The Retro Wrestling Archive Podcast Network

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On Episode #12 of the Retro Wrestling Re-View Continental Wrestling Podcast, Gene Jackson and Robb Helt finally return to Alabama for more Continental Championship Wrestling from October 12, 1985. After a brief break in available footage and recording schedules, the boys jump back into the middle of 1985 Continental, where the Fullers are still causing problems, the Armstrong family drama has taken a masked turn, and the promotion is introducing a giant television trophy that looks like it could dwarf half the...

On Episode #17 of the Retro Wrestling Re-View Power Pro Wrestling Podcast, Gene Jackson is away again, which means King BT takes the wheel from 304 Studios in Jonesboro, Arkansas along with “the Texas Bunch”, Robb Helt and Scottie Wince. And with no Gene, no Intern Benny, no Producer Smokey, and no Duke producing the show, BT warns everybody right off the bat that nobody knows what the hell is going to happen, and SPOILER ALERT….He’s not wrong!

This week’s Power Pro episode from August 8, 1998 keeps the Randy Hales/Jerry Lawler power struggle rolling, only now t...

It’s time for a special edition “Shootin’ The Shiznit” with “Rollin’ Into Mempho.” Brian Tramel is joined by RynoJB to review Championship Wrestling from Memphis for Episode 28 in their quick RT format ! They answer the following questions about the show:
-Hits?
-Misses?
-MVP??
-What do they want to see on next week’s show?
-THUMBS UP or THUMBS DOWN?

Video Cast
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BT is back with Episode #100 of the WTF NEWS DESK!

It’s time for a new episode of “Shootin’ The Shiznit.” Brian Tramel brings you “THE WTF News Desk.”

BT brings you an insider's perspective to the bizarre happenings in the squared circle. From outlandish storylines to mind-bending maneuvers, THE WTF News Desk is your go-to source for all things unconventional in the fight world.

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On Episode #7 of the Retro Wrestling Re-View WCCW Podcast, Robb Helt and Scottie Wince return to Texas Stadium to finish up coverage of Fritz Von Erich’s Retirement Show, originally airing as part of the June 12, 1982 World Class Championship Wrestling television episode. And let’s just say it right up front: this is not exactly Robb’s favorite stretch of WCCW history.

The show opens with Robb discussing that the podcast has been on a short hiatus...

He's Buff, he's the stuff, and he's got something to say! Five-time WCW World Tag Team Champion and nWo member Marcus "Buff" Bagwell is pulling back the curtain on his legendary wrestling career. From backstage locker room politics during the Monday Night Wars to the truth behind his short-lived WWE run and the infamous "Judy Bagwell on a Forklift" match, Buff leaves no stone unturned. Get ready for unfiltered stories, forgotten road tales, and a look at the highs and lows of being a top star in the wrestling business.

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They’re back again with another episode of The Hang, and this week Gene Jackson of Retro Wrestling Archive is in the guest chair bringing the kind of stories that make this show hit different. This episode is called “We Go Beast Mode,” and once you hear Gene tell even one story, you’ll understand exactly why that title fits so well.

This week also gives everyone a first listen to the new Angry Acid Boofer song, “8 Ball and 2 Milly,” so the episode comes with a little extra heat right out of the gate. Between the music preview, Gen...

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On Episode #8 of the Retro Wrestling Re-View ECW Podcast, Gene Jackson and Brandon Wheeler are back with another look at early Eastern Championship Wrestling, covering the May 25, 1993 episode of ECW Hardcore TV from the Cabrini College tapings. This one closes out the April 3rd taping cycle, and it ends up being a sneaky important episode: the Suicide Blondes manage to win the ECW Tag Team Titles, Paul E. Dangerously keeps pushing Don Muraco toward Sandman’s ECW Heavyweight Ti...

It’s time for a special edition “Shootin’ The Shiznit” with “Rollin’ Into Mempho.” Brian Tramel is joined by RynoJB to review Championship Wrestling from Memphis for Episode 27 in their quick RT format ! They answer the following questions about the show:
-Hits?
-Misses?
-MVP??
-What do they want to see on next week’s show?
-THUMBS UP or THUMBS DOWN?

