Two-decade veteran Pauly Thomaselli returns to Windy City Slam Podcast for our special 250th episode to recount even more tales from his storied career. Thomaselli discusses regaining “his smile” as he wrestled Mike Morris at POWW Entertainment’s WrestleRage 22, teaming with his brothers, working with Hardcore Craig, Ryan Kross and Jeff Luxon over the years, his time in Juggalo Championship Wrestling, the evolution of The Haters, young wrestlers he thinks can be stars and more. Plus, Mike recaps Chicago Style Wrestling and WrestlePunkz and previews stacked events from Freelance Wrestling, AAW Pro, Southland Championship Wrestling and AEW.

Mike Pankow is a 25-year-plus professional journalist and wrestling superfan who covers local Chicagoland wrestling and national promotions like AEW and WWE. If there is something going on in Chicago, Mike knows about it. Enjoy "Wrestling, Chicago-Style" on The Broadcast Basement On-Demand Radio Network! Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com. Get your local wrestling fix every Tuesday everywhere podcasts can be found and always at WindyCitySlam.com!