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 On this week's episode, the discuss a list of the TOP 25 Masked Wrestlers in United States from the 40s - 90s.  You'll hear Doug and Tommy share memories and stories on some of the top masked wrestlers in history such as: the Assassins, the Interns, Mr. Olympia, the Bullet, and many, many more.  Also, the guys share insight on what it's like wrestling in mask, the reasons why someone might want to wrestle in a mask, and how having your face covered effects selling and other aspects of working.  It's fun conversation that covers a lot of names that haven't been discussed on the show before.

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On this week's episode, Tommy had to step away to tend to some other business so Doug sits down with Gene to have his first in-depth discussion about Vice's Dark Side of the Ring episode on his brother Eddie that aired back in May, and they also tell the backstory on how the book on Eddie came together from the initial conception they worked on separately twenty years ago to getting together lastsummer and starting this podcast that led to them working together on completing the book about Eddie that was published in April of this year. These are two topics that have been frequently requested by listeners and we hopeeveryone enjoys this episode of Dangerous Conversations and it answers all your questions.  If not, feel free to sendthose in to be answered on a future episode.

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This week the guys discuss their trip to Philadelphia this past weekend for Rasslecon & TWA One & Done! Who was Shane Douglas' mystery partner? Did Tommy shave off Gene's eyebrows while he slept? Will Doug ever return to the 2300 Arena? Are there more books in the works? Did the Mafia get a Philly Cheesesteak? Did Gene get to eat a slice with a "Big Don"? How did Tommy get the nickname "Wildfire"? Who fired Bay Ragni from ECW in 1993? How many dogs canyou fit in a Chevy Suburban?  Find out the answers to these questions and more on this week's DANGEROUSCONVERSATIONS!!

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Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert & Tommy Rich Episode #33: USWA 1994 (Part 2)

This week Doug & Tommy return to their discussion of USWA from 1994 but talk about a variety of topics in the process including: working with the Steiner Brothers, Billy JoeTravis, "Dream Machine" Troy Graham's return to Memphis in 1994, the famous "Hit & Run" angle in the WMC TV-5 parking lot and the insane alternative suggestion from Jerry Jarrett, Was Tommy REALLY supposed to go to the WWF in 1985? and why did he leave Georgia when Jim Crockett bought itout from Ole Anderson?, and much, much more!!

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From Eddie's famous match with Tiger Mask at the Philadelphia Spectrum to the Dark Patriot diving out of the Crow's Nest on JT Smith after throwing him off of it, to the"BigDon" Tommy Rich and his "paisans", the FULL BLOODED ITALIANS, the Gilberts and Tommy Rich have a "rich" history in Philadelphia, if you will.  On this episode, we cover a lot ofthat history and along the way they discuss "Playboy" Gary Hart, the Great Kabuki, Tenyru, the significance of the Tiger Mask persona in Japan, Tommy Gilbert's history with the Funk family, what Tommy remembers about working with Terry Funk in ECW in 1997, teaming with Ricky Morton against the Gangstas in ECW, Eddie's famous series of matches with Cactus Jack in the TWA, the motivation Japanese wrestling promotions had for doing "monster movie" gimmicks, and the Philly crowds were like in the 90s compared to other towns.  All that and more on this week's episode of Dangerous Conversations!

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It's the premiere of SEASON TWO of Dangerous Conversations as Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich returnalong with host Gene Jackson to catch you up on what's been happening in the past few weeks. Now that some other projects have been completed it's time for Dangerous Conversations to hit the ground running for Season Two.  They discuss the new book on Eddie Gilbert that Doug and Gene recently completed that's available now for pre-order. They talk about some of the great shows they've competed on recently, as well as some big shows they have coming up soon.  PLUS: they talk about Eddie's shoot interview from 1994, the upcoming Dark Side of the Ring episode from VICE TV, and much, much more!

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On this week’s episode, it’s time for another AD&T (Ask Doug & Tommy)!Some of the topics covered: Meeting Vince McMahon, working with Adrian Adonis in the AWA, Was Doug the “Terrorist” at Clash of the Champions: Guts & Glory?, Did Tommy conspire with Nick Patrick to “jump” Ole Anderson?, Why Dark Patriot in ECW rather than Doug Gilbert?, Ox Baker stories, Great Kabuki, Super Mario, Arlie Gilbert, Gary Hart, Peggy Gilbert’s Van??, the Steiner Brothers, the Undertaker, Royal Rumble ’96, and more!!

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On this week's episode, it's time for another AD&T (Ask Doug & Tommy)!

Some of the topics covered: Meeting Vince McMahon, working with Adrian Adonis in the AWA, Was Doug the "Terrorist" at Clash of the Champions: Guts & Glory?, Did Tommy conspire with Nick Patrick to "jump" Ole Anderson?, Why Dark Patriot in ECW rather than Doug Gilbert?, Ox Baker stories, Great Kabuki, Super Mario, Arlie Gilbert, Gary Hart, Peggy Gilbert's Van??, the Steiner Brothers, the Undertaker, Royal Rumble '96, and more!!

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On this week's episode, Doug was away on business so Tommy and Gene had a conversation about Southeastern/Continental in '85 & '86. They also get Tommy's reaction to the "Tommy "Wildfire" Rich for the WWE Hall of Fame" sign from the crowd on this week's WWE Monday Night Raw. Tommy also gets to hear the Undertaker's impression of him from a recent episode of his podcast and gives his reaction to it.  A fun conversation covering the Nightmares feud, the Armstrongs, the Fullers, Jody Hamilton, "Roy Rogers", Ric Flair, Mr. Olympia, Tom Prichard, Austin Idol, and much, much more!

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This week Doug & Tommy take a look back to their time in the USWA in 1994 covering January through March of that year.  They discuss some of the cards from that time as well as some of their fellow wrestlers that were working the territory at that time including: Reggie B. Fine, Del Rios aka The Spellbinder, Bert Prentice, Skull Von Crush, Jimmy Valiant, and they also talk about the entire card for the March 1994, Memphis Memories event headlined by the “Best of Memphis” match.  Plus hear a fun story from Doug about a “Singapore Caning” match against Brian Christopher that ending up being a real pain all around the loop.  All that and much more!

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