW in USA and Japan, NOAH in UK, Dragon Gate, NHL playoffs, and more~!

May 17, 2011 - After a slight delay, the original alternate has returned. A little too early to know if that was a good thing or not, but we’ll just have to find out, now won’t we? Topics this week include, but aren’t limited to: Well, it seems not all the bitches loved him, New Japan’s U.S. Invasion tour, […]

May 16 Observer Radio: TNA PPV recap, no buys, UFC TV situation, Over the Limit, NJ in USA, more

May 16, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez is back tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full review of the TNA Sacrifice PPV, news on UFC and their TV contract year, changes to Spike, a preview for the Over the Limit PPV, Raw, where Scott Steiner was, New […]

FREE TODAY! May 15 Wrestling Observer Live on Sports Byline USA and Sirius Ch. 92

May 16, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a preview of the TNA Sacrifice PPV that nobody is going to buy, major names dropping like flies off UFC PPVs including Brock Lesnar, the New Japan tour of the US, WWE in Mexico, […]

May 14 Wresting Weekly

May 13, 2011 - Will, Doc and Les are back after a technical problem caused last week’s show to be scrapped. This week they are back on track and discuss Tough Enough in-depth, battle royals and why they don’t work to decide contenders, thoughts on Raw including the opening and hokey facials, Shane Helm’s motrocycle accident, TNA to Impact […]

May 13 Bryan & Vinny Show: Debut of IMPACT WRESTLING, which is the same old Impact, Granny, songs

May 13, 2011 - It’s the return of the DAMN MIGHTY Bryan and Vinny Show~! A train wreck episode if there ever was one, BUT STILL BETTER THAN IMPACT. Actually, when you hear the Impact review you might be surprised, but in fact, this was an average edition of the show. We’ll also talk to a very groggy half-asleep […]

May 12 Figure Four Daily with Lance Storm: World of Hurt, Christian, Smokey Mountain, Brock, more

May 12, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest LANCE STORM to talk a bunch of different topics including Brock Lesnar’s illness, the Christian title change, timing segments so that you’re not in commercial at the 10 and 11 PM hours, WORLD OF HURT episode number two, THE FRENCH STALLION, more on SMOKEY […]

BREAKING AUDIO: Dave and Bryan talk Brock Lesnar pulling out, his future in MMA, wrestling, more

May 12, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns with a breaking news audio on the Brock Lesnar situation. We’ll talk why he pulled out of the fight with Junior Dos Santos, what his medical options are for the future, whether this may be the end of his career, how pro-wrestling could play into […]

May 11 Observer Radio: Chael problems, UFC summit, WWE and TNA PPV line-ups, your calls and more

May 11, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including the UFC summit, Chael Sonnen’s latest problems and what can be learned from them, Smackdown spoilers, the line-up for both the upcoming WWE and TNA PPVs, plus your phone calls on a number of […]

May 11 F4D with Todd Martin: Christian loss, more Smokey Mountain, Nelson and Mir, three-way DQ’s

May 11, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with Todd Martin to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including UFC losing its May main event, whether the new card built around Jackson, Nelson and Mir will do better, Raw from Monday night, the Christian title loss, DQ’d in three-way matches, tons of thoughts […]

May 11 Bryan & Vinny Show~! AWESOME SMOKEY MOUNTAIN, Smackdown, Raw, songs, Rammy

May 11, 2011 - The Bryan and Vinny Show is back tonight with a brand new show FULL OF POSITIVITY~! And for that you can thank, almost single-handedly, SMOKEY MOUNTAIN WRESTLING, THE BEST PROMOTION EVER THIS WEEK! Where else can you get YOUNG BABYFACE LANCE STORM~!, and MONGOLIAN STOMPER STOMPING ASS AT 55, and A TEN STAR MATCH WITH […]

May 10 Figure Four Daily with JJ Dillon: CAC banquet, living the 80s life, Flair, good advice, more

May 10, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with long-time referee, wrestler, booker, manager and, well, whatever else you can be in this business, JJ Dillon to talk all sorts of subjects including his early days in the sport, what got him interested in wrestling that is missing today, memories of living the life in […]

FREE TODAY! May 10 Observer Radio: UFC insurance, Raw, Tough Enough, Morrison surgery, Edgar fight

May 10, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including Zuffa now providing injury insurance for their fighters, what happened with Gray Maynard and Frankie Edgar, the new PPV line-up, WWE Over the Limit, lots of Tough Enough thoughts, Raw from Monday night full […]

May 9 Observer Radio: Pacquiao fight, new PPV main event, Christian vs. Orton, Morrison hurt, more

May 9, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling, MMA and, yes, boxing, including the Pacquiao fight last night, Mayweather, Cena vs. Miz in an I Quit match coming to a PPV near you, a look at Smackdown including the Randy Orton vs. Christian title change, […]

