Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #136 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, Brian is joined by promoter and longtime fan of professional wrestling and all things pop culture, Dan Farren! Dan has been a fan of the business and a denizen of the California/lucha libre wrestling scene for … Continue reading Episode 136: Dan Farren →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #135 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, Brian is joined by prolific wrestling podcaster and 1980s/90s WWF enthusiast Joe Marotta! Brian and Joe get deep into the weeds on all the announcers of the classic WWF, most notably Gorilla Monsoon, but also Bobby … Continue reading Episode 135: Joe Marotta →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #126 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! It’s time to go back to the message board days this week, as Brian welcomes to the show Vince Fahey, creator and founder of Kayfabe Memories! Brian talks with Vince about the creation of legacy of this unique … Continue reading Episode 126: Vince Fahey →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #36 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is longtime New England promoter Sheldon Goldberg! Sheldon is the man behind New England Championship Wrestling, and has roots going back to the Abe Ford days of wrestling in Boston, plus got his start … Continue reading Episode 36: Sheldon Goldberg →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #35 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is wrestling Twitter favorite and AEW personality RJ City! RJ is the kind of person who can talk at length about not only old school pro wrestling, but also old school showbiz and entertainment.So … Continue reading Episode 35: RJ City →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #34 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is Seth Turner, president of the International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame! I’ve been proud to be a part of the IPWHF for the past two years, and glad to have Seth on the … Continue reading Episode 34: Seth Turner →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #33 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is former lead WWE photographer, Tom Buchanan! Tom was with the WWF/E from the first WrestleMania all the way through the heights of the Attitude Era, and he has a unique perspective of life … Continue reading Episode 33: Tom Buchanan →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #32 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is Ross Hart of the legendary Hart wrestling family! Ross is a fountain of wrestling knowledge, and we spent so much time talking about so much history, including Stampede Wrestling and the WWF takeover, … Continue reading Episode 32: Ross Hart →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #31 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is former WWE magazine writer and editor Aaron Feigenbaum, aka Aaron Williams! Aaron and I shared a workspace in the WWE publications department cracking each other up for four glorious years, and this week … Continue reading Episode 31: Aaron Feigenbaum →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #30 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest for the 30th episode is the legendary Taskmaster himself, the Prince of Darkness, Kevin Sullivan! I was honored to get a chance to speak to a true icon of the ’70s/’80s/’90s about his early … Continue reading Episode 30: Kevin Sullivan →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #29 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is esteemed historian, collector and lifelong wrestling fan, Tom Burke! Tom has been collecting memorabilia since the early ’60s, and has been a fan even longer! He was a personal friend of Killer Kowalski … Continue reading Episode 29: Tom Burke →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #28 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is prolific author and the man behind Slam Wrestling, Greg Oliver! We chat about Greg’s many books, Canadian wrestling, working with Madusa, and a whole lot more! Wrestling authors unite, this week on Shut … Continue reading Episode 28: Greg Oliver →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #27 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is noted wrestling historian, publisher, author and photographer, Scott Teal! Scott is probably familiar to many listeners as the man behind Crowbar Press. Plus, he shared his many reminiscences of being around the Gulas … Continue reading Episode 27: Scott Teal →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for the 125th episode of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! Argentina’s bizarre and wonderful Titanes en el Ring! The wild and wacky world of wrestling in Southern California! The beautiful legacy of classic lucha libre! All that and so much more are on tap as we welcome … Continue reading Episode 125: Vandal Drummond Returns →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #26 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is longtime wrestling reporter and Slam Wrestling contributor Kari Williams! Kari was kind enough to share her experiences as a writer, the deep interest she took in the history of St. Louis wrestling, and … Continue reading Episode 26: Kari Williams →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #25 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! For this special 25th episode, my guest is writer/producer/director/host/superfan Evan Ginzburg! Evan might be best known as the associate producer of Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler, but he’s also been passionate about the wrestling business since discovering the WWWF … Continue reading Episode 25: Evan Ginzburg →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #24 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is UK wrestling historian Bradley Craig! Brad is the man behind the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame for Scotland, and