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Jan. 27 Figure Four Daily with Mikey Whipwreck: ECW memories, Elektra’s boobs, neck surgery, NYWC

January 27, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns with the first of two shows today! We’re joined by Mikey Whipwreck to talk all sorts of subjects including his upcoming (still) neck surgery, memories of ECW, a great road story involving Cactus Jack, who he dreaded working with in ECW, how to be a good promoter/booker, and […]

TWO HOUR SHOW: Jan 26 Observer Radio with WON 2011 Awards discussion and Terry Funk~!

January 26, 2011 - We’re back with one of the bigger Observer Radios in history. In today’s TWO HOUR SHOW, Dave and I open with the latest on Ric Flair’s overseas adventures and then move into a discussion of every category in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter 2011 Awards Issue. Later we’re joined by the legendary TERRY FUNK to talk […]

Jan. 26 Figure Four Daily with Todd Martin: 2011 Observer Awards, Rumble, Todd’s Odds, Strikeforce

January 26, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Todd Martin returns today with a packed show! We’ll discuss the 2011 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards and our thoughts on some of the categories, then get into a discussion of this year’s Royal Rumble, TODD’S ODDS, why the Rumble still draws and should for years to come, Strikeforce […]

Jan. 26 Figure Four Daily with Gabe Sapolsky: DGUSA shows on iPPV Saturday and Sunday, new vision

January 26, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with Dragon Gate USA/EVOLVE promoter Gabe Sapolsky to talk the two big events this weekend, Friday in New York and Saturday in Philadelphia, both of which will air live on gofightlive.tv! We’ll talk the big matches, a conversation he had with Paul Heyman that was eye-opening, thoughts […]

FREE TODAY! Jan 26 Bryan & VInny Show: Smackdown, Rumble go-home Raw, Souled Out review part 2, more

January 26, 2011 - The Bryan and Vinny Show returns tonight and it’s packed with excitement. We’ve got full reviews of Smackdown from Friday night (most-viewed ever on Syfy, by the way), the Rumble go-home show Monday, plus part 2 of the NWO Souled Out review. All that plus songs, drops, shout-outs and more. Best of all it’s FREE, […]

Jan. 25 Figure Four Daily with Les Thatcher: Historical notes and stories, Maritimes, Georgia, Miz

January 25, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with LES THATCHER~! to talk a number of different current and historical subjects including riding the roads in the territorial days, the Maritimes, Georgia and Ole Anderson’s book, why so many people died in car wrecks in the 60s and 70s, funny stories, his thoughts on Miz […]

Jan. 25 Observer Radio: Rumble go-home show, issues with Miz and Ziggler, Angle update,Jesse lawsuit

January 25, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with another show packed with news! We’ll talk Smackdown getting its highest-ever rating and why that might be, WWE business over the past several months, WrestleMania season, the go-home show for the Royal Rumble and why, well, it kind of sucked, Dolph Ziggler and […]

Jan. 24th Adam & Mike Show: NJPW-CMLL shows, reviews of Big Japan tag and KENTA-Takayama, Z-1, NHL,

January 24, 2011 - Now that we’ve shaken off the Hardy-Naito match, the Statuesque Sound Showcase returns with topics including, but not limited to: Lets go Rangers, a loaded cross-promotion GAORA TV taping, what Hokuto could do in New Japan, our review of the week: November’s Big Japan title match o’ barbed-wire between Sekimoto & Sasaki-Kasai & Numazawa, match […]

FREE TODAY! Jan. 23 Wrestling Observer Live on Sports Byline USA — fixed

January 23, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including last night’s Fight for the Troops event, the Royal Rumble and Road to WrestleMania, the Khali shooting incident, WWE’s stock slide, GSP vs. Silva and so much more. Best of all it’s FREE, so […]

Jan. 22 Observer Radio: Fight for Troops, Angle emergency,Khali shooting,WWE writer talks, GSP/Silva

January 23, 2011 - Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez return tonight with a HUGE edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! Tons to discuss including the latest on Kurt Angle being pulled from the European Tour, what happened with his fiancee, the Great Khali situation including what facts are actually known and what the many different stories are, a former WWE […]

