This week, we wrap up the year of 1975 in the great state of Texas! We begin our show in the Dallas Big Time Wrestling Territory as our good friend and analyst Greg Klein joins us once again to travel the roads to all the towns and building in the Dallas loop! The arrival of The Mongolian Stomper and the classic show down in the Sam Houston Coliseum with the Man of 1,000 Masks, Mil Mascaras. All the matches, angles and feuds that close out the year of 1975 with Fritz Von Erich, Red Bastien, Joe Blanchard, Paul Boesch and others!

Then, I head out to West Texas with a new guest on our show, my friend Dan Black, who grew up in the Amarillo territory and has some great memories to share. We talk about the debut of The Silver Streak from a very famous wrestling family in West Texas, the Western States Title run of Frank Goodish, the arrival and angle of the masked Super Destroyer and his program with Terry Funk. We will also discuss the Poffo Family, Angelo, Lanny and Jim Pride. Thank you for going on this amazing ride of miles and miles of Texas on this week’s Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel History Show!

• (00:00:02) - Podcast
• (00:00:36) - Thanksgiving
• (00:02:50) - The Evolution of Wrestling: The Year 1925
• (00:07:07) - 1984
• (00:10:16) - NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match
• (00:16:26) - Rick Martel vs Stan Hansen
• (00:22:08) - Andre the Giant vs. John Tolos
• (00:28:11) - Johnny Valentine Plane Crash Update
• (00:34:44) - Terry Funk Gets The NWA American Heavyweight Title
• (00:39:45) - Thanksgiving in the NWA
• (00:43:36) - Fritz Von Erich vs Terry Funk
• (00:50:47) - The Mongolian Stomper in Houston
• (00:53:38) - Christmas Gifts given away in Houston in 1975
• (00:57:47) - Did Mill Come to the Ring With His IWA World Title?
• (01:02:27) - Terry Funk Wins World Heavyweight Title
• (01:06:07) - End of 1975
• (01:08:25) - Dan Black On His First Appearance On The Pro Wrestling Podcast
• (01:13:24) - West Texas Wrestling
• (01:16:28) - Terry Funk vs Sputnik Monroe in West Texas
• (01:22:31) - Andre the Giant vs Terry Funk in West Texas
• (01:27:04) - Terry Funk's Lubbock run
• (01:33:23) - Ricky Romero in Lubbock
• (01:36:21) - Terry Funk
• (01:41:29) - Dori Funk Jr vs Frank Goodish in November
• (01:46:33) - Randy Tyler in Lubbock
• (01:53:12) - Terry Funk vs. Junior Junior
• (01:56:16) - Terry Russell Winning the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
• (02:01:05) - Terry Funk on His NWA Championship Run
• (02:04:07) - The New NWA Western States Championship Match
• (02:07:47) - Dan Black on Terry Jones' Death
• (02:10:56) - Terry Funk's NWA World Championship Run

Here it is! Episode 34 of the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Show and this week, we wrap up the year of 1975 in the Gulas-Welch Tennessee Territory with my Tennessee Historian and Analyst Tim Dills! Tim and I tour around the huge territory covering matches in Nashville, Chattanooga, Birmingham, Memphis and others! All the matches, angles,storylines and stars including The Mongolian Stomper finally meeting his Waterloo and leaving for Texas. Bob Armstrong, Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler triangle that ends up with Lawler turning heel and the seeds of the beginnings of the Lawler-Dundee feud that will last for decades are sown! These terrific fun things and much, much more.

Tim and I are joined at the beginning of our show by Kevin McCann, historian and author to discuss his book on the legendary heel, Rowdy Red Roberts who dominated rings in the Tennessee Territory with his ongoing decades-long deud with all the Welch Brothers, Tex Riley and others. We are excited to have Kevin on the show to talk about his first book and one about one of the forgotten but most wonderful heels in Pro Wrestling History. Join us and learn all about the life and career of Rowdy Red Roberts!

