Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert & Tommy Rich (The WrestleCopia Network)
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| 17 Jan 2025 | Episode #24: Ask Doug & Tommy Anything #4 | 01:30:54 | |
This week, it's YOUR turn to ask the questions! Once again Doug & Tommy are answering questions sent in by the listeners of the show.
Here's some of the topics that get covered in the process: Doug's match with Mance Warner from the W.O.M.B.A.T. show in Tullahoma Tommy's memories of the Jarrett/Gulas split in 1977 Doug's appearance on AEW alongside other Memphis Legends Doug & Tommy's favorite match as tag team partners Favorite places to eat on the road Who was the best female of wrestler of all time? Plus: Frankie Cain, Don Fargo, PG-13, Big Bad John, Bruiser Brody, Mr. Wrestling 2, Jerry Lawler, Brian Christopher, Buck Robley, and much, much, more!
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| 27 Dec 2024 | Episode #21: Talking USWA 1990 | 01:23:16 | |
This week we look back on the USWA in 1990 and in the process Doug & Tommy have some interesting insight & conversation about: "Granny Gilbert's Magic Hair Elixir", The differences in the booking styles of Jerry Jarrett & Jerry Lawler, working with "Superstar" Bill Dundee, the difference between how fans look back on matches & angles compared to how the wrestlers remember them, memories of working with the "Fabulous" Jackie Fargo, the differences between working with the Fabulous Ones in 1991 & then again in 1995, the connection between famous Fisherman Bill Dance & Lance Russell, how to "keep your heat" while still giving the fans what they want, and much, much more!
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| 29 Nov 2024 | Episode #17: Doug & Tommy's Dangerous Thanksgiving Special 2024! | 01:12:22 | |
This week Doug & Tommy celebrate Thanksgiving by looking back at some of the Thanksgiving Day Cards they were involved with over the years, and in the process some fun topics are discussed including: Tommy working against the Original Sheik, some of the big tag team tournaments that took place at the Omni in Atlanta on Thanksgiving, Doug's Scaffold Match against Billy Joe Travis in Nashville on Thanksgiving 1997, working for Bert Prentice, working for IWA Mid-South & Ian Rotten, "The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd & Rufus R. Jones, and much, much more!
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| 21 Feb 2025 | Episode #29: Tommy Rich in Southeastern '85/'86 | 01:13:22 | |
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! For all things related to Doug Gilbert & Tommy Rich, check out www.dougilbertpodcast.com For all things related to Gene Jackson's Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast, check out www.uswapodcast.com
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| 15 Nov 2024 | Episode #15: Featured Guest - Gerald Brisco | 01:25:32 | |
This week Doug & Tommy welcome Jerry Brisco to the show! It's a great conversation as they discuss: Jerry's favorite territory to work in, working with Frank Goodish early in his career prior to becoming "Bruiser Brody", the reason he and his brother Jack never worked for Verne Gagne's AWA territory, working with Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch for the WWF tag team titles in late '84, a story about Tommy & Eddie Gilbert working against the Briscos in Kansas City, their classic feuds with the Funks as well as Steamboat & Youngblood, working with Jerry Lawler in Memphis & Georgia, he and Jack's feelings about Jay & Mark Briscoe using their name, and a WILD story about Jerry nearly killing Tommy Rich in Georgia due to prodding from Michael Hayes! All this and much, much more! A fun conversation with one of the true legends of the sport!
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| 20 Sep 2024 | Episode #07: Featured Guest - "Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony | 01:14:17 | |
This week Doug Gilbert welcomes a very special guest and long time family friend to the show, his former tag team partner and the man he will soon be inducting into the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame, "The Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony! Tony has wrestled in nearly every territory you can name during his 36 year pro wrestling career. They discuss the impact that meeting and teaming with Len Denton as both the Grapplers and the Dirty White Boys had on his whole career (He even gets a phone call from Lenny during the show!) Doug shares stories of getting to hang out with the Grapplers as a very young man and eventually learning from Tony and getting to team with him. Tony shares some fun memories of Eddie both as a friend and colleague and also as a booker. They talk about their days in Continental working with "Nightmare" Danny Davis, teaming and feuding with the great Jerry Stubbs, and of course that famous feud with Dr. Tom Prichard and how it came to be. Give it a listen and find out why Doug and Gene call this their favorite episode of the podcast so far!
