The Pro Wrestling Wire

The Pro Wrestling Wire

Keeping professional wrestling alive while talking to the stars of the past, present and future!

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October 21, 2025 55 mins

Tag team the Faculty join Rick to talk some pro wrestling including Andrew’s amateur career, competing against each other, the upcoming battle with the Anthony Express for Pro Wrestling Mid-South, Elite Pro Wrestling, Heath Slater & Rhyno, Ricky Morton, Virginia Championship Wrestling, training early on and becoming a team, Jakob opening up his own wrestling school and so much more!

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“Golden Boy” Greg Anthony returns to the show and tell us what he’s been up to. Including making his Connecticut/ New England debut, teaming with his son Xavier I. The Anthony Express and winning the Pro Wrestling Mid-South tag team titles, current thoughts on the NWA and Billy Corgan bringing back the territory system and much much more!


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August 11, 2025 98 mins

WARNING: there was an audio issue for this episode. I tried to fix the audio and raise Scott up as best I can. I was able to fix it to the best of my ability but still very low. Please bear with me.


Rick sits down with Scott McGhee to talk his professional wrestling career including his father, amateur career, his friendship with Dynamite Kid, teaming with Barry Windham and winning the Florida tag team titles, his time in Mid A...

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Jay Cal of the Alliance Guys podcast joins Rick to talk the debut of NWA Powerrr on Roku!

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July 17, 2025 93 mins

Sam and the crew discuss this past weekends loaded events !

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July 12, 2025 91 mins

Previewing this weekend wrestling events.

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Memphis Wrestling Internet Champion “The Genetic Nightmare” Mike Anthony joins Rick and talks Memphis Wrestling, Tim Bosby, K Toomer and much more!


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Rick is joined once again Jon Peck to discuss wrestling magazines and their influence in the 1980s, tape trading and always searching for more content as a kid.


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Sam and the gang talk WWE’s Night of Champions.

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Rick Del Santo & pop culture historian and pro wrestling fan Jon Peck discuss the AWA & NWA’s answer to WrestleMania. Superclash ‘85.



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July 3, 2025 47 mins

Johnny Faith joins the show and talks his wrestling career, his grandfather and finding out he was professional wrestler Boston Bad Boy Jim Allen, XWE, Heartland Championship Wrestling, training under Bill Simmons, Glen Jacobs, Dr. Tom Pritchard, his time in the service, returning from a heart attack and much more!


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July 3, 2025 70 mins

Sean Cruise returns to the show to talk what’s been going on over the last year since his last appearance. Titles he’s won, new adventures and promotions he’s working,, accomplishing goals and big matches, his upcoming debut In Pennsylvania, how a match recently turned into a Bull Rope match, his upcoming match against Chase Emeryband much more!


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Former USWA announcer Michael St John joins Rick to talk his career in wrestling including working for Gulas/Welch, Ole Anderson in Georgia, his opinions on modern wrestling and much more!


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This week Rick interviews Bubba White. Better known in the wrestling world as Moondog Splat/Goliath! Talking Memphis CWA/USWA, Japan, teaming with Fred Ottman (then known as Big Bubba), Downtown Bruno, Shawn Michaels and Marty Janetty, Jerry Lawler plus so much more! Coming June 17th!


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I sit down this week with former AWA, Memphis amongst other territories talent “Illustrious” Jonnie Stewart. We’re talking his career in Memphis, AWA, WWA, training under Buddy Wayne, experiences with Eric Bischoff, Verne Gagne, Jim Crockett Jr, Paul Heyman and much more!

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June 9, 2025 45 mins

Had a great conversation with Stanley Karr from Wrestling with Heart with Stanley Karr as we talked some pro wrestling, radio experience, podcasting, transition into roles within the business and much more!!!

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June 3, 2025 60 mins

Former WWWF tag team champion Tony Garea joins Rick to talk his wrestling career including coming to the United States, working for Jim Barnett, working for Eddie Graham, teaming with Pat Patterson in San Francisco and winning the NWA World Tag Team Championships (San Francisco versions), working Mid Atlantic, his short stint in Georgia, teaming with Haystacks Calhoun, Dean Ho, Larry Zbyszko, Rick Martel, the WWF’s national expansi...

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May 27, 2025 98 mins

Former Pro Wrestling Illustrated managing editor, WCW magazine, Wrestling’s Main Event and host of the Outdated Wrestling Hour, Bob Smith returns to the show to the show to talk with Rick including the current state of WWE and the marketing, merchandise as well as talking podcasting technicalities.


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May 20, 2025 54 mins

Chuck Coates joins the show to talk his wrestling career. Including training under Nelson Royal, starting in the WWF against the Twin Towers (Akeem and Big Boss Man), teaming with Paul Roma against Andre The Giant and Haku, working the NAWA, South Atlantic Pro Wrestling, NWA/WCW. working with TNT (Tommy Angel and Tommy Seabolt), becoming one of the German Stormtroopers with Helmut Hesler (Chuck Smith), The Fantastics (Bobby and Jac...

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Sam and the crew return to talk some pro wrestling.

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