IT’S THE WRESTLING MEMORY GRENADE #139. Featuring a SPECIAL INTERVIEW with current host of the Outdated Wrestling Hour, and the former Managing Editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated.. The man who INVENTED the PWI 500!!! We welcome BOB SMITH TO THE SHOW! Bob joins to talk his fandom growing up, watching the old NWF Cleveland territory, seeing Vince McMahon’s DEBUT as a commentator on WWWF Championship Wrestling, being the very first host of ECW TV, creating the rankings for the PWI Magazines, inventing the PWI 500 and single-handedly putting together the first two 500s all on his own… We also talk Magazine darlings like The Cheetah Kid (Ted Petty), The Blackhearts with Luna, Mondo Kleen (Damien DeMento), all of that, and so much more!
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