Retro Wrestling Archive

19/11/2025

The gang is back with Episode #78 of the Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast! This week, Gene, Josh, and BT head to May 4th, 1991, a show remembered for one major moment: the USWA debut of Miss Texas (a young Jacqueline, long before WWE Hall of Fame status).

This episode features:
• The debut and introduction of Miss Texas, hyped heavily by Dr. Tom Prichard and Eric Embry
• Eric Embry continuing his run as the territory’s most manipulative, rule breaking heel
• Dr. Tom stirring up heat on the Tennessee women while presenting Miss Texas like she was royalty
• Jeff Jarrett & Robert Fuller tell a story and then see tag team action
• Nightmare Danny Davis & Superstar Bill Dundee battling the Texas Hangmen in the “main event” with the infamous “yeller hoods” finally making an “in-studio” appearance (yes, they notice weird stuff)
• The ongoing chaos surrounding the barbed wire glove/coal miner’s glove/NOT a regular barbed wire match stipulation
• A big, feel-good closing angle with the Tennessee crew standing united against the “Texas Bunch” heading into Monday night
Plus, Gene and BT talk psychology, continuity, 1991 booking weirdness, and why some finishes (like that punch) just feel outta place.
If you love USWA Wrestling, debuts, deep dives, and unfiltered commentary, hit play on another fun filled episode

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Miss Texas makes her USWA debut! Plus, Tom Prichard, Eric Embry, Jeff Jarrett, Robert Fuller, Bill Dundee, Danny Dvais, Texas Hangmen, & more!

16/11/2025

Next Saturday!

Next Saturday the debut episode of the Retro Wrestling Re-View WCW Podcast will drop as Gene Jackson and Bob Anderson will begin covering the year of 1989 in NWA/WCW doing watchalongs of all the Clash of the Champions and Pay-Per-Views from '89 along with random TV matches from throughout. The first episode they’ll be watching various matches from January 1989 TV including the famous tag match where "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert brought in Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat as his partner to face Barry Windham and NWA World Champion "Nature Boy" Ric Flair in the TBS Techwood Drive studio. You can listen to it, anywhere you get your podcasts or watchalong with them at patreon.com/retrowrestlingarchive. This first episode will be available to watch on Patreon for free, so make sure you check it out next Saturday! It's going to be both fun and informative.

15/11/2025

13/11/2025

After doing a couple of random episodes in the past few months, Will Brian Tramel and Gene Jackson will start covering CWA 1987 week by week exclusively on Patreon: Here’s a description of the first bi-weekly episode premiering this Saturday at 11am cst!

Retro Wrestling Re-View CWA Podcast 1987 Episode #3 - Soultrain Jones Arrives, Kicking Off 1987 Memphis Style!

BT and Gene Jackson crank up the DeLorean and head straight into January 1987 for the very first CWA Championship Wrestling episode of the year—and they’re bringing every ounce of southern chaos with them!

What’s in this Episode:

The mysterious Emily Arthur appears from the crowd to challenge Downtown Bruno—was she a plant, a natural, or just fearless?

Gene reveals backstage stories about Goliath (Bubba White), Dennis Upton, and a certain Tupelo connection that ties it all together.

A full breakdown of Soul Train Jones’ debut promo—including his unforgettable “herm” rant, threats to “cut the fat off Goliath,” and a performance that’s equal parts Apollo Creed and Virgil before Virgil was Virgil.

Downtown Bruno in full Memphis mode, cracking off-color jokes that only Lance Russell could shut down.

BT and Gene revisit Boy Tony, Tracy Smothers, and the early 1987 feud brewing between 'The King" and Tommy "Wildfire" Rich!

Classic Lawler promo dissected line-by-line—plus what made him one of wrestling’s top three talkers of all time.

Stories about tape trading, talking Carny, and Gene learning the secrets of the biz from Tommy Lane’s wife in the fifth row of a Mississippi independent show in 1996!

This episode blends genuine wrestling history with pure 1980s Memphis absurdity. Expect laughs, insider stories, and all the southern-fried nostalgia that keeps the Retro Wrestling Re-View rolling.

Tune in every other Saturday morning at 11 a.m.—just like the old Memphis shows! Grab your biscuits & gravy, finish up Scooby-Doo, and join Gene & BT as they relive the CWA glory days, only on Patreon!

13/11/2025

COMING SOON TO THE Retro Wrestling Archive!! The Retro Wrestling Re-View WCW Podcast as "Broadcast" Bob Anderson returns to join Gene Jackson for watchalongs of WCW starting with 1989. They will cover all the Clash of the Champions Events as well as all of the Pay-Per-Views with occasional TV matches covered as well! The shows will be released as both an audio podcast through all the podcast platforms and or you can actually watch the show along with Bob Anderson and Gene Jackson on the Retro Wrestling Archive Patreon at www.patreon.com/retrowrestlingarchive

13/11/2025

Check out the new episode of the UWF Fury Cast!

On this week’s episode of The UWF Fury Cast, Gene Jackson dives headfirst into one of the most bizarre and bloody installments of The Fury Hour yet, Episode ...

13/11/2025

Here's the VideoCast version of this week's show for those who prefer to watch rather than listen.

The Retro Wrestling Re-View crew Gene Jackson, Josh Briley, and Brian Tramel head back to April 27, 1991, for another wild episode of USWA Championship Wrest...

10/11/2025

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06/11/2025

In this special milestone episode, Gene Jackson sits down with his friend, Co-Author, and Tag Team Legend Wolfie D for a candid, unfiltered conversation about their brand new book, ‘A Tale of Two Wolves’.

Gene and Wolfie pull back the curtain on how the project came together, the wild summer of co-writing Wolfie’s life story, the personal battles and emotional breakthroughs that fueled Wolfie’s story.

From memories of Brian Christopher, Ace Frehley, and Road Dogg, the car wreck that eventually spawned the Slash character, the epic rise of the ‘Disciples of the New Church in TNA, to the fallout of PG-13 and Wolfie’s fight for redemption this episode provides background on almost every chapter!

You’ll hear about: How A Tale of Two Wolves came to life (and blew past 330 pages!)

What Wolfie learned digging into his past, addiction, and recovery Inside stories of TNA’s Disciples of the New Church, Brian Lee, Belladonna, and Father James Mitchell

How the forwards came together with Jeff Jarrett and James Mitchell along with an afterword from Nick “U-Gene” Dinsmore

The lost “Ace Frehley moment” that he shared with his buddy Brian Christopher

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In this special milestone episode, Gene Jackson sits down with his friend, Co-Author, and Tag Team Legend Wolfie D for a candid, unfiltered conversation about their brand new book, ‘A Tale of Two Wolves’.

06/11/2025

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