It’s RETRO TUESDAY on the Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show tonight! We’ve got full reviews of both Raw and Nitro from 19 years ago this week, the build towards Sid vs. Bret Hart for the title plus Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper! Also, the F4W KARATE FIGHTERS 2016 TOURNAMENT BEGINS! Some amazing promos and then we’re off and running with the Karate Fighters next week! A fun show as always so check it out~!
On this week’s show, the conversation is about all the new classic, old-school wrestling shows which have been added lately to the WWE Network.
Finally taking advantage of their incredible tape library, WWE has finally added a sizeable amount of classic content to the online network. Included among the newly added material is NWA World Championship Wrestling from TBS, late-era AWA, Mid-South Srestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, more World Class Championship Wrestling, Global Wrestling Federation, and even some Stampede Wrestling from Calgary…for a few days anyway.
Karl also discusses the animated David Crockett and apparently, his dog hates him. Who knew? Then in the second half of the show, Karl takes a few questions out of the mailbag including some follow up emails from the Monsters Of Wrestling show he did back around Halloween. We learn more about the Los Angeles Monster and hockey masked maniacs.
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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with a packed show! Raw thoughts from last night’s show, THE MAN TYSON FURY, plus we’re joined by Olympic Weightlifting coach Phil Nourse to talk the WWE’s Strength and Conditioning program and whether it’s too much to add to a wrestler’s plate. A fun show as always so check it out~!
Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today with tons to talk about including a full review of Raw from Monday night, all the matches and angles, Tokyo Sports voting, why the Stampede library was taking off the WWE Network, Ronda Rousey speaks, mailbag questions and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Tom Lawlor returns today with tons to talk about! Tom’s thoughts on Hack Meyers, who helped train him, a full breakdown of the top matches on all three UFC events this coming weekend, Smackdown, New Japan and Breaking Ground thoughts, the Filthy Four 2K16 contest is wrapping up soon, mailbag for Tom and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including an update on Raw tonight, what could be done, if anything, to turn it around, ROH Final Battle and AJ Styles notes, return of Sami Zayn, tons of calls and text messages and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on the state of Raw, this weekend’s much-talked-about Dragon Lee match, Alberto Del Rio attacked by fan, Hack Meyers passes away, New Japan’s latest show, McGregor vs. Aldo thoughts, questions and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about including some Smackdown notes from Bryan, Starrcade notes from Vinny, plus full reviews of ROH on Sinclair and NWA World Championship Wrestling from 30 years ago last week! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including your latest WWE survey, this time comparing NXT to Raw, notes on Chikara’s biggest show of the year, WrestleMania and Raw after Mania tickets, calls, emails, texts and more!
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For many members of the Empire, July 4th weekend isn’t just about celebrating America’s independence. For 10 years running, it has signaled the arrival of the F4W convention where members of the community gather with Dave and Bryan to eat food, watch the UFC events, and throw rapid fire questions to pick Dave’s brain.
I was fortunate enough to attend in 2012, 2013, and 2014 where I met a ton of amazing people who I now call friends. If you listen to Bryan plug the event each year but are convinced you wouldn’t fit in, or wouldn’t have a good time, I encourage you to attend if at all possible. The community is made up of some of the most welcoming, warm hearted people on this planet. You will make friends for life, and some fantastic memories. With UFC moving its version of Wrestlemania to the weekend after July 4, the convention has shifted one week later. The atmosphere, however, remains the same.
This week’s classic audio is a look back at the first recorded convention suite show, with Bryan talking to Dave, Dr. Lucha, Granny and more to discuss highlights of the weekend’s extravaganza. The suite party is always a highlight of the weekend with Ed booking a big enough space for the entire group to hang out together late into the night.