On this week's episode, it's time for another AD&T (Ask Doug & Tommy)! Some of the topics covered: Meeting Vince McMahon, working with Adrian Adonis in the AWA, Was Doug the "Terrorist" at Clash of the Champions: Guts & Glory?, Did Tommy conspire with Nick Patrick to "jump" Ole Anderson?, Why Dark Patriot in ECW rather than Doug Gilbert?, Ox Baker stories, Great Kabuki, Super Mario, Arlie Gilbert, Gary Hart, Peggy Gilbert's Van??, the Steiner Brothers, the Undertaker, Royal Rumble '9...
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 30
On this week's episode, Doug was away on business so Tommy and Gene had a conversation about Southeastern/Continental in '85 & '86. They also get Tommy's reaction to the "Tommy "Wildfire" Rich for the WWE Hall of Fame" sign from the crowd on this week's WWE Monday Night Raw. Tommy also gets to hear the Undertaker's impression of him from a recent episode of his podcast and gives his reaction to it. A fun conversation covering the Nightmares feud, the Armstrongs, the Fullers, Jody Hamilton, "...
Feb 21, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 29
This week Doug & Tommy take a look back to their time in the USWA in 1994 covering January through March of that year. They discuss some of the cards from that time as well as some of their fellow wrestlers that were working the territory at that time including: Reggie B. Fine, Del Rios aka The Spellbinder, Bert Prentice, Skull Von Crush, Jimmy Valiant, and they also talk about the entire card for the March 1994, Memphis Memories event headlined by the “Best of Memphis” match. Plus hear a fu...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 28
This week Doug & Tommy welcome TWA promoter Joel Goodhart as they discuss the history of the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance, Eddie Gilbert's matches with Cactus Jack for TWA, Buddy Landel and the "Battle of the Nature Boys" that almost happened at TWA against the legendary Buddy Rogers, the Memphis Wrestling influence on Tri-State, plus they discuss the HUGE TWA 'ONE & DONE' event coming to Philadelphia, PA on Saturday May 3rd at the 2300 Arena! Tickets are on sale now for both Rassle Con ...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 27
If you were a fan of Georgia Championship Wrestling in the early 80s, there was no feud more talked about or more memorable than Tommy "Wildfire" Rich vs. "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer. As most folks know, this feud came to a head in a famous steel cage match that would be known as the "Last Battle of Atlanta". The match is memorable for many reasons. One of the reasons is the cage itself, it was unique in the fact that it was a steel cage that also had a chain link top that would go on to inspire the W...
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 26
On this episode, we celebrate what would have been Doug's Dad Tommy Gilbert's 85th Birthday on January 15th by having Doug & Tommy share memories and stories of Tommy while also reviewing some results from the early years of his career featuring discussions of Sputnik Monroe, Ron & Don Wright, Herb Welch, The Funks, Eddie Marlin, Rocky Johnson, Billy Wicks, The Bicentennial Kings of Dennis Condrey & Phil Hickerson, Frank Goodish, and many more! Plus the story of Johnny Starr and some...
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 25
This week, it's YOUR turn to ask the questions! Once again Doug & Tommy are answering questions sent in by the listeners of the show. Here's some of the topics that get covered in the process: Doug's match with Mance Warner from the W.O.M.B.A.T. show in Tullahoma Tommy's memories of the Jarrett/Gulas split in 1977 Doug's appearance on AEW alongside other Memphis Legends Doug & Tommy's favorite match as tag team partners Favorite places to eat on the road Who was the best female of wrestl...
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 24
On this episode, we pick up the USWA discussion where we left off at the end of 1990, Doug & Tommy spent most of 1991 in other places so we touch on a few interesting subjects from '91 like working with Eric Embry & Chris Candido, and then we move into 1992! A lot of fun stuff to cover in the USWA in 1992 involving the Gilberts and Tommy Rich including Doug wrestling against Tommy one on one, Doug & Eddie feuding with the Rock & Roll Express, Tommy coming in as a babyface but eve...
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 23
In 1989, Eddie Gilbert was invited to return NWA/WCW to assist with the booking which also lead to Doug and Tommy Rich returning as well. A lot of interesting things went on throughout the year including: Eddie feuding with Ric Flair & Barry Windham leading to the return of Ricky Steamboat, Tommy wrestling Terry Funk in Amarillo and feuding with Lex Luger over the United States Championship, Doug wrestling Shane Douglas, Lance Russell leaving Memphis and signing with the NWA, the Rich Cousin...
Jan 03, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 22
This week we look back on the USWA in 1990 and in the process Doug & Tommy have some interesting insight & conversation about: "Granny Gilbert's Magic Hair Elixir", The differences in the booking styles of Jerry Jarrett & Jerry Lawler, working with "Superstar" Bill Dundee, the difference between how fans look back on matches & angles compared to how the wrestlers remember them, memories of working with the "Fabulous" Jackie Fargo, the differences between working with the Fabulous...