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| 11 Oct 2024 | Episode #10: Featured Guest - Dr. Tom Prichard | 01:18:08 | |
This week Doug welcomes another great friend of his to the show, Dr. Tom Prichard! The guys have fun reflecting on their great times as neighbors in the Continental territory where Doug learned from guys like Tom, Jerry Stubbs, "Nightmare" Danny Davis, and others. Tom tells about working with Brian Christopher in the USWA early in Brian's career and shares a fun story from the Mid-South Coliseum where Brian's car was on the line and Brian's girlfriend learned to keep the window's rolled up! Plus, way too many great stories to mention here, check out the interview and let us know what you think over on Facebook at facebook.com/dougilbertpodcast For all things related to Doug Gilbert and his podcast, check out dougilbertpodcast.com For all things related to Gene Jackson's Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast, check out uswapodcast.com Please Subscribe to our Patreon to help pay the bills, https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopia Visit the WrestleCopia Podcast Network https://wrestlecopia.com | |||
| 03 Jan 2025 | Episode #22: Discussing NWA/WCW in 1989 | 01:22:07 | |
In 1989, Eddie Gilbert was invited to return NWA/WCW to assist with the booking which also lead to Doug and Tommy Rich returning as well. A lot of interesting things went on throughout the year including: Eddie feuding with Ric Flair & Barry Windham leading to the return of Ricky Steamboat, Tommy wrestling Terry Funk in Amarillo and feuding with Lex Luger over the United States Championship, Doug wrestling Shane Douglas, Lance Russell leaving Memphis and signing with the NWA, the Rich Cousins wrestle three lunatics, Captain Redneck teams with a patriotic breakdancer??, Eddie & Rick Steiner win U.S. tag team championship gold, and much, much more! Send in your questions for future episodes to douggilbertpodcast@outlook.com
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| 28 Feb 2025 | Episode #30: AD&T (Ask Doug & Tommy) #5 | 01:15:06 | |
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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| 14 Feb 2025 | Episode #28: Talking USWA 1994 (Part 1) | 01:21:40 | |
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! Send in your questions for future episodes to douggilbertpodcast@outlook.com For all things related to Doug Gilbert & Tommy Rich, check out www.dougilbertpodcast.com For all things related to Gene Jackson's Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast, check out www.uswapodcast.com
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| 07 Feb 2025 | Episode #27: Featuring Special Guest - Joel Goodhart | 01:04:56 | |
This week Doug & Tommy welcome TWA promoter Joel Goodhart as they discuss the history of the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance, Eddie Gilbert's matches with Cactus Jack for TWA, Buddy Landel and the "Battle of the Nature Boys" that almost happened at TWA against the legendary Buddy Rogers, the Memphis Wrestling influence on Tri-State, plus they discuss the HUGE TWA 'ONE & DONE' event coming to Philadelphia, PA on Saturday May 3rd at the 2300 Arena!
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| 23 Aug 2024 | Episode #03: "THE GILBERTS GO GLOBAL!" | 01:23:58 | |
This week's episode is all about when Doug and Eddie went to the Global Wrestling Federation! They discuss what the GWF was and how it came to be thanks to Joe Pedicino in 1991. What lead to Eddie being brought in as the booker and how the transition went. The story of how and why the Dark Patriot gimmick was conceived. The challenges of booking and taping a pro wrestling TV show that aired FIVE DAYS A WEEK nationally on ESPN. The REAL story of what happened with Jeff Gaylord in the dressing room at the Dallas Sportatorium. Plus some great stories about Bert Prentice, Bruce Prichard, John Tatum, Del Wilkes, Scott Levy, and Doug remembers his time in IWA Mid South thanks to a question from one of the fans. All that and much more during another DANGEROUS CONVERSATION with DOUG GILBERT! For links to all things related to "Dangerous" Doug Gilbert and his podcast check out douggilbertpodcast.com For links to all things related to Gene Jackson's Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast check out uswapodcast.com Please Subscribe to our Patreon to help pay the bills, https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopia Includes the $5 “All Access” Tier & $9 "Superfan DELUXE" Tier featuring our VIDEO CASTS, Patreon Watch-Along Series, our insanely detailed show notes (for the Grenade, Monday Warfare, Regional Rasslin, Puro Academy, & Retro Re-View), Early Show Releases, REMASTERED editions of the early Grenade episodes including NEW content! PLUS, monthly DIGITAL DOWNLOADS for your viewing and reading pleasure! Visit the WrestleCopia Podcast Network https://wrestlecopia.com Follow WrestleCopia on “X” (Formerly Twitter) @RasslinGrenade Follow & LIKE our FACEBOOK PAGE – https://www.facebook.com/RasslinGrenade Subscribe to the WrestleCopia Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/RasslinGrenade | |||
| 04 Oct 2024 | Episode #09: Featured Guest - Downtown Bruno | 01:08:14 | |
