Dangerous Conversations Episode #32: "Somebody say sumthin' bout Philadelphia??"

From Eddie's famous match with Tiger Mask at the Philadelphia Spectrum to the Dark Patriot diving out of the Crow's Nest on JT Smith after throwing him off of it, to the"BigDon" Tommy Rich and his "paisans", the FULL BLOODED ITALIANS, the Gilberts and Tommy Rich have a "rich" history in Philadelphia, if you will.  On this episode, we cover a lot ofthat history and along the way they discuss "Playboy" Gary Hart, the Great Kabuki, Tenyru, the significance of the Tiger Mask persona in Japan, Tommy Gilbert's history with the Funk family, what Tommy remembers about working with Terry Funk in ECW in 1997, teaming with Ricky Morton against the Gangstas in ECW, Eddie's famous series of matches with Cactus Jack in the TWA, the motivation Japanese wrestling promotions had for doing "monster movie" gimmicks, and the Philly crowds were like in the 90s compared to other towns.  All that and more on this week's episode of Dangerous Conversations!Send in your questions for future episodes to [email protected] Like/Follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/dangeroustalknFollow us on Twitter/X at twitter.com/dangeroustalknContact us at [email protected] THE NEW "HOT STUFF" EDDIE GILBERTBOOK TODAY @ www.tinyurl.com/EddieGilbertBook Check out all things related to DangerousConversations w/Doug Gilbert & Tommy Rich at www.douggilbertpodcast.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retrowrestlingarchive.substack.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★