The Indy Wrestling Experience

The Indy Wrestling Experience

Podcast covering all aspects of the independent wrestling experience. interviews with performers, promoters, fans, photographers, belt makers and more. Plus weekly coverage of independent wrestling news and events, retro rewatches, and more.

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July 30, 2025 156 mins

We're back this week with Rich Buchholtz, CEO of Ragin' Pro Wrestling. Rich updates us on the situations with Elayna Black's hiatus and Buff Bagwell's recent surgery. We discuss the impact those events have had on RPW Destiny V, coming up on September 27. In addition, we hear about four new events being added to the RPW calendar for 2026. We also discuss the recent injuries to Draven The Blackbird King, Tom Lawlor, & Scott Stan...

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We’re back this week with a match review heavy show. First up, Bob tells us about his trip to Texas for All In week and gives us a brief review of House of Glory Texas, which had Zilla Fatu vs Charles Mason in the main event. 

 

Next, Bob and Jon talk about their trip to Joppa for the MCW Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup and the stacked ten match card. We’ll discuss this match by match, including the main event Shamrock Cup Final, won b...

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We're back with another installment of our interview series. This show is especially exciting because the guys from the Cussin' and Discussin' podcast are here!

Join us as we talk to the "Excellence of Elocution" Walter Dixon and Mike Blankenship, PhD about their origin story in wrestling, how they came together as a commentary team and then a podcast team, and their efforts to help create and grow Elevate Pro Wrestling. We also di...

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Focus Pro Wrestling presented "All the Way Up" on Sunday July 13 and Indy Wrestling Experience was watching along LIVE.

If you missed the live broadcast, here's a perfect opportunity to get caught up! Join us as we react in real time to an amazing show. Check out this lineup of matches!!!

  • Brittnie Brooks vs Kaia McKenna (Women's Title Tournament First Round)
  • Leo Sparrow vs Milo Mirra
  • Diego Alvarez vs Vinny Pacifico
  • Bear Bronso...
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We're back with the perfect way to get ready for our first IWX Live Watch Along of Focus Pro Wrestling "All the Way Up" on July 13 starting at 2:45pm. We've got Evan Zalios, promoter for Focus Pro Wrestling with us to preview the show in detail. Listen as we preview all of the matches below, discuss how Evan Zalios became a part of Focus Pro Wrestling, Focus Pro's vision for its fans and its future in the Evan Zalios era of Focus P...

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We’re back with a shorter version of the show this week. Bob and Lauryn will be in Texas for AEW All In week next week, so we’re splitting the normal show into two parts. Next week’s episode will be the interview with Evan Zalios of Focus Pro Wrestling as we discuss their upcoming event “All the Way Up,” which takes place on July 13, 2025. IWX will be doing a live watch along of that event on July 13. Watch our social media for mor...

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June 26, 2025 218 mins

EPISODE #25 - DEGET BUNDLEZ

 

Segment 1 – News & Notes

  • Tully Bertorelli’s deserved Family Feud writing credit
  • Noam Dar’s injury
  • Night of Champions
  • Project X - PWR, PWM, OWR, Matt Wrestling supershow during Summerslam weekend
  • Negative One’s GCW debut
  • Focus Pro – All the Way Up match announcement
  • Attacks on Ray Sanchez/Respect the Craft

 

Segment 2 - #ANDNEW

  • We congratulate 22 new champions crowned last week.
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We’re back with a packed episode this week. To start off the show, we welcome Bob’s daughter Lauryn back to review MCW Higher Ground which took place last Saturday at the R.J. Meyer Arena and featured a steel cage match for the MCW Heavyweight Championship, Ken Dixon vs Joseph Keys, Matt Riddle vs Miami Mike vs Brad Baylor in a triple threat, plus the return of Ronnie Zukko. Listen as Lauryn gives her opinions on the matches, the o...

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We are back with an episode in flux as some last minute happenings forced us to adjust on the fly. We start the episode with Jon in the car as Rich Buchholtz helps us open the show. Rich tells us all about what happened at RPW Homecoming, the ways in which Homecoming affects storylines moving forward for Destiny V in September, and how he was inspired to announced a Women's Cup tournament which will take place next May at Envision....

