For those that love Dave Meltzer shows, you’ll be pleased to know that today’s episode is an hour and a half long, a new record! We discuss everything under the sun, including Montreal (it’s the 9 year anniversary today), Dave’s thoughts at the time, Eric Bischoff, what Bischoff said about Dave in the book and the reality of the situation, whether an argument can be made that Bischoff did the most damage to the wrestling business of anyone in the last 20 years, the PPV this past Sunday, the Carlito match, the women’s match, TNA under Russo thus far, the WWF/WWE lawsuit, Ultimate Fighter tomorrow night and the buzz on UFC, predictions for Tito vs. Liddell, Kurt Angle being pulled from WOL and what may have happened there, a funny conversation Dave had with Vince McMahon years back, sources in wrestling, crazy differences between this business and nearly every other normal business in the world, how he stays motivated to put out two Observers a week, Ultimate Fighter and why this season sucked, Test’s push in ECW, his first memories of wrestling, unmotivated WWE workers, the wacky Angle/Puder feud, and TONS more. A fantastic show!
Category: Figure Four Daily
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November 8 2006 Figure Four Daily
We’re joined by Dave Prazak today to talk the SHIMMER Women’s Wrestling one-year anniversary and Ring of Honor. We’ll discuss goals for the first year and the future, the possibility of crowning a champion, Rebecca Knox’s health status, Nattie Neidhart and whether she’s going to WWE, other women he’s interested in around the country, the business model and whether it’s successful, Bryan Danielson’s shoulder injury and how he’s doing, JIM CORNETTE’S IMPEACHMENT, whether he or Gabe Sapolski would have taken the TNA booking job if they’d been asked (which they weren’t, and either was Cornette), and tons more. We’ve also got a news update discussing a new WWE signee and my thoughts on him having seen him wrestle a number of times, what happened with Tully Blanchard and JBL, and tons more. A packed show today!
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November 6 2006 Figure Four Daily
Flashback from one year ago today: Bryan and Vinny discuss perhaps the best UFC show of all time.
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November 2 2006 Figure Four Daily
Buddy Wayne is back to talk pro-wrestling training~! After a slow start, we really get rolling with a discussion on what goes into putting a pro-wrestling match together, what goes into putting a pro-wrestling feud together, the point of stipulation matches, some memorable ones and some not-so-memorable ones, what it means to enjoy “working with” an opponent, what it means to be able to do a match and not talk to each other, much advice for young aspiring pro-wrestling, what Buddy has learned as a trainer, the time he had a rope break on him, how to run the ropes and how not to run the ropes, and tons more!
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October 30 2006 Figure Four Daily
Flashback show from October 29, 2005. Smackdown, OVW, and how Bryan escaped death yet again!
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October 27 2006 Figure Four Daily
We’re joined today by Oliver Copp, creator of TNM, widely regarded as the greatest wrestling simulator in the history of the world. We’ll talk briefly about that, then get into the topic at hand, his trip to the US this past month to attend the WWE supershow in Los Angeles, UFC 64, and PRIDE’s Las Vegas debut. We’ll compare and contract all three events, look at who’s attending, compare the crowds and products now with shows in the past (Oliver, who also does voiceovers in Germany for numerous pro-wrestling TV shows and DVDs, has been to countless, WWE and UFC shows), and get tons of backstage and insider notes from all three events. This show is almost an hour long and Oliver will definitely be back as we could have talked for about four straight days. A great show!