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Episode 49: Mike Foley

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #49 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

My guest for the first episode of 2023 is former WWF Senior Creative Director Mike “Don’t Call Me Mick” Foley! Mike was with the company from 1990-2002, and had a hand in many creative decisions, including the “Get the F Out” campaign, the naming of several characters, and the design of the original TitanTron entrance ramp!

It’s the WWF from an artist’s perspective, this week on Shut Up and Wrestle!

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Episode 46: Marco Turelli

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #46 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week my guest is former WWE graphic designer, old school wrestling fan, and my longtime friend, Marco Turelli! Marco is one of us, and I think listeners will really dig his memories and perspectives–plus stories of touring Memphis with the King, driving DDP around Stamford, and more!

It’s another WWE Magazine party this week on Shut Up and Wrestle!

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Episode 45: George Napolitano

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #45 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week my guest is legendary wrestling photographer George Napolitano! Fresh from getting put over by The Rock like a million bucks, George graced me with his presence for a great discussion of his more than half a century photographing some of wrestling’s greatest moments!

Shut Up and Wrestle is shooting ringside this week!

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Episode 43: Chris Gough

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #43 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week my guest is another fellow survivor of the Titan experience, Chris Gough! Chris was a digital media producer and TV creative assistant during his time at WWE, and he shares those experiences and some unique insight this week. Chris doesn’t hold back!

It’s a journey inside the machine of Attitude and Ruthless Aggression-era WWE, this week on Shut Up and Wrestle!

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Episode 42: Pamela Morrison

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #42 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week my guest is Pamela Morrison, daughter of the great James J. Dillon! Tales of traveling the road with her dad, and growing up in the wild and weird world of pro wrestling abound!

Pam’s story is such a unique one, and I encourage you to take a listen.

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Episode 40: Al Castle

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #40 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, my guest is Pro Wrestling Illustrated Senior Writer, and my co-host on the PWI Podcast, Al Castle! The case for the Ultimate Warrior, ’80s wrestling nostalgia vs. reality, yet more superhero talk, and a whole lot more!

Your favorite PWI podcasters do what they do they best, this week on Shut Up and Wrestle!

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Episode 33: Tom Buchanan

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #33 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, my guest is former lead WWE photographer, Tom Buchanan!

Tom was with the WWF/E from the first WrestleMania all the way through the heights of the Attitude Era, and he has a unique perspective of life on the road, as well as crossing paths with such legends as Randy Savage, George Steele, Andre the Giant and more!

View the classic WWF through Tom Buchanan’s lens, this week on Shut Up and Wrestle!

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Episode 31: Aaron Feigenbaum

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #31 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, my guest is former WWE magazine writer and editor Aaron Feigenbaum, aka Aaron Williams!

Aaron and I shared a workspace in the WWE publications department cracking each other up for four glorious years, and this week we pick up right where left off!

From getting chewed out by Stone Cold, to getting medical advice from Kurt Angle, to the infamous gay Brock Lesnar angle, to the nWo pissing in a parking lot, the memories flow like wine!

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Episode 21: Mike Fazioli

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #21 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, my guest is my old boss Mike Fazioli, former editor of Raw Magazine and WWF/E Magazine!

Between the two of us, there are lots of stories of the behind-the-scenes goings-on while working in the WWE Publications department of the early 2000s, and I think you’re gonna love it!

This week, Shut Up and Wrestle goes back inside Titan Tower!

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Episode 15: Righteous Reg

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #15 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, my guest is Pro Wrestling Illustrated columnist and co-host of the Grapsody podcast on Fightful, Righteous Reg!

We delve into 1990s wrestling, with a little WWF, a little WCW and a lot of ECW! This conversation was so much fun, just great chemistry, and I hope you enjoy it!

Take a trip back to the ’90s this week on Shut Up and Wrestle!

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