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!

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Episode 29 of #FanninsFlashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by a former 2X IWA Mid South Light Heavyweight Champion, a multiple time finalist in the KOTDMs, and a soon to be GCW Deathmatch HOFer, Dysfunction! Listen to them discuss Dysfunction breaking into the business for MAW and feuding with Ian pretty early in his career. How bad were the beatings from Ian and what did it take to finally get Ian to stop taking advantage of him in the ring? Did Dysfunction really actually lose the light heavyweight title in a strip club after winning it? Relive the KOTDM tournaments that Dysfunction competed in and whether he liked the barbed wire canvas more than Nate Webb did. Hear Dysfunction’s thoughts on the upcoming induction into the GCW Deathmatch HOF next month. All that and more on this episode!

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Episode 28 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim talks with the leader of The Lock Family, Brian Vinson. Brian was a fan at IWA shows from the beginning of the Kmart building days even before Jim started going to IWA. The Lock Family were backyard wrestlers that all ended up getting involved in IWA. Richard X. Brent Blades. J Prodigy. Nathan Future. Daniel Quinn. Chris Class. Brian eventually started doing commentary with Nick Maniwa on the IWA shows after Jim left the company. They talk about all the members of the Lock Family, the Shooting Stars/Flash Flanagan shoot, the Wolfie D/Ox Harley shoot, the Corporal Robinson/Ox Harley shoot, the Richard X flaming table spot gone horribly wrong. Brian was there for the Atomic Dog incident and gives his incite to the birth of The Toughest Damn Ring Announcer in the Business. These strolls down memory lane of the beginning era of IWA and so much more on this episode!

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Episode 27 of #FanninsFlashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim talks with one of the two people that he led to TWO reigns as IWA Mid South Heavyweight Champion, a member of The Superheroes, “Rugby Thug” Trent Baker! On this episode, Rugby Thug talks about breaking into wrestling in Ohio, finding out about IWA Mid South, and being brought in to do a short feud with Corporal Robinson. After feuding with Corporal for months, the Superheroes are formed and Rugby wins the IWA title. He talks facing Punk, Cabana, Hero, Ian, Road Dogg, Blue Meanie, and Nova. Thug also talks about competing in KOTDM and Sweet Science before it became TPI. All that and more on this episode!

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Episode 26 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by a former IWA Mid-South heavyweight champion, a former IWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion via the Freebird Rule and a general pain in the ass to The Fannin Family in 2004 and 2005 IWA…TRIK DAVIS! It’s a deep dive on Trik’s career in IWA Mid-South from his debut at We Are Family up until he won the IWA Mid-South title. Hear about the incident with Cash Flo where Trik’s chest was turned into hamburger from all the chops. Hear about Trik teaming with The Road Dogg against Ryan Boz and Jim. Hear about Trik running through practically the entire Fannin Family leading up to War Games and then surprisingly not being involved in War Games at all. The feud with Chris Hero and eventually winning the title and what that meant to Trik. All that and more on this week’s episode.

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Episode 25 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by the newest member of The Fannin Family, “The Pretty Hate Machine” Connor Hopkins. They talk about Connor’s parents hating wrestling and him having to lie to them to start training. Connor talks about wrestling in towns so small across northern Illinois and North Dakota that even Ian Rotten wouldn’t have tried running there! Connor then talks about the life changing event that was the COVID pandemic shutdown that led to IWTV showing the 2004 TPI on a livestream and Connor falling in love with that event and wanting to be managed by Jim. They then talk about everything that happened at WrestleArts and trying to build a chemistry on the fly in about 10 minutes. Who would Connor like to join him in the Family? What does Jim want out of this second act of his career? All that and more on this week’s episode.

You can email BookJimFannin@gmail.com or chopkins1998@yahoo.com to book The Fannin Family for your show.

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Episode 24 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by one of the best videographers in indie wrestling today: Jeremy Spears AKA Prophet of Ash Video. This episode is a little different than normal as the majority of the episode is spent flashing back to last weekend and talking about Jim’s return to managing. Jeremy filmed the Friday night show and had it up for viewing on IWTV before the weekend was over! Jeremy was also around IWA before Jim originally left the business so they do talk old IWA, how Jeremy was the one that made the thumbtack bat that Jim almost killed Billy Gram with at the 500th show, and how Jeremy is the one who editing the podcast episodes for release on IWTV with the added match footage included. So watch this on IWTV if you have a subscription and see Jim’s promo from his comeback and some footage! All that and more on this episode of #FanninsFlashbacks.

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Episode 23 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by one of the baddest motherfuckers on the planet, the leader of the BMFers, big, bad, BULL Motherf*ckin’ PAIN! Bull talks about growing up as an AWA fan in Wisconsin and then the difficulty in trying to break into the business in an era where everything was highly guarded and closed off to newcomers. The list of amazing talent that Bull worked with in beginning of his career is the who’s who of 1980s professional wrestling. Brody, Slaughter, Bockwinkel, Rockers, Freebirds, Hennig, Hart Foundation, Road Warriors, Haku, British Bulldogs, and Rougeaus. What were young Rick Steiner, Nailz, Brad Rheingans, and Tom Zenk like? What was it like working a show in a women’s prison? And yes we even talk a little bit about IWA and working Tracy Smothers, Sal Sincere, Paul Diamond, Buddy Landel, Ted Petty, and yes Ian Rotten. All that and more on this episode of #FanninsFlashbacks.

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Loved ones send in their tributes to our friend – Mark Wolf

Thank you – Adam, Brent, Brian, Bull, Carmen, Chad, Chris, Chuck, Frank, Jason, Jim, Jon, Leslie, Mickie, Mike, Nick, Pete, Rich, Tarek & Victoria.

Go back and listen to Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 8 – Mark Wolf for the full Mark Wolf episode. The greatest episode this podcast will ever do. We love you, Marky

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Episode 21 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by the lovely, talented, multi-tasking, “hotter than a toaster” RAIN! In this episode, Rain talks about her troubles being taken seriously about wanting to wrestle when first breaking into the business until she found Horace the Psychopath and eventually met Lacey. That turned into working in MAW and meeting Ian Rotten. What was the first match that Ian Rotten mentioned to Rain when she asked about working IWA and why did she immediately say “that’s not what I do?” What was it like working at first in IWA? Who has been stealing credit for coming up with the comment that Rain was “hotter than a toaster” for the last 24 years and who actually deserves the credit/blame? Was IWA different once Ian started bringing in more female wrestlers to face Mickie Knuckles? What was it like when Volcano Girls happened? What was different between IWA and Shimmer? All that and more on this episode of #FanninsFlashbacks.

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