The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith

It's the latest espisode of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (former managing editor of PWI), and we hope you don't find it dissapointing - and not at all like some wrestlers and events that simply didn't work out as planned. From stadium cards that failed to draw big numbers to wrestler concepts that never truly caught on, Smith and special guest Steve Gennarelli (of Stic...

The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (former Pro Wrestling Illustrated managing editor), now in its fourth season, features the veteran mat scribe with co-host Joe Puccio, a former newsletter writer. Each week, the OWH presents an upbeat and fond look back at the history of pro wrestling in a manner quite unlike most other wrestling podcasts - there's humor, history, and gr...

The Podcast: Now in it's fourth season, The Outdated Wrestling Hour Podcast With Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine) brings veteran fans just what they crave - fond looks back at the good guys and bad guys that masw mat action so exciting from the 1950s through today. On this episode, co-cost Joe Puccio and Smith take a look at where much of the WWE's...

Happy New Year from everyone at The Outdated Wrestling Hour featuring host Bob Smith (former Pro Wrestling Illustrated managing editor) and co-host Joe Puccio! On this first edition of 2026, the special guest is Tom Burke - who is the writer and editor that introduced so many fans to pro wrestling through his magazines in decades gone by. In addition, Bob and Joe talk about their pasts reading mag...

The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast ends its third year on the charts with a special holidays-themed episode - and that means both Christmas and New Year's Day. Smith (former managind editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) welcomes back his co-host, Joe Puccio, and both reveal their "wish lists" about what they'd like pro wrestling's future to look like. The f...

The newest espisode of The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast features a look deep inside podcasting with a longtime behind the scenes professional: Sound maven Lou Kipilman has been a vital part of mat shows for years, and a behind the scenes force behind some of the finest-sounding wrestling podcasts today. Join host Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) and co-host Joe Pu...

The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated ) forges into its fourth season with shows looking back with fondness and gratitude for old school pro wrestling and stars - you know, the kind they just don't make any more. Co-host Joe Puccio brings a slightly younger perspective to the proceedings, but all in all nostalgia rules...

On this special episode of The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast, host Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine) welcomes back the crew from the popular Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam podcast on the Arcadian Vanguard network: John McAdam and Steve Gennarelli. Together, this trio of mat veterans picks their 10 favorite wrestling areas from the territories days - an...

The Podcast: It's the new episode of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast, as the former Pro Wrestling Illustrated managing editor joins co-host Joe Puccio to look back with fondness and gratitude at the stars, events, and happenings that made the pro wrestling of years gone by earn the distinction of "classic." The Guest: The OWH welcomes back a popular podcaster in S...

The Podcast: Soon to enter its fourth year, The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast is the concept of veteran writer and editor Bob Smith. The former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated branched into the sports and music scenes before lauching this show, which takes a fond look back at wrestling from decades past. Co-host Joe Puccio of the Generation X-Wire website joins each episode, which a...

Get your cowboy hat and boots - we're going back to Texas to take a long, loving look at World Class Championship Wrestling! Join host Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) as he welcomes someone who was deep into the scene during the glory days of World Class in Dave Miller, who today is a professional wrestling referee and a mat podcaster. Together, Smith and Mille...

The newest episode of The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast with Bob Smith (former Pro Wrestling Illustrated managing editor) and Joe Puccio (Generation X-Wire.com) starts with a look back at wrestling's most entertaining "other" stars - the personalities that weren't in the ring or doing the announcing. From Lord Alfred Hayes to Joe Pedicino to Randy Hales to George "Crybab...

One of of Bob Smith's (former PWI managing editor) favorite podcasts he's produced to date features the return of photographer/promoter/mat expert Howard Baum, who has done everything there is to do in pro wrestling. However, some have dubbed Baum a bit "cranky" or "ascerbic" - but we say bunk to that! Unlike any appearance he's made on a podcast to date, we pres...

Recently, The Outdated Wrestling Hour host Bob Smith (former PWI managing editor) was on the road for two successive weeks - first, he visited the noted wrestling writer Brian R. Solomon at a book release party for Solomon's new book about Gorilla Monsoon. Next, Smith spent four days in Albany, NY to cover the 2025 induction ceremony for The International Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame, where Ton...

So what's your favorite wrestling book? The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast hosts Bob Smith (former PWI managing editor) and Joe Puccio (Generation X-Wire) have their choices - and so does this episode's special guest Steve Gennarelli, known for his long stint on the popular Arcadian Vanguard podcast Stick To Wrestling With John McAdam. Smith and Puccio take a look at Brian R. Solomon&ap...

This one is just for fun: Join hosts Bob Smith (former PWI managing editor) and Joe Puccio (Generation X-Wire) for the second annual wrestling trivia edition, where guests Liam Savage (best known for his work on the Front Row Material podcast) and  Anthony Pires (a guest on Top Row Theater and many wrestling info shows) take turns answering brain-teasing questions about old-time wrestling. Get you...

Once again, The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast with Bob Smith (former PWI managing editor in the 1980s and 1990s) will cover the annual induction ceremony for The International Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in Albany, New York. This year marks the fifth such event for the relatively new museum - and once again, the organization's Seth Turner returns to the podcast to give all the details on wha...

It's a special edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour as hosts Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) and Joe Puccio (Generation X-Wire.com) welcome Justin Race - the son of Harley Race, quite possibly "the greatest wrestler on God's green earth." Smith interviews Justin Race about traveling the world with his legendary dad; his work on a new book that...

This edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (former PWI managing editor) welcomes back John McAdam - the host of one of wrestling's longest-running podcasts, Stick To Wrestling With John McAdam. The genial legend joins Smith in yet another nostalgic conversation that hits on growing up fans, and never being able to shake the feeling. Plus: Co-host Joe Puccio returns to open ano...

We are honored to welcome back to The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast the esteemed author and journalist Brian R. Solomon, who is about to come out with yet another incredible book on a classic wrestler - the name of the new effort is Irresistable Force: The Life & Times Of Gorilla Monsoon. Host Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) joins Solomon for a lively discussi...

Everyone who has ever loved pro wrestling has their favorite stars and moments. However, Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) and his returning guest Steve Gennarelli (of the Stick To Wrestling With John McAdam podcast on the Arcadian Vanguard network) are explaining their most treasured moments in a different way - each mat pundit has selected their five favorite years...

The newest episode of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) brings back a "five-time champion in Wrestler Weekly's Mike Leotis - and together a veteran writer and a lifelong fan look back at the AWA, featuring such stars as Verne Gagne, Nick Bockwinkel, Crusher Blackwell. Sgt. Slaughter, Curt Hennig, Scott Hall, Mad Dog and Butch...

We take a break from our usual format by starting this new edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast by offering a tribute to the lThe Great Wojo, the former WWA champion who was a huge influence in the amateur ranks as well as in the pro grappling scene. Two of the people who knew him best - wrestler Chris Carter and legendary manager and booker Dr. Jerry Graham Jr. - return t...

On the latest edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) and Joe Puccio, it's yet another returning guest as writer and editor Oliver Lee Bateman of the amazing website The Ringer returns for another "No Notes" show - Smith and Bateman simply say hello and take off on a coversation that hits today's WWE and AEW; r...

It's a return of a favorite guest as Mike McCurdy - one of the hosts of the popular Minnesota wrestling radio show Rasslin' Memories along with Glen Braget - and host Bob Smith (former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) take a look back at wrestling gimmicks, guises, and ideas that ... well ... didn't work out all that well. See if you remember all the goofy, strange, and...