Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Territory History Show Episode 80
Episode 80 of The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History Show is a special one, with a trip to Japan and a heartfelt look back at our friend Jerry Oates.
Segment 1:
We travel to Japan as wrestling historian Fumi Saito joins us from Tokyo. Fumi looks back at Giant Baba’s All Japan Pro Wrestling in 1976, the year Jerry and Ted Oates won the All Asia Tag Team Championship.
Segment 2:
Two of our regulars, Georgia wrestling analyst Bobby Simmons and Gulf Coast expert Michael Norris, join me to share their friendship and memories of Jerry Oates. We laugh, we reflect, and we get sad at times talking about our friend.
Segment 3:
My last conversation with Jerry Oates for the show — recorded a couple of weeks before his passing — as Jerry discusses his career in 1976.
This is a history-packed and deeply personal episode.
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Here’s the archive of our regular podcast episodes for 2026:
Episode 52: Brian R. Solomon 2025 Book of the Year Surprise Party Celebration
Episode 53: 2026 Mailbag Episode 1
Episode 54: The Pro Wrestling World of Ian Douglass
Episode 55: The Dennis Condrey Tribute Show
Episode 57: Wrestlemania 42 Weekend
Episode 65: A Conversation with Michael St. John
Episode 66: Magnum TA & Nikita Koloff, 40th Anniversary of the Best of 7 Series
Episode 68: 2026 Mailbag Show #2
Episode 69: 2026 Tragos-Thesz Hall of Fame Series 1: James Beard & Jimmy Garvin
Episode 70: 2026 Tragos-Thesz Hall of Fame Series 2: Southeastern 1976, Ron Fuller & George Schire
Episode 73: Lance Peterson and the Curse of The Von Erichs Doc, Dory Funk 1966, Mailbag
Episode 74: Cauliflower Alley Club 2026, Paige Von Hess, Dan Murphy, Rip Rogers
Episode 76: Dory Funk, Jr Tribute Show, George Schire, Larry Lane, Ted DiBiase, Gerry Brisco
The 1976 Territory Review Series:
Episode 56: Herb Simmons and Darla Staggs and the 1976 Review of St. Louis Wrestling Club
Episode 58: Howard Baum and Steve Keirn and the 1976 Review of Championship Wrestling from Florida
Episode 59: Steve Gennarelli and the 1976 Review of the World Wide Wrestling Federation
Episode 62: Todd Goss and the 1976 Review of Jim Crockett Promotions and Mid Atlantic Wrestling
Episode 63: Michael Norris and the1976 Review: Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling
Episode 64: George Schire and the 1976 Review: American Wrestling Association
Episode 67: Greg Klein and the 1976 Territory Review: Dallas, Texas Territory
Episode 71: Tim Dills and the 1976 Territory Review: Tennessee Territory
Episode 72: Steve Gennerelli and the 1976 Territory Review WWWF Part Two
Episode 75: Tennessee Territory 1976 pt2, Dory Funk 1966 (Abilene), Randy Hales
Episode 79: Roy Lucier with Mexico 1976 & Eoss Hart with Stampede Wrestling 1976
Towns of The Territories Series:
Episode 60: Towns of the Tennessee Territory: Sean Dulaney and Evansville, Indiana
The 1985 Territory Review Series:
Episode 40: Steve Gennerelli and the 1985 Territory Review of The World Wrestling Federation (WWF)
Episode 43: Lance Peterson and the 1985 Territory Review of World Class Championship Wrestling
Episode 44: Tim Dills and the 1985 Territory Review of Memphis Wrestling
Episode 45: George Schire and the 1985 Territory Review of The AWA
Episode 48: Jammie Ward and the 1985 Territory Review of Jim Crockett Promotions
Episode 50: Greg Klein and the 1985 Territory Review of Mid-South Wrestling
Episode 51: Mike Rodgers & Frank Culbertson and the 1985 Territory Review of Portland Wrestling
Special Bonus Episodes In 2026:
Special Bonus Episode 47: Lizzy Flanagan and the 40th Annniversary of the Passing of Gino Hernandez
Special Bonus Episode 61: Brian R. Solomon and Bob Smith, Tribute to Ted Turner
