Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Territory History Show

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The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History Show is dedicated to researching, educating and discovering pro wrestling history from the territorial-era. Our host and guests share a passion for the performance art of professional wrestling as it was presented in the era of the territories and booking offices from 1930 through 1990.

  1. Episode 60: Towns of the Tennessee Territory: Evansville, Indiana

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    Episode 60: Towns of the Tennessee Territory: Evansville, Indiana

    The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Territory History Show returns with Episode 60 and the debut of an exciting new series: “Towns of the Tennessee Territory.” This week I am joined on the show by special guest Sean Dulaney — the leading historian and author of the acclaimed The History of Professional Wrestling in Evansville book series — for the series premiere. Together we spotlight the town I used to go to on Wednesday night for Gulas-Welch Company wrestling, Evansville, Indiana, one of the most important stops on the classic Memphis/Tennessee territory circuit. Drawing on Dulaney’s deep archival research, the episode explores Evansville’s territorial-era legacy: the major promoters, unforgettable nights at the Evansville Coliseum, the stars who regularly passed through town, and the city’s unique place in the broader Tennessee territory story. This new series will run alongside the popular ongoing 1976 Territory Review Series, giving fans always distinct deep dives into the golden age of regional wrestling each week. Don’t miss the launch of “Towns of the Tennessee Territory” — available now on all major podcast platforms, YouTube, and the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Substack. Step into the Time Tunnel and discover the towns that built the territories! Chapters (00:00:02) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel: Territory History Podcast(00:00:52) - Kentucky Derby: My Picks and More(00:05:15) - History of Evansville, Indiana(00:08:29) - Sean Delaney At Herb Simmons Fan Fest(00:16:01) - WWE in Evansville(00:22:30) - Balkan on His Time in Evansville(00:32:44) - Evansville Wrestling in the 70s(00:42:56) - Phil Golden on Jarrett's Owensboro Incident(00:52:00) - George on The Von Brauners(00:57:13) - Dr. Ralph Wilson(01:07:33) - A Taste of WWE in Evansville(01:08:07) - Billy Gibbon at FanFest 4(01:14:53) - The IBEW Hall. That's it, man. Have a nice evening(01:15:01) - Pro Wrestling History of the Tennessee Territory(01:17:55) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel

    1h 19m
  2. Episode 59: 1976 Territory Review: The WWWF

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    Episode 59: 1976 Territory Review: The WWWF

    This week our 1976 Territory Review Series rolls on as we head to the northeast portion of the United States for the World Wide Wrestling Federation territory. With the expert analysis of my special co-host analyst, Steve Gennerelli, we begin the year in January as the story between Superstar Billy Graham and WWWF Champion, Bruno Sammartino continues in what will be a very hot year for both men! Not only will Bruno face Graham in 1976, but in the first five months along, he will also be challenged by Ivan Koloff, “The Big Cat” Ernie Ladd and a huge moment in wrestling history in April of 1976! In one of the most dramatic moments we have ever covered—and a true turning point in WWWF History—comes on April 26, 1976, at Madison Square Garden. In what many historians regard as one of the most consequential matches of the decade, Stan Hansen unleashed his devastating lariat on Bruno Sammartino. The champion bled heavily; the referee stopped the contest. The neck injury that resulted would sideline Bruno for weeks and force him to wrestle with a protective brace for the rest of his reign. It wasn’t just a match—it was the beginning of the end of an era, even if fans at the time didn’t fully realize it. Gennerelli’s deep knowledge of the WWWF booking sheets and Richards’ storytelling flair turn these moments into vivid, you-are-there radio theater. What makes this particular release special is the chemistry between Richards and Gennerelli. Steve has been a staple on the show—whether recapping the final months of 1975 WWWF or lending his encyclopedic recall to mailbag episodes. As the designated WWWF Analyst, he brings the kind of granular detail that only a true student of the territory can: the way certain angles played differently in Boston versus Philadelphia, the quiet contributions of undercard talent like Kevin Sullivan (already paying his dues in enhancement matches), and the subtle shifts in crowd psychology that told McMahon the product was evolving. If you’re a longtime fan who remembers flipping through Pro Wrestling Illustrated in the checkout line, or a newer viewer curious about how the Northeast territory became the launching pad for Hulkamania, today’s release is essential listening (or watching on YouTube). Head over to Tony Richards’ Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel channel, Substack, or your favorite podcast platform and step into the Tunnel. With Tony Richards and Steve Gennerelli at the wheel, you’ll emerge on the other side with a deeper appreciation for why 1976 wasn’t just another year in wrestling—it was the year the old guard started to feel the future breathing down its neck. Welcome back to 1976, friends. The Time Tunnel is open. Chapters (00:00:02) - Podcast(00:00:35) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel(00:04:27) - 1976(00:05:07) - Bruno Guerrero's Third Reign as NWA World Heavyweight(00:13:56) - Paul Levesque on the WWE-Ring of Honor Merger(00:19:17) - The WWWF(00:26:57) - Ivan Putzky vs Billy Graham(00:28:36) - Heel Manager vs Superstar Graham(00:34:57) - Brian McIntyre on WWE Referees(00:37:18) - Cody Working As A Heel(00:45:42) - Had Ali Anoki Wrestled, Would He Have Made It?(00:47:06) - Stan Hansen(00:57:22) - Rejuvenating the Territories(01:00:26) - Bruno Sammartino's Madison Square Garden Debut(01:06:34) - Bruno vs Hanson in WWF 76(01:11:33) - The First Half of 76(01:12:44) - Steve Anagnosti on MMA and The Observer(01:17:44) - Podcast

