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Five years from the last episode it's a new attitude in the WWF on this episode of Shotgun Saturday Night from April 4, 1998!

* The torrid promo from X-Pac on the post-WM14 RAW

* An extended DOA squash leads to podcast issues

* Jim Cornette and expanding on the storyline

* What is Bradshaw at this point?

* Recycled theme music alert(?)

* The problem with Stone Cold University

* Proposing a Headbangers themes name for the Seattle NHL team

* A brief WrestleMania 37 recap

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On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about World Championship Wrestling from April 13, 1985! (and some other stuff, of course!)

Topics of discussion include:

* A Very Edibles Easter

* Exploring the question of what a Nature Boy is

* Manny Fernandez dressing out of order

* A Buzz Sawyer powerslam for the ages

* The ripoff that is 7 inning baseball during doubleheaders

* Week 4 of the Barry Darsow tribute segment: Krusher Krushchev and possible coded messages about Hulk Hogan?

* Minor production snafus in week 2 for JCP at Techwood Studios

* Doing a run in with glasses on

* Keithie's sound advice for dealing with bears

Lineup:

Buddy Landell vs. Sam Houston

Michael Hayes vs. Joel Deaton

Manny Fernandez “El Matador” video package

Manny Fernandez & Thunderbolt Patterson vs. Paul Garner & Mike Jackson

Tully Blanchard vs. Paul Diamond

Arn & Ole Anderson vs. Rocky King & Gene Ligon

Buzz Sawyer vs. Ivan Koloff

Nikita Koloff vs. Josh Stroud

The Barbarian & Billy Graham vs. Jim & Mack Jeffers

Magnum T.A. vs. George South

Pez Whatley vs. Vernon Deaton

Krusher Khrushchev vs. Mike Somiani

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On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about Mid-South Wrestling from November 10, 1983! (and some other stuff, of course!)

Topics of discussion include:

* The bizarre story behind an unlikely WrestleMania weekend

* Keithie's new obsession: The Golden Girls

* Jim Neidhart's many doppelgangers

* Week 3 of the Barry Darsow tribute segment: Crusher Darsow is beaten into communism by Nikolai Volkoff

* Speculating on where the young Road Warriors got their tag titles

* Is Mr. Wrestling II overrated because of Jimmy Carter?

* Whose career would you rather have, Butch Reed or Jim Neidhart?

Lineup:

~ Features a Video Opening of JYD defeating Reed for the North American Title

~ JYD Video

~ Interviews Reed/TA & Wrestling II

● Tag Champions Butch Reed & Jim Neidhart vs. George Weingeroff & Randy Barber

● Nikolai Volkoff vs. Krusher Darsow

● Road Warriors vs. Mike Bond & Art Crews

● Mr. Wrestling II vs. Paul Garner

● Mike Jackson vs. Jeff Sword

● John King vs. Tony Torres

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"Mean" Gene Okerlund and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan hit the Las Vegas strip for this pre-WrestleMania 9 edition of All American Wrestling from April 4, 1993!

* A Virgil match against Giant Gonzalez has downstream effects on the podcast and its host

* The Brain channels his inner Mouth from Goonies

* An insane Mega Maniacs promo

* Breaking down the talent usage in the WrestleMania video

* Lex Luger constantly getting cut off

* Lord Alfred Hayes: the world's biggest Evil Doink fan?

* Slick as a hatless man

* Defending booking decisions at WrestleMania 9 except for the last one

* Breaking news about WrestleMania 37

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From Television City: The podcast looking at classic (and not-so classic) sitcoms of the past! This show features a look at the 1980s sitcom "The Golden Girls" and the episode airing May 2, 1987 entitled "To Catch a Neighbor". A pair of law enforcement officers (one of whom is pre-ER post-E/R George Clooney!) want to set up a stakeout on the Girls' neighbors, but will Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, and Sophia help them apprehend the next door neighbor gem thieves?

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the 1992 Battle of the WWF Superstars from Coliseum Video! (and some other stuff, of course!)

Topics of discussion include:

* In kayfabe, in Ric Flair a "stupid" wrestler?

