Shut Up and Wrestle with Brian Solomon

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #32 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is Ross Hart of the legendary Hart wrestling family! Ross is a fountain of wrestling knowledge, and we spent so much time talking about so much history, including Stampede Wrestling and the WWF takeover, … Continue reading Episode 32: Ross Hart → The post Episode 32: Ross Hart appear...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #31 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is former WWE magazine writer and editor Aaron Feigenbaum, aka Aaron Williams! Aaron and I shared a workspace in the WWE publications department cracking each other up for four glorious years, and this week … Continue reading Episode 31: Aaron Feigenbaum → The post Episode 31: Aaron...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #30 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest for the 30th episode is the legendary Taskmaster himself, the Prince of Darkness, Kevin Sullivan! I was honored to get a chance to speak to a true icon of the ’70s/’80s/’90s about his early … Continue reading Episode 30: Kevin Sullivan → The post Episode 30: Kevin Sullivan appeared f...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #29 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is esteemed historian, collector and lifelong wrestling fan, Tom Burke! Tom has been collecting memorabilia since the early ’60s, and has been a fan even longer! He was a personal friend of Killer Kowalski … Continue reading Episode 29: Tom Burke → The post Episode 29: Tom Burke appe...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #28 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is prolific author and the man behind Slam Wrestling, Greg Oliver! We chat about Greg’s many books, Canadian wrestling, working with Madusa, and a whole lot more! Wrestling authors unite, this week on Shut … Continue reading Episode 28: Greg Oliver → The post Episode 28: Greg Oliver...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #27 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is noted wrestling historian, publisher, author and photographer, Scott Teal! Scott is probably familiar to many listeners as the man behind Crowbar Press. Plus, he shared his many reminiscences of being around the Gulas … Continue reading Episode 27: Scott Teal → The post Episode 27...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #26 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is longtime wrestling reporter and Slam Wrestling contributor Kari Williams! Kari was kind enough to share her experiences as a writer, the deep interest she took in the history of St. Louis wrestling, and … Continue reading Episode 26: Kari Williams → The post Episode 26: Kari Willi...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #25 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! For this special 25th episode, my guest is writer/producer/director/host/superfan Evan Ginzburg! Evan might be best known as the associate producer of Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler, but he’s also been passionate about the wrestling business since discovering the WWWF … Continue reading Episode 25: Eva...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #24 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is UK wrestling historian Bradley Craig! Brad is the man behind the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame for Scotland, and a preserver of Scottish wrestling history in general! Plus, he’s an encyclopedia of general … Continue reading Episode 24: Bradley Craig → The post Episode 24: Bradley Cra...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #23 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is the legendary Pro Wrestling Illustrated editor and photographer Craig Peters! Craig was witness to so much history, from shooting the iconic image of Jimmy Snuka on top of the cage at MSG, to … Continue reading Episode 23: Craig Peters → The post Episode 23: Craig Peters appeared...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #22 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is wrestling/MMA writer and lifelong fan Jonathan Snowden! Get ready for a conversation that covers everything from Jim Londos and Lou Thesz to Dusty Rhodes and Ken Shamrock! Plus, we talk the craft of … Continue reading Episode 22: Jonathan Snowden → The post Episode 22: Jonathan Sn...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #21 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is my old boss Mike Fazioli, former editor of Raw Magazine and WWF/E Magazine! Between the two of us, there are lots of stories of the behind-the-scenes goings-on while working in the WWE Publications … Continue reading Episode 21: Mike Fazioli → The post Episode 21: Mike Fazioli app...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #20 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my special guest for this special 20th episode is The Perfect 10 herself… Baby Doll! We talk about what it was like being a part of the golden age of Crockett Promotions, her time growing up … Continue reading Episode 20: Baby Doll → The post Episode 20: Baby Doll appeared first on Shut Up An...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #19 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is longtime wrestling photographer and general raconteur, Howard Baum! We talk his amazing misadventures in the glory days of territorial wrestling, plus take a deep dive into the finer points of wrestling psychology! This … Continue reading Episode 19: Howard Baum → The post Episode...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #18 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is Kevin McElvaney, editor-in-chief of Pro Wrestling Illustrated! We talk his stewardship of that iconic wrestling magazine, as well as growing up a wrestling fan, and living the dream! From dubbing VHS tapes to … Continue reading Episode 18: Kevin McElvaney → The post Episode 18: Ke...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #17 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is Bryan Greenberg, co-producer of the vintage Detroit wrestling mockumentary, I Like to Hurt People! We talk the making of the classic cult movie, being around The Sheik and other Detroit wrestling icons, plus … Continue reading Episode 17: Bryan Greenberg → The post Episode 17: Bry...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #16 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is a true legend of 1980s wrestling, “The Raging Bull” Manny Fernandez! One of the toughest dudes in the business, Manny has seen and done it all, in Florida, Texas, St. Louis, Puerto Rico, … Continue reading Episode 16: Manny Fernandez → The post Episode 16: Manny Fernandez appeared...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #15 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is Pro Wrestling Illustrated columnist and co-host of the Grapsody podcast on Fightful, Righteous Reg! We delve into 1990s wrestling, with a little WWF, a little WCW and a lot of ECW! This conversation … Continue reading Episode 15: Righteous Reg → The post Episode 15: Righteous Reg...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #14 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is Steven Bell, author of Dynamite & Davey: The Explosive Lives of the British Bulldogs! We take a look back at the amazing and influential careers of one the greatest tag teams of all … Continue reading Episode 14: Steven Bell → The post Episode 14: Steven Bell appeared first on Shu...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #13 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is longtime wrestling journalist Denny Burkholder! Denny goes back to the WrestleLine days of the early wrestling internet, and these days makes his home at CBSsports.com! We look back on what made us want … Continue reading Episode 13: Denny Burkholder → The post Episode 13: Denny B...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #12 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is prolific producer/director/promoter and tormented TV interviewer David Marquez! Dave and I have a lot of interests in common, and it shows in this funny, insightful and fascinating conversation that goes from vaudeville to … Continue reading Episode 12: David Marquez → The post Ep...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #11 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my very special guest is The Whole F’n Show himself, Rob Van Dam! Rob was kind enough to write the foreword to my now-available biography of The Original Sheik, Blood and Fire, and we chat all … Continue reading Episode 11: Rob Van Dam → The post Episode 11: Rob Van Dam appeared first on Shut...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #10 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week I head out to Indianapolis to talk to podcaster, historian and Indy wrestling expert Dave Dynasty! We get into the history of the WWA, and of course The World’s Most Dangerous Wrestler, Dick the Bruiser–not to … Continue reading Episode 10: Dave Dynasty → The post Episode 10: Dave Dynasty appe...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #9 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! This week, my guest is historian, writer, and biographer Bertrand Hebert! We talk about his work on Andre the Giant, Pat Patterson, Mad Dog Vachon and Montreal wrestling history in general! Shut Up and Wrestle is a production … Continue reading Episode 9: Bertrand Hebert → The post Episode 9: Bertrand He...

Hello, wrestling fans! It’s time for Episode #8 of Shut Up and Wrestle, with Brian R. Solomon! In the first in a series of conversations with my fellow Titan Tower corporate employees, my guest is Debra Jaswaye, a former WWE Creative Director! From coming up with Chyna’s name, to designing those awesome Royal Rumble collage … Continue reading Episode 8: Debra Jaswaye → The post Episode 8: Debra Ja...