Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 26 – Trik Davis

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

Episode 37 of #FanninsFlashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined once again by Tripping Balls [https://archive.org/download/ffep-37-ama-2/FFep37AMA2.mp3] 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! Subscribe to the IWTV streaming service run by Smart Mark Video in order to watch the podcast with added footage of matches, promos and angles discussed on the episode – IndependentWrestling.TV Be sure to follow Jim on X and Instagram: @jfannin73 and on Tik Tok: @iwafannin73 Subscribe to his Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/@sportsfannin [https://www.youtube.com/@sportsfannin]

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

Episode 36 of #FanninsFlashbacks is live! On this episode, Jim is joined by a former 4x IWA Mid South Heavyweight Champion and former 3x IWA Mid South light heavyweight champion, Suicide Kid [https://archive.org/download/ffep-36-suicide-kid/FFEp36SuicideKid.mp3]! Hear Kid talk about the inspiration that American Kickboxer and Tarek the Great were to get into the business and then what it was like to actually work with them inside an IWA ring. What was it like being so popular on the shows that Ian turned heel on him at The Night The Rights Cried? The bad timing of the Chip Fairway vs Suicide Kid feud being post losing buildings and bouncing around trying to find a new home but pre-SMV. Then the horrible luck of blowing out his shoulder shortly after the SMV era began and only briefly getting to work with Hero, Punk, Cabana, Ace and the next generation of IWA stars. All that and more on this episode of Fannin’s Flashbacks! Subscribe to the IWTV streaming service run by Smart Mark Video in order to watch the podcast with added footage of matches, promos and angles discussed on the episode – IndependentWrestling.TV Be sure to follow Jim on X and Instagram: @jfannin73 and on Tik Tok: @iwafannin73 Subscribe to his Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/@sportsfannin [https://www.youtube.com/@sportsfannin]

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 [https://archive.org/download/ffep-35-chad-french/FFEp35ChadFrench.mp3], 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! Subscribe to the IWTV streaming service run by Smart Mark Video in order to watch the podcast with added footage of matches, promos and angles discussed on the episode – IndependentWrestling.TV Be sure to follow Jim on X and Instagram: @jfannin73 and on Tik Tok: @iwafannin73 Subscribe to his Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/@sportsfannin [https://www.youtube.com/@sportsfannin]

Fannin’s Flashbacks – Episode 34 – DINGO

Episode 34 of Fannin’s Flashbacks 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 [https://archive.org/download/ffep-34-dingo/FFEp34Dingo.mp3]. 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! Subscribe to the IWTV streaming service run by Smart Mark Video in order to watch the podcast with added footage of matches, promos and angles discussed on the episode – IndependentWrestling.TV Be sure to follow Jim on X and Instagram: @jfannin73 and on Tik Tok: @iwafannin73 Subscribe to his Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/@sportsfannin [https://www.youtube.com/@sportsfannin]

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 [https://archive.org/download/fannins-flashbacks-ep-33-something-to-prove/FanninsFlashbacksEp33SomethingToProve.mp3] 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! Subscribe to the IWTV streaming service run by Smart Mark Video in order to watch the podcast with added footage of matches, promos and angles discussed on the episode – IndependentWrestling.TV Be sure to follow Jim on X and Instagram: @jfannin73 and on Tik Tok: @iwafannin73 Be sure to follow Nick on X & Instagram: @nickmaniwa [https://bnmvs.wordpress.com/mentions/nickmaniwa/] & check out Nick’s rewatch series for IWA Midsouth – Midsouth Memories w/ Mike Ruff on the BNMVS Podcast Network & Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/@MidsouthMemories [https://www.youtube.com/@MidsouthMemories]