January 22 Wrestling Weekly: Khali shooting, wrestlers and guns, Royal Rumble, Twitter feuds, more

January 22, 2011 - Will, Doc, and Les are back and this week they discuss their thoughts on this week’s wrestling programming, including Raw, Impact, and Smackdown. Also, Khali shooting, wrestlers carrying guns, Sean Morley vs. Matt Hardy, HHH’s return, Impact being taped in new venues, rumors of Kimbo Slice being at Wrestlemania, why Doc and Les think the […]

FREE TODAY! Jan. 21 After Dark: Steve Sims talks Singularity and transhumanism, news with Karl

January 21, 2011 - Bryan Alvarez After Dark returns tonight with a brand new show. We’re joined by Steve Sims to talk Ray Kurzweil’s book “The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology”, which postulates that by the mid-2000s computer intelligence will be indistinguishable from biological intelligence, that man will meld with machine, that we will reverse aging and […]

Jan. 21 Figure Four Daily: Open Lines on Royal Rumble, Mania line-ups, Ziggler, McMahon making stars

January 21, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with a full show of OPEN LINES~! Tons of subjects to discuss including the Royal Rumble, potential line-ups for WrestleMania, whether Vince McMahon really wants to create new stars, Dolph Ziggler, interesting fact from tonight’s Smackdown, and so much more. A really fun show so check it […]

Jan. 21 Bryan & Vinny Show: Granny vs. computers, Q&A, TNA Impact review, new songs, tons more

January 21, 2011 - It’s the return of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! What a program we have today. An historic appearance by Granny with a look at the new Bryan Alvarez After Dark website, her usual Q&A, and more. Then it’s off to the races with the weekly (well, not last week) Impact review. A bunch of good […]

Jan 20 Figure Four Daily: New on Hardy, Savage, then Steve Sims on CMLL, AAA, baby bone breaking

January 20, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with the one and only Dr. Lucha Steve Sims! Tons to talk about today including heel baby leg breaking (yes), Mistico vs. Porky teases, RUSH winning titles, Dr. Wagner Jr. perhaps going to WWE, drug violence in Mexico, shows returning to Tijuana and so much more! We’ve […]

Jan. 19 Observer Radio: Rumble build, booking, UFC in Seattle and Fort Hood, Dave on retirement, etc

January 19, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to talk all the news in pro-wrestling and MMA including a rundown of UFC in Seattle, UFC Fight for the Troops, Raw’s rating for Monday night and what it means, WWE’s issues with booking in 2011, road to the Rumble, a new celebrity at […]

Jan 19 Figure Four Daily: Todd Martin on Raw, Miz’s title reign, 40-man Rumble, TNA, UFC predictions

January 19, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with weekly guest Todd Martin to talk all the news in pro wrestling and mixed martial arts! We’ll talk Raw from Monday night, the Miz’s title reign, 40 man vs. 30 man Rumble, Linda’s senate run, the TNA storyline with Pope and Samoa Joe, Fight for the […]

Jan. 19 Bryan & Vinny Show: Raw, Smackdown, ROH on HDNet, NWO SOULED OUT~!, songs, more

January 19, 2011 - It’s the return of a giant edition of the Bryan and Vinny Show~! Tons of stuff to talk about tonight including Smackdown from Friday night, ROH on HDNet, Raw on Monday with a great main event, and, believe it or not, part one of the infamous NWO SOULED OUT PPV. I never saw this live, […]

Jan. 18 Figure Four Daily with Joe Gagne: Podcast memories, Rumble and Chamber, MMA Fantasy League

January 18, 2011 - Figure Four Daily today returns with former host of Joe vs. the World at joeversustheworld.com, Joe Gagne~! to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA, why people should watch Japanese pro-wrestling, his MMA fantasy league and some wacky picks by people on our site, the Elimination Chamber and Rumble, and more! We’ve also got […]

FREE TODAY! Jan 18 Observer Radio: Raw report, Rumble, why 40 men, bad booking, injuries, tons more

January 18, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in pro-wrestling and MMA including the newest participants in the first-ever 40 man Royal Rumble, why the Rumble has 40 men this year, thoughts on Raw, wins and losses, stupid angles and gimmicks, a TNA star suffers a serious […]

