The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith

The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now heading toward its fifth year in a few weeks – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Bob Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: Bob Smith and Joe Puccio celebrate Halloween Week with a collection of moments in wrestling history that actually scared them both as young fans and as journalists who worked in the industry. From violent mat villains to bad injuries to shocking statements to an array of over-the-top incidents, greats of the game such as Mad Dog Vachon, Fred Blassie, Abdullah The Butcher, Sid Vicious, and many more earn their stripes for providing literal thrills and chills to mat fans. It’s the new, dressed-in-black Halloween edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith … watch out for flying bats while listening!

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now heading toward its fifth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Bob Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: The Outdated Wrestling Hour offers its second episode entitled “Then Versus Now” – and the premise is simple: Most fans remember legends such as Bruno Sammartino, Terry Funk, Ernie Ladd, Vader, and more greats from the 1960s through the ’90s – but which of today’s wrestlers come the closest to approximating the Hall of Famers' styles, size, and charisma? Who of today’s group of main eventers equal the impact of those from wrestling’s storied past? Join in and see if you agree with our choices on the newest edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour: We’re from the era where the good guys were still actually good guys!

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now heading toward its fourth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Bob Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: Pundit Mike Leotis (a wrestling commentator and part of the popular Wrestler Weekly posts on Facebook and across social media) returns for a second look at Don Owen’s Portland Wrestling, referred to by many in the 1980s and ’90s as “Pacific Northwest Wrestling.” Smith and Leotis talk about the contributions of “Playboy” Buddy Rose, Curt Hennig, Roddy Piper, Billy Jack, The Grappler, Ed Wiskoski, and many other stars who either started their careers in Portland or became stars afterward, helping to write an important part of wrestling history. It’s a new/old Outdated Wrestling Hour, as always offering our thanks and appreciation for the classic wrestling of decades gone by!

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now heading toward its fifth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Bob Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: The Outdated Wrestling Hour welcomes back Daniel Archambeault-May of the Ultimate Classic Wrestling video service to talk about an exciting new look at a classic time in mat history with “The Territories – Detroit,” featuring unearthed matches involving The Sheik, Mark Lewin, The Fabulous Kangaroos, and more. Next, Smith and Puccio go back in time to talk about finishing maneuvers of the 1970s and ’80s that you don’t see much of these days. What else could you expect from The Outdated Wrestling Hour … a podcast that relishes and honors the history of the sport in every episode?

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now heading toward its fifh year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Bob Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: The Outdated Wrestling Hour continues on with another look back with one of the great movers and shakers of the WWE’s “expansion era” with the return of special guest Ed Helinski, who was at the helm of the promotion’s magazine publishing division during the WWF Magazine era – which pretty much was at the same time when the organization became a worldwide force instead of a regional one. Here are stories of great stars from the 1980s, memories of what a busy tenure Helinski had in the Connecticut-based company (it was much more than just publishing), and even a sound clip from a certain Hall of Famer from the great editor’s personal collection. Get back to the 1980s with the new edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour – your weekly journey back in time to the great wrestling so many of us grew up enjoying!

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now in its fourth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous mat titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: It’s a special double-sized episode of The Outdated Wrestling Hour - featuring a truly special guest. Bob Smith traveled to Gleason’s Gym in New York City to conduct a wide-ranging interview with triple Hall of Fame wrestling legend Johnny Rodz – a star who won the famed Los Angeles battle royal as Java Ruuk, and also competed against virtually every wrestling star imaginable in the WWWF for the better part of three decades. Rodz has been a lauded grappler, a world traveler, and a remarkable wrestling trainer, and we were able to sit down with him as he talked about every facet of his career. The Outdated Wrestling Hour is proud to present this timeless wrestling immortal to wrestling fans who thrilled to his matches in the 1960s through the 1980s!