We seem to be on a roll right now with fun interviews with some of Doug's best friends in the wrestling business so we figured we would keep that going and welcome the one and only Downtown Bruno to the show this week! Many fans are familiar with Bruno's time in the WWF/E as Dr. Harvey Wippleman and that Bruno is a best friends with Dewayne "the Rock" Johnson, and that Bruno managed in the Memphis territory but many don't realize that Bruno got his start in the Kansas City territory and spent some time working for Continental in Alabama in the 80's, and that Bruno was a very close friend to not only Doug, but to Tommy and Eddie Gilbert as well. Bruno shares a bunch of great stories from throughout his career including stories of working with a very young Sid Vicious in Alabama, working with Big Bubba and Goliath in Memphis, his USWA feud with Scott Bowden, working with Bertha Faye, Stacy Carter, Miss Texas, Emily Arthur, and many, many others. It's always a fun time talking to Bruno as he drinks beer and eats chickens wings down in good ol' Walls, Mississippi. So come hang out and listen in on a "Dangerous Conversation" with Dangerous Doug & Downtown Bruno! For all things related to Doug Gilbert and his podcast, check out dougilbertpodcast.com For all things related to Gene Jackson's Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast, check out uswapodcast.com Please Subscribe to our Patreon to help pay the bills, https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopia Visit the WrestleCopia Podcast Network https://wrestlecopia.com | |||
| 13 Sep 2024 | Episode #06: Featured Guest - Randy Hales! | 01:30:22 | |
It's Episode #6 of Dangerous Conversations and this week, Doug welcomes a special guest: the Founder, Owner, and President of Power Pro Wrestling, Randy Hales. Doug has known Randy for well over 40 years and despite having some tense moments at times over the years, they are still friends to this day. As we move towards the huge "Night to Remember" event in Jackson, Tennessee on Saturday September 21st, the guys discuss all of the inductees that will be in this year's class of the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame especially the "Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony, whom Doug will be personally inducting into the Hall himself.
A ton of great conversation here about the Memphis Wrestling territory, the Gilbert/Rich vs. PG-13 feud, a comparison of the Fabs & The Rock & Roll Express in the 80s, and much, much more!
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| 30 Aug 2024 | Episode #04: "Remembering SID" | 01:10:12 | |
It's Episode #4 of Dangerous Conversations with Doug Gilbert and this week we had planned to talk about Bill Watts' UWF, but we're going to put that off until a later date... and instead we're going to spend this episode allowing Doug to share some of his favorite memories of he and Eddie's good friend, Sid Eudy. While most fans only know Sid as the "Master & Ruler of the World" and a main event superstar in professional wrestling, there's another side of him that most have never gotten a chance to see. Doug spends some time here sharing stories of the man he's known as a loyal friend to him and his family inside and outside the wrestling business for over 36 years. From the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis to main events at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and back again, Sid was always the same humble family man that Doug met all those years ago. We hope everyone enjoys this episode and it manages to shed some light on Sid Eudy, the real man behind the "monster" on television. For all things related to the podcast check out our LINK TREE @ www.douggilbertpodcast.com Check out the Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast! @ www.uswapodcast.com Plus there's TONS of other great old school pro wrestling podcasts and content available over at www.wrestlecopia.com! Please Subscribe to our Patreon to help pay the bills, https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopia Visit the WrestleCopia Podcast Network https://wrestlecopia.com | |||
| 31 Jan 2025 | Episode #26: The Last Battle of Atlanta (Rich vs. Sawyer) | 01:15:16 | |
If you were a fan of Georgia Championship Wrestling in the early 80s, there was no feud more talked about or more memorable than Tommy "Wildfire" Rich vs. "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer. As most folks know, this feud came to a head in a famous steel cage match that would be known as the "Last Battle of Atlanta". The match is memorable for many reasons. One of the reasons is the cage itself, it was unique in the fact that it was a steel cage that also had a chain link top that would go on to inspire the WWE's HELL IN A CELL cage years later. It's also famous because for decades it was believed that no footage of this match existed, it was the holy grail of the pro wrestling tape traders from the VHS days into the DVD days. But mostly it was memorable because it was an exclamation point on a violent and bloody feud that lasted over two years. This week, Doug & Tommy discuss the feud with Buzz Sawyer and everything that led up to it, the match itself, and even a few things you may not remember that happened after it. Check it out!
