The week in review is a compilation of the research, writing, audio and video output of Tony Richards and the team at the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel
This Past Week’s Issues of Our Daily Wrestling History Newsletter, The Daily Chronicle:
One Territory Era chapter every day: personalities, territories, towns & buildings that built pro wrestling.
Sunday, August 39th, 2026:
Monday, August 31st, 2026:
Issue 503: 7 Stages of the Territory Era, Stage 7 Disintegration, August 1986
Tuesday, September 1st, 2026:
Issue 504: The Life and Career of Masahiro Chono, ONE Thing I Learned About Boris Malenko
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026:
Thursday, September 3rd, 2026:
Issue 506; The Life and Career of Spiros Arion, ONE Thing I Learned About Nick Gulas
Friday, September 4th, 2026:
Issue 507: The Life and Career of The French Angel, ONE Thing I Learned About Jerry Jarrett
Saturday September 5th, 2026:
Issue 508: The Life and Career of Winona Littleheart, ONE Thing I Learned About Ray Stevens
Special Premium Content for Our ALL Subscribers
My special series about the 31 Great Television Commentators of the Territory Era continues as I released my soecial feature on Northern California’s Hank Renner, who was the voice and host of Roy Shire’s San Francisco’s pro wrestling for decades.
By the time he became associated with Roy Shire, Renner had already established himself as a familiar ring announcer to Sacramento boxing fans. This was an important qualification in an era when wrestling promoters increasingly understood that television presentation could determine the success or failure of a territory.
Friday, September 4th, 2026:
Profile 16: Hank Renner, San Francisco and Northern California Territory
The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History Show
Episode 78 of The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History Show is another loaded episode with three strong segments.
Segment 1: Steve Gennerelli and I open the show with a salute and review of the career of Dolly Parton, the Hall of Fame singer-songwriter who recently passed away at the age of 80. We share our thoughts and pay tribute to one of the greats.
Segment 2: Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Florida analyst Howard Baum is joined by former Florida referee and office employee Bruce Owens. The guys review the career of The American Dream Dusty Rhodes in 1976 and his legendary battles with NWA World Champion Terry Funk, Don Jardine, The Spoiler, Jody Hamilton (The Assassin), and more — all in the Spirit of ’76.
Segment 3: Tennessee analyst Tim Dills joins me as we document the career of UWA personality and Nashville legend Big Tussie. We also review the cards from the outlaw UWA group and the Gulas Tennessee office in Nashville and the surrounding towns. Three great segments. One history-packed episode.
📌 Episode 78 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, your Home for the History of Territory Wrestling!
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026:
Tony’s Media Appearances This Past Week:
As The Official Historian for the Brisco and Bradshaw Show, I am continuing The History of Texas Wrestling in with Episode 12!
Gerry, JBL and I discuss the years of 1955 and the beginning year of the 1966 in Dallas and Fort Worth Wrestling.
On this show, we profile:
-Ed McLemore and his progress in promoting Dallas and Ken Moore, Elizabeth Moore and R.G. McElyea’s family operation in Ft. Worth.
-Bill Mercer, the deacdes long announcer in the Dallas market
-Paul Boesch, the Houston booking office official television announcer, who gives way to Dan Coates as announcer when Ft. Worth breaks away from the Houston office in 1966
-Pepper Gomez, The Man With The Cast Iron Stomach
-Duke Keomuka, The biggest heel in Dallas and Ft Worth through these years
-Bronko Lubich and Angelo Poffo heel tag team combo
-Bulldog Danny Plechas, his heel contribution in Amarillo, Dallas and Ft. Worth to eventually become the booker for Mclemore in Dallas
-Playboy Gary Hart, the heel manager who does a live television interview and “exposes” Fritz Von Erich on live television but accidentally turns him into the biggest babyface in Dallas for the next 15 years
-Fritz Von Erich, who along with his brother Waldo are the biggest German Nazi heels until 1966 when Fritz makes a babyface turn and buys into ownership of the Dallas office
These stories, profiles and much, much more as the guys review The History of Texas Wrestling, Episode 12: Dallas and Fort Worth (1955-1966)!
Thursday, September 3rd, 2026:
Coming This Week In The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel:
Special RIP life and career feature on Jerry Oates
Special RIP life and career feature on Superstar Bill Dundee
Premium Feature: Tracking The World Champions, Whipper Billy Watson September 1956
Premium Feature: The Evolution of Pro Wrestling, The Consent Decree of 1956 and its effects on Pro Wrestling’s Territory Era
Two 7 Stages of the Territory Era Features in the Daily Chronicle, on Monday, tracking the month of September 1956 and the other, on Tuesday, the NWA women’s World Title and The Fabulous Moolah’s control over it in the coming decades.
Episode 79 of The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History Show
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