Monthly Archives: December 2024

Podcast

Episode 151: Sidney Bakabella

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #151 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian welcomes independent wrestling manager and wrestling history buff Sidney Bakabella to the show!

Sidney and Brian get into the weeds on the timeless psychology of drawing heat, the origins of wrestling managers–including memories of Bobby Davis–plus how wrestling nostalgia brings us all together.

Man Mountain Dean! Carlos Colon! The Von Erichs! Gary Hart! Name-drops galore this week on Shut Up and Wrestle!

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

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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.

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

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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!

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

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