* Identifying the beginning of the end for golden era Hulk Hogan

* Brutus Beefcake playing cards with Keithie's brother

* Trying to talk in the Peacock TV language

* Week 2 of the Barry Darsow tribute segment

* Wrestlers who use tobacco in the course of their gimmick

* Tito Santana vs Bret Hart in March 1992: who was more accomplished in their WWF runs at that moment?

* Local vintage t-shirts

* The GFA Live workout video

Lineup:

03/09/92 Hulk Hogan & Roddy Piper vs. Ric Flair & Sid Justice - Mobile, AL

03/09/92 The Beverly Brothers & The Nasty Boys vs. The Bushwhackers, Sgt. Slaughter, & Jim Duggan - Mobile, AL

02/17/92 Shawn Michaels vs. British Bulldog - Tampa, FL

02/18/92 The Nasty Boys & The Mountie vs. The Natural Disasters & Bret Hart - West Palm Beach, FL

03/10/92 Virgil vs. Repo Man - Mobile, AL

03/11/92 El Matador vs. Skinner - Biloxi, MS

02/19/92 Tatanka vs. The Warlord - West Palm Beach, FL

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Rick Rude stirs the pot again by pitting the Triple Threat against each other on this edition of ECW Hardcore TV from October 25, 1997!

* ECW's ability to connect with the "angry young man"

* Shane Douglas doesn't understand how contracts work

* Another name that fits the description Rick Rude was giving for Douglas' surprise challenger

* The difference between the Bam Bam Bigelow ECW title reign and another where the title was lost right back

* Having a monkey wrench thrown into production because of a subscription expiration

* The origin of the term "roughshod"

* Sabu's pants: just like NFL goal posts?

* Visiting a "doctor" to have a reckoning with feeling on the Justin Credible-Great Sasuke match

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On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the Second Annual Battle of the WWF Superstars from Coliseum Video! (and some other stuff, of course!)

Topics of discussion include:

* The militarization of Coliseum Videos over time

* Sean Mooney's segueways in the Event Center

* Bushwhackers financial issues

* Some poorly worded WWF trivia as relayed by Hulk Hogan

* A 12 step Barry Darsow program for spring?

* Tugboat's legendary "front ass"

* Pondering a Warlord-Bulldog 3 hour compilation tape

* Jim Duggan and his "Hacksaw Hall of Fame"

* Connecting Jake Roberts with Kato

Lineup:

02/18/91 Roddy Piper vs. Mr. Perfect - Orlando, FL

01/21/91 The Nasty Boys vs. The Bushwhackers - MSG

11/24/90 Bret Hart vs. The Barbarian - MSG

02/18/91 Jake Roberts vs. Kato - Orlando, FL

03/15/91 Jim Duggan vs. Sgt. Slaughter (flag match) - MSG

04/16/91 Jim Duggan vs. Demolition Smash - Cedar Rapids, IA

10/30/90 The Ultimate Warrior vs. Randy Savage - Ft. Wayne, IN

01/29/91 Ted DiBiase vs. Tugboat - Savannah, GA

01/08/91 Hercules, Paul Roma, & The Warlord vs. The Legion of Doom & Davey Boy Smith - Chattanooga, TN

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Captain Lou Albano rides off into the sunset on this edition of WWF Wrestling Challenge from November 16, 1986!

* The end of an era as the last of the Three Wise Men of the old school WWF retires (for now)

* Macho Man: Taking on all comers from the Power 5 conferences?

* Hulk Hogan exposes the real reason why Gene Okerlund got sick of doing local promos

* Using narcotics to explain the difference between The Snake Pit and Piper's Pit

* A bit of Kamala trivia

* Great calendar months for a wrestling promotion

* YouTube Comment Theater!

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On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the June 9, 1997 edition of WWF Monday Night RAW (and some other stuff, of course!)

Topics of discussion include:

* What is the best version of Crush?

* How many different heel and face locker rooms are there anyway?

* Keithie's vision to become the new Stone Cold by starting as sidekick to Goldust(!)

* An alternate universe where Triple H wins King of the Ring in 1996 and Austin wins it in 1997

* Figuring out a path to a Sid vs Haku title for title match

* How the Mick Foley interviews with JR changed Keithie's life

* A WrestleFest playable character death pool!

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