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In Part 3 of Hulk Hogan: Red, Yellow, Black & White, 10 Bell Pod examines the defining run of Hogan’s career.

We start with his January 23, 1984 WWF Championship victory over The Iron Sheik and the national expansion that followed. 

With cable television, MTV, celebrity involvement, Saturday Night’s Main Event, merchandising, and WrestleMania, Vince McMahon transformed Hogan from wrestling superstar into one of the most recognizable figures in American culture.

We cover the bir /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023723

Before Hulk Hogan returned to the WWF and transformed professional wrestling, Hulkamania was already running wild.

In Part Two of Hulk Hogan: Red, Yellow, Black & White, 10 Bell Pod follows Terry Bollea through the most important developmental years of his career. 

Hogan debuts in the Northeast under Vince McMahon Sr., battles Andre the Giant years before WrestleMania III, tours Japan, leaves wrestling for the role of Thunderlips in Rocky III, and emerges from Hollywood with a level of /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023728

In the opening chapter of Hogan Hogan Red, Yellow, Black & White, 10 Bell Pod traces the complicated origin of Hulk Hogan, from his childhood in Tampa,  years playing bass in local bands to his brutal training under Hiro Matsuda, early matches as the masked Super Destroyer, partnership with Ed Leslie as the Boulder Brothers, and rapid education across the wrestling territories of Florida, Alabama, Memphis, and Georgia.

Before Hulkamania transformed professional wrestling, Terry Boll /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023733

August 9th, we begin our coverage on Hulk Hogan

The new series will be here August 6th and it's going straight to video.

The future is now old man.

If you want one of the most underrated stories in wrestling history, Doc Roller is it.
In this episode, I explore the wild life of Doc Roller, a real physician, college athlete, early professional football player, professor, and pro wrestler who somehow managed to be all of those things at once.
From his rise through medicine and athletics to his time in the ring with names like Frank Gotch, Farmer Burns, Fred Beell, George Hackenschmidt, Great Gama, Joe Stecher, and Ed “Strangler” Lewis, Roll /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023748

Farmer Burns stands at the foundation of American pro wrestling history.

Martin “Farmer” Burns was a catch wrestling pioneer, champion, trainer, and physical culture evangelist whose influence helped shape both amateur and professional wrestling forever.

This episode looks into his farm boy beginnings in Iowa, his rise through carnivals, challenge matches, and catch as catch can competition, to his later role training legends like Frank Gotch and influencing figures tied to the birth of /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023753

For video be sure to check out Spotify or YouTube

Long before Vince McMahon turned wrestling into a national empire, Jack Curley was helping reshape the business from the ground up.

In this episode, I dig into the wild life and lasting influence of one of wrestling’s earliest great promoters, a carny, boxing fixer, media manipulator, and big city hustler who helped drag pro wrestling out of saloons and sideshows and into major venues.

This is not just the story of a forgotten promote /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023758

In this offseason video episode ,I dig into the life and legacy of one of wrestling’s most feared heels, a brawler whose violence, chaos and riot starting reputation helped lay the groundwork for generations of hardcore wrestling.

This is not just the story of an old territory villain.

It's the story of a wrestler who helped redefine heel heat, made brutality a selling point, and became a legend everywhere he went.

From the carnival world to Texas Brass Knuckles title, Bull Curr /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023763

Here's another offseason video episode.

If your app is just doing audio, you can find the video on YouTube and Spotify.

Monster Ripper should be remembered as one of the most accomplished women wrestlers of her era, NOT as the short lived WWF character Bertha Faye.

In this episode, I trace Rhonda Sing’s journey from Calgary dreamer to international powerhouse, following her rise through AJW, Stampede, Puerto Rico, and beyond.

What should be a legacy defined by toughness, in /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023768

In this off-season video episode of 10 Bell Pod, I dive deep into the life and legacy of a wild, unpredictable brawler who helped redefine what a pro wrestler could be: Pampero Firpo.

From his origins in Argentina to becoming a traveling attraction across the United States, Japan, Hawaii, and beyond, Firpo built a career as a chaotic force of nature.

This isn’t just wrestling history. It’s rediscovery.

Firpo’s intense, unorthodox style broke away from traditional wrestling norms, /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023773

In this off-season video episode, I dive into the wild, complicated, and often misunderstood story of Yukon Moose Cholak.

Moose was 30+ year territory veteran who lived through nearly every era of professional wrestling’s evolution.

Moose Cholak was a towering presence, a road warrior who bounced from promotion to promotion and someone that left behind stories that didn't always end up in the history books. 
I'll talk about his time in Chicago & The Midwest, working the ter /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023778

I'm back with another off-season solo show and wrestling history deep cut.

Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin was a Civil War officer, a traveling attraction, train conductor, Klondike gold miner and arguably the first true American professional wrestling champion.

We're going all the way back to the 1800s again to uncover the brutal, chaotic, and often unbelievable origins of pro wrestling through the life of one of JH.

McLaughlin was a force of nature.
A legit grappler in both /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023783

I'm back with another video episode and pro wrestling history deep dive.

