The BNMVS Podcast Network is a family of podcasts, mostly focused on the sport of professional wrestling."Pro Wrestling's BFF" Nick Maniwa & Reed "By God" Bentley take you through their week in pro wrestling, their social lives, movies, TV & everything in between on the main show, "The Reed Bentley & Nick Maniwa Variety Show". Midsouth Memories is a rewatch series - hosted by Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (RuffFigures.com) as they hook up those VCRs & DVD players to watch back some of IWA Midsouth ...
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Maniwa Podcasts
Episode 12 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with former IWA Mid South Heavyweight Champion and the 2005 King of the Death Matches, and a one night only member of the Fannin Family “Mr. Insanity” Toby Klein. How did Toby Klein decide that deathmatch wrestling was a route that he wanted to pursue? How did Toby make it to…
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Episode 11 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with former IWA Mid-South tag team champion, 3x women’s champion, 2006 Queen of the Death Matches Mickie Knuckles! The focus of this podcast is the friendship of Jim and Mickie and the angle that they did in IWA in 2005 leading up to War Games. Go to Jim’s YouTube channel and…
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Episode 10 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with former IWA Mid-South tag team champion and 12x light heavyweight champion, Tarek the Great! What bizarre series of events led to Tarek being in the very first match ever on an IWA Mid South show? Hear Tarek’s perspective on his feud with American Kickboxer. How did Tarek…
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Episode 9 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with former IWA Mid South icon, “UNCLE HONKEY” Don Broady! How did Don make it onto IWA shows? What caused Don to abruptly quit Danny Davis’ wrestling school? The infamous flaming tables match that happened to be on the same card as Jim’s first wrestling match after 3 years in…
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Episode 8 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with former IWA Mid-South Heavyweight champion, tag team champion, and 4x light heavyweight champion, Mark Wolf! Marky Wolf was the childhood friend of Ian Rotten. What was Ian like as a teenager? Jim and Mark fondly look back on Mark coming to Louisville to reconnect with his…
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Episode 7 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with “The American Danger Man” Mad Man Pondo. Pondo is one of a handful that predates Jim in IWA Midsouth as Pondo started on the first show in the main event of Winter Warz 1996 in January of that year. They talk about Pondo growing up as a wrestling fan, becoming a wrestler,…
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Episode 6 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with “Britney Spears’ Boyfriend” Chuck Smooth/Chuck E Smooth/Paul E. Smooth (if ya nasty). Chuck talks about growing up as a fan in the Chicagoland area, being able to watch ECW, USWA & SMW on syndication, finding local shows & finally being trained to be a wrestler. He talks …
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Episode 5 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with “The Mayor” Rich Wayne. Great friends for the past 28 years that met at IWA Mid-South where both were mistaken for being with the Kentucky State Athletic Commission because they took notes to post results on AOL Grandstand! That friendship grew into late nights at JBoy’s …
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Episode 4 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with the man truly responsible for getting him into the business, Les Johns. College friends that bonded over their love of wrestling, they talk about how Les calling the IWA hotline and leaving a critique of the show ended up with Ian Rotten calling at 3 am to yell at him abo…
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Episode 3 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with multiple times over former IWA Midsouth Light Heavyweight champion American Kickboxer. Despite knowing each other for close to 30 years, this podcast & leading up to the recording is the most Jim & AKB have ever talked. They start the conversation with Kickboxer’s start i…
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BOO~! Surprise drop here at the BNMVS Podcast Network, as we give episode 1 of Maniwa’s Mausoleum of Mysteries. I wanted to drop this on Halloween proper to really set the tone. Big fan of the spooky podcasts & super excited to bring this style of podcast here to the BNMVS Podcast Network. On this debut episode, I speak first with Chad French as he…