Video Cast
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On Episode #115 of the Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast, Gene Jackson, Josh Briley, Brian Tramel, and special guest Brandon Wheeler close the book on the wild, uneven, chaotic, hilarious, and occasionally brilliant year that was USWA Championship Wrestling in 1991. After a full season of weekly Memphis wrestling, it’s time for the crew to look back, hand out awards, argue over bad gimmicks, praise the stuff that still holds up, and get ready for the road into 1992.

This is not a normal episode recap. This is the 1991 year end awards show, with categories covering the be...

On this episode of Rick Del Santo’s Classic Wrestling Talk Podcast, Rick sits down with five-time WWWF/WWF Tag Team Champion Tony Garea for a relaxed, old-school conversation covering Tony’s journey from New Zealand rugby player to one of the most trusted and respected hands in the World Wide Wrestling Federation. This one is full of territory talk, tag team history, road stories, and first-hand memories from a man who worked with some of the biggest names of the 1970s and 1980s.

Tony talks about coming to the United States with very little money, landing in F...

On this episode of Get Your Bell Rung Wrestling Podcast, host K.G. Landry sits down with Bill DeMott for one of the most honest, personal, and reflective conversations the show has featured so far. Yes, they talk about Hugh Morrus, WCW, Goldberg’s streak, Kevin Sullivan, Jimmy Hart, and the realities of wrestling during the Monday Night War era. But this episode goes much deeper than match results and old TV memories. This is a conversation about family, legacy, coaching, sacrifice, public perception, and what it really means to spend decades inside professional wrestling.

Th...

It’s time for a special edition “Shootin’ The Shiznit” with “Rollin’ Into Mempho.” Brian Tramel is joined by RynoJB to review Championship Wrestling from Memphis for Episode 26 in their quick RT format ! They answer the following questions about the show:

-Hits?
-Misses?
-MVP??
-What do they want to see on next week’s show?
-THUMBS UP or THUMBS DOWN?

Video Cast:
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On this episode of Chewin’ The Fat with Chubby Dudley, Bay Ragni welcomes the man at the center of one of Philadelphia wrestling’s most important chapters: Tri-State Wrestling Alliance promoter Joel Goodhart. This is not just another old wrestling interview. This is Joel telling the story of how a fan, a radio show, a tiny wrestling store, a fan club, and a whole lot of wild ambition helped create the foundation that Eastern Championship Wrestling would eventually be built on.

Bay opens the show by making it clear how much this appearance means to the...

On Episode #16 of the Retro Wrestling Re-View Power Pro Wrestling Podcast, Gene Jackson, Robb Helt, and Brian Tramel are back LIVE on Saturday morning to cover the August 1, 1998 episode of Power Pro Wrestling. And after weeks of Jerry Lawler humiliating Randy Hales, running the show, wheeling him into parking lots, and generally turning Power Pro into the King’s personal playground, Randy finally gets his revenge. Sort of.

This week, Randy Hales takes control again, but nothing about Power Pro stays under control for very long. Lawler is still trying to run the place, Brandon Ba...

On this audio version of LIVE! from the Archive, Gene Jackson is joined by the full crew — Robb Helt….Helt, Scottie Wince, and Brandon “Wonderful” Wheeler for a loose, funny, and occasionally serious live hangout from the Retro Wrestling Archive. This one covers everything from network updates and podcast scheduling headaches to Gene’s trip to The Gathering, the great Jimmy Garvin/Freebirds debate, memories of Brian Christopher, modern WWE backstage programming, upcoming Retro Wrestling Archive plans, and enough random side roads to make it feel like a true live show.

The show kicks off in classic...

