Episode 34: Tennessee Oct-Dec 1975 Episode 34 with Tim Dills and Kevin McCann

Here it is! Episode 34 of the Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Show and this week, we wrap up the year of 1975 in the Gulas-Welch Tennessee Territory with my Tennessee Historian and Analyst Tim Dills! Tim and I tour around the huge territory covering matches in Nashville, Chattanooga, Birmingham, Memphis and others! All the matches, angles,storylines and stars including The Mongolian Stomper finally meeting his Waterloo and leaving for Texas. Bob Armstrong, Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler triangle that ends up with Lawler turning heel and the seeds of the beginnings of the Lawler-Dundee feud that will last for decades are sown! These terrific fun things and much, much more. Tim and I are joined at the beginning of our show by Kevin McCann, historian and author to discuss his book on the legendary heel, Rowdy Red Roberts who dominated rings in the Tennessee Territory with his ongoing decades-long deud with all the Welch Brothers, Tex Riley and others. We are excited to have Kevin on the show to talk about his first book and one about one of the forgotten but most wonderful heels in Pro Wrestling History. Join us and learn all about the life and career of Rowdy Red Roberts! Chapters (00:00:02) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel Podcast(00:07:09) - 31 Legends of Pro Wrestling Announcers(00:13:53) - Goulas Welch in Tennessee Wrestling(00:16:27) - Bookmark Review(00:23:02) - Jerry Jarrett on Red Bull(00:23:51) - What was the most interesting thing you found out about Red(00:29:53) - Bob Brownie Roberts Working With The Referee(00:36:21) - Roddy Piper on Rowdy Red Roberts(00:40:13) - Red Roberts(00:46:41) - Thank You, Tim Feist(00:47:22) - Dyersburg Pro Wrestling Legends on Uncovering Secrets(00:50:07) - 1975(00:55:19) - Pepper Gomez(00:59:53) - The Nashville vs Memphis Wrestling Wars(01:04:23) - Alabama Passed a Bill to Allow Wrestling on Sundays(01:08:59) - Jerry Lawler Supports Silky Sullivan's Run for City Council(01:11:11) - Eddie Gilbert(01:17:39) - Bob Armstrong vs Ole Anderson(01:25:26) - Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee(01:31:54) - David Schultz on Bill Ash's debut(01:36:57) - Jerry Lawler vs Andre the Giant in 1974(01:40:46) - Bounty Hunters vs Jackie Fargo in Tennessee(01:46:54) - Tennessee Management legend Saul Weingroth back(01:51:26) - Tennessee Athletic Commission Business(01:55:28) - John Ringley Asking for Promoter's Licenses in Tennessee(02:02:08) - Jerry Lawler and Harry Thornton in 1975(02:06:07) - Harry Thornton Worked Almost Every Territory in 1975(02:11:42) - Dave Brown Gets Attacked By His(02:16:30) - Arthur Williams, who wrestled under the name Rufus Jones(02:17:50) - Bill Warren and the Jackson Athletic Commission(02:22:02) - Tennessee Wrestling: How Much Money Was the Athletic Commission Taking in(02:27:44) - Wrestling in Tennessee: The Money(02:32:39) - Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel