Outlaws to Independents
A monthly podcast covering the wild and crazy world of outlaw/independent pro wrestling from the 1940s-90s. Hosted by Beau James and Jon Boucher.
Episodes
On this episode we take a look at part two of Bert Prentices life in wrestling. We cover from 1990-1996. Bert in the LPWA, USWA, Global, Big D, CWI and starting OMW. Did Bert really run outlaw vs. USWA while working for them? Why was he going to Indianapolis every week while working for the USWA. How and why did he start in Jonesboro Arkansas? What future WCW and WWF stars were working with Bert early in their careers? How did Bert...
WHy was Randy Savage mad at the magazines? Why were the territories mad at the magazines over ICW? Did Andre the Giant really have a part in an outlaw promotion in Canda? Jim Wilson and Thunderbolt Patterson shut down for the third and final time. What was going on in Arizona? Who was running outlaw in Tennessee? All of this plus updates, a Jimmie story, Jon plays Outlaw Name or Not and much more!
Episode 18 - Going Viral No this is not a political debate or any of that. This is the story of the media fire storm 8 years ago. Jon and Beau are joined by "The Progressive Liberal" Daniel Richards. We will for the first time tell the story of going viral 8 years. How did this all happen? What did the media get right and wrong? Which news crews were cool? Who were jerks? How did the other wrestlers react? What bonds were made? How...
On this episode Jon and Beau take a look at Outlaw Wrestling from 1981 covered by Tom Burk's new letter. We have a special surprise guest on to talk about something big this summer. Also talk of Sabu, Darkside of The Ring, and a very funny Jimmie story. What is Dallas Montgomery remembered for by the boys? All of this and so much more
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On This episode Beau is riding solo as Jon is away for DSOR duties. Beau has updates from the last episode. Then he does a deep dive into Mays of the past in Southern States Wrestling featuring talk of Wahoo McDaniel, Robert Fuller, Jimmy Golden, Tracy Smother, Ricky Morton, Mark Curtis, Bobby Fulton, and many more. What happens when the WWE calls Smothers for a meeting the day of a huge SSW run? How made did Beau make the Welch fa...
On this episode Jon and Beau talk about Outlaw wrestling promotions covered in Wrestling Revue Magazine in April of 1980 and 1983. We cover promotions from West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Arizona, Tennessee, and The Carolinas. Many familiar names are talked about like Johnny Valiant, Bobo Brazil, Bobby Fulton, Lord Zoltan, Candi Devine, Sherri Martell, Jimmy Powell, Billy Travis. We also talk about many you probably don't know about...
On this episode Beau is without Jon due to scheduling conflicts. Beau has some updates for you. You will hear about two special people in Beau's life Scotty McKeever and Buddy Landel. We go back into the patreon archives to bring you some great stories. Also talked about on this episode are The Hardy Boyz, D Lo Brown, Jimmy Snuka, Wahoo McDaniel, Chris Walker, Scott Sterling, Joe Wheeler, and two of the craziest nights ever in inde...
On this episode Beau and Jon take a deep dive into the first part of promoter/manager Bert Prentice's career (early life to 1990). How did Bert get involved in wrestling? Who was Shirley Dillon? Other than pro wrestling what was Bert promoting? Where did Bert promote in the 80s? What young wrestlers did Bert help? Who stole North Dakota from Bert? What did Tully Blanchard vs. Ricky Steamboat draw in 1989? Bert worked for NASA!?! Ho...
PG-13 on this episode as Beau gets fired up
On this episode Jon and Beau talk about the upcoming season of Darkside of The Ring, the Southern States Wrestling 34th Anniversary Spectacular, MLB umpires, carnies in wrestling and our subject for the episode some of what Beau misses in wrestling. Which leads to a discussion on pro wrestling school. We also have a very funny Jimmie story.
On this episode Jon and Beau answer questions from you the listeners. Subjects include Memphis Wrestling, wrestling movies, travel, imposter masked men, booking, darkside of the ring, Northeast independents in the 1980s, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, Ron Wright, Portland Wrestling, dressing room fights, and more!
