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On this episode, I talk with Pro Wrestling Historian,author, and host of the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel podcast, Tony Richards. Tonytalks about how he got interested in pro wrestling, the businesses he workedfor and operated, the podcast Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel and much more!
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On this episode, I talk with “Wildcat” Wendall Cooley.Wendall talks about how he started out in pro wrestling, getting his stride, Puerto Rico, and much more!
Episode #156 Talk about the Wrestling Fans International Association (WFIA)then & now
jeudi 9 octobre 2025 • Durée 57:55
On this episode, WFIA Advisor and WFIA Executive Director talk about the history of the WFIA and what the WFIA is doing now and planning for a WFIA convention in the fall of 2026. To find out more about the WFIA, please go to www.thewfia.org The WFIA is on social mediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wfia1969Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wfiawrestling/X: https://x.com/The_WFIA1969
Episode #155 Special Podcast on Hulk Hogan with George Schire
Saison 5 · Épisode 155
jeudi 24 juillet 2025 • Durée 53:03
On this episode, George and I pay tribute to the "Incredible Hulk" Hogan. Hulk was the most popular pro wrestler in history. Join the WFIA today! Go to www.thewfia.org for more informationYou can purchase the book I wrote on Verne Gagne titled: VERNE Inside & Outside the RopesAmazon: https://www.amazon.com/VERNE-Inside-Outside-Brian-Ferguson/dp/B0DL4NTR8F/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3R6YWCBP066K1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.o2cyL60dpg9SZyCAT4X_Ww.Dd9KPDnRPmTfkRxrPTRtfZahw-UnJJpaYA84vbBZqbg&dib_tag=se&keywords=verne+inside+%26+outside+the+ropes&qid=1734048574&sprefix=%2Caps%2C117&sr=8-1 Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/verne-brian-ferguson/1146466907?ean=9798341805583Lulu: (Paperback) https://www.lulu.com/shop/brian-ferguson/verne-inside-outside-the-ropes/paperback/product-yvjq8ne.html?q=Verne+Gagne&page=1&pageSize=4 (Ebook) https://www.lulu.com/shop/brian-christopher-ferguson/verne-inside-outside-the-ropes/ebook/product-p6ym7dv.html?q=Verne+Gagne&page=1&pageSize=4 You can follow George Schire on the following social media platforms:Facebook:George Schire’s WRESTLING TIME MACHINE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/304074923575221 AMERICAN WRESTLING ASSOCIATION:https://www.facebook.com/groups/352959044854870 You can purchase books written by George Schire at Amazon: Minnesota's Golden Age of Wrestling: From Verne Gagne to the Road Warriors: https://www.amazon.com/Minnesotas-Golden-Age-Wrestling-Warriors/dp/0873516206/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273607&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-2 A.W.A. Record Book: The 1960s: https://www.amazon.com/W-Record-Book-1960s/dp/1492225576/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273656&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-4 A.W.A. Record Book: The 1970s Part 1 1970-1974: https://www.amazon.com/W-Record-Book-1970s-1970-1974/dp/1492242292/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273656&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-5 A.W.A. Record Book: The 1970s Part 2 1975-79: https://www.amazon.com/W-Record-Book-1970s-1975-79/dp/150845857X/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273656&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-3 Help support the podcast! You can make contributions or purchase items at:Contribution: www.anchor.fm/brian-ferguson3 and click the support buttonTeespring Store: https://bumps-thumps-2.creator-spring.com/ PayPal: @bumpsnthumps You can follow Bumps & Thumps on the following social media platforms:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnQG8G8GE0eTHmzIzTBnZ8Q Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/BrianfergusonFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BumpsThumps Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bumps_n_thumps/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bumps_thumpsIf you would like to purchase Joyce’s book My Ringside Seat To The AWA, you can order the book by messaging on Facebook or by email. Payment method is through PayPal. The book is $20 plus $6 shipping in the United States. If you are ordering outside the United States, please contact Joyce for shipping questions. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyce.paustian.9 Website: https://joycepaustian.com/ Email: joyce.paustian@gmail.com PayPal: joyce.paustian@gmail.com
Episode #154 Talk with Richard Vicek and Steven Verrier
lundi 12 mai 2025 • Durée 01:02:16
On this episode, I talk with the authors of WILBUR SNYDER The World’s Most Scientific Wrestler Richard Vicek and Steven VerrierIf you would like to purchase WILBUR SNYDER The World’s Most Scientific Wrestler, please go to www.crowbarpress.com You can contact Steven Verrier at: Website: www.stevenvarrier.com or his Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/steven.verrier.92 You can contact Richard Vicek at: https://www.facebook.com/richard.vicek.5 You can purchase the book I wrote on Verne Gagne titled: VERNE Inside & Outside the RopesAmazon: https://www.amazon.com/VERNE-Inside-Outside-Brian-Ferguson/dp/B0DL4NTR8F/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3R6YWCBP066K1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.o2cyL60dpg9SZyCAT4X_Ww.Dd9KPDnRPmTfkRxrPTRtfZahw-UnJJpaYA84vbBZqbg&dib_tag=se&keywords=verne+inside+%26+outside+the+ropes&qid=1734048574&sprefix=%2Caps%2C117&sr=8-1 Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/verne-brian-ferguson/1146466907?ean=9798341805583Lulu: (Paperback) https://www.lulu.com/shop/brian-ferguson/verne-inside-outside-the-ropes/paperback/product-yvjq8ne.html?q=Verne+Gagne&page=1&pageSize=4 (Ebook) https://www.lulu.com/shop/brian-christopher-ferguson/verne-inside-outside-the-ropes/ebook/product-p6ym7dv.html?q=Verne+Gagne&page=1&pageSize=4 You can follow George Schire on the following social media platforms:Facebook:George Schire’s WRESTLING TIME MACHINE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/304074923575221 AMERICAN WRESTLING ASSOCIATION:https://www.facebook.com/groups/352959044854870 You can purchase books written by George Schire at Amazon: Minnesota's Golden Age of Wrestling: From Verne Gagne to the Road Warriors: https://www.amazon.com/Minnesotas-Golden-Age-Wrestling-Warriors/dp/0873516206/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273607&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-2 A.W.A. Record Book: The 1960s: https://www.amazon.com/W-Record-Book-1960s/dp/1492225576/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273656&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-4 A.W.A. Record Book: The 1970s Part 1 1970-1974: https://www.amazon.com/W-Record-Book-1970s-1970-1974/dp/1492242292/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273656&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-5 A.W.A. Record Book: The 1970s Part 2 1975-79: https://www.amazon.com/W-Record-Book-1970s-1975-79/dp/150845857X/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273656&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-3 Help support the podcast! You can make contributions or purchase items at:Contribution: www.anchor.fm/brian-ferguson3 and click the support buttonTeespring Store: https://bumps-thumps-2.creator-spring.com/ PayPal: @bumpsnthumps You can follow Bumps & Thumps on the following social media platforms:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnQG8G8GE0eTHmzIzTBnZ8Q Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/BrianfergusonFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BumpsThumps Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bumps_n_thumps/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bumps_thumpsIf you would like to purchase Joyce’s book My Ringside Seat To The AWA, you can order the book by messaging on Facebook or by email. Payment method is through PayPal. The book is $20 plus $6 shipping in the United States. If you are ordering outside the United States, please contact Joyce for shipping questions. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joyce.paustian.9 Website: https://joycepaustian.com/ Email: joyce.paustian@gmail.com PayPal: joyce.paustian@gmail.com
Episode #153 Talk with Les Thatcher
Saison 4 · Épisode 152
lundi 10 mars 2025 • Durée 01:39:34
On this episode, George Schire and I talk with Les Thatcher.Les Talks about his wrestling career and the WFIA.
If you would like to attend the trainingseminar in Waterloo, IA in July and train with Les Thatcher and other legends,please go to:
Episode #152 George Shire talks with Brian Ferguson
Saison 4 · Épisode 152
lundi 13 janvier 2025 • Durée 58:53
On this episode, George Schire is the special guest host! He interviews Brian Ferguson. Brian talks about how he got to be a fan of pro wrestling, writing the biography of Verne Gagne and much more!
You can purchase the book I wrote on Verne Gagne titled: VERNE Inside & Outside the Ropes
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/VERNE-Inside-Outside-Brian-Ferguson/dp/B0DL4NTR8F/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3R6YWCBP066K1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.o2cyL60dpg9SZyCAT4X_Ww.Dd9KPDnRPmTfkRxrPTRtfZahw-UnJJpaYA84vbBZqbg&dib_tag=se&keywords=verne+inside+%26+outside+the+ropes&qid=1734048574&sprefix=%2Caps%2C117&sr=8-1
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/verne-brian-ferguson/1146466907?ean=9798341805583
Lulu: (Paperback) https://www.lulu.com/shop/brian-ferguson/verne-inside-outside-the-ropes/paperback/product-yvjq8ne.html?q=Verne+Gagne&page=1&pageSize=4
(Ebook) https://www.lulu.com/shop/brian-christopher-ferguson/verne-inside-outside-the-ropes/ebook/product-p6ym7dv.html?q=Verne+Gagne&page=1&pageSize=4
You can follow George Schire on the following social media platforms:
Facebook:
George Schire’s WRESTLING TIME MACHINE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/304074923575221
AMERICAN WRESTLING ASSOCIATION:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/352959044854870
You can purchase books written by George Schire at Amazon:
Minnesota's Golden Age of Wrestling: From Verne Gagne to the Road Warriors: https://www.amazon.com/Minnesotas-Golden-Age-Wrestling-Warriors/dp/0873516206/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273607&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-2
A.W.A. Record Book: The 1960s: https://www.amazon.com/W-Record-Book-1960s/dp/1492225576/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273656&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-4
A.W.A. Record Book: The 1970s Part 1 1970-1974: https://www.amazon.com/W-Record-Book-1970s-1970-1974/dp/1492242292/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273656&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-5
A.W.A. Record Book: The 1970s Part 2 1975-79: https://www.amazon.com/W-Record-Book-1970s-1975-79/dp/150845857X/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273656&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-3
Help support the podcast! You can make contributions or purchase items at:
Contribution: www.anchor.fm/brian-ferguson3 and click the support button
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PayPal: @bumpsnthumps
You can follow Bumps & Thumps on the following social media platforms:
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If you would like to purchase Joyce’s book My Ringside Seat To The AWA, you can order the book by messaging on Facebook or by email. Payment method is through PayPal. The book is $20 plus $6 shipping in the United States. If you are ordering outside the United States, please contact Joyce for shipping questions.
