Chuck Coates joins the show to talk his wrestling career. Including training under Nelson Royal, starting in the WWF against the Twin Towers (Akeem and Big Boss Man), teaming with Paul Roma against Andre The Giant and Haku, working the NAWA, South Atlantic Pro Wrestling, NWA/WCW. working with TNT (Tommy Angel and Tommy Seabolt), becoming one of the German Stormtroopers with Helmut Hesler (Chuck Smith), The Fantastics (Bobby and Jackie Fulton), WCW in the early 1990's, Owen Hart, Ricky Morton, Matt Borne, wrestling Kurt Angle in a dark match in the WWF before he made it to TV plus so much more!

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Author and podcaster Brian Ferguson joins Rick to talk about growing up in Wisconsin and being a fan of the AWA and Verne Gagne and his new book "Verne: Inside And Outside The Ropes". We also talk the Monday Night Wars, what wrestling we currently watch and his podcast Bumps and Thumps plus much more!

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