FREE TODAY! May 8 Wrestling Observer Live on Sports Byline USA and Sirius Ch. 92

May 9, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today to cover all the news in wrestling and MMA including the Pacquiao fight last night, Rock’s birthday, the TNA name change, Christian’s title win and loss and so much more. Best of all it’s FREE, so please post the link or file elsewhere […]

May 6 Bryan & Vinny Show: Usual Impact review in a lot of ways, Granny fun, dude choked, tons more

May 6, 2011 - The Bryan and Vinny Show is back today with tons to discuss, including Every Impact You’ve Ever Seen from this past Thursday night, a million questions about the show that will never be answered, our usual fun weekly chat with Granny, Dancing with the Stars update, seeing a dude get choked out, and so much […]

May 5th Adam & Mike Show: NJPW Fukuoka results and U.S. shows preview, Japan news, Caps LOUL~!

May 6, 2011 - We’re back with 70 minutes of audio action featuring the original prowres+hockey combo. (Pfft. He knows Bobby Orr. We’re talking Sprague Peg Cleghorn & Punch Broadbent up in this bitch.) 15 min. of NHL including Capital fail, Bruce BoudreauLOL, who could be in the finals, Logan Couture, and more. Then a bunch of stuff coming […]

Cinco de Mayo F4D with Steve Sims: Charly Manson arrest, Perro amazing recovery, Mistico, WWE tour

May 5, 2011 - Figure Four Daily returns today on CINCO DE MAYO with the Doctor of Lucha himself Steven H. Sims~! to talk all the news south of the border including the mystery ailment of Perro Aguayo Jr., his apparently miraculous recovery, what others are speculating, the arrest of Charly Manson and the chances of him facing prison […]

Cinco de Mayo Observer Radio: Smackdown and TNA spoilers and outrage, Raw ratings, TNA name change

May 5, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including Smackdown and TNA spoilers and which were more infuriating, WWE booking, the TNA name change and what it means, Tough Enough review from Monday night, Rock and the Monday night ratings, your questions and […]

FREE TODAY! May 4 F4D with Brendan Schaub: TUF, beating Crocop, Toronto, best fight art ever, more

May 4, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Josh Nason is back with yet another show today, joined by UFC star and Pro Wrestler Killer Killer BRENDAN SCHAUB~! Tons to discuss including his fight career dating back to Ultimate Fighter, knocking out the legendary Mirko Crocop, the fine art that is DEFENDO, memories from attending UFC […]

May 4 F4D with Todd Martin: UFC in Toronto live thoughts, GSP fight, Dana, Raw rating, amazing book

May 4, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Todd Martin returns today to discuss a ton of different subjects including UFC in Toronto, which we both attended live, the GSP fight, the splendor of it all, Dana White’s reaction to the main event, the Raw rating from Monday and whether or not it’s a disaster (yes, […]

May 4 Bryan & Vinny Show: WWE booking, Extreme Rules, Raw, Roundtable, songs, shout-outs, more

May 4, 2011 - The Bryan and Vinny Show is back today to talk a number of different subjects including the WWE Extreme Rules PPV, Raw, the latest WWE Legends Roundtable on Classics on Demand, wrestling going from bullish to bearish in a shocking 24 hours, a ton of new shout-outs, songs and more. The Bag Head Bandit video […]

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show- nothing to see here, move along.

May 3, 2011 - Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show: This show has absolutely zero wrestling content. Be forewarned. It is an update on the tornado devastation here in Alabama. A short show, no wrestling content, but a look inside an unimaginable disaster.

May 3 Figure Four Daily with Trina Michaels: Similarities and differences between wrestling and porn

May 3, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest Trina Michaels of independent wrestling and porn fame. Tons to discuss including similarities and differences between the two businesses, whether she’s ever seen fights backstage either at any indy show or on the set, drug use in both, Dragon Gate USA and Lucha Las […]

May 3 Observer Radio: Dave and Bryan on Rock’s birthday Raw, Impact tapings, WCW history, more

May 3, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including the Rock’s birthday Raw, all the matches and segments on the show, where they are heading with the top stars, Impact tapings from Monday night, Beth Phoenix having an imaginary Twitter war, your questions […]

May 2 Observer Radio: Extreme Rules PPV recap, more from biggest UFC ever, St. Pierre, booking, Rock

May 2, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including full results of the WWE Extreme Rules PPV, which was actually quite good, the new champions and where things are headed, changes made in booking of late, update on St. Pierre’s eye, Rock’s […]

May 1 Observer Radio: Dave and Bryan recap the biggest UFC of all time, more

May 1, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns today to talk the biggest UFC event in history, 129 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, an historic show with an awesome undercard and, well, a boring main event. We’ll talk about all the fights in detail, notes from the press conference, backstage notes, and anything else […]

Aor 30 Wrestling Weekly: Dancing with the Stars, Tough Enough, WWE Shareholder’s meeting talk, more

April 30, 2011 - Doc, Les, and Will (from the road) are back and this time they discuss Dancing with the Stars and Jericho’s elimination, Tough Enough and what Les thinks about Rima’s elimination, the WWE draft, WWE shareholder’s meeting, and much much more! Plus they play the PPV Prediction Game for WWE’s Extreme Rules! 59 minutes.

