How I Caught The Wrestling Bug: Recent Episodes
David Lovell
Every week I am joined by fellow Wrestling fans to discuss how they caught the 'wrestling bug' and how their fandom has evolved over the years.
The editor of the Wrestling Observer yearbook Dave Meltzer joins me to discuss 1997, the first year covered in the Observer yearbooks. We talk everything from Montreal to the rise of UFC to even Todd Gordon and Big Daddy!
Samantha Schipman, writer for the Daily DDT and Fight Game websites and co-presenter of Powerbombshells on the Fight Game YouTube channel, joins me this week.
Lindsey Matson is my guest this week. Find out how she became a fan in 2013 after kind of getting into it in the late 90's for a brief period of time!
My guest this week is Stuart Edgington, my nephew, who I credit with getting me back into wrestling
Paul Fontaine, Kevin Ely, Sebastiano Gerace and (occasionally) Steve Gymer join me to preview AEW Revolution and pick the winners
On the weeks I can't get a new guest on the usual podcast, I'll be joined by a previous guest to cover current wrestling news. This week Preet Paul joins me to discuss Revolution, the departure of Cody from AEW, the possibility of Vince and Austin returning for matches at Mania and much more!
'Baby fan' Debra Lynn joins me to discuss her relatively short time with the 'bug' and has some great stories about being at the NXT tapings as well as being part of the thunderdome!
Scott Young from 'The Wrap' podcast on the Fight Game patreon and 'Take A Knee for Marvel vs DC' podcast joins me this week for a great conversation
My follow Brit, and sometimes training partner of Cara Noir, Lewis James Brown joins me this week
Preet Paul joins me this week from Victoria BC, Canada, where he has a clinical practice that focuses on gastrointestinal disorders and is an owner of Canada's leading SIBO and IBS laboratory called SIBO Diagnostics. Found out how he became a fan of wrestling and how his fandom has evolved
I am joined by Paul Fontaine, Kevin Ely, Steve Gymer and Larry Sternshein to preview AEW's Full Gear PPV
Stuart Edgington and myself, David Lovell, with our very podcast primarily looking at AEW. In episode 1, we go over all the matches at Grand Slam and predict the winners, plus discuss the possibility of AEW bringing more guys in (such as Bray Wyatt and Kevin Owens) and the long-term plan for Hangman Page.
Oliver Copp joins me for a long and very interesting chat this week. He has a long varied career in the business. He currently can be heard doing commentary for AEW Rampage on TNT Germany.
Sebastiano Gerace joins me to run through a list of AEW talents who are 30 or younger and we give our thoughts on each
Huge fan Steve Hall joins me this week and he didn't know WWF existed in 1997! Hear his great stories.
James McDaniel, who has worked on the tv shows Haunted Live and Haunted Salem Live on the Discovery Plus streaming service, joins me this week to discuss how he became a fan and how his fandom has evolved
Longtime fan, but first time on a podcast about wrestling for my guest this week, Kevin Ely
Peter Harrison, co-host of the 'Glove Up Or Shut Up' on angrymarks.com, joins me this week
'Semi-retired' podcast host and longtime F4W Empire member Justin Paine joins me this week
'Semi-retired' podcast host and longtime F4W Empire member Justin Paine joins me this week.
Host of Shake Them Ropes on the Voices of Wrestling network of podcasts and co-host at Fightful Jeff Hawkins joins me this week.
Co-host of the 'Hitman Chronicles' podcast and occasional FGM writer Sebastiano Gerace joins me this week.
Double G himself, the man behind the Fight Game Media network and WOR presenter, joins me this week.
WrestleSoapTopia host and Break It Down co-host Keila Cash joins me for this week's episode
If anyone is interested how I caught the 'bug' how my fandom has evolved, I tell all here!
Observer and Fight Game website writer, and presenter on the Fight Game patreon, Paul Fontaine joins me for this episode.
F4WOnline/Wrestling Observer and DailyDDT writer Josiah McDonald from Canada joins me for this episode, the longest one so far!
Another British guest, by way of Texas this time, as Steve Gymer joins me to discuss how his fandom has evolved over the years
Fellow Brit Darren Wadsworth joins me, and it's the longest show yet! Darren has some great answers to the questions.
Fight Game and F4W writers Paul Fontaine and Parker Klyn join me to remember the late Brodie Lee
Keith Elliot Greenberg joined me to discuss his book Too Sweet: Inside the Indie Wrestling Revolution
RD Reynolds joined me to discuss the book Death of WCW covering the years I didn't discuss with Bryan Alvarez.
Daniel Lukiw is my guest this week and maybe the only one who still watches all 3 hours of Raw each week?