Wrestling Archives : The Retro Network

From Stadium Tours to Pay‑Per‑View Glory: The Story of the Great American Bash

From stadium tours and concerts to pay‑per‑view showdowns, the Great American Bash became a defining summer ritual, capturing the energy and ambition of wrestling’s most transformative era.

How AWA Wrestle Rock Became Wrestling’s Favorite Punchline

Mickey Yarber

WrestleRock 86 was the AWA swinging for the fences and hitting something far stranger, a supershow remembered less for its matches and more for the glorious chaos that turned it into wrestling’s favorite punchline.

GLOW: The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling and the Wildest Show on Television

Mickey Yarber

Long before wrestling embraced spectacle, GLOW delivered it in spandex and glitter, turning Saturday afternoons into a riot of characters, color, and pure 80s energy.

The Retro Resurgence Podcast – Episode 40 | The ABC’s of Wrestling Show

Chad Droze

Reach for Episode Number 40, and turn it up! The guys are back in this early May of 2026 release. It’s the Great ABC of Wrestling Show- a format they used once before with Toy

Hulk Hogan’s Rock ’n’ Wrestling: The Cartoon That Body‑Slammed Saturday Mornings

Mickey Yarber

Hulk Hogan’s Rock n Wrestling turned Saturday mornings into a wild mix of cartoons, wrestlers, and pure eighties energy, creating a world where heroes flexed, villains plotted, and kids couldn’t look away.

Learning the Ropes: The Sitcom That Tried to Bring Wrestling Into Prime Time

Mickey Yarber

Learning the Ropes blended family‑sitcom heart with the wild world of 80s wrestling, following a gentle teacher moonlighting as a masked grappler. It became a quirky, endearing snapshot of an era when wrestling seemed to spill into everything.

Wide World of Toys | Episode 3 – The Hasbro WWF Toyline Retrospective

Chad Droze

Episode 3 of The Wide World of Toys Podcast is here! Join host Ken, as he welcomes his co-host of The Retro Resurgence Podcast Chad to the show! The guys will discuss and reminisce about

WCW’s Chamber of Horror Match Was Halloween Havoc’s Wildest Match

Mickey Yarber

In the annals of professional wrestling, few matches are as gloriously over-the-top as WCW’s Chamber of Horrors bout at Halloween Havoc 1991. Held on October 27 at the UTC Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the event

The Retro Resurgence Podcast – Episode 25 | Mt Rushmore of Pro Wrestling’s Most Comical Moments

Chad Droze

New Look, New Logo, New Show Format, but the same retro nostalgic memories here as we start Year 2 of The Retro Resurgence Podcast! We’re the Lean, Mean, Nostalgia Machine, as we’ve streamlined the show

RoboCop in WCW: When Sci-Fi Met Suplexes

Mickey Yarber

In the annals of pro wrestling history, few moments are as bizarre, or as gloriously ’90s, as the night RoboCop walked into a WCW ring. Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop, held on May 19, 1990, at

In Memory of Hulk Hogan

Kevin Decent

It’s not every day that your parents call you about a celebrity death. But it’s also not every day a super hero dies. For children of the 1980’s, Hulk Hogan was a comic book hero

Hulk Hogan and the Heel Turn That Shocked the Wrestling World

Mickey Yarber

In all the history of professional wrestling, few moments have rivaled the seismic shock of Hulk Hogan’s heel turn at WCW Bash at the Beach on July 7, 1996. For over a decade, Hogan had

The Retro Resurgence Podcast – Episode 15 | Retro Grab Bag Vol. 1

Chad Droze

Episode 15 comin’ at ya! It’s a special sweetened and condensed version of the Retro Resurgence Podcast. We try out a new type of format that we’re calling the “GRAB BAG”. Ken and Chad bring

The Retro Resurgence Podcast – Episode 1 | Top NES Games

Chad Droze

For the DEBUT EPISODE of The Retro Resurgence Podcast, Ken and Chad introduce themselves and briefly discuss the origins of the podcast before jumping into the show’s main topic Top 5 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

The Scariest Wrestlers of All Time

Kevin Decent

It’s that time once again, when the creatures of the night are unleashed from their dungeons of doom. A time when darkness comes earlier, but there are still fireflies to be found. Night and day,

Wrestling’s Black Saturday

Kevin Decent

Imagine sitting down at 8 PM, turning on the CW to watch Arrow or The Flash. Instead of your favorite member of the DC Universe, a new yet familiar face appears. Stan Lee is introduced

GLOW in the Dark – How a Late Night Ladies’ Wrestling Show Taught Me Girl Power

Stacey

I am a certified child of the ’80s. I’m in that sweet spot just between Gen X and Millennial, so I mainly observed the more fun parts of the decade from the sidelines.