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September 8 2008 Wrestling Observer
Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez return tonight with a packed edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! We’ll talk Saturday night’s UFC 88 PPV with the doom of Chuck Liddell, backstage reaction to the show since Dave was there live, and more! Then we’ll discuss the WWE Unforgiven PPV with three different Scramble matches, three new champions (yes, even the man who retained got an extra reign), what worked and didn’t work, and more. Plus, mailbag questions on Team 3-D, Nash, Gail Kim, Gorgeous George, Bob Backlund and the Superstar, and more! A fun show so check it out!
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September 7 2008 Adam and Mike Show
The original alternate returns! Mike is riding out some hurricanes (not the Osaka Pro ones), so Joe Gagne joins Adam Summers for 90 plus minutes of Japanese Wrestling talk! We run down recent events, including strange days in NOAH, Suwama/Kea go broadway~, everything you wanted to know about Okinawa Pro (but were afraid to ask, why Brock cannot come to my wedding, Adam ignores the Observer (and the Bible), hot sauce and its practical applications in wrestling, who stole Vampiro’s stuff?, fantastic matches, bizarre matches, and MIL MONGOOSE. From Akiba Pro to Zero One, we cover it all on the Big Audio Nightmare~~!
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September 6 2008 Karl Stern Show
A free edition of the Karl Stern Classic Wrestling Audio show. This DragonKing Wrestling Flashback show features a 2005 interview with wrestling historian and publisher of Wrestling Then and Now Newsletter- Evan Ginzburg. Evan is a great historian especially for the Northeastern United States (where I admittedly am much weaker). We talk classic wrestling then and now in this flashback.
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September 7 2008 Bryan and Vinny Show
It’s the post-UFC Bryan & Vinny Show~! First we’re joined by Mike Coughlin to break down all the fights in detail and talk all the big news coming out of the show, then Forrest Lynn joins us for a first-person account from the event live from the press section. Forty-five minutes of MMA-related audio to start your Sunday! Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez will also return tomorrow night for more UFC talk, plus a rundown and analysis of WWE Unforgiven.
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September 6 2008 Bryan and Vinny Show
It’s the weekend Bryan & Vinny Show, temporarily back in its old timeslot, late Friday nights! We’re back today to discuss three big shows, ECW on Sci-Fi, TNA Impact and WWE Smackdown. We’ll talk the usual nonsensical booking in TNA, some good matches, some Velocity-level action, babyfaces and heels, the booking leading to Unforgiven and some PPV predictions, and more! Plus, with the new audio equipment, at least at this point — NO GIMMICKS. No drops, songs or Youtube videos. Can it be done? Find out!
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September 5 2008 Tough Talk
Tough Talk returns this week with a preview of UFC 88 in Atlanta. Plus, Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp talk about Randy Couture’s return to the UFC, what the last year did to his reputation, Brock’s promo on Fedor Emelianenko, what they think will happen in the fight and what the perfect outcome would be. They go into what the future will hold for Affliction and EliteXC, why hardcore fans make bad bookers and what they think of Elite’s decision to push back Gina Carano vs Cyborg to 2009. Tough Talk is then joined by European welterweight sensation Dan Hardy who will be debuting at UFC 89 in Birmingham against Akihiro Gono and comes with both a major pedigree and a clear goal in mind: to reach the very top of the welterweight division. 72 minutes and no strippers attached – guaranteed.
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September 5 2008 Figure Four Daily
WE’RE BACK! After a horrible day of site issues and new equipment malfunctions, Figure Four Daily returns with a brand new show featuring popular guest Lance Storm! We’ll talk tons of subjects including Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture, the Scramble matches on Sunday and the article he wrote on them, whether he would have been a wrestler had he been born 20 years before or after he was, what got him into wrestling, stories from the road including getting lost going to shows, funny stories from WCW, and so much more! We’re back tonight with Thursday’s Bryan & Vinny Show recapping TNA, ECW and Smackdown, so check it out!
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September 4 2008 Karl Stern Show
I am finally back with a new show. Because of the delay there are a ton of emails and mail bag questions ranging the gambit from the AWA, USWA, WCW, Phil Hickerson and Dennis Condrey, old school interviews verses today, the Tennessee Stud, Rough House Fargo, and much more.
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September 4 2008 Wrestling Observer
Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer return tonight with another edition of Wrestling Observer Radio~! We’ve got a ton of topics to discuss tonight including the dual-PPV weekend special, the latest on Gail Kim and what her future holds, and update on Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar, tons of thoughts on the Hall of Fame issue of the Observer, including discussion on who didn’t get inducted and whether there were any surprises, Benoit remaining in the Hall, plus tons of questions on everything from WWE belts to PRIDE in their prime vs. UFC. A fun show as always, so check it out!