Blackballed by the NWA and a key player in the history of great African-American stars in wrestling and the Georgia wars of the early 1980's - Thunderbolt Patterson comes in to Tackle The Territories in a rare interview chance. Patterson was one of the few heels to defeat Dusty Rhodes and also beat The Original Sheik for an NWA title in Detroit. Patterson first became a huge star in Texas and even worked with a young Hulk Hogan in Pensacola, Florida one night.

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Episode 5: Thunderbolt Patterson

Host Cody Futrell sits down with Carolina wrestling journalist and wrestling author Mike Mooneyham to discuss his career covering the great matches of Ric Flair, Wahoo McDaniel, The Minnesota Wrecking Crew, Sting and much more as well as a look at "Final Bell" a new book about legends of the squared circle written by Mike himself.

Episode 4: Mike Mooneyham (Carolina and Florida Territories)

Yeah it's that other Pritchard guy. The one who trained The Rock and Mark Henry. The one who was one of the best Tennessee tag team wrestlers ever working side by side with the legendary Jim Cornette. Pritchard stops by to tell all on his start in Texas and adventures through California, Alabama, Florida, Memphis and Smoky Mountain before getting into WWE with his brother, Bruce Pritchard, and forming a tag team with Chris Candido before training wrestlers for Vince McMahon in Stamford.

Episode 3: Dr. Tom Pritchard

Tackling The Territories returns with a great talk with Bobby Fulton, one half of iconic NWA tag team The Fantastics. Fulton talks about what he sees in today's pro wrestling product and tells great stories of working in many of the great territories such as Calgary, Dallas, Ohio, Tennessee and more.   NOW show your support and keep the great classic wrestling talk going by being a premium subscriber at Patreon for as little as $5/month and get great perks --- https://www.patreon.com/TTTpodwrestling

Episode 2: "The Fantastics" Bobby Fulton

Former NWA champion and Smokey Mountain Wrestling announcer Les Thatcher talks about developing the first ever wrestling t-shirt with the Briscoe brothers and Jerry Lawler. Thatcher talks about the current state of wrestling and training guys in NXT. Thatcher discusses great stars of the past and his dealings with legends such as Dusty Rhodes and Ric Flair training such current stars as WWE Smackdown champion Kofi Kingston plus more.   Follow @TTTpodwrestling on Twitter and look for new youtube channel and subscribe

Episode 1: Les Thatcher

The New "Tackling The Territories Podcast" is coming soon with wrestling legends telling road stories and answering your questions about some of the golden age of professional wrestling. Join former Gannett Sports Reporter Cody Futrell on a road trip to talk to some of the biggest legends in the wrestling business for some big laughs, some never-before-heard stories and look into the world of wrestling before the turn to a national audience.

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Hear the stories from the classic era of wrestling from the legends themselves. Pro wrestling's golden age.....and a little current age thrown in for good measure is a recipe for podcasting you can't miss.

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