{"podcast":{"title":"Regional Rasslin' - Territory Talk","slug":"regional-rasslin-territory-talk-5904300","podcast_index_feed_id":5904300,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/regional-rasslin-talkin-territories","website_url":"https://wrestlecopia.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/udoFc3GnuMq7VMbzniMiD_GG_DjZCXL4i7uQSzl3ROs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM1NDkzLzE2NjU5/NDgxNDYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"WrestleCopia","episode_count":142,"summary":"Before the national expansion of Pro Wrestling the business was split into many different regional promotions referred to as \"the territories\". Each territory competed within their own regional boundaries with unqiue wrestling stars, championship belts, and local TV. We talk the good old days from the territory era, from the AWA to JCP, New York to Los Angeles, Memphis to Mid-South, Portland to Florida, Stampede to Maple Leaf, Houston to Dallas, well... you get the point!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T14:17:48.534069+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regional-rasslin-territory-talk-5904300"},"episode":{"title":"Rasslin 129: The Poffo Family's ICW, The Final Years! (1983 - 1985)","slug":"rasslin-129-the-poffo-family-s-icw-the-final-years-1983-1985","published_at":"2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regional-rasslin-territory-talk-5904300/rasslin-129-the-poffo-family-s-icw-the-final-years-1983-1985","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regional-rasslin-territory-talk-5904300","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/db72ba2c","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/db72ba2c/90a2357a.mp3","summary":"Regional Rasslin #129 looks at the final years of the Poffo Family's ICW (1983 - 1985). Steve Crawford returns to talk with host Ray Russell about the slow decline as talent begins to jump ship, from Rip Rogers to Pez Whatley to Ron Garvin, even Lanny Poffo packs it in. We discuss a plan for Bruiser Brody falling through (where money lies, honor dies!). Ronnie Garvin collects money owed. Eventually, Randy Savage works out a deal to work for Jerry Jarrett & Lawler in Memphis, before Angelo completely folds up shop after the Macho Man signs a deal with the WWF. If you're enjoying WrestleCopia and interested in helping us continue to grow, please consider Subscribing to our Patreon to help us cover some of our costs! https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopia YOU CAN ALSO GIFT SOMEONE A PATREON MEMBERSHIP (OR ASK THEM TO GIFT YOU ONE) AT https://www.patreon.com/WrestleCopia/gift Includes the $5 “All Access” Tier $9 \"VIP Superfan\" Tier, and \"The ULLLTIMATE Tier\", featuring our various VIDEO-CAST Series, Early Show Releases, our insanely detailed show notes (for the Grenade, Monday Warfare, Regional Rasslin, Puro Academy, & Retro Re-View), monthly DIGITAL DOWNLOADS for your viewing and reading pleasure, & more! HELP SUPPORT THE SELF-FUNDED WRESTLECOPIA BRAND, CONSIDER DONATING TO OUR PAYPAL WRESTLECOPIA MERCHANDISE - https://www.teepublic.com/user/wrestlecopia Visit the WrestleCopia Podcast Network https://wrestlecopia.com Follow WrestleCopia on “X” (Formerly Twitter) @RasslinGrenade Follow & LIKE our FACEBOOK PAGE – https://www.facebook.com/RasslinGrenade Subscribe to the WrestleCopia Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/RasslinGrenade ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★","meta_description":"Regional Rasslin #129 looks at the final years of the Poffo Family's ICW (1983 - 1985). Steve Crawford returns to talk with host Ray Russell about the slo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5178,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/regional-rasslin-territory-talk-5904300/episodes/rasslin-129-the-poffo-family-s-icw-the-final-years-1983-1985/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regional-rasslin-territory-talk-5904300/rasslin-129-the-poffo-family-s-icw-the-final-years-1983-1985.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}