Today’s Favorite Quote: I don’t care how much you can lift, how fast you can run, how many pull-ups you can do, or whether you can hit a three-point shot wearing a blindfold. But, you do have to do three things: Show up, work hard and listen - Tim Grover
Happy Birthday to those who have passed on and to those great wrestlers still with us:
In Memoriam:
Iron Mike Sharpe 1940
Happy Birthday:
Les Thatcher (86)
Montel Vontvious Porter\MVP (53)
Christy Hemme (46)
Rocky Romero (44)
Mansoor (31)
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.
Art Nelson 10-28-1983 at the age of 56
Morris Shapiro\Mighty Atlas 10-28-1999 at the age of 85
Mitsu Hirai 10-28-2003 at the age of 60
Tracy Smothers 10-28-2020 at the age of 58
Significant Pro Wrestler Debut
10-28-1951 Rikidozan vs Bobby Bruns ended without a winner in 10 minutes at the Ryogoku Memorial Hall in Tokyo, Japan
Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Community Update
Community Update — 800 Subscribers
This week The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel reached 800 subscribers.
Thank you to everyone who reads The Daily Chronicle, listens to the History Show, watches the videos, and helps keep territory-era wrestling history alive. Your support makes the daily work possible.
Here’s to the next milestone — and to preserving this history together.
Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Territory History Show Episode 86
Episode 86 of The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History Show continues our 1976 territory reviews as we head to the Pacific Northwest.
Segment 1:
We look at Don Owen’s Portland Territory in 1976 with two of the finest experts on the territory — author and historian Mike Rodgers and his collaborator Frank Culbertson. There are no two better people to walk us through the buildings, the talent, and the business of Portland that year.
Segment 2:
We hop across the border to the Vancouver Territory. Steve Verrier joins the show. He’s the author of the Gene Kiniski biography, the George Gordienko biography, and Pacific Wrestling in the Northwest, a comprehensive history of wrestling in that part of the country. Steve helps us break down Vancouver in 1976.
Segment 3:
Steve Gennerelli returns for our latest Mailbag segment. He and I dig into questions from our listeners and viewers.
Portland, Vancouver, and the Mailbag — all in one episode.
📌 Episode 86 is available now on Castos, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and all your usual platforms.
Hit play, leave a review, and keep riding with us through the Time Tunnel!
The History of Texas Wrestling
Hey wrestling fans!
Episode 20 of The History of Texas Wrestling is here on Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw — the conclusion of this massive, Ken Burns-style series on the history of professional wrestling in the Lone Star State!
Tony Richards, Gerry Brisco, and JBL welcome James Beard to the show. James broke into the business in 1986 in World Class Championship Wrestling and has been involved in Texas wrestling for more than 30 years. He remains connected to the scene to this day.
Together they discuss the past, present, and future of Texas wrestling as the series comes to a close — from the territories and the Von Erich era through the independents and everything that still makes Texas unique.
📌 Episode 20 of The History of Texas Wrestling drops this Thursday morning on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.If you want to access the whole 20-part series, visit the Stories with Brisco and BRadshaw YouTube channel, the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel YouTube channel or our website at prowrestlingtimetunnel.com
Subscribe, download, and join Tony, Gerry, and JBL for the final chapter of the Texas story!
This Week in The Daily Chronicle
October 25 – October 31, 2026
Sunday, October 25 – Issue 558
Flashback 1976: our fourth-quarter review of the Southern California territory — NWA Hollywood and the Los Angeles office.
Monday, October 26 – Issue 559
7 Stages of the Territory Era — Stage 7: Disintegration. We cover October 1986 and the state of the territories all over the world as the system was starting to break apart.
Tuesday, October 27 – Issue 560
7 Stages of the Territory Era: The End of Magnum TA’s Career. A rainy night in Charlotte, North Carolina changed the entire trajectory of Jim Crockett Promotions. They had booked the next three years around a Magnum NWA World Title run — and it all ended that night.
Wednesday, October 28 – Issue 561
Our weekly Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Community Update with the latest news and happenings.
Thursday, October 29 – Issue 562
Another Stage 7: Disintegration look at October 1986 — an overall view of when the remaining territories hit their peak (many already had by this point).
Friday, October 30 – Issue 563
The Life and Career of Gene Anderson, an in-depth look at one of the greatest tag team wrestlers of all time.
Saturday, October 31 – Issue 564
On Saturdays we feature the performers of the territory era. This week: The Life and Career of Cowboy Bradley, one of the best midget wrestlers of the era.
All this week in our daily look at the territory era — The Daily Chronicle. See you every morning at 5am Central / 6am Eastern! The Daily Chronicle is available with the free subscription to the Pro Wrestling Tunnel. An amazing value, the only daily newsletter covering the history of the territory era of Pro Wrestling.
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