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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 122: David Penzer

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #122 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian is joined by legendary ring announcer, David Penzer!

David has a new book out about his years in WCW, Sitting Ringside. He talks about that, plus growing up on Florida and Georgia wrestling, the ill-fated WWF/WCW invasion, meeting Howard Finkel, Dusty and the Assassin, Buff Bagwell and more!

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Episode 69: Howard Baum Remembers Superstar Billy Graham

This week, wrestling photographer and raconteur Howard Baum returns to the show to help me pay tribute to the legacy of the great Superstar Billy Graham, whom we lost last week. The Superstar was a one-of-a-kind talent and a once-in-a-lifetime game-changer, and we do our best to do justice to what he meant to the business.

Join us this week for a reflection on perfection!

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

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