It’s a mailbag/call-in edition of Figure Four Daily! We’ve got tons of questions today on a number of different subjects including WrestleManias past and present, the booking team, UFC and Anderson Silva, Tim Sylvia, Queensryche and Honey Nut Cheerios, TNA and their absurd cage match Royal Rumble concept, and, to conclude, a primo example of why I need to start watching my language. A fun show so check it out!
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March 13 2009 Figure Four Daily
We have a very fun edition of Figure Four Daily to close off the weekend here! We’re joined by former WWE and OVW star Armando Alejandro Estrada to talk about all aspects of his career, including how he got his start in OVW, memories of developmental, getting called up to WWE to work immediately with Ric Flair, manager vs. wrestler, his time in ECW, his release and how that came about, OVW vs. FCW, his new Baby’s Steak and Lemonade restaurant in Glendale, AZ, his future, and tons more! Plus, fifteen minutes of mailbag questions to open this one-hour program. A great show so check it out!
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March 12 2009 Figure Four Daily
Guess who’s back? Buddy Wayne returns today for a fun edition of Figure Four Daily! We’ll actually open with some current events including JBL’s investment in Ohio Valley and what it means for the future of that company. Then we’ll dip into the mailbag for questions on all sorts of subjects including famous jobbers, memories from All-Star Wrestling, gigging, security cameras and rats, and so much more. Never a dull moment when Buddy is ON~!
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March 11 2009 Figure Four Daily
Figure Four Daily returns today with — ALL CHIKARA ALL THE TIME~! We’re joined by Mike Quackenbush to talk what has become Chikara’s biggest show of the year, King of Trios! We’ll talk that show in detail, plus all the latest news from the promotion including notes on upcoming shows, deals with foreign promotions, the trip to Germany, potential and not-so-potential bookings, dealing with former WCW stars, character retirements, plus Mike’s fabulous thoughts on Raw and Impact. A really fun show as always with Quack, so check it out!
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March 5 2009 Figure Four Daily
We’ve got another excellent edition of Figure Four Daily today with one of our most popular guests, Lance Storm of stormwrestling.com! We spend nearly an hour discussing numerous issues in wrestling that Dave and I have talked about in days past including the developmental system today and in yesteryear, three-rings in training versus one, what TNA is doing right and what they’re doing wrong, the Don West heel turn and why Lance hated it, Money in the Bank, WrestleMania, and so much more. A really fun show, so check it out!
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March 3 2009 Figure Four Daily
Figure Four Daily returns today with a UFC-intensive show! We’re joined by Oliver Copp, one half of the excellent Tough Talk Radio Show on this very website. We’ll discuss all manner of subjects including UFC’s new TV deals in Germany, big shows upcoming, previews of some of the bigger fights, his famous wrestling simulator, where he grew up and how he got into writing about wrestling and MMA, WWE news and notes, and tons more! Remember, Tough Talk is FREE with your subscription and they’ve had some great shows, so check it out!
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February 27 2009 Figure Four Daily
Figure Four Daily returns for our final show of the week, and it’s a packed one. We’ll open with commentary on some of the latest news notes including the Impact rating and Linda Bollea’s supposed death threat. Then we’re joined by Todd Bridges, formerly of Diff’rent Strokes and Hulk Hogan Celebrity Wrestling to discuss his debut Saturday for Fog City Wrestling (www.fogcitywrestling.com), working with Hogan and Brutus Beefcake, Dennis Rodman and more. Finally, it’s time to hit the mailbag again with questions about Ricky Steamboat, Tito Santana, wrestling and chewing gum at the same time, and more!
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February 26 2009 Figure Four Daily
BUDDY WAYNE~! returns today for a fun and exciting show. Well, fun and exciting and kind of depressing. We’ll talk the current indy wrestling scene and bid a fond farewell to a friend of the Empire who is calling it quits. Buddy has some new students and we’ll discuss why one of them is going into pro-wrestling instead of MMA, which isn’t the norm nowadays, what kinds of guys have potential, and more. Also, thoughts on the current scene, ECW, reality TV, and more. A fun show!
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February 25 2009 Figure Four Daily
Figure Four Daily returns this afternoon with a fun and exciting show featuring the one and only DR. LUCHA STEVE SIMS! We will talk, of course, MEGA LUCHA including thoughts on how CMLL, AAA and Los Perros del Mal are doing, how WWE entering Mexico is affecting and may continue to affect both companies, Dark Angel to TNA and what it means, drug use in Mexico and why it’s changing, guys returning and leaving major companies, and so much more. A great show for lucha fans so check it out!
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February 20 2009 Figure Four Daily
Figure Four Daily returns with our final show of the week! Today we’re joined by Jonathan Snowden, author of the excellent book Total MMA, which you can order by clicking here. We’ll discuss the history of MMA dating back to the turn-of-the-century, the legacy of Helio and the rest of the Gracie clan, the early days of MMA in both America and Japan, a fun Where Are They Now? with former Lion’s Den fighters, what goes into writing a book like this, future projects, and much more. A great hour of MMA history talk, so check it out!