It’s time for a special edition “Shootin’ The Shiznit” with “Rollin’ Into Mempho.” Brian Tramel is joined by RynoJB to review Championship Wrestling from Memphis for Episode 25 in their quick RT format ! They answer the following questions about the show:

-Hits?
-Misses?
-MVP??
-What do they want to see on next week’s show?
-THUMBS UP or THUMBS DOWN?

Video Cast:
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Episode #23 of Cassette Wrestling News marks the show’s return following a lengthy hiatus, capturing professional wrestling in early 1992 as scandals, promotion collapses, and industry restructuring continue to reshape the business. With Jeff Osborne hosting solo, the episode leans heavily into investigative reporting, insider interviews, and raw editorial commentary reflecting a fanbase navigating one of wrestling’s most uncertain eras. 

The centerpiece of the episode is an extended and often explosive interview with rising independent promoter Dennis Coralluzzo, who provides a detailed, firsthand breakdown of the collapse of Joel Goodhart’s Tri-State Wrestling Alliance. Coralluzzo discuss...

On this episode of HUGE POP ENTERTAINMENT Presents..., the show welcomes Mario Mancini, one of the most familiar faces from the golden age of the World Wrestling Federation and a man who worked with a staggering list of legends during one of the most watched eras in wrestling history. Mario talks openly about breaking into the business as a teenager, training under Tony Altomare, being mentored by Chief Jay Strongbow, learning from veterans in the WWF locker room, and becoming part of history as the first televised opponent for The Undertaker.

This is a conversation...

It’s time for a special edition “Shootin’ The Shiznit” with “Rollin’ Into Mempho.” Brian Tramel is joined by RynoJB to review Championship Wrestling from Memphis for Episode 24 in their quick RT format ! They answer the following questions about the show:
-Hits?
-Misses?
-MVP??
-What do they want to see on next week’s show?
-THUMBS UP or THUMBS DOWN?

Video Cast
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On Episode #5 of Talkin’ Off The Top Rope, “The Grizzled Vet” Michael McCurdy welcomes 26 year pro wrestling veteran “Golden Boy” Greg Anthony for an in-depth conversation about the business he’s loved nearly his entire life. 

Greg traces his journey from watching professional wrestling sitting on his grandmother’s knee to stepping inside the ring for Memphis Championship Wrestling. He recalls performing before he’d received formal training, attracting more than 200 hometown fans, and receiving early advice from William Regal and Bryan Danielson. Greg also remembers the encouragement shown by Reckless Youth (one of wrestling’s first true intern...

It’s the final stop of 1991 for the RWR USWA Podcast! With Gene Jackson and Producer Smokey away at The Gathering in Charlotte, Brian Tramel takes command alongside Josh Briley and special guest Brandon Wheeler to review the December 28, 1991 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling.

The New Kids fall to the Dirty White Boy and the Candyman, but the real story comes after the bell. Brian Christopher has finally had enough. He throws Tony Williams under the bus, declares that losers don’t get money or glory, and demands to compete strictly as a singles wrestler from...

On this episode of Rick Del Santo’s Classic Pro Wrestling Talk, Rick welcomes Reno Riggins for a tremendous conversation about a career that stretched from the Nashville Fairgrounds to WWF, WCW, Global, USWA, Music City Wrestling, and beyond. Reno comes in with the kind of easygoing honesty that makes these interviews work: no ego, no bitterness, just a wrestler looking back on the ride with gratitude, humor, and a whole lot of great stories.

Rick introduces Reno as a former USWA Southern Champion, NWA World Tag Team Champion, and familiar face from WWF and WC...

On this episode of the Get Your Bell Rung Pro Wrestling Podcast, host K.G. Landry sits down with Kenny Casanova for a wide ranging conversation covering Kenny’s life as a wrestling fan, wrestler, manager, author, teacher, promoter, and storyteller. Kenny has worn a lot of hats in and around professional wrestling, and this episode gives him room to talk about all of it, from catching Hulk Hogan’s torn up T-shirt as a kid to managing legends, writing books with wrestling superstars, and helping preserve stories that might otherwise disappear.

K.G. opens the...

