About this episode

In this Thanksgiving episode, Jon and Beau explore the 1983 Yearbooks of Wrestling Revue and Ring's Wrestling Magazines, discussing independent wrestling and personal anecdotes.

Happy Thanksgiving!!! On this episode Jon and Beau take a look through the 1983 Yearbooks of Wrestling Revue and Ring's Wrestling Magazines. We cover promotions from all across North America. How many places was Lord Zoltan wrestling at in 1983? Who else were the well travels independent wrestlers of the time? How were these guys getting booked on WWF and other TVs? Plus, Jon has a funny story about rescuing classic matches from Harley Race's career. Beau talks about why this Friday's SSW event is so important to him. Oh yeah and Beau just got married!!!! Hunger First of Kingsport, TN is the group that Beau talks about on this episode that his mother worked with. If you can and would like to make a donation you can find them on Facebook. If you would like to make the donation in Beau's mother's name just say in memory of Mama Fay (Beau's mother). Thank YOU!!!!! If you would like to make a donation to this podcast you can with PayPal to kingofkingsport@gmail.com THANKS! If you have not already, please follow us on https://www.youtube.com/@OutlawstoIndependents X - @OutlawsPod Facebook and Instagram - Outlaws to Independents Beau's patreon podcast Beau James | creating Podcast…

People in this episode

Host: Beau James

Guest: Jon

Topics covered

• Thanksgiving
• 1983 wrestling yearbooks
• independent wrestling
• wrestling promotions
• classic matches
• personal stories

Keywords

• Thanksgiving
• 1983
• wrestling yearbooks
• independent wrestlers
• Harley Race
• Lord Zoltan
• SSW event
• Hunger First

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hunger First of Kingsport, TN, WWF, Ultimate Classic Wrestling Network

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