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Apologies for the first upload, something got clicked. This is not a subscription service, all the podcasts on the BNMVS Podcast Network are free! Episode 2 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! On this episode, Jim sits down with “The Whole Reffin Show” Brent Blades who served as the IWA senior official from 2000-2003. They talk about starting out in th…
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Episode 1 of Fannin’s Flashbacks is LIVE! The first episode features a conversation between Jim & his old college buddy Ben Rich as they talk about becoming friends during their time in college at University of Kentucky, finding IWA Midsouth, bringing IWAMS to Lexington and everything in between. Be sure to follow Jim on X – @JFannin73 Subscribe to…
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After the hell month of Maniwa’s life, we’re finally dropping out AMA episode. We took questions anonymously on NGL & on social media. Editor’s notes – My timeline was wrong. KOTDM 2018 was May, Bentley did not perform in the tournament but was at the show. He wrestled at Prelude to Death the night before. So apologies for that. Reed Bentley has be…
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Take a trip down memory lane as the most decorated manager in IWA Midsouth tells his tales after serving a 12 year sentence in the craziest independent wrestling company in history. Look for the first episode to drop in the very near future. Welcome to Fannin’s Flashbacks!By nickmaniwa
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On this “lost” episode of Wrestlemaniwa from December of 2024, I talk to my long time close personal friend Jeremy aka Prophet of Ash Video. We talk the first time Jeremy saw independent wrestling, who his day 1 in the wrestling business is, talk about deathmatch wrestling weapon engineering, becoming the editor for IWAMS, helping book in Terre Hau…
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On this special episode of Wrestlemaniwa, Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Aaron Rose preview the upcoming (like this Friday upcoming) Generation Next Pro Wrestling’s The Generational Invitational tournament. We run down the card, give our thoughts on the brackets & have a blast while doing it. Look for another Wrestlemaniwa episode coming in the…
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“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) are dropping balls. Well not us personally but the team of Danny Daniels, Ryan Boz & Brad Bradley led to the ring by Carmine DeSpirito & Jim Fannin on this Midsouth Memories Spotlight episode : Breaking Balls. We literally only did this to release it on New Year’s Eve before the bal…
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“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) had some family obligations this month, so we bring you an episode we recorded earlier this year – Wrestlemaniwa. A no rope barbed wire deathmatch as the main event of a benefit show. Absurd. If you have old IWAMS photos (96-05ish), please send them to me using the email listed belo…
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“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) are helping you celebrate Thanksgiving by presenting Bloodfeast 2014: Born to be Wired on this month’s episode of Midsouth Memories. We talk opening segments, SHOOT~! comments in promos, pain pills being in the wrong bottle, long battle royals, hidden gem deathmatches & so much more…
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On the return episode of Wrestlemaniwa, I talk to the ruggedly handsome Chad French as we talk his history in his wrestling fandom, discovering IWA Midsouth at the old K-Mart building, coming to various venues in the 2000s, starting out as a “journalist” during the Memphis Flea Market days which led to Chad performing in ring, becoming a commentato…
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“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) bring the next installment of the Midsouth Memories: Spotlight to talk the infamous Tracy Smothers riot which took place at No Blood No Guts No Glory 2002 in Clarksville, IN. To set up a match later in the month, Tracy attacks “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton & all hell breaks loose. 22 year…
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“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) celebrate the 20th anniversary of what people call, “the greatest independent wrestling tournament in history”, the 2004 Ted Petty Invitational. We give our thoughts, stories & love on the shows. If you have old IWAMS photos (96-05ish), please send them to me using the email listed …
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“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) present the first ever Midsouth Memories: Spotlight! This Spotlight episode features the first time ever match of Chris Hero & Samoa Joe from “”A Shot of Southern Comfort” on May 29, 2004 in Highland, IN. If you have old IWAMS photos (96-05ish), please send them to me using the emai…