Jan. 17 Observer Radio: Impact, TNA ratings, Raw preview, Ali history, Hardy vs. Venis, Hall of Fame

January 17, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to talk all the news in pro-wrestling and MMA! We’ll talk Thursday’s Impact, the post-Genesis rating, TNA taking Impact on the road, a Raw preview for Monday, the Hardy vs. Val Venis online feud, and more. Then, your questions on a number of subjects […]

Figure Four After Dark with Karl Stern: Alabama hauntings, mysteries of the area woods, tons more

January 14, 2011 - It’s the very first edition of Figure Four After Dark, a labor of love from Bryan Alvarez patterned after the old Art Bell Coast to Coast AM/Dreamland shows of the mid-90s. We’re joined today by Sgt. Karl Stern of Haleyville, IN to talk local Alabama area legends, such as the ghosts of the Dead Child’s […]

Jan 14 Bryan & Vinny Show: End of Impact, Granny Q&A, some horrible 24/7 matches, Buddy Rogers, more

January 14, 2011 - The Bryan and Vinny Show is back for the second show in two straight nights. Now you know why we usually have a night off in-between. Hard to tell if this show is worse than Impact since the damn DVR only recorded the final 30 minutes, but I do know those last 30 minutes were […]

Jan. 13th Adam & Mike Show: Dome Show fallout, NJPW-NOAH partnership, Hashimoto, Indies, NHL & more

January 13, 2011 - Topics include, but aren’t limited to: a touch of hockey with goalies standing in their B-boy stance and the new concept All-Star game, not even Matt Hardy could misunderstand how bad Jeff-Naito was and the rest of the final Dome postmortem, thoughts on possible moves including the site, the date, American affiliations, and more, plus […]

Jan 13 Figure Four Daily with Lance Storm: Lance haunted house, Mantell tourney, Strikeforce, Brock

January 13, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with Lance Storm to talk a bunch of different subjects including the Strikeforce Heavyweight Tournament, Josh Barnett’s inability to get licensed, Johnny Mantell’s 400-man tournament and alternate ways to do it, Brock as Ultimate Fighter coach, Lance hates the Expendables, and as a preview to a Coast-to-Coast-style […]

FREE TODAY! Jan 13 Bryan & Vinny Show: Raw, Smackdown, ROH, KARATE KID PART 2, drops, shout-outs

January 13, 2011 - THE BRYAN AND VINNY SHOW IS BACK~!, and a MIGHT VERSION AT THAT. We’ve got tons of things to discuss including ROH on HDNet Monday night, a fine version of Raw, a fine version of Smackdown, and one of the best damn movies of all time THE KARATE KID PART II, IN HD~! All this […]

Jan 12 Observer Radio: News, then Johnny Mantell talks Texas wrestling, biggest tourney of all time

January 12, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with a packed show. We’ll talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including the latest on Josh Barnett, the Strikeforce tourney, ROH losing the HDNet slot, and more. Then, Johnny Mantell joins us to talk his memories of Texas wrestling, World Class, the […]

January 12 Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Old school pro wrestling talk!

January 12, 2011 - A new edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show! On this episode topics and questions range from Blackjack Mulligan to World Class Championship Wrestling, Bruno Sammartino, Memphis, Continental, police work, and much more! Follow me on Twitter @dragonkingkarl and visit KarlStern.com

Jan 11 Figure Four Daily with Todd Martin: Strikeforce brackets, ROH TV, Genesis, Royal Rumble,Brock

January 12, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Todd Martin returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including TNA Genesis, their outlook for 2011, Raw on Monday Night, a new Nexus, Royal Rumble predictions, the Strikeforce heavyweight tourney brackets, Brock Lesnar coaching Ultimate Fighter and how the season might do, his fight […]

Jan 11 Wrestling Observer Radio Breaking News Audio on Brock Lesnar agreeing to do TUF

January 11, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns with a breaking news update to talk Brock Lesnar being announced as coach for TUF season 13 opposite Junior Dos Santos. We’ll talk how the deal was made, what all the sides get out of it, predictions, criticisms from various people, and so much more. […]

