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Episode 10

What happens when someone sends you a box of cassettes from the 1990s? You put them out as a podcast ! Sit back and take a trip to the past for Cassette Wrestling News. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin called this the first ever podcast ! These cassettes were mailed every issue to subscribers during the heyday of wrestling fanzines. Jeff Osborne & John Seaton would sit down and put out an episode of zany fun and sometimes some serious stuff. Join us for Episode 10 as Jeff sits down to talk to Eddie Gilbert, 1991.

What happens when someone sends you a box of cassettes from the 1990s? You put them out as a podcast ! Sit back and take a trip to the past for Cassette Wrestling News. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin called this the first ever podcast ! These cassettes were mailed every issue to subscribers during the heyday of wrestling fanzines. Jeff Osborne & John Seaton would sit down and put out an episode of zany fun and sometimes some serious stuff. Join us for Episode 9 for John & Jeff first doing their regular shtick. Then Jeff sits down to talk to “Nightmare” Danny Davis & Cody Michaels in USWA,1991.

Brian Tramel & Gene Jackson bring you the September 2025, WTF News Desk featuring all the weird and "interesting" wrestling news from the month of September.

On this week's episode of the UWF Fury Cast, Gene and Bob take a fun look back on Episode #7 of the UWF Fury Hour! Herb circles back to the Col Debeers/Larry Sampson angle as we get the "long awaited rematch" between Col Debeers and Billy Jack Haynes where Billy Jack delivers the pre-match promo of a lifetime!
Then we get perhaps the WORST Capt Lou's Corner segment yet (if you can even imagine that)
Dr Death is back from Japan, B. Brian Blair takes on the debuting Louie Spicolli and a touching tribute video to close out the show that will bring a tear to glass eye, if you don't get emotional during this video, you have no
heart whatsoever!

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Dangerous Conversations with Doug Gilbert is a new pro wrestling podcast coming to Wrestlecopia.com!

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Plus there's TONS of other great old school pro wrestling podcasts and content available over
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On this episode, Gene is proud to welcome special guest "Wildcat" Wendall Cooley! Wendall was a huge star in the territory days and one of Gene's favorite wrestlers growing up going to Memphis and Continental shows. They talk about Wendall's entire career but they do spend a lot of time discussing Wendall's time in Continental. They dissect his feud with "Exotic" Adrian Street and Miss Linda and the important role it played in establishing him as he just arrived in the territory. They talk about the importance of his memorable ring music and who gave it to him. They talk about his brief feud with Chris Colt and why it didn't take off the way they hoped it would. Wendall discusses why he enjoyed gimmicks like "pole matches" and how It broke up the monotony of working regular matches night in and night out. They also talk about working bullwhip matches with "Dirty" Dutch Mantell, working Sid Eudy in some of Sid's very early matches in his career, meeting Frankie Lancaster early on and how they came to be "the Heartbreakers" years later in Puerto Rico. Also, they talk in detail about Wendall's ill fated heel turn in 1987 when they had him join the Stud Stable and the Continental fans just weren't having it!

All that and much more. Check it out and share it with any old school wrestling fans you know!

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Bob and Gene are back once again to take a lighthearted look at the UWF Fury Hour, this week is episode #6! What a show this one is as Captain Lou Albano has a HUGE surprise in Captain Lou's Corner!

The most anticipated MAIN EVENT yet as Ken Patera takes on Billy Jack Haynes in what Herb Abrams has deemed the "Portland Pow" plus Cactus Jack, Chief Jay Strongbow, Bob Orton, Mr. Wonderful, and the most TREMENDOUS armdrag Bruno Sammartino has EVER seen!!

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You can find ALL of the available Herb Abrams' TV episodes right here:

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Also, check out my current weekly podcasts:

 Check out the Retro
Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast! @ www.uswapodcast.com

Dangerous Conversations with Doug Gilbert is a new pro wrestling podcast coming to Wrestlecopia.com! For more info check out www.douggilbertpodcast.com

Plus there's TONS of other great old school pro wrestling podcasts and content available over at  www.wrestlecopia.com!

Bob and Gene are back to cover Episode #5 of the UWF Fury Hour which features not one, not two, but THREE PROMOS from John Tolos! Billy Jack Haynes "loves kids" and is action this week, Ken "Jail Bird" Patera is here, Mr. Wonderful executes another flawless piledriver, The Viking makes his in-ring debut, B. Brian Blair introduces "Honey" while taking on The Bounty Hunter and John Tolos
recommends someone should commit suicide and the MAIN EVENT features a Russian Family Feud as "I-van" Koloff takes on his "nephew" Nikita Koloff!

Check out the full
episode that's being discussed here: https://youtu.be/ypGc3GvkCrQ

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can find ALL of the available Herb Abrams' TV episodes right here:

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Also, check out my
current weekly podcasts:

Check out the Retro
Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast! @ www.uswapodcast.com

Dangerous
Conversations with Doug Gilbert is a new pro wrestling podcast coming to
Wrestlecopia.com! For more info check out www.douggilbertpodcast.com

Plus there's TONS of
other great old school pro wrestling podcasts and content available over
at  www.wrestlecopia.com!

On this episode, Gene welcomes the Owner, Founder, and President of Power Pro Wrestling as well as the Director of the Memphis Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame, Randy Hales! They discuss a number of things including the fact that Randy's first ever podcast appearance was on Gene's old Cheap Heat Radio show back in 2009 and how Randy used it to work an angle with Brandon Baxter to set up his return to the wrestling business after being out it for several years.

They also discuss how things came together for Randy to work with former "rival promoter" Terry Golden on the big event coming to Jackson, Tennessee on Saturday September 21st. They talk about the two main factors they feel made the Memphis territory special that created the connection with fans that still lives on to this day. Plus a number of other things leading into a deep discussion of 'A Night to Remember', all the inductees that will be going into the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame that night, as well as the 'Rivalry for the Ages' between "Superstar" Bill Dundee and Jerry 'the King' Lawler as well as all the Power Pro Wrestlers and KAW Outlaws you can expect to see on hand for the "Reunion" in Jackson!

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Bob Anderson and Gene Jackson are back to discuss and take a fun, light hearted look at another episode of the UWF Fury Hour! Right out of the gate, Gene has possibly exposed Bob Anderson's secret identity as part of very famous wrestling family. They also take a look at the funniest Ken Patera promo of all time!! Plus: this week's main event features "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton that has to be pretty good, right? right?? Captain Lou Albano is back with another head scratching edition of Captain's Corner. Plus the debuts of I-van Koloff, Nikita Koloff, a Bounty Hunter that spits a lot managed by Gene's "new favorite manager" John Tolos, and we hear from THE VIKING!

You can watch Episode #4 of the UWF Fury Hour that's discussed in this episode here: https://youtu.be/i92XOcw9UOM

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You can find ALL of the available Herb Abrams' TV episodes right here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWQzVp-TqauxagwscBCasiC0xG8BoWHYf&si=s5MkCCCQ3Q2LrSha

Also, check out my current weekly podcasts:

Check out the Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast! @ www.uswapodcast.com

Dangerous Conversations with Doug Gilbert is a new pro wrestling podcast coming to Wrestlecopia.com! For more info check out www.douggilbertpodcast.com

Plus there's TONS of other great old school pro wrestling podcasts and content available over at www.wrestlecopia.com!

On this episode of Old School Dives, your hosts Gene Jackson and Shane Noles discuss the "Ric Flair's Last Match" event in Nashville that Shane attended live and Gene watched live on pay per view and they compare notes on how it came off in the arena compared to how it came off on television. A fun episode you don't wanna miss!