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“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) talk 2002’s Locked from Indianapolis’ Knights of Columbus hall featuring bloody midgets, a table match kinda?, lots of blood in a tag team title match, a 3 way featuring 3 of the best in IWAMS history, Jayden Draigo’s tribal shirt & much more. If you have old IWAMS photos (96-05ish)…
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“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) talk 2018’s April Bloodshowers featuring talent such as MJF, Shotzi Blackheart, Allie Kat, Mance Warner & many more as they battle in the back of an indoor flea market in Memphis, IN If you have old IWAMS photos (96-05ish), please send them to me using the email listed below. Trying…
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“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) talk 2002’s Morris Mayhem featuring Eddie Guerrero as IWAMS World champion defending against CM Punk, Rey Mysterio vs Ace Steel, a crazy 3 way tag, Sherri Martel beating the snot out of everyone she came in contact with, the damnedest shooting star press you’ve ever seen, a high sch…
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“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) talk 2015’s Heartbreak featuring the returning Chris Hero taking on IWA World champion Kongo Kong in the main event, slippery floors, hidden spikes, a wrestling wedding, Maniwa throwing water bottles, our favorite IWAMS venues and so much more If you have a show suggestion pre 2008 …
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“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) talk 2001’s an IWA Odyssey featuring the return of SABU in a triple threat match, a rare Gold Bond Mafia trios match vs the Resistance, Cash Flo as IWA Heavyweight champion, Mad Man Pondo returns from Japan in a deathmatch against 2 Tuff Tony & so much more If you have any show reco…
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“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) talk Big Ass Christmas Bash 2013 featuring such topics as Billie Starkz wrestling inspiration, Dale Patricks almost dying, Divorce Court with Reed Bentley & Todd Morton, Jonathan Gresham stuck on a bus & lighttube contraptions! If you have any show recommendations for January, pleas…
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Episode 40 of the #BNMVS is live! Only took us 6 years to get there. This was recorded on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving 2023. I forgot we recorded it, oops. We talk about our lives since the last podcast, Thanksgiving night wrestling memories, Bentley’s latest shows including JCW vs The War Dogs & the most recent ICW NHB loop, talk about the go…
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“Pro Wrestling’s BFF” Nick Maniwa & Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) give a run down, just in time for the holiday, of IWA Midsouth’s Bloodfeast 2002 which took place on Thanksgiving night in our first episode of our rewatch series – Midsouth Memories. Lots of funny anecdotes and stories from what Maniwa remembers & from the first time viewing for Ru…
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WrestleManiwa w/ Mike Ruff (of RuffFigures.com) In this first episode of the WrestleManiwa reboot, I talk to longtime friend Mike Ruff. We talk our history, his history as a part of the Big Time Wrestling (Kirk White) family, action figures (naturally), funny wrestling stories, best person he’s ever met in wrestling, a new podcast spinoff series & …
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Ya boy got some plans in the podcast world once again and I’m checking out if the archaic ways I used to upload podcasts still works! Follow & add me on all social media – @nickmaniwaBy nickmaniwa
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Ya boy got some plans in the podcast world once again and I’m checking out if the archaic ways I used to upload podcasts still works! Follow & add me on all social media – @nickmaniwaBy nickmaniwa
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Joining John and Jesse this week will be Russian deathmatch wrestler Alex Nabiev! They dig in on the effect of a global pandemic on the other side of the ocean, what it’s like to be an independent talent during a pandemic, plus GASOLINE AND RUBBING ALCOHOL! MUST LISTEN! Hit a like and follow at Real Side of Wrestling on the following! Facebook – ww…
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Joining John will be Referee Jesse Fields! They talk mutual experiences of being a pro wrestling ref, breaking into the business, the Nashville Fairgrounds, Stadium Inn, legendary TN promoters, GCW, Chikara, and much more! Hit a like and follow at Real Side of Wrestling on the following! Facebook – www.facebook.com/realsidewrestling Twitter – @real…
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Long time professional wrestling referee John Gray brings back his storied podcast Real Side of Wrestling. Alongside producer / co-host Jesse Baker the mission of RSOW is taking a different approach to your standard wrestling interview. We all know the origin stories, we all know the fandom, but through real conversations with some of the finest ta…
