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January 19 2010 Adam and Mike Show

January 19, 2010 - The original alternate makes good on its promise of quick turn-around time and is back to give YOU, the people, more goodness. 60 minutes of it, in fact, with topics including, but not limited to: the ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT PERSON BATTLE ROYAL, the ongoing NOAH Global tag league, and what they have set up […]

Jan. 19 Observer Radio: Raw report, Rumble build, Impact tapings, TNA news, promo on fans, MMA books

January 19, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with a packed show! We’ve got a full review of last night’s Raw show featuring John Heder, Don Johnson, the build to Royal Rumble and more, plus many notes on the fascinating Impact tapings from Monday night, more on TNA, the speech before the […]

January 19 2009 Wrestling Observer

January 19, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with a packed show! We’ve got a full review of last night’s Raw show featuring John Heder, Don Johnson, the build to Royal Rumble and more, plus many notes on the fascinating Impact tapings from Monday night, more on TNA, the speech before the […]

Jan. 18 Observer Radio: Bryan, Vinny and Dave review TNA Genesis, plus news on Raw, Bob Shamrock

January 18, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio returns tonight with a huge one-hour-plus show! Bryan and Vinny spend the first 30 minutes recapping the TNA PPV from Sunday night, the good, the bad, what was an improvement over the old regime and what didn’t work. Then Dave Meltzer joins the show to give his thoughts on the PPV and […]

January 18 2010 Wrestling Observer

January 18, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio returns tonight with a huge one-hour-plus show! Bryan and Vinny spend the first 30 minutes recapping the TNA PPV from Sunday night, the good, the bad, what was an improvement over the old regime and what didn’t work. Then Dave Meltzer joins the show to give his thoughts on the PPV and […]

Jan 15 Adam & Mike Show: Nakamura, January 4th Dome show, Chikara, MSG Classics, tons more

January 16, 2010 - The original alternate is back. Sort of. If there was ever a show that was the equivalent of 75-minutes of maintenance booking, this is it. We’ll be back before Wednesday with a more coherent and action packed show covering everything from 108-person battle royals to birthday celebrations, but, until then, the topics this week include, […]

January 15 2009 Adam and Mike Show

January 16, 2010 - The original alternate is back. Sort of. If there was ever a show that was the equivalent of 75-minutes of maintenance booking, this is it. We’ll be back before Wednesday with a more coherent and action packed show covering everything from 108-person battle royals to birthday celebrations, but, until then, the topics this week include, […]

Jan 15 Bryan & Vinny Show: Awful ECW, really good Impact,King of the Board concession, Granny, songs

January 15, 2010 - The BRYAN AND VINNY SHOW is back tonight with lots to review! We’ll open with Granny talking Tulalip Championship Wrestling, then Vinny and I break down a horrendous edition of ECW and a January 4th follow-up edition of Impact that was easily the best wrestling TV show of the week — really. All that plus […]

Dr. Keith Presents: ARIK CANNON~!

January 15, 2010 - If your DKP thirst still hasn’t been quenched this week, then this should see to it! A third show in five days and a very special one at that as Alan and Naylor are joined by the soon to be evolving, ANARCHIST Arik Cannon!! In prepartion for the debut show, EVOLVE is dicussed and we […]

Jan. 14 Figure Four Daily with Lance Storm: Monday Night Wars, Bret’s return, booking Mania, Rumble

January 14, 2010 - One of our most popular guests, Lance Storm, returns today on Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez. We’ll talk the Monday Night Wars, his thoughts on Impact and Bret’s return, tonight’s show and whether he’ll watch it, different booking ideas for Royal Rumble and WrestleMania, and more. Also, your questions on good and bad ring […]

January 14 2010 Figure Four Daily

January 14, 2010 - One of our most popular guests, Lance Storm, returns today on Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez. We’ll talk the Monday Night Wars, his thoughts on Impact and Bret’s return, tonight’s show and whether he’ll watch it, different booking ideas for Royal Rumble and WrestleMania, and more. Also, your questions on good and bad ring […]

Jan 14 Observer Radio: UFC sale, Monday night ratings, tons of TNA news, Impact, Russo thoughts, etc

January 14, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA! We’ll talk the partial UFC sale earlier this week and what it means, upcoming cards, the ratings from this past Monday night’s head-to-head battle, tons of notes on TNA including news on Impact and the […]

January 14 2010 Wrestling Observer

January 14, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA! We’ll talk the partial UFC sale earlier this week and what it means, upcoming cards, the ratings from this past Monday night’s head-to-head battle, tons of notes on TNA including news on Impact and the […]

