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Oct. 1 Wrestling Observer Radio: Impact and WEC reviews, awesome grudges, SummerSlam, Linda, HDNet

October 1, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns with a special Thursday night show~! Tons to discuss including an apparently very polarizing edition of Impact, the Foley/Flair segment, an AWESOME WEC with one of the best grudge matches of all time, why everyone in pro-wrestling and MMA needs to watch that fight, WWE […]

September 30 Wrestling Weekly: Jericho, El Gigante, Hogan Lawsuit, Pee Wee Herman, Title Lineages

September 30, 2010 - Les updates the listeners on Mr. Wrestling II’s condition and Tommy Gilbert’s injury; Will, Doc, and Les discuss Chris Jericho’s hiatus, title lineages, El Gigante’s death, Hulk Hogan lawsuit, Pee Wee Herman as guest host, why Sting doesn’t belong in the hall of fame, what tag teams should have made the Observer hall of fame, […]

Sept. 30 Figure Four Daily with Todd Martin: Last NXT, Raw, full WEC preview, Linda campaign, books

September 30, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special weekly guest Todd Martin to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA! We’ll discuss the final NXT on Syfy, the Raw go-home show, the importance of the first Smackdown, Linda McMahon’s campaign and her chances of becoming US Senator, a bunch of book reviews […]

Sept. 29 Observer Radio: End of NXT on Syfy, Ross surgery, Hogan update, Twitter, Hardy, your calls

September 29, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio is back tonight with a brand new show talking all the news in wrestling including the end of NXT on Syfy, the future of the show, Hulk Hogan’s latest hospital trip, the pain of wrestlers on Twitter, Matt Hardy insanity and many swirling rumors, a WEC preview for tomorrow, notes on Jim […]

Sept. 29 Figure Four Daily with Steve Sims~!: CMLL turmoil, Mistico and AAA, Alberto del Rio, drugs

September 29, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest DR. LUCHA STEVE SIMS~! to talk the latest in pro-wrestling south of the border, including the massive problems within CMLL, what’s going on with Mistico and whether he’s really talking to AAA, business down across the board, the upcoming WWE tour and how advances […]

Sept. 29 Bryan & Vinny Show: Reviews of Raw, NXT, Smackdown, terrible WWE Classics, songs, more~!

September 29, 2010 - The Bryan & Vinny Show returns tonight with a packed show — and I mean packed. Our new and hopefully improved show has reviews of the go-home Raw, Smackdown with the return of Paul Bearer, the (thank God) final episode of NXT, and some WWE Classics on Demand action that was, in fact, pretty awful. […]

Sept. 28 Adam & Mike Show: Mike’s HOF vote, NOAH Budokan & Jr. League, NJPW, NHL 24/7 on HBO

September 28, 2010 - Stunningly, stringing together two weeks of shows, the original alternate is back in old form again with a 90-minute show – that was intended to be 45. This week’s topics include, but aren’t limited to, NOAH’s attendance is BudoGONE but junior tag goodness shall soon ensue, unintended Hall of Fame discussion with Xóchitl Guadalupe’s daddy […]

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Show featuring NWA and AWA title talk and Observer Hall of Fame

September 28, 2010 - Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio show. On this show topics and questions include: why do ice people like this show, the differences between promotions in the territorial days, buying and selling world title reigns in the AWA and NWA, Rick Martel, people who should (or should not) have held the world title in the 1970’s […]

Sept. 28 Figure Four Daily with Jimmy Jacobs: Drug issues, turning life around, DGUSA, memories, etc

September 28, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with Jimmy Jacobs, who was not, in fact, high as a kite on this show like he says he was last time. We’ll talk his past drug issues, how he turned his life around, the series of DGUSA videos and separating fact from fantasy, memories of his […]

FREE TODAY! Sept. 28 Observer Radio: Dave and Bryan on go-home Raw, Hell in a Cell, mailbag, more

September 28, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns today to talk the go-home edition of Raw for the Hell in the Cell PPV. You read that right, the go-home show. We’ll talk all the segments in detail, then jump into your mailbag questions on a variety of subjects including the possibility of Abdullah […]

