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Hosted by Rich Sigwald and Tim Hackman · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 122 episodes
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Two nerdy librarians aim to preserve the art form that is Professional Wrestling by watching old shows and discussing their place in the lore. They also interview wrestlers and wrestling personalities to share their story and have conversations on topics relating to the pro wrestling community.
Rich Sigwald and Tim Hackman hosts The Wrestling Archives, a sports show with 122 episodes published.
Former VCW Tag Team Champs, "Too Nice" Trace Parker and "Smooth" Tom Mitchell, together knkown as "Nice & Smooth" join Tim and Rich on show. Topics include hair, Dolph Zigler, original music, and their plans to get back
Tim and Rich have a visitor! Dr. Myles McNutt, noted media critic, blogger, author, and professor swings in to talk about the changing dynamics of kayfabe in this new era of streamers, influencers, and backstage document
Every year, the boys hop on the mics to talk about the biggest event of the year in sports entertainment. But this year, maybe they're not feeling it? They certainly get distracted fast by all the great tv shows that are
Tim and Rich look back at what was the year 2025 in the wrestling world. There were monumental shifts in the wrestling paradigm that certainly warranted a revisit and discussion. Thanks for listening!
Tim and Rich welcomed David L. Shabazz to the show. He is an award-winning writer, author, educator, speaker and recording artist. He is author of four books: Public Enemy Number One, Discover Your Gold Mind, and co-auth
We lost the living icon, Hulk Hogan (1953-2025). We discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of the legend Hulk Hogan and the flaws of the man who portrayed him, Terry Bollea. We discuss his imprint on the entertainment f
The annual tradition for Tim and Rich returns with their picks and whatever else is on their mind for the big weekend of WrestleMania 41, April 19 and 20 from Las Vegas, Nevada!
Tim and Rich take a break and sit down with The Picture Perfect Assassin, the Sharpest Blade, Chris Slade. Chris is quickly rising young talent out of the DC Metro area. He's got the look, he's got the moves, he's got th
Tim and Rich pick up with one of the most infamous stories of anyone quitting a job in any business, not just wrestling. "It wasn't a truck....no comment." Then, we get back to where Stan Hansen is clearly comfort, in th
Episode 3 finds us following The Lariat back to the states where Stan agrees work with the AWA where he immediately makes a huge mark, capturing their World Title and our hearts.
Rich and Tim follow Stan Hansen to the early 80's where he's is cutting his teeth and really making a name for himself in Japan. We watch as Stan's popularity explodes with matches against Giant Baba, Hulk Hogan, Terry F
New year, new format, same great hosts. Rich and Tim have decided to really focus and bring you the story of Stan Hansen told through his greatest matches. In this episode, they talk about the early days of Stan Hansen's
Tim and Rich were finally able to find time to record! This time, they went back to Madison Square Garden on August 7, 1976. It's Bruno Sammartino's return to MSG after the Texas bounty hunter, Stan Hansen, broke his nec
Our favorite member of the Suidae family, Boar joins us again to talk smack about his upcoming match with Myles Hawkins at the next Virginia Championship Wrestling event, Grave Conflict, on October 12th! When then decide
Tim and Rich pop into the vault to bring up WCW's 24th Clash of the Champions from 1993. If you know, you know, amirite? This show starts out pretty good, but you can tell it's just doomed from the start, and then it hap
Today, we travel back to 2015 for WrestleMania 31. I was going to make a Terminator timeline reference since this show is heavily sponsored by Terminator: Genisys, but the timeline is so messed up I can't tell what happe
We were truly blessed to be given some time to talk with Cliff Bumgardner and Chris Lea, the makers of the new PBS documentary, When Giants Walked Here. This fantastic documentary tells the story of the famed J.S. Dorton
For the first time ever, Tim and Rich recorded in the same room with each other! They took some time out of Rich's visit to the tidewater to sit down and talk about SummerSlam 2024, which is coming live from Cleveland, O
When the Brooklyn Brawler says "Let's do it, baby" to you, you do it. That's exactly what happened here. Tim was given a phone number. He called it and Steve Lombardi answered and was ready right then to talk, so Tim got
We dig into the VHS vault for this one and present a forgotten gem of the Coliseum Video era. A live show, recorded at the last stop of the 1992 European Rampage Tour, in Sheffield, England. Boy was this one a treat! Bre
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The Wrestling Archives is hosted by Rich Sigwald and Tim Hackman. The show is categorised under sports (wrestling) and has published 122 episodes.
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