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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 39 – Audio Only – Hy-Zaya

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 39 – Audio Only – Hy-Zaya

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    Episode 39 of Fannin’s Flashbacks s episode, Jim is joined live by the former 6x IWA Mid South Light Heavyweight Champion – Hy-Zaya! Listen to Hy-Zaya talk about his grandma having a crush on Tojo Yamamoto and how that got him started down the path of becoming a wrestling fan. Hear how JB Thunder introduced Hy-Zaya to IWA and how a bond grew through backyard wrestling and the Lock Family that still exists to this day 30 years later. What was Hy-Zaya’s perspective of the backstage fight with Atomic Dog and how did that immediately lead to him asking American Kickboxer to train him? Follow along on the journey as Hy-Zaya and Jim talk Kmart building, Charlestown, racism, the flaming tables incident, Mark Wolf, Chuck E Smooth, “Uncle H” Don Broady, all the way to Destination 1 Wrestling and his IWA comeback in 2013 – 2016. All that and more on this episode!

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    And if you have a subscription to IWTV, you can now watch episodes of the podcast on there. These episodes will often contain added match footage from the SMV library. If you aren’t subscribed yet, now is the time to sign up and flashback to the great IWA action!

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 39 – Hy-Zaya

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 39 – Hy-Zaya


    Episode 39 of Fannin’s Flashbacks s episode, Jim is joined live by the former 6x IWA Mid South Light Heavyweight Champion – Hy-Zaya! Listen to Hy-Zaya talk about his grandma having a crush on Tojo Yamamoto and how that got him started down the path of becoming a wrestling fan. Hear how JB Thunder introduced Hy-Zaya to IWA and how a bond grew through backyard wrestling and the Lock Family that still exists to this day 30 years later. What was Hy-Zaya’s perspective of the backstage fight with Atomic Dog and how did that immediately lead to him asking American Kickboxer to train him? Follow along on the journey as Hy-Zaya and Jim talk Kmart building, Charlestown, racism, the flaming tables incident, Mark Wolf, Chuck E Smooth, “Uncle H” Don Broady, all the way to Destination 1 Wrestling and his IWA comeback in 2013 – 2016. All that and more on this episode!

    Be sure to follow Jim on X – https://x.com/jfannin73
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    And if you have a subscription to IWTV, you can now watch episodes of the podcast on there. These episodes will often contain added match footage from the SMV library. If you aren’t subscribed yet, now is the time to sign up and flashback to the great IWA action!

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 38 – Audio Only – Ray Howe & SOX

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 38 – Audio Only – Ray Howe & SOX

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    Episode 38 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by 2 of his long time friends that go back to the beginning of the Highland days of IWA Mid South in 2003: Sox and Ray. Sox had been begging for this episode since Jim started the podcast and then just completely screws the pooch when the recording begins. This episode is a trainwreck. None of which is Ray’s fault. Poor Prophet of Ash had to do way too much editing for the pennies he gets paid to do this so please suffer through this like Ash, Maniwa, Ray, and I had to do to make it worthwhile for all of us. You’ll probably like it once I go ballistic and just start yelling at Sox for how disengaged he is because he’s trying to follow a White Sox game on his phone instead of paying attention to the podcast he begged to be on. It took 38 weeks, the inverse of the 83 weeks that Nitro had in the lead in the Monday Night War, but we finally have our 2000 Nitro episode.

    Remember, this is all Sox’s fault. Ray is innocent. Ash is innocent. Maniwa is innocent. I am innocent. I hope this episode doesn’t kill the town. So let it be written. So let it be done. Good day.

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 38 – Ray Howe & SOX

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 38 – Ray Howe & SOX


    Episode 38 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by 2 of his long time friends that go back to the beginning of the Highland days of IWA Mid South in 2003: Sox and Ray. Sox had been begging for this episode since Jim started the podcast and then just completely screws the pooch when the recording begins. This episode is a trainwreck. None of which is Ray’s fault. Poor Prophet of Ash had to do way too much editing for the pennies he gets paid to do this so please suffer through this like Ash, Maniwa, Ray, and I had to do to make it worthwhile for all of us. You’ll probably like it once I go ballistic and just start yelling at Sox for how disengaged he is because he’s trying to follow a White Sox game on his phone instead of paying attention to the podcast he begged to be on. It took 38 weeks, the inverse of the 83 weeks that Nitro had in the lead in the Monday Night War, but we finally have our 2000 Nitro episode.