Sept. 27 Bryan & Vinny Show~! Granny returns, Q&A, Impact report, awesome 24/7 stuff, changes, more

September 27, 2010 - The Bryan & Vinny Show returns with a better-late-than-never weekend edition of the show~! We’ve got some big changes planned, at least for the time being, so we’ll run through those, then it’s off to the races with Granny as she does her weekly Q&A and talks some of the famous old sayings from her […]

FREE TODAY! Sept. 26 Wrestling Observer Live on the Sports Byline USA Radio Network

September 26, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with our week in review program! We’ll talk all the latest news including the death of Giant Gonzalez, UFC 119, the problem with stipulation matches in WWE and TNA these days, injuries, Matt Hardy, and tons more. Best of all it’s FREE, so please […]

Sept 26 Wrestling Observer Radio: Post-UFC 119 recap show, shocking Rock interview notes

September 26, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with our post-UFC 119 recap show! All the fights in detail, notes from the post-show press conference, what pissed Dana off, backstage scoops, plus a really shocking interview with the Rock talking what he might have done had MMA been hot when he was […]

Sept. 25 Observer Radio: El Gigante life and times, NXT, Impact report, PPV survey talk, UFC preview

September 25, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with a special bonus show, and it’s PACKED. We’ll talk the life and times of El Gigante, who passed away yesterday, talk Impact, NXT, and the PPV buying habits survey from Figure Four Weekly last week, and finally go in-depth in previewing tomorrow’s UFC […]

Karl Stern Masterpiece Theater… The Final Edition

September 24, 2010 - This is it, the conclusion of the first story arc of WWE Heroes by Titan comics (Issue 6). The exciting and confusing end of the dead Triple H vs. The other monster with appearances this issue by Dan Severn, Roddy Piper, and a bunch of unnamed generic people in spandex. Thank goodness this is also […]

Sept. 23 Figure Four Daily with Lance Storm: Brain functioning test, NXT, Raw, Hall of Fame thoughts

September 23, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with the one and only Lance Storm! Tons to discuss including his recent cognitive brain function tests, Raw from this past Monday night, Laycool, Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio and the Hall of Fame, Steve Williams, plus your questions on a number of subjects including his thoughts on […]

Sept. 22 Adam & Mike Show: Semp’s return, NJPW, NOAH, Joshi, WON HOF

September 22, 2010 - The original alternate has returned with – gasp~! – original hosts. Yes, so inspired by Mike Sawyer and Grey Maynard’s Frost/Nixon moments, Mike Sempervive has finally rejoined Adam to run through an hour of topics, including, but not limited to: NOAH’s entertainment Expo show featuring a wacky Sugiura encounter, Japanese and Rock-n-Roll Express Hall of […]

Sept. 22 Figure Four Daily with Todd Martin: WON Hall of Fame first look, Raw, NXT, Laycool, UFC

September 22, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special weekly guest Todd Martin! We’ll open with a 25-minute discussion on the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame voting, who went in and our thoughts on various candidates, why certain areas seem to be represented better than others, and more. Then, discussion of Raw on Monday, […]

FREE TODAY! Sept. 22 Bryan & Vinny Show: NXT~!, Smackdown, PPV thoughts, WWE trivia game, shout-outs

September 22, 2010 - The Bryan and Vinny Show returns to the airwaves tonight with some thoughts on Sunday's WWE PPV, a Smackdown review, THIS WEEK'S NXT~!, and, yes, some WWE.com trivia games to try to save this trainwreck of a program. Oh yeah, shout-outs too. Best of all it's FREE, so please post the link or file elsewhere […]

Karl Stern Audio Masterpiece Theater WWE Heroes 5

September 21, 2010 - You know you’ve been waiting for it. Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Masterpiece Theater! Issue 5 of the worst comic book in the history of comic books WWE Heroes by Titan Comics. How this book ever got approved is beyond me. In this issue: Will we be able to tell Edge, Shawn Michaels, and John Morrison […]

Sept. 21 Figure Four Daily with Roderick Strong: ROH Championship, Tyler, backbreakers, training