    1h 18m
  3. Episode 58: 1976 Territory Review: Championship Wrestling From Florida

    APR 22

    Episode 58: 1976 Territory Review: Championship Wrestling From Florida

    This week’s episode continues our Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel 1976 Territory Review Series and for this installment of the show, we review one of, if not the strongest, NWA territory at the time, Championship Wrestling From Florida. Along for the journey is our regular Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Florida Analyst, Howard Baum, from Miami, Florida, whose first full year as a fan was in the year of 1976. Howard’s memories of the matches and the cards of the Miami Bean Auditorium as well as the weekly television are pure gold in every episode. In this special show, we have as our special guest, Howard’s all time favorite wrestler, Steve Keirn. We have the extra special opportunity to travel back in the time tunnel with Steve and his memories of his biggest singles push thus far in his career, which takes place in 1976! New booker, Jody Hamilton, also known as the masked Assassin, has arrived to take the book from Harley Race and manage and coordinate the talent, the television and the house shows under the watchful mentorship of Eddie Graham, Due to Graham’s relationship with both Sam Muchnick and Vince McMahon, Sr, Graham is asked who would bea great next babyface champion for the WWWF in the mold of Jack Brisco as NWA World Champion. Graham recommends Keirn, based on his in-ring ability and the angle of his father, the war and POW veteran who had just returned home to this family in 1973. McMahon has his eyes on Bob Backlund, who had had a run in the Amarillo territory in 1974 and had returned to Florida in 1975 as a mid-card performer, still refining his abilties. Keirn and Backlund are put into a tag team program to put a shine on both of them with the faather-son heel tag team of Bob Orton Sr and Bob Orton Jr along with their top heel associate Bob Roop. As we know, McMahon chooses Backlund to be his next guy and that’s where we will pick up the story in today’s episode as Steve relates how he came up with the angle, his conversation with his father about it to get his approval, and the emotions and incredible heat that built during the Summer of 1976 in the Sunshine State of Florida. Sit back, relax and enjoy as we review the year of 1976 in Championship Wrestling From Florida! Chapters (00:00:02) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel(00:02:35) - Buddy Fuller Was Involved In Building The Tallahassee(00:09:12) - Crown Wrestling From Florida(00:13:31) - The Wrestling World Should Be True To Its Roots(00:21:56) - Neville on The Internet and Wrestling(00:28:15) - Buddy Rogers on Jaden Price(00:28:39) - Steve Kern(00:30:44) - Steve Kern(00:38:17) - Eddie Guerrero on Starting Out Wrestling(00:43:08) - Bob Orton on His Match With Rupin Orton Jr(00:49:09) - Five Things I Learned From Working For Vince McMahon(00:54:41) - Steve Kern on His Florida(01:00:32) - Steve Kern on His Jobber Era(01:04:34) - Bob Backlin on Being Groomed By Dusty and Eddie(01:10:24) - Bob Group on Steve Kern's Death Threats(01:16:09) - Bobby Orton on His Florida Career(01:22:50) - Steve Austin on His WrestleMania(01:24:05) - Miami vs Tampa(01:29:37) - Paul Heyman on His Book(01:34:32) - Ian Snowden on His Dad's Book(01:37:22) - Tony on His Love Letter to Steve(01:38:10) - Wrestling's Paradigm Changes(01:41:29) - Florida 1976(01:52:01) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel: Florida 76