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This week Gene Jackson and Brandon Wheeler head back to May 18, 1993, for Episode #7 of the RWR ECW Podcast. First, the guys correct last week’s premature farewell to Stevie Wonderful as he’s still here (and his hair somehow gets more impressive every week).

The Suicide Blondes return from their “sold-out tour of England,” where the now “Sir” Christopher Candido and “Sir” Jonathan Hotbody claim they were knighted by the Queen after selling out Wembley Stadium multiple nights...

It’s time for a special edition “Shootin’ The Shiznit” with “Rollin’ Into Mempho.” Brian Tramel is joined by RynoJB to review Championship Wrestling from Memphis for Episode 23 in their quick RT format ! They answer the following questions about the show:
-Hits?
-Misses?
-MVP??
-What do they want to see on next week’s show?
-THUMBS UP or THUMBS DOWN?
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On this episode of Chewin’ The Fat with Chubby Dudley, Bay Ragni welcomes one of the true missing voices from the earliest days of Eastern Championship Wrestling: original ECW TV play-by-play announcer Jay “Six Pack” Sulli. After being largely out of the wrestling spotlight for decades, Jay sits down to talk about where he has been, how he ended up behind the ECW microphone, what he remembers from the early Cabrini College and ECW Arena days, and what it was like being a lifelong wrestling fan suddenly dropped into the middle of the Philly wrestling scene.

This...

On Episode #15 of the Retro Wrestling Re-View Power Pro Wrestling Podcast, Gene Jackson is away at The Gathering along with Producer Smokey, so Brian Tramel takes the wheel from 304 Studios in Jonesboro with Robb Helt and Scottie Wince stepping in as the Texas Bunch backup crew. That means no Gene, no Smokey, and a slightly different vibe as the boys break down the July 25, 1998 episode of Power Pro Wrestling, the fallout from Malice in the Palace, and another wild chapter in the ongoing Jerry Lawler vs. Randy Hales saga with DUKE manning (dogging?) the controls!

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It’s time for a special edition “Shootin’ The Shiznit” with “Rollin’ Into Mempho.” Brian Tramel is joined by RynoJB to review Championship Wrestling from Memphis for Episode 22 in their quick RT format ! They answer the following questions about the show:
-Hits?
-Misses?
-MVP??
-What do they want to see on next week’s show?
-THUMBS UP or THUMBS DOWN?

They reviewed this episode !
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On this episode of HUGE POP ENTERTAINMENT Presents..., the show welcomes Erik Watts for a wide open, deeply personal, and story heavy conversation about growing up inside the wrestling business, being the son of “Cowboy” Bill Watts, his football career, his unexpected jump into WCW, locker room hazing, wrestling legends, family, faith in the business, and what professional wrestling still means to him today.

This is not just a standard career recap. Erik comes in ready to talk, and once he starts, the episode becomes a mix of wrestling history, behind the scenes memories, motivational phil...

It’s time for a special edition “Shootin’ The Shiznit” with “Rollin’ Into Mempho.” Brian Tramel is joined by RynoJB to review Championship Wrestling from Memphis for Episode 21 in their quick RT format ! They answer the following questions about the show:
-Hits?
-Misses?
-MVP??
-What do they want to see on next week’s show?
-THUMBS UP or THUMBS DOWN?

They reviewed this episode !
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On Episode #113 of the Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast, the Gangs closes in on the end of 1991 with a show that feels like the ground floor for what 1992 is going to become. Brian Christopher officially turns heel, the Moondogs become the blood soaked monsters who will dominate the next phase of Memphis, Dr. Tom Prichard sends Eric Embry home for Christmas with five piledrivers, Jeff Gaylord returns from whatever time portal he fell into, and the USWA starts setting the table for the first post Christmas Mid-South Coliseum card.

Episode #113 is not just another late...