September 21, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with our special guest, ROH World Champion Roderick Strong, to discuss a number of subjects including his match with Tyler Black, guys he’d like to face during this run, being disrespected by Homicide, the PWG Battle of LA tournament, his father’s wrestling career, whose daddy would win […]

Sept. 21 Wrestling Observer Radio: Efrain’s firing, bizarre Chael update, Crocop, two Raws to talk

September 21, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns today to talk all the news including why Efrain Escudero was fired from UFC, the latest on Chael Sonnen in a story that gets more bizarre by the day, a Mirko Crocop update, plus a full Raw report and spoilers for next week’s go-home show […]

FREE TODAY! Sept. 19 Wrestling Observer Live on the Sports Byline USA Radio Network

September 20, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with our week in review program! Tons of stuff to discuss including the failed Chael Sonnen drug test, what it means for UFC and Sonnen, a preview of WWE Night of Champions (always funny in hindsight), a look at NXT and the last week’s […]

Sept. 19 Observer Radio: Night of Champions discussion, Sonnen, Cena heel thoughts, your calls, more

September 19, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with a packed news show! We’ve got full results and analysis of the WWE Night of Champions PPV, a look at where they’re going for Hell in the Cell and further down the line, a potential Cena heel turn, Jericho’s future, and more. We’ll […]

September 18 Wrestling Weekly: Raw/Impact, Mr. Wrestling II update, Matt Hardy, PPV Prediction Game

September 19, 2010 - Will, Doc, and Les discuss a mistake from the results of last weeks PPV prediction game, thoughts on Raw and Impact, Les’ reaction to Reaction, America’s Got Talent, death of Mike Shaw, update on Mr. Wrestling II (new news), Aloisa’s firing, WWE declaring their workers are independent contractors, changes to the wellness policy, Matt Hardy, […]

BREAKING AUDIO: Dave and Bryan on Chael Sonnen drug test, Mirko Crocop’s health status, drugs in MMA

September 19, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns today with a breaking news update talking the alleged drug test failure of Chael Sonnen following his fight with Anderson Silva. We’ll talk the realities of drug use and testing in UFC and sports in general, what this means for the future, and more. Also, […]

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Show where I try to teach Dixie Carter how to count and more

September 18, 2010 - The second Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio show for the week (so if you missed the last one check it out). On this show Q and A includes: I teach Dixie Carter how to count, did UFC steal fans from pro wrestling? Why I changed my mind about the answer, why were there two Southeastern […]

Sept. 17 Bryan & Vinny Show: Impact review, Granny, update on computer issues, new songs,weekend fun

September 17, 2010 - The Bryan & Vinny Show returns tonight with our special weekend edition! Lots of stuff to cover including the latest on my computer issues, a trip down memory lane with Granny, the usual Q&As, some fun new songs, and an Impact review. Not a fan of this show. No, not at all, and we’ll tell […]

Sept. 16 Figure Four Daily with DR LUCHA~! All the news from Mexico, your questions, health update

September 16, 2010 - Figure Four Daily returns for our second show of the day! We’re joined by Dr. Lucha Steve Sims to talk all the news in lucha libre, including the death of La Fiera and the circumstances surrounding it, CMLL’s Aniversario show, the unmasking of Olimpico, why it’s sometimes not a good thing to get unmasked, your […]

Sept. 16 Figure Four Daily: Bryan and Todd interview Jeff Blatnick on the history of MMA and UFC

September 16, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Todd Martin returns today with special guest JEFF BLATNICK, former two-time NCAA Champion, former Olympic Gold Medalist, and the guy who drafted the original rules for UFC competition prior to Zuffa buying the company. We’ll talk the history of MMA in the United States including a look at […]

Sept. 16 Observer Radio: Soma ban in WWE, Fight Night, TUF, TNA TV woes, NXT review, Mike Shaw, more

September 16, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with a totally packed news show. We'll discuss the new WWE soma ban and why this is a gigantic story, talk UFC Fight Night and Ultimate Fighter, TNA losing UK TV, NXT from Tuesday night, more on the death of Mike Shaw and his […]

Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show Q&A featuring Brawl for All and Abe Lincoln.

