The Pro Wrestling Exuberant Podcast
The Pro Wrestling Exuberant Podcast covers a wide range of topics & wrestlers from the '80s to present. Memorabilia spanning four decades plus are also covered, including figures, books, magazines, match programs, and DVDs.
Host Russell Franklin is a former pro wrestling referee and magazine writer. He has been a fan since 1985 and watches wrestling daily.
Show topics for consideration can be sent to: tpwemedianetwork@outlook.com.
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Episodes
8 episodes
Only The Best Independent Wrestling Podcast: Showcase Stephen Wolf | Alex Reiman & More
Only The Best Independent Wrestling Podcast showcases an assortment of outstanding independent wrestlers and a curated collection of their recent matches from first-rate independent promotions.All of the pro wres...
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Only The Best Independent Wrestling Podcast: Showcase Brad Hollister | Ray Jaz & More
Only The Best Independent Wrestling Podcast showcases an assortment of outstanding independent wrestlers and a curated collection of their recent matches from first-rate independent promotions. The featured wres...
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How Sean Waltman Changed Pro Wrestling
Before he was X-Pac and 1-2-3 Kid, Sean Waltman was The Lightening Kid in the early '90s.He changed professional wrestling for the better with his innovative ring style. The effect is still felt in every major wrestling promotion today....
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The Pro Wrestling Exuberant Podcast: Celebrating Piper | A Jericho Encounter
Host Russell Franklin in Part II of outlining a suggested AEW territory promotion names the five underutilized AEW wrestlers he would use and push. He also talks about interviewing a pre-WCW Chris Jericho for a wrestling magazine in the early '...
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1:09:29
Hulkamania is Real
In the September 1985, Hulk Hogan was immensely popular and had rapidly growing mainstream name recognition. He was bringing lots of new fans into wrestling. His fans were known as "Hulkamaniacs". Subscribe monthly to The Pro Wrestling...
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The Pro Wrestling Exuberant Podcast: Message for Tony Khan about AEW
Host Russell Franklin discusses the first ten wrestlers he would sign for an AEW territory/developmental promotion. He also profiles the wrestler he believes will be the number one star in all of wrestling within a couple of years, headlining e...
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The Pro Wrestling Exuberant Podcast: Sting's Win | 80s Flair
Host Russell Franklin discusses the importance of world championships in the history of professional wrestling and how they should be presented as the focal point of a promotion, and the dominant title reigns of Hulk Hogan in the WWF and Ric Fl...
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The Pro Wrestling Exuberant Podcast: Hulkamania Rising
Host Russell Franklin talks about how he first became interested in professional wrestling in 1985 and discusses the different wrestling promotions and programs that were available for a viewer to watch on TV in the 1980s, as well as the genera...
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