UWF FuryCast Ep. 15 – Iceman vs. DeBeers: Blood, Belts, and Bad Decisions

In this episode of The UWF FuryCast, Gene Jackson covers the long-awaited grudge match between Iceman King Parsons and Colonel DeBeers!

Broadcast live from the Grand Ballroom of the Penta Hotel, Fury Hour Episode 15 is loaded with action:

Next week is HUGE: Paul Orndorff vs. Dr. Death in the main event!

Join Gene Jackson for 30+ minutes of unfiltered, sarcastic coverage of one of the craziest episodes yet!

This week's Retro Wrestling with Gene Jackson is brought to you by our good friends at the KAYFABE CAVE in Pulaski, Tennesee!

On this episode Gene brings back recent guest on the USWA, Bubba White to discuss his time as The Mighty Goliath.

From his early days breaking into the business in the mid-80s to teaming with Big Bubba and Downtown Bruno as the unstoppable “Downtown Connection,” Bubba pulls back the curtain on his time in the CWA. Hear stories about working with legends like Jerry Lawler, Rocky Johnson, Jerry Blackwell, and the Midnight Rockers, plus wild road tales from traveling the Memphis loop, the truth about the Super Heavyweight Championship, and the night he broke his leg in the ring. Bubba also shares memories of an unforgettable 1991 tour of Japan, his impressions of future stars like Shawn Michaels and The Rock, and plenty of hilarious stories from wrestling’s wildest territory, including being chased around a football field during a match by Bill Dundee with a cattle prod, Goliath, Big Bubba, and Austin Idol take a trip to the Zoo, and fun times wrestling Uncle Elmer and Billy Travis.

If you love classic Memphis wrestling, big-man brawls, and backstage tales you won’t hear anywhere else, you don’t want to miss this one!

It’s time for a “special edition” of STS ! “Was It Really THAT Good?” E23, Episode 349. Long time wrestling fans always talk fondly of the old days in professional wrestling, so Gene Jackson and Brian Tramel have joined forces to take a look at wrestling shows in the WWE VAULT or on YouTube. This month they watch Smoky Mountain Wrestling 3.13.1993

In today’s episode of the Time Tunnel Podcast, Tony is joined by author and historian, Kurt Neilsen, who is releasing his new book on the life and career of Plowboy Stan Frazier. Our conversation centers around the career highlights of Frazier but also who he was, his family and what it was like to be around and be friends with Giant or “Tiny” Frazier.

Also today, we are pushing the buttons on the Time Tunnel to go back 50 years to the Summer of 1975 with our Tennessee Analyst and Historian, Tim Dills. Tim, who has studied and researched the Tennessee Territory so richly including the business side of the Gulas-Welch company, the personalities, the towns and today we discuss the Jackson Coliseum, which had a major event occur in this time frame in 1975.

Join us for our monthly series in the STS family, “Was It Really THAT Good?” for Episode 314! Wrestling fans always talk fondly of their favorite events. BT was joined by Gene Jackson this month to talk about Starrcade ‘86 “Night of the Skywalkers” and answer the question, “Was It Really THAT Good?”.

Step into the world of Southern wrestling as Gene Jackson sits down with veteran grappler Jack Dalton for a wild, unfiltered ride through nearly two decades in the business. From his first untrained match in Iuka, Mississippi, to TV time in the legendary USWA studio wrestling Jeff Jarrett, Jack shares hilarious and jaw-dropping stories from life inside—and outside—the ring.

Hear about tagging with Lee and Billy Ray Hickerson, becoming Fire & Flame in Corey Macklin’s Memphis, the infamous Dustin Starr fireball incident, working the Assassins gimmick alongside Jimmy Hart, and trading blows (literally) with Scott Steiner on the road. Jack also talks about crossing paths with legends like Tracy Smothers, Coco B. Ware, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Abdullah the Butcher, Rikishi, and even Hulk Hogan.

It’s a candid look at the highs, lows, road stories, outlaw shows, and chaotic booking decisions that shaped Jack’s career—all told with the humor and honesty that only Retro Wrestling with Gene Jackson delivers.

Timestamps:
0:00 – Welcome & Jack Dalton introduction
3:15 – First match in Iuka with zero training
9:40 – Training with Lee Hickerson & early USWA run
17:25 – Wrestling Jeff Jarrett & learning the hard way from Buddy Wayne
26:10 – Fire & Flame, Corey Macklin, and the Dustin Starr fireball incident
36:50 – Becoming the Assassins & working the FedEx Forum show with Hogan
45:00 – On the road with the Steiner Brothers, Nash, Hall, and Rikishi
57:40 – Tracy Smothers stories you won’t believe
1:06:20 – Sal Corrente’s broken jaw and the end of a run
1:12:00 – Reflections on a 19-year career

If you love old-school wrestling and outrageous road stories, you don’t want to miss this one!

Memphis in Minutes: Episode #4 is live!
“Spellbinder, Suck-Ups & the Sweet Taste of Cake”

It’s the debut of Power Pro Wrestling from April 18, 1998, and if you’ve ever wanted to see:

Spellbinder win the first match in company history

Randy Hales cry AND thank everyone he's ever met

Austin Idol shows up and knocks EVERYBODY

The long awaited Memphis return of Billy Joe Travis

Lawler serve cake ringside DURING "Young Guns" 8 man tag match

the FINAL CONFRONTATION between Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler V 6.0!

Then this episode is for you!

Join us for our monthly series in the STS family, “Was It Really THAT Good?” for Episode 321! Wrestling fans always talk fondly of their favorite events. BT was joined by Gene Jackson this month to talk about St Louis Wrestling at the Chase and answer the question, “Was It Really THAT Good?”

Join us for our monthly series in the STS family, “Was It Really THAT Good?” for Episode 17! Wrestling fans always talk fondly of their favorite events. BT was joined by Gene Jackson this month to talk about the WWF BIG EVENT from 8/28/86 and answer the question, “Was It Really THAT Good?”.

This week on The UWF FuryCast, Gene Jackson takes you inside the most chaotic ballroom brawl ever televised—UWF Fury Hour Episode 14, now subtitled: “Glitter, Chains, and Muraco gets RUDE!”

This jam-packed episode features:
Greg “The Hammer” Valentine making his UWF debut and verbally assaulting Captain Lou
Iceman King Parsons tunes up for DeBeers by dropping Dusty Wolf
Don Muraco dominates Chris Michaels while Rick Rude lurks at ringside?!
B. Brian Blair breaks out “The Scorpion” and buries Mike Williams
Bruno Sammartino struggles to stay impartial as David Sammartino takes the win
Ivan Koloff uses that “Russian” chain to rob Wild Thing Steve Ray—again!

Plus:

️ More hype for Rumble in the Big Apple II
Tease for next week’s Captain Lou’s Corner with… The Honky Tonk Man!

This episode had everything but an ambulance—and after that Koloff match, we probably needed one.