BOB CAUDLE 1930 - 2025 The Voice of Our Childhood A Tribute , and a tribute to the Pro Wrestling greats that made Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling, great fun!!!

On Sunday, November 15, 2025, I woke up to the news that legendary Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling Host Bob Caudle had died , peacefully, in his sleep at the age of 95. I can’t explain it but this one was like losing a lifelong friend because in a way it was. 

Bob Caudle’s voice is as familiar to me as any on Earth, he has been a fixture in our home for my entire lifetime, each Saturday for my entire childhood straight through to early adulthood I heard him say "Welcome Fans to another exciting hour of Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling." He has stayed a fixture through my DVD collection and on "YouTube" whenever I have wanted to travel back in time to “the good old days” of Professional Wrestling. I am pretty sure I am not alone. 

Bob Caudle was like that great old recliner, comfortable and steady, that you don’t pay that much attention to until it’s gone. Bob Caudle was never the star, never tried to out shine the wrestlers, never made himself the story, but was always there presiding over all the chaos every Saturday when we fans tuned in. He always asked the questions we wanted to ask and said exactly what all of us wanted to say as all the insanity erupted. Bob Caudle was there steady as a rock. 

In the end, this very normal “old white guy in brown shoes” was , in fact, as big a star with all of us fans as the stars he covered, and in the eyes of us wrestling fans of Jim Crockett Promotions, there was no one more beloved, than this often befuddled host of the greatest territorial wrestling show in the history of wrestling. It has been like a part of all our collective childhoods vanished Sunday. But what a wild, fun ride it was, and I hope I speak for all of us fans of the Wrestling Network, Bob Caudle, you will be missed, and we will cherish your memory forever, for Bob Caudle provided the soundtrack of our childhood. So, to Mr. Caudle , here is our tribute to you, rest in peace, and “until next time so long for now.” 

(No copyright claimed nor intended for the clips used in this tribute to Bob Caudle. This is for historical use only. ) 

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Chapters

• 0:00 Ric Flair intro at Nashville pay per view to wrestle NWA World Champion Ricky Steamboat in 1989 - Jim Ross and Bob Caudle
• 2:00 Theme to Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling
• 2:39 Bob Caudle Tribute (1930 - 2025) Wrestling Superstars on You Tube
• 5:55 Host Randal wallace talks about Bob Caudle
• 8:15 Short Clip of Ric Flair and statement from X by Ric Flair on the passing of Bob Caudle
• 8:53 Statement by Wrestling legend Leilani Kai
• 10:15 Tony Schiavone and Conrad Thompson discuss Bob Caudle on Schiavone's Podcast hosted by Thompson
• 13:43 Jim Ross on Bob Caudle from J.R. Grilling Podcast
• 15:37 Bill Apter statement on his podcast on the passing of Bob Caudle
• 17:14 Smokey Mountain Wrestling Intro and match between Killer Kyle and Tim allen
• 22:54 Statement from Facebook by former Smokey Mountain Wrestling Co-host Dutch Mantell
• 24:43 Host Randal Wallace introduces the coming Bob Caudle clip reel
• 26:11 Musical interlude and Mid Atlantic / Smokey Mountain Wrestling clip reel of Bob Caudle moments
• 26:44 Ronnie Garvin and Jimmy Garvin Fire in the eyes
• 27:14 Bob Caudle being interviewed by Bill Apter
• 27:50 Jim Cornette on Bob Caudle
• 29:17 Bob Caudle on Smoky Mountain Wrestling
• 29:44 Bob Caudle moment from Mid Atlantic Wrestling
• 29:57 Bob Caudle with Ric Flair
• 32:07 Bob Caudle with Joe Leduc
• 32:24 Bob Caudle with Roddy Piper
• 33:39 Bob Caudle talks about Babydoll and Dusty Rhodes trip to Nelson Royale's ranch
• 34:07 Bob Caudle interviews with Ric Flair and J.J. Dillon concerning a $25,000 challenge to Nature Boy Buddy Landell
• 36:27 Bob Caudle introduces the line up for the NWA United States Championship tournament to be held in Charlotte N.C. for the vacant Title
• 37:29 Bob Caudle and Jim Ross commentate the match between Barry Windham vs Bam Bam Bigelow
• 39:50 Bob Caudle interview with both Dusty Rhodes and Ric Flair
• 41:50 Bob Caudle interview with Jim Cornette
• 43:51 World Wide Wrestling segment after Nikita Koloff defeats Magnum T.A. for the U.S. Championship Title. interview features David Crockett, Tony Schiavone, Ivan Koloff, Nikita Koloff, and Krusher Kruschev
• 45:56 Bob Caudle interviews NWA World Champion Ric Flair when a fight breaks out with Chief Wahoo McDaniels
• 48:15 Promotional video for the documentary "Mid-Atlantic Memories" featuring Bob Caudle
• 51:26 Host Randal Wallace introduces the greatest hour of wrestling ever from Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling October 1983
• 54:25 Opening match up for Mid Atlantic Champinship Wrestling from October 1983 The Youngblood brothers vs Golden Boy Greg and Ben alexander
• 56:43 Ric Flair announces his retirement after a neck injury from professional wrestling
• 58:44 Bob Caudle and guest commentator NWA World Heavyweight Champion Harley Race discuss the events concerning Ric Flair while Kevin Sullivan and Mark Lewin with Gary Hart wrestle in a tag match vs Rick McCord and Keith Larsen
• 1:06:00 Interview with Cowboy Bob Orton Jr, Dirty Dick Slater, and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Harley Race conducted by Bob Caudle
• 1:08:02 Tag team action with Cowboy Bob Orton Jr and Dirty Dick Slater vs Steve Muslin and Scott McGee
• 1:08:49 Tag team matrch continues as Ric Flair attacks Orton and Slater with a baseball bat and chaos ensues
• 1:10:40 Bob Caudle interviews Ric Flair
• 1:13:11 Bob Caudle sums up the events that had just occurred
• 1:13:29 Bob Caudle interviews Chief Wahoo McDaniel
• 1:14:43 Musical interlude
• 1:14:58 Bob Caudle's introduction for the event "Ric Flair's Last Match"
• 1:17:05 Bob Caudle was 95 years old when he passed away November 15, 2025
• 1:17:08 Moment of Silence in Memory of Bob Caudle 1930 - 2025
• 1:17:19 Bob Caudle tag line "Until Next time fans So :Long for Now" to close out Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling
• 1:17:31 Special Closing Theme "The Theme for Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling Hosted by Bob Caudle for Jim Crockett Promotions"
• 1:18:32 Cooper's close