Get out your nWo Wolfpac shirt for a look at WCW Worldwide from June 6, 1998. Included:

- The crazy level of my commitment to watching WCW in early 1998

- The exact point where WCW turned sour for me, which is likely different from common opinion

- A plea to anyone who still defends Chris Benoit, 10 years later

- Fit Finlay and his confusing ring gear

- It's The End Of Lex Luger As We Know It!

- One thing I really liked about Larry Zbyszko as an announcer

- Digging the work of Disorderly Conduct

- Alex Wright turns the tables on Lee Marshall in an interview

- Ron Reis: Beyond the "Yetay"

Plus:

- An abbreviated YouTube Comment Theater

- Exciting announcement about the show!

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There are No Holds Barred this week with a look at WWF Superstars from June 3, 1989! Included:

- The experience of seeing No Holds Barred in the theater, the shills on this show, and Hulk Hogan's delusions of grandeur

- "King" Hacksaw Jim Duggan: Why he is definitely NOT the ugliest king of all time

- Bobby Heenan's 1989 and the incredible thing he got away with on the USA Network that year and how he is the Branch Rickey of wrestling managers

- The problem that happens when tag wrestlers go single

- The only Mr. Fuji/James Worthy cross-reference ever made

- Dusty Rhodes delivers a most interesting pizza order to a woman

- The run of the Brain Busters and why I think it worked out fine as it was

- Jake Milliman's big moment in the AWA

- How Brutus Beefcake karmically sank the Stanley Cup hopes of the 2009 Boston Bruins

- YouTube comment theater!

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This week is a trip back to February 2, 1980 for WWF Championship Wrestling. Including:

- A complete and thorough look at the build to Bruno Sammartino vs Larry Zbyszko with extensive audio clips of the interviews that set up the match

- Bruno Sammartino: master of the low key promo and talking people into the arenas with the emotional connection he had with fans

- The brilliance of how the Bruno/Larry match progressed with Larry slowly boiling over in anger

- Ken Patera's amazing 1980 and his very strange pre-match routine with manager The Grand Wizard

- Pat Patterson as a worker and why he’s enjoyable

- Johnny Rodz's special role in Vincent J. McMahon’s WWF

- Vince McMahon doing yeoman’s work going solo on the broadcast

Plus: My favorite wrestling podcast format ever, Tony Atlas’ strange match with Rodz, how the logo for the podcast came to be, the "rule" I broke in looking at this show, my evolving views on pre-1984 WWF, one thing I wish there was more of in Pat Patterson’s book “Accepted”, and YouTube Comment Theater!

This week is a trip back to February 2, 1980 for WWF Championship Wrestling. Including:

- A complete and thorough look at the build to Bruno Sammartino vs Larry Zbyszko with extensive audio clips of the interviews that set up the match

- Bruno Sammartino: master of the low key promo and talking people into the arenas with the emotional connection he had with fans

- The brilliance of how the Bruno/Larry match progressed with Larry slowly boiling over in anger

- Ken Patera's amazing 1980 and his very strange pre-match routine with manager The Grand Wizard

- Pat Patterson as a worker and why he’s enjoyable

- Johnny Rodz's special role in Vincent J. McMahon’s WWF

- Vince McMahon doing yeoman’s work going solo on the broadcast

Plus: My favorite wrestling podcast format ever, Tony Atlas’ strange match with Rodz, how the logo for the podcast came to be, the "rule" I broke in looking at this show, my evolving views on pre-1984 WWF, one thing I wish there was more of in Pat Patterson’s book “Accepted”, and YouTube Comment Theater!

Take a trip back to 1997 for the wild and crazy days of WWF Shotgun Saturday Night, from March 15, 1997.

- Background of the Shotgun show and stretching the credibility of calling something "New York" as in the city

- My love for Brian Pillman's entire career and regrets about what could have been

- A description of trying to follow wrestling in 1997 without cable TV and Shotgun's role in that

- The importance of Chyna in boosting the Hunter Hearst Helmsley act

- Furnas and Lafon: Why couldn't they just give them a manager?

