{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Wrestling Memory Grenade","title":"BONUS: Regional Rasslin' Episode 5: Cary Silkin Talks The WWWF & Capitol Wrestling (1966 - 1971)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4317,"description":"GRENADE BONUS SHOW - Grenade Episode #80 is still on the way covering all of the MAY 1987 NEWS and RESULTS in the WWF, but for now check out yet another bonus episode featruing CARY SILKIN as our guest on the Regional Rasslin' Podcast, where we Talk the Territories! This week the Regional Rasslin' Podcast welcomes the former Owner of Ring of Honor, and the First Ever ROH Hall Of Fame Legacy Award Recipient, Mr. CARY SILKIN. Cary puts his time as promoter aside to go back in time and talk growing up as a fan in hopes to preserve some wrestling history. Many of the topics discussed in this first episode of the \"Silkin Series\" include Cary's introduction to Pro Wrestling in 1966, his first attended wrestling show at Sunnyside Gardens in 1967, wrestling going \"black\" in the late 1960s, the impact of the Magazines, the TV format driving ticket sales, \"Air-Conditioned\" Buildings, the art of the Dark Match, the introduction to the wonderful world of UHF TV and the struggle of TV antennas, attending his first MSG card in 1971 headlined by WWWF Champ Pedro Morales vs. his favorite heel Fred Blassie, seeing blood on TV, New York \"Blue Laws\", Willie \"GILLIE\" Gilzenberg, the 1958 Riot with Dick the Bruiser, who was better Pedro Morales or Victor Rivera, keeping the Latino population happy, Tank Morgan drugging his opponents with LSD as a \"RIB\", the intriguing career of Arman Hussian, the success of Antonino Rocca & Miguel Perez, wrestling comes to Cary's hometown of Cranford NJ in 1970, attending Bruno Sammartino vs. Pedro Morales at Shea Stadium, early ladies wrestling in the U.S., Mickey the barber (that a**hole!), watching the Los Angeles and Florida territories on Spanish Channels, and envying Al Getz! Plus, other names discussed on the program include Bruno Sammartino, Pedro Morales, Baron Mikel Scicluna, Arnold Skaaland, Angelo Savoldi, Pete Sanchez, The Rugged Russians, Crusher Verdu, Gorilla Monsoon, Ivan Koloff, and more!****** DISCLAIMER: Unfortunately, there were...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ziB4cQ6Z-Mnn-vCzIJsWcQHZtw3fh_MtuJsnDwC90KI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEzNzk2LzE1OTg3/NzI0NDgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}