On this episode of Rick Del Santo’s Classic Wrestling Talk Podcast, Rick welcomes former USWA and Global Wrestling Federation announcer Craig Johnson for a wide ranging conversation about wrestling, broadcasting, the Sportatorium, ESPN, the GWF, the USWA, the Von Erich era, Steve Austin, Chris Adams, Joe Pedicino, Scott Hudson, and a life that has taken Craig from pro wrestling commentary to sports production, roller derby, corporate training, and beyond.

Craig may not always be the first name fans mention when talking about early 90s wrestling announcers, but as he points out, a generation of fa...

On Episode #59 of Retro Wrestling with Gene Jackson, Gene kicks off a special deep dive series on one of the most fascinating short lived promotions of the 1990s: Bert Prentice’s Ozark Mountain Wrestling out of Jonesboro, Arkansas. For this series Gene is joined by the perfect guest for the subject: Brian Tramel, the owner, founder, and president of STSPod.club, and, more importantly for this story, a man who was right there in Jonesboro watching Ozark Mountain Wrestling unfold as it happened.

This episode heads back to 1995, when Memphis wrestling was struggling, the USWA still considered Jo...

On this episode of the Get Your Bell Rung Wrestling Podcast, host KG Landry welcomes one of the true originals from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling: Hollywood, also known as Jeannie Basone. A professional wrestler, model, actress, stunt performer, author, and one of GLOW’s most recognizable heels, Hollywood joins the show for a fun, honest, and wide ranging conversation about growing up in Southern California, breaking into GLOW, playing the bad girl, life after the show, stunt work, Playboy, the Netflix series, and her book Hooray for Hollywood: The True Story of the Original GLOW Girl.

It’s time for a special edition “Shootin’ The Shiznit” with “Rollin’ Into Mempho.” Brian Tramel is joined by RynoJB to review Championship Wrestling from Memphis for Episode 20 in their quick RT format ! They answer the following questions about the show:
-Hits?
-Misses?
-MVP??
-What do they want to see on next week’s show?
-THUMBS UP or THUMBS DOWN?

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On Episode #6 of the Retro Wrestling Re-View ECW Podcast, Gene Jackson and Brandon Wheeler are back in the earliest days of Eastern Championship Wrestling, and this week feels like another real step forward. Paul E. Dangerously is now fully in the mix, Hot Stuff International and the Dangerous Alliance are starting to merge into one major heel force, the ECW Tag Team Titles are on the line in a Hair vs. Titles match, and the promotion is beginning to...

They’re back again with another episode of The Hang, and this week Alex Jaffe is in the host chair bringing the energy for “Pug Ugly.” Alex brings along his buddy Gabriel Wacker for a fun trip that goes off the rails in the best kind of way, and you’ll find out pretty quickly why this episode got named Pug Ugly.

This one keeps the usual Hang chaos rolling with a mix of strange matches, loose energy, and the kind of weirdness that makes the whole thing feel right at home. Between the episode’s bizarre flavor and...

On this episode of Chewin’ The Fat with Chubby Dudley, Bay Ragni welcomes another name from the earliest days of Eastern Championship Wrestling: Ernesto Benfica. While Ernesto may not have been one of ECW’s biggest stars, that is exactly what makes this conversation so valuable. These are the kinds of stories that can easily get lost over time, and Bay’s goal with Chewin’ The Fat is to sit down with everyone who was part of that early ECW/Tri-State/Philly wrestling scene and preserve those memories before they disappear.

Ernesto himself even questioned why Bay...

On Episode #14 of the Retro Wrestling Re-View Power Pro Wrestling Podcast, Gene Jackson, Robb Helt, and Brian Tramel head back to July 18, 1998, for the final TV push before “Malice in the Palace” at the Mid-South Coliseum. Power Pro is only a few months old, but this episode feels like the promotion has found its main identity, Memphis’ answer to Austin vs. McMahon……Lawler vs. Hales! 

The heart of this episode is the Jerry Lawler vs. Randy Hales angle. Randy has gone from the happy “aw-shucks” promoter on the first episode trying to bring back “Memphis Wrestling for the fans” into a...