The Indy Wrestling Experience

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We’re back this week with a packed episode, highlighted by our interview with UPW Heavyweight Champion, Sampson. Listen as he tells us about the long and winding road that led him to professional wrestling, getting injured soon after starting training, and overcoming two hip replacements to become the second longest reigning UPW Champion of all time.

This past weekend, Bob and Jon attended MCW’s Spring Fever stop in Hollywood, Ma...

We’re back this week with a really fun episode. In our interview segment we are joined by Lola Yara, also known at Lola the Adventurer, from Rocky Mountain Pro Wrestling. Listen as she talks about growing up in Utah and starting wrestling training there before moving to Colorado and joining Rocky Mountain Pro. Lola tells us all about her extensive travels and accomplishments as part of the Peruvian gymnastics team and winning the g...

We’re back with a really exciting episode this week because Bobby Blaze, former Smoky Mountain Wrestling Champion, head trainer at the FTC Art of Grappling Wrestling School in Ironton, OH, and author of two highly respected books about the wrestling business, joins us to talk about his career, training the new generation, and, of course, to tell tons of great stories. The one about his run-in with Macho Man Randy Savage is absolute...

We’re back with another packed episode! This week, Bob and Jon discuss Bob’s trip out to Spencer, West Virginia for Route 33 Wrestling. The show featured Gorgeous Morgan Taylor vs The Mountain King in the main event, plus two first round matches in a tournament to crown the newly unveiled Wild and Wonderful West Virginia Championship.

Friend of the show, Rich Buchholtz, the owner and promoter of Ragin’ Pro Wrestling in Wisconsin, j...

00:00:00 - Intro, GCW Coming to Maryland

00:14:50 - #ANDNEW

00:19:45 - Youtube Recommendation - Rocky Mountain Pro Charged Ep 434

00:36:04 - Brox Boulder Interview

02:20:09 - Weekend Preview

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We are back this week with an awesome episode, mostly because we have an awesome guest. Brox Boulder joins us for a long form interview where we talk about how he came up in the business, be...

Jon and Bob are back this week and we are joined by Rich Buchholtz, owner and promoter of Ragin Pro Wrestling.

On this episode, Rich will discuss professionalism in the wrestling business, among other things. The conversation centers around a list, posted by Brutal Bob Evans on Facebook, of 34 ways to be professional in the wrestling business. Rich will give his opinion on a bunch of the items on that last, good and bad, then trans...