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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.

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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.

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Episode 159: Tom Carlucci

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #159 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian welcomes longtime WWE TV producer Tom Carlucci to the show!

Tom has some priceless stories of working for the company from 1988 all the way to 2020, including riding with Gorilla Monsoon, working with Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Mean Gene, Jesse the Body and more.

Tom had quite an interesting run with WWE, and is here this week to share some great memories and insights on the show.

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Episode 157: Adam Pearce

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #157 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian welcomes to the show, the General Manager of Monday Night Raw himself, Adam Pearce!

Not only can Adam be seen on Raw each and every week, but he also happens to be a 5-time NWA World champion and an accomplished wrestler in his own right, and was happy to join Brian this week for a conversation on his time as champion, his role and philosophy as a wrestling coach, and just about everything from Nick Bockwinkel to Jey Uso.

And yes, he even talks about wearing that jacket in tribute to Jim Cornette a few months back…

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Episode 155: Brandon Thurston

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #155 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian welcomes wrestling’s leading financial reporter and analyst, Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, to the show!

Brandon joins Brian to discuss the business of professional wrestling, how attention to TV ratings have changed over the years, plus many other unexpected topics including blading, Vince’s weird terminology issues, and a whole lot more.

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Episode 153: Lou DiPietro

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #153 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian welcomes his former WWE colleague Lou DiPietro to the show!

Lou has worn many hats for WWE over the years, but some of the most fascinating stuff he worked on took place in the early years of the WWE Network. If you’ve ever wondered how and why things got uploaded, this is an interesting look at the inner workings of the home of so much classic wrestling footage.

Plus there’s lots of talk on what made ’80s wrestling great, the importance of music, and why The Wrestling Album is STILL a classic.

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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.

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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 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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