After the hell month of Maniwa’s life, we’re finally dropping out AMA episode. We took questions anonymously on NGL & on social media.

Editor’s notes –
My timeline was wrong. KOTDM 2018 was May, Bentley did not perform in the tournament but was at the show. He wrestled at Prelude to Death the night before. So apologies for that.

Reed Bentley has been EPW Elite champion for 4,353 days.

As always, you can follow Nick on all social media – @nickmaniwa & Reed – @TheReedBentley

Take a trip down memory lane as the most decorated manager in IWA Midsouth tells his tales after serving a 12 year sentence in the craziest independent wrestling company in history. Look for the first episode to drop in the very near future. Welcome to Fannin’s Flashbacks!

On this “lost” episode of Wrestlemaniwa from December of 2024, I talk to my long time close personal friend Jeremy aka Prophet of Ash Video. We talk the first time Jeremy saw independent wrestling, who his day 1 in the wrestling business is, talk about deathmatch wrestling weapon engineering, becoming the editor for IWAMS, helping book in Terre Haute, his new side hustle of selling video games & so much more. The “big thing” alluded to for Royal Rumble weekend was the weekend of shows called Combat Crossroads put on by Naptown All Pro.

On this special episode of Wrestlemaniwa, Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Aaron Rose preview the upcoming (like this Friday upcoming) Generation Next Pro Wrestling’s The Generational Invitational tournament. We run down the card, give our thoughts on the brackets & have a blast while doing it.

Look for another Wrestlemaniwa episode coming in the very near future. Had to get this one out first to get some more eyes & ears on GNPW’s TGI! Tickets still available!

Check out GNPW on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Gnpw2021

As always, you can find me @nickmaniwa on social media.
Give Aaron Rose a follow – @PrepSpinAaron on X

“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) are dropping balls. Well not us personally but the team of Danny Daniels, Ryan Boz & Brad Bradley led to the ring by Carmine DeSpirito & Jim Fannin on this Midsouth Memories Spotlight episode : Breaking Balls. We literally only did this to release it on New Year’s Eve before the ball is dropped. Usher in 2025 (my god) by listening to us make a bunch of balls references, stories about pro wrestling names, who was the NWA World’s Tag Team champions & so much more on this episode.

If you have old IWAMS photos (96-05ish), please send them to me using the email listed below. Trying to preserve & archive as much IWAMS history as possible. Special thanks to Jill McKee for her allowing us to use a photo from the Breaking Balls event.

You can reach Nick Maniwa on all social media – @nickmaniwa
You can reach Mike Ruff on his official website – RuffFigures.com
If you have questions for Nick or Mike to answer on the show (or want a free Midsouth Memories sticker, send your address!) – [email protected]

00:00 – 02:18 – Intro
02:18 – 42:32 – Show

“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) had some family obligations this month, so we bring you an episode we recorded earlier this year – Wrestlemaniwa. A no rope barbed wire deathmatch as the main event of a benefit show. Absurd.

If you have old IWAMS photos (96-05ish), please send them to me using the email listed below. Trying to preserve & archive as much IWAMS history as possible.

You can reach Nick Maniwa on all social media – @nickmaniwa
You can reach Mike Ruff on his official website – RuffFigures.com
If you have questions for Nick or Mike to answer on the show – [email protected]

“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) are helping you celebrate Thanksgiving by presenting Bloodfeast 2014: Born to be Wired on this month’s episode of Midsouth Memories. We talk opening segments, SHOOT~! comments in promos, pain pills being in the wrong bottle, long battle royals, hidden gem deathmatches & so much more on

If you have old IWAMS photos (96-05ish), please send them to me using the email listed below. Trying to preserve & archive as much IWAMS history as possible.

You can reach Nick Maniwa on all social media – @nickmaniwa
You can reach Mike Ruff on his official website – RuffFigures.com

If you have questions for Nick or Mike to answer on the show (or want a free Midsouth Memories sticker, send your address!) – [email protected]

On the return episode of Wrestlemaniwa, I talk to the ruggedly handsome Chad French as we talk his history in his wrestling fandom, discovering IWA Midsouth at the old K-Mart building, coming to various venues in the 2000s, starting out as a “journalist” during the Memphis Flea Market days which led to Chad performing in ring, becoming a commentator & running his own shows. We talk past Pawcade shows, Chad suffering a stroke & doing a deathmatch with a 350+ lb man in the years to follow.

The main reason we got Chad on this episode was to talk about the big Midwest Territory “Inception” show happening in Spencer, IN on December 8th. We run down the card, giving our thoughts on all 8 mayches, talk ticket specials (available on Twitter/X) & have a blast while doing it.

Tickets available – https://midwestterritory.com/

Follow me – @nickmaniwa on all social media. Follow Chad – @ChadAFrench on Twitter.

“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) bring the next installment of the Midsouth Memories: Spotlight to talk the infamous Tracy Smothers riot which took place at No Blood No Guts No Glory 2002 in Clarksville, IN. To set up a match later in the month, Tracy attacks “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton & all hell breaks loose. 22 years later & people that were involved at the show still don’t know what exactly went down…

Stick around after the show (30:00 min mark) for a bunch of classic Tracy clips!

If you have old IWAMS photos (96-05ish), please send them to me using the email listed below. Trying to preserve & archive as much IWAMS history as possible.

You can reach Nick Maniwa on all social media – @nickmaniwa
You can reach Mike Ruff on his official website – RuffFigures.com
If you have questions for Nick or Mike to answer on the show (or want a free Midsouth Memories sticker, send your address!) – [email protected]

“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) celebrate the 20th anniversary of what people call, “the greatest independent wrestling tournament in history”, the 2004 Ted Petty Invitational. We give our thoughts, stories & love on the shows.

If you have old IWAMS photos (96-05ish), please send them to me using the email listed below. Trying to preserve & archive as much IWAMS history as possible.
You can reach Nick Maniwa on all social media – @nickmaniwa
You can reach Mike Ruff on his official website – RuffFigures.com
If you have questions for Nick or Mike to answer on the show (or want a free Midsouth Memories sticker, send your address!) – [email protected]