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now in the tail-end of its fourth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous mat titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: Oliver Lee Bateman – you know him from his years writing about wrestling on the heralded sports website The Ringer – returns to the show for a double-dip of mat fun. First, Bateman talks about his role in the new Ian Douglass-penned book Only Built For Turkish Links: The Turkish Invasion Of American Pro Wrestling, still on the wrestling best-seller lists on Amazon as this show hits the airwaves. Next, it’s another “My Favorite Things” episode, where Bateman goes back in time to talk about the matches, stars, and moments that forged his lifelong passion for the squared circle. It’s the latest, multi-faceted edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast – your weekly source for nostalgia and fun!

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now in its fourth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous mat titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: It’s a “rush release” this time out, as the weekend before the scheduled podcast date, Smith and Puccio learned of the passings of a legend and a current famous grappler: “Superstar” Bill Dundee and The Butcher of AEW fame. Smith and Puccio talk about the career of The Butcher – who was just as famous in another career – before Smith welcomes back fellow podcaster “Mayor” John McCall to talk about Dundee, one of the biggest stars in the history of Memphis wrestling. Join us in paying tribute to these two men on the newest Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast, available wherever you get your shows.

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now heading toward its fifth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Bob Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: The Outdated Wrestling Hour welcomes back former Ring Of Honor owner (and organization Hall of Famer) Cary Silkin, who now ranks as the newest voice in our series of popular “My Favorite Things” podcasts. Smith marvels as Silkin – who has been part of the pro wrestling scene for literally decades – recalls memories about his indoctrination into the sport and life inside it later that are both singular in scope, yet accessible enough to thrill listeners who’ll likely compare their own experiences to his. It’s the new Outdated Wrestling Hour: Nostalgia from people who know the sport best!

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now in its fourth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous mat titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: The prolific historian and award-winning journalist Ian Douglass is back – and this time, he has a new best-seller in Only Built for Turkish Links: The Turkish Invasion of American Pro Wrestling – once again tackling a period in mat history that most writers haven’t covered, or in most cases don’t even know existed. It’s another wide-ranging conversation as Smith asks Douglass not only about this current book, but also about another title that may (or may not) be released soon. It’s great books and a great writer on The Outdated Wrestling Hour – which leads off with Smith and Puccio taking another look at the amazing WWE Vault on YouTube and more!

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now heading toward its fourth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Bob Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: The Outdated Wrestling Hour continues on with another look back at how much pro wrestling has changed since the 1970s with a show called “Movers & Shakers” – and we welcome back podcaster Steve Gennarelli for look back at the behind-the-scenes people responsible for many of the great TV shows, cards, and stars that we’re all so fond of. We’re talking the men and women who ran and booked some of the major wrestling territories back in the days when there actually were territories. It’s The Outdated Wrestling Hour, your weekly reminder of the simpler yet exciting days of classic old school wrestling!

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now in its fourth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous mat titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: Most older wrestling fans remember former NWA World heavyweight champion Lou Thesz – but we think we’ve found something about this all-time great that many fans aren’t aware of. Our special guest is podcaster Jon Boucher (hear him on Outlaws To Independents with Beau James), who talks about how fans can see Thesz in a role that has pretty much been lost to history. Plus: Joe Puccio discovers something about Ric Flair that’s new and quite intoxicating; more about ice cream favorites; and some words SummerSlam – it’s new and old on the new Outdated Wrestling Hour, available at all the best podcast apps!

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now heading toward its fourth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Bob Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: The Outdated Wrestling Hour continues on with another look back at how much pro wrestling has changed since the 1970s and ’80s – and this time, it’s a look at big, large, and giant mat stars of the past. From Don Leo Jonathan to The Great Antonio to King Kong Bundy to Haystacks Calhoun to (of course) Andre The Giant, we look back at famous names as well as stars who time seems to have forgotten – but not on The Outdated Wrestling Hour, your weekly reminder of the simpler yet exciting days of classic old school wrestling!

