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Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich

Retro Wrestling Archive Podcasts

Join Memphis Wrestling Hall of Famers "Dangerous" Doug Gilbert & Tommy "Wildfire" Rich as each week they sit down with host Gene Jackson and share stories from the ring and the road, and they may even invite along a guest or two from time to time! retrowrestlingarchive.substack.com

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70:17

Dangerous Conversations Episode #13: Featuring "The...

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich ·

2024/10/31

This week, Tommy Rich is away in Philadelphia working a show so Doug and Gene invited a special guest to join them in 'the Grappler' Len Denton! A great conversation ensued covering how Len came about wearing the mask and who he "took" the Grappler name from, how he became the booker in Kansas City and the legend who felt he was the man for the job, how he felt about becoming a tag team with Tony Anthony in Mid South at the suggestion of Bill Watts, narrowly avoiding a tragedy at the Superdome in a

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01:10:17

Dangerous Conversations Episode #13: Featuring "The...

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich ·

2024/10/31

This week, Tommy Rich is away in Philadelphia working a show so Doug and Gene invited a special guest to join them in 'the Grappler' Len Denton! A great conversation ensued covering how Len came about wearing the mask and who he "took" the Grappler name from, how he became the booker in Kansas City and the legend who felt he was the man for the job, how he felt about becoming a tag team with Tony Anthony in Mid South at the suggestion of Bill Watts,

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63:08

Dangerous Conversations Episode #11: The "New"...

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2024/10/17

This week Doug is excited to announce that not only is his "brother" Tommy "Wildfire" Rich returning to the show as a guest, he's going to be a permanent part of Dangerous Conversations moving forward! On this episode we have an indepth conversation with Tommy about teaming with Doug’s brother Eddie Gilbert in 1984 as Jackie Fargo's "New" Fabulous Ones to replace the previous Fabulous Ones, Stan Lane & Steve Keirn who left the Memphis territory. They would be opposing Jimmy Hart’s "New" Fabulous

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01:03:08

Dangerous Conversations Episode #11: The "New"...

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich ·

2024/10/17

This week Doug is excited to announce that not only is his "brother" Tommy "Wildfire" Rich returning to the show as a guest, he's going to be a permanent part of Dangerous Conversations moving forward! On this episode we have an indepth conversation with Tommy about teaming with Doug’s brother Eddie Gilbert in 1984 as Jackie Fargo's "New" Fabulous Ones to replace the previous Fabulous Ones, Stan Lane & Steve Keirn who left the Memphis territory. They

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78:07

Dangerous Conversations Episode #10: Featured Guest -...

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2024/10/10

This week Doug welcomes another great friend of his to the show, Dr. Tom Prichard! The guys have fun reflecting on their great times as neighbors in the Continental territory where Doug learned from guys like Tom, Jerry Stubbs, "Nightmare" Danny Davis, and others. Tom tells about working with Brian Christopher in the USWA early in Brian's career and shares a fun story from the Mid-South Coliseum where Brian's car was on the line and Brian's girlfriend learned to keep the window's rolled up! Plus,

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01:18:07

Dangerous Conversations Episode #10: Featured Guest -...

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2024/10/10

This week Doug welcomes another great friend of his to the show, Dr. Tom Prichard! The guys have fun reflecting on their great times as neighbors in the Continental territory where Doug learned from guys like Tom, Jerry Stubbs, "Nightmare" Danny Davis, and others. Tom tells about working with Brian Christopher in the USWA early in Brian's career and shares a fun story from the Mid-South Coliseum where Brian's car was on the line and Brian's girlfriend

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68:14

Dangerous Conversations Episode #9: Featured Guest -...

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2024/10/03

Many fans are familiar with Bruno's time in the WWF/E as Dr. Harvey Wippleman and that Bruno is a best friends with Dewayne "the Rock" Johnson, and that Bruno managed in the Memphis territory but many don't realize that Bruno got his start in the Kansas City territory and spent some time working for Continental in Alabama in the 80's, and that Bruno was a very close friend to not only Doug, but to Tommy and Eddie Gilbert as well. Bruno shares a bunch of great stories from throughout his career

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01:08:13

Dangerous Conversations Episode #09: Featured Guest -...

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich ·

2024/10/03

Many fans are familiar with Bruno's time in the WWF/E as Dr. Harvey Wippleman and that Bruno is a best friends with Dewayne "the Rock" Johnson, and that Bruno managed in the Memphis territory but many don't realize that Bruno got his start in the Kansas City territory and spent some time working for Continental in Alabama in the 80's, and that Bruno was a very close friend to not only Doug, but to Tommy and Eddie Gilbert as well. Bruno shares a bunch

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50:36

Dangerous Conversations Episode #8: Featured Guest -...

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2024/09/26

This week's episode was recorded live and in person in Jackson, Tennessee immediately before the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame Ceremony. Doug is excited to welcome his long time tag team partner and one of his best friends, Tommy "Wildfire" Rich! They discuss a variety of topics including: how Tommy met Doug's father Tommy Gilbert, Tommy's experiences learning from Tojo Yamamoto early in his career, defeating the great Harley Race to become the youngest NWA World Champion in 1981, the prevailing

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00:50:35

Episode #08: Featured Guest - "Wildfire" Tommy Rich

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich ·

2024/09/26

This week's episode was recorded live and in person in Jackson, Tennessee immediately before the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame Ceremony. Doug is excited to welcome his long time tag team partner and one of his best friends, Tommy "Wildfire" Rich! They discuss a variety of topics including: how Tommy met Doug's father Tommy Gilbert, Tommy's experiences learning from Tojo Yamamoto early in his career, defeating the great Harley Race to become the youngest

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01:14:16

Dangerous Conversations Episode #7: Featured Guest -...

