A new podcast starring WWE Hall of Famer Arn Anderson is set to premiere in September. The show is aptly titled, The Arn Show and is headed to the Westwood One podcast network.
Up until February of this year, Arn Anderson was working as a backstage agent/producer for WWE. He held that post since the fall of WCW back in 2001. Anderson is the latest in a long string of pro wrestling personalities to team up with Conrad Thompson for a podcast.
During an interview with Sporting News back in February, Conrad revealed that he struck a deal with Arn shortly after his WWE release. He explained what fans can expect from the The Arn Show.
“Everything in his career up until now,” Thompson said. “The high potential in doing a podcast with Arn is that Arn was John Cena’s agent. So all that stuff that Bruce missed because he was gone, Arn is there to fill in the blanks for. Everything from The Undertaker’s streak ending to CM Punk leaving. So it’s going to be everything in between including the territory days from Georgia Championship Wrestling, the Alabama territories and talk about matches in Pensacola and when he made the jump to Jim Crockett Promotions which led to the Four Horseman, where he made a name for himself.”
He continued, “Who else has had a career like that going from the territory days to the NWA to Jim Crockett Promotions? It’s WCW, and it’s WWE/WWF. It’s a unique story and one we have never had before because except for the show that I had with Ric (Flair), I have been with office and never an actual in-ring performer. So it’s a different take and coming from someone who’s never done a shoot interview or a real book and never really broken kayfabe. The idea that we get to do that now is great because everyone will get to hear what they have listened to for years backstage. It’s a unique combination. It’s going to be a really popular show.”
Conrad Thompson currently serves as the co-host for podcasts with Bruce Prichard (Something To Wrestle), Jim Ross (Grilling JR), Tony Schiavone (What Happened When) and Eric Bischoff (83 Weeks). He’s also the promoter behind Starrcast III, the pro wrestling convention taking place this week in Chicago as part of AEW All Out weekend.
