Bryan Alvarez

Bryan Alvarez

Bryan Alki Alvarez (born June 12, 1975) is a semi-retired American professional wrestler and the editor and publisher of Figure Four Weekly, a newsletter that has covered professional wrestling since 1995. Alvarez credits a portion of his pro wrestling training to pro wrestler Buddy Wayne, and is credited in training Jack Evans. He was born in Bothell, Washington.

In June 2005, Alvarez launched Figure Four Online, a subscription website run primarily by himself and his brother-in-law Tony Leder. Several times a week, Alvarez and Vince Verhei produce their own Internet podcast, The Bryan and Vinny Show, where the pair review professional wrestling and mixed martial arts (MMA) programming, in an observational comedic style similar to that found in the newsletter. The Monday night edition of The Bryan and Vinny Show or Wrestling Observer Radio is free for anyone to download, while other editions done during the week are available only to subscribers of the web site. On June 12, 2008, Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer website merged with Figure Four Online, and both newsletters are now available online through that website.

Alvarez also hosts Figure Four Daily, a talk show where he interviews guests related to professional wrestling or MMA, and Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer. Figure Four Daily airs new episodes Monday through Friday. Wrestling Observer Radio airs Monday, Wednesday and either Saturday or Sunday night depending upon the weekly pay-per-view schedule. Alvarez and Meltzer also do occasional bonus shows covering breaking news. Selected episodes are free, while others are available only to subscribers.

Other features found on Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online include access to a growing archive of past Figure Four Weekly and Wrestling Observer newsletters, and an active discussion forum.

Alvarez's book The Death of WCW (ECW Press), which he co-wrote with RD Reynolds, was released in 2005 and went on to receive critical acclaim, receiving the much sought after "Book of the Year" in the Wrestling Observer awards of 2005.

Alvarez serves as the host of the Wrestling Observer Live radio program, replacing Dave Meltzer (who now appears irregularly as a guest on the show), which airs on the Sports Byline Radio Network and Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 94/XM Radio Channel 208 on Sunday nights at 6:00 p.m. Eastern time. Alvarez formerly co-hosted the show with Meltzer, and is now joined most weeks by Mike Sempervive.

Alvarez also hosts Bryan Alvarez After Dark, a weekend podcast covering various non-wrestling fringe topics including science and technology, UFO's, cryptozoology and the paranormal.

Alvarez is a former columnist for British wrestling and MMA magazine Fighting Spirit, as well as a former online correspondent for The Fight Network and the internet radio show Wrestling Weekly.

Alvarez married Whitney Neugebauer on July 31, 2010.

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