The Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast is back, and this week’s episode is loaded!

Gene Jackson is joined by Josh Briley and Brian Tramel, along with special guest Robb Helt, who brings a first hand fan perspective straight from Texas during one of the most chaotic periods in USWA history. Together, the crew breaks down the June 1, 1991 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling and there is no shortage of controversy, history, and jaw dropping moments.

On this episode:

• Jerry Lawler’s shocking slap heard ‘round Memphis as Miss Texas pushes things too far!
• The ongoing Texas vs. Tennessee war and its rapidly crumbling foundation
• Robb Helt recounts being a teenage fan when Dallas wrestling abruptly collapsed, including the infamous locked door Sportatorium night
• The passing of Freezer Thompson and why Memphis missed the boat on a potential special attraction
• The strange, short-lived “crazy” Doug Gilbert / Roughhouse Fargo-inspired gimmick
• Dirty White Boy’s uneasy babyface turn and the slow breakup of the Texas faction
• Jeff Gaylord’s Texas Ranger gimmick escalates complete with post match hog tying
• Eric Embry vs. Jerry Lawler politics, booking philosophy, and business fallout

This is a deep dive episode that goes far beyond the TV screen connecting Memphis booking decisions to real world consequences in Dallas and beyond.

Watch along, relive the chaos, and hear the stories that only longtime fans can tell!

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The Retro Wrestling Re-View USWA Podcast is back, and this week the gang tackles the May 25, 1991 edition of USWA Championship Wrestling.

This week marks the quiet debut of Corey Maclin, co-hosting with Jerry “The King” Lawler, while the Texas vs. Tennessee war officially crosses the line into attempted murder territory.

Episode highlights include:

• The surprise arrival of Corey Maclin: no explanation, no buildup, he's just here now
• The Texas Ranger debuts and his identity is no mystery!
• Jamie Dundee’s infamous contract loophole angle takes the term "bait and switch" to a new low
• Doug Gilbert unmasks himself as the Lone Ranger to a huge studio pop
• Eddie Gilbert delivers another top notch babyface promo, and gets some love from Dave Meltzer for it
• Robert Fuller is smothered with a F****** plastic bag on live TV!
• “CPR” is administered by a ring full of wrestlers without an EMT in sight!
• The most awkward follow up ever: an immediate eight man tag match involving the attempted murderers
• Boards, beatdowns, fireballs, rat tails, and Corey Maclin saying “Ree-dick-uh-lus” over and over! "Man oh man!"

Was this brilliant heat? Total madness? Or both?

The guys break down what worked, what didn’t, and why Memphis wrestling always found a way to go just a little further than everyone else.

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Regardless of what we may have thought previously, this week's show is one of the wildest, most convoluted, frustrating and most head scratching episodes of USWA Championship Wrestling we’ve seen yet!

From a legit knockout in the opening match…
to a southern-fried boardroom fiasco inside Eddie Marlin’s “office”…
to Eddie Gilbert cutting the most honest babyface promo of his career…
to Hurricane Walker blowing into Memphis like a wet breeze instead of a hurricane…
to a chaotic two fall main event featuring Dr. Tom, the Dirty White Boy, Eddie Gilbert, and a very young Brian Christopher…

…it’s all here, and it’s all off the rails,

This episode covers the May 18, 1991 USWA TV broadcast, including:

- A surprising knockout finish as Ben Jordan drops Rob Golden cold
- A 3-minute “meeting” that feels like 20 — and is somehow the most Memphis thing ever
- A no-tape controversy that defies all wrestling logic
- Eddie Gilbert’s heartfelt “future King of Memphis” promo
- Jeff Jarrett & Robert Fuller vs. Jack Diamond & Gary Scott
- The Texas Outlaws debut… dressed like the Assassins… and get zero heat
- Hurricane Walker arrives — and immediately gets exposed
- A hard-hitting main event first fall with four absolute pros
- Full Monday Night Pipkin Building card rundown
plus BT’s live gate & finish report, spoiler teases for next week, and plenty of laughs.

If you love classic Memphis Rasslin' madness, this one’s a must listen.

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