    Remember, this is all Sox’s fault. Ray is innocent. Ash is innocent. Maniwa is innocent. I am innocent. I hope this episode doesn’t kill the town. So let it be written. So let it be done. Good day.

    Be sure to follow Jim on X – https://x.com/jfannin73
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    And if you have a subscription to IWTV, you can now watch episodes of the podcast on there. These episodes will often contain added match footage from the SMV library. If you aren’t subscribed yet, now is the time to sign up and flashback to the great IWA action!

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 37 – Audio Only – AMA w/ Tripping Balls pt 4

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 37 – Audio Only – AMA w/ Tripping Balls pt 4

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    Episode 37 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined once again by Tripping Balls as it is AMA Part Deux, Electric Boogaloo! Have you ever wondered about Ian Rotten getting bitten by TWO brown recluse spiders and somehow not becoming Spiderman? What is Jim’s dream TPI? Who did Jim want to see on an IWA show that just didn’t happen? Why did Jim throw a chair and hit poor referee Andy Long in the head? Has anyone pissed off Jim yet in the locker room since his return? Has anyone not in The Fannin Family impressed Jim so far on the shows he’s done on his comeback tour? All that and more on this much shorter AMA than last time!

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 37 – AMA w/ Tripping Balls pt 4

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 37 – AMA w/ Tripping Balls pt 4


    Episode 37 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined once again by Tripping Balls as it is AMA Part Deux, Electric Boogaloo! Have you ever wondered about Ian Rotten getting bitten by TWO brown recluse spiders and somehow not becoming Spiderman? What is Jim’s dream TPI? Who did Jim want to see on an IWA show that just didn’t happen? Why did Jim throw a chair and hit poor referee Andy Long in the head? Has anyone pissed off Jim yet in the locker room since his return? Has anyone not in The Fannin Family impressed Jim so far on the shows he’s done on his comeback tour? All that and more on this much shorter AMA than last time!

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 36 – Audio Only – “Suicide Kid” Jake Boyer

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 36 – Audio Only – “Suicide Kid” Jake Boyer

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    Episode 36 of #FanninsFlashbacks drops in the morning with Suicide Kid as my guest. It will be available on IWTV, my YT channel, and on all your fave podcatcher apps by searching BNMVS Podcast Network. The IWTV version will be enhanced with b roll from Smart Mark Video / IWTV footage of the matches and shows we talk about on the episode.
    Suicide Kid had horrible timing for his career. He came right after the athletic commission started feuding with Ian and the crowds at the KMart building plummeted as a result. He was before the SMV era so all of his fantastic matches with Chip Fairway and others are mostly lost to time and then shortly into the SMV era, he blew out his shoulder and left the business.

    But from 1998 – 2000, Suicide Kid was so popular that it led to Ian Rotten’s only heel run in IWA. He was the “franchise” before Chris Hero and Kid vs Chip was Hero vs Punk before Hero vs Punk.
    Watch us talk about all that and more with the footage that does exist added on IWTV.
    I hope you all love this episode as much as I did

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 36 – “Suicide Kid” Jake Boyer

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 36 – “Suicide Kid” Jake Boyer


    Episode 36 of #FanninsFlashbacks drops in the morning with Suicide Kid as my guest. It will be available on IWTV, my YT channel, and on all your fave podcatcher apps by searching BNMVS Podcast Network. The IWTV version will be enhanced with b roll from Smart Mark Video / IWTV footage of the matches and shows we talk about on the episode.
    Suicide Kid had horrible timing for his career. He came right after the athletic commission started feuding with Ian and the crowds at the KMart building plummeted as a result. He was before the SMV era so all of his fantastic matches with Chip Fairway and others are mostly lost to time and then shortly into the SMV era, he blew out his shoulder and left the business.

