Publications and Podcasts

Kris is joined by Beau James (King of Kingsport) to discuss July 1987-mid May 1988 in Continental Championship Wrestling, Continental Wrestling Federation, & USA Championship Wrestling as yes the promotions have split. We go into a deep discussion of how the split took place with some interesting stories about all the characters involved. We talk about all the major angles of the era and just who was booking what and who wasn’t. We talk returns and exits along with debuts such as Eddie Gilbert making his first foray into this area. Truly an amazing show with stuff you have never heard on a podcast before!!!!! The PWO-PTBN Podcast Network features great shows you …

https://soundcloud.com/jerryvonkramer/this-week-in-wrestling-06-12-2016 Fall 1 Pete and Johnny look at Dusty vs Ivan in possibly the 1st Coffin match. ever. They talk about the picture that got every one talking about nwaondemand.com. Then we shift over and discuss what we liked and didn't like about ROH tv. Fall 2 Pete and Timothy talk about the rest of the BOTSJ matches. Find out what matches the guys liked and didn't like. Which wrestlers impressed them and which ones didn't. They even shoot on Chad Cambell's public apology.We talk about the most current episode of Lucha Underground. Then we break down Progress Strong Style night 1. Fall 3 Johnny's back and we…

http://placetobenation.com/at-the-garden-presents-bruno-sammartino-the-italian-strongman-1960-1965/ The series debut of At the Garden is the first of a four part spotlight on "The Living Legend" Bruno Sammartino. The years 1960-1965 will be covered, looking at... -Bruno's rapid rise as a pro wrestling star -Troubled times during his early years -The story behind the scenes involving Vince McMahon Sr. and other promoters -A show by show breakdown of Bruno's matches at MSG, against such wrestlers as Buddy Rogers, Giant Baba, Gorilla Monsoon, Killer Kowalski, Freddie Blassie, Bill Watts, Gene Kiniski, and many others Sit back and enjoy this trip down memory …

http://placetobenation.com/tag-teams-back-again-episode-17-the-fabulous-ones-vs-the-moondogs/ Kelly and Marty are back, this time journeying down South for some hot 80s Mempho tag action! Matches examined tonight: Tupelo Concession Stand Brawl 9/4/1981 Fabulous Ones vs Moondogs 4/4/1983 Fabulous Ones vs Moondogs 5/2/1983, Stretcher Match Fabulous Ones vs Moondogs 6/13/1983 Fabulous Ones vs Moondogs 1/9/1984, Anything Goes New Fabulous Ones vs Pretty Young Things 5/18/84, Falls Count Anywhere New Fabulous Ones vs Phil Hickerson and The Spoiler 6/25/84, Tennessee Street Fight

In this episode of the Place to Be Podcast, Justin is flying solo for the first time but he isn’t alone for long as he sits down for a great chat with author James Dixon. James’ latest addition to his Titan series is Titan Screwed: Lost Smiles, Stunners and Screwjobs and looks at the WWF’s travails throughout 1997 and 1998 up to WrestleMania XIV. The boys discuss the process behind tackling a project like this, how a fantasy baseball forum led to new discoveries about Shawn Michaels and Syracuse, information on who planted the seed for Montreal in Vince McMahon’s head, his memories of World of Sport, the case for Sting and Big Daddy for the WON Hall of Fame, what he ha…

Just to drop this in here, the latest Squared Circle Gazette Radio is now up, looking at Your Favourite Cage Matches Ever! Discussing all forms of cage warfare, including Elimination Chamber matches, War Games, Hell in a Cell and more, we talk about countless classic encounters in an effort to explore cage matches done right. Looking at Magnum Vs. Tully, Taker Vs. Shawn, The Dangerous Alliance Vs. Sting's Squadron, Bret Vs. Owen, Angle Vs. Benoit, Armageddon, The Final Conflict, Duggan Vs. DiBiase, Steiners Vs. Money Inc, Savage and Adonis Vs. Bruno and Santana, AMW Vs. XXX and many many more, we run the gauntlet on bloodbaths and daring escapes. A really fun show, check …

http://placetobenation.com/tag-teams-back-again-episode-16-kelly-and-martys-top-25-tag-teams/ Celebrate the end of the GWE with another long-ass countdown show! Kelly and Marty go over their top 25 tag teams, with some crossover but also a lot of differences. This podcast is the last word on lists for 10 long years!

