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Episode 196: Back To 1974

Episode 196 of Breaking Kayfabe with Bowdren & Barry–the Peabody & Sherman Award winner–is here, and this week we go back to 1974 for our match of the week, discuss July 4th cards in CWF history and discuss…just in time for the finals, the top 10 players in NBA history!

Match discussed: Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta vs Bob Backlund & Bob Roop from 7/25/74

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Episode 176: Tribute To Rusty Brooks

Episode 176 of Breaking Kayfabe with Bowdren & Barry is here and in this episode we pay tribute to our friend, the late Rusty Brooks by talking to his old friend Bob Roop. For our match of the week we are joined by our friend Roy Lucier and go to Mexico!

Match discussed: El Dandy vs Negro Casas vs Hijo Del Santo from 6/12/96

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Photo courtesy of Pete Lederberg

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Episode 117: Poochie! We Got An Allergy!

Episode 117 of Breaking Kayfabe with Bowdren & Barry is here and “Poochie! We got an allergy!” And on this episode, we talk to Bob Roop about his friend, the late Izzy Slapowitz. We offer up a superior match of the week, and it is the return of the top 5 as we give you our top 5….songs about driving or life on the road!

Match discussed:  Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio Jr from Halloween Havoc ’97

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Episode 105: Bob Roop & Hall Of Fame Talk

Episode 105 of Breaking Kayfabe with Bowdren &…..wait! Is Barry here this week or has he joined another show on the Arcadian Vanguard network?? This week we review not just one–but two matches! And we visit with “Uncle Bob” Roop and ask him whether our Hall of Fame choices are correct!!

Matches discussed:
– Steiner Bros vs Midnight Express from 10/13/90 in Atlanta
– Jumbo Tsuruta vs Jack Brisco from 8/28/76

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Episode 98: Talking Harley with Bob Roop

Episode 98 of Breaking Kayfabe with Bowdren & Barry has arrived and it will be as perfectly done as a Harley Race bump! And on this episode, we do a deep dive on Harley’s life and career with a man that was his assistant booker in Florida, Bob Roop! All that, plus: for the very first time….we break kay fabe on: sex clubs!! Boom! Don’t play this episode at the family dinner table!

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Episode 90: CWF Legends Fanfest

Episode 90 of Breaking Kayfabe with Bowdren & Barry is here and like any great wrestling match we are taking you on an emotional roller coaster! We’ll bring you up, then take you down as we discuss the recent CWF Legends Fanfest! Tales of sex, drugs and lobster rolls!

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Episode 87: Wrestling With Parenting

Episode 87 of Breaking Kayfabe is here and we’ve got more color than Bobby Heenan on an Apter magazine cover during the 70’s! And on this episode, we will look at another CWF top 25 angle with special guest Bob Roop as we discuss the mysterious Gladiator that appeared in CWF rings, we take a look at a match from the WWA from 1975 with Dick the Bruiser, the Crusher & Little Bruiser vs The Blackjacks & Pretty Boy Bobby Heenan, our Movie of the Week is a Hitchcock classic and for the first time ever…..we break kayfabe on PARENTING! Legitimate social issues! You don’t get this variety on every show folks!!

Photo of The Blackjacks with Bobby Heenan by Brian Bukantis / Arena Publishing

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Episode 74: DiBiase vs. Slater & More Bob Roop

Episode 74 of Breaking Kayfabe with Bowdren & Barry has arrived and Barry has already placed this one in his top 3 of alltime! On this episode we take a look back at a match between two HOFers from 1982, discuss our Movie of the Week and, conclude our interview with Bob Roop! We are making friends and influencing people!

Match reviewed:
Dick Slater vs Ted Dibiase from Houston on 11/19/82

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Episode 73: Match Of the Week & Bob Roop

Episode 73 of Breaking Kayfabe with Bowdren & Barry is here and, to quote Bette Davis….strap yourself in because it’s going to be a bumpy ride! This might be our most controversial episode ever! Bob Roop comes on to discuss the Knoxville 5 video! We have our new segment “match of the week” and our movie of the week is ultra violent and features lots of sex! Yep, its a Barry Rose selection!

Match of the week: Ricky Steamboat vs Jimmy Snuka from 6/3/81 in Japan

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Episode 55: A Look At Dick Slater

Episode 55 of Breaking Kayfabe with Bowdren & Barry is here and its a special wrestling intensive edition as we discuss the life and times of….the late Dick Slater. Joining us on this episode are Steve Keirn, who was a high school friend of Slater’s before they got into wrestling & Bob Roop, who was in Florida when Slater first started.

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