Episode 28: Lib Ayoub, It's All About The Belt and Q&A 1 (Audio)

Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Presents: Personalities, Territories, Towns & Buildings Episode 28, this week on the Time Tunnel Wrestling History Show, I welcome Lib Ayoub, the author of “It’s All About the Belt”, The World Heavyweight Title Belts of the American Wrestling Association 1960-1990. In the second half of the show today, I answer questions in our first Q&A segment. Questions for this week’s Q&A: What the Tony Richards’ Origin Story with Pro Wrestling? What were the “Peak Years” of the Territory Era? What World Title Changes Would You Have Wanted To Be There Live For? Can You Give A History of Wrestling In San Antonio, Texas? Can You Talk A Little About The Relationship Between Doc Sarpolis and Dory Funk, Sr?   Chapters (00:00:02) - Podcast(00:00:35) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Podcast(00:04:37) - New Book Review(00:06:58) - Wrestling's Championship belts(00:10:11) - Replica AWA Rings(00:15:34) - The First AWA Champion's Belt With Snake Skin(00:18:21) - NWA US TV Championship Belt(00:21:27) - The Police Gazette Belt(00:25:46) - The AWA World Championship(00:27:37) - The Inmate Championship Belt(00:32:31) - Jerry Lawler On The AWA Championship Belt(00:36:33) - The Incentives Section of Your Book(00:39:47) - The History of the AWA World Championship(00:45:23) - Roy Welch Should Be Inducted Into The Wrestling Hall of Fame(00:50:10) - Fooled by the AWA Championship belts(00:51:32) - Tony Richards Origin Story(01:00:51) - Tony Richards Creates Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel(01:02:04) - What Were The Peak Years of Wrestling?(01:13:25) - Sam Mushnick vs National Wrestling Alliance: Stage 3(01:21:48) - What World Title Change Match Would You Have Wanted To Attend?(01:26:19) - Dori Funk Senior(01:33:04) - Texas Wrestling in the 1940s(01:42:16) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Podcast