Send off 2017 in style with a look at how the WWF ended 1983 and the Bob Backlund era in the 12-31-1983 episode of Championship Wrestling!

- Bob Backlund loses the WWF title: how the finish came to be, why the Iron Sheik was the right guy, and why there was no recovering from Backlund’s post-match promo

- A tale about Tony Garea’s #1 fan in Boston

- Explaining time-travelling Gene Okerlund and Roddy Piper

- The early exploits of Steve Lombardi

- Comparing Paul Orndorff to…..NBA star Al Horford(?!?)

- Magnificent Muraco cuts a local promo for the ages on Pat Patterson

- How this edition of Victory Corner with Tito Santana might have been improved

Plus:

- Blaming Arnold Skaaland for not having a firm managerial hand

- Commenting on Lord Alfred Hayes’ outfit for his formal WWF TV debut

- The power of Samoan headbutts in 1983

- New Year’s resolutions by the wrestlers!

- YouTube comment theater!

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