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| 10 Jan 2025 | Episode #23: Memphis Mafia in the USWA 1992 | 01:28:04 | |
On this episode, we pick up the USWA discussion where we left off at the end of 1990, Doug & Tommy spent most of 1991 in other places so we touch on a few interesting subjects from '91 like working with Eric Embry & Chris Candido, and then we move into 1992! A lot of fun stuff to cover in the USWA in 1992 involving the Gilberts and Tommy Rich including Doug wrestling against Tommy one on one, Doug & Eddie feuding with the Rock & Roll Express, Tommy coming in as a babyface but eventually turning on Bill Dundee and rejoining the "Memphis Mafia". Plus, they discuss working with the Junkyard Dog, the "Russian Unified Team", Pelotons, Gino Hernandez, and much more on this week's episode of Dangerous Conversations!
Make sure you stick around after the podcast ends for some fun promo clips from Doug & Eddie as well as a clip of Tommy doing a promo with his tag team partner Buddy Landel on the phone talking about the ranch "they just purchased" that is an absolute classic! Send in your questions for future episodes to douggilbertpodcast@outlook.com
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| 18 Oct 2024 | Episode #11: The "New" Fabulous Ones w/Guest Tommy "Wildfire" Rich | 01:03:09 | |
Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert Episode #11: The "New" Fabulous One w/guest Tommy Rich
This week Doug is excited to announce that not only is his "brother" Tommy "Wildfire" Rich returning to the show as a guest, he's going to be a permanent part of Dangerous Conversations moving forward! On this episode we have an indepth conversation with Tommy about teaming with Doug’s brother Eddie Gilbert in 1984 as Jackie Fargo's "New" Fabulous Ones to replace the previous Fabulous Ones, Stan Lane & Steve Keirn who left the Memphis territory. They would be opposing Jimmy Hart’s "New" Fabulous Ones consisting of Porkchop Cash & Troy Graham but those plans would soon change when Graham suffered a severe injury that would take him out of the ring for nearly a decade. We cover their entire run as a team and discuss the various feuds and notable matches they had leading into the eventual legendary angle on television where they officially split up the team!
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| 27 Sep 2024 | Episode #08: Featured Guest - "Wildfire" Tommy Rich | 00:50:36 | |
This week's episode was recorded live and in person in Jackson, Tennessee immediately before the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame Ceremony. Doug is excited to welcome his long time tag team partner and one of his best friends, Tommy "Wildfire" Rich! They discuss a variety of topics including: how Tommy met Doug's father Tommy Gilbert, Tommy's experiences learning from Tojo Yamamoto early in his career, defeating the great Harley Race to become the youngest NWA World Champion in 1981, the prevailing locker room mentality amongst wrestlers and why promoters seem to encourage it, Tommy's very fun "corn story", and so much more! At the end of the episode, Gene teases that the next time Tommy joins the show, (which will be soon) they will discuss the "New" Fabulous Ones tag team of Tommy Rich and Eddie Gilbert in Memphis in 1984! Doug and Tommy agree that this topic could end up taking multiple episodes to cover! For all things related to Doug Gilbert and his podcast, check out dougilbertpodcast.com For all things related to Gene Jackson's Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast, check out uswapodcast.com Please Subscribe to our Patreon to help pay the bills, https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopia Visit the WrestleCopia Podcast Network https://wrestlecopia.com | |||
| 20 Dec 2024 | Episode #20: Doug & Tommy's Dangerous Christmas Special | 01:34:33 | |
Merry Christmas! This week on the 20th Episode of Dangerous Conversations, Doug & Tommy look back on some Christmas Day Wrestling Shows they competed on over the years and discuss some of the guys who were booked on the card! Among other topics discussed this week: A possible return to Sistersville, Virginia?!?!, "Wildfire Claus", solving the mystery of "Rick Jones", the appeal of wrestling shows for families on Christmas, Big Red, how Tojo Yamamoto taught Tommy to sell, Doug's dealings with a famous "Chief", When Dutch Mantel "held Tommy hostage" in the dressing room, When Doug nearly took out Frank Morrell with a golf ball, making merch money, and much, much more to get you in the Christmas Spirit! Send in your questions for future episodes to douggilbertpodcast@outlook.com
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| 24 Jan 2025 | Episode #25: Happy Birthday, Tommy Gilbert! | 01:22:17 | |
On this episode, we celebrate what would have been Doug's Dad Tommy Gilbert's 85th Birthday on January 15th by having Doug & Tommy share memories and stories of Tommy while also reviewing some results from the early years of his career featuring discussions of Sputnik Monroe, Ron & Don Wright, Herb Welch, The Funks, Eddie Marlin, Rocky Johnson, Billy Wicks, The Bicentennial Kings of Dennis Condrey & Phil Hickerson, Frank Goodish, and many more! Plus the story of Johnny Starr and some great stories about Mr. Gilbert working with the legendary Lou Thesz! Send in your questions for future episodes to douggilbertpodcast@outlook.com
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| 08 Nov 2024 | Episode #14: Ask Doug Gilbert & Tommy Rich ANYTHING! (Part One) | 01:11:44 | |
This week Doug & Tommy were in Arkansas getting ready for a big show in Clarksville, so we took the opportunity to sit down and answer some of YOUR questions that have been sent in to dougilbertpodcast@outlook.com and submitted on Facebook at facebook.com/dougilbertpodcast.