Jan. 11 Figure Four Daily: News, then Court Bauer talks WWE, Road to Mania, Hardy,great bad gimmicks

January 11, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with former WWE writer and MLW head Court Bauer to talk a number of different subjects including TNA heading into 2011, the road to WrestleMania, Matt Hardy and why he never got pushed hard in WWE, ridiculous gimmicks that never saw the light of day including one […]

Jan. 11 Observer Radio: Dave and Bryan’s Raw report, Impact tapings, your questions on Mania, more

January 11, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA! We’ve got the full Raw report from Monday night with the Nexus initiation, HBK’s return and more, the Impact spoilers from Monday night with the Matt Hardy and Mr. Anderson follow-up, plus your questions on […]

Jan 10 Observer Radio: Bryan, Vinny and Dave on TNA Genesis, DGUSA PPV, Strikeforce, questions, more

January 10, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio returns tonight with a recap of the TNA Genesis PPV. Vinny and I will open the show running down what turned out to be a pretty good event, with thoughts on all the matches, the main event title change, and more. Dave then joins the show to give his thoughts, talk DGUSA […]

FREE TODAY! Jan. 9 Observer Live on Sports Byline USA with Bryan, Mike, Mikey Whipwreck!

January 9, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in pro-wrestling and mixed martial arts! We’ll preview the TNA Genesis PPV, talk Royal Rumble predictions and all the TV from this past week, look forward to 2011, answer some email questions, and then in hour two we’re joined […]

January 8 Wrestling Weekly: Sean Casey, Chikara, Paul Orndorff, Wade Barrett, more

January 8, 2011 - Will, Doc and Les are back and this time they discuss former WWE enhancement talent Sean Casey and his legal troubles concerning his “Naughty Bodies” stripper business, Chikara being sold to an entertainment company, Paul Orndorff and why he doesn’t get as much credit he deserves, Tough Enough, Barrett moving to Smackdown, WWE not being […]

January 7 Figure Four Daily: News and open lines on all subjects wrestling and MMA

January 7, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with the return of our FRIDAY OPEN LINES SHOW~! We’ll take your calls on tons of different subjects in pro-wrestling and MMA including top picks for the Royal Rumble, the Strikeforce heavyweight tourney, problems facing MMA marketers in 2011, and so much more. A fun show as […]

Jan 7 Bryan & Vinny Show: Granny fun, Impact go-home show review, return of caller lightning round

January 7, 2011 - It’s the return of the Bryan & Vinny Show~! Packed show tonight as we’ve got a half hour of fun and excitement with Granny, including quite the wacky Q&A, one of the nicer Impact reviews we have done in many, many months (well, until the last half-hour of the show), and, yes, the impromptu return […]

Jan 6 Figure Four Daily with Todd Martin: Strikeforce tourney, UFC 125, Edgar’s next, Vera, Dream!!

January 6, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today to talk all the news in pro-wrestling and mixed martial arts with weekly guest Todd Martin! We’ll talk the Strikeforce heavyweight tournament, brackets, whether the title should be defended and more, UFC 125, his main event score, who should get the next shot against Edgar, the doom […]

Jan. 5 Figure Four Daily with Kris Zellner and Dr. Lucha plus the return of the news update~!

January 5, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with our bi-weekly lucha show! Today we’re joined by two big guests, Dr. Lucha Steve Sims and Kris Zellner of luchaworld.com to talk all the news South of the border — and Japan — including Sombra vs. Liger, Mistico to WWE rumors, a year in review and […]

FREE TODAY! Jan. 5 Bryan & Vinny Show: DGUSA, Raw, Smackdown, ROH, CALLER LIGHTNING ROUND

January 5, 2011 - The Bryan & Vinny Show returns today with a packed, packed show! We’ll discuss this Friday’s Dragon Gate USA PPV, more info on which is available at DGUSA.tv, Raw from this past Monday night with the end of Wade Barrett on that show, Smackdown from Friday with a great title match, a really fun edition […]

FREE TODAY! Jan. 4 Adam & Mike Show: Results & analysis of the big NJPW Tokyo Dome show, much more!

