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The Indy Wrestling Experience

The Indy Wrestling Experience

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Podcast covering all aspects of the independent wrestling experience. interviews with performers, promoters, fans, photographers, belt makers and more. Plus weekly coverage of independent wrestling news and events, retro rewatches, and more.Copyright {2024} All Rights Reserved Combat Sports & Self-Defence
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  • Episode #68 - Danger Ginger & Beware Streamers
    May 14 2026

    We are back this week and very excited to be joined by the Danger Ginger from the BJ & DG Talk Wrestling show on YouTube and Twitch. DG joins us to help explain all of the goings on at the Pro Wrestling Star Academy in Mount Holly, NJ, including Super Powers of Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Unplugged, & APPW (Represented by IWX #1 Tiphani Grady). Danger Ginger tells us about his show with BJ and others, his production work at the Pro Wrestling Star Academy, helps us understand more about those promotions.

    It's a really fun interview. It's also brief because we would love for DG to become a regular contributor to the show to keep us updated on SPO/PWU. We encourage you to check out their shows on Tuesdays, where they focus on independent wrestling, and Sundays, where they focus on the mainstream product, review PLEs and more. Give them a listen and a follow!

    Before we get to DG, Bob and Jon discuss several topics including:

    • Mason Rook getting hate online; John Cena Classic designed for just him?
    • MLW signs Zamaya, Brick Savage
    • NWA signs Hayden Backlund
    • WWE cuts replenish the independents
    • WWE ending streamer reactions

    We only have one show to preview in our Control Center this week. We thank Premier Wrestling League Mid-Atlantic for allowing us the use of their audio to enhance our preview of Tiki Tussle 2 this Friday. Before we end the show, Bob updates Jon on the happenings at Delta Blues Wrestling last week, including Nick Brown's client reveal, a nasty tag team war, and and new IWX favorite, Dread the Klown.

    Next week we return with Erwin von Scharff from Radical Wrestling Experience and EWA Wrestling. STAY TUNED!!

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Episode #67 - Roxy Astor "Wrestling is 4 the Dogs & Cats"
    May 7 2026

    We're back this week with an incredibly special guest. We are joined by former Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling performer, and currently the promoter of a charity event in Los Angeles on May 31 called "Wrestling is 4 the Dogs & Cats" to support rescues such as Melita's Dream Animal rescue. Roxy tells us about her first such event, "Wrestling is 4 the Dogs," and talks about all of the fun surprises she had at that show and how many more she has in store for May 31. Roxy tells us some stories about her time in GLOW, how she snuck pets into the GLOW apartment without anyone finding out, her stage play, "Raw Meat" honoring Matilda the Hun, and so much more. One of our new favorite guests and we know she'll be one of yours.

    We will post a link to Melita's Dream Animal Rescue to our Linktree so you can check out all of the adorable, adoptable puppies there if you can't make the show. If you can make the show, friend of the show (and #1 ranked wrestler again this month in the IWX Power Rankings), Sampson will be wrestling that day among many others.

    Before we get to Roxy, Bob and Jon break down two fantastic shows we saw over the weekend. First was Insane Wrestling Revolution's, "Insane Wrestlefest II," featuring a ton of legends and special guests, an unbelievable DLC match for the tag team titles, Fulton vs Carlito and much more. Bob's daughter attended the event and said it was "legit fire."

    The other show we can't stop talking about is Focus Pro's "All the Small Things" featuring Mani Ariez vs Frankie Kazarian in the main event, an ambush with an exploding bat, and a new women's champion. Focus Pro just keeps topping themselves. Listen as we break down the entire show.

    In our Control Center, we preview three shows coming up this weekend. As always, we thank each of these promotions for allowing us to use their audio for this segment. If you're near any of these three promotions, you should definitely check out their show this weekend:

    • Riot Maker Pro Wrestling
    • Delta Blues Wrestling
    • Route 33 Wrestling

    We will be back next week with some new guests that will be announced soon. STAY TUNED!!

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    1 hr and 57 mins
  • Episode #66 - Krule Out, Kroos In & Marquette Memories
    Apr 30 2026

    We are back, not just on the pod, but from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where we spent last weekend taking in all that was UPW MarquetteMania IV. Bob and Jon discuss the fun they had getting to Marquette, the pasties they tried in Marquette, and one hell of a wrestling show. Thank you to UPW Champion Sampson, Tully Bertorelli, and the ownership and UPW for the invitation to come out and for a really cool experience.

    In our News and Notes we discuss the latest in the Krule/Berwyn Eagles Club saga. This week Krule released a statement outlining his side of the "fake stabbing" story, taking full responsibility. At the same time, many in the industry are pointing out how odd the circumstances have been surrounding the Berwyn Eagles Club, whether their license was ever revoked, and why they allegedly cut the internet at the venue before AAW's final show.

    As we were recording, we got word that Jon's guy, Will Kroos, debuted in NXT and immediately confronted NXT Champion Tony D'Angelo. Bob lets Jon go off a little bit about that during the Control Center, but you can guarantee he will have more to say next week.

    Speaking of which, our Control Center previews three shows this weekend. We thank each of these promotions for allowing us to use their audio to enhance our previews of shows by:

    • 814 Wrestling
    • Insane Wrestling Revolution
    • Championship Entertainment Productions

    I still can't believe I am making this announcement, but next week we will have former GLOW performer, Roxy Astor, on the show to discuss her upcoming charity wrestling event, her many projects in and out of the wrestling space, and hopefully tell a few cool stories from back in the day. STAY TUNED!!

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    00:00:00 - MarquetteMania IV review

    01:04:46 - News & Notes

    01:23:40 - Control Center

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    2 hrs and 10 mins
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