September 15, 2010 - On this edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Nostalgia show in November in Birmingham, WWF’s horrible Brawl for All, the origins of the smark fan, linear world champion of pro wrestling, ABE LINCOLN, the true lineage of the NWA World title, AWA SuperClash III, Abdullah the Butcher, more Apter Mag talk, Jimmy […]

Sept. 15 Figure Four Daily with Todd Martin: RAW, TUF and Fight Night, Shark and Shine Fights, NXT~!

September 15, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Todd Martin returns today with a packed show covering all the news from the last week. We’ll talk Raw on Monday night, which Todd liked more than anyone it seems, the WWE PPV this coming weekend, TUF and Fight Night Live tonight, predictions on the Mir vs. Crocop buyrate, Shark and […]

Sept. 15 Bryan & Vinny Show: Raw, Smackdown, NXT~!!!!, ROH on HDNet, songs, computer rant, tons more

September 15, 2010 - The Bryan & Vinny Show returns tonight with tons of stuff to review including the Raw go-home show for Night of Champions, Smackdown with the latest Undertaker vs. Kane build, THE MOST AMAZING SHOW EVER IN NXT, and some ROH on HDNet thoughts. Oh, and we open with a gigantic rant about my fucking computer, […]

Sept. 14 Adam & Mike Show: Alan4l and Joe Gagne join Adam to talk NHL, CIMA, NJPW, Ibushi, tons more

September 14, 2010 - Defying danger as always, the BIG Audio Nightmare is back this week with Adam Summers and guest co-hosts Alan4L and Joe Gagne. Topics include surviving car crashes, a wrestling-themed NHL team preview, Alan offering CIMA the keys to the United Kingdom, the entertaining NJPW show from September 3rd in-depth, O-Pro don’t you know, Chris gets […]

FREE TODAY! Sept. 14 Observer Radio: Raw report, Hardy concern, Nash tweets, Josh Barnett, Lashley

September 14, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a quite baffling Raw go-home show for Night of Champions, Matt Hardy’s meltdown and why he’s in trouble, Kevin Nash’s meltdown and why he may not be in trouble, Josh Barnett signing with Strikeforce, […]

FREE TODAY! Sept. 12 Wrestling Observer Live on the Sports Byline USA Radio Network

September 13, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns with our week in review program! We’ll talk all manner of subjects including the new season of NXT, ROH and DGUSA, Shine and Shark Fights, upcoming PPVs, buyrates, and more. Best of all it’s FREE, so please post the link or file elsewhere and help […]

Sept. 12 Wrestling Observer Radio: ROH iPPV, DGUSA review, Shine and Shark Fights, your questions

September 12, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with tons of news! We’ll review the DGUSA PPV from Friday night, ROH’s iPPV from the Manhattan Center with Roderick Strong beating Tyler Black in the main event, Shine Fights from Friday night and why it was not good for the sport, Shark Fights […]

Sept. 11 Wrestling Weekly: 9/11 memories, TNA Reaction, Dancing with the Stars, Nash tweets, Punk

September 11, 2010 - Will, Doc, and Les discuss 9/11 memories and where they were when the disaster struck, TNA Reaction, Dancing with the Stars, next Raw guest host, Joey Styles tweets, Kevin Nash tweets, Aloisha photos, CM Punk and the SES, Jim Neidhart’s arrest, HHH’s new executive position in WWE, Would Vince want to make an angle out […]

Sept. 10 Bryan & Vinny Show: Granny returns, plus NXT, some Dixie Youshoot, ROH, Rickson’s CHOKE~!