    1h 57m
  4. Episode 57: Wrestlemania 42 Week

    APR 15

    Episode 57: Wrestlemania 42 Week

    What a BIG show we have for you today! In the broadcasting business, especially with the music formatted stations, we used to have a term when we “went outside the rules” or “played a song or songs not on the authorized playlist”, we called that “breaking format”. It was just a term for going outside the norm and doing something outside the box or beyond the regullar programming. Well we are “breaking format” today and doing something a little different. I kick off the show with a visit with a first-time guest on the show, John Mayor McCall who has been doing a podcast for the last three years centered on the Memphis Territory in the 80s and 90s. John recently accounced that these next 4 or 5 shows will be the last and before he does that, I wanted to have him on the program here at The Rance for a conversation. He’s such a good dude, I dont think you are going to want to miss this. Then, I also recently had my wrestling buddies, Steve Gennerelli and Brian R. Solomon over to the Bunkhouse for a roundtable discussion about Wrestlemania 42. We talk all things Wrestlemania, from the basics of the brand, to what have become fans’ expectations for the show, how the show started and many of its changes through the years and we discuss this weekend’s line-up from Smackdown to Raw and the Two-Day Card over the weekend match by match. We will also run the down this year’s Hall of Fame inductees and provide plenty of analysis and commentary around those. Its a little something different and we had a whole lot of fun doing it and I hope you’ll enjoy it as well. We will return to 1976 next week with a little layover this week in Las Vegas! Chapters (00:00:02) - Podcast(00:00:33) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel(00:02:58) - I Had A Fun Evening With John Mayer McCall(00:04:03) - Tracking the World Champions for the Month of March in Professional Wrestling(00:08:06) - letters from the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel(00:15:03) - Interview at the Richards Ranch With John Mayer McCall(00:16:05) - Former Memphis wrestler on Ending His Podcast(00:19:24) - Willie and Foxy on The Handsome Podcast(00:23:40) - Pat Tanaka Send Care Package to His Sister(00:26:20) - Pod Talk: Hard to Get Talent on-Air(00:31:20) - Ken Patera On Talking To Ric Flair(00:31:52) - Tony Jones on His First Experience With WWE(00:35:56) - Jerry Lawler Knows Who My Dad Is(00:37:22) - Memphis Heat vs Bullfrog Corner(00:41:55) - John Brody on Being an Old Guy on Wrestling(00:46:01) - Ric Flair on His Favorite Person In His Life(00:48:05) - Jerry Lawler On My Son's Birthday(00:51:56) - Jerry Lawler on His Last Day(00:53:31) - John Mayer McCall On His Retirement(00:57:13) - WWE 14: The Paradigm Shift(01:05:16) - Steve Austin on WWE's WrestleMania(01:09:25) - Roman and Punk's WrestleMania Main Event(01:13:22) - The WWE Hall of Fame vs The Wyatt 6(01:16:46) - Stephanie McMahon Going In to the WWE Hall of Fame(01:24:24) - AJ Styles on The WWE Retiring Kurt Angle(01:27:46) - Demolition Is A Ripoff Of The Road Warriors(01:35:26) - Vince McMahon On Ric Flair's WWF Match(01:38:31) - Dennis Rodman Inducted Into The WWE Hall of Fame(01:41:41) - Sid Vicious Should Be In The WWE Legacy Wing(01:47:11) - Lex Luger Was Put In The WWE Hall of Fame(01:55:03) - Bad News Brown on Roddy Piper vs Hulk Hogan(01:57:08) - immortal moment(01:58:19) - WrestleMania 42(02:01:20) - The Referees Should Be More Involved in Wrestling(02:07:51) - Tony Jones on WWE Referees(02:12:27) - WrestleMania 33 Match(02:16:54) - Rhea Ripley vs Alexa Bliss(02:20:33) - Brock Lesnar vs Sami Zayn(02:24:46) - Rhea Ripley vs Jade Cargill(02:29:10) - CM Punk vs Roman Reigns(02:35:35) - WrestleMania 33 And The WWE Hall of Fame(02:37:26) - WrestleMania 3(02:41:22) - John Mayer McCall On The WWE Podcast(02:42:39) - WrestleMania 20(02:47:31) - George Goulis On The Roy Welch Legacy Episode 11

