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Veteran pro wrestling magazine personality Bob Smith (Pro Wrestling Illustrated, WCW, Wrestling's Main Event) continues to present a singularly unique podcast flavor with a lighthearted yet informative look at pro wrestling from the 70s through today. Now in its third year, the OWH podcast features pro wrestling industry guests, humor, and all the factoids a longtime fan could ever ask for. Join us every week for an utterly unique experience in the wrestling podcast world - and now the Outdated Wrestling Hour gets even better with the addition of new co-host Joe Puccio (Generation X-Wire)!
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One of of Bob Smith's (former PWI managing editor) favorite podcasts he's produced to date features the return of photographer/promoter/mat expert Howard Baum, who has done everything there is to do in pro wrestling. However, some have dubbed Baum a bit "cranky" or "ascerbic" - but we say bunk to that! Unlike any appearance he's made on a podcast to date, we present "Howard Baum's Favorite Things," where Smith gets Baum to speak about only the things he loves best about pro wrestling - which ...
Recently, The Outdated Wrestling Hour host Bob Smith (former PWI managing editor) was on the road for two successive weeks - first, he visited the noted wrestling writer Brian R. Solomon at a book release party for Solomon's new book about Gorilla Monsoon. Next, Smith spent four days in Albany, NY to cover the 2025 induction ceremony for The International Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame, where Tony Atlas, Johnny Rodz, Trish Stratus, and Tito Santana all received their plaques. The result of all th...
So what's your favorite wrestling book? The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast hosts Bob Smith (former PWI managing editor) and Joe Puccio (Generation X-Wire) have their choices - and so does this episode's special guest Steve Gennarelli, known for his long stint on the popular Arcadian Vanguard podcast Stick To Wrestling With John McAdam. Smith and Puccio take a look at Brian R. Solomon's new book on Gorilla Monsoon to start things off; next comes Smith and Gennarelli offering the Top 10 wrestl...
This one is just for fun: Join hosts Bob Smith (former PWI managing editor) and Joe Puccio (Generation X-Wire) for the second annual wrestling trivia edition, where guests Liam Savage (best known for his work on the Front Row Material podcast) and Anthony Pires (a guest on Top Row Theater and many wrestling info shows) take turns answering brain-teasing questions about old-time wrestling. Get your thinking caps on for another enjoyable edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour - and match ...
Once again, The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast with Bob Smith (former PWI managing editor in the 1980s and 1990s) will cover the annual induction ceremony for The International Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in Albany, New York. This year marks the fifth such event for the relatively new museum - and once again, the organization's Seth Turner returns to the podcast to give all the details on what will be a special night. Tune in to learn all about the legends involved - and find out how you can ...
It's a special edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour as hosts Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) and Joe Puccio (Generation X-Wire.com) welcome Justin Race - the son of Harley Race, quite possibly "the greatest wrestler on God's green earth." Smith interviews Justin Race about traveling the world with his legendary dad; his work on a new book that will be coming out soon; being a kid in major wrestling lockers rooms, and much, much more. Join us for a riveting di...
This edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (former PWI managing editor) welcomes back John McAdam - the host of one of wrestling's longest-running podcasts, Stick To Wrestling With John McAdam. The genial legend joins Smith in yet another nostalgic conversation that hits on growing up fans, and never being able to shake the feeling. Plus: Co-host Joe Puccio returns to open another edition of a pro wrestling podcast unlike any you've heard before! Support the show Contact us at...
We are honored to welcome back to The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast the esteemed author and journalist Brian R. Solomon, who is about to come out with yet another incredible book on a classic wrestler - the name of the new effort is Irresistable Force: The Life & Times Of Gorilla Monsoon. Host Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) joins Solomon for a lively discussion on not only a book that at this writing is #1 on the Amazon wrestling book best-seller list, b...
Everyone who has ever loved pro wrestling has their favorite stars and moments. However, Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) and his returning guest Steve Gennarelli (of the Stick To Wrestling With John McAdam podcast on the Arcadian Vanguard network) are explaining their most treasured moments in a different way - each mat pundit has selected their five favorite years of pro wrestling. It's "Our Favorite Years" on The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast - and that's n...