Apr 30 Observer Radio: Dave and Bryan talk Mania buyrate, Vince and Dana speeches, McCool, Punk, etc

April 30, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with more news, scoops and fun LIVE FROM TORONTO~! We’ve got tons to discuss including the UFC weigh-ins and controversy, the meeting of seven champions and what each had to say in a Q&A, Dana comments from the afternoon, Countdown ratings, the WrestleMania buyrate, […]

Apr 29 Observer Radio: Dave and Bryan talk GSP, WWE dividend, Draft, Impact, Christian, tons more

April 29, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA, LIVE FROM TORONTO, including GPS vs. Shields scoops and predictions, more thoughts on the WWE Draft, Christian getting a big push, developmental, the WWE dividend being cut, Impact and tons more. A fun show as […]

Apr 27 Observer Radio: TWO HOUR SUPERSHOW with Mick Foley, Colt Cabana and Mike Coughlin

April 28, 2011 - Sick of shows yet? Too bad. Wrestling Observer Radio returns today with a TWO HOUR SHOW. We’re joined by THREE GUESTS today; Mick Foley is on to talk his newest book, his RAINN charity, how you can get him to mow your lawn, Jericho on Dancing with the Stars, the TNA DVD, Rock’s birthday and […]

FREE TODAY! Apr 27 F4D: Bryan and Todd talk WORLD OF HURT with Lance, Draft, Toronto UFC, more

April 27, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with the first of two shows and FIVE BIG GUESTS~! We’re joined today by Lance Storm and Todd Martin to talk Lance’s new reality show, World of Hurt, which stars this coming Sunday night on The Cave network all across Canada. Todd and I have seen the […]

Apr. 27 Bryan & Vinny Show: Looking at the Draft, TUESDAY NIGHT TITANS, WORLD OF HURT with Lance

April 27, 2011 - The Bryan and Vinny Show returns tonight with tons to discuss. No real Raw or Smackdown report but we do have a look at all the draft picks for both shows, try to figure out who the top heels are going to be on Smackdown and more. The two main shows we’re reviewing tonight are […]

FREE TODAY! Apr. 26 Figure Four Daily with Mike Quackenbush: King of Trios, DVD, iPPVs, Sweeney, 123

April 26, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest Mike Quackenbush of Chikara to talk all sorts of subjects including King of Trios 2011, the quick DVD turnaround and how that happened, Larry Sweeney, Sean Waltman’s weekend as 123 Kid and his match with El Generico, THE BAND LEADER, wacky gimmicks, possible dream […]

FREE TODAY! Apr 26 Observer Radio: Raw, Draft, Extreme Rules, Jones injury, DWTS, Tough Enough, more

April 26, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez is back today with tons to discuss! Raw, the Draft, Cena to Smackdown and back again, what they had planned yesterday, Jon Jones’ injury and how it affects future UFC events, Jericho on Dancing with the Stars, Tough Enough, your questions and more. An hour long! […]

Apr 25 Wrestling Observer Radio: Draft, thoughts on TUF, Smackdown and Impact, TNA woes, questions

April 25, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA! We’ll talk Monday’s Draft, the absolute latest as of 12:30 AM about what was going down, Ultimate Fighter, Smackdown and Impact TV thoughts, Dave on various TNA woes, your questions on a number of subjects […]

FREE TODAY! Apr 24 Wrestling Observer Live on Sports Byline USA and Sirius Ch. 125

April 25, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns with a special Easter edition of the show! We’ll talk all the news in wrestling and MMA this week including the WWE Draft on Monday, UFC in Toronto, Randy Couture’s retirement, and so much more. Best of all it’s FREE, so please post the link […]

Apr 23 Wrestling Weekly: R-Truth heel turn, Jay Lethal release, Tough Enough, more

April 23, 2011 - Will, Doc, and Les are back with another episode and this time they discuss Jericho on Dancing with the Stars, Jay Lethal’s release from TNA, R-Truth’s heel turn and why Les thinks it’s hokey and Doc and Will love it, Awesome Kong’s new name, more Tough Enough talk, and much more! Plus they find out […]