Some of the topics they discuss include: Tommy's stint in the American Wrestling Federation in 1995, Doug's match with the Great Muta at WrestleWar '89, working with Roddy Piper in '82, stories about traveling with Andre the Giant in Georgia, comparing Flair & Bockwinkel as World Champions, favorite masked wrestler of all time?, favorite manager they've ever had, and many more fun questions are answered in this one!
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| 06 Sep 2024 | Episode #05: Ask Doug Anything V.1 | 01:19:41 | |
This week on Dangerous Conversations, we're turning the reins over to the listeners as we ask Doug questions that have been sent in from the fans! Here's just a few of the topics you guys asked Doug about:
Plus some of the questions lead to discussions about Sam Bass, Downtown Bruno, Tux Newman, Tom Renesto as booker in Memphis in 1985, and much, much more. A really fun episode! We appreciate everyone who has sent in their questions, keep them coming either on our Facebook page or email them to douggilbertpodcast@outlook.com
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| 06 Dec 2024 | Episode #18: DOUG & TOMMY GO TO PRISON! | 01:20:03 | |
This week Doug & Tommy finally tell their side of the story on the infamous "Great West Virginia Heist" of 1997! The real story of what happened has never been told before by Doug OR Tommy….until NOW. There were a few different versions of the story floating around wrestling magazines, dirt sheets, and locker rooms back in '97 ranging from Doug & Tommy asked for their pay in advance and then left the building to Doug & Tommy robbed the promoter for the gate at gunpoint. What was true? What was not? Check out this episode and hear all about the weekend the "Memphis Mafia" spent in jail in West Virginia complete with orange jumpsuits and being shackled for transport! It's a wild story that'll you'll only hear on Dangerous Conversations and the Wrestlecopia Podcast Network! For all things related to Doug Gilbert & Tommy Rich, check out www.dougilbertpodcast.com For all things related to Gene Jackson's Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast, check out www.uswapodcast.com Please Subscribe to our Patreon to help pay the bills, https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopia Visit the WrestleCopia Podcast Network https://wrestlecopia.com | |||
| 22 Nov 2024 | Episode #16: ASK DOUG & TOMMY ANYTHING PART 2 | 01:15:55 | |
After receiving some great feedback on the last Q&A, and since there were still plenty of listener questions left to answer, this week we present Part Two of our Q&A of questions sent in by our listeners for Doug Gilbert & "Wildfire" Tommy Rich!
Doug & Tommy answer questions pertaining to the following topics:
All these topics are covered and many more! For all things related to Gene Jackson's Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast, check out uswapodcast.com
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| 16 Aug 2024 | Episode #02: "That Was Fake, Man!" | 01:11:01 | |
It's Episode #2 of Dangerous Conversations with Doug Gilbert, and this week we talk to Doug about one of the wildest episodes of USWA Championship Wrestling that ever aired, from beginning to end! It's the January 13, 1996 episode and it features two title changes, heel turns, a face turn, and it all centers around Doug Gilbert, Tommy Rich, and Jerry 'the King' Lawler! The episode featured what was a pretty surreal promo at the time between Doug and the King (and eventually Tommy Rich). We listen to the whole promo and then Doug breaks it down in detail as far as what was said before, during, and after the promo and what the intent behind it was. The promo was unique for the time period and pretty shocking... and this marks the first time it has ever been discussed in detail.. anywhere! Doug also answers a fan question concerning Smoky Mountain Wrestling to round out the episode! https://youtu.be/HJnTOPjc29Q?si=fK53SAVegrPBY6jE
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| 13 Dec 2024 | Episode #19: Ask Doug & Tommy Anything #3 | 01:02:15 | |
This week Doug & Tommy once again answer questions sent in by YOU the listeners of Dangerous Conversations. Some of the topics covered in this round of questions: The York Foundation in WCW, The Von Erichs, Butch Reed, Tojo Yamamoto, Bam Bam Bigelow, Wrestling Bears, Harley Race, Terry Gordy, The Lethal Weapons with Dennis Condrey, working with 'BUSSY' (Effy/Allie Katch) in GCW, Rick Jones, Randy Hales, and much more!
