{"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 136: Memphis Wrestling 7/13/85 (Bota And The Rat!)","slug":"rasslin-136-memphis-wrestling-7-13-85-bota-and-the-rat","published_at":"2026-06-02T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regional-rasslin-territory-talk-5904300/rasslin-136-memphis-wrestling-7-13-85-bota-and-the-rat","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regional-rasslin-territory-talk-5904300","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/49014bf4","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/49014bf4/13d97c73.mp3","summary":"This week on Regional Rasslin, Guest Gene Jackson joins host Ray Russel to continue their way through Memphis 1985, now covering the week of July 13th. With Dave Brown away on vacation, Lance Russell goes solo as Tom Branch takes over managerial duties of Bota the Witchdoctor after it appears Bota has transformed former manager Leslie Floyd Creatchman III into a rat! Plus, The PYT turn face while Buddy Wayne gets personal, the Fabulous Ones/Sheepherders feud continues on, the Knight Riders team arrives (and leaves), Big John Harris steps into the arenas, Phil Hickerson is your new International Champion.. until he's not, Man Mountain Link is back and so is the Mid-America Title, Tojo & Jerry Jarrett continue to team, we get a look at the new (but maybe not improved) version of Bill Smithson & Terry Adonis, who are the \"Midnight Connection\"(?), & 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)…","meta_description":"This week on Regional Rasslin, Guest Gene Jackson joins host Ray Russel to continue their way through Memphis 1985, now covering the week of July 13th. Wi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4701,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/regional-rasslin-territory-talk-5904300/episodes/rasslin-136-memphis-wrestling-7-13-85-bota-and-the-rat/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-136-memphis-wrestling-7-13-85-bota-and-the-rat.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}