Monthly Archives: November 2025

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Episode 197: Lizzy Flanagan

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #197 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian welcomes author and historian Lizzy Flanagan to the show.

Join Lizzy and Brian for a discussion of early 20th century wrestling history, the history of wrestling in Philadelphia, Lizzy’s obsession with the Von Erichs, her upcoming biography of Gino Hernandez and much more.

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

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Episode 196: Ian Douglass

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #196 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian welcomes author Ian Douglass to the show! Ian is the writer of such books as A Decided Novelty and Bahamian Rhapsody, plus the biographies of Steve Keirn, Dan Severn, Bugsy McGraw, Brian Blair and Hornswoggle, and more.

It’s a discussion that covers wrestling in the Bahamas, the early history of black professional wrestling, working with some of the legends of the past, and plenty of other fascinating stuff.

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

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Episode 195: The NWA World Champions Series, Part 5 – Pat O’Connor

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #195 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! It’s part five of the NWA Word Champions Series, with special guest Herb Simmons.

NWA champ from 1959 into 1961, Pat O’Connor took the title out of its Dick Hutton doldrums, and was the bridge between the golden age of the ’50s and the more tumultuous 1960s, when the sovereignty of the title would be challenged.

The birth of the AWA! Pat wrestles Luca Brasi! Pat passes on Ric Flair! Grumpy Lou Thesz! All that and more!

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

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Episode 194: Scott Keith

We go in the internet wrestling wayback machine this week for episode 194 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with special guest Scott Keith!

If “RSPW”, “Usenet”, “Wrestleline” or “Smark Retro Rants” mean anything to you, then this is the episode for you. Brian and Scott take a deep dive into early internet wrestling culture, and how much the internet wrestling community has changed in thirty years, and a whole lot more.

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

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