    But from 1998 – 2000, Suicide Kid was so popular that it led to Ian Rotten’s only heel run in IWA. He was the “franchise” before Chris Hero and Kid vs Chip was Hero vs Punk before Hero vs Punk.
    Watch us talk about all that and more with the footage that does exist added on IWTV.
    I hope you all love this episode as much as I did

    Be sure to follow Jim on X – https://x.com/jfannin73
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    And if you have a subscription to IWTV, you can now watch episodes of the podcast on there. These episodes will often contain added match footage from the SMV library. If you aren’t subscribed yet, now is the time to sign up and flashback to the great IWA action!

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 35 – Audio Only – Chad French

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 35 – Audio Only – Chad French

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    Episode 35 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by the man behind the series of charity shows known as PAWCADE, Chad French! Listen as Chad talks about going to a couple of IWA shows at the KMart building and then becoming a regular at the warehouse in Clarksville. Chad worked with Bull Pain, Mark Wolf and Jim at Home Depot. What was Home Depot Mike like back then? How bad was Bull at driving a fork lift? How did a chance encounter at a gas station in southern Indiana get him back to shows after more than a decade break? What led to Chad doing an IWA tryout show? How did Pawcade come about? And how did he pull off getting The Rejects vs Sean Ross Sapp and Not Dr. Death? All that and more on this episode of Fannin’s Flashbacks!

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 35 – Chad French

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 35 – Chad French


    Episode 35 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by the man behind the series of charity shows known as PAWCADE, Chad French! Listen as Chad talks about going to a couple of IWA shows at the KMart building and then becoming a regular at the warehouse in Clarksville. Chad worked with Bull Pain, Mark Wolf and Jim at Home Depot. What was Home Depot Mike like back then? How bad was Bull at driving a fork lift? How did a chance encounter at a gas station in southern Indiana get him back to shows after more than a decade break? What led to Chad doing an IWA tryout show? How did Pawcade come about? And how did he pull off getting The Rejects vs Sean Ross Sapp and Not Dr. Death? All that and more on this episode of Fannin’s Flashbacks!

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 34 – Audio Only – DINGO

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 34 – Audio Only – DINGO

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    Episode 34 of #FanninsFlashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by the last IWA Mid South Heavyweight champion in Fannin Family history and the longest reigning IWA Mid South champion in history: Dingo. Hear Dingo talk about how he fell in love with wrestling at a young age and then a chance encounter at work led to him meeting the person that helped him get his foot in the door to becoming a professional wrestler. Dingo talks about how he got his name and using different versions of it while working the St. Louis area with Delirious, Matt Sydal, MsChif, Gary Jay and Daizee Haze. Why did he take longer to get to IWA than they did? Then they dive into Dingo’s time in IWA and their eventual pairing together that led to two tag team matches. All this and more on this episode of Fannin’s Flashbacks!

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 34 – DINGO

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 34 – DINGO


    Episode 34 of #FanninsFlashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by the last IWA Mid South Heavyweight champion in Fannin Family history and the longest reigning IWA Mid South champion in history: Dingo. Hear Dingo talk about how he fell in love with wrestling at a young age and then a chance encounter at work led to him meeting the person that helped him get his foot in the door to becoming a professional wrestler. Dingo talks about how he got his name and using different versions of it while working the St. Louis area with Delirious, Matt Sydal, MsChif, Gary Jay and Daizee Haze. Why did he take longer to get to IWA than they did? Then they dive into Dingo’s time in IWA and their eventual pairing together that led to two tag team matches. All this and more on this episode of Fannin’s Flashbacks!

    Be sure to follow Jim on X – https://x.com/jfannin73
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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 33 – Audio Only – Something to Prove

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 33 – Audio Only – Something to Prove

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    Episode 33 of #FanninsFlashbacks is live! This week the show is a little different after the scheduled guest canceled and a replacement couldn’t be found in time. So on this episode, Jim and Nick Maniwa watched Something to Prove on their own and took notes and then hopped on zoom and talked about it. Next week is the 21st anniversary and next month, Dark Side of the Ring will air its episode on Samoa Joe vs Necro Butcher.

    This includes several patented Jim rants about traveling with Ian, Ian’s business decisions, not catching people on dives, CZW, missing Mickie Knuckles win the IWA women’s title because he was kicked off commentary by CM Punk and of course they talk about Joe vs Necro. All this and more on this episode of Fannin’s Flashbacks!

