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November 26, 2020 194. WCW Worldwide 08-08-1992 (Ron Simmons wins WCW World Title)
History is made in Baltimore on this edition of WCW Worldwide from August 8, 1992!
* The importance of Ron Simmons' title win
* The excellent angle booked leading to the Big Van Vader-Ron Simmons match
* Inventing the "Dustin Finish"
* What Ricky Steamboat does best
* Comparing the wasted stretches of Brian Pillman's career
* More crap found while cleaning!
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1 hr 30 min
November 23, 2020 GFA Live #32: Best of the WWF, Vol. 9
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about Best of the WWF, Volume 9 from Coliseum Video! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* The security guys in Toronto: why do they dress up like a ship captain?
* A solution to speed up Sid's replies on Cameo
* Issues with Keurigs for coffee
* What is the future of Madison Square Garden with WWE without house shows?
* Randy Savage bleeds again!
* The MSG referee who looks like a mid-80s SNL character
* The purpose of a heel vs heel match involving the Hart Foundation
* Stupid battle royal tropes being used as early as the 80s
* A comprehensive breakdown of another scene in Karate Kid Part II, when Miyagi and Daniel arrive in Okinawa and are confronted by Sato
Lineup:
07/27/86 Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat - Toronto
08/09/86 Hart Foundation vs. Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff - Boston
07/27/86 Nikolai Volkoff vs. Cpl. Kirschner (boot camp match) - Toronto
03/17/85 John Studd, Ken Patera, & Jesse Ventura vs. Andre the Giant, Junkyard Dog, & Jimmy Snuka - MSG
07/12/86 John Studd & King Kong Bundy vs. King Tonga & Siva Afi - MSG
06/14/86 Lord Littlebrook vs. Cowboy Lang - MSG
07/12/86 Battle Royal - MSG
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2 hr 5 min
November 19, 2020 193. UWF TV 07-19-1986
A bizarre video gives a behind the scenes glimpse of the production of UWF TV from July 19, 1986!
* Jim Ross drops the S-bomb among other production elements appearing on the video
* Koko B. Ware faces young Rick Steiner in a match with a fantastic finish
* The proper Freebirds trio gets into it with a baseball bat-wielding Bill Watts
* Complaints about various Halls of Fame
* Young Sting uses the familiar finisher of his old pal
* Chavo Guerrero and the 1978 film The One and Only
* YouTube Comment Theater!
* More crap found while cleaning!
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1 hr 17 min
November 14, 2020 GFA Live #31: Best of the WWF, Vol. 6
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about Best of the WWF, Volume 6 from Coliseum Video! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Programming from The History Channel
* The current Zelina Vega situation
* Applying the McLaughlin Group to pro wrestling
* Salt N Pepa as unusual wrestling fans
* Jesse Ventura getting pissed at an audience question
* Top theme songs in wrestling history
* Lord Alfred Hayes love advice, and an alternative version of the same
* An incredible blunder from Coliseum Video/WWF
* A comprehensive breakdown of another scene in Karate Kid Part II, where Kreese and Miyagi have a confrontation in the parking lot at the All Valley Karate Tournament
Lineup:
07/13/85 Terry Funk vs. Lanny Poffo - MSG
12/30/85 Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage - MSG
1980s TNT Show: Jesse Ventura answers audience question
12/30/85 Butch Cassidy vs. Haiti Kid - MSG
09/24/79 Ivan Putski vs. Johnny Valiant - MSG
1980s TNT Show: Alfred Hayes gives relationship advice
07/20/85 Ricky Steamboat vs. Bob Orton, Jr. - Landover, MD
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2 hr 8 min
November 12, 2020 192. WWF Superstars 11-02-1991 (Mountie "shocks" the Hitman)
Intercontinental champion Bret "Hitman" Hart gets the shock of a lifetime from The Mountie on this edition of WWF Superstars from November 2, 1991!
* How the match with Bret Hart being non-title led Mountie and Jimmy Hart to hatch their scheme
* Just how bad is that SI article on Bret Hart? (Answer: very bad)
* A new Vince McMahon laugh emerges!
* Roddy Piper makes a masturbation reference on commentary(!)
* Playing the Press Your Luck board for Survivor Series team promos
* The Legion of Doom WWF run: certainly not as bad as it could have been
* A matchup of two WWF World Champions who didn't win the title under their 1991 character name
* The benefit of Undertaker debuting in 1990 versus even two years later
* Is IRS a fascist character?
* More crap found while cleaning!
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1 hr 34 min
November 07, 2020 GFA Live #30: Best of the WWF, Vol. 5
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about Best of the WWF, Volume 5 from Coliseum Video! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Kids spoiling TV tapings at school
* A cavalcade of non-finishes on this tape
* The quiet brilliance of Fuji General and wanting other Fuji-related shows
* Wendi Richter and the Original Screwjob
* Jesse Ventura being on the 2020 Presidential ballot in Alaska(!)
* The blackballing of Bob Backlund from the entire Best of the WWF series
* Wondering about Vince McMahon's views on weed
* Why would you do a 3 out of 5 falls match?