In this episode of 10 Bell Pod, I uncover the incredible and largely forgotten story of one of the earliest Black professional wrestlers in American history Viro "Black Sam" Small.

A man born into slavery who rose to become a feared competitor in the brutal world of 19th century combat sports.

Drawing from scarce historical records and early newspaper accounts, this is a deep dive into a time when wr /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023788

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This was uploaded to Spotify as a video episode. If it's just audio on other platforms, you can also find it on Patreon and YouTube.

On this solo, offseason, episode of 10 Bell Pod, Nick goes way back.

Long before AEW Dynamite, WrestleMania and before wrestling was ever called sports entertainment, there was the sport of grappling.

This is the story of where professional wrestling actually came from.

Starting in the coal towns of northern England, Nick traces the roots of /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023803

On the season 5 finale we wrap up our coverage on the great Terry Funk.

Terry Funk didn’t just wrestle across generations, he evolved, understood and embraced.

Today we continue to prove that the Funker became the connective tissue of professional wrestling history: a performer who thrived in the territory era, reinvented himself in the chaos of hardcore wrestling and still found ways to shape the Attitude Era and beyond.

From helping launch ECW to influencing legends like Mick Foley /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023808

Welcome to the season 5 MAIN EVENT - Part 1.

What is greatness in pro wrestling?

Is it money? Is it belts? Is it star ratings? Influence, risk, reinvention?

Because by any metric, it's Terry Funk.

This episode isn’t about Chainsaw Charlie. It’s not about the crazy old man swinging chairs in ECW. It’s about the through line of professional wrestling itself, and the man who quietly bled through every era of it.

Before the barbed wire. Before the empty arena. Before t /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023813

Part two of our Road Warriors series is less about wins and losses and more about what happens as the roar fades.

After reaching one of the highest peaks in pro wrestling, LOD goes through tough times, weird times and weirder times.

This is what happens when legends collide with addiction, corporate politics, ego, changing eras, and their own mortality.

This episode is about legacy. About partnership. About how hard it is to separate the unit from the individuals. And about how two men /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023818

WELCOME TO THE C0-MAIN EVENT

This week on 10 Bell Pod, we’re not just talking about a tag team, we’re talking about a force: The Road Warriors.

Hawk and Animal were 2 bar room bouncers from Minnesota who didn’t “play” tough guys on television.

The spikes and war paint and made characters, but they were as real as it gets.

The fact is, Hawk and Animal were drawing at Hulk Hogan level without needing Hogan. That they were selling out arenas in Georgia, Minnesota, Japan, /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023823

In this episode of 10 Bell Pod, we tell the full story of Jay Briscoe.

This is not just the matches, not just the titles, but the man, the contradictions, the love, the mistakes, the growth, and the legacy that refuses to stay quiet.

From a chicken farm in rural Delaware to blood soaked Ring of Honor main events. From backyard VHS tapes to Japan, CZW, and two decades as the backbone of indie wrestling.

We talk about what made the Briscoes different.

Why they weren’t just a /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023828

On this episode of 10 Bell Pod, Nickohlessa, Tyler Wood, and The Man Scout Jake Manning dig into the life, career, and tragic end of Mike Awesome.

From his rise as a foundational monster in Japan’s FMW, where his size, speed, and brutality made him a legend, to his turbulent runs through ECW, WCW, WWE, we talk about how timing, injuries, politics, and bad creative repeatedly undercut a generational talent.

It’s a full scope look at a wrestler who redefined what a “big man” could be, /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023838

On this episode of  10 Bell Pod, Nick, Tyler, and The Man Scout Jake Manning take a rare deep dive into the life and career of Nicole Bass.

Nicole was a bodybuilder, actor, Howard Stern regular, and one of the most physically imposing figures to ever step into a wrestling ring.

We discuss her elite bodybuilding career, mainstream fame, and chaotic run through ECW & the WWF at the height of the Attitude Era.

It’s a look at missed potential, industry failure, media spectacle, and t /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023843

On this episode of 10 Bell Pod Nick, Tyler, and The Man Scout Jake Manning unpack the strange, messy, and oddly endearing career of Wrestling Superstar Virgil.

We discuss everything from Virgil's bodybuilding start to his early territory days to becoming the Million Dollar Man’s long suffering bodyguard, a surprise mega babyface, a nWo foot soldier, and eventually a late career internet folk hero.

We will dig into the contradictions, the kayfabe mysteries, the highs, the long stretches of /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023848

On this episode of 10 Bell Pod, Nick, Tyler and The Man Scout Jake Manning take on one of the most accomplished figures to ever wander into professional wrestling: Steve “Mongo” McMichael.

The NFL Hall of Famer, Super Bowl champion, and Chicago Bears icon, made his way into the Four Horsemen with his blinding charisma.

We trace his jump from football superstardom to WCW commentary and how he became an unforgettable part of WCW’s wildest years.

Steve McMichael’s wrestling care /episode/index/show/a64ce40b-c9e0-4489-bf70-bf08f4eae6d3/id/43023853