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 21
Merry Christmas! This week on the 20th Episode of Dangerous Conversations, Doug & Tommy look back on some Christmas Day Wrestling Shows they competed on over the years and discuss some of the guys who were booked on the card! Among other topics discussed this week: A possible return to Sistersville, Virginia?!?!, "Wildfire Claus", solving the mystery of "Rick Jones", the appeal of wrestling shows for families on Christmas, Big Red, how Tojo Yamamoto taught Tommy to sell, Doug's dealings with...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 20
This week Doug & Tommy once again answer questions sent in by YOU the listeners of Dangerous Conversations. Some of the topics covered in this round of questions: The York Foundation in WCW, The Von Erichs, Butch Reed, Tojo Yamamoto, Bam Bam Bigelow, Wrestling Bears, Harley Race, Terry Gordy, The Lethal Weapons with Dennis Condrey, working with 'BUSSY' (Effy/Allie Katch) in GCW, Rick Jones, Randy Hales, and much more! Send in your questions for future episodes to douggilbertpodcast@outlook.c...
Dec 13, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 19
This week Doug & Tommy finally tell their side of the story on the infamous "Great West Virginia Heist" of 1997! The real story of what happened has never been told before by Doug OR Tommy….until NOW. There were a few different versions of the story floating around wrestling magazines, dirt sheets, and locker rooms back in '97 ranging from Doug & Tommy asked for their pay in advance and then left the building to Doug & Tommy robbed the promoter for the gate at gunpoint. What was true...
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 18
This week Doug & Tommy celebrate Thanksgiving by looking back at some of the Thanksgiving Day Cards they were involved with over the years, and in the process some fun topics are discussed including: Tommy working against the Original Sheik, some of the big tag team tournaments that took place at the Omni in Atlanta on Thanksgiving, Doug's Scaffold Match against Billy Joe Travis in Nashville on Thanksgiving 1997, working for Bert Prentice, working for IWA Mid-South & Ian Rotten, "The Big...
Nov 29, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 17
After receiving some great feedback on the last Q&A, and since there were still plenty of listener questions left to answer, this week we present Part Two of our Q&A of questions sent in by our listeners for Doug Gilbert & "Wildfire" Tommy Rich! Doug & Tommy answer questions pertaining to the following topics: Favorite opponents? Who do you wish you could have worked but didn't get to? How was Lex Luger to work with in WCW in 1989? How was "Rapmaster" PN News to work with? Did EC...
Nov 22, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 16
This week Doug & Tommy welcome Jerry Brisco to the show! It's a great conversation as they discuss: Jerry's favorite territory to work in, working with Frank Goodish early in his career prior to becoming "Bruiser Brody", the reason he and his brother Jack never worked for Verne Gagne's AWA territory, working with Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch for the WWF tag team titles in late '84, a story about Tommy & Eddie Gilbert working against the Briscos in Kansas City, their classic feuds wit...
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 15
This week Doug & Tommy were in Arkansas getting ready for a big show in Clarksville, so we took the opportunity to sit down and answer some of YOUR questions that have been sent in to dougilbertpodcast@outlook.com and submitted on Facebook at facebook.com/dougilbertpodcast. Some of the topics they discuss include: Tommy's stint in the American Wrestling Federation in 1995, Doug's match with the Great Muta at WrestleWar '89, working with Roddy Piper in '82, stories about traveling with Andre ...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 14
This week, Tommy Rich is away in Philadelphia working a show so Doug and Gene invited a special guest to join them in 'the Grappler' Len Denton! A great conversation ensued covering how Len came about wearing the mask and who he "took" the Grappler name from, how he became the booker in Kansas City and the legend who felt he was the man for the job, how he felt about becoming a tag team with Tony Anthony in Mid South at the suggestion of Bill Watts, narrowly avoiding a tragedy at the Superdome i...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 13
This week Doug & Tommy kick off the show talking about their weekend working the big wrestling event at the University of Memphis featuring many other legends of Memphis Wrestling. Then we get into some discussion of the "Memphis Mafia", who were the members? What was it exactly? Was it just an onscreen group, or was it more than that? Doug & Tommy get pretty in depth describing exactly who and what the Memphis Mafia was at that time in the USWA. In the process of this conversation a num...
