As we head toward WrestleMania 35, the show goes back in time for a look at the final edition of WWF Championship Wrestling prior to the first WrestleMania, from March 30, 1985!

- Mr. T and Hulk Hogan get ready for the WrestleMania main event the only way they know how: with a Rocky-esque training montage video!

- An update segment on the Junkyard Dog devolves into an examination of Lord Al Hayes’ TV manner, Vince McMahon fetishes, and wondering if it’s hypocritical to discuss

- The last minute steps taken to clear up confusion about WrestleMania and the busy week in the company

- King Kong Bundy’s strange decision on his attire

- The first ever Savage-Steamboat match* in the WWF!

- Another controversial incident involving fruit in Piper’s Pit

- The great Buddy Rose is relegated to enhancement work but finds a way to shine

- Trying to figure out why Bruno Sammartino took over play by play for nearly a minute

Plus:

- Using non-“Born in the USA” Bruce Springsteen songs for other WWF talents over the years

- An update on the late King Kong Bundy’s cats

- Solving the puzzle of the modern day equivalent of Mr. T

- A new song celebrating everything 1985 in the WWF!

- One man and his “boring” chant

- Sports moments of 2009: A steal of home interrupts a thought, a championship comeback, the Habs get swept, excitable Spanish broadcasts, and more!

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From Television City: a look at Mr. Belvedere looking like quite the fool, battling an addiction to pinball in an episode of "Mr. Belvedere" originally airing November 29, 1985 on ABC!

For I must be travelling on now, because there’s so much World Class left to see….this week covers the debut of Michael Hayes as the first Freebird to land in WCCW in the October 16, 1982 edition of World Class Championship Wrestling TV!

- How the crowd reacted to Michael Hayes as the super cool babyface on his arrival

- Jay Saldi states his case for the Angelo Mosca wing of the Wrestling Broadcasting Hall of Fame with the help of his PWI subscription

- A Ric Flair interview for the ages: cool, calm and collected while being accused of something for which he’d later be a victim

- The sad story of the Magic Dragon

- Referees in WCCW: ranging from barely mobile to putting out a wrestler with one punch

- A tag team match where nobody involved comes close to their potential

- Explaining the Von Erichs by assigning them to baseball positions

- Bugsy McGraw and different parenting in the early 80s

Plus:

- Bonus live commentary in the arena from last Monday’s RAW match between Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe

- A strange but true fact of a celebrity guest at the Sportatorium for this taping, and also why he could be there in the first place

- Picturing Al Madril becoming a celebrity chef

- So many guys in white trunks

- Sports moments of 2008: an embarrassing moment at a baseball game, hockey is reborn in Boston, “anything is possible” as the Kobe Lakers roll over and quit, Chase Utley and cursing at championship parades, and the greatest incomplete pass in NFL history!

- The return of YouTube Comment Theater!

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After over six months, it's time to check in with Bill Watts and the UWF with a look at the January 17, 1987 episode of UWF TV!

- The Freebirds run roughshod over everything and also evoke a comparison to a memorable movie trio

- Positive aspects of how Bill Watts would run his TV shows

- Michael Hayes tests his legal acumen in an effort to win titles

- A better use of Eddie Gilbert for 1987: Roddy Piper's "vice president"

- The One Man Gang shows creative use of a table

- Enjoying the fired up babyface version of Ted DiBiase

- Sting uses his head in the dumbest possible way

- Making excuses for the lovely Missy Hyatt

- Matches get sidetracked and why that didn't matter this time

- The obscurity of the then-TV champion of the UWF

Plus:

- The weirdness of how/why/when this video came from

- Trying to get comfortable while podcasting

- An explanation of an angle from the 1989 Royal Rumble

- A few "original" commercials

- Sports moments of 2007: Patrik Stefan, Schilling loses a no no, Devin Hester dazzles, Randy Moss amazes, and driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas after a hockey game!

- YouTube Comment Theater!

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This week the show rewinds to a classic episode from 2017 looking at WWF Superstars from June 3, 1989 as Peter says goodbye to a dear friend.

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This week’s show is a look at the big WWF Superstars of Wrestling from November 22, 1986!

