WKPWP Interview Classic with Jerry Lawler & Randy Hales: Memphis wrestling, Lawler's career, road stories, territory era of pro wrestling

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

Tv & Film, Sports, Leisure

3.9 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 145 minutes

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Summary

In this week's Interview Classic episode from five years ago (8-24-2012), PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch columnist Bruce Mitchell interview former pro wrestling manager Randy Hales on Memphis wrestling, memories of working with Jerry Lawler, the territory era of pro wrestling, road stories, whether Jerry Lawler is the best pro wrestling interview ever, and much more! Live callers participate in the show throughout. Plus, the VIP Aftershow includes a clip from Wade Keller interviewing Jerry Lawler on his KFAN radio show in 1992. Hear some interesting thoughts from Lawler at that time in his career including how being an artist opened the door to becoming a pro wrestler, the Andy Kauffman-David Letterman story, and more.

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0:00.0	A P.W. Torch VIP membership doesn't just give you ad-free access to these shows and a ton of other VIP exclusive
0:05.4	podcasts throughout the week, but you also gain access to our unmatched vast library of wrestling history.
0:10.8	Our contemporaneous week-to-week coverage through our Pro Wrestling Torch
0:13.5	weekly newsletters dating back to the late 1980s, along with streaming and download
0:17.4	access to hundreds of retro radio shows from the 1990s, including some of my
0:21.9	interviews with wrestling's top newsmakers in the 90s.
0:25.3	And also our podcast library dating back to the year 2003.
0:29.2	There's no larger, longer spanning pro wrestling podcast library than that that comes with a
0:34.5	P.W. Torch VIP membership now approaching 20 years of podcasting. Go VIP
0:39.7	and dive into our post pay-per-view roundtables, our coverage of your favorite eras of wrestling, top-name
0:45.1	long-form interviews, and special format podcasts that we've done throughout the years.
0:50.2	P.W.torch.com slash go VIP. We have a streamlined sign-up form and you can pay with
0:55.5	PayPal or directly with your credit card or debit card in one or two minutes
0:59.4	from right now you can be a VIP member and diving into our library, PW Torch. Torch and Spreker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast.
1:22.0	It's time for Wade's interview with one of Pro Wrestling's newsmakers.
1:26.0	Ten years ago this week, Bruce Mitchell joined me to interview Randy Hales, a Memphis
1:36.2	wrestling mainstay who played so many different roles in that long-running territory.
1:42.1	He was a pro wrestling manager. He worked behind the scenes and many other roles and we talked with him at length about memories of working in that territory including with Jerry Lawler. Lots of Jerry Lawler stories in this one. He shares details on the territory
1:55.3	era of pro wrestling, some road stories, and much more. We had live callers participating throughout
2:00.8	the show. And then after Randy Hales we bring you an
2:03.9	interview I conducted with Jerry Lawler 30 years ago in 1992 on my K-F-A-N radio
2:10.1	show talks about his career at that time.
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