{"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 133: Chicago Wrestling 1967 & 1968 (Gagne vs. Dr. X, Hennig/Race vs. Crusher/Bruiser)","slug":"rasslin-133-chicago-wrestling-1967-1968-gagne-vs-dr-x-hennig-race-vs-crusher-bruiser","published_at":"2026-05-12T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regional-rasslin-territory-talk-5904300/rasslin-133-chicago-wrestling-1967-1968-gagne-vs-dr-x-hennig-race-vs-crusher-bruiser","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regional-rasslin-territory-talk-5904300","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/84757ced","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/84757ced/39278a42.mp3","summary":"Richard Vicek returns to Regional Rasslin to join Ray Russell as they discuss two more years of Chicago Wrestling Club history, covering the full years of 1967 & 1968. Including the first ever sellout crowd in Chicago, the legendary feuds between Dr. X vs. Verne Gagne and the tag feud of Larry Hennig & Harley Race vs. Dick the Bruiser & Da' Crusher, the makings of Blackjack Lanza, Bill Watts, the Japanese duo of Mitsu Arakawa & Mr. Moto, early Mighty Igor, Rock Rogowski (Ole Anderson), Bobby Heenan, & more! 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":"Richard Vicek returns to Regional Rasslin to join Ray Russell as they discuss two more years of Chicago Wrestling Club history, covering the full years of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4663,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/regional-rasslin-territory-talk-5904300/episodes/rasslin-133-chicago-wrestling-1967-1968-gagne-vs-dr-x-hennig-race-vs-crusher-bruiser/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-133-chicago-wrestling-1967-1968-gagne-vs-dr-x-hennig-race-vs-crusher-bruiser.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}