- The Macho Man literally goes for the throat of challenger Ricky Steamboat

- Randy Savage’s November 1986: the best TV month ever for a champion

- Calling for Danny Davis limitations on appearances within a single show

- The Honky Tonk Man acts fast after losing a “Vote of Confidence” from “fans”

- Examining “the match before the live crowd after the big angle”

- Bruno Sammartino takes a spin as a broadcast journalist

- A brief musical tribute to Dick Slater’s WWF run as the Confederate “Rebel”

Plus:

- Fact checking the wild claims of Vince McMahon on commentary

- Gene Okerlund’s Update center troubles of late 86

- Jesse Ventura takes it to Vince over his grammar corrections

- The enhancement talent who defeated Mick Foley in their first ever match

- Chanting “boring” at a stupid time

- Sports moments of 2006: the Detroit Tigers provide hope, the New Orleans Saints provide inspiration, Ben Watson is superhuman, Ty Conklin commits a blunder, and great plays when that team loses!

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It is back to 1984 for a look at the short-lived experiment that was Pro Wrestling USA! Jack Reynolds is a gaffe machine, Terry Funk saves the day (again), Jimmy Hart as your utility manager, the weirdly muted crowd, Bob Backlund comes off creepy, plus original commercials, one of which that will blow your mind! (Offer not valid to those born before 1976)

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It’s back to 1985 for a look at WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event from October 5, 1985!

- Uncle Elmer gets married and gets his balls busted by Jesse Ventura

- The concept of following Golden Era WWF through only Saturday Night’s Main Event

- Political differences between faces and heels on the issue of free speech

- Acceptance of non-finishes just to see Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff fight

- Weird attire to wear to a wedding

- Greg Valentine takes on a new project and gets the tag team title as retainer

- The Body Shop as a B-show talk segment

- Poor Jerry Valiant: from Oprah to Uncle Elmer in ‘85

Plus:

- The many feelings of attending a wedding in a Catholic church

- Righteous anger about the guy with the airhorn

- The hangover of the defending World Series champs

- A fun fact about one the NBC TV executives

- The importance of the 1985 Geneva summit between Reagan and Gorbachev

- Sports moments of 2004: the first time Dave Roberts helped the Red Sox win a playoff game, Damon slays the Yankees, Bill Walton is sad, Gelinas wins it, and incredible prognostications!

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With some regrets it is back to January 1984 for a look at some AWA TV aimed at the St. Louis market!

- Trying to stay sane watching this very AWA show

- A comparison for Ken Resnick trying to replace Gene Okerlund, who they couldn’t edit out of the show

- The hilarity of two white dudes dressing up like Arab sheiks

- Why a Billy Robinson wouldn’t be a pro wrestler in the modern era

- World champ Nick Bockwinkel: not quite so gangsta

- Talking about anything but the sad downfall of Superstar Billy Graham

- Pondering trying Jesse Ventura as a top babyface

- Tom Stone carries Baron Von Raschke to the match of the night(!)

Plus:

- The many many many MANY issues with the AWA’s t-shirt

- A brief history of channel 30 KDNL-TV in St. Louis

- The importance of having characters in your everyday life

- More Karate Kid 2 talk!

- Referees who just aren’t trying or giving a crap

- Sports moments of 2003: what Bartman should have done, a personal anecdote on the River City Relay, confessions about game 7 of the ALCS, and “Off the floor, on the board”

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Revving up the Delorean to 88 MPH for a trip back to 1985 and a look at NWA Worldwide from Jim Crockett Promotions from March 23!

- Bizarre scrambles: Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes together, and Tully Blanchard and JJ Dillon opposing Slick Ric!

- Early Arn Anderson: waiting for that first spinebuster

- Enjoying the Jimmy Valiant/Paul Jones Army never-ending war

- Who is the greatest Cold War era Soviet Russian wrestler?

- Why Magnum TA was a better choice as heir apparent babyface than Ricky Steamboat would have been

- Buddy Landel’s uphill battle as a “Nature Boy”

Plus:

- The fire that destroyed the Crockett family’s minor league ballpark

- David Crockett attempts to blow up the concept of time

- Who would have been a good addition from the world of wrestling to the USA For Africa crew singing “We Are The World”

- Sports moments of 2002: the SF Giants tempt fate, Sacramento gets jobbed, an all-time hockey fight and the conflicted emotions it brings up now, and Super Bowl 36

- YouTube Comment Theater

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