Wrestling With Heels On

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Sergeant Slaughter doesn't have a first name either. He's just Sergeant Slaughter, a Vietnam vet with a sharp campaign hat and mirrored sunglasses. He's billed as being from Parris Island, South Carolina, but that's a Marine base, not a hometown. And it's pr...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY I am a big fan of the 1981 film My Dinner with Andre. The film stars Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory as fictionalized versions of themselves. They play old friends who haven't seen each other in five years and agree to meet for dinner. Andre is a theater director and Walla...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, we dive into one of the most shocking moments in pro wrestling history—Ric Flair’s apparent heart attack on a live WCW broadcast. Was it real, or was it just another wrestling storyline? Host Ariel Gonzalez breaks down the dramatic scene, the slow response...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Ariel has a conversation with Bill Black, founder of NDN All-Stars. NDN All-Stars website What IS NDN All-Stars all about? **From NDN All-Stars website.** I’m Bill Black, and I am the “General Manager” of NDN All-Stars. It is my honor and responsibility to select the...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY An ode to the "jobbers" of wrestling. ABOUT WRESTLING WITH HEELS ON Wrestling With Heels On Web Page Hi EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ARIEL GONZALEZ, ORIGINALLY FROM BROOKLYN, NOW LIVING IN THE GARDEN STATE AND I HAVE A NEW PODCAST SHOW CALLED WRESTLING WITH HEELS ON. BROUGHT TO YO...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY One of the things Bob Backlund learned early on from ring mentor Terry Funk was to not impose his wrestling style on his opponent, but rather adapt to his opponent’s style. It’s a technique aimed at getting his opponent over with the crowd. And that’s what Backlund did wit...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Ariel shares the story of his own battle with Bell's Palsy and integrates the story of Jim Ross, one of the most well-known people that has struggled with this condition. Known to the wrestling world as "J.R.," he is widely considered the best ringside announcer in WWE/WWF...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Harv Aronson of Total Sports Recall joins Ariel to discuss some wrestling history. You can check out Harv's podcast and work at the links below: Total Sports Recall website Total Sports Recall podcast Total Sports Recall on the Sports History Network ABOUT WRESTLING WITH H...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY One of my favorite audiobooks of 2023 was Matt Singer’s  Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever.  As a lifelong fan of the two film critics, I geeked out on learning about the humble and somewhat shaky origins of their groundbreaking film...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY The most common regret expressed by people before they die is: “ I wish I had spent more time with the people I love.” That’s a sentiment echoed throughout  350 DAYS , a film by  Fulvio Cecere  and  Darren Antola,  focusing on the toll pro wrestler...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE OUTLINE This is the first interview on Wrestling With Heels On. This week we have Brian R. Solomon, author and podcaster, and part of the Arcadian Vanguard Network to share stories about The Original Sheik. Below is an Amazon link to Brian's book we discuss (this is an affiliate l...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY It came to me a week later while I was watching the eleven a.m. WWF ALL-STAR WRESTLING show. DUTCH DOOGAN, my alter ego, would look like  BIG JOHN STUDD .  Like I said before, BIG JOHN STUDD was six foot ten. He weighed 365 pounds--a mountain of a man who looked...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY I was struggling to write this episode so I turned to poetry for inspiration. The poem was Maya Angelou's  CAGED BIRD .  It is a poem that sounds like an allegory to the victims of morbid jealousy--the kind of extreme jealousy I can only assume Elizabeth Hulette...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY For anybody who doesn’t know, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan is generally considered one of the greatest wrestling managers of all time. His professional wrestling career began in Indianapolis in 1967. Starting out as a backstage helper who helped set up rings and carried jacket...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Had I been anti-stereotyping, I would have kept myself from enjoying  SCOTT HALL , a.k.a.  RAZOR RAMON —one of the greatest wrestling heels of all time. We lost Scott Hall this year on  March 14, 2022 . He was 63 years old when he died in  Marietta, Geo...

Thanksgiving Day, 1924 . The recently-established tradition of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers football team hosting the Pennsylvania State Nittany Lions on the afternoon of the national autumnal holiday continues. Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is sent to cover the Pitt-Penn State “Keystone Classic” of 1924; in so doing, he discovers a throughline of the football-on-Thanksgiving tradition...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY BRYAN CLARKE as ADAM BOMB-- one of four wrestlers we’ll be discussing on this SPECIAL edition of SISKEL & EBERT we’re calling: THE HIDDEN GEMS of THE SQUARED CIRCLE. ABOUT WRESTLING WITH HEELS ON Wrestling With Heels On Web Page Hi EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ARIEL GONZALEZ,...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Brooklyn native Gilbertti was a natural to inhabit the Tony Manero character John Travolta played. Not only were they both from Brooklyn, but both characters--Manero and DISCO INFERNO--exuded a certain naivete that made them amusingly goofy and likable at the same time. Bo...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY The MASKED SUPERSTAR is wearing his signature one-shouldered black singlet. I can tell it’s truly him by the reddish-brownish locks flowing from the back of his shiny gold mask. His startling aqua-blue eyes beam with intelligence and conviction. He plans on dispatching me...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY The Honkytonk Man was inducted into the WWE Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2019, the same year as the Ultimate Warrior, but Warrior was not in Roy Wayne Farris’ league. The Honkytonk Man was a talented wrestler who could wrestle with the best of them. His matches with Ricky “Th...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . NETWORK SPONSORS Row One  - the vintage shop for sports history fans! EPISODE SUMMARY Marc Mero has stated in interviews that Johnny B. Badd was actually created by legendary wrestler Dusty Rhodes. In addition to being an all-around great wrestler, Dusty Rhodes was also a creative fo...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . GET YOUR WRESTLING WITH HEELS ON MERCHANDISE AT SHOP SPORTS HISTORY. NETWORK SPONSORS Row One  - the vintage shop for sports history fans! EPISODE SUMMARY Wearing my wife’s black wrist brace made me feel as ballsy as a leather-clad heavy metal god with a 6 octave vocal range a la Rob...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . Get your Wrestling With Heels on Merchandise at Shop Sports History NETWORK SPONSORS Row One  - the vintage shop for sports history fans! EPISODE SUMMARY The MASKED SUPERSTAR is wearing his signature one-shouldered black singlet. I can tell it’s truly him by the reddish-brownish lock...

Wrestling With Heels On is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . NETWORK SPONSORS Row One  - the vintage shop for sports history fans! EPISODE SUMMARY When WWE television commentator Jim Ross told the millions of fans watching the OVER THE EDGE pay-per-view event, “THIS IS NOT PART OF THE ENTERTAINMENT HERE TONIGHT. THIS IS AS REAL AS REAL CAN BE...

My journey for sports history knowledge continues as today I track down the origin s and meaning of the New York Knicks1 NBA basketball franchise. As an added bonus we have included an excerpt from my conversation with Larry Schmitt, Tim Briulia, and Bill Schaefer of the Gridiron Uniform Database website. Come join us at the Sports Jersey Dispatch website or the Pigskin Dispatch website...