Episode 23: St. Louis Wrestling 1975 with guest Herb Simmons

Our Personalities, Territories, Towns & Buildings podcast focuses in on a by-gone era of regional booking offices of wrestling talent in historic towns and legendary buildings around the world. Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Presents: Episode 23 The St. Louis wrestling year of 1975. Today on the show, we continue to flashback 50 years in Pro Wrestling History and today we go to the Worldwide capitol of professional wrestling during the territory era, St. Louis, Missouri. My special guest is Herb Simmons, who began running shows for the St Louis Wrestling Club and Sam Muchnick in 1974. Herb was recently honored at the annual Caulflower Alley Club reunion. We discuss that, his Fan Fest and the St.. Louis Hall of Fame back in the Spring, this year’s wrestling event he promoted in Waterloo at the Tragos-Thesz Hall of Fame event and we flashback to the year of 1975 to some big cards and matches in St. Louis! Chapters (00:00:02) - Podcast(00:00:34) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel: History of Territory Wrestling(00:03:47) - Herb Simmons on The Year of Wrestling in St. Louis(00:05:19) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel(00:06:24) - St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame Celebration and Fan Fest(00:09:28) - Steve Austin on Being the Promoter in Waterloo, Iowa(00:17:40) - Herb Simmons on His SICW Award(00:21:13) - Bob Orton At The WWE Hall of Fame(00:25:26) - 1975(00:30:15) - Rufus Jones on His Advice For Wrestling(00:35:12) - Sam Muchnick on His Match Cards in 1975(00:41:33) - Bob Orton on His St. Louis Match(00:46:52) - Sam Sneed on Former St. Louis Heavyweight Dean Jones(00:52:17) - Sam Sneed on St. Louis Wrestling(00:54:57) - Sam Muchnick on The NWA(01:01:40) - Bruno Sammartino on His Drawing Card(01:06:45) - Baron Von Rashki on His Iron Claw(01:10:46) - Herb Simmons Discusses SICW Wrestling's Time Tunnel(01:11:31) - Herb Simmons on the Florida territory era(01:13:16) - Interviewing Gorilla Monsoon