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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 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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Episode 144: Joe Marotta Returns, Part 1

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #144 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

This week, prolific podcaster Joe Marotta returns to the show for the first of an epic two-parter!

Buckle up for more in-depth nostalgia on the WWF commentators of the ’80s and ’90s, as well as some Attitude Era stuff, Gorilla Monsoon tidbits, and much more.

Come for Brian’s Lord Alfred Hayes impression, stay for the Mean Gene worship!

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Episode 142: Wrestling Observer HOF Episode w/ Greg Klein

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #142 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon!

It’s WON HOF season again, and Brian has author, historian and podcaster Greg Klein on this week to talk about some of the candidates, especially Morris Sigel and the Junkyard Dog.

Brian and Greg discuss why Sigel and JYD are deserving of induction, as well as several other of Brian’s choices for this year’s ballot, including why Gorilla Monsoon needs to return to the ballot.

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The Best of Shut Up and Wrestle, Vol. 1

Hello, wrestling fans! Join Brian R. Solomon this week for the Best of Shut Up and Wrestle, Vol. 1!

Brian has combed through the archives of SUAW to bring you some of his favorite moments from the past two and a half years.

* The infamous Crash Holly story, as told to Brian Last
* Ken Patera remembers Gorilla Monsoon
* Sheldon Goldberg’s Yul Brynner experience
* David Marquez talks wrestling and cartoons
* RJ City’s love of Leaping Larry Chene
* Bruno Sammartino explains his relationship with WWE (2007)
* How I almost got in a fight at the WWE HOF, as told to Steve Gennarelli
* Jim Cornette rails against the WWF dress code

It’s a trip down memory lane this week on Shut Up and Wrestle! Stay tuned for a new episode next week.

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