• (00:00:02) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Podcast
• (00:07:09) - 31 Legends of Pro Wrestling Announcers
• (00:13:53) - Goulas Welch in Tennessee Wrestling
• (00:16:27) - Bookmark Review
• (00:23:02) - Jerry Jarrett on Red Bull
• (00:23:51) - What was the most interesting thing you found out about Red
• (00:29:53) - Bob Brownie Roberts Working With The Referee
• (00:36:21) - Roddy Piper on Rowdy Red Roberts
• (00:40:13) - Red Roberts
• (00:46:41) - Thank You, Tim Feist
• (00:47:22) - Dyersburg Pro Wrestling Legends on Uncovering Secrets
• (00:50:07) - 1975
• (00:55:19) - Pepper Gomez
• (00:59:53) - The Nashville vs Memphis Wrestling Wars
• (01:04:23) - Alabama Passed a Bill to Allow Wrestling on Sundays
• (01:08:59) - Jerry Lawler Supports Silky Sullivan's Run for City Council
• (01:11:11) - Eddie Gilbert
• (01:17:39) - Bob Armstrong vs Ole Anderson
• (01:25:26) - Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee
• (01:31:54) - David Schultz on Bill Ash's debut
• (01:36:57) - Jerry Lawler vs Andre the Giant in 1974
• (01:40:46) - Bounty Hunters vs Jackie Fargo in Tennessee
• (01:46:54) - Tennessee Management legend Saul Weingroth back
• (01:51:26) - Tennessee Athletic Commission Business
• (01:55:28) - John Ringley Asking for Promoter's Licenses in Tennessee
• (02:02:08) - Jerry Lawler and Harry Thornton in 1975
• (02:06:07) - Harry Thornton Worked Almost Every Territory in 1975
• (02:11:42) - Dave Brown Gets Attacked By His
• (02:16:30) - Arthur Williams, who wrestled under the name Rufus Jones
• (02:17:50) - Bill Warren and the Jackson Athletic Commission
• (02:22:02) - Tennessee Wrestling: How Much Money Was the Athletic Commission Taking in
• (02:27:44) - Wrestling in Tennessee: The Money
• (02:32:39) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel

On this week’s episode, we present our 2025 version of our Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Thanksgiving Spectacular Show! Eminating from The Richards Ranch in Western Kentucky, our show today is packed with Thanksgiving Memories! We cover Thanksgiving Shows from Tennessee, the AWA in Minneapolis, Amarillo, Charlotte, Norfolk, Atlanta, Kansas City and Miami!

Our guests on the show are George Schire, Jerry Oates, Bobby Simmons and Mike George. Everything from Abdullah and The Sheik in a steel cage, a Mask vs The Georgia Title Match, A match involving Ernie Ladd and Bobo Brazil tag team, Bob Geigel’s booking, referees in wrestling, bookers, Jerry & Ted Oates vs Dutch Mantell and Ron Bass, The Destroyer, the Jerry Oates and Mike George Tag Team, Driving home to St. Joseph from Miami in a Thanksgiving snowstorm and much, much more!

• (00:00:02) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Podcast: Thanksgiving Spectacular
• (00:01:31) - Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee
• (00:05:33) - A Taste of Thanksgiving in the AWA
• (00:06:37) - Thanksgiving Wrestling in the AWA
• (00:14:38) - The Impact of The Good Guy and Bad Guy
• (00:23:17) - Bill Watts on Ending His Matches
• (00:25:32) - Minnesota Wrestling's legendary Minneapolis Auditorium
• (00:31:00) - Khosrow Vasiri Refereeing in the AWA
• (00:37:10) - Bobby Duncomb vs Bull Balinski
• (00:43:56) - Death Match
• (00:49:37) - The German Heel vs. Tony
• (00:52:26) - The Do6 and Tom Andrews
• (00:54:42) - The AWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
• (01:02:40) - Bill Irwin on Vern Gagne's World Light Heavyweight Title
• (01:06:06) - The Road Warriors
• (01:10:50) - Thanksgiving Cards in 75, 65 and 85
• (01:12:46) - Terry Funk
• (01:20:36) - Thanksgiving in 1975
• (01:22:13) - Thanksgiving Wrestling Story
• (01:23:51) - NWA Wrestling Thanksgiving Memories
• (01:27:14) - Thanksgiving on the Air
• (01:29:02) - Jerry Oates on Thanksgiving in Watch Territory
• (01:33:24) - Thanksgiving and Christmas Wrestling
• (01:38:32) - Jerry Gaines on Dutch and Ron Bass
• (01:41:53) - Bob Geigel Was Never Good At Booking
• (01:46:42) - How to Build a Winning Team
• (01:47:09) - Thanksgiving of 75
• (01:52:10) - Bobby Whitlock on Referees
• (01:57:00) - Moondog Maine on
• (02:00:51) - Tony Jones on Working For Watts
• (02:05:45) - Bobo Brazil vs Harley Race
• (02:10:06) - Brody on Working With Dusty and Eric
• (02:13:13) - Jerry and Mike on Thanksgiving Wrestling
• (02:17:31) - A Taste of Thanksgiving
• (02:18:36) - Thanksgiving Wish List