September 10, 2010 - It’s the return of the Bryan and Vinny Show! It’s a night of celebration as there is NO IMPACT TO WATCH~! Instead, we’ll discuss some other things, some great and some not so great. We’ll talk the first episode of season III of NXT, some thoughts on a few minutes of the Dixie Carter Youshoot, […]

Sept. 9 Figure Four Daily with Lance Storm: Dixie Youshoot, NXT, Hogan Twitter, Russo, Ring of Hell

September 9, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with the one and only Lance Storm to discuss a number of topics including Dixie Carter’s Youshoot, NXT on Tuesday night and the plight of Divas in WWE, Vince Russo and Jim Cornette’s challenge, Ring of Hell review, Hulk Hogan going nutty on Twitter and the problems […]

Sept. 8 Wrestling Observer Radio: News on NXT and TNA, Chris Hero talks PWG, ROH, indies, tons more

September 8, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with a packed show. We’ll open with news, including Dave’s thoughts on NXT and a passionate rant — by Dave this time — on TNA, then we’ll be joined by Chris Hero to talk all manner of subjects including stories from this past weekend’s […]

Sept. 8 Figure Four Daily with Todd Martin: NXT, Hogan videos, Shark Fights, book reviews, tons more

September 8, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special weekly guest Todd Martin to talk a number of subjects including Raw from this past Monday night, the first episode of the new season of NXT, Hulk Hogan’s goofy cell phone videos, BOLA from this past weekend, Shark Fights, the ROH iPPV, UFC Fight Night […]

Sept. 8 Karl Stern Show: Jack Johnson, Mid-South, Magnum TV, jobbers, WRESTLING ROBOTS, more~!

September 8, 2010 - The first of multiple Karl Stern Shows this week. In this show the questions and topics include wrestling robots, Jack Johnson controversial boxing champion, wrestling stables, Mid-South, Magnum T.A. and his auto accident, Stan Lane, jobbers and squash matches, why ratings are stupid, brass knuckles matches, and more!

FREE TODAY! Sept. 8 Bryan & Vinny Show: TNA PPV, Raw, Smackdown, DGUSA weekend PPV, songs, tons more

September 8, 2010 - The Bryan & Vinny Show returns today with a nearly 90-minute episode~! Four shows to discuss including the TNA PPV Sunday night with Hardy vs. Angle and more, Smackdown with the Great Alberto Del Rio, a pretty good edition of Raw, and the Dragon Gate USA PPV which debuts this coming Friday and Saturday on […]

Sept. 7 Observer Radio: Raw report, Impact tapings, Smackdown, HHH promotion, questions, tons more

September 7, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez is back in studio tonight with a lot to talk about including Monday Night’s Raw show with some good wrestling, interesting storyline twists, and one really stupid segment, Impact tapings from Monday night with the Hardy vs. Angle follow-up, HHH’s big “promotion”, plus your questions on […]

Sept. 5 Wrestling Weekly: Mr. Wrestling II update, Raw and Impact, NXT, Dinsmore, PPV numbers, TNA

September 6, 2010 - Will, Doc, and Les update you on Mr. Wrestling II’s health, and discuss Raw ans Impact reactions, All-diva NXT, Nick Dinsmore, PPV numbers, “THEY”, Live shows vs. taped shows, Raw guest hosts, SES, Early Wrestlemania memories, hardest deaths in wrestling, and they also play the PPV prediction game! 62 Minutes.

Sept. 6 Observer Radio: Dave and Bryan talk TNA PPV, PWG, WWE, TNA, news, more

September 6, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to break down the TNA PPV from Sunday night and talk the news! Dave will run down all the matches in detail, the Kurt Angle finish, Generation Me and what happened with that match, and more. Then news on Impact, Raw, upcoming PPVs and […]

September 6 Figure Four Daily: Bryan and Todd break down BOLA Night 2 with an AWESOME match~!

September 6, 2010 - Todd Martin and Bryan Alvarez return today to break down the 2010 Battle of LA tournament night two! A great wrestling show highlighted by a must-see potential match of the year candidate. We’ve also got tons of inside notes on goofy injuries, spots that caught folks unawares, and so much more. A really fun show […]

September 4 Figure Four Daily: Bryan and Todd cover night one of the PWG Battle of LA tournament

September 5, 2010 - Bryan Alvarez and Todd Martin return tonight with live coverage of the PWG Battle of Los Angeles tournament! We’ll talk all the matches in detail, the consensus best match on the show by a wide margin, background and notes on all the matches and wrestlers, a preview of tomorrow’s show, and more. A fun show […]