Oct 25, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 12
Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert Episode #11: The "New" Fabulous One w/guest Tommy Rich This week Doug is excited to announce that not only is his "brother" Tommy "Wildfire" Rich returning to the show as a guest, he's going to be a permanent part of Dangerous Conversations moving forward! On this episode we have an indepth conversation with Tommy about teaming with Doug’s brother Eddie Gilbert in 1984 as Jackie Fargo's "New" Fabulous Ones to replace the previous Fabulous Ones, Stan Lane &a...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 11
This week Doug welcomes another great friend of his to the show, Dr. Tom Prichard! The guys have fun reflecting on their great times as neighbors in the Continental territory where Doug learned from guys like Tom, Jerry Stubbs, "Nightmare" Danny Davis, and others. Tom tells about working with Brian Christopher in the USWA early in Brian's career and shares a fun story from the Mid-South Coliseum where Brian's car was on the line and Brian's girlfriend learned to keep the window's rolled up! Plus...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 10
We seem to be on a roll right now with fun interviews with some of Doug's best friends in the wrestling business so we figured we would keep that going and welcome the one and only Downtown Bruno to the show this week! Many fans are familiar with Bruno's time in the WWF/E as Dr. Harvey Wippleman and that Bruno is a best friends with Dewayne "the Rock" Johnson, and that Bruno managed in the Memphis territory but many don't realize that Bruno got his start in the Kansas City territory and spent so...
Oct 04, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 9
This week's episode was recorded live and in person in Jackson, Tennessee immediately before the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame Ceremony. Doug is excited to welcome his long time tag team partner and one of his best friends, Tommy "Wildfire" Rich! They discuss a variety of topics including: how Tommy met Doug's father Tommy Gilbert, Tommy's experiences learning from Tojo Yamamoto early in his career, defeating the great Harley Race to become the youngest NWA World Champion in 1981, the prevailin...
Sep 27, 2024•51 min•Ep. 8
This week Doug Gilbert welcomes a very special guest and long time family friend to the show, his former tag team partner and the man he will soon be inducting into the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame, "The Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony! Tony has wrestled in nearly every territory you can name during his 36 year pro wrestling career. They discuss the impact that meeting and teaming with Len Denton as both the Grapplers and the Dirty White Boys had on his whole career (He even gets a phone call fr...
Sep 20, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 7
It's Episode #6 of Dangerous Conversations and this week, Doug welcomes a special guest: the Founder, Owner, and President of Power Pro Wrestling, Randy Hales. Doug has known Randy for well over 40 years and despite having some tense moments at times over the years, they are still friends to this day. As we move towards the huge "Night to Remember" event in Jackson, Tennessee on Saturday September 21st, the guys discuss all of the inductees that will be in this year's class of the Memphis Wrestl...
Sep 13, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 6
This week on Dangerous Conversations, we're turning the reins over to the listeners as we ask Doug questions that have been sent in from the fans! Here's just a few of the topics you guys asked Doug about: Proudest & Least Proudest Moment in Wrestling Thoughts on Intergender Wrestling Strangest Fan Interaction Do you prefer working face or heel? Has wrestling under your real name ever caused you issues? What is Doug's opinion on CM Punk? How was it working with the Moondogs? Favorite year in...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 5
It's Episode #4 of Dangerous Conversations with Doug Gilbert and this week we had planned to talk about Bill Watts' UWF, but we're going to put that off until a later date... and instead we're going to spend this episode allowing Doug to share some of his favorite memories of he and Eddie's good friend, Sid Eudy. While most fans only know Sid as the "Master & Ruler of the World" and a main event superstar in professional wrestling, there's another side of him that most have never gotten a ch...
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 4
This week's episode is all about when Doug and Eddie went to the Global Wrestling Federation! They discuss what the GWF was and how it came to be thanks to Joe Pedicino in 1991. What lead to Eddie being brought in as the booker and how the transition went. The story of how and why the Dark Patriot gimmick was conceived. The challenges of booking and taping a pro wrestling TV show that aired FIVE DAYS A WEEK nationally on ESPN. The REAL story of what happened with Jeff Gaylord in the dressing roo...
Aug 23, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 3
It's Episode #2 of Dangerous Conversations with Doug Gilbert, and this week we talk to Doug about one of the wildest episodes of USWA Championship Wrestling that ever aired, from beginning to end! It's the January 13, 1996 episode and it features two title changes, heel turns, a face turn, and it all centers around Doug Gilbert, Tommy Rich, and Jerry 'the King' Lawler! The episode featured what was a pretty surreal promo at the time between Doug and the King (and eventually Tommy Rich). We liste...
Aug 16, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 2
On the debut episode of Dangerous Conversations w/Doug Gilbert, host Gene Jackson and Doug Gilbert discuss how Doug's "King of Rock & Roll" gimmick came about in the USWA in 1993... What it was originally supposed to be, where it was supposed to go, and why it ended so abruptly, never to be revisited again. From there, Doug talks his 1993 USWA feud versus his own brother, "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert, where Doug went after the 'loser leaves town" match, what the promotion did with Eddie after D...
Aug 06, 2024•50 min•Ep. 1
