It’s the first episode of the new and improved Figure Four Daily! We’ll start with over a half hour of mailbag questions and open lines, then we’re joined by Buddy Wayne to talk Honky Tonk Man at Cyber Sunday, Nick Dinsmore in the Northwest, Raw, Celebrity Championship Wrestling with Hulk Hogan, Celebrity Rehab, taking too many pills, trying to kick taking too many pills, and more. Plus, for the first time ever, we’ll take phone calls with Buddy. A fun time to be had by all in this 60-plus minute show!
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October 21 2008 Tough Talk
Tough Talk returns today with an exclusive interview with UFC’s Vice
President of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Marc Ratner. Marc
touches on many topics, from what family business he used to work in
before working for the NSAC, why he went on Larry King with
Sen. McCain to bury UFC in 1995, what he thinks of women’s MMA, what
his experience was in dealing with the various characters in boxing
and wrestling, UFC at Madison Square Garden, his thoughts on Jim
Lampley and the other hardcore boxing zealots, what difficulties he
has faced in bringing UFC to Europe, who failed his drug test in
Belfast, where he stands on the Montreal Screwjob, what he thinks
about Bret’s autobiography, Ric Flair’s retirement ceremony and more.
Other topics covered after the interview’s conclusion are UFC 89 and
its fallout, Patrick Cote’s chances against Anderson Silva, EliteXC’s
demise and last but not least Enson Inoue getting arrested in Japan on
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October 21 2008 Figure Four Daily
We’ve got a great show today as we’re joined by John Capouya, author of the Gorgeous George book which you can order by clicking here. We’ll talk the history of wrestling and George’s place in it, what it was like writing the book and dealing with carny pro wrestlers, George’s rise and fall and depressing end, the possibilities of the book becoming a movie, who he contacted to write it, some surprises, and so much more. Fans of history will love this, plus it’s a fascinating look at a wrestler that greatly affected mainstream American all the way through today. John’s website is up at gorgeousgeorgebook.com!
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October 21 2008 Bryan and Vinny Show
It’s the FREE post-Raw Bryan & Vinny Show! We’ve got a packed show as we’ll examine Raw, Smackdown, and the best show ever, HULK HOGAN’S CELEBRITY WRESTLING! All that plus an update on the audio problems, a bevy of great songs by the BLIZZARD BEAST, and assorted fun and wackiness. Best of all this show is FREE, so please post the link or file elsewhere and help spread the word about figurefouronline.com. And if you love it and are a freeloader, you’re missing out on another dozen or more wrestling and MMA radio shows each and every week!
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October 21 2008 Wrestling Observer
It’s the Monday night post-Raw Wrestling Observer Radio Show! But before we launch into a discussion of the go-home show before Cyber Sunday, we’ve got a 22 minute discussion of the Death of EliteXC — which is, to the MMA world, roughly the equivalent of the Death of WCW. We’ll talk more about what it means for the future, little things that can have huge consequences, what-ifs, how this affects specific fighters, and more! Besides Raw we’ve also got several mailbag questions on every conceivable topic, including one of the worst PPVs of all time. Don’t miss it!
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October 20 2008 Wrestling Observer
We’re back with a breaking news update on the Death of EliteXC. We’ll talk about what happened, what it means for the landscape of US and worldwide MMA, the future of MMA in general on CBS, who may benefit, and tons more. The absolute latest breaking news on this huge story!
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October 19 2008 Karl Stern Show
Another blast from the past. On this weeks show I answer b0aRd~! questions concerning Robert Fuller, Bruno Sammartino, Larry Zbyszko, Gillberg, The Masked Marvel (seriously), Terry Funk, Tojo Yamamoto and some chick. Then I call Jack “The Bomber” Lord to talk about the Southern Discomfort documentary and Alabama indy wrestling in general plus his thoughts and remembrances on Sherri Martel, The Armstrongs, what Bull Buchanan is up to, and his training of ECW referee Mike Posey.
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October 19 2008 Wrestling Observer
Wrestling Observer Radio returns tonight with a packed show. We’ll recap UFC 89 Bisping vs. Leben, talk the upcoming show this weekend — yes, another one — plus Dave’s appearance on Inside MMA this past Friday. Other topics include Smackdown and TNA this week, the debut of Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Wrestling, good news for Steve Williams, Cyber Sunday, big draws in pro-wrestling, and more! Note: Yes, the audio quality sucks. After almost a week of battling with it, this piece of equipment is being returned and I’ll try something else. I apologize for the recent issues, and please bear with me as I figure out an optimal solution.
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October 18 2008 Bryan and Vinny Show
This week, we discuss which sport offers more exciting comebacks, baseball or football (answer: football). We also have a hearty laugh about what baseball fans saw on their televisions when they tuned in to Game 6, plus notes on college football and why BYU’s first loss shouldn’t have surprised anyone, a look at the Spurs’ dominance of the NBA for the past decade, the worst running back in NFL history, and a preview of Week 7 in the NFL. ALSO: Can Vince count to 10?
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October 17 2008 Figure Four Daily
It’s a special Friday edition of Figure Four Daily with an hour of mailbag and Open Lines~! I’m largely just testing equipment. After listening to the show, it’s certainly a vast improvement from last night, and most of the major issues are gone, but there are still a few things that need cleaning up. Still, a fun one-hour covering all sorts of subjects in pro-wrestling and MMA. I recommend adding to the mailbag because my obsession with figuring this out raises the possibility that I’ll do another show later tonight or tomorrow. We’ll see. But for now, enjoy, and thanks so much to everyone who called in!