Jan. 13 Figure Four Daily: Gabe Sapolsky on DGUSA, new EVOLVE promotion, ROH memories, booking, more

January 13, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest Gabe Sapolsky of Dragon Gate USA and the new EVOLVE promotion which debuts this weekend. We’ll talk a ton of subjects including plans for the weekend, next week’s Dragon Gate PPV and PPV taping, ideas behind the promotions, what makes EVOLVE different, piracy and […]

January 13 2010 Figure Four Daily

January 13, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest Gabe Sapolsky of Dragon Gate USA and the new EVOLVE promotion which debuts this weekend. We’ll talk a ton of subjects including plans for the weekend, next week’s Dragon Gate PPV and PPV taping, ideas behind the promotions, what makes EVOLVE different, piracy and […]

Jan. 13 Bryan & Vinny Show: Vinny returns to the ring, his great weight, plus Raw, Smackdown, 24/7

January 13, 2010 - The Bryan & Vinny Show returns today to talk all sorts of subjects including THE RETURN OF VINNY V (watch it all here). We’ll talk his wrestling comeback, plans for our big tag match, inside notes from that Tulalip match, and more. Oh yeah, also much more boring stuff, like an insufferable Raw, Smackdown last […]

Jan 12 Figure Four Daily with Jimmy Jacobs: Ideas behind EVOLVE Wrestling, debut, ROH memories, more

January 12, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest Jimmy Jacobs, who will be working Kenn Doane on the debut EVOLVE show this coming weekend in Rahway, NJ. We’ll talk the promotion itself and some of the ideas behind it, his run in ROH and why he decided to hang it up there, […]

January 12 2010 Figure Four Daily

January 12, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with special guest Jimmy Jacobs, who will be working Kenn Doane on the debut EVOLVE show this coming weekend in Rahway, NJ. We’ll talk the promotion itself and some of the ideas behind it, his run in ROH and why he decided to hang it up there, […]

FREE TODAY: Jan. 12 Observer Radio: Monday Night Wars II with WWE vs. UFC, recaps of both, plus news

January 12, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to look at the Monday Night Wars Part 2: WWE vs. UFC. Not nearly as exciting as the first one. In fact, pretty damn boring. But we’ll talk both shows, the high and low points, what was a let-down, talk some future matches from […]

January 12 2010 Wrestling Observer

January 12, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight to look at the Monday Night Wars Part 2: WWE vs. UFC. Not nearly as exciting as the first one. In fact, pretty damn boring. But we’ll talk both shows, the high and low points, what was a let-down, talk some future matches from […]

Jan. 10 Observer Radio: WEC recap, Faber vs. Aldo potential PPV, Bret Hart, Tyson, TNA plans, booker

January 11, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez is back tonight with tons of news! We’ll talk last night’s WEC event with the return of Urijah Faber, WEC PPV plans and potential matches, the rest of the card you didn’t see on TV, plus lots of pro-wrestling news on Mike Tyson, Bret Hart and […]

January 11 2010 Wrestling Observer

January 11, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez is back tonight with tons of news! We’ll talk last night’s WEC event with the return of Urijah Faber, WEC PPV plans and potential matches, the rest of the card you didn’t see on TV, plus lots of pro-wrestling news on Mike Tyson, Bret Hart and […]

January 8 Bryan & Vinny Show: Lame ECW, AMAZING AWA with Bockwinkel and BUCK ZUMHOFE, plus Granny

January 8, 2010 - THE MIGHTY BRYAN AND VINNY SHOW continues with a look at two diametrically different shows: 2010 ECW with an astounding Zeke vs. Koslov match, and 1979 AWA with NICK BOCKWINKLE, BUCK ZUMHOFF, GREG GAGNE, SUPER DESTROYER MARK IV, JESSE VENTURA LIFTING WEIGHTS, and more. God damn that show was awesome. Plus, Granny returns for her […]

Jan. 7 Figure Four Daily with Les Thatcher: Raw vs. Impact, should TNA go live?, training, working

January 7, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with our special guest Les Thatcher of epwt.com! We’ll talk the Monday Night Wars, the strengths and weakness of each show, simple things that Impact missed out on, how Bret Hart did, whether Les thinks Impact is ready to go live on Mondays, and more! We’ll also […]

January 7 2010 Wrestling Observer

January 7, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with our special guest Les Thatcher of epwt.com! We’ll talk the Monday Night Wars, the strengths and weakness of each show, simple things that Impact missed out on, how Bret Hart did, whether Les thinks Impact is ready to go live on Mondays, and more! We’ll also […]