Get it here. It’s time for another episode of the 6:05 Superpodcast, the MOTHERSHIP! Included in this week’s show: Part one of a conversation with longtime AWA producer Polish Joe Ciupik. We discuss a number of topics, including the Wrestlerock Rumble, Ray Stevens, AWA Superstars, talking with The Crusher, ESPN and, of course, working with Larry Nelson! We talk with John Arezzi about his experience taking photographs at ringside on the day that Muhammad Ali had his confrontation with Gorilla Monsoon in 1976. A discussion about the recently unearthed match between Wild Bull Curry and Johnny Valentine from 1969 in Houston. Longtime wrestling photographer & writer …

Hola! I'm Pedro, an artist from Texas and a lifelong wrestling fan. I haven't posted much here before but my friend Josh, Eegah here on PWO, has been taking part in the Greatest Wrestler Ever project and posting in those threads. He and I have put together a blog for digesting wrestling reviews that we write up during the week. We have three issues up at the moment and I made some nifty covers for them. We thought we'd share a link to it here in case anyone would be interested in checking it out. We're both trying to improve on our writing so hopefully the more we do it the better we will get at it. Anyways, just wanted to share with y'all. Hope you check it out and I hop…

On the newest PTBN Reaction Show, Will is joined by Kris Zellner (Between the Sheets, Exile on Badstreet), Johnny Sorrow (Titans of Wrestling, This Week in Wrestling) and Johnny P (Barbed Wire City, PTBN Reaction Shows) to discuss NXT TakeOver: The End. They break down the card, as only they can, including talk on Andrade “Cien” Almas’ debut, the tag title match, Nakamura vs. Aries, Asuka and Nia Jax, plus the big cage match main event. http://placetobenation.com/ptbn-reaction-show-nxt-takeover-the-end/

Our pal David Shoemaker is back at Bill Simmons' new site The Ringer with "The Story of Vince McMahon", and it's actually pretty good. This is because Shoemaker didn't write any of it - it's an oral history of Vince made up of quotes made by Vince himself pulled from various interviews. The oral history thing is super-played out at this point, but for me Vince is such a fascinating person that it works for me.

Last year, I interviewed Ricky Steamboat for a couple stories for Fighting Spirit Magazine, including their "Training Ground" featured that features all kinds of advice for wrestlers. He gave some amazingly in-depth responses and I boiled down the best stuff for the article. Amazing nuggets about how to get across that you're trying to win, the right amount of selling, how to make big moves mean something (he specifically says that he has no problem with doing as many big moves as you want as long as you contextualize them properly), and more. In light of the Will Ospreay vs. Ricochet BOSJ match discussion, I nagged FSM editor Brian Elliott to post it on the FSM websi…

Kris & David are joined by Brandon Howard (Voices of Wrestling) to discuss the week that was May 24-30, 1995. We talk about Brian Pillman legal issues, WCW Saturday Night live in Charlotte, Eric Bischoff hating on UFC, Mitsuharu Misawa regains the Triple Crown, Kensuke Sasaki & Akira Hokuto engaged, Hiroshi Hase running for office, Cactus Jack turns 30, and the WWF back on NBC?????? This is a fun show so check it out! 0:00:00 WCW 0:47:46 Japan: AJPW, NJPW, SPWF, & W*ING 1:36:53 Other North America: AAA, EMLL, & Canada 2:11:58 Other USA: Potpourri, ECW, & USWA 2:38:27 WWF The PWO-PTBN Podcast Network features great shows you can find right here …

Official drop is tomorrow, but PWO gets the advance screening http://placetobenation.com/at-the-garden-series-preview-wrestling-at-msg-1880-1938/ This is a special series preview for a new ongoing podcast from Kelly Nelson (Titans of Wrestling, Tag Teams Back Again) that will spotlight individual wrestlers and their history at the "Mecca of Professional Wrestling". This episode provides a brief history of three different buildings known as Madison Square Garden, covering such figures as "The Solid Man" William Muldoon, George Hackenschmidt, Frank Gotch, Ed "Strangler" Lewis, "The Golden Greek" Jim Londos, Danno O'Mahoney, and many others. *Also, I pledge …

http://placetobenation.com/this-week-in-wrestling-6516/ Fall 1 Pete and Johnny talk about nwaondemand.com and look at the never been talked about classic of The Mongolian Stomper vs Dick Slater 7/9/82. Then Pete gets to talk about ROH tv. Fall 2 Pete and Timothy look at the NJPW BOTSJ night 7-11. Who do they think the best matches and workers on the tour so far. Fall 3 It's all WWE. NXT, RAW/, Seth Rollins special, and Camp WWE. The guys do a run down. Did WWE turn AJ too soon? Thoughts on the brand split? 00:00:30 Fall 1 00:01:04 NWA on demand Mongolian Stomper v Dick Slather 00:11:21 ROH TV 00:17:02 Fall 2 00:18:36 Lucha Underground 00:36:36 NJPW BoSJ 201…

