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Episode 216: Kevin Maher, Part 1

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #216 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

Join Brian this week for part one of his conversation with pop culture aficionado and general raconteur, Kevin Maher!

You may have heard Brian and Kevin together recently on the Fun for All Ages podcast with Frank Santopadre. This week, Brian and Kevin get into the weeds on pro wrestling in movies and television, and other pop culture ephemera.

From Paradise Alley to GLOW to Night and the City and more, it’s a nostalgic blast. Plus, Kevin talks about his time as a luchador on Nickelodeon, meeting King Kong Bundy as a kid, and a whole lot more! Stay tuned for part two next week!

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

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Episode 215: From the Archives – Flying Fred Curry

“Joyce always used to tell me, this business sucks, and Sheik never knew when to get out.”

This week, Brian remembers the late, Flying Fred Curry, sharing a November 2019 interview with Curry that was conducted in preparation for the writing of Brian’s biography of The Sheik, Blood and Fire.

Curry discusses not only his relationship with The Sheik, but his own wrestling career, the career of his famous father Wild Bull Curry, and lots more. Fred and Mark Lewin play Sheik and Bull at horseshoes, Fred meets Sheik as a kid, plus a whole lot more.

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Episode 214: Roy London, Part 2

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #214 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

It’s part two of Brian’s conversation with former London Publishing and WWF photographer Roy London!

Roy had so many great stories to tell that we couldn’t confine it to just one episode. This week, Roy recounts such gems as riding with Ray Stevens, getting a Grand Wizard memento at his bar mitzvah, and the glories of I Like to Hurt People. Plus: Sting without his makeup! Professor Elliot! More bagel and pizza controversies! And lots more.

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

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