Monthly Archives: February 2026

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Episode 208: Jon Langmead Talks Wrestling Magazines

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #208 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

Blood and guts! Apartment wrestling! Insane made-up stories! Lurid covers! Who doesn’t love the heyday of classic wrestling magazines?

This week, Brian welcomes back to the show author and historian Jon Langmead, to take a fond look back at this wonderful period of wrestling fandom and all that came with it.

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

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Episode 207: The NWA World Champions Series, Part 7 – Gene Kiniski

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #207 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! It’s part seven of the NWA Word Champions Series, with special guest Steven Verrier.

Verrier is the biographer of Gene Kiniski, the NWA World champion from 1966-1969, who is the subject of this week’s episode. We take a look at the three-year reign of “Big Thunder”, plus his time in the WWWF, the AWA, the WWA and more!

It’s a look back at the real “Canada’s Greatest Athlete” 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 206: Michael Quinn

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #206 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, Brian welcomes to the show Michael Quinn, one half of the Our Vantage Point podcast and a fellow 1980s/1990s WWF obsessive.

Brian and Quinn get into so much nostalgic Gen X wrestling goodness, from the greatness of Johnny Rodz and Baron Mikel Scicluna to Monday Night Raw’s high school gym era and more. Plus, they even get into the birth of Ring of Honor and how it changed the biz, for better and worse.

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

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