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| 06 Aug 2024 | Dangerous Conversations Ep. #1: "King of Rock & Roll" | 00:49:59 | |
On the debut episode of Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert, host Gene Jackson and Doug Gilbert discuss how Doug's "King of Rock & Roll" gimmick came about in the USWA in 1993... What it was originally supposed to be, where it was supposed to go, and why it ended so abruptly, never to be revisited again. From there, Doug talks his 1993 USWA feud versus his own brother, "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert, where Doug went after the 'loser leaves town" match, what the promotion did with Eddie after Doug left, and why Eddie had a problem with it. Doug also recounts Eddie's infamous "shoot promo" on Saturday morning television, the Gilbert's history of such promos over the years, and whether or not the rumors are true that Eddie was fired from the USWA for that promo. Plus, the Dangerous One answers questions sent in from fans about his favorite memories of his Dad (Tommy Gilbert) in the ring when he was a kid, how Doug ended up doing the Freddy Krueger gimmick in Japan (and who did it first), and a few of his memories of "Dream Machine" Troy Graham (ya understand what I'm sayin?)! Check out the famous promo from "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert discussed by Doug in this episode https://youtu.be/4-pTiDrw7qg For links to all things related to "Dangerous" Doug Gilbert and his podcast check out douggilbertpodcast.com For links to all things related to Gene Jackson's Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast check out uswapodcast.com Please Subscribe to our Patreon to help pay the bills, https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopia Includes the $5 “All Access” Tier & $9 "Superfan DELUXE" Tier featuring our VIDEO CASTS, Patreon Watch-Along Series, our insanely detailed show notes (for the Grenade, Monday Warfare, Regional Rasslin, Puro Academy, & Retro Re-View), Early Show Releases, REMASTERED editions of the early Grenade episodes including NEW content! PLUS, monthly DIGITAL DOWNLOADS for your viewing and reading pleasure! Visit the WrestleCopia Podcast Network https://wrestlecopia.com Follow WrestleCopia on “X” (Formerly Twitter) @RasslinGrenade Follow & LIKE our FACEBOOK PAGE – https://www.facebook.com/RasslinGrenade Subscribe to the WrestleCopia Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/RasslinGrenade | |||
| 25 Oct 2024 | Episode #12: The Memphis Mafia & More! | 01:07:43 | |
This week Doug & Tommy kick off the show talking about their weekend working the big wrestling event at the University of Memphis featuring many other legends of Memphis Wrestling. Then we get into some discussion of the "Memphis Mafia", who were the members? What was it exactly? Was it just an onscreen group, or was it more than that? Doug & Tommy get pretty in depth describing exactly who and what the Memphis Mafia was at that time in the USWA. In the process of this conversation a number of other interesting people and topics come up including: Sam Bass, John Gilliam, Sam Lowe, how Tommy paid the price when Doug and half the card got caught up in a "snow storm", dealing with heated fans, who Brian Christopher's "Favorite Wrestler" really was, and so much more!
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| 01 Nov 2024 | Episode #13: Featuring "The Grappler" Len Denton | 01:10:18 | |
This week, Tommy Rich is away in Philadelphia working a show so Doug and Gene invited a special guest to join them in 'the Grappler' Len Denton! A great conversation ensued covering how Len came about wearing the mask and who he "took" the Grappler name from, how he became the booker in Kansas City and the legend who felt he was the man for the job, how he felt about becoming a tag team with Tony Anthony in Mid South at the suggestion of Bill Watts, narrowly avoiding a tragedy at the Superdome in a match with the Junkyard Dog, protecting the business against a news reporter who called it fake, his relationship with Roddy Piper, plus the big Portland Wrestling Expo coming up in February, and much more! A really fun episode and an informative conversation with one of the top workers in the wrestling business who worked in nearly every territory during his career.
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