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Episode 150: Dave Meltzer

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for the landmark 150th episode of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

To honor the occasion, Brian welcomes the pioneering wrestling journalist and indispensable wrestling historian himself, Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter to the show!

It’s a one-of-a-kind conversation that focuses on Brian and Dave’s love of the great wrestling of yesteryear, and how it made them lifelong fans, and you don’t to miss it.

From Dave’s opinion of that classic Hackenschmidt footage, to the aura of Bruno, to growing up a fan of the territories, to some reappraisals of the past, some Vince stories as well as the Hall of Fame question of Gorilla Monsoon, it’s all here and more.

Shut Up and Wrestle is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network.

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Episode 149: Bruce Tharpe

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #149 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian welcomes former NWA President Bruce Tharpe to the show!

Bruce has spent a lifetime in the business, including living through the last glory years of the territorial era! Listen in for a conversation covering his memories of Florida, Houston, Japan and much more.

From Cowboy Luttrall and Eddie Graham to Big Van Vader and Stan Hansen and all points in between, it’s all here this week on Shut Up and Wrestle.

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Episode 148: Jeff Bowdren

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #148 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian welcomes Jeff Bowdren of the Breaking Kayfabe with Bowdren and Barry podcast!

Listen in for some convo on the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, as well as Jeff and Brian’s takes on some of the major territories and promotions of the past, including ECW, the AWA, GLOW, World Class, SMW, and others!

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Episode 147: Kerby Strom

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #147 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, we head back to the Pacific Northwest with a visit from collector, historian and longtime listener, Kerby Strom!

Brian and Kerby’s conversation goes all over the place, starting in Portland and Tacoma, heading to New York, and all places in between. It’s a rose-colored journey through territorial wrestling nostalgia–plus learn about Kerby’s involvement with preserving rare Don Owen wrestling footage.

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Episode 146: The Blue Meanie Returns

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #146 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, one of Brian’s earliest guests, “Blue Meanie” Brian Heffron, returns to the show!

It’s a conversation covering ECW, Paul Heyman and Meanie’s experiences in the WWF, as well as many of Brian’s memories of encountering legends like Fred Blassie, Arnold Skaaland, Lou Thesz, Ernie Ladd and others during his own time with the company.

Get ready for a blue-pendous experience this week on Shut Up and Wrestle!

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Episode 145: Joe Marotta Returns, Part 2

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #145 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, it’s the finale of Brian’s epic two-part conversation with the returning Joe Marotta of the Our Vantage Point podcast!

Get ready for more unpacking of the classic 1980s/1990s WWF/WCW announcers, including the Art Donovan debacle, the underrated Stan Lane, and Heenan/Schiavone heat, plus Hulk Hogan on the Merritt Parkway, and so much more.

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Episode 144: Joe Marotta Returns, Part 1

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #144 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, prolific podcaster Joe Marotta returns to the show for the first of an epic two-parter!

Buckle up for more in-depth nostalgia on the WWF commentators of the ’80s and ’90s, as well as some Attitude Era stuff, Gorilla Monsoon tidbits, and much more.

Come for Brian’s Lord Alfred Hayes impression, stay for the Mean Gene worship!

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Episode 143: Paige “Von Hess” Sutherland

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #143 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian is joined by Paige Sutherland, daughter of one of the most fearsome “foreign heels” of the ’70s and ’80s, Kurt Von Hess!

Paige talks about her cherished relationship with the loving father she knew away from the ring, as well as her unique connection to the Anoa’i wrestling dynasty, and so much more.

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Episode 142: Wrestling Observer HOF Episode w/ Greg Klein

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #142 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

It’s WON HOF season again, and Brian has author, historian and podcaster Greg Klein on this week to talk about some of the candidates, especially Morris Sigel and the Junkyard Dog.

Brian and Greg discuss why Sigel and JYD are deserving of induction, as well as several other of Brian’s choices for this year’s ballot, including why Gorilla Monsoon needs to return to the ballot.

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Episode 141: Jamie Greer

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #141 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian is joined by wrestling writer and historian Jamie Greer, author of Killers, Butchers, Cry-Babies & Canadian Destroyers: The History of Pro Wrestling in Windsor, Ontario!

It’s a deep-dive into the history of Ontario wrestling, but so much more, including looks at The Sheik’s Big Time Wrestling, the 1960s/70s WWWF of Bruno and Gorilla, the innovations of Gus Sonnenberg, and so much more.

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