The Retro Wrestling Archive Podcasts
A collection of podcasts from the Retro Wrestling Archive YouTube channel featuring the podcasts of Gene Jackson's Jackson Media Creations, Tony Richards' Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel, the WMW Podcast, and Brian Tramel's STSPod Flashback series.
Episodes
Memphis in Minutes: Episode #4 is live!
“Spellbinder, Suck-Ups & the Sweet Taste of Cake”
It’s the debut of Power Pro Wrestling from April 18, 1998, and if you’ve ever wanted to see:
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Spellbinder win the first match in company history
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Randy Hales cry AND thank everyone he's ever met
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Austin Idol shows up and knocks EVERYBODY
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The long awaited Memphis return of Billy Joe Trav...
Join us for our monthly series in the STS family, “Was It Really THAT Good?” for Episode 321! Wrestling fans always talk fondly of their favorite events. BT was joined by Gene Jackson this month to talk about St Louis Wrestling at the Chase and answer the question, “Was It Really THAT Good?”
Join us for our monthly series in the STS family, “Was It Really THAT Good?” for Episode 17! Wrestling fans always talk fondly of their favorite events. BT was joined by Gene Jackson this month to talk about the WWF BIG EVENT from 8/28/86 and answer the question, “Was It Really THAT Good?”.
n today’s episode of the Time Tunnel Podcast, Tony Richcards is joined by WWWF analyst and commentator, Steve Gennerelli and our Time Tunnel Producer, Jake Hamar. Last week we got the surprising news about the passing of one of pro wrestling’s biggest stars, Hulk Hogan. Hogan was a catalyst for a new era in professional wrestling during the decade of the 1980s. We, at the Time Tunnel fel...
This week on The UWF FuryCast, Gene Jackson takes you inside the most chaotic ballroom brawl ever televised—UWF Fury Hour Episode 14, now subtitled: “Glitter, Chains, and Muraco gets RUDE!”
Join us for our monthly series in the STS family, “Was It Really THAT Good?” for Episode 16! Wrestling fans always talk fondly of their favorite events. BT was joined by Josh & Richard from P3 Radio this month to talk about Memphis Wrestling 6/11/88 and answer the question, “Was It Really THAT Good?”
In the premiere of Movies in Minutes (where Gene Jackson does short reviews of pro wrestling related movies), Gene takes a sarcastic stroll down memory lane to revisit the 1986 cult oddity Body Slam — a mov...
Step back into the magic and mayhem of Memphis wrestling as Gene Jackson continues his interview series with Del Rios – The Spellbinder
In this second part of our interview, Del opens up about life on the road in the golden era of USWA, wild Monday nights at the Mid-South Coliseum, and his transformation from magician to one of the most unique characters in Memphis wrestling history.
Hea...
Join us for our monthly series in the STS family, “Was It Really THAT Good?” for Episode 314! Wrestling fans always talk fondly of their favorite events. BT was joined by Gene Jackson this month to talk about Starrcade ‘86 “Night of the Skywalkers” and answer the question, “Was It Really THAT Good?”.
UWF FuryCast Ep. 13 is LIVE!
This week, Gene Jackson recaps the madness of Fury Hour Episode 13, where:
Colonel DeBeers is still racist (shocking, I know)
Orndorff compares his feud with Dr. Death to the war in the Middle East (sure, Paul)
Don Muraco body presses a 469 lb Jerry Cooley
"Cutie Pie" cuts a promo that may have melted my brain
B. Brian Blair gets whipped with a belt AGAIN, but t...
This week, Gene Jackson takes a look at the unforgettable life and career of Corey Maclin—one of the most unique, controversial, and passionate figures in Memphis Wrestling history.
From gospel DJ at age 16 to co-hosting USWA with Dave Brown, to running his own promotion and suing J...
Join us for our review series in the STS family, “Was It Really THAT Good?”! Long time wrestling fans always talk fondly of the old days in professional wrestling, so Gene Jackson and Brian Tramel have joined forces to take a look at wrestling shows from back in the day. This episode they review the June 18, 19888 edition of Continental Wrestling
Check out more of Brian Tramel's great c...
On this episode Tony welcomes the amazing AWA Historian, George Schire. Coming from his “wrestling room” in his home in Minnesota, George joins the show as Tony settles in from The Richards Ranch to hear him run down the history of how the AWA was formed, the career of Verne Gagne and many other aspects of the wrestling territory that George has spent his lifetime following, studying and...
UWF Fury Cast Ep. 12: "Vikings, Overgrown Smurfs, & Blood from a Cactus!!"
It's live now, and it's pure Herb Abrams insanity!
Viking flattens “The Lion” then calls Herb a “Overgrown Smurf”
Orndorff beats an intern senseless for wearing a Steve Williams shirt
Cactus Jack BLEEDS like a horror movie after a piledriver on concrete
Captain Lou vs. John Tolos in a yelling match for the...
Episode #2: “Jailbirds, Joanie, and the Foot Locker Referee”
We’re heading back to April 20, 2002, for an episode of Championship Wrestling that features:
Jamie Dundee fresh outta jail as “The Convict”
️ A half shoot, half fever-dream promo comparing himself to Dahmer & Manson
Lawler and Joanie doing promo damage control
Corey Maclin, as always yelling like the building’s on fir...
Join us for our review series in the STS family, “Was It Really THAT Good?”! Long time wrestling fans always talk fondly of the old days in professional wrestling, so Gene Jackson and Brian Tramel have joined forces to take a look at wrestling shows from back in the day. This episode they review the July 20, 1998 edition of WCW MONDAY NITRO!
Check out more of Brian Tramel's great conte...
Join us for our review series in the STS family, “Was It Really THAT Good?”! Long time wrestling fans always talk fondly of the old days in professional wrestling, so Gene Jackson and Brian Tramel have joined forces to take a look at wrestling shows from back in the day. This episode they review the July 20, 1998 edition of WWF MONDAY NIGHT RAW!Check out more of Brian Tramel's great cont...
UWF Fury Cast #11 – "Wild Things, Racist Gimmicks & Mystery Men?!"
This week on Retro Wrestling, it's the return of The UWF Fury Cast, Gene Jackson dives headfirst into another baffling chapter of Herb Abrams' legendary disasterpiece, the UWF Fury Hour and this is Episode 11!
Colonel DeBeers brings the racism, Wild Thing Steve Ray brings the nonsense, and someone thought it was a good ...
It's a brand new episode of the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel presents: 'Personalities, Territories, Towns & Buildings' with special guest: Gulf Coast Historian, Michael Norris! Michael and Tony Richards go through the history of pro wrestling in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Western Florida plus the Gulf Coast Territory in the Spring of 1975! Check out Tony Richards' substack whic...
Time Tunnel Flashback from the 1950s through the 1970sOn this episode of the Time Tunnel History Videocast, Tony Richards welcomes author and historian, Scott Teal of Crowbar Press to talk about his second book on the life and professional wrestling career of Frankie Cain.I think you'll enjoy Tony's talk with Scott as they ride the Time Tunnel back through the life of one of the most ext...
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