{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Retro Wrestling Archive Podcast Network","title":"Retro Wrestling w/Gene Jackson – Episode #47: The D.I. Bob Carter: From the Dungeon to Dothan","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5742,"description":"From his early days growing up in Boston during the WWWF era… to surviving brutal tryouts under Gene Anderson and Nelson Royal… to training in the infamous Hart Dungeon… Bob Blackburn’s journey into professional wrestling was anything but ordinary \n\nWe dive deep into:\nThe insane 250-man tryout that only four survived\nTraining under Gene Anderson (and what those “tryouts” were really like)\nStu Hart, Bruce Hart, and a gimmick pitch so wild it nearly got him struck by lightning\nBecoming “The D.I.” in Continental Wrestling\nThe Honor Guard, Mark Young, and tag team gold with Randy Colley\nWorking with a young Sid Vicious (and surviving the leg drop)\nWhy Austin Idol once refused to follow his promo\nREAL heat in Montgomery and a riot level whipping angle\nLosing a wheel off his car on I-40 on the way to Memphis… and selling his car to a state trooper\nLiving with Mark Calloway (The Undertaker) in Nashville\nWhy Memphis was the hardest hitting territory he ever worked\nThe phone call from Roman Gabriel that ended his wrestling career overnight\nThis is a raw, honest, hilarious, and occasionally jaw dropping look at what it was like working in the dying days of the territory system, when the miles were long, the money was thin, and the heat was very real.\n\nIf you love Continental Wrestling, late 80s Memphis, Eddie Gilbert stories, or behind the scenes tales from the road, this episode is for you.","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}