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August 10 GFA Live #279: WWF Survivor Series 1990 (Part 2)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the final three matches of the WWF Survivor Series 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Tito Santana spams his own finisher an astonishing half-dozen times inside of an hour
* Random platform interviews during PPVs, this time with Randy Savage
* The Mercenaries vs the Alliance: a great bad match?
* Modern Honky weighs in on cupcakes
* Sgt. Slaughter and his infamous pre-match promo
* Never thinking in 1990 about how old Roddy Piper was
* What the hell is going on with Tugboat? Did the Hulkamaniacs actually use him perfectly?
1 hr 59 min
August 03 GFA Live #278: WWF Survivor Series 1990 (Part 1)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the first three matches of the WWF Survivor Series 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* The debut of "Not Kane" the Undertaker and how his elimination was a screwup
* Warlord's relative success in the Survivor Series
* Rick Martel and the love and respect he gets from fans who remember his work and go to conventions
* The tragedies begin for the Hart family
* Modern Honky checks in again
* Is late 1990 absolute peak Mr. Perfect?
1 hr 59 min
July 27 GFA Live #277: WWF Superstars 11-17-1990
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from November 17, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Waiting for a Kerry Von Erich promo gem
* Howard Stern's rapid decline
* Jake Roberts wrestles with one eye and has an interesting result
* When DiBiase stopped bring a wrestler and became mostly character
* Final Survivor Series team promos
* Setting up the end of Gimp Mask Demolition
2 hr 6 min
July 13 GFA Live #276: WWF Superstars 11-10-1990 (Demolition reunites with Mr. Fuji)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from November 10, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* The robust music scene in 1980s Boston
* How could Buddy Rose have been pushed
* Gimp Demolition reunites with Mr. Fuji and help out the Pat Tanaka American Citizen Vanity Project featuring Akio Sato
* The Macho Man gets "real" about house show numbers in the Event Center
* Sean Mooney cuts a promo on smokers
* Writing a PHD thesis on wrestling stuff
* Imagining the dynamics of Hart family holidays had Owen and Davey Boy lived
* Hercules riding the front seat in the Megapowers?
2 hr 4 min
July 05 GFA Live #275: WWF Superstars 11-03-1990
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from November 3, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Dusty Rhodes swearing off the polka dots
* Randy Savage joins the broadcast team for the week
* Breaking down the real Folgers "coffee crystals switch" ad as aired on this show
* The real problem with the offside rule in soccer (and not that it exists)
* Looking forward to the end of Brother Love
* The Hulk Hogan man-brother game takes an unexpected turn from last week
2 hr 40 min
June 30 GFA Live #274: WWF Superstars 10-27-1990
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from October 27, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* The debut of Gimp Mask Demolition and their new theme song
* A blind Cosby-sweatered Jake Roberts DDTs Brother Love
* Activity around the World Cup in Boston
* The Hulk Hogan Man/Brother game returns with surprising results
* Craziness in Bunkhouse battle royal promos
* The return of Davey Boy Smith to the WWF and the direct parallel to The Warlord in his match
* The ever evolving office setup of WWF President Jack Tunney
2 hr 41 min
June 16 GFA Live #273: WWF Superstars 10-20-1990
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from October 20, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Discussing the NY Knicks championship and the World Cup comes to Boston
* Jake Roberts returns to optometrist Dr. Oneweekfromnow
* Large asses as a percentage of the total body surface area
* Shane Douglas makes his Superstars debut
* The real goodbye to Rick Rude
* Peter loses his mind at the ineptitude of the Baltimore Orioles
2 hr 13 min
June 09 GFA Live #272: WWF Wrestling Challenge 10-14-1990
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Wrestling Challenge from October 14, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* A premature goodbye to Rick Rude
* Sean Mooney bringing the heat
* Jake Roberts visits the eye doctor and who is that nurse?
* The beauty of western Massachusetts
* Battle Kat debuts against his future self
* Saba Simba speaks out about Akeem's heritage
* The dramatic return of Special Delivery Jones!
2 hr 11 min
June 01 GFA Live #271: WWF Saturday Night's Main Event 10-13-1990
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Saturday Night's Main Event from October 13, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* WWF superstars do Oktoberfest, with sausage stuffing jokes
* A brief glimpse behind the scenes of production
* The return of old drops!
* Dustin Rhodes shows up, and gets color on network TV(!)
* What happened to muscial rights in 1990 WWF?
* A random discussion of Michael Wallstreet
* A disjointed Kerry Von Erich match? In this economy?
2 hr 13 min
May 26 GFA Live #270: WWF Superstars 10-06-1990 (Martel/Jake Arrogance incident)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from October 6, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Rick Martel sprays Arrogance into Jake Roberts' eye
* Alice on the Brady Bunch
* Wrestlers who have pockets on their gear
* Making requests of Jimmy Hart
* Always an issue with rental cars
* Survivor Series team promos begin!
2 hr 26 min

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Greetings From Allentown is a podcast taking a look at the history of pro wrestling through the lens of weekly TV episodes from the 70s through the 90s covering WWF, WCW and much more!