Episode 124: The One About Belts, Figures and More

Cold Open Question of the Week: If you could invite any professional wrestler — past or present, dead or alive — to your Thanksgiving dinner, who would it be?Tonight we welcome Gary, Jason, and Mike, from BeltsFiguresandMore, to the show.Lifelong wrestling fans, the guys have turned their passion into something more. Each month, the guys conduct a raffle on their TikTok page for collectible item. The response by fans had helped them become well known among the internet wrestling community and collectors across the country.On this episode, we get answers from them to the following questions:* Describe your introduction or first memories of professional wrestling?* How did you start collecting wrestling belts, figures and more?* Tell us about the auction you have going off tonight? * Tell us about the live wrestling events you’ve been to recently? I know you guys were at SummerSlam in Cleveland?* Coolest pro wrestler you’ve ever met?* What do you expect from Survivor Series this weekend?* Favorite wrestling books or wrestler autobiographies?* Gift suggestion: If your significant other is a wrestling fan, what would you suggest to get them for Christmas?Watch TheBrianLennonShow on Substack:The Belt Cave:With 95 different belts, including another few on the way, the BeltsFiguresandMore collection has grown from a single WWE Winged Eagle Championship Mike gave to Jason as a gift, it now includes the Million Dollar championship, the WCW World Championship (affectionately known as The Big Gold Belt), the WWE 24/7 championship, limited edition commemorate belts, and many more. Follow BeltsFiguresandMore:TikTok: beltsfiguresandmoreInstagram: beltsfiguresandmoreX: beltsfiguresmreAlso, be sure to support the guys by purchasing one of their t-shirts, which are now available on ProWrestlingTees.com!You may also like:In the spirit of gift giving for the holiday season, I wanted to spotlight two books about pro wrestling that were highlighted by Substack’s own All Sports Book Reviews. Randy “Macho Man” Savage and WrestleMania both came up in our discussion with the guys from BeltsFiguresandMore, and both of these books would make a great gift for the pro wrestling fan on your list!If you dig TheBrianLennonShow as much as The Macho Man would, be sure to subscribe. You’ll get every new post and podcast and show support for Brian and Gary’s work. Get full access to TheBrianLennonShow at thebrianlennonshow.substack.com/subscribe