Sitting Ringside With David Penzer

With AEW’s “Double Or Nothing” coming up this Saturday night. David Penzer catches up with AEW’s “Spanish God” Sammy Guevara to talk about the upcoming “Stadium Stampede Match” between The Inner Circle and The Elite, having Chris Jericho take him under his wing, his start in the wrestling business at Booker T’s “Reality Of Wrestling,” […] The post Sitting Ringside: AEW’s “Spanish God” Sammy Guevara appeared first on Radio Influence.

Some of you may know him as Devon Storm, some of you may know him as Crowbar, and some of you may know him as physical therapist Chris Ford, but David Penzer knows him as one of the better guys he’s known from the pro wrestling business. This week on Sitting Ringside, Crowbar shares his […] The post Sitting Ringside: WCW’s Crowbar appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week, I’m honored to interview a long time friend who has been in the battle of his life. Tracy Smothers has spent the last six months battling Stage 4 Lymphoma and I’m so humbled that he tells his story on this podcast. I talk to Tracy about his battle and how he almost died […] The post Sitting Ringside: Tracy Smothers appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer sits down with a guy who has literally seen it all in the wrestling business, 45+ year wrestling veteran Mike Jackson, who just recently at the age of 70 went viral for his match against Johnny Swinger on Impact Wrestling. Mike talks about his days in the territories, […] The post Sitting Ringside: 45+ Year Wrestling Veteran Mike Jackson appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer opens the show by discussing the passing of WWE Hall Of Famer Howard Finkel, who passed away on April 16th. David shares some of his memories of the greatest ring announcer in wrestling history before getting into the recent cuts by the WWE and what it may mean. […] The post Sitting Ringside: Impact Wrestling’s Joey Ryan appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer opens the show by sharing his thoughts about his likes and dislikes from this year’s WrestleMania and then goes into Kevin Sullivan’s appearance on Friday’s episode of The Jim Cornette Experience. Kevin and Jim discuss the Chris Benoit episode of “Dark Side Of The Ring” and why he […] The post Sitting Ringside: ECW’s Jasmin St. Claire appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer opens the show discussing this week’s debut of “Dark Side Of The Ring,” which featured the horrific story of Chris and Nancy Benoit. This is a subject that hits close to home for David because as he’s talked about several times, Chris and Nancy were friends of David […] The post Sitting Ringside: Impact Wrestling Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, it’s a bit of a different show as David Penzer is joined by Radio Influence’s Jerry Petuck, who spent nearly 20 years in sports radio in the Tampa Bay area, to discuss what’s gone on surrounding the changes with Wrestlemania and some of what went on behind the scenes as […] The post Sitting Ringside: Wrestlemania, Brodie Lee, Matt Hardy, & More appeared first on Radio Influence.

What a crazy couple of weeks since that last time we spoke. From working the Impact Wrestling TV tapings in Atlanta to the near-tragic Scott Steiner health scare while there to the Coronavirus and more, David Penzer fills you in on everything that went on and why there wasn’t a show last week. Then, he […] The post Sitting Ringside: Former WWE Diva/TNA Knockout Christy Hemme appeared first on Radio Influence.

It’s a Sitting Ringside Road Trip this week as David Penzer does the show from Dory Funk Jr.’s Bang TV wrestling event in Belleview, FL, which was headlined by one of the greatest tag teams of all time, Rick and Scott Steiner. The Steiners don’t really do many interviews but both Rick and Scott were […] The post Sitting Ringside: Rick & Scott Steiner, Dory Funk Jr, Brian Blair, & Lanny Poffo appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer is joined by one of the most influential figures in wrestling who may not get the credit he’s due, Mr. Les Thatcher. Thatcher, whose career has spanned over six decades, has seen, trained, or worked with the biggest names in the sport over that time and isn’t afraid […] The post Sitting Ringside: Legendary Promoter/Trainer Les Thatcher appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week, a unique episode of Sitting Ringside as David is joined by the man he credits for opening the door for him in the wrestling business and WCW, Bob Roop. They talk about why Bob felt confident recommending David in WCW, plus Bob talks about Bob competing in the 1968 Olympics as an amateur […] The post Sitting Ringside: Former Olympian & Wrestling Legend Bob Roop appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer sits down with former TNA Knockout and former Playboy model Traci Brooks, who talks about growing up on a pig farm in Canada, how she went from that to getting into the wrestling business, her 20+ year friendship with Gail Kim, the ups and downs of her time […] The post Sitting Ringside: Former TNA Knockout Traci Brooks appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer chats with former IWGP US Champion and three time IWGP Tag Team champion, Lance Archer. Archer talks about his humble beginnings in the business in Texas, his time in TNA and WWE and how it lead him to Japan, and being a member of the Killer Elite Squad […] The post Sitting Ringside: NJPW’s Lance Archer appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer sits down with former WCW and Impact Wrestling superstar and long time friend “The Disco Inferno” Glenn Gilbertti to talk about all the latest news from the pro wrestling world. They discuss everything from the Tessa Blanchard controversy to the Wednesday Night Wars between WWE NXT and All […] The post Sitting Ringside: The Disco Inferno Glenn Gilbertti Is Back! appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer sits down with one of the most legendary wrestling to come out from the historic Memphis wrestling territory, “Superstar” Bill Dundee. David and Bill talk about Dundee’s humble upbringing in Australia and what brought to the United States, starting out as a trapeze artist in the circus before […] The post Sitting Ringside: Memphis Wrestling Legend “Superstar” Bill Dundee appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer opens up 2020 by popping a little bit of the bubbly with All Elite Wrestling World Champion and one of the greatest of all time, Chris Jericho. The friendship between these two goes back nearly 25 years and in this conversation, you see a side of Chris Jericho […] The post Sitting Ringside: AEW World Champion Chris Jericho appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer wraps up 2019 like a million bucks! WWE Hall Of Fame inductee “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase is Sitting Ringside this week to share stories about his time in and out of the ring, how the “Million Dollar Man” gimmick was born, how Vince McMahon told him […] The post Sitting Ringside: WWE Hall Of Famer “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer sits down with Rock & Roll Hall Of Famer, member of the legendary southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the founder of Blackfoot, Rickey Medlocke. You know him from behind the drums or the guitar but what you may not know about Medlocke is that he’s a lifelong […] The post Sitting Ringside: Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Rickey Medlocke appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Sitting Ringside, David Penzer sits down with one of the most underrated pro wrestlers in the history of the sport and 2004 WWE Hall Of Fame inductee, Tito Santana. The guys talk about what drove Tito to find success in the wrestling business, his upbringing, his journey to the WWF and why […] The post Sitting Ringside: WWE Hall Of Famer Tito Santana appeared first on Radio Influence.