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November 11, 2021 225. WWF Superstars 08-18-1990 (Jesse Ventura's final show)
Jesse Ventura signs off from WWF TV (for 9 years) on this edition of WWF Superstars from August 18, 1990!
* Jesse Ventura's last words on WWF TV and exploring how he might have felt about future angles
* Earthquake's similarity to Roddy Piper as a Hulk Hogan foil
* Queen Sherri has fun with a prop
* Is it possible that Stu Hart held down his son Bret by accident?
* The sad decline of Bad News Brown as evidenced by the bandage he wore
* Predicting the order of a Demolition 3 man promo
* Tugboat gets put out of commission
* More Dino Bravo mafia jokes than you can shake a stick at
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Lineup:
The Hart Foundation vs. Al Burke & Tom Stone
Randy Savage vs. Jim Evans
The Rockers vs. Black Bart & Tom Bennett
Bad News Brown vs. Jim Powers
Tugboat vs. Bob Bradley
1 hr 53 min
November 07, 2021 GFA Live #78: WWF Prime Time Wrestling 09-09-1991 (Ric Flair WWF Debut)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Prime Time Wrestling from September 9, 1991! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Ric Flair debuts with a lengthy promo including one part the WWE Network edits out
* Is someone trying to kill Pete?
* Piper or Savage: Which is #2 most influential of the WWF Golden Era?
* Naming the matches that "made" certain wrestlers
* Letters from the United Kingdom to the Legion of Doom
* Playing the "who will they promote" game for the upcoming live events
* The odd Chris Pratt controversy
* The people in the Prime Time Wrestling audience including an apparent Bobby Knoght cosplayer
Lineup:
- The Dragon vs Col. Mustafa
- The Bushwhackers vs Duane Gill & Barry Hardy
- Hercules (w/ Slick) vs Phil Apollo
- Jim Neidhart vs Brooklyn Brawler
- Big Bully Busick (w/ Harvey Whippleman) vs Jim Powers
- Kerry Von Erich vs IRS
- Jimmy Snuka vs Pat Tanaka (w/ Mr. Fuji)
- The Warlord vs Mark Thomas
- The Big Bossman vs Scott Colontonio
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3 hr 4 min
October 31, 2021 GFA Live #77: WWF Superstars 08-31-1991
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from August 31, 1991! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Sid Justice saves the day at the spartan wedding reception for the Macho Man and Elizabeth
* What's the deal beta carotine?
* An unexpected history of Harvey Whippleman
* Clashing over David Letterman
* Taking issue with what Piper does to the Big Gold Belt
* Betting on Jim Duggan's promo
* Keith's wrestler death pool update
* Women blading in wrestling
* A Shaker Heights Spike for the ages
Lineup:
Big Boss Man vs. Barry Hardy
SummerSlam Update: Jake and Undertaker crash the wedding reception, Sid saves the day
Big Bully Busick vs. Ross Greenburg
British Bulldog vs. Brian Donahue
Event Center promos: Warlord, Virgil
Ted DiBiase vs. Mario Mancini
Event Center promos: Bret Hart, Jake Roberts
Greg Valentine vs. Phil Apollo
Funeral Parlor: Bobby Heenan
Jim Duggan vs. Tony Richter
Beverly Brothers vs. Jim Powers & Tony Diamond
Event Center promos: Skinner, Sid Justice
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2 hr 22 min
October 23, 2021 GFA Live #76: SummerSlam 1991 (Part 2)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF SummerSlam '91 from August 26, 1991! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Earthquake and the "missing top" promo
* More kicking out of finishers!
* The Mountie's hilarious antics being dragged to prison
* What is the best WWF Legion of Doom match?
* Sid Justice's work as the referee
* The limited guest list for the wedding
* Where to next for GFA Live?
Lineup:
- Jailhouse Match: The Big Bossman vs The Mountie
- The Nasty Boys (c) (W/Jimmy Hart) vs The Legion of Doom
- I.R.S. vs Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
- Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior vs Sgt. Slaughter, Col, Mustafa, and Gen. Adnan with Sid Justice as special referee
- Wedding of Randy Savage and Elizabeth
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2 hr 46 min
October 19, 2021 224. WWF All Star Wrestling 01-19-1985 (Jesse Ventura commentary debut)
A historic changing of the guard on commentary kicks off this edition of WWF All Star Wrestling from January 19, 1985!
* The disappointment of the Mosca-Ventura transfer on commentary
* Jesse's lack of immediate chemistry with PBP man Jack Reynolds
* Magnificent Muraco tells on Mean Gene in a promo
* What was the peak of Mike Rotundo's career?
* Angelo Mosca Jr.: What are we doing here?
