The Retro Wrestling Re-View

Apr 08 2025 47 ep. 105 mins 6
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Host Gene Jackson brings a variety of co-hosts and wrestling legends to the program as he goes back in time to Re-Watch and Re-View professional wrestling from years gone by! Get the break down, hear never before stories, and feel free to watch along, & enjoy the Retro Wrestling Re-View!

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Re-View #47: USWA 10/23/93 (USWA SURVIVOR SERIES)

Apr 08 2025 89 mins  
On this week's episode, we revisit the October 23, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling! We see highlights of the USWA vs. WWF Survivor Series match featuring Jerry Lawler, Jeff Jarrett, & Brian Christopher taking on Vince McMahon's "WWF team" of Shawn Michaels, Doink the Clown, & Koko B. Ware. PG-13 take on the sensational new babyface tag team of Mike Anthony and J

Re-View #46: USWA 10/16/93 (That’s...That's Gotta Be DOOMSDAY!)

Apr 01 2025 94 mins  
On this week's episode, we revisit the October 16, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling! "Macho Man" Randy Savage is the new Unified World Champion and Eddie Marlin is upset because "VINCE MACK-MAN" won't stop sending letters and faxes harassing him about the WWF being superior to the USWA (I guess that wasn't apparent until Savage won the title). Brian Christopher manages t

Re-View #45: USWA 10/9/93 (Welcome Back, Vinnie Mac!)

Mar 25 2025 87 mins  
On this week's episode, we revisit the October 9, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling! "Macho Man" Randy Savage is coming back to Memphis to face Jerry Lawler for the "held up" Unified Championship, but this time he's not coming alone! This week the WWF Chairman Vince McMahon will be in his corner! Elsewhere on the show, trouble continues to brew with Brian Christopher and

Re-View #44: USWA 10/2/93 (Macho Man Returns to Memphis... Again!)

Mar 18 2025 86 mins  
On this week's episode, we revisit the October 2, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling! As we prepare for a match that has been inexplicably labeled the "Fire on the Mountain" match, we hear from Jerry 'the King' Lawler, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, and everyone's favorite chairman of the board Vince McMahon. The American Eagles are in action this week, PG-13w/Midget D take on

Re-View #43: USWA 9/25/93 (STEEL CAGE MATCHES... Sorta)

Mar 11 2025 89 mins  
On this week's episode, we revisit the September 25, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling! The entire ringside area is surrounded by a dog pen of sorts…actually, not of sorts. It's actually a dog pen around the ring this week but we'll all agree to pretend it's a "steel cage". TWO CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES as Tommy "Wildfire" Rich defends against the "Fabulous One" Jeff Jarrett

Re-View #42: USWA 9/18/93 (A USWA Survivor Series??)

Mar 04 2025 98 mins  
On this week's episode, we revisit the September 18, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling! Fresh off Tatanka defeating "The King" for the Unified title, Vince McMahon sends in a promo WEARING THE BELT! It was a big week in the USWA last week, as not only did Tatanka win the Unified title, Tommy Rich won the USWA title and the Dog Catchers won the tag team belts. Jerry Lawler

Re-View #41: USWA 9/11/93 (Tatanka Comes to Town!)

Feb 25 2025 100 mins  
On this week's episode, we revisit the September 11, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling! It's the "End of the Trail" this week as the "Undefeated Native American Tatanka" is being sent to Memphis by Vince McMahon to challenge Jerry Lawler for the Unified World title. The Spellbinder makes his USWA debut this week. Paul Neighbors' first week as a manager isn't working out a

Re-View #40: USWA 9/4/93 (A GIANT Problem For Jerry Lawler!)

Feb 18 2025 99 mins  
On this week's episode, we revisit the September 4, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling! As Vince McMahon puts it, this week Jerry "the King" Lawler has a "giant problem" in the form of the "8 foot tall" Giant Gonzalez managed by Bert Prentice. Eddie Marlin on behalf of the "USWA board of directors" fires Paul Neighbors from being a referee so he decides to "buy into" being

Episode #39: USWA 8/28/93 (CAGED KINGS! BRET VS. LAWLER!)

Feb 11 2025 100 mins  
On this week's episode, we revisit the August 28, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling as we're heading into an event entitled "CAGED KINGS" where Bret "the Hitman" Hart comes to Memphis to face Jerry "the King" Lawler in a STEEL CAGE MATCH! PLUS: We meet Bert Prentice's new "Heavy Metal" inspired tag team "BRUTE FORCZ" (Slammer/Jammer) and learn about what they are doing in

Episode #38: USWA 8/21/93 (Mr. McMahon Comes to Memphis!)

Feb 04 2025 109 mins  
On this week's episode, we revisit the August 21, 1993 episode of USWA Championship Wrestling as they prepare to host a "test run" of the WWF SummerSlam '93 main event as WWF Champion Yokozuna will wrestle "Made in the USA" Lex Luger this week at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis. But perhaps more noteworthy than that, this episode features the very first hints of the "Mr. McMahon"