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 33 – Something to Prove

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 33 – Something to Prove


    Episode 33 of #FanninsFlashbacks is live! This week the show is a little different after the scheduled guest canceled and a replacement couldn’t be found in time. So on this episode, Jim and Nick Maniwa watched Something to Prove on their own and took notes and then hopped on zoom and talked about it. Next week is the 21st anniversary and next month, Dark Side of the Ring will air its episode on Samoa Joe vs Necro Butcher.

    This includes several patented Jim rants about traveling with Ian, Ian’s business decisions, not catching people on dives, CZW, missing Mickie Knuckles win the IWA women’s title because he was kicked off commentary by CM Punk and of course they talk about Joe vs Necro. All this and more on this episode of Fannin’s Flashbacks!

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 32 – Audio Only – Mike Z

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 32 – Audio Only – Mike Z

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    Episode 32 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by one of his commentary partners, a jack of all trades in the wrestling industry, Michael Zee. Listen as Michael Z discusses his start in the wrestling business stemming from the lack of seriousness
    on the commentary for shows upsetting some of the talent.

    Like Nick Maniwa and myself, Michael found himself doing it all on shows: refereeing, ring announcing, commentary, filming, whatever it took to make the show go. The one thing that eluded him that he wanted to do more of was booking. The same task that always eluded me on these
    shows. Hear about the struggle to be able to have more input than just putting something out there for the tryout shows. What was it like trying to work with me when I had one foot out the door and actively didn’t want to be there anymore? How did my hatred for the whole damn state of Michigan impact our working relationship? All that and more
    on this episode!

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 32 – Mike Z

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 32 – Mike Z


    Episode 32 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by one of his commentary partners, a jack of all trades in the wrestling industry, Michael Zee. Listen as Michael Z discusses his start in the wrestling business stemming from the lack of seriousness
    on the commentary for shows upsetting some of the talent.

    Like Nick Maniwa and myself, Michael found himself doing it all on shows: refereeing, ring announcing, commentary, filming, whatever it took to make the show go. The one thing that eluded him that he wanted to do more of was booking. The same task that always eluded me on these
    shows. Hear about the struggle to be able to have more input than just putting something out there for the tryout shows. What was it like trying to work with me when I had one foot out the door and actively didn’t want to be there anymore? How did my hatred for the whole damn state of Michigan impact our working relationship? All that and more
    on this episode!

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 31 – Audio Only – Brandon Prophet

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 31 – Audio Only – Brandon Prophet

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    Episode 31 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by one of the craziest, toughest, most talked about deathmatch wrestlers from the early 2000s: Brandon Prophet. Jim and Brandon talk about the upcoming WrestleArts show this weekend in Indianapolis on Saturday May 23rd. Brandon wrestles “Mr. Insanity” Toby Klein one last time before Brandon retires in November after 30 years in the business. Also on that show, Connor Hopkins takes on David Ali for the Smashd Midwest Burgers WrestleArts Triple Crown Championship.

    Listen to Brandon explain how he broke his arm against Necro Butcher but finished the match using the broken arm as a weapon and never took any time off from the ring. The NRBW 3 way against Necro and Corporal that let Brandon know that he could hang with the best deathmatch guys in the business even at a very young age. Brandon and Jim discuss Brandon getting knocked out during the razor blade board match as Corporal Robinson had to replace Ian because Ian was too afraid to do the match himself. Hear about the first IWA Deep South King of the Death Matches getting shut down by the police because of Brandon match vs. Diehard Dustin Lee. All that and more on this episode!

    Be sure to follow Jim on X – https://x.com/jfannin73
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    Subscribe to his Youtube channel – https://www.youtube.com/@sportsfannin


    And if you have a subscription to IWTV, you can now watch episodes of the podcast on there. These episodes will often contain added match footage from the SMV library. If you aren’t subscribed yet, now is the time to sign up and flashback to the great IWA action!

