Monthly Archives: July 2025

Podcast

Episode 179: Darla Staggs

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #179 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian welcomes Cauliflower Alley Club executive board member and lifelong wrestling fan Darla Staggs to the show!

Darla has been been a die-hard fan since she saw Pat O’Connor win the NWA World title from Dick Hutton in 1959 at six months of age, and is here to talk about her lifelong wrestling fandom, including friendships with Eddie Gilbert, the Briscos and others, as well as her memories of the WFIA, and more!

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

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Episode 178: Dan Madigan

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #178 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian welcomes former WWE creative team member Dan Madigan to the show!

It’s a peek inside the WWE writer’s room that you won’t want to miss! Brian and Dan both worked for WWE during the Ruthless Aggression era, and have a lot to say about working for the McMahons and lots of other stuff.

Plus, Dan talks about writing the script for See No Evil, and there’s other horror movie talk slipped in there as well!

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

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Episode 177: Rick Del Santo

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #177 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian welcomes podcaster, journalist, lifelong wrestling fan and fellow Connecticutian Rick Del Santo to the show!

Brian and Rick get into all the wrestling they loved as young fans in the ’80s and ’90s, bringing back more WWF/NWA/WCCW/WCW/ECW nostalgia than you can handle! From the wonders of cable television, to the glory of late night radio shows, and all the great stuff that made us fans, it’s all here.

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

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