* A comprehensive breakdown of the scene where Mr. Miyagi received a letter from his native Okinawa from the 1986 film Karate Kid Part II
Lineup:
11/25/85 Ricky Steamboat vs. Don Muraco - MSG
09/10/85 Killer Bees vs. Hart Foundation - Brantford, ONT
10/01/85 Killer Bees & Paul Orndorff vs. Hart Foundation & Barry O - Poughkeepsie, NY
09/10/85 British Bulldogs vs. Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine
1980s TNT Show: "Fuji General"
02/18/85 Wendi Richter vs. Lelani Kai - MSG
11/25/85 Wendi Richter vs. The Spider Lady - MSG
02/09/86 Jesse Ventura vs. Tito Santana - Toronto
07/16/83 Andre the Giant, Jay Strongbow, Ivan Putski, & Rocky Johnson vs. Wild Samoans, Samula, & John Studd (3/5 falls) - Philadelphia
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1 hr 55 min
November 05, 2020 191. WWF Superstars 04-27-1991 (Earthquake squashes Damien)
A match between Earthquake and Jake "The Snake" Roberts goes to a dark place on this edition of WWF Superstars from April 27, 1991!
* How Jake kept tempting fate by putting Damien in harm's way
* The somber tone of Vince McMahon
* Virgil stands up for Roddy Piper in the Funeral Parlor
* The feud between the Bossman and Mountie: a typical police battle over jurisdictions
* Andre the Giant meets with Sensational Sherri, ends up spanking her, confirms many suspicions
* Closing the book on the Undertaker-Larry Ludden battles you forgot about
* Pat Tanaka promo time!
* The hokiness of the British Bulldog using Winston in his promos
* More crap found while cleaning!
* Original commercials!
* The return of YouTube Comment Theater
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1 hr 44 min
November 01, 2020 GFA Live #29: Best of the WWF, Vol. 16
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about Best of the WWF, Volume 16 from Coliseum Video! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Jacques Rougeau and great "comedy" workers
* Junkyard Dog "speaking" in French
* The upcoming Vince McMahon Netflix documentary
* Grunting by women in tennis, wrestling, and curling
* Andre the Giant and the Bad News Brown poop incident
* Booking Outback Jack as a Sandman-type heel
* Preferences at blackjack tables
* Who signed off on Frenchy Martin hosting this?
* A comprehensive breakdown of the ice breaking scene from the 1986 film Karate Kid Part II
Lineup:
09/13/85 Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Giant Machine - Japan
1980s Jumping Bomb Angels vs. Bull Nakano & Condor Saito - Japan
1980s Mr. Fuji vs. ??? - Kuwait
10/19/85 The Killer Bees vs. Mike Sharpe & Barry O - Puerto Rico
04/02/88 The Ultimate Warrior vs. Hercules - Italy
04/02/88 Andre the Giant vs. Jim Duggan - Italy
1980s Several Outback Jack skits
10/23/87 Junkyard Dog vs. Harley Race (special referee Andre the Giant) - France
10/23/87 Jacques & Raymond Rougeau vs. Dino Bravo & Greg Valentine - France
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2 hr 6 min
October 29, 2020 GFA Special: WWF Intercontinental Title changes
With 190 episodes in the books, it's time to take a look back at some classic GFA focusing on the WWF Intercontinental Title and the times it changed hands in the mid-80s!
Lineup:
Tito Santana (C) vs Greg Valentine - 09/24/1984
Tito Santana (C) vs Randy Savage - 02/08/1986
Ricky Steamboat (C) vs The Honky Tonk Man - 06/02/1987
1 hr 2 min
October 25, 2020 GFA Live #28: Best of the WWF, Vol. 1
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about Best of the WWF, Volume 1 from Coliseum Video! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Korean food
* Jesse Ventura's podcast interview voice
* Howard Stern Show listening history
* The quality of Roddy Piper's 84-87 feuds
* Bruno vs Larry compared to Sonny Corleone vs Carlo in The Godfather
* Mean Gene's very short shorts
* A rant about stupid looking double pin finishes
* The mildly strange finish to the Bruno-Larry cage match
* Gorilla Monsoon as a promo
Lineup:
07/15/84 Hulk Hogan & Andre the Giant vs. Dick Murdoch, Adrian Adonis, & John Studd - Meadowlands NJ
07/23/84 Fabulous Moolah vs. Wendi Richter - MSG
1976 Gorilla Monsoon vs. Baron Scicluna - Philadelphia Arena
1976 Gorilla Monsoon vs. Muhammad Ali angle - Philadelphia Arena
1984 Jimmy Snuka vs. Bobby Bass - All Star Wrestling taping
03/84 "Piper's Pit" with Jimmy Snuka
08/25/84 Roddy Piper vs. Jimmy Snuka - MSG
12/28/84 Black Tiger vs. The Cobra - MSG
08/84 Hulk Hogan trains Gene Okerlund for their match
08/26/84 Hulk Hogan & Gene Okerlund vs. George Steele & Mr. Fuji - Bloomington, MN
01/22/80 Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko - Allentown, PA
08/09/80 Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko - Shea Stadium
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1 hr 39 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!