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 31 – Brandon Prophet

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 31 – Brandon Prophet


    Episode 31 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by one of the craziest, toughest, most talked about deathmatch wrestlers from the early 2000s: Brandon Prophet. Jim and Brandon talk about the upcoming WrestleArts show this weekend in Indianapolis on Saturday May 23rd. Brandon wrestles “Mr. Insanity” Toby Klein one last time before Brandon retires in November after 30 years in the business. Also on that show, Connor Hopkins takes on David Ali for the Smashd Midwest Burgers WrestleArts Triple Crown Championship.

    Listen to Brandon explain how he broke his arm against Necro Butcher but finished the match using the broken arm as a weapon and never took any time off from the ring. The NRBW 3 way against Necro and Corporal that let Brandon know that he could hang with the best deathmatch guys in the business even at a very young age. Brandon and Jim discuss Brandon getting knocked out during the razor blade board match as Corporal Robinson had to replace Ian because Ian was too afraid to do the match himself. Hear about the first IWA Deep South King of the Death Matches getting shut down by the police because of Brandon match vs. Diehard Dustin Lee. All that and more on this episode!

    Be sure to follow Jim on X – https://x.com/jfannin73
    Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/jfannin73
    Subscribe to his Youtube channel – https://www.youtube.com/@sportsfannin


    And if you have a subscription to IWTV, you can now watch episodes of the podcast on there. These episodes will often contain added match footage from the SMV library. If you aren’t subscribed yet, now is the time to sign up and flashback to the great IWA action!

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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 30 – Audio Only – The Rejects (Reed Bentley & John Wayne Murdoch) & Nick Maniwa

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 30 – Audio Only – The Rejects (Reed Bentley & John Wayne Murdoch) & Nick Maniwa

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    Episode 30 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by the newest announced members of #TheFanninFamily: Tryout Show Rejects John Wayne Murdoch & Reed Bentley along with Nick Maniwa.
    The discussion begins with talking about the upcoming shows at Bloodstone Wrestling on 6/12 in Chicago and PAWCADE in Jeffersonville, IN on 6/27 against Sean Ross Sapp and STEVE!
    The conversation then dives into comparing Jim’s era of IWA Mid South to The Rejects’ era and Nick as a member of both. Did Ian Rotten really mellow with age? How did Ian and a strip club owner try to out-carny each other? What happened to lead to a basically blind Ian beating JWM with a kendo stick by accident during a brawl at a show? What were the infamous Ian Rotten locker room speeches like? All that and more on this episode!

    Be sure to follow Jim on X – https://x.com/jfannin73
    Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/jfannin73
    Subscribe to his Youtube channel – https://www.youtube.com/@sportsfannin


    And if you have a subscription to IWTV, you can now watch episodes of the podcast on there. These episodes will often contain added match footage from the SMV library. If you aren’t subscribed yet, now is the time to sign up and flashback to the great IWA action!

    Apple Podcasts
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  • Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 30 – The Rejects (Reed Bentley & John Wayne Murdoch) & Nick Maniwa

    Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 30 – The Rejects (Reed Bentley & John Wayne Murdoch) & Nick Maniwa


    Episode 30 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by the newest announced members of #TheFanninFamily: Tryout Show Rejects John Wayne Murdoch & Reed Bentley along with Nick Maniwa.
    The discussion begins with talking about the upcoming shows at Bloodstone Wrestling on 6/12 in Chicago and PAWCADE in Jeffersonville, IN on 6/27 against Sean Ross Sapp and STEVE!
    The conversation then dives into comparing Jim’s era of IWA Mid South to The Rejects’ era and Nick as a member of both. Did Ian Rotten really mellow with age? How did Ian and a strip club owner try to out-carny each other? What happened to lead to a basically blind Ian beating JWM with a kendo stick by accident during a brawl at a show? What were the infamous Ian Rotten locker room speeches like? All that and more on this episode!

    Be sure to follow Jim on X – https://x.com/jfannin73
    Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/jfannin73
    Subscribe to his Youtube channel – https://www.youtube.com/@sportsfannin


    And if you have a subscription to IWTV, you can now watch episodes of the podcast on there. These episodes will often contain added match footage from the SMV library. If you aren’t subscribed yet, now is the time to sign up and flashback to the great IWA action!

    Apple Podcasts
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    iHeart
    Youtube – SportsFannin channel – Fannin’s Flashbacks Episode 30
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