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Episode #151 George Schire talks about Mid South Wrestling
Saison 4 · Épisode 151
lundi 16 décembre 2024 • Durée 59:56
On this episode, George Schire talks about Mid South Wrestling. How the territory struggled, Bill Watts reviving it and much more!
Subscribe to our podcast today! If you become the 1,000 subscriber on YouTube, you will be given a Bumps & Thumps T Shirt, come on the podcast as a guest, and a signed Minnesota’s Golden Age of Wrestling from Vern Gagne to the Road Warriors by the author George Schire.
You can purchase the book I wrote on Verne Gagne titled: VERNE Inside & Outside the Ropes
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/VERNE-Inside-Outside-Brian-Ferguson/dp/B0DL4NTR8F/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3R6YWCBP066K1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.o2cyL60dpg9SZyCAT4X_Ww.Dd9KPDnRPmTfkRxrPTRtfZahw-UnJJpaYA84vbBZqbg&dib_tag=se&keywords=verne+inside+%26+outside+the+ropes&qid=1734048574&sprefix=%2Caps%2C117&sr=8-1
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/verne-brian-ferguson/1146466907?ean=9798341805583
Lulu: (Paperback) https://www.lulu.com/shop/brian-ferguson/verne-inside-outside-the-ropes/paperback/product-yvjq8ne.html?q=Verne+Gagne&page=1&pageSize=4
(Ebook) https://www.lulu.com/shop/brian-christopher-ferguson/verne-inside-outside-the-ropes/ebook/product-p6ym7dv.html?q=Verne+Gagne&page=1&pageSize=4
You can follow George Schire on the following social media platforms:
Facebook:
George Schire’s WRESTLING TIME MACHINE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/304074923575221
AMERICAN WRESTLING ASSOCIATION:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/352959044854870
You can purchase books written by George Schire at Amazon:
Minnesota's Golden Age of Wrestling: From Verne Gagne to the Road Warriors: https://www.amazon.com/Minnesotas-Golden-Age-Wrestling-Warriors/dp/0873516206/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273607&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-2
A.W.A. Record Book: The 1960s: https://www.amazon.com/W-Record-Book-1960s/dp/1492225576/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273656&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-4
A.W.A. Record Book: The 1970s Part 1 1970-1974: https://www.amazon.com/W-Record-Book-1970s-1970-1974/dp/1492242292/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273656&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-5
A.W.A. Record Book: The 1970s Part 2 1975-79: https://www.amazon.com/W-Record-Book-1970s-1975-79/dp/150845857X/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2E27089S7DKNO&keywords=George+Schire&qid=1668273656&sprefix=george+schire%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-3
Help support the podcast! You can make contributions or purchase items at:
Contribution: www.anchor.fm/brian-ferguson3 and click the support button
Teespring Store: https://bumps-thumps-2.creator-spring.com/
PayPal: @bumpsnthumps
You can follow Bumps & Thumps on the following social media platforms:
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If you would like to purchase Joyce’s book My Ringside Seat To The AWA, you can order the book by messaging on Facebook or by email. Payment method is through PayPal. The book is $20 plus $6 shipping in the United States. If you are ordering outside the United States, please contact Joyce for shipping questions.
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Website: https://joycepaustian.com/
Email: joyce.paustian@gmail.com
PayPal: joyce.paustian@gmail.com
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If you would like to purchase Joyce Paustian’sbook My Ringside Seat To The AWA, you can order the book by messaging onFacebook or by email. Payment method is through PayPal. The book is $20 plus $6shipping in the United States. If you are ordering outside the United States,please contact Joyce for shipping questions.
If you would like to purchase Joyce Paustian’sbook My Ringside Seat To The AWA, you can order the book by messaging onFacebook or by email. Payment method is through PayPal. The book is $20 plus $6shipping in the United States. If you are ordering outside the United States,please contact Joyce for shipping questions.
If you would like to purchase Joyce Paustian’sbook My Ringside Seat To The AWA, you can order the book by messaging onFacebook or by email. Payment method is through PayPal. The book is $20 plus $6shipping in the United States. If you are ordering outside the United States,please contact Joyce for shipping questions.
If you would like to purchase Joyce’s book MyRingside Seat To The AWA, you can order the book by messaging on Facebook or byemail. Payment method is through PayPal. The book is $20 plus $6 shipping inthe United States. If you are ordering outside the United States, pleasecontact Joyce for shipping questions.
