INTERVIEW CLASSIC (10 YRS AGO): Bob Backlund on whether he regrets not turning heel after losing title, Vince Sr.'s Backlund-Graham decision
Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast
Wade Keller
3.9 • 903 Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2025
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Then, in a bonus segment, a previously-VIP-Exclusive Aftershow podcast with Jason Powell that we forgot to post last week from Sept. 29, 2015 covering these topics: Reaction to the reaction to Raw and predicting next week’s ratings, who were Triple H’s biggest influences, evaluating Paul Heyman-Big Show segment, making an issue of Kevin Owens’ weight, WWE’s selective acknowledgment of history, and more as they answer email questions.
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| 1:11.3 | Now PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast. |
| 1:20.5 | Ten years ago this week on the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast, Bruce Mitchell joined me to interview Bob Backlin, former WVF champion. He talked about his decision to write a 480-page autobiography, |
| 1:26.7 | what he wrote that he would not have written if he had written the book decades ago. |
| 1:31.7 | How much more open was he about certain things? |
| 1:34.3 | And also the transition of him being the centerpiece of WWF to Hulk Hogan. |
| 1:39.2 | After phone connection issues cut the interview short after about 40 minutes, Bruce Mitchell analyzed one of the major turning points in Backlund's career |
| 1:46.0 | when Vince McMahon Sr. committed to him over the surprisingly strong draw as a heel champion superstar Billy Graham. |
| 1:54.2 | It was a real pivotal moment in WWF history and a fascinating one, and it is absolutely worth staying tuned for. |
| 2:01.3 | Then in a bonus segment, a previously VIP exclusive after show podcast with Jason Powell, |
| 2:06.6 | that I just forgot to add on to the end of the regular free September 29th, 2015 podcast that Jason and I did. |
| 2:12.3 | So we're going to include it here, including our reaction to the reaction to RAW and predicting the following week's |
| 2:18.8 | ratings. Also, who were Triple H's biggest influences, evaluating the big show Paul Heyman segment, |
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