The newest episode of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) brings back a "five-time champion in Wrestler Weekly's Mike Leotis - and together a veteran writer and a lifelong fan look back at the AWA, featuring such stars as Verne Gagne, Nick Bockwinkel, Crusher Blackwell. Sgt. Slaughter, Curt Hennig, Scott Hall, Mad Dog and Butcher Vachon, and the list goes on. No shoots, no controversy - just a conversation about a wrestling organiza...
We take a break from our usual format by starting this new edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast by offering a tribute to the lThe Great Wojo, the former WWA champion who was a huge influence in the amateur ranks as well as in the pro grappling scene. Two of the people who knew him best - wrestler Chris Carter and legendary manager and booker Dr. Jerry Graham Jr. - return to the show to offer their remembrances of an incredible athlete. In our second segment, a look at...
On the latest edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) and Joe Puccio, it's yet another returning guest as writer and editor Oliver Lee Bateman of the amazing website The Ringer returns for another "No Notes" show - Smith and Bateman simply say hello and take off on a coversation that hits today's WWE and AEW; recent big events; youthful nostalgia as Bateman fondly recalls 1980s WWE; Three Stooges pie fights; the amazing books...
It's a return of a favorite guest as Mike McCurdy - one of the hosts of the popular Minnesota wrestling radio show Rasslin' Memories along with Glen Braget - and host Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) take a look back at wrestling gimmicks, guises, and ideas that ... well ... didn't work out all that well. See if you remember all the goofy, strange, and oddball things that have been presented to mat fans throughout the decades. Plus: Co-host Joe Puccio and Bob ta...
The Show: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) returns with another literary edition, as the famed author and journalist Ian Douglass returns with exciting news about his new, richly researched book about the history of Black American wrestling - his second book this year! The Hosts: Smith and co-host Joe Puccio (proprietor of the Generation X-Wire website) bring an appreciation for the history of pro wrestling with every passing epi...
The latest episode of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast (he's the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) is entitled "Don't Forget These Stars!" - meaning it's a look at grapplers from the 1960s through the 1990s that sometimes aren't give their due these days. Which 20 stars did Smith and special guest Steve Gennarelli choose? You'll have to tune in to find out! Plus: Co-host Joe Puccio also offers his thoughts and memories of wrestlers who have someone faded f...
The Show: It's the new episode of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated), an as usual, Smith and co-host Joe Puccio (Generation X-Wire.com) engage in the lively banter that keeps fans coming back for more each week. Lack of rules in today wrestling? Wrestlers and their beer brands? Ice cream store mascots? More freeform conversation - the kind you find in every edition of the OWH. The Guest: Smith welcomes back fellow podcaster Dave Dy...
It's the first Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast that's also a July 4th celebration as host Bob Smith (Pro Wrestling Illustrated, WCW) welcomes back fellow podcaster and best-selling author Brian R. Solomon and co-host Joe Puccio for a special expanded holiday version. Smith and Solomon meet in person for the first time and discuss Brian's amazing collections of mat memorabilia and mags, and the pair contrast their jobs writing for wrestling publications; collecting into their adulthood; and mo...
It's another enjoyable look back at at classic wrestling as host Bob Smith (former managing editor of PWI) and longtime wrestling maven Mike Leotis (Wrestler Weekly) present their memories of Southwest Championship Wrestling! Featuring stars from Mil Mascaras and Tully Blanchard through Bob Sweetan and Scott Casey, the classic Southwest TV show - it even appeared on the USA Network - had a huge impact on the mat world during its heyday. PLUS: Co-host Joe Puccio (Generation X-Wire) and Smith b...
The Four Horsemen. The NWO. The Bloodline. The Dangerous Alliance. During the past few decades, the “faction” has become a key word in the presentation of pro wrestling – every promotion seems to have a group of key wrestlers that joins up to wreak havoc. Today, it seems like factions are everywhere – several in every organization – but has the concept run its course? Join former Pro Wrestling Illustrated managing editor Bob Smith and journalist Joe Puccio (Generation X-Wire.com) for the late...
It's the first meeting ever of two wrestling magazine veterans - the origninal magazine editor for the World Wrestling Federation, Ed Helenski and former PWI managing editor Bob Smith - on this new edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast. Helinski talks about his experiences with the World Wrestling Federation's first magazine as well as the period when the wrestling organization went from a regional powerhouse to the first true national force in pro wrestling. PLUS: Joe Puccio (Genera...
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