* Cheerful human being Ken Patera
* The future of the podcast
* Bob Orton and Arn Anderson similarities
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Lineup:
Terry Gibbs vs Junkyard Dog
SD “Special Delivery” Jones vs “Cowboy” Bob Orton
Ted Grizzly vs Angelo Mosca Jr (with King Kong Mosca)
“Silent” Brian Mackney vs “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff (with Bobby “the Brain” Heenan)
Goldie Rogers vs “Mr USA” Tony Atlas
Mr X & AJ Petruzzi vs Mike Rotundo & Barry Windham
1 hr 33 min
October 16, 2021 GFA Live #75: SummerSlam 1991 (Part 1)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF SummerSlam '91 from August 26, 1991! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Gushing over the Mr. Perfect-Bret Hart match
* Bruce Hart's "look" at the show next to his father
* Once again betting on the sequencing of a Bushwhackers + Andre the Giant promo
* Ted DiBiase's breathing
* The absurd label on "Hulk Hogan's locker room"
* Continuity among Slick's trio of guys
* Last night's Suzuki-Danielson match
Lineup:
- British Bulldog, The Dragon, Texas Tornado vs Former #1 contender for the world title The Warlord, Power & Glory (w/Slick)
- Mr. Perfect (C) (w/Coach) vs Bret Hart for WWF IC title
- Bushwhackers (w/Andre the Giant) vs Natural Disasters (w/Jimmy Hart)
- Ted Dibiase (w/The Sensational Sherri) vs Virgil
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1 hr 48 min
October 10, 2021 GFA Live #74: WWF Superstars 08-24-1991
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from August 24, 1991! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Settling some business at a wrestling show and a Florida resort
* The Warlord's busy day in September 1991
* Betting on the sequencing of a Bushwhackers + Andre the Giant promo
* Bodybuilding Lifestyles magazine
* The Mountie tours the jail ahead of the SummerSlam match
* A match that never happened: Ricky Steamboat vs Curt Hennig
* Cementing the Jake Roberts heel turn
* Week 3 of the Bobby Heenan promos for Ric Flair: like a sitcom dad?
Lineup:
The Dragon vs. Jim McPherson
Update: Jake/Warrior final vignette
Sgt. Slaughter vs. Bill Pierce
Koko B. Ware vs. Dick Wernick
Event Center: Bulldog/Dragon/Tornado, Mountie
Irwin R. Schyster vs. Mark Hammond
Interview: Sid Justice
Bobby Heenan promo for Ric Flair
Natural Disasters vs. Andy Garcia & Ross Greenburg
Promos: Bret Hart, Mr. Perfect
The Mountie visits a NYC jail
Promos: Big Bossman, Legion of Doom, Nasty Boys
Bret Hart vs. Bob Bradley
Promos: IRS, Natural Disasters
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2 hr 15 min
September 30, 2021 223. NWA Main Event 06-12-1988 (Arn vs Luger)
Three big name matches highlight this edition of NWA Main Event from June 12, 1988!
* The Midnight Express' feud with the Fantastics
* How Stan Lane impacted people's lives
* The development of Sting being taken slow
* Dr. Death Steve Williams acts like the annoying guy at a bar
* Missing the Arn Anderson music
* JJ Dillon being effective but very different from the managers then in the WWF
* Kevin Sullivan gets the wives involved, what can go wrong?
* Last night's Arn Anderson promo on Cody Rhodes
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Lineup:
Tommy Rogers vs Bobby Eaton
Sting vs Stan Lane
Lex Luger vs Arn Anderson
1 hr 26 min
September 26, 2021 GFA Live #73: WWF Superstars 08-17-1991 (Final Jake/Warrior vignette)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from August 17, 1991! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Breaking down the 3rd and final Jake Roberts/Ultimate Warrior vignette, including a count of times "Snake Man" is said
* Pondering bad Mr. Perfect matches
* Remaking Shawshank Redemption with Hulk Hogan in one of the roles
* A funny observation from Return of the Jedi
* Jimmy Snuka's boots and long tights
* The relative cocaine usage of the announce team
Lineup:
Jake Roberts/Ultimate Warrior vignette
The Berzerker vs. Dave Millison
Event Center: Natural Disasters, Legion of Doom
Texas Tornado vs. Pete Doherty
Update: Bobby Heenan with the Big Gold Belt
Skinner vs. Mario Mancini
Event Center: Mr. Perfect, Bret Hart
Legion Of Doom vs. Duane Gill & Barry Hardy
SummerSlam Report: DiBiase/Mountie promos
Jimmy Snuka vs. Brooklyn Brawler
Mr. Perfect vs. Mike Daniels
Event Center: Greg Valentine, Texas Tornado/British Bulldog/The Dragon
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1 hr 43 min
September 15, 2021 GFA Live #72: Dirty Work (1998)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the 1998 film Dirty Work! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* RIP Norm Macdonald
* Outlining the legal issues and business faults of the movie
* Artie Lange's character's wardrobe
* Chris Farley's brilliance in a movie released six months after his death
* Don Rickles brilliantly roasting Artie Lange
* Guys who show up in Sandler movies
* Why is Kathy attracted to Mitch?
* Quotable lines
* Keithie reacts unfavorably to the sight of David Koechner
* The controversy of sanitizing the movie down to a PG-13 rating
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2 hr 19 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!