Andre Dekker has gone from undesirable to Unforgettable! In this exclusive interview, the Odyssey Pro Wrestling Champion tells his inspiring story of how he rose from unremarkable beginnings to become the man in Morecambe Wrestling, as he prepares to defend his title for the first time at the 20th anniversary of War on the Shore.

Topics include: The origins of Dekker, Meeting Craig Kollins, Training with Grayson and Ryan Hunter, the Stunt School, RockStar Spud, Crisps-gate, the world's worst steward, the coldest venue of all, Charles Nelson Riley and AOW, the principles of Morecambe Wrestling, interrupting Marty Jones, a debut to forget, working with Sam Gradwell and James Drake, the Old Rookie, crafting a character, putting in the work, the Bottle and the Angry Drunk, Hellbound, Alton Thorne, playing the heel, Morecambe Wrestling fans, the demise of Alpha Omega, Target, the UK's most underrated, the Odyssey outsider, secret ways into the Alhambra, The Spotlight, the ultimate heel turn, T-shirts in the bin, becoming the babyface, poetry, resilience, Ready for War, and doing the title proud.

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In April 2004, an episode of the weekly FWA TV show was filmed at the Morecambe Dome to air on Sky TV's The Wrestling Channel. Greg Lambert reminisces on this show, while Silentmark experiences it for the first time. Does it hold up, 21 years on?

Topics include:Chris the ring announcer, Roughage, Morecambe's only undefeated pro wrestler Tyson Fury, Big Daddy's nephew worked with Youngy at BT, The Night The Pants Were Split, Morecambe newsagents and Power Slam magazine, Findlay Martin loves the plantpot incident, Big Daddy in a car, The James Greenwood Defence, One handsome boy and an old man, The Great Tony Knox, Andre Dekker - WWE Champion, Craig Kollins' chip, Greg's FWA history lesson, On a Thursday night, Alex Shane the grown-up, Out of body experience, Burchill's Monster Moments, Flaming crucifixes, Hardcore John Getting on Famously with They Might Be Giants, Two out of three falls, the Phoenix Club, The Dome manager and crowd barriers, Chris Curtis and the Camp of Pain, Five Star Flash, Chad Gable uses Doug's move, the Queen with tea and crumpets, the FWA website, Hade Vansen, the shopping trolley incident, Andy Quildan, Waitrose in Morecambe, doing something different, Alex Shane's Platoon sell, the story of the XPW European Championship, D'Lo Brown in Morecambe, the beautiful Dome ceiling, imports, our episodic Dad joke, The Young Doctors, booking tips for tag teams and much more!

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The first proper episode of The Morecambe Wrestling Podcast tells the story of TNA Champion and WWE Royal Rumble entrant Joe Hendry's stint in Morecambe from 2015-16. Greg and SilentMark also review the Odyssey Pro Wrestling Overboard Rumble and exchange fascinating facts on the history of wrestling in the town; and we get the exclusive post-Overboard Rumble show thoughts of former OPW general manager Ethan Edwards, and a chat with 20-year Morecambe Wrestlig super-fan Adam!

Topics on this episode include:

Chris the ring announcer....announcer

Thank you for your support

William Regal's WWE UK scouting mission

PCW owner Steven Fludder asks for Stallion

The Empire Arena

A tale of two Greg Valentines

SilentMark knows nothing about wrestling

The tragic story of King Kong Kirk

Ace Ramon

Trainee shows in a school owned by a Hollywood stuntman

Baby CM Punk

Dirk Feelgood

James Drake celebrates Rockstar Spud's birthday

Morecambe's first ever wrestling match

World of Sport TV cameras in Morecambe

Greg's Pat Roach embarrassment

How Joe Hendry made Morecambe better

PAID Promotions vs Alpha Omega

The Plant Pot Incident

Unsung hero Bryan Fulton

The Scout Master Aiden Powell

SIlentMark like a ferret up a trouser leg

Will Carter's emotional speech

Hollie Barlow not Holly Barlow

Leah Raven v Lana Austin

Ethan's anger

Weasely work colleagues

The Seth Rollins of Morecambe

Beard Bingo

The Heavyweight King and Waynetta

RPD vs Rick Markus

Super-fan Adam

The Plant Pot Incident (again)

Mike Lovejoy

Recognising Wildfire Nate Reece

Forever blowing bubbles

A big surprise for Greg

Dekker and the Morecambe Wrestling championship

Ethan Edwards interview

Revealing our first star guest

XWA War on the Shore VII

Joel Redman is a hoss...not a horse

The pioneering Pro Wrestling:Eve match with Paige/Saraya

The Queen's royal footman

And much more!

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On this episode, a special preview of this weekend's Overboard Rumble, as Mark educates Greg on Odyssey Pro Wrestling, while Greg educates Mark on almost everything else.

Topics include:

Tweed

Why do a podcast on Morecambe Wrestling?

It's not Blackpool

Walking in the shoes of Laurel and Hardy

Theatre in spandex

Morecambe's Jerry Lawler

Pin drop

The origins of Real in Morecambe

Turkey does a lot for people

Tears in the front row

A cross between Rosie Ramsey and Sarah Millican

The two Alans

Evil Lewis

The Morecambe Dome roof

Why X?

Rockstar Spud catches his plums on the top rope

'He's only 15 years old!'

Is Rick Markus from Barrow?

Little Ant and Dec

Raven and Leah Raven

Big lads slapping meat

Nikki Cross and Piper Niven

Lots and lots and lots of beards

Bri Jitsu

James Drake hated his first wrestling name

Hot dogs and Gizmos

Andre the Giant in Crystal T's

Ring invasion 17 years on

And much much more!

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