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We're back this week and we're joined by Tully Bertorelli, fresh off of his showdown with Sampson at Marquette Mania 3. We'll discuss what happened in the match and afterward between Tully, The Collective, Sampson and UPW management. In addition, Tully tells us about the inspiration for the new look he debuted at Marquette Mania, possibly writing a book called Tully Talks, and getting chewed out on national television by Steve Harv...

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We are back this week after an unexpected week off and we have a packed show for you. We have a really fun and unique interview guest. John D. Crazy Hillbilly joins us to talk about his big match coming up against Nick Hamrick in the Route 33 Wrestling Wild and Wonderful West Virginia Title match and his upcoming appearance at FTC Art of Grappling next month. John D. also tells us how he has to walk to matches because he has no car...

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We're back this week with a special watch-along episode. In honor of the passing of hardcore legend Sabu, Jon decided this was his week to be introduced to the DEATHMATCH. So, we decided to watch the recent ICW No Holds Barred show, ICW NHB74 which took place on May 2. The card features Danny Demanto vs Tank, Bobby Beverly vs Nathan Mowery, and the Pillars vs The Rejects in the main event. On top of that, we add another performer t...

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Today Bob is here with Rich to announce an incredible signing for RPW Destiny 5, taking place on September 27, 2025. This stacked ten-match card already features Ken Anderson vs Silas Young, Trevor Lee vs Hayden Backlund and more. Now, RPW has signed a huge name to be added to the Maggie Lee vs Lili Ruiz match. Who will it be??? 

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Jon has returned from assignment and we’re ready to get back into talking about independent wrestling. We start the show covering some news and notes from the past two weeks, including the eight AAA wrestlers signed to WWE, Fuego del Sol’s new name, and Minoru Suzuki vs Joey Janela coming up at Defy Fatal Fantasy.

 

Our guest this week is Tully Bertorelli, who will be challenging Sampson for the UPW Heavyweight Championship at Marq...

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We’re back…well, Bob is back. Jon is on assignment this week, so we brought in Rich Buchholtz to start the show and he does so in a BIG way. Over the weekend, RPW announced a two-day event called Perseverance, to take place on November 7-8, at Big Apple in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Over those two days, a sixteen-person, single elimination tournament will be held for the title of best in the Midwest and, more importantly, a future RPW...

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We’re back with our post-Wrestlemania week show as everyone is making their way back from Las Vegas. One of the first to return was UPW Heavyweight Champion, Sampson, fresh off of his clash with Super Beast at UPW Vegas Vacation last Friday. Sampson will join us to review Vegas Vacation, preview Maquette Mania 3, which takes place on May 17, and give us some history behind Marquette Mania and the Lakeview Arena on the campus of Nor...

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At the last minute, my youngest daughter Lauryn agreed to come on the podcast while we watch night 2 of Wrestlemania. We decided to hit record before the main event WWE Championship match between John Cena and Cody Rhodes. My daughter told me she has opinions. Now, you get to hear them! We talk about the disparity between Night 1 and Night 2, Jey Uso's appearance at the post-night 1 press conference, and why she is anti-babyface an...

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We're back, but everyone else is in Las Vegas for Wrestlemania week. So, we thought it would be a good time to do a watch-along episode and, boy, did we pick a good one. Last weekend was DREAMWAVE weekend, culminating with DREAMWAVE X on Sunday, April 12. Before that, there was Uprising: Women Athletes 5 from the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois on Friday, April 11. 

Neither Bob nor Jon watched this in advance. So, watch alon...

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We’re back with another fun episode, headlined by a fun interview with Dr. Lawrence Zirconium, owner and promoter of Dangerous Adrenaline Wrestling Gladiators (DAWG) in New Jersey. Dr. Zirconium will tell us about getting into the wrestling business at a young age and working as a referee, commentator, manager, and, for a while, an in-ring performer. Dr. Zirconium goes on to tell us about the genesis of DAWG and his vision for mode...

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We are back this week with a different kind of show. Rich Buchholtz (Owner & Promoter, Ragin Pro Wrestling) is back with us to do a watch along episode. We will be rewatching a show that was hand picked by Rich, RPW Extravaganza 1 from March 26, 2022. This extremely stacked card features Chelsea Green vs Deonna Purrazzo, Silas Young vs Kenny King, Damian Chambers vs Ace Austin, Santana Garrett vs Kaci Lennox and so much more. W...

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