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2024/09/19

Episode #07: Featured Guest - "Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony This week Doug Gilbert welcomes a very special guest and long time family friend to the show, his former tag team partner and the man he will soon be inducting into the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame, "The Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony! Tony has wrestled in nearly every territory you can name during his 36 year pro wrestling career. They discuss the impact that meeting and

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74:16

Dangerous Conversations Episode #7: Featured Guest -...

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich ·

2024/09/19

Episode #07: Featured Guest - "Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony This week Doug Gilbert welcomes a very special guest and long time family friend to the show, his former tag team partner and the man he will soon be inducting into the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame, "The Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony! Tony has wrestled in nearly every territory you can name during his 36 year pro wrestling career. They discuss the impact that meeting and teaming with Len Denton as both the Grapplers and the Dirty

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90:21

Dangerous Conversations Episode #6: Featured Guest -...

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich ·

2024/09/12

It's Episode #6 of Dangerous Conversations and this week, Doug welcomes a special guest: the Founder, Owner, and President of Power Pro Wrestling, Randy Hales. Doug has known Randy for well over 40 years and despite having some tense moments at times over the years, they are still friends to this day. As we move towards the huge "Night to Remember" event in Jackson, Tennessee on Saturday September 21st, the guys discuss all of the inductees that will be in this year's class of the Memphis

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01:30:21

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert Episode #6:...

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich ·

2024/09/12

It's Episode #6 of Dangerous Conversations and this week, Doug welcomes a special guest: the Founder, Owner, and President of Power Pro Wrestling, Randy Hales. Doug has known Randy for well over 40 years and despite having some tense moments at times over the years, they are still friends to this day. As we move towards the huge "Night to Remember" event in Jackson, Tennessee on Saturday September 21st, the guys discuss all of the inductees that

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01:19:40

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert Episode #5:...

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich ·

2024/09/05

This week on Dangerous Conversations, we're turning the reins over to the listeners as we ask Doug questions that have been sent in from the fans! Here's just a few of the topics you guys asked Doug about: Proudest & Least Proudest Moment in Wrestling Thoughts on Intergender Wrestling Strangest Fan Interaction Do you prefer working face or heel? Has wrestling under your real name ever caused you issues? What is Doug's opinion on CM Punk? How was it

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79:41

Dangerous Conversations Episode #5: Ask Doug Anything...

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich ·

2024/09/05

This week on Dangerous Conversations, we're turning the reins over to the listeners as we ask Doug questions that have been sent in from the fans!Here's just a few of the topics you guys asked Doug about:Proudest & Least Proudest Moment in WrestlingThoughts on Intergender WrestlingStrangest Fan InteractionDo you prefer working face or heel?Has wrestling under your real name ever caused you issues?What is Doug's opinion on CM Punk?How was it working with the Moondogs?Favorite year in the

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01:10:11

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert Episode #4:...

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich ·

2024/08/29

It's Episode #4 of Dangerous Conversations with Doug Gilbert and this week we had planned to talk about Bill Watts' UWF, but we're going to put that off until a later date... and instead we're going to spend this episode allowing Doug to share some of his favorite memories of he and Eddie's good friend, Sid Eudy. While most fans only know Sid as the "Master & Ruler of the World" and a main event superstar in professional wrestling, there's another

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70:11

Dangerous Conversations Episode #4: Remembering SID!

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich ·

2024/08/29

It's Episode #4 of Dangerous Conversations with Doug Gilbert and this week we had planned to talk about Bill Watts' UWF, but we're going to put that off until a later date... and instead we're going to spend this episode allowing Doug to share some of his favorite memories of he and Eddie's good friend, Sid Eudy. While most fans only know Sid as the "Master & Ruler of the World" and a main event superstar in professional wrestling, there's another side of him that most have never gotten a

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83:58

Dangerous Conversations Episode #3: The Gilberts go...

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich ·

2024/08/24

This week's episode is all about when Doug and Eddie went to the Global Wrestling Federation! They discuss what the GWF was and how it came to be thanks to Joe Pedicino in 1991. What lead to Eddie being brought in as the booker and how the transition went. The story of how and why the Dark Patriot gimmick was conceived. The challenges of booking and taping a pro wrestling TV show that aired FIVE DAYS A WEEK nationally on ESPN. The REAL story of what happened with Jeff Gaylord in the dressing room at

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01:23:57

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert Episode #3:...

Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich ·

2024/08/24

This week's episode is all about when Doug and Eddie went to the Global Wrestling Federation! They discuss what the GWF was and how it came to be thanks to Joe Pedicino in 1991. What lead to Eddie being brought in as the booker and how the transition went. The story of how and why the Dark Patriot gimmick was conceived. The challenges of booking and taping a pro wrestling TV show that aired FIVE DAYS A WEEK nationally on ESPN. The REAL story of what

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