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Hot off the heels of a successful “Summer Chaos,” AAPW returns with a new episode of “Collision.” See what happens in the wake of the controversial ending to the Heavyweight Championship and more. Featuring Justice vs. Chase King, Ax Allwardt vs. LaMarcus Clinton, the first semi-final No Limits Tournament match and Brandon Espinosa vs. Matt Cage.

Bull Bronson- Photo Credit Brian Kelley

For a exclusive Q and A with AAPW Star Bull Bronson click here.

Travis Cook has words for St Louis great Gary Jackson at SICW. This week he looks to take the CWC title from red hot Ricky Cruz when his man Ken Kasa goes after Cruz in the Main event=- Photo Credit Brian Kelley

Is the Manager of Champions Travis Cook the last great manager in the sport of pro wrestling? If you ask him that statement is true. We received this from the man himself who not only stated he was the best manager in St Louis but  has proclaimed himself as the best manger on the entire planet.

So why is he not in the WWE? How about TNA? Or Ring of Honor?

He has an answer for that as well…Take the time to watch this video for his conspiracy theory on that subject.

As a matter of respect for Cook he did send this message to go along with the video.

It might sound overbearing, but it’s true. Travis Cook is the last great manager in professional wrestling.

Fans this weekend can catch Travis Cooks protégé Ken Kasa challenge SICW Champion Ricky Cruz for the Classic Wrestling Championship title in East Carondelet, Illinois this coming Saturday in the main event during another high impact night of TV tapings for the number one wrestling TV show out of St Louis, Wrestling Explosion.

To Mid-Atlantic wrestling fans in the ‘60s and ‘70s, Rip Hawk was a cocky, arrogant heel they loved to hate.

The platinum-haired Hawk even dubbed himself “The Profile,” and did all the talking for longtime partner Swede Hanson.

It didn’t come as a surprise when Hawk, 44 years old at the time, took a 25-year-old up-and-comer named Ric Flair under his wing, groomed him as his storyline nephew and helped him win his first major title in 1974.

Who knew then that the slick-talking, hard-drinking, Cadillac-driving wrestler had always wanted to be a cowboy?

But that’s exactly what Hawk is today, and has been for the past three decades.

Hawk, who turned 82 in June, has lived in the Texas Panhandle since he wound down his wrestling career in the late ‘70s. Although he lives inside the city limits of Hereford, better known as the beef capital of the world, he spends much of his time at his daughter and son-in-law’s sprawling ranch 30 miles away that’s home to nearly two thousand high-dollar Black Angus.

“We don’t have to worry about where the beef’s coming from. We have 28 feed yards around here. We will be eating meat,” he says emphatically.

Hawk, who lives about 60 miles from Interstate 40, and about 40 miles from the New Mexico border, jokes that the ample supply of cow manure keeps a lot of outsiders out.

“We run more than a million head of cattle through here a year. That’s a lot of cows. And they can smell … especially on a warm day.”

It doesn’t bother Hawk in the least. The Panhandle, he says, is his slice of heaven on earth.

It’s a place where you actually can watch the deer and the antelope play

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August 10, 2007 – (Part 1 and 2 ) Wrestling legends Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson are honored at the 2007 Hall of Heroes Dinner Banquet & Awards Ceremony at the NWA Wrestling Legends Fanfest Weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Host Jim Cornette introduces the duo’s former manager – himself a legend, “Playboy” Gary Hart, who presents award plaques to the 77-year-old Rip Hawk and the son and daughter of the late Swede Hanson.

Sadly, Gary Hart passed away less than a year after this awards ceremony, on March 16, 2008.

Courtesy NWALegends.com

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WWE superstar and Fozzy frontman Chris Jericho doesn’t mind that his New York Times bestseller is now sold at dollar stores across the country. Nor does he know who his former alter ego, Mongoose McQueen, would face if he stepped in the squared circle.

But he does know that Fozzy’s latest album, Sin and Bones, is meant to be the band’s Black album.

Fresh off the 1,000th episode of Monday Night Raw, the Ayatollah of Rock ‘n’ Rolla laced up his metaphorical boots for a string of interviews promoting Fozzy’s latest album “Sin & Bones.” He talked to InsideSTL about working with M. Shadows, touring for Uproar Festival, the upcoming Fozzy show at Pop’s and more.

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Darin Corbin

Why isn’t pro wrestling in the Olympics? It is a great sport and Darin Corbin will talk about why the Olympics desperately needs pro wrestling to bring legitimacy to the world’s biggest sports stage. Athleticism, grace, competition, international intrigue! Pro Wrestling has it all. 2016 is our year.

“Submission: Impossible” starring The Submission Squad

Case 2 – The Plan

They don’t surrender. They don’t submit. These guys don’t know when to quit.

Follow the “Elegant Assassin” – @PierreAbernathy
Follow “Pistol Danger” – @Pistol_Danger
Follow “Brainwave” – @DaveyVega85
Follow the “Barn Owl” – @StiffRoboGinger

Kevin Hunsperger produces this week’s episode of FTR, so don’t judge us on quality! The group brings up Kevin Nash’s comments about the “death of pro wrestling” as well as recap this past week in the WWE.

Missouri Wrestling Revival owner and editor Brian Kelley joins the show to talk about Midwest independent wrestling and the 2011 MWR Yearbook, available now for purchase at missouriwrestlingrevival.com or Amazon.com

Click here to listen to this episode or any of the ones before it.

You need to listen to RingSyders Sunday from 5-7pm on PartyAnimalRadio.com. Ben Simon and Drew Abs host this Chikara Grand Champion-caliber edition.

Eddie Kingston, the Chikara Grand Champion, will tell all in regards to his outlaw ways in Ring of Honor, his views on cartoon-y wrestling and more. Kingston is wrestling Kevin Steen on Saturday. When we talk to him, Eddie Kingston may be the new ROH Champion!

Steven Kennedy, the man known as “Spoiled Rotten,” will guest host with us in the studio.

Plus, the London Olympics end on Sunday. How did the USA do in boxing and wrestling? We’ll feel the fallout from UFC 150: is Henderson still the man? We’ll also be leading into TNA Hardcore Justice.

Can’t listen live 5-7 on Sundays? We are now uploading recorded episodes onto the right sidebar at PartyAnimalRadio.com.