Midsouth Memories – Locked 5/3/02

“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), please send them to me using the email listed below. Trying to preserve & archive as much IWAMS history as possible.

You can reach Mike Ruff on his official website – RuffFigures.com
You can reach Nick Maniwa on all social media – @nickmaniwa
If you have questions for Mike and/or Nick to answer on the show – MidsouthMemories@gmail.com

Midsouth Memories – April Bloodshowers 4/25/18

“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 to preserve & archive as much IWAMS history as possible.

You can reach Nick Maniwa on all social media – @nickmaniwa
You can reach Mike Ruff on his official website – RuffFigures.com
If you have questions for Nick or Mike to answer on the show – MidsouthMemories@gmail.com

Midsouth Memories – Morris Mayhem 03/02/02

“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 school football super fan being involved in a match & so much more!

If you have old IWAMS photos (96-05ish), please send them to me using the email listed below. Trying to preserve & archive as much IWAMS history as possible.

You can reach Nick Maniwa on all social media – @nickmaniwa
If you have questions for Nick to answer on the show – Ruff.Figures@gmail.com

You can reach Mike Ruff on his official website – RuffFigures.com
If you have questions for Mike to answer on the show – nickmaniwa@gmail.com

Midsouth Memories – Heartbreak 2015

“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 that happened in the month of March (of years past) that are available on IWT, please let us know!

You can reach Nick Maniwa on all social media – @nickmaniwa
If you have questions for Nick to answer on the show – Ruff.Figures@gmail.com

You can reach Mike Ruff on his official website – RuffFigures.com
If you have questions for Mike to answer on the show – nickmaniwa@gmail.com

Midsouth Memories – An IWA Odyssey

“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 recommendations for February, please let us know. We try to stay in the current month and pick a show from year’s past, a bit away from our most recent. So no 2001 era shows for February. Being available on IWTV is a must.

You can reach Nick Maniwa on all social media – @nickmaniwa
If you have questions for Nick to answer on the show – Ruff.Figures@gmail.com
You can reach Mike Ruff on his official website – RuffFigures.com
If you have questions for Mike to answer on the show – nickmaniwa@gmail.com

Midsouth Memories – Big A$$ Christmas Bash 2013

“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, please let us know. Looking in the eras of 03-06 and for it to be available on IWTV.

You can reach Nick Maniwa on all social media – @nickmaniwa
You can reach Mike Ruff on his official website – RuffFigures.com

BNMVS #40

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 good ol days of IWAMS & talk all kinds of BS.

You can find me on all social media – @nickmaniwa.
You can follow Reed on social media – @TheReedBentley

Midsouth Memories – Bloodfeast 2002

“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 Ruff.

If you have any show recommendations, please let us know.

You can reach Nick Maniwa on all social media – @nickmaniwa
You can reach Mike Ruff on his official website – RuffFigures.com

WrestleManiwa w/ Mike Ruff of RuffFigures.com

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 & so much more.

You can check out what Mike Ruff has been doing by visiting his website – RuffFigures.com to see his online portfolio, check out his current eBay auctions or even order a custom figure. His commissions are open!

You can check me out @nickmaniwa on all social media. Please share, leave a review, subscribe & help spread the word!

(Apologies for the audio issues, still trying to get my feet wet again when it comes to audio editing ❤ )

WrestleManiwa reboot?

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!

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