Retro Wrestling Re-View Power Pro Wrestling Podcast Ep. 8: RIOS 3:16 says you just opened a can of worms!

Episode #8 of the Retro Wrestling Re-View Power Pro Wrestling Podcast takes Gene Jackson, Robb Helt, and Brian Tramel back to another wild Saturday morning of Power Pro Wrestling, and this week the show wastes absolutely no time spinning into absolute chaos!The episode opens with B.J. Awesome taking on Ashley Hudson, but Spellbinder storms the ring, attacks everybody in sight, chokeslams referees, wipes out officials, and declares that he’s done talking. After weeks of getting cheated, Spellbinder has apparently decided that if nobody in Power Pro is going to help him, he’ll just start wrecking the whole place himself (and that’s the bottom line, 'brutha’!)From there, Brandon Baxter continues his mission to ruin Randy Hales’ life and tear Power Pro apart from the inside. He tries to smarten up Derrick King about Miss Jackie, Tony Falk stays in the middle of everything, and Jackie actually gets in the ring with Baxter in a segment that turns into another pile of moving parts, run-ins, reversed decisions, and Derrick still somehow convincing himself he has a chance.The biggest segment of the show comes when Jerry “The King” Lawler confronts Randy Hales over bringing in Kane for the Mid-South Coliseum. Lawler accuses Randy of letting the power go to his head, compares him to Vince McMahon, reminds everyone that Memphis is still the King’s town before slapping the ever loving s*** out of the Owner, Founder, AND President of Power Pro Wrestling. This episode is very much a snapshot of 1998 wrestling: run-ins, swerves, blurred babyface and heel lines, backstage authority figure drama, WWF references, and a whole lot of “expect the unexpected.” Gene, Robb, and BT break down what works, what misses, and how much of this was just Power Pro trying to keep up with the Monday Night Wars era. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★