Jan. 7 2010 Observer RADIO: Monday Night Wars, ratings breakdown, Flair, Hardy, Bret, tapings

January 7, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with a packed show! We’ve got tons to talk about regarding the Monday Night Wars, lots of thoughts on the quarterly breakdowns, whether people switched back and forth and if so when they did, big winners and loser, the Raw overrun I didn’t have, […]

January 7 2010 Wrestling Observer

January 7, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with a packed show! We’ve got tons to talk about regarding the Monday Night Wars, lots of thoughts on the quarterly breakdowns, whether people switched back and forth and if so when they did, big winners and loser, the Raw overrun I didn’t have, […]

Jan. 6 Figure Four Daily: Dr. Lucha Steve Sims and thecubsfan talk the Year in Lucha 2009

January 6, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with a very special show: The 2009 Lucha Year in Review program with guests Dr. Lucha Steve Sims and thecubsfan of CMLLblog.com. We’ll talk AAA and CMLL, the impact WWE had on each, the top ten stories of the year, who had a great year and whose […]

January 6 2009 Figure Four Daily

January 6, 2010 - Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today with a very special show: The 2009 Lucha Year in Review program with guests Dr. Lucha Steve Sims and thecubsfan of CMLLblog.com. We’ll talk AAA and CMLL, the impact WWE had on each, the top ten stories of the year, who had a great year and whose […]

Jan. 3 Karl Stern Show: Greatness of Dr. Death, Adrian Adonis, masked wrestlers, WCW, UWF, more

January 6, 2010 - Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio Show. This week we are talking the awesomeness of Steve “Dr. Death” Williams also Adrian Adonis, masked wrestlers, Masked Superstar, Lord Humongous, WCW, UWF, the Georgia Jaw Jacker, and more.

FREE TODAY! Jan. 5 Bryan & Vinny Show: Three-hour Impact vs. Raw is Bret, B&V epic fail, more

January 6, 2010 - It’s the Tuesday evening edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show, a show that was amazingly an even bigger train wreck than Impact’s first hour. We went almost THIRTY MINUTES before we realized it wasn’t recording. That put a damper on my festivities. But we’ll still discuss all of Raw and all of Nitr — […]

January 5 2010 Wrestling Observer

January 6, 2010 - It’s the Tuesday evening edition of the Bryan & Vinny Show, a show that was amazingly an even bigger train wreck than Impact’s first hour. We went almost THIRTY MINUTES before we realized it wasn’t recording. That put a damper on my festivities. But we’ll still discuss all of Raw and all of Nitr — […]

Jan. 5 Breaking News Audio on Impact vs. Raw ratings, what it means, TNA to Monday?, Hardy, Jarrett

January 5, 2010 - Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez return today with a breaking audio update on the ratings for what may, in fact, be a new Monday Night War. We’ll talk Impact’s surprisingly big number, how it might have affected Raw, the peaks for the show and when it plunged, whether they may be moving to Monday’s permanently […]

January 5 2009 Wrestling Observer

January 5, 2010 - Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez return today with a breaking audio update on the ratings for what may, in fact, be a new Monday Night War. We’ll talk Impact’s surprisingly big number, how it might have affected Raw, the peaks for the show and when it plunged, whether they may be moving to Monday’s permanently […]

Jan. 5 Observer Radio: Monday Night Wars 2010 recap, Bret, Hogan, Hardy, Michaels, McMahon, Wolfpac

January 5, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with a full, one-hour plus recap of the January 4th MONDAY NIGHT WAR. And it was a war with TNA bringing back the WCW stars of the 90s plus some other surprises including Jeff Hardy, and WWE bringing back one of their biggest stars […]

January 5 2010 Figure Four Daily

January 5, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight with a full, one-hour plus recap of the January 4th MONDAY NIGHT WAR. And it was a war with TNA bringing back the WCW stars of the 90s plus some other surprises including Jeff Hardy, and WWE bringing back one of their biggest stars […]

Jan. 4 Observer Radio: Bryan and Dave preview the “new Monday Night Wars”, who’s coming, who’s not

January 4, 2010 - Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer return tonight to preview January 4th — the supposed start of the new Monday Night Wars. We’ll run down a list of guys who will and will not be there, kill some rumors, talk about what TNA has done right and wrong (mostly wrong, unfortunately), look at what we may […]

January 4 2010 Wrestling Observer

January 4, 2010 - Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer return tonight to preview January 4th — the supposed start of the new Monday Night Wars. We’ll run down a list of guys who will and will not be there, kill some rumors, talk about what TNA has done right and wrong (mostly wrong, unfortunately), look at what we may […]

Jan. 3 Adam & Mike Show: Winter Classic, Olympics, New Japan, Steve Williams, Dome 1/4, J Cup, more

January 3, 2010 - The original alternate goes back to its roots this week: 90 minutes of audio entertainment that starts off with HOCKEY. Dan is not impressed that it’s back. Topics this week include, but aren’t limited to: a half-hour of talk on the Bridgestone Winter Classic, the upcoming Olympics, the fun that is the World Juniors, retorting […]

January 3 2010 Adam and Mike Show

January 3, 2010 - The original alternate goes back to its roots this week: 90 minutes of audio entertainment that starts off with HOCKEY. Dan is not impressed that it’s back. Topics this week include, but aren’t limited to: a half-hour of talk on the Bridgestone Winter Classic, the upcoming Olympics, the fun that is the World Juniors, retorting […]

Jan 2 post-UFC 108 Observer Radio: Notes on all the matches, backstage, Lesnar’s future, GSP, Shane

January 3, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with our post-UFC 108 recap show. We’ll talk Rashad vs. Silva and the rest of the fights in detail, who got bonuses, noteworthy moments, press conference, Q&A and backstage notes, and more. We’ve also got news on Brock Lesnar’s future, GSP potentially to the […]

January 3 2010 Wrestling Observer

January 3, 2010 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez returns tonight with our post-UFC 108 recap show. We’ll talk Rashad vs. Silva and the rest of the fights in detail, who got bonuses, noteworthy moments, press conference, Q&A and backstage notes, and more. We’ve also got news on Brock Lesnar’s future, GSP potentially to the […]

January 1 2010 Bryan and Vinny Show

January 1, 2010 - It’s the very first Bryan and Vinny Show of 2010, which makes it the first show of the NEW DECADE~! We’re here to discuss a ton of things including the January 4th battle, which things get bleaker for TNA by the day, the New Year’s Eve four-hour Impact and how it failed in so many […]

December 31 2009 Figure Four Daily

December 31, 2009 - Figure Four Daily returns today with the final show of 2010 featuring the one and only Lance Storm. A very fun show today as we’ll talk his jump to FACEBOOK (yes), why he probably won’t friend you (unlike me), wrestling Steve Williams in his final WWE match, Rock’s new movie, the Kindle and how awesome […]

December 31 2009 Wrestling Observer

December 31, 2009 - Wrestling Observer Radio returns tonight with Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez to cover a number of topics including more on the death of Steve Williams, the New Year’s Eve Dynamite show including some live play-by-play of the opening ceremonies, the latest disaster with Manny Pacquiao, Bret Hart, January 4th and what TNA may have in […]

December 30 2009 Figure Four Daily

December 30, 2009 - It’s the world-famous Figure Four Daily 2010 PREDICTION SHOW~! Not much to explain here. We’ll take calls and emails from you, the listener, on what you think will happen in 2010. We’ll also look back at the 2009 prediction show and boldly declare WHO WAS A PROGNOSTICATOR and WHO WAS A FOOL — and there […]

December 30 2009 Wrestling Observer

December 30, 2009 - Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez are back today with a breaking news audio on the passing of Dr. Death Steve Williams after a long battle with cancer. We’ll talk his life and times, amateur and pro careers, why people think he might have made the Olympics, Japan, Brawl for All, working in WWE developmental, and […]

December 30 2009 Bryan and Vinny Show

December 30, 2009 - The Bryan & Vinny Show returns tonight with almost no more Christmas. Almost but not quite. You see, in the rubble left behind by the Christmas show were three or four lonely gifts left unopened, so we’ll tackle them here and spread some final cheer. We’ll also review wrestling — Smackdown from last week and […]

December 29 2009 Figure Four Daily

December 29, 2009 - Figure Four Daily returns today with former senior referee of TNA, Rudy Charles. Tons to discuss including how he got his start refereeing, what “senior referee” really means, his other job responsibilities, trying to explain the weird rules in the company, most memorable matches and bumps, his match with Booker T, an eBay auction to […]

December 29 2009 Wrestling Observer

December 29, 2009 - Wrestling Observer Radio returns tonight with a FREE episode of the program! Tons to talk about including the last Raw before 1/4, the build towards WrestleMania and the debut of Bret Hart, possible angle scenarios, Cena vs. Sheamus, the good and bad of the show, and more. We’ll also talk TNA’s promotion of their three-hour […]