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now heading toward its fourth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Bob Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: The Outdated Wrestling Hour continues on with another look back at how much pro wrestling has changed since the 1970s and ’80s – and this time, it’s pretty amazing to see just HOW much everything has been altered. From refereeing to interviews to basic matches, fans somehow went from cheering the bad guys getting disqualified to “This is awesome!” long before a match has started. This podcast marks the first time Smith and Puccio have been in the same room since late in the spring – and the duo tells all about it in an episode we’re dubbing “The Outdated Outpatient Hour”!

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now in its fourth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous mat titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: It’s a “look back with fondness” once again as The Outdated Wrestling Hour welcomes back podcaster Steve Gennarelli (Stick To Wrestling With John McAdam) for a second special edition on some of pro wrestling’s underrated stars – the grapplers who thrilled us that time seems to have greatly forgotten; the undercard workers who usually greatly aided every show they appeared in; and others who were way better than history might suggest. It’s another look back in to the 1970s and’80s on The Outdated Wrestling Hour – a veteran fan’s guide to the fun we all used to have in the old days!

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now heading into its fourth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous mat titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: It’s a “look back with fondness” once again as The Outdated Wrestling Hour welcomes back co-host Joe Puccio for a discussion on wrestling’s toughest stars – the grapplers who were not only outrageously fierce inside the ring, but who proved they could be every bit as rugged outside of it as well. From world-traveling superstars to leathery veterans who stayed in one organization for the majority of their careers, these were truly wrestlers who could take it as well as they could dish it out. Who did Smith and Puccio choose as their choice as the toughest? You’ll have to listen to The Outdated Wrestling Hour to find out!

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now in its fourth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous mat titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Topic: It’s a “look back with fondness” once again as The Outdated Wrestling Hour welcomes back Liam Savage (formerly a contributor to the Front Row Material podcast) for the latest edition of “My Favorite Things,” a series of podcasts where guests look back at the matches, eras, stars, and happenings that they consider to be the most memorable moments they’ve had either covering wrestling or simply enjoying it as a fan. Join us for a wealth of nostalgia and just plain fun and – news flash – our co-host Joe Puccio returns on this new episode!

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Can’t get along with someone? Are you engaged in a conflict that just won’t end? That’s the theme of the latest episode of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine). The decades-spanning writer for wrestling publications from the first edition of WCW to today’s Inside The Ropes welcomes back podcaster Steve Gennarelli (best known for Stick To Wrestling With John McAdam) for another of Steve’s great concepts. It's “The 100 Year Wars” – decades of lengthy feuds between wrestling superstars that went on for years … and in some cases, decades! It’s another heartfelt look back at pro wrestling’s past on The Outdated Wrestling Hour – where nostalgia rules!

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On Bob Smith’s first “solo” podcast since the first year of The Outdated Wrestling Hour, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated (and a former writer for WCW Magazine, Wrestling’s Main Event, and many more titles) takes a break from the show’s usual format to focus on little-known wrestling events, facts, places, and people that continue to make the mat sport the fascinating business that it’s been for decades. From eateries you might not know about to star wrestlers taking on new professions after retirement, it’s a bunch of things that aren’t exactly common knowledge – so enjoy this whimsical edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour, the most unique nostalgia show you’ll find anywhere!

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You probably wouldn’t expect a conversation about The New York Knicks’ stunning rise to a championship on a pro wrestling nostalgia podcast – but that’s exactly what happens on the latest episode of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine), and we’ll explain why. Smith – a former legitimate newspaper sports writer who covered Knicks basketball – talks about his days being a hoops journalist, and how the reaction to the team’s rise has been absolutely stunning on many different levels. But that’s not all: Smith and Solomon discuss how, decades ago, pro wrestling could draw passion from the fans the same way the Knicks have … but that seems to be ean ra that has come and gone for good. Join us for the new edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour – which once again proves to be the thinking person’s old-time wrestling podcast!

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