Sitting Ringside With David Penzer

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer is joined by a big star from the 1970’s and 1980’s, Buggsy McGraw. Buggsy speaks about how he grew up in Indiana and fell in love with the pro wrestling business, how different it was getting into the business back then compared to now, working with the likes of […] The post Sitting Ringside: 1970’s/1980’s star Buggsy McGraw appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer is joined by one half of his favorite women’s tag team of all time, Angelina Love of TNA’s The Beautiful People. David and Angelina discuss how her and Velvet Sky were put together and why it worked so well, her time in WWE Developmental before joining TNA Wrestling, her […] The post Sitting Ringside: Former TNA Knockout Angelina Love of The Beautiful People appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer opens the show by discussing the life of the legendary “Mean” Gene Okerlund, who passed away last week at the age of 76. David spent a lot of time with Gene during his time in WCW and shares some incredible memories and stories of “Mean” Gene on camera, off […] The post Sitting Ringside: Ernest “The Cat” Miller & Memories of “Mean” Gene Okerlund appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer sits down Robert Fuller, or you may know him better as Col. Robert Parker. This third generation wrestler comes from the Welch wrestling family that saw his grandfather Roy, his father Buddy Fuller, his brother Ron, and his cousin Jimmy Golden (aka WCW’s Bunkhouse Buck) all enter the family […] The post Sitting Ringside: Col. Robert Parker (aka Robert Fuller) appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer sits down with former four time TNA Knockouts Champion, ODB. They talk about how she got her start in the wrestling business, being on the original Tough Enough, the transformation (both mentally and physically) from who she was when she started to becoming ODB, her time in TNA and […] The post Sitting Ringside: Former 4x TNA Knockouts Champion ODB appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer sits down with legendary NWA referee Tommy Young. The guys discuss how he got his start in the business as a wrestler, working his way into the Mid-Atlantic territory, learning how and why certain guys won championships and some didn’t, always being mentioned with “The Nature Boy” Ric […] The post Sitting Ringside: Legendary NWA Referee Tommy Young appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer sits down with one of the most intelligent and polarizing figures in the history of wrestling, Raven. Having grown up in Philadelphia watching the WWWF and in South Florida with Florida Championship Wrestling, Raven was bitten by the wrestling bug early in his life and he knew it’s […] The post Sitting Ringside: Former ECW Champion Raven appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer sits down with one third of the legendary Poffo wrestling family, “The Genius” Lanny Poffo, who is as open, honest, and classy as they come. The guys chat about growing up as a second generation wrestler and when he put two and two together as to how famous […] The post Sitting Ringside: “The Genius” Lanny Poffo appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer touches base with one of the best pro wrestling columnists in the business, Bruce Mitchell of PWTorch.com. Bruce grew up on Mid-Atlantic Wrestling, going to the Greensboro Coliseum watching the likes of Ric Flair, The 4 Horsemen, Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, and so many more. Bruce shares stories […] The post Sitting Ringside: Bruce Mitchell of PWTorch appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer checks in, talks shop, and gets caught up with three of his favorite prior guests, Tony Schiavone, Tyrus, and WWE Hall of Famer, Jeff Jarrett. The guys tell everyone what they are up to, share some stories they haven’t told before, and so much more. This episode of […] The post Sitting Ringside: Tony Schiavone, Tyrus, & Jeff Jarrett appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer is joined by former WCW superstar Dale Torborg, better remembered as The KISS Demon. Torborg is one of the most fascinating guys to come along in the wrestling business and had a gimmick that frankly, should’ve worked but was doomed from the start. If you didn’t know, Torborg […] The post Sitting Ringside: “The KISS Demon” Dale Torborg appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer is joined by former ECW and Ring of Honor World Champion Jerry Lynn, who may go down as one of the most underrated performers in wrestling history. Making his start in the wrestling business in the late 80’s alongside friend Sean Waltman, both made their name working in […] The post Sitting Ringside: Former ECW & Ring Of Honor World Champion Jerry Lynn appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer is joined by Ring Of Honor superstar Frankie Kazarian, who is probably one of those guys in wrestling that doesn’t necessarily get the credit he deserves. Having been trained by the legendary Killer Kowalski, Kazarian has been around 20+ years and continues to innovate and change the game. […] The post Sitting Ringside: Ring Of Honor’s Frankie Kazarian & Francisco Ciatso appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, with the NWA 70th Anniversary Show this weekend in Nashville, it’s only appropriate that David Penzer chat with one of the guys in the 2 out of 3 falls main event. Nick Aldis, the former champ, gets his rematch following the All In event in Chicago where Cody Rhodes defeated […] The post Sitting Ringside: Former TNA & NWA World Champion Nick Aldis appeared first on Radio Influence.

With Impact Wrestling’s biggest PPV event, Bound For Glory, this weekend, David Penzer thought it would be a great time to connect with Impact Wrestling’s head honcho, President Ed Nordholm, to talk about the state of the company heading into this weekend. Impact Wrestling has undoubtedly gone through a ton of changes over the last […] The post Sitting Ringside: Impact Wrestling President Ed Nordholm appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer is joined by the voice of Lucha Underground and MLW, Matt Striker. After being trained by Johnny Rodz, Striker and working the independent scene and Japan for a few years, he made his debut in the WWE in 2005. What you may not have known is that Striker, […] The post Sitting Ringside: Lucha Underground Announcer Matt Striker appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer is joined by his friend and his favorite pro wrestler of all time, the legendary Terry Funk. If he hasn’t done it all, he’s certainly seen it all. He’s held championships all over the world and worked with the best of the best over his career which has […] The post Sitting Ringside: The Legendary Terry Funk appeared first on Radio Influence.

When you talk about guys who helped revolutionize the pro wrestling industry, Scott Hall is always one of the first names brought up. From Razor Ramon to his legendary re-debut in WCW on Monday Nitro on May 27, 1996 to the formation of the NWO at Bash At The Beach 1996 in Daytona Beach, the […] The post Sitting Ringside: WWE Hall Of Famer & NWO Legend Scott Hall appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer wanted to discuss something that he’s brought up in the past and has two of the best guys in the world to address it. With all of the political correctness in the world these days, how do wrestlers get heat without offending anyone? He’s joined by Sam Adonis, […] The post Sitting Ringside: Sam Adonis and Rip Rogers appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week’s Sitting Ringside With David Penzer will go down as one of the most entertaining shows to date. “The Sinister Minister” James Mitchell can tell stories for days, isn’t afraid to offend anyone, and will make you belly laugh with some of the craziness he shares from how he got first got noticed in […] The post Sitting Ringside: “The Sinister Minister” James Mitchell appeared first on Radio Influence.