The Pro Wrestling Exuberant

Jun 09 2024
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The Pro Wrestling Exuberant covers a wide range of topics from both the current scene of professional wrestling and the past. Host Russell Franklin, a former pro wrestling referee and magazine writer, talks about an assortment of different pro wrestling shows and promotions, the wrestlers themselves, and a wide range of pro wrestling merchandise including figures, books, magazines, match programs, and DVDs, spanning four decades plus. Show topics for consideration can be sent to: [email protected]. Subscribe to the free The Pro Wrestling Exuberant email newsletter featuring articles on topics from past and present, current news analysis and more at https://substack.com/@theprowrestlingexuberant.com

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The Pro Wrestling Exuberant: Hulkamania is Real

Jun 09 2024 10 mins  
In the September 1985, Hulk Hogan was immensely popular and had rapidly growing mainstream name recognition. He was bringing lots of new fans into wrestling. His fans were known as "Hulkamaniacs". Subscribe monthly to The Pro Wrestling Exuberant podcast and get subscriber only content. Learn more at https://www.buzzsprout.com/2366340/subscribe and also subscribe to the free The Pro

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The Pro Wrestling Exuberant Episode #2: The Importance of World Championships in the 1980s

May 18 2024 159 mins  
Host Russell Franklin discusses the importance of world championships in the history of professional wrestling and how they should be presented as the focal point of a promotion, and the dominant title reigns of Hulk Hogan in the WWF and Ric Flair in the NWA in the mid to late 1980s. He talks about the immensely popular recent storyline in wrestling involving Cody Rhodes and his ch

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