The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour With Bob Smith podcast – now in its fourth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Bob Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine who also enjoyed a long history with other famous titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Guest: Bob Smith welcomes wrestling historian Tony Richards – best known for his work on his popular Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel podcast – to the OWH for the very first time. You’ll hear about Richards’ wrestling past, his current work, and a major award he’s about to be honored with. A lifelong fan meets a serious mat maven on the new Outdated Wrestling Hour – and it’s all yours with a press of a button on better podcast apps!

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The Podcast: The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast – now in its fourth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Bob Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine and a long history with other famous titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professional mat landscape.

The Guest: Bob Smith welcomes back Brian R. Solomon – now a two-time winner of The Wrestling Observer’s Book of the Year award for his 2025 work, Irresistible Force: The Life & Times Of Gorilla Monsoon. Like Smith, Solomon also works for PWI, and on this special edition, the duo looks back at mat history and tries to determine when bad guy wrestlers went from rough-and-tough rulebreaking to taking part in seriously violent sadism and cruelty, even during televised matches. It’s a rough-and-tumble Outdated Wrestling Hour, which mixes nostalgia and scintillating conversation like few other podcasts in its genre!

Support the show

Contact us at outdatedwrestling@gmail.com!

The Show: The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast – now in its fourth year – offers veteran fans (as well as curious younger ones) a chance to reminisce about classic mat action from years gone by. The show is hosted by Bob Smith, the former managing editor of Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine and who boasts a long history with several other famous titles. Co-host Joe Puccio (GenerationXWire.com) offers a younger perspective on old wrestling before the duo ushers in guests from throughout the professonal mat landscape.

The Guest: Bob Smith interviews the hosts of the popular music podcast Mix Tapes– Eric Stangeland and Mark Moots – but this show isn’t about classic rock hits. The trio take a look back at the use of music in pro wrestling, and how it all changed the way the sport has been presented in recent decades. From The Fabulous Freebirds to Rhea Ripley, this is easily the most tuneful OWH yet. It’s a wealth of old-time mat memories on this new/old edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour!

Support the show

Contact us at outdatedwrestling@gmail.com!