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, June 7th, 2026:
Issue 418: 1976 Flashback: Q2 Analysis (April-June) St. Louis Wrestling Club
Monday, June 8th, 2026:
Issue 419: 7 Stages of the Territory Era, Stage 4: Investigation, June 1956
Tuesday, June 9th, 2026:
Wednesday, June 10th, 2026:
Issue 421: Community Update: History Show with Magnum & Nikita, Daily Chronicle This Week
Thursday, June 11th, 2026:
Issue 422: The Life and Career of Butch Reed, ONE Thing I Learned About Magnum TA
Friday, June 12th, 2026:
Issue 423: Flashback 1936: Dave Levin Defeats Ali Baba for the World Title in Newark, New Jersey
Saturday, June 13th, 2026:
Issue 424: The Life and Career of Chris Taylor, ONE Thing I Learned About Mitsuharu Misawa
Special Premium Content for Our Paid Subscribers
Sam Muchnick’s Booking Strategies by Decade: Building the Gold Standard of Territorial Wrestling
Sam Muchnick, a former sports journalist turned promoter, shaped professional wrestling through integrity, credibility, and strategic use of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). His approach evolved from post-WWII competition to television-driven excellence, always prioritizing believable athletic contests, fair payoffs, and long-term fan trust. St. Louis became wrestling’s premier “payoff town,” where talent wanted to work and fans expected quality.
Monday, June 8th, 2026:
The Evolution of Wrestling: The Evolution of the Booking Strategies of Sam Muchnick
The Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History Show
In a special celebration episode marking the exact 40th anniversary of one of pro wrestling’s most intense and unforgettable rivalries, host Tony is joined by the two men who lived it: Magnum T.A. and Nikita Koloff themselves!
This landmark episode dives deep into the legendary 1986 Best-of-7 Series for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that electrified arenas across the Jim Crockett Promotions territory and forever changed the landscape of Mid-Atlantic wrestling. For the first time on the show, Magnum and Nikita sit down together to relive the entire program — from the explosive buildup on television, the sold-out crowds that packed the Omni, the Greensboro Coliseum, and the Scope, all the way through the dramatic conclusion of the seventh and final match.
Whether you watched the matches live in 1986, discovered them on the Network years later, or are just now learning about this classic feud, Episode 66 is the definitive oral history of one of wrestling’s greatest seven-match wars.
Wednesday, June 10th, 2026:
Tony’s Media Appearances This Past Week
Tuesday, June 9th, 2026: Talking Memphis Wrestling
I was asked to join Host, Randy Hales and the crew of Michael St. john and Pat Trammel this past week to discuss some Memphis Wrestling topics, including the Mount Rushmore of Wrestling Announcers. We discussed most of the announcers on television in the Tennessee Terrutory and some other than i’m sure you’ll remember! Check out this great episode of Talking Memphis Wrestling!
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