a preserver of Scottish wrestling history in general! Plus, he’s an encyclopedia of general … Continue reading Episode 24: Bradley Craig →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #23 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is the legendary Pro Wrestling Illustrated editor and photographer Craig Peters! Craig was witness to so much history, from shooting the iconic image of Jimmy Snuka on top of the cage at MSG, to … Continue reading Episode 23: Craig Peters →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #22 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is wrestling/MMA writer and lifelong fan Jonathan Snowden! Get ready for a conversation that covers everything from Jim Londos and Lou Thesz to Dusty Rhodes and Ken Shamrock! Plus, we talk the craft of … Continue reading Episode 22: Jonathan Snowden →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #21 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is my old boss Mike Fazioli, former editor of Raw Magazine and WWF/E Magazine! Between the two of us, there are lots of stories of the behind-the-scenes goings-on while working in the WWE Publications … Continue reading Episode 21: Mike Fazioli →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #20 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my special guest for this special 20th episode is The Perfect 10 herself… Baby Doll! We talk about what it was like being a part of the golden age of Crockett Promotions, her time growing up … Continue reading Episode 20: Baby Doll →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #19 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is longtime wrestling photographer and general raconteur, Howard Baum! We talk his amazing misadventures in the glory days of territorial wrestling, plus take a deep dive into the finer points of wrestling psychology! This … Continue reading Episode 19: Howard Baum →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #18 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is Kevin McElvaney, editor-in-chief of Pro Wrestling Illustrated! We talk his stewardship of that iconic wrestling magazine, as well as growing up a wrestling fan, and living the dream! From dubbing VHS tapes to … Continue reading Episode 18: Kevin McElvaney →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #17 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is Bryan Greenberg, co-producer of the vintage Detroit wrestling mockumentary, I Like to Hurt People! We talk the making of the classic cult movie, being around The Sheik and other Detroit wrestling icons, plus … Continue reading Episode 17: Bryan Greenberg →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #124 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! What’s it like to be married to someone who won’t shut up about Frank Gotch and Baron Mikel Scicluna? Who uses the Mid-South theme song to lull the baby back to sleep? Find out this week, when Brian … Continue reading Episode 124: Jaimee Smith-Solomon →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #16 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is a true legend of 1980s wrestling, “The Raging Bull” Manny Fernandez! One of the toughest dudes in the business, Manny has seen and done it all, in Florida, Texas, St. Louis, Puerto Rico, … Continue reading Episode 16: Manny Fernandez →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #15 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is Pro Wrestling Illustrated columnist and co-host of the Grapsody podcast on Fightful, Righteous Reg! We delve into 1990s wrestling, with a little WWF, a little WCW and a lot of ECW! This conversation … Continue reading Episode 15: Righteous Reg →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #14 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is Steven Bell, author of Dynamite & Davey: The Explosive Lives of the British Bulldogs! We take a look back at the amazing and influential careers of one the greatest tag teams of all … Continue reading Episode 14: Steven Bell →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #13 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is longtime wrestling journalist Denny Burkholder! Denny goes back to the WrestleLine days of the early wrestling internet, and these days makes his home at CBSsports.com! We look back on what made us want … Continue reading Episode 13: Denny Burkholder →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #12 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is prolific producer/director/promoter and tormented TV interviewer David Marquez! Dave and I have a lot of interests in common, and it shows in this funny, insightful and fascinating conversation that goes from vaudeville to … Continue reading Episode 12: David Marquez →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #11 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my very special guest is The Whole F’n Show himself, Rob Van Dam! Rob was kind enough to write the foreword to my now-available biography of The Original Sheik, Blood and Fire, and we chat all … Continue reading Episode 11: Rob Van Dam →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #10 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week I head out to Indianapolis to talk to podcaster, historian and Indy wrestling expert Dave Dynasty! We get into the history of the WWA, and of course The World’s Most Dangerous Wrestler, Dick the Bruiser–not to … Continue reading Episode 10: Dave Dynasty →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #9 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is historian, writer, and biographer Bertrand Hebert! We talk about his work on Andre the Giant, Pat Patterson, Mad Dog Vachon and Montreal wrestling history in general! Shut Up and Wrestle is a production … Continue reading Episode 9: Bertrand Hebert →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #8 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! In the first in a series of conversations with my fellow Titan Tower corporate employees, my guest is Debra Jaswaye, a former