Episode 13A of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with a former 3x IWA Mid South heavyweight champion, former 3x IWA Mid South Tag Team champion, 2002 MAW Hardcore Cup winner, 2006 King of the Death Matches and Jim’s “RIDE OR DIE” partner in professional wrestling, “Mean” Mitch Page. This is the one that we’ve all been waiting for and they recorded so long that we split it into TWO weeks.

On this first installment, Mitch talks about how his Papaw introduced him to professional wrestling, how his buddy in radio introduced him to IWA Mid South and why he decided to give becoming a professional wrestler a try. Hear the HILARIOUS story of an underage Mitch Page going to a bar to fight a bear and what happened to his buddy Noodle when he went second and broke every single rule that was given on what NOT to do to the bear! Jim and Mitch discuss April Blood Showers 1998…the first time for both of them to get into an IWA ring and be part of an angle as Bull Pain beats both of them into the business and hear how Jim almost died on his very first bump in the ring. Mitch and Jim share some Mark Wolf and Rollin Hard stories as they pay respects to their fallen friends. This part of the episode ends with Mitch Page burying the hatchet with an old friend and ending over 20 years of animosity, so it was the perfect way to end part 1. All that and more on this part one of the supersized & super mean version of Fannin’s Flashbacks

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Episode 12 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with former IWA Mid South Heavyweight Champion and the 2005 King of the Death Matches, and a one night only member of the Fannin Family “Mr. Insanity” Toby Klein. How did Toby Klein decide that deathmatch wrestling was a route that he wanted to pursue? How did Toby make it to IWA and what happened that it wasn’t until the second night of the 2000 KOTDM? Toby talks about throwing the VCR at Necro Butcher’s head at 2003 KOTDM, the rematch at 2004 KOTDM when he had a torn ACL, and finally winning in 2005. Memories of Japan and winning the IWA Mid South Heavyweight title in 2006. All that and more on this episode!

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Episode 11 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with former IWA Mid-South tag team champion, 3x women’s champion, 2006 Queen of the Death Matches Mickie Knuckles! The focus of this podcast is the friendship of Jim and Mickie and the angle that they did in IWA in 2005 leading up to War Games. Go to Jim’s YouTube channel and watch the “Wooing of Mickie Knuckles” playlist to have a feel for most of this podcast. Find out how Mickie got involved in IWA. Chop class. Join the debate…did Tracy Smothers really almost become Mickie’s stepdad? All that and more on this week’s episode.

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Disclaimer, this episode was recorded before the news of Mark Wolf’s passing was known

Episode 10 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with former IWA Mid-South tag team champion and 12x light heavyweight champion, Tarek the Great! What bizarre series of events led to Tarek being in the very first match ever on an IWA Mid South show? Hear Tarek’s perspective on his feud with American Kickboxer. How did Tarek end up taking multiple tours of FMW? What was it like being one of the only ones working IWA Mid South and OVW at the same time? What was it like working against Ian Rotten in a series of matches affectionately dubbed Methlab Battlearts? All that and more on this week’s episode.

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Disclaimer, this episode was recorded before the news of Mark Wolf’s passing was known

Episode 9 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with former IWA Mid South icon, “UNCLE HONKEY” Don Broady! How did Don make it onto IWA shows? What caused Don to abruptly quit Danny Davis’ wrestling school? The infamous flaming tables match that happened to be on the same card as Jim’s first wrestling match after 3 years in the business. Don’s memories of competing in the 2000 and 2001 KOTDM. How scary is it wrestling Bull Pain? All that and more on this week’s episode.

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Episode 8 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with former IWA Mid-South Heavyweight champion, tag team champion, and 4x light heavyweight champion, Mark Wolf! Marky Wolf was the childhood friend of Ian Rotten. What was Ian like as a teenager? Jim and Mark fondly look back on Mark coming to Louisville to reconnect with his childhood friend and becoming the “Sam Houston of IWA Mid-South.” Jim and Mark also talk about all the ways that Marky and Mitch Page would drive Ian insane on road trips which led to Jim having to be the one to go on the road trips instead. What happened the night that Adam Gooch and several others stayed at WrestleHouse Indiana and Adam Gooch’s girlfriendS showed up to confront him about it? How crazy did Mark and Harry Palmer drive Todd Morton in The Resistance? And scratching the surface on the famous Mitch Ryder/Mark Wolf feud. All that and more on this week’s episode.

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Episode 7 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with “The American Danger Man” Mad Man Pondo. Pondo is one of a handful that predates Jim in IWA Midsouth as Pondo started on the first show in the main event of Winter Warz 1996 in January of that year. They talk about Pondo growing up as a wrestling fan, becoming a wrestler, linking up with Ian to become a traveling opponent, Old K-Mart building, getting kicked out of Kentucky armories, working as a talent scout for the Jerry Springer show, going on 49 tours of Japan, the grandfather clock incident, the failed KOTDM tournament in Japan (the real story behind it), Memoirs of a Madman, what Pondo’s been up to lately & so much more on this week’s episode of Fannin’s Flashbacks

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Episode 6 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with “Britney Spears’ Boyfriend” Chuck Smooth/Chuck E Smooth/Paul E. Smooth (if ya nasty). Chuck talks about growing up as a fan in the Chicagoland area, being able to watch ECW, USWA & SMW on syndication, finding local shows & finally being trained to be a wrestler. He talks about how he got his start in IWA…..then getting started at “the real” IWA, becoming a light heavyweight champion, demons that followed him during his time in pro wrestling, being friends with people he watched on TV, taking a deathmatch wrestler around his college campus, people he wasn’t fond of & so much more this week on Fannin’s Flashbacks.

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Episode 5 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with “The Mayor” Rich Wayne. Great friends for the past 28 years that met at IWA Mid-South where both were mistaken for being with the Kentucky State Athletic Commission because they took notes to post results on AOL Grandstand! That friendship grew into late nights at JBoy’s restaurant until 5 am after shows, midnight bowling with Brent Blades and Nick Maniwa, doing a podcast called Seinfeld, Friends, and Wrestling together and going to 25 out of the 30 current MLB stadiums together on their yearly baseball trips together. Hear Rich discuss his friendship with Reckless Youth, putting the IWA softball team together, and being fooled into hauling around a broken trophy thinking it was legitimately the Brawl For All trophy that Bart Gunn received from WWF! Listen to Jim tell the story of sleeping with a WWE HOFer on the very first road trip he did in the wrestling business & so much more this week on Fannin’s Flashbacks!

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Episode 4 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with the man truly responsible for getting him into the business, Les Johns. College friends that bonded over their love of wrestling, they talk about how Les calling the IWA hotline and leaving a critique of the show ended up with Ian Rotten calling at 3 am to yell at him about the critique. That phone call grew into Les Johns, Ben Rich, and Jim becoming involved in IWA Mid South and bringing shows to Lexington. The release date of this episode (11/7/25) is the 28th anniversary of that debut show in Lexington (11/7/97). So the day before his 49th birthday, Jim celebrates the 28th anniversary of entering the wrestling business. Les and Jim discuss going to ECW fan cons, the 1997 Final Four to watch their Alma mater UK, Starrcade 1995 & 1996, and the 1996 King of the Ring. Where was Jim when Stone Cold Steve Austin was born and debuted the catchphrase Austin 3:16? You have to listen to find out! All that & so much more this week on Fannin’s Flashbacks!

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