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Get Your Bell Rung Pro Wrestling Podcast w/guest Ed Helinski (Part One)

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On this episode of Get Your Bell Rung Pro Wrestling Podcast, KG sits down with Ed Helinski, who worked for the WWF from 1983 to 1987 during one of the most important and explosive periods in professional wrestling history. Ed was brought in alongside photographer Steve Taylor to help launch and run the official WWF magazine and arena programs, right as Vince McMahon was beginning his national expansion and building the machine that would change wrestling forever. In Part One, Ed talks about going from newspaper sportswriter to working inside WWF, how he got the job, and what it was like walking into the company just as Vince was preparing to take over the country. What makes this conversation so interesting is that Ed was not just watching the wrestling boom happen. He was inside the office, inside the arenas, around the wrestlers, and part of the promotional engine that helped WWF become a mainstream phenomenon. This is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the early WrestleMania era, Vince McMahon’s expansion, the birth of WWF’s magazine and merchandising machine, and the transition from old-school wrestling territory culture into national pop culture spectacle. And this is only Part One. Also, for all your current wrestling news and reviews with K.G., Bob Cook, Robbie Idol, and the "Grizzled Vet" Michael McCurdy…subscribe to the Get Your Bell Rung YouTube Channel over at https://www.youtube.com/@getyourbellrungprowrestling and like their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583941710996 Subscribe, follow, and get ready to have your bell rung. #GetYourBellRung #RetroWrestlingArchive #PodcastNetwork #KGLandry #WrestlingPodcast #ProWrestling #WrestlingHistory #RetroWrestling