Today’s Favorite Quote: I find that a great part of the information I have acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way - Franklin P. Adams
Happy Birthday to those who have passed on and to those great wrestlers still with us:
In Memoriam:
Kay Bell 1914
Blackjack Lanza 1935
Josip Paruzodic\Nikolai Volkoff 1947
Happy Birthday:
Mike Miller (74)
Dan Spivey (74)
Stacy Keibler (47)
Raquel Diaz\Shaul Guerrero (36)
RIP Memorial: We stop & remember those who have passed on this day and gave themselves to the business for us, the fans. We salute you and thank you.
Mae Weston 10-14-1999 at the age of 76
Captain Lou Albano 10-14-2009 at the age of 76
Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Community Update
Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Territory History Show Episode 84
Episode 84 of The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History Show is a different kind of night — The “What If” Episode.
Segment 1:
We go back 40 years to the car accident that ended Magnum TA’s career. Jimmy Garvin joins the show as we look at the hot program the two of them had just started. What if that accident never happens? Where does the program go? Does it build into a World Title series between Magnum and Jimmy? How does Precious fit into the story? This one gets intriguing in a hurry.
Segment 2:
Mid-Atlantic analyst and historian Todd Goss returns. Todd and I dig into what a Magnum TA World Title run would have looked like. How would it have affected business in the Carolinas and across the NWA? We kick it around, chase a few other ideas, and see where the road might have led.
Segment 3:
Steve Gennerelli and Jammie Ward join me for another big “what if”: Ric Flair going to the WWWF in the 1980s. Several strong theories get tossed around — how it would have changed New York, the NWA, and the man himself.
Three segments. Three alternate histories. One episode built for territory fans who love the questions that never got answered.
📌 Episode 84 – The “What If” Episode is available now on Castos, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and all your usual platforms.
Hit play, leave a review, and come ride the “what if” with us through the Time Tunnel!
The History of Texas Wrestling
Hey wrestling fans!
Episode 18 of The History of Texas Wrestling is here on Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw!
Tony Richards, Gerry Brisco, and JBL welcome Dallas wrestling historian Lance Peterson to the show to talk all things Von Erich and all things World Class Championship Wrestling.
Lance takes the boys through the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in the Von Erich Kingdom:
• 1981 and the terrorizing run of The Great Kabuki
• The famous Christmas Night 1982 cage match with Kerry Von Erich, Ric Flair, and the Freebirds
• The Jimmy Garvin and David Von Erich Texas Title feud of 1983
• The debut of Mike Von Erich
• The tragic loss of David Von Erich in Japan
• The 1984 Cotton Bowl show
• And everything in between that built and shook the Dallas territory
From the peak of World Class to the heartbreak that followed, Lance walks Tony, Gerry, and JBL through the story of the Von Erichs in 1980s Texas.
📌 Episode 18 of The History of Texas Wrestling is available now on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.
Subscribe, download, and join Tony, Gerry, and JBL as the Texas story continues!
Voices of Wrestling: The Flagship
The Ballot: Historical Category
Hey wrestling fans!
This week Tony Richards appears on The Flagship of The Voices of Wrestling podcast with Rich Kraetsch and Joe Lanza.
The show is a full review of the Historical Category candidates on this year’s Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ballot. Tony profiles every person in the historical category, with extensive looks at the careers of the two he is advocating for: Cowboy Bob Ellis and June Byers.
If you want the deep historical case for who belongs in the Hall of Fame, this is the episode.
📌 Catch Tony’s appearance on The Voices of Wrestling – The Flagship Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame Show, available now wherever you get your podcasts.
This Week in The Daily Chronicle
October 11 – October 17, 2026
Sunday, October 11 – Issue 544
Our Q4 1976 analysis of the Central States / Kansas City Territory. The weekly loop, the buildings, the wrestlers, and the titles for the last three months of 1976.
Monday, October 12 – Issue 545
7 Stages of the Territory Era. We move into Stage 5 and cover the wrestling world in October 1966. Syndicated television has strengthened territory boundaries and business is flourishing at its highest levels — we look at it in each area of the world.
Tuesday, October 13 – Issue 546
Another Stage 5 installment. In the fourth quarter of 1966 we cover the Great Texas Wrestling Realignment. Dallas pulls a power play, takes control of the booking for the region, and defects from the Houston office. San Antonio follows. For the first time in 50 years, the talent power shifts from Houston to Dallas.
Wednesday, October 14 – Issue 547
Our weekly Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Community Update.
Thursday, October 15 – Issue 548
The Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame Case for Cowboy Bob Ellis. Tony reviews Ellis’s career and makes the case for why he should be elected to the Observer Hall of Fame this year.
Friday, October 16 – Issue 549
The Life and Career of Blackjack Lanza — the big cowboy, from his singles career to the famous Blackjacks tag team to his popular run as a WWF road agent.
Saturday, October 17 – Issue 550
On Saturdays we feature the ladies of the territory era. This week: The Life and Career of Mae Weston. Rugged and tough, her career spanned intense singles competition to her later role as heel manager Maw Bass with her boys, the Bass Brothers.
All this week in our daily look at the territory era — The Daily Chronicle. See you every morning at 5am Central / 6am Eastern!
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