January 4, 2011 - The Grande Sonic Terror returns with the oh-so-rare gratis edition to talk about one thing, and one thing only: Kaz Hayashi dropping the All-Japan junior heavyweight championship. Okay, make it two things, as we give our thoughts on the results of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s annual January 4 Tokyo Dome show, which featured participation from […]

Jan 4 Figure Four Daily with Kevin Kelly: Scouting for WWE, being Hermie, Rock, ROH today, tons more

January 4, 2011 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today to talk WWE, the boom period and Monday Night Wars, and present day ROH with long-time announcer Kevin Kelly! We’ll talk breaking into the business, doing skits with Rock and how those were set up, working as talent scout for WWE and watching audition tapes, how Vince […]

FREE TODAY! Jan. 4 Observer Radio: Raw report, Chael trouble, Rumble, Fedor back, Tough Enough, more

January 4, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns today with a show packed with news! We’ll talk about Chael Sonnen’s latest legal issue, the prison time he’s facing, what he’ll likely end up sentenced to, the Raw report from Monday, Royal Rumble, Fedor returning and Strikeforce’s proposed heavyweight tournament, Tough Enough, plus your […]

January 2 Observer Radio: UFC 125, Gray vs. Frankie, next title shot, backstage news, review, more

January 2, 2011 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns today live from LAS VEGAS~! to discuss UFC 125 Edgar vs. Maynard! We’ll talk all the fights plus thoughts on the main event draw, who should get the next title shot and who is getting it, the star-making performance of Brian Stann, Brandon Vera’s future, […]

Dec. 31 Wrestling Weekly: CORRECT FILE THIS TIME, Cena injury, Jeff Hardy plea, more

January 1, 2011 - Will, Doc and legendary Les Thatcher are back with a special New Year’s eve edition of Wrestling Weekly! This week they review the Jim Cornette roast DVD from KayfabeCommentaries.com, and they discuss Cena’s injury, Jeff Hardy’s plea bargain, Nick Gage’s bank robbery, Awesome Kong and WWE, how gas prices will affect indie wrestling, life after […]

THE ANNUAL FIGURE FOUR DAILY 2011 PREDICTION SHOW~!

December 31, 2010 - It’s the annual Figure Four Daily Prediction Show~! For the next hour we’ll take your phone calls with predictions for the Year or Our Lord 2011, and also look back at the predictions for 2010. Who was a prognosticator and who was, in fact, a damned fool! The answers tonight. Also, a look back at […]

Dec. 31 Observer Radio: Dynamite!! 2010 review, UFC 125 weigh-ins, Strikeforce exclusive deals

December 31, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez is back today with a breaking news show talking last night DREAM/K-1 Dynamite!! 2010 show. We’ll talk all the matches in detail, the state of MMA in Japan in 2010, and more. Also, thoughts on UFC 125, the weigh-ins, the main event, and Dave’s thoughts on […]

Dec. 31 Bryan & Vinny Show: Impact ends the year in typical fashion, Granny, Resolutions, songs, etc

December 31, 2010 - The Bryan & Vinny Show returns tonight with a look at an apropos edition of Impact to close out 2010 — A HORRIBLE SHOW. We’ll look at it segment by segment, as excruciating as that can be, all the while looking at where things were a year ago when people still had hope. Also, Granny […]

FLASHBACK AUDIO: The Figure Four Daily 2010 Prediction Show~!

December 30, 2010 - A fun look back here at last December’s 2010 Prediction Show where everyone called and wrote in with their predictions for this past year. We’ll find out who was, in fact, a prognosticator, and who was nothing but a fool. The 2011 Prediction Show is coming up Friday the 31st, so check elsewhere on the […]

Dec. 31 Wrestling Weekly: New Year’s eve edition, Cena injury, Jeff Hardy plea, bank robbery, more

December 30, 2010 - Will, Doc and legendary Les Thatcher are back with a special New Year’s eve edition of Wrestling Weekly! This week they review the Jim Cornette roast DVD from KayfabeCommentaries.com, and they discuss Cena’s injury, Jeff Hardy’s plea bargain, Nick Gage’s bank robbery, Awesome Kong and WWE, how gas prices will affect indie wrestling, life after […]