WWE Creative Director! From coming up with Chyna’s name, to designing those awesome Royal Rumble collage … Continue reading Episode 8: Debra Jaswaye →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #7 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This time, my guest is a mentor and trainer to some of the greatest of all time, and a legend in his own right, Dr. Tom Prichard! Dr. Tom has been involved in the business since the 1970s … Continue reading Episode 7: Dr. Tom Prichard →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #123 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! Join Brian this week for his second roundtable of former WWE employees. Johnny “Photo” Giamundo, former head photographer; Melissa Costabile of Publications; and Dave Barry of Creative Services sit down to discuss their unique memories and perspectives on … Continue reading Episode 123: WWE Employee Roundtable 2 →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #6 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This time, my guest is one of the true luminaries of Southern California wrestling, Jeff Walton! Jeff saw it all while working for the LeBell office in Los Angeles, and has a unique insight into the days of … Continue reading Episode 6: Jeff Walton →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #5 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This time, my guest is one of wrestling’s true jack-of-all-trades, wrestler/announcer/promoter/booker/trainer/publisher Les Thatcher! Les’ insights and perspectives on the business are second to none–take a listen and find out why he is hailed as one of the industry’s … Continue reading Episode 5: Les Thatcher →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #4 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This time, my guest is Detroit wrestling historian, photographer and the last manager of The Sheik, Dave Burzynski—aka “Supermouth” Dave Drason! Dave was vital to putting together my upcoming biography of The Sheik, Blood and Fire; and just … Continue reading Episode 4: “Supermouth” Dave Drason →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #3 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This one is very special to me, as my guest is someone I’ve known and worked with for 22 years, and whose work I’ve known for much longer than that: Keith Elliott Greenberg. You may know him from the pages … Continue reading Episode 3: Keith Elliott Greenberg →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for the second episode of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This time, my guest is the ECW icon and lifelong wrestling fan Brian Heffron, better known as The Blue Meanie! Can’t talk to the Meanie without touching on the Land of Extreme and how he rose to … Continue reading Episode 2: Blue Meanie →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s the long-awaited first episode of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! To kick things off, I had a chance to have a long chat with the legendary (and elusive) long-time publisher of Pro Wrestling Illustrated and it’s sister magazines, Stu Saks! I’m glad Stu took some time out from … Continue reading Episode 1: Stu Saks →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #122 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, Brian is joined by legendary ring announcer, David Penzer! David has a new book out about his years in WCW, Sitting Ringside. He talks about that, plus growing up on Florida and Georgia wrestling, the ill-fated … Continue reading Episode 122: David Penzer →

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“Why am I still alive? A question I ask myself a lot… God takes care of fools and babies.” We go back into the archives this week for part 2 of Brian’s July 2006 interview with Roddy Piper! Turn back the clock and hear Roddy talk about the infamous Lord Alfred Hayes rib, the making … Continue reading Episode 121: From the Archives – Rowdy Roddy Piper, Part 2 →

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“If you have any creativity in you, and you have enough balls, there’s nothing that you can’t do in that squared circle… And that’s freedom.” In the summer of 2006, Brian went to a warehouse in Utica, New York and spent two hours interviewing Roddy Piper. We go back into the archives this week for … Continue reading Episode 120: From the Archives – Rowdy Roddy Piper, Part 1 →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #119 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with @BrianRSolomon! This week, Brian is joined by Brad Balukjian, author of The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of WrestleMania! Brad discusses his interesting new book on the early years of Vince McMahon’s WWF and the wrestlers who took … Continue reading Episode 119: Brad Balukjian →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #118 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, Brian is joined by Arcadian Vanguard’s very own Lou Kipilman! Join Brian and Lou for a conversation that wanders everywhere. Hollywood voiceover legends! San Francisco wrestling history! NWA World Champion Harley Race in the WWF! Samoans! … Continue reading Episode 118: Lou Kipilman →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #117 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, Brian is joined by the accomplished wrestling promoter and historian, Matt Farmer! Join Brian and Matt for a discussion of old school vs. new school, WWF vs. NWA, the life of a wrestling researcher, Singapore, the … Continue reading Episode 117: Matt Farmer →

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Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #134 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, join Brian for a roundtable discussion with both John McAdam and Steve Gennarelli of the Stick to Wrestling podcast! John and Steve have been deep diving into the 1984 WWF expansion on their show, and this … Continue reading Episode 134: John McAdam & Steve Gennarelli →

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