Dangerous Conversations Episode #7: Featured Guest - "Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony

Episode #07: Featured Guest - "Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony    This week Doug Gilbert welcomes a very special guest and long time family friend to the show, his former tag team partner and the man he will soon be inducting into the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame, "The Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony!  Tony has wrestled in nearly every territory you can name during his 36 year pro wrestling career.  They discuss the impact that meeting and teaming with Len Denton as both the Grapplers and the Dirty White Boys had on his whole career (He even gets a phone call from Lenny during the show!)  Doug shares stories of getting to hang out with the Grapplers as a very young man and eventually learning from Tony and getting to team with him.  Tony shares some fun memories of Eddie both as a friend and colleague and also as a booker.They talk about their days in Continental working with "Nightmare" Danny Davis, teaming and feuding with the great Jerry Stubbs, and of course that famous feud with Dr. Tom Prichard and how it came to be. Give it a listen and find out why Doug and Gene call this their favorite episode of the podcast so far!For all things related to Doug Gilbert and his podcast, check out dougilbertpodcast.comChapters(00:00:00) - The Legends of Memphis Wrestling Return to Jackson(00:01:26) - Dirty White Boy(00:04:45) - Doug, Some of My Early Memories Of Meeting Tony(00:10:19) - Tony Jones on Learning From The Legends(00:16:11) - Ric Flair on Lenny Knows(00:20:57) - Dibiase on Lenny vs Yossi(00:21:31) - Tony Stark on The Grapplers(00:25:01) - Eddie Murphy(00:30:41) - Tom Pritchard on Eddie and His Booking(00:35:32) - Wrestlecopia Podcast: Wrestling Memory Grenade(00:40:25) - Tony and Tom's(00:45:08) - Jerry Stobbs on Working With Eddie Guerrero(00:50:36) - Jerry Stubbs on Working With Tony Stark(00:56:13) - How A Match Like That Feels(00:57:03) - Dirty White Boys vs Baby Face(01:01:28) - Doug Gilbert on Working With The Rock and Roll Express(01:07:24) - Dirty White at the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame(01:11:16) - Doug Gilbert Podcast 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 ★