The Retro Wrestling Archive Podcast Network

What happens when someone sends you a box of cassettes from the 1990s? You put them out as a podcast ! Sit back and take a trip to the past for Cassette Wrestling News. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin called this the first ever podcast ! These cassettes were mailed every issue to subscribers during the heyday of wrestling fanzines. Jeff Osborne & John Seaton would sit down and put out an episode of zany fun and sometimes some serious stuff. Join us for Episode 5 with Eddie Gilbert, October, 1990.

Show Notes

What happens when someone sends you a box of cassettes from the 1990s? You put them out as a podcast ! Sit back and take a trip to the past for Cassette Wrestling News. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin called this the first ever podcast ! These cassettes were mailed every issue to subscribers during the heyday of wrestling fanzines. Jeff Osborne & John Seaton would sit down and put out an episode of zany fun and sometimes some serious stuff. Join us for Episode 5 with Eddie Gilbert, October, 1990.


Chapters


  • (00:00:00) - American Hostile Championship Wrestling
  • (00:03:54) - Retro Wrestling: A Podcast Review
  • (00:04:32) - CASCADE WRESTLING NEWS
  • (00:05:36) - Eddie Gilbert on Amber the First Love
  • (00:06:53) - Catching Phrases On Cassette Wrestling News
  • (00:10:46) - Jeff and John
  • (00:11:30) - Ric Flair vs Sting in the NWA
  • (00:15:53) - Starcade 1990
  • (00:17:50) - WWE X-15
  • (00:24:09) - WWE X11
  • (00:29:49) - Starrrcade Live
  • (00:34:24) - Mean Max Bashed Huey Rockwell The Fourth's Body
  • (00:41:19) - A Christmas Wish for Vince the Palm
  • (00:42:01) - Vince McMahon's Holiday Wishes
  • (00:44:33) - President George Bush Is a Wrestling Fan
  • (00:45:52) - UWF New York Slam
  • (00:50:37) - Best of the Pro Wrestling Spotlight
  • (00:55:30) - Jersey Devil Calls Terry Funk
  • (00:58:58) - Terry Funk vs Brian Trammels
  • (01:00:06) - Jersey Devil Fire Match vs Black Crawdad
  • (01:01:24) - Letter to the Jersey Devil
  • (01:02:20) - Derrick Williams
  • (01:07:27) - Cassette Wrestling News
  • (01:11:54) - Shark Boy Coming to Memphis Wrestling


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What is The Retro Wrestling Archive Podcast Network?

The Retro Wrestling Archive Podcast Network is a home for nostalgia pro wrestling podcasts featuring interviews, reviews, recaps, and deep dives into the people, promotions, and moments that shaped wrestling history.

Our network includes original in-house shows like The Retro Wrestling Re-View Podcasts, Beyond Wrestling, Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert & Tommy Rich, and LIVE from the Archive!, along with affiliate podcasts such as STSPod, The Hang, Talkin' off the Top Rope, and Get Your Bell Rung, among others.

Presented in association with Jackson Media Creations, the Retro Wrestling Archive Podcast Network is dedicated to one mission: preserving pro wrestling history.