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Long time professional wrestling referee John Gray brings back his storied podcast Real Side of Wrestling. Alongside co-host Jesse Baker the mission of RSOW is taking a different approach to your standard wrestling interview. We all know the origin stories, we all know the fandom, but through real conversations with some of the finest talent in the…
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Long time professional wrestling referee John Gray brings back his storied podcast Real Side of Wrestling. Alongside co-host Jesse Baker the mission of RSOW is taking a different approach to your standard wrestling interview. We all know the origin stories, we all know the fandom, but through real conversations with some of the finest talent in the…
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Long time professional wrestling referee John Gray brings back his storied podcast Real Side of Wrestling taking a different approach to your standard wrestling interview. We all know the origin stories, we all know the fandom, but through real conversations with some of the finest talent in the industry John brings you into a virtual living room t…
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There comes a time in every podcast’s life where they must leave the house of their podcast network & branch out on their own. That’s exactlyhe what the Back Row Hecklers have done. Due to real life & IWA obligations, I’ve fallen behind on getting podcasts out & with this new channel, that won’t be the case. You can find their new feed at https://p…
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This is our GAMES ONLY episode!!! Each Heckler plays for a potential listener of our podcast. Is it you? Listen and find out! Chris Class, Young Matthew, Joshua Caraballo & special guest Brent Blades are visiting Parts Unknown this week. 4 games are played on this episode (Name That Tune, Joshua Jeopardy, Title Marks, and Dysfunctional Family Feud)…
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Young Matthew and Chris Class are at it alone. So you know that means details WILL be messed up on this episode. But they do cover NXT, AEW, talk about fantasy football, the Social Media Question of the week and much more! Keep up with the Back Row Hecklers on Social Media! Facebook.com/backrowhecklers IG account: @BackRowHecklersPod Twitter: @back…
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We’re not at the Other Side of the Trax this week. Chris Class is alone but bringing to you 3 interviews Big Brian V recently conducted with “Air” Blake Christian, “The Leader of the Pack” Stephen Wolf & Logan James. So sit back, relax and enjoy the latest installment of BRH! Keep up with the Back Row Hecklers on Social Media! Facebook.com/backrowh…
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After a week’s absence, all 4 Hecklers are back with a brand new show. Tournaments seemed to be the topic of discussion this episode. In addition to that, the guys talk about WWE Summer Slam, NXT, NJPW G1 Finals and the upcoming Super J Cup, IWA-MS results and other indy news, UFC highlights as well. They also play a brand new game Chris Class made…
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Coming at you for Season 2, Ep 13 is here! The Hecklers talk NJPW G1 Climax, IWA-Midsouth’s most recent two shows, Destructo Pro results, WWE Summer Slam, NXT and the dropping of British Wrestling while the Australian scene seems to be taking off. They also discuss a few details of the upcoming GAMES-ONLY episode where YOU can have a Heckler play f…
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Young Matthew, Big Brian V and Chris Class are together (via Skype) for the latest episode of BRH. The fellas talk about NXT, NXT UK, IWA-MS and much more. Matt & Chris talk about the new feature on the BRH social media, Wednesday Question of the week. Plus stick around because Big Brian V had a chance to talk with Young Dumb and Broke which is tac…
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Chris Class puts together a special “rewind” episode for your Monday morning commute. Big Brian V had a chance a while back to interview 3 big names in the business, the Ballsy Badass Shotzi Blackheart, The War Horse Jake Parnell, and one of the current competitors in the New Japan G1 Climax tournament, Jeff Cobb. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show…
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It’s a Monday morning tradition, to let the Hecklers try their damndest to entertain you on your Monday morning commute. The Hecklers cover NJPW G1 Climax (days 2 & 3), AEW’s Fight for the Fallen, Evolve, IWA-Mid South and lots more. PLUS Young Matthew knocks the dust off the toy cabinet and hosts his original game, TITLE MARKS. Basically, Matt say…
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