Former WWE creative team member Court Bauer returns today to talk what MMA promotions could learn from WWE’s business, what he personally learned, the Foley/Vince and Foley/HHH relationships, thoughts on the TNA video game, thoughts on the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame balloting this year, some of his favorite storyline ideas that Vince shot down, Festus, HBK vs. Jericho, why Vince hires geeks as announcers, a surprising wrestler that Vince thought could never possibly go heel, the day Finlay nearly won the WWE Title, Braden Walker, and tons more! A fun show, so check it out!
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September 2 2008 Wrestling Observer
Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez return with a breaking news update talking the Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar UFC Title fight that has just been signed. We’ll give our thoughts from the press conference, what questions were maddening, why he fight was made, the decision to run Vegas instead of Portland, Fedor talk, why this could spell the end of Affliction as predicted by Dana White, and tons more. Check it out!
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September 2 2008 Figure Four Daily
We’re back with the complete audio of the UFC conference call announcing Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar in a title fight on November 15th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. This one-hour call features Dana, Brock and Randy fielding a million questions about every possible scenario, plus a hilarious rant by Brock about Fedor Emelianenko.
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September 2 2008 Bryan and Vinny Show
It’s the post-Labor Day post-Raw post-Smackdown Bryan & Vinny Show~! We’re back tonight to talk the aforementioned shows plus a bunch of other subjects including barbecues, foliage, Derby City Wrestling, horrible go-home shows, horrible wrestling, horrible skits, horrible acting, and tons more! What more could you want? And best of all it’s FREE, so please post the link or file elsewhere and help spread the word about figurefouronline.com!
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September 1 2008 Wrestling Observer
Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez return tonight with another edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! We have the absolute latest details on the injury to Shawn Michaels and his potential future and chances of retirement, Mick Foley and TNA now that his contract has expired, the life and times of Killer Kowalski, tons of thoughts on the Couture vs. Lesnar proposed fight and why this could be the most bet-upon fight in history, MMA shows to watch as a first-timer, the possible fate of EliteXC, wrestling history, and tons more! Enjoy your Labor Day!
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August 30 2008 Adam and Mike Show
The original alternate returns to fill the void between bigger shows with a mini-version. We’ll be back with more depth early this week but for now the topics include, but aren’t limited to: little notes on New Japan, Hirosuke Tanamura, the strange doings in Zero-One, how it affected Takao Omori, and how it may affect Premium, Big Japan, and other smaller companies, Red Shoes Unno, the results of the Dragons Gate Summer League and the NOAH NTV Cup, a meeting of the Daisuke Seikimoto Appreciation Society, BattlArts, congratulations to the Bati Bati Café, and also how you put the ass in class. Its the radio show that is still not allowed to use apostrophes in its preview; Its the Adam & Mike BIG AUDIO NIGHTMARE~! Proudly here at WrestlingObserver.com.
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August 29 2008 Dr. Keith Show
It’s a FREE edition of the Dr. Keith show this week and it’s over-indulgent from top to bottom. Dr. Keith and Rob Naylor wax poetic on the annoyances of wrestling fans, live shows they’ve been to, Harley Race and whether or not he uses Pantene and Rob declares Jake the Sober Roberts as the “worker of the year”. From there, Dr. Keith and Rob were joined by the “That Young Knock Out Kid” Chris Hero, who discusses Australia, touring the world, knocking mofo’s out, a hip hop concert review, PWG and his matches this weekend, the topic of Ric Blade! and much much much more talk completely off topics. Lastly, the show ends as Keith and Rob are joined by Joe “Don’t call me Verne” Gagne for a mighty discussion on NINE of the most corpulent talents ever to grace the ring with their fat asses. If you are a fan of Loch Ness, Super Porky, CHEEX, T Jon, Norman the Lunatic or Uncle Elmer, this is probably THE show for you. Sit back, purchase two cheesesteaks and fries and INDULGE in this week’s Dr. Keith Lipinski show!
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August 29 2008 Wrestling Observer
Dave Meltzer and I are back tonight with a breaking news update on Randy Couture’s negotiations to return to UFC for one of the biggest fights in history. We’ll talk why the decision was made, the opponents he’d like to face, where and when it may occur, possible hold-ups, status of the title, update on the Fedor Emelianenko situation, different ideas for promotions, and much more!
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August 29 2008 Figure Four Daily
Bill Douglas of the California State Athletic Commission returns today to talk all sorts of subjects, including the recent Affliction and EliteXC drug tests, how samples are collected and what the process is between a person giving a sample and a person being given a suspension for a drug testing failure, the latest stats on how many false positives there have been in CSAC history, whether Bigfoot Silva could have gotten a false positive for Boldenone, major changes to how things are done and how it will affect all fighters, thresholds lowering, amazing drugs people have taken and amazing levels they’ve tested at, and so much more. If you’re an MMA fan or fighter, this is a must-hear show to understand the process. Also, more in the mailbag!
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August 29 2008 Bryan and Vinny Show
We’re back tonight with a packed Bryan & Vinny Show~! We’ve got a pretty decent episode of Impact to discuss including a really great promo by Sting even though it apparently backfired in a way that should surprise literally nobody who knows anything about human psychology, plus ECW with the tournament to determine four contenders to Mark Henry in the latest Scramble match addition. All that plus Granny, new songs, a much better Youtube segment then the disaster last time, and more! A fun way to start off the weekend!