    2h 52m
  5. Episode 56: 1976 Territory Review, St. Louis, Missouri

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    Episode 56: 1976 Territory Review, St. Louis, Missouri

    Welcome everyone to the kick-off episode of our 1976 Territory Review Series! We will start our tour of the territories in ouir bicentennial year in the wrestling capital of the world, St. Louis, Missouri. In 1976, St. Louis was still going strong in the second year of the Fragmentation Era of the Territory Era in Pro Wrestling. Sam Muchnick had been retired as President of the National Wrestling Alliance for about six months, but in St. Louis, he was still very active and going strong as a promoter locally. Shows at the Kiel Auditorium were drawing between 8,000 and 10,500 for most big shows, they took July off from house shows, experienced a little lull in the Fall but were rolling again by Thanksgiving. The new NWA World Champion, Terry Funk was drawing well in The Gateway City, along with the other major names in the NWA such as other NWA World Champions brother Dory, Jr., Harley Race, and Jack Brisco. Also special supplementation by former NWA World Champion and booker Pat O’Connor as challenger and special referee. The other primary push would be for Bob Backlund, which we will explain during the show. My two special co-hosts for this trip in the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel will be SICW Promoter Herb Simmons and Califlower Aller Board Member, Darla Staggs. Herb is once again presenting Fan Fest IV this year, just outside St. Louis in Fairview Heights, Illinois. We will talk about the wide array of superstars who will appear there as well as this year’s inductees to the St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame. Herb will also share his memories of the cards at the Kiel in 1976. Darla Staggs works tirelessly as a productive member and driving force in the Caulfiflower Alley Club in assisting members of our wrestling community who need assistance. Darla also was a lifelong fan who attended here first Kiel Auditorium card as just a baby, then grew up as a fan going to shows and attending television tapings for Wrestling At The Chaase on KPLR-TV. Join us as we travel back in the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel this week to the historic Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri for Terry Funk World Championship title defenses, epic Funk and Brisco battles and a tag team match that may be one of the greatest of all time in the squared circle in the history of St. Louis Wrestling. And that takes in some ground! Enjoy this awesome ride as we kick off our 1976 Series in the Pro Wrestling Territory History Show! Chapters (00:00:02) - Podcast(00:00:35) - St. Louis Pro Wrestling History(00:06:46) - Tony Richards: My Facebook and Instagram Accounts Suspended(00:09:19) - Facebook: My Daughter's Facebook Account Gets Shut Down(00:11:32) - Eric Westland Remembered on ICW Podcast(00:21:16) - Herb Simmons(00:22:05) - St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame Announcement(00:31:15) - SICW 53th Anniversary(00:32:36) - Rich Engling(00:38:34) - Larry Matazek on His Last Book(00:41:07) - Fan Fest 2013(00:46:53) - Glendon Williams on His Hall of Fame Match(00:53:49) - Butch Reed Inducted Into The WWE Hall of Fame(00:58:30) - St. Louis Wrestling FanFest 4(00:59:29) - Sam Backstage: Terry Funk in St. Louis(01:08:19) - Sam Hill on St. Louis(01:15:34) - Give and Take in Pro Wrestling(01:21:20) - St. Louis Wrestling FanFest 4(01:22:50) - Terry Funk vs Pat O'Connor St. Louis(01:32:50) - NWA Wrestling in St. Louis(01:40:29) - 1976(01:43:17) - Darla Staggs On The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History Podcast(01:44:28) - Cauliflower Alley Legends Association(01:50:34) - St. Louis Wrestling's Legends(01:53:03) - Jack Briscoe In St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame(01:54:19) - Jack Briscoe vs. Dorie Funk(01:55:36) - Terry's St. Louis Championship Run(02:03:53) - Sam Mushnick Was Also the NWA President-St. Louis(02:12:18) - Bruno Sammartino Didn't Sell In St. Louis(02:17:33) - St. Louis Wrestling Legends(02:21:43) - What's A Night at the Keel Auditorium?(02:25:56) - Sam Hill's Season Ticket(02:33:15) - He Bought Cheap Seats For The Cardinals(02:34:40) - St. Louis Wrestling(02:41:44) - TRAVEL IN THE TIME TUNEL

