It was a brand new world for the WWF in January 1993 with the launch of a new show on the USA Network: WWF Mania from January 30, 1993!

- Taking stock of Ric Flair’s overall WWF 1991-93 run as it comes to a close

- Setting the tone for RAW with the Flair-Perfect match and how it differed from all prior WWF TV matches

- How Todd Pettengill may have saved the promotion a ton of money

- An era of change stunted by the return of Hulk Hogan

- What happens when you call the 800 number of WrestleMania IX tickets?

- Kamala forgets how to end matches as a babyface

- Tatanka as a “moments” guy and rebooking his match with Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania

- Sean Mooney takes a pun-based challenge

- The Undertaker awkwardly chips in on behalf of Headlock on Hunger

Plus:

- Explaining why Savage went for a pinfall at the 1993 Royal Rumble on Yokozuna

- George H.W. Bush yakking on the Japanese prime minister

- Pondering a trip to London, England

- Dustings of light racism litter the show

- Rob Schneider SNL characters

- Why the Match Game from the 1970s is so rewatchable

- Sports moments of ’93: Stanley Cup OT winners, Leon Lett, Chris Webber, how Notre Dame got screwed over in ’93, and an alternate seldom-heard PBP call!

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