INTERVIEW CLASSIC: (10 Yrs Ago) Announcer Mick Karch talks AWA's place in history, AWA-WWF war, Hogan in AWA, WrestleMania 30 line-up, more

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

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3.9 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Interview Classic episode from ten years ago (3-21-2014), Wade Keller interviews former AWA and longtime indy announcer Mick Karch, who also ran the Nick Bockwinkel fan club and wrote a column for Pro Wrestling Torch in the late 1980s. Topics during this interview include the state of wrestling announcing and the key aspect that's missing in the modern era, the AWA's place in history, whether WrestleMania 30 stacks up to past WrestleManias, the late Billy Robinson's impact on the AWA to the conviction of Buck Zumhoff on sexual misconduct charges, Hulk Hogan's first top babyface run in the AWA, the AWA-WWF War in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and more.

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0:00.0	Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.
0:10.0	He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.
0:15.0	Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.
0:19.0	All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.
0:23.0	Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.
0:26.0	Piando Ferries, there is another way.
0:29.0	Ah, she's brilliant.
0:31.0	Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat.
0:34.0	We get it. Four votes for a festival, three for a city break.
0:37.0	It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs.
0:39.0	There's Betty with her oversized tent.
0:41.0	Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend.
0:43.2	All right.
0:44.0	Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior.
0:46.8	And don't get us started on Mel.
0:49.4	But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.
0:52.8	All aboard, miss, I finally got plans out the group chat.
0:55.6	Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us.
0:58.1	P and Dau Ferries, there is another way.
1:00.5	A P.W. Torch VIP membership doesn't just give you ad free access to these shows and a ton of other VIP exclusive podcasts throughout the week, but you also gain access to our unmatched vast library of wrestling history.
1:10.5	Our contemporaneous week-to-week coverage through our Pro Wrestling Torch weekly newsletters
1:14.2	dating back to the late 1980s, along with streaming and download access to hundreds of retro
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