Bryan Alki Alvarez is a professional wrestler and the editor of Figure Four Weekly, a newsletter that had covered professional wrestling since 1995. Alvarez credits his pro wrestling training to Buddy Wayne, and is credited with training Ring of Honor star Jack Evans.

In June 2005, Alvarez launched Figure Four Weekly Online, a subscription website run primarily by himself, his brother-in-law Tony Leder, and fellow former professional wrestler, Vince Verhei. Several times a week, Alvarez and Verhei produce their own Internet podcast, The Bryan and Vinny Show, where the pair review professional wrestling and mixed martial arts programming, in an observational comedic style similar to that found in the newsletter. The Monday night edition of The Bryan and Vinny Show is free for anyone to download, while other editions done during the week are available only to subscribers of the web site.