Beau tells a Jimmie story about Jimmie not liking the other refs.
Beau's patreon - https://www.patreon.com/kingofkingsport
On this episode Jon and Beau go back to this week (actually 9 days) in Feb 1995 the 3rd - 12th. To take a look at Tri-State Wrestling (IN), Tri-Star Wrestling (GA), ACW (AL), PWF (Carolinas), SSW (TN), Candian Rocky Mountain Wrestling (Calgary), Power Zone Wrestling (OK) and more!
They also have news on upcoming projects. Beau tells a Jimmie story involving the Junkyard Dog. Oh yeah Beau rants about wrestling schools too.
We start off 2025 by going back 30 years to 1995. Jon and I will take a look at the WrestleAmerica guide to the Independents as we talk about several promotions across North America. Plus, a Jimmie McKeehan story, some advice for young wrestlers and promoters. This is the longest episode we have done yet.
Beau's patreon - https://www.patreon.com/kingofkingsport
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Merry Christmas to all of you outlaws. On this special Christmas Episode Jon and Beau talk about the holidays, how shocked they are by the feedback and following this podcast is getting, and more to open up. Beau tells stories of Jimmy McKeehan as Santa Claus. As special gift Beau shares several stories from his patreon podcast with everyone about the road, Bobby Eaton, Buddy Landel, Billy Travis, Al Getz, his nephew Jake Booth, Sc...
Outlaws to Independents Episode 7 - Southern Championship Wrestling from Georgia. On the edition Jon and Beau are joined by the original DWB Jimmy Powell. Jimmy was the booker of SCW for almost 2 years. How many TV stations did they have? Where did they run? How often were they running? How were they drawing? Were they making money? Did they have heat with Deep South Wrestling? Why did it end? All of these questions are answered.
Ji...
Happy Thanksgiving! ON this episode Jon and Beau will give you a list of things they are thankful for about independent wrestling. Beau teaches Jon another wrestling term and how to use it. We review the 1990s Outlaw Wrestling documentary Southern Discomfort. This doc has a little bit of everything from the time in it the good, bad, and ugly. Plus Beau gets on some rants! All of this and more!!
We guarantee that you will laugh several times during this episode. We start off with a little baseball talk then we have some updates from our previous episode. On the last episode we told you about the heroes of Carter County. This episode is about the outlaws (PWA) that took over in 1990 and 91. That group included a ref that could not count past 7 nor did he know time zones, a wrestler who liked to poop in the ring, a jealous m...
On this episode Jon and Beau take a look at the 1980s Wrestling Scene in Carter County Tennessee. Charlie "CY" Peters and Kim Birchfield had a very successful promotion for several years. They were able to do this without TV. How may you ask? Well, they did it through hard work, local newspaper coverage, and knowing their audience. They were able to grow their promotion and even take the weekly spot at the famed Johnson City, TN Re...
Here is Episode 3 of Outlaws to Independents as Jon Boucher and I talk with Bob Smith. Bob created the PWI 500 and worked for Weston Publishing (Apter Mags) in the 80s and 90s. Bob explains how the 500 came about, how it was put together, and what he was surprised by.
Here are the links to help the Sullivan Baptist Association Disaster Relief and Samaritan Purse they will help those who need help. I have been on the ground with th...
Warning - In this episode we cover a court case that deals with child neglect and child abuse. It will be covered in the section on Big Tussie. We have added chapter marks so you can skip this section if you would like.
At the end of 1975 country music agent Buddy Lee and concert promoter Danny Davis teamed up to form a new wrestling promotion that will try to take over the Tennessee Territories. They soon are joined by former 6 tim...
Welcome to our brand-new podcast! On this first episode we will explain what an outlaw wrestler and promoter are. How were they looked at by the territorial wrestlers and promoters? What were some of the things that gave outlaw promotions a bad reputation? Also, Beau James gives a few stories from his earliest days as a promoter with lessons learned. How did Ivan Koloff save the day? You have to listen to find out.
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