Just to drop this in here, the latest Squared Circle Gazette Radio is now up, as we talk about First Memories of Pro Wrestling! We take a trip down memory lane with you, the listeners as we talk about the moments that introduced you to the wonderful world of wrestling, the impressions it left on you, how it shaped you as fans, and much more. Taking your first memories, we talk everything from Hasbro figures, sticker books, video stores, awesome ring attire, video games and landmark shows, to iconic voices like Vince McMahon, Jesse Ventura, Gene Okerlund, Howard Finkel, as well as the larger than life personalities that hooked you life, such as Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior…

http://placetobenation.com/fire-in-the-mountains-smw-fire-on-the-mountain/ We are back after a short hiatus. We still had some scheduling conflicts so it's a 2 man review with myself and the #1 Redneck Andy Waddell as we crash through the Fire on the Mountain show and TV episodes 29 & 30. This week we discuss the big Fire on the Mountain card held in Johnson City, TN in August of 1992. Some highlight: - Bouncing Beulah is back - Thoughts on the RNR pop - How does Tim Horner pick his rats? - Where the hell is Justin? - Dutch is in the Olympic spirit - Paul Orndorff gave a kid a phobia of chairs for life

Kris & David are joined by Keith Harris (Cageside Seats) to discuss the week that was May 17-23, 1991. We discuss the end of Saturday Night’s Main Event on NBC, the end of Bruce Pritchard in WWF, Ultimate Warrior as a male prostitute, Joel Goodhart & TWA, Eric Embry wackiness, Dave in Florida, & Super Brawl I. 0:00:00 WWF 0:54:36 Japan 1:21:55 Other North America: EMLL, UWA, WWA, Canada, & WWC 1:46:46 Other USA: TWA, USWA, UWF, Portland, LPWA, & Potpourri 2:40:52 Dave Meltzer in Florida 2:51:25 WCW The PWO-PTBN Podcast Network features great shows you can find right here at Place to Be Nation. By subscribing on iTunes or SoundCloud, you’ll have ac…

Get it here. The Mothership has landed for another exciting week of the 6:05 Superpodcast. This week on the show, amongst other topics, Kenny Bolin joins The Great Brian Last & David Bixenspan to discuss: His teenage wrestling group the Kentuckiana Wrestling Association, where Jim Cornette made all the belts and Kenny won them The lengths Kenny went to in order to find wrestling on TV from all over the country Purchasing his first VCR and taping Jerry Lawler matches in a department store The urban legend of wiring a phone line to a TV and dialing up TV channels from anywhere The creator of the five star rating system, newsletter writer Norman “Weasel” Dooley How…

http://placetobenation.com/this-week-in-wrestling-52916/ Fall one Pete talks Space City Comic Con. The guys review a really fun mixed tag from nwaondemand.com. Fall 2 Pete and Timothy break down all the matches from the NJPW BOTSJ till night 6. Who do we think the best workers of the tournament have been Of course we'll have our opinions on Ricochet and Will Ospreay from night 6. Fall 3 is all WWE 2 Camp WWE's,s Table for 3's, The Shane McMahon podcast, A little E&C show. Then we close up on NXT, and RAW. 00:00:30 Fall 1 00:26:11 Fall 2 02:40:51 Fall 3

The most recent episode of the Somehow We Manage podcast, co-hosted by Dan Wilson and I, features a nearly two-hour conversation with Hall of Famer JJ Dillon. The episode can be found at http://wrestlingwithwords.com/podcast/somehow-we-manage-episode-8/ Somehow We Manage is the only podcast dedicated to professional wrestling managers and the art of managing.

The latest SCG Radio is now available - Rebooking the WWF in 1991! Taking everything on board as it was on January 1st 1991, we book all the way through to WrestleMania 8 in a mission to explore the start of the problems that would riddle the company for the next six years. Debating the Sgt. Slaughter Iraqi sympathiser role, the debuts of Sid Justice and Ric Flair to the WWF, heel Jake Roberts, the title run of the Ultimate Warrior, the early days of the Undertaker and much more, we book every Pay-Per-View up to Mania 8 and discuss all the main angles. In addition, we take your ideas and suggestions for what would have helped offset the impending problems for the WWF. A f…

Click here Tim and Steven are joined by first time guest Devon Hales to focus on current wrestling. The Super crew, through much debate, decide upon three man teams from the USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan, UK, and International (anyone not from the previous countries). In the second half of the show, the teams are matched up and we decide who wins the World Cup based on those teams. Some real fun debates. Apologies for some technical difficulties.

http://placetobenation.com/ptbn-reaction-show-extreme-rules-2016/ Will is joined by Kris Zellner, Dylan and Devon Hales, and Johnny Sorrow to break down Extreme Rules 2016. The IC four-way is dissected. Is the main event a MOTYC? All this and much more!

Just to drop this in here, the latest Squared Circle Gazette Radio is now up for our first wrestling movie review! We're talking Ready To Rumble this week, WCW's ill-advised contribution to the silver screen starring David Arquette, Scott Caan and Oliver Platt. We give the film a full walkthrough and review, discussing the fine details of the movie (ahem), and take listener feedback as well, discussing your experiences watching, expectations going in, high and low points and much more. An extremely fun show to do this week, we hope you enjoy - check it out and let us know what you think! http://squaredcirclegazette.podbean.com/mf/web/k85in9/SCG_Radio_84_-_At_The_Movie…