INTERVIEW CLASSIC (10 YRS AGO): “The Patriot” Del Wilkes: Memories of watching Dusty Rhodes, stories from days in the AWA, Global, WCW, more

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

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3.8 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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In this week’s Interview Classic episode from ten years ago (6-11-2015), PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviewed “The Patriot” Del Wilkes featuring memories of watching Dusty Rhodes who died earlier that day. Also, stories from Wiles's days in the AWA, Global, WCW, All Japan, and the WWF with live callers and email topics.

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1:09.4	Now, PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast.
1:10.5	It's time for this week's interview classic where Wade Keller interviews one of pro wrestling's newsmakers.
1:20.6	Ten years ago this week, I interviewed the Patriot Del Wilkes.
1:24.6	We talked about his memories of watching Dusty Road, stories of his days in the AWA as the trooper,
1:31.4	his days in the Global Wrestling Federation in the early 90s in WCW, All Japan, and eventually
1:35.8	the WWF.
1:36.8	We had live callers and email topics throughout.
1:39.9	This originally live streamed on June 11th, 2015, and it is today's Wade Keller, Pro Wrestling
1:45.7	Podcast Interview Classic for Saturday, June 14th, 2025.
1:54.7	Welcome to the P.W. Torch Livecast, I am Wade Keller. It is Thursday, June 11th, 2015, and it is a now very significant
2:05.8	day in the history of the professional wrestling industry. It is the day that we lost. Dusty Rhodes,
2:12.2	Virgil Riley Reynolds, details are not real well known right now, but apparently he had a bad fall in his house
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