Monthly Archives: March 2025

Podcast

Episode 163: Barbara Goodish

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #163 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian welcomes Barbara Goodish, the widow of the legendary Bruiser Brody, to the show.

Brian and Barbara discuss her late husband’s incredible legacy, his imitators, his relationship with many of the power broker businesses, his philosophy toward the business, and so much more.

And yes, the mysterious beef with Gorilla Monsoon is mentioned, as is The Berzerker. All that and more!

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

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Episode 162: Keith Elliot Greenberg Returns

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #162 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian’s great friend and colleague, the author and historian Keith Elliot Greenberg, returns to discuss his new book, BIGGER! BETTER! BADDER! WRESTLEMANIA III AND THE YEAR IT ALL CHANGED.

Come for the in-depth conversation on WrestleMania III and the WWF’s national expansion, stay for the theology lesson, and the ethics of kayfabing your children about wrestling.

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

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Episode 161: George Schire Returns

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #161 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian welcomes wrestling historian, author and super-fan George Schire back to the show for a classic old-school conversation.

George is one of top authorities on the AWA, but is here this time to talk not only about the greatness of Verne Gagne, Nick Bockwinkel and Dick the Bruiser, but also the classic NWA World champions, the legacy of Bruno Sammartino, Flair/Steamboat and so much more.

It’s the kind of conversation that this podcast was created for, and we hope you enjoy it!

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Episode 160: From the Archives – Ric Flair

“I knew every day I woke up I was the best wrestler alive, I went to bed knowing it. I didn’t think about it, it was so natural.”

It’s time to go back into the Brian R. Solomon archives this week for a 2006 interview Brian did with “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair!

The interview took place during a WWE Magazine photo shoot in Utica, New York, and features Slick Ric discussing everything from his insecurities, his skills as a heel and his second divorce, to his arrests, his favorite matches and why Rudy is his favorite movie of all time.

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

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