Bonus Episode: WrestleMania & More!

Much like other baseball, football, and basketball, there are chips off the old block - superstar wrestlers today who are the sons or daughters of legendary pros. Mike Leotis (Wrestler Weekly) returns to the show with a look at famed mat heroes and villains who came from famed wrestling families. It's a unique topic for a wrestling podcast - but then again, The Outdated Wrestling Hour with Bob Smith (the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) usually does things quite unlike any other wrestling podcast on the airwaves!

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The key ingredient of the success of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated and a longtime wrestling writer) is its main objective: To remember and pay tribute to the wrestling stars and territories of the past. On this special edition, journalist (and at one point, an actual wrestling reporter) Mike Morsch takes a look back at his in-person memories of Central States Wrestling - as well as great stars such as Harley Race, Mike George, Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones, Roger Kirby, Dick The Bruiser, and many more legends. And, as always, a freewheeling conversation ensues - the hallmark of one of the most entertaining wrestling nostalgia podcasts to hit apps everywhere!

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Join host Bob Smith (formerly managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated) for an almost instant look at the February 24 WWE live event, Elimination Chamber: Perth. It's a quick look at today's biggest federation through the eyes of one of the sport's most veteran pundits!

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A longtime friend of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith finally gets his due as the energetic and knowledgeable Anthony Pires makes his "only guest" debut on this popular mat podcast. The host - the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated - and his brilliant friend talk for more than an hour about things new and old - WWF memories, AEW doings, wrestling psychology, then versus now, great stars of the past, and much, much more. Hours like this are another reason why The Outdated Wrestling Hour isn't just for old-timer wrestling fans - it's for everybody!

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Do you enjoy the annual PWI magazine list of the top 500 wrestlers in the world? Bob Smith, the host of The Outdated Wrestling Hour and former PWI managing editor, wrote the first two PWI 500 articles in 1991 and '92. Now, joined by a nonpareil pair of wrestling experts - John McAdam and Steve Gennarelli of the Arcadian Vanguard podcast Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam - Smith and these longtime wrestling mavens offer a new concept: A look back at the top 100 wrestlers of the sport's wildest decade, the 1970s. What more could you want - here's a chance to relive history on one of wrestling's most unique podcasts. See if your all-time favorites made the list!

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This edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (former PWI managing editor during the 1980s and 1990s) brings a refreshing change of pace with young wrestling insider Kimmy Sokol, a vibrant new presence in the current mat scene. It’s a decidedly different podcast: Smith and Sokol talk about the differences in new wrestling and old wrestling; what it’s like at major wrestling conventions; the whole new world of the wrestling media; and much more. You won’t hear anything like this anywhere else - another reason why The Outdated Wrestling Hour is the most unique nostalgia podcast ever offered, and it’s available at major podcast platforms and YouTube.

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This edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (former PWI managing editor during the 1980s and 1990s) is about...uh...well...a little bit of everything! The OWH welcomes back Liam Savage (formerly of the Front Row Material podcast) as this pair of longtime pundits talk about this and that and everything in between - the WWF, NWA, AWA, wrestling rules and regulations, Nick Bockwinkel, Bobby Heenan, Ric Flair,  CM Punk, the current NWA, Harley Race, Hulk Hogan, Roman Reigns, and more as the topics keep coming fast and furious. We can't explain what this particular show is all about - but we CAN promise you a great time looking back at pro wrestling!

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In yet another high-water mark for The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith (the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated), the show welcomes the already-legendary sports and wrestling writer Greg Oliver - who has worked on the classic Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame series of books; recent biographies of wrestling legend Medusa and baseball manager and coach John Gibbons, and so much more. There's talk of modern wrestling, old school mentalities, what it's like to become a professional writer, and much, much more. Sit back and enjoy the kind of enjoyable conversation that's become the hallmark of The Outdated Wrestling Hour!

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In the second episode of the second season of Bob Smith's Outdated Wrestling Hour, it's a meeting of two Pro Wrestling Illustrated stalwarts - Smith, who worked his way into the managing editor job at the vaunted mat publication in 1991, and Al Castle, who has become one of the top wrestling writers in America during his during his time at PWI. Today's magazine is going through a serious resurgence with wrestling fans all over America - and you can find out why by listening to this informative and fun conversation, the type of which is the hallmark of The Outdated Wrestling Hour, a grappling podcast like no other!

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It's the first episode of the second season of The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast - and on this edition, host Bob Smith (formerly with Pro Wrestling Illustrated) once again joins former Ring Of Honor chief Cary Silkin. The pair of veteran wrestling industry pros take on topics both new and old: AEW, Tony Khan, WWWF, blood in wrestling, then versus now, Roller Derby, and much, much more. It's the kind of freewheeling, enjoyable conversation that is rare to find even with the glut of pro wrestling podcasts - there's nothing else like The Outdated Wrestling Hour!

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