{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Retro Wrestling Archive Podcast Network","title":"Beyond Wrestling w/Robb Ep. 1: Tommy \"Wildfire\" Rich","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3372,"description":"The boots are off. The crowds are gone. And for the first time… the conversation ISN'T about wrestling.\nWelcome to the debut episode of Beyond Wrestling w/Robb, where host Robb Helt pulls back the curtain and steps into the Neutral Corner Lounge, a place where the gimmicks fade, the stories get real, and you finally meet the person behind the persona.\n\nAnd for the very first episode, Robb sits down with a man who’s lived it all…\n“Wildfire” Tommy Rich.\n\nBut this isn’t the Tommy Rich you’ve heard in shoot interviews or wrestling podcasts.\nThis is something different.\n\nInstead of championships and territories, Robb takes Tommy somewhere deeper:\nGrowing up in Hendersonville, Tennessee and what life was like before wrestling ever entered the picture\nThe values instilled by family, and the influence of a strong mother who helped shape the man behind the persona\nWild childhood stories (including one that ends with a burned haystack… and multiple ass-whippings)\nLife on the road vs. life at home and what it really meant to balance wrestling with being a husband and father\nPersonal struggles, health scares, and the discipline it took to completely change his life later on\nAnd along the way, you get moments you’ve NEVER heard from Tommy Rich before:\nHonest reflections on faith, family, and legacy\nStories about meeting legends outside the wrestling business, from music icons to everyday influences\nHis thoughts on aging, slowing down, and what truly matters now\nThis isn’t about what happened in the ring.\nIt’s about everything that happened outside of it.\n\nBy the end of this episode, you won’t just know Tommy Rich the wrestler…\nyou’ll understand Tommy Rich the person.\n\nAnd that’s exactly what Beyond Wrestling w/Robb is all about.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kf0ZTqBFprO952Wt3UH_SshPb356wrIpWyiK4IH5dYc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wZjBl/YThhYzQ4MDZkNjRm/MzY2YTlmNDRiMDRj/NmY4Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}