    2h 48m
  6. Episode 55: The Dennis Condrey Tribute Show

    APR 1

    Episode 55: The Dennis Condrey Tribute Show

    On Friday, March 20th, 2026, our Pro Wrestling Community lost one of the all time greats, Dennis Condrey of The Midnight Express, passed away at his home in Nirth Alabama at the age of 75. I don’t have to introduce this episode by telling you all about the attributes and wonderful talents of Dennis, by now you have undoubtedly heard and seen many wonderful tributes and salutes to his storied career, including the emotional delived by his partner\manager Jim Cornette and my own feature article on his life and career here in the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel. If you haven’t had a chance to read and review that piece, you can access it here. This show will be a retrospective of sorts with four different friends stopping by The Ranch today to talk about Dennis and what he meant to them. First of all, there’s Greg Anthony from Dyersburg, Tennessee, who runs wrestling shows each week in Dyersburg and Ripley at the building known as the Herb Welch Wrestleplex. Greg shares his connection to Dennis and how Dennis shaped his own life and career in the businsss. Then. there is my longtime frined, Michael St. John of Talking Memphis Wrestling, who also was a television announcer for Nick Gulas both in Nashville and Chattanooga, and Jerry Jarrett in Memphis. Michael was a co-worker with Dennis and also the recipient of one of Dennis’ famous ribs. Next, our Tennessee Historian and Analyst, Tim Dills will be here to document muct of Dennis’ career with Phil Hickerson as the Bicentennial Kings from 1975 to 1979 and we will also talk about his tag team with David Schultz and the infamous angle that was first done in Tennessee that later became famous in Mid-South Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions. Last, Ron Fuller the owner, promoter and booker of Southeastern Championship Wrestling will be here to visit about Dennis and Phil Hickerson in the Knoxville end of his promotion and the inception of The Original Midnight Express in the Pensacola Territory, the famous angle with Norvell Austin and the armstrong Family that made The Original Midnight Express a 3-Man team using the “Freebird” Rule. We are all set to pay our respects to Dennis Condrey today in a little longer show than usual, but Dennis deserves it! I think one of things that is special about our show giving respect to Dennis is that he was one of our own here in the Tennessee Territory.. He started here, became a star here and went out to achieve fame and fortune from here along with other hometown guys, Bobby Eaton and Jim Cornette as the greatest tag team of all time, The Midnight Express. I hope you enjoy today’s show in honor of Dennis Condrey. Chapters (00:00:02) - Podcast(00:00:34) - Dennis Condrey(00:04:31) - Dennis Condrey Tribute(00:05:45) - Herb Welch Remembering(00:11:10) - If You Had A Wrestling Memorabilia Box, What Would It Be(00:14:24) - Mid South Wrestling(00:16:49) - Wrestler Reveals He Almost Died Of Heart Disease(00:20:45) - How My Heart Got Stabilized(00:23:40) - Core Audience of WWE(00:27:53) - Jerry Briscoe on His WWE Success(00:30:35) - WWE 205 Live: Ultra Brawl(00:31:44) - inducting into Pro Wrestling Mid South Hall of Fame(00:32:38) - Greg Anthony on Dennis Condrey's Death(00:35:09) - Dennis Condre on His WWE Hall of Champions(00:38:08) - Dennis On An Healthy ego(00:41:14) - Michael St. John on His Connection With Dennis Condrey(00:44:51) - Michael St. John On The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel(00:45:34) - Nick Goulas on Dennis Condrey(00:52:52) - Nick Gulas on Lost Shoes(00:57:41) - David Schultz on Dennis Angle(01:02:14) - Brock Lesnar Has The Best Look Of All Time(01:08:05) - Michael St. John on Dennis McGuirk's Death(01:11:58) - Memphis Wrestling on Talking Memphis(01:16:17) - Tony Jones on Jerry Jarrett's Last Match(01:18:51) - Tennessee Wrestling historian Tim Deals on Dennis Condrey(01:21:56) - Dennis Condrey On Working With Joe Turner In Oklahoma(01:26:48) - Southern Wrestling Legends on The Bicentennial Kings(01:34:47) - Bobby Roddy on The NWO(01:37:20) - Pile Driver Was Illegal in Tennessee(01:41:24) - The Dennis Condre/David Schultz Birthday Cake Angle(01:46:15) - Tennessee Angles(01:51:49) - The Midnight Express vs The Free Birds(01:57:51) - Norville Austin's Funeral(02:04:44) - Dennis Was Working For Everybody In 1980-1981(02:10:13) - Ron Fuller Talks To Dennis Condrey(02:13:44) - Ron Fuller on Working With Dennis Condrey(02:19:28) - How Randy Rose Got His Tag Team(02:25:26) - Dennis and Bob Norvell Driving Corvettes(02:30:20) - Roy Williams on His Three-Man(02:33:46) - Adam Levine on The Midnight Express Angle(02:40:04) - Ron Footer on Norville Austin(02:45:15) - Norville and Spudding Monroe Story(02:50:22) - Wrestlers in the Tennessee territory(02:52:32) - Dennis Wilson's Funeral(02:56:27) - The Midnight Express on Being The Midnight Express(02:58:27) - Tribute to Dennis Condrey(03:00:32) - Dennis Condrey