- Bret Hart has some prescient things to say about Vince McMahon

- All you ever wanted to know about Lance Wright, the ring announcer on this show

- Finding a new gimmick for Flash Funk by looking at a piece of classic Mel Brooks cinema

- Memories of a gruesome Hector Garza injury

Plus: Commercials for stuff like NBA Shootout '97 and psychic hotlines, forming a wrestling fan club in college, and support your local indy promotion!

Take a trip back to the mini-Attitude Era with a look at WWF Superstars from April 13, 1991.

- The trouble with Kerry Von Erich beyond his horrible theme music

- Jake the Snake Roberts as babyface bully

- Explaining (and defending!) the Berzerker gimmick with a look at the etymology and Icelandic literature(?!?)

- The great Sean Mooney hosts an Event Center….with no specific event to plug

- The trials and tribulations of Barry O

- Bret Hart’s singles push begins, for real this time I swear!

- The Nasty Boys: are they this podcast’s “house band”?

- A comprehensive second by second breakdown of the Ultimate Warrior being locked in a coffin and the “attempts” to get him out. Plus, useful information on how YOU can best survive if you find yourself in a similar spot

- Tugboat as the great palate cleanser

- How many late tax filers are there during tax season and why is IRS so concerned about them?

Plus: the return of YouTube comment theater, and an extended jag about the awesome WWF on NESN theme music

Take a trip down to the Irish McNeil Boys Club in Louisiana for some classic Mid-South Wrestling action from March 30, 1984.

- Jim Cornette has been embarassed, and Bill Watts thinks it is funny so now they are at war

- Bill Watts' political views and how you have to suppress them when watching this stuff

- The debut of Jim Ross as the lead host and also his rendition as JR goes looking for Stagger Lee on Watts' behalf

- The Rock and Roll Express set a new standard for "making the babyface save"

- Mr. Wrestling II and Magnum TA flip the script on the "Bruno/Larry storyline"

- Hacksaw Jim Duggan battling Russians

- Terry Taylor gets suckered and then beat down by Butch Reed, and an alternate theory is offered re: The Red Rooster

- The trouble with Masao Ito's tights

- A video glorifying Watts plays....twice!

Take a trip to the (WWF) Action Zone for a look at 1994 WWF in the aftermath of the Survivor Series

- The history of the forerunner to Action Zone "All American Wrestling" and the incredibly devious thing Vince McMahon did in the fall of 1983 on that show.

- Surviving Todd Pettengill on commentary

- Enjoying how Vince not getting any pop culture references Todd makes.

- Just how awesome was Owen Hart in 1994?

- Why is there a guest ring announcer on this show, who is she, why are they trying to apparently set her up with Razor Ramon?

- Bob Backlund wins....and then loses the WWF title

- IRS with one of his usual inspiring promos from a graveyard

- What the hell are the Bushwhackers doing here?

All this and tangents on: the 1979 SNL skit about Three Mile Island, Southern Justice and their theme song, and much more!

Take a trip to the (WWF) Action Zone for a look at 1994 WWF in the aftermath of the Survivor Series

- The history of the forerunner to Action Zone "All American Wrestling" and the incredibly devious thing Vince McMahon did in the fall of 1983 on that show.

- Surviving Todd Pettengill on commentary

- Enjoying how Vince not getting any pop culture references Todd makes.

- Just how awesome was Owen Hart in 1994?

- Why is there a guest ring announcer on this show, who is she, why are they trying to apparently set her up with Razor Ramon?

- Bob Backlund wins....and then loses the WWF title

- IRS with one of his usual inspiring promos from a graveyard

- What the hell are the Bushwhackers doing here?

All this and tangents on: the 1979 SNL skit about Three Mile Island, Southern Justice and their theme song, and much more!

The show (and host) take a trip to the True North Strong and Free this week with a look at WWF Maple Leaf Wrestling from October 13, 1984.

Included:

- The importance of Canada in the wrestling world

- WWF coming into Toronto and partnering with the Tunneys

- Canadian content regulations

- The sheer delight of the Jack Reynolds/Angelo Mosca commentary team with many, many clips

- Andre the Giant being difficult

- Dynamite Kid as revolutionary figure

- Davey “Danny” Boy Smith rips and he rhymes!

- The legend of Dave Barbie

- Iron Mike Sharpe gets a win

- Michael Hayes being a goof

- The Valentine-Santana feud over the IC title kicks off in earnest