    3h 3m
  7. Episode 54: The Pro Wrestling World of Ian Douglass

    MAR 25

    Episode 54: The Pro Wrestling World of Ian Douglass

    This week on my podcast I am exited to welcome a very accomplished and talented friend, the author of ten pro wrestling books, both biographies and historical-focused materials, the author, Ian Douglass. Douglass is originally from Southfield, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 2001, earned a master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2005, and completed an MBA at the Quantic School of Business and Technology in 2021. He also graduated from the Specs Howard School of Media Arts (now the Michigan Media Arts Center) in Southfield in 2002. He began his professional career as a reporter for WEYI-TV in Flint, Michigan, in early 2006, then worked on the staff of Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon. Later he became a freelance writer and editor with a focus on fitness, health, nutrition, and professional wrestling. He served as the final fitness editor of MEL Magazine, has contributed to The Ringer, Men’s Health, InsideHook, and other outlets, and has done SEO, communications, and project-management work (including for Firepoint Energy). In 2020 he began contributing to Splice Today, and in 2021 he joined MEL Magazine’s writing staff. He is also a Webby Award–winning content creator as part of TNBAST’s 2025 sports-documentary team. Douglass has published or co-published approximately 11–13 titles: The Realest Guy in the Room: The Life and Times of Dan Severn (2016) — co-authored with UFC/PW legend Dan Severn Brute Power: The Autobiography of Bugsy McGraw (2019) — co-authored with Bugsy McGraw (co-published with Kenny Casanova’s WOHW) Life Is Short and So Am I: My Life Inside, Outside, and Under the Wrestling Ring (2019) — autobiography of Dylan “Hornswoggle” Postl; co-authored with Ross Owen Williams (ECW Press). The Incredible Brute (circa 2020) — wrestling-themed coloring book/comic tied to the Bugsy McGraw project (illustrated by MW Leitzel). Truth Bee Told: The Autobiography of B. Brian Blair (2021) — co-authored with B. Brian Blair. Bahamian Rhapsody: The Unofficial History of Pro Wrestling’s Unofficial Territory, 1960–2020 (2022) — solo historical work on Bahamian pro wrestling. Keirn Chronicles Volume One: The Fabulous Wrestling Life of Steve Keirn (2023) — co-authored with Steve Keirn (Darkstream/WOHW). Keirn Chronicles Volume Two: The Phenomenal Wrestling Resurgence of Steve Keirn (2024) — co-authored with Steve Keirn (Darkstream/WOHW). A Decided Novelty: The Essential Guide to Black Pro Wrestling History, 1880–1950 (2025) — solo deep historical guide. Gentleman Jack and Rough Rufus: The Rise of Black American Wrestling (February 2025) — solo biography/history of pioneers Jack Claybourne and Rufus Jones (Darkstream Press). Highland Games and Hippodromes: Scottish Identity and Influence at the Dawn of the American Pro Wrestling Industry (recent, circa 2025–2026) — solo work on Scottish contributions to early U.S. pro wrestling. In June 2024 he was inducted into the Pro Wrestling Authors Hall of Fame. In this visit together at The Ranch this week, we get into all his books, his background and what we might want to do in the future. I hope you enjoy my visit with a great guy, Ian Douglass as much as I did. Chapters (00:00:02) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel: History Podcast(00:01:05) - Ranting on Dennis Condrey's Death(00:08:18) - mailbag show(00:13:22) - The Wrestling World of Ian Douglas(00:18:04) - Ian Douglas On The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History(00:21:16) - After a Shoulder Surgery, Resting Your Arm(00:23:17) - Steve Austin on His College Degrees(00:27:23) - Medill News Service: Pro Wrestling Coverage(00:35:09) - No, I Wasn't an Elite Swimmer in High School(00:38:33) - Bob Jones on Volunteering His Life(00:40:10) - Paul Feist on Writing a Biography(00:48:23) - Steve Kern on Speaking Out About His Faith(00:55:00) - Bugsy McGraw's The History of Pro Wrestling in The Bahamas(01:01:49) - Ian Douglas on The Bugsy McGraw Book(01:04:48) - Tom Clancy on Indie Books(01:09:47) - Ian Douglas on His Last Three Books(01:10:26) - Jon Feist on His Pro Wrestling Inspiration(01:14:54) - The Bahamas: Pro Wrestling History(01:22:03) - The Bahamas History List(01:28:50) - Black Wrestling's Jumping Headbutt(01:30:38) - Black Wrestling: A Must Read(01:35:01) - Writing about the Highland Games and Hippodromes(01:36:30) - Coming soon: The Life of Ian Douglas(01:38:00) - Duncan McMillan and Professional Wrestling(01:47:27) - Ian Douglas on His Retirement Plans(01:49:26) - Ian Douglas On The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel(01:55:20) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History Podcast

    1h 56m
  8. Episode 53: 2026 Mailbag Episode 1

    MAR 18

    Episode 53: 2026 Mailbag Episode 1

    This week on the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History Show, I am excited to present the first of our Mailbag Shows for 2026! Our great viewers, listeners and members of our various communities have submitted questions that we have curated for the show. Steve Gennerelli, our WWWF Analyst and Time Tunnel family member is here to assist with the fun. Come along for this week’s show as we dive deep into the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Mailbag to answer the questions our community members want to know! Chapters (00:00:02) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History Mailbag(00:07:07) - Who Would Have Been the NWA Champion?(00:13:33) - Steve Austin on Wrestlers Who Throw Fire(00:18:28) - Was There Anything That Could Have Been Done To Prevent The NWA(00:25:18) - What's The Best Territory in Wrestling?(00:28:39) - If Fritz and Verne Could Have Played Nice...(00:36:26) - Dusty Factor on the UWF(00:39:47) - Pro Wrestling Magazine(00:46:48) - Honorizing Southern Territory Managers(00:50:13) - Gary Hart on Mark Matsuo and More(00:53:01) - Tony Stark on His Memorabilia Collection(00:59:35) - Who Is The First Masked Wrestler?(01:07:33) - Mailbag(01:11:23) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel

    1h 12m
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The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History Show is dedicated to researching, educating and discovering pro wrestling history from the territorial-era. Our host and guests share a passion for the performance art of professional wrestling as it was presented in the era of the territories and booking offices from 1930 through 1990.

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