Greetings From Allentown

By Peter Winson

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!... more

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The podcast currently has 482 episodes available.

Greetings From Allentown episodes:

May 15, 2023 GFA Live #145: WWF Superstars 12-17-1988
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from December 17, 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Listening in on Keithie visiting his mother
* Andre the Giant and Bobby Heenan work an Abbott and Costello bit
* Finding the perfect backing track to a Jake Roberts promo
* Hashing out the name of Honky Tonk Man's team with Greg Valentine from this era
* Who talks more in a Young Stallions promo?
* Keithie gets angry about the Ultimate Warrior
* Peter has a message for Maple Leafs fans
Lineup:
- Demolition vs. Art Penna & Nick Ferrari
- Brother Love Show: Andre the Giant and Bobby Heenan
- Hercules vs. Steve Lombardi
- Mr. Perfect vs. Nito Gomez
- Event Center Promos: Ron Bass, Rick Rude
- King Haku vs. Frankie Valdez
- Event Center Promos: Young Stallions, Dino Bravo
- Big Bossman vs. Pete Ketchum
- Ultimate Warrior vs. Conquistador Uno
- Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine vs. Paul Brown & Rex Farmer
- Event Center Promos: Bad News Brown, Jake Roberts
...more
2h 7min
May 07, 2023 GFA Live #144: WWF Superstars 12-10-1988
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from December 10, 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Thoughts on a recent Jake the Snake one man show
* Keithie messes with John Cena's father again
* Peter's unedited thoughts on the demise of the 2022-23 Boston Bruins
* Virgil and Lanny Poffo in the same place at the same time
* Teasing the Brain Busters vs The Rockers
* Bobby Heenan just doesn't want to get sued
* Hulk Hogan gets to beat up Brother Love from SNME
Lineup:
- Jake Roberts vs. The Black Knight
- Hulk Hogan on the Brother Love show from the 11/26/1988 SNME
- Bad News Brown vs. Frankie Valdez
- Red Rooster vs. Scott Casey
- Event Center Promos: Andre the Giant w/Bobby Heenan, Koko B. Ware
- Bushwhackers vignette
- Brain Busters vs. The Rockers
- Recap: Rockin' Robin wins the WWF Women's title
- Rockin' Robin promo
- Ted DiBiase vs. Lanny Poffo
- Event Center Promos: Brutus Beefcake, Honky Tonk Man w/Jimmy Hart
- Fabulous Rougeaus vs. Sam Houston & Stephan de Leon
- Event Center Promos: Akeem w/Slick, The Hart Foundation
...more
1h 51min
April 24, 2023 GFA Live #143: Clash of the Champions 4: Season's Beatings
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about Clash of the Champions 4: Season's Beatings from December 7, 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
- Dusty Rhodes and the screwed up match times on this show with an explanation
- "Exclusive audio" of Big Dust meeting the Turner execs
- Jason Hervey: official gadly of the Clash of the Champions
- Appreciating Bobby Eaton
- Rick Steiner says something inappropriate: what a shocker
- The UTC Arena in wrestling history
- Lex Luger the color commentator being forced to talk about the Russian Assassins and Paul Jones
- Cal Ripken theivery???
...more
2h 15min
April 17, 2023 GFA Live #142: WWF Superstars 12-03-1988
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from December 3, 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Randy Savage's "mujahadeen" moment with Jake Roberts
* Newly installed Senator Ron Bass
* Vince and Jesse make the post-match Rude Awakening super awkward
* Examining how Randy Savage would use Elizabeth in storylines
* Is this the last of the Danny Davis event center promos?
* Why Bret Hart would hold up ten fingers
* The "Keithie Langston Memorial Tag Team Tournament"
* King Haku speaks out against the returning Harley Race
* Unfortunately verbiage in the Blue Blazer's promo
* The majesty of underage Louie Spicolli working TV
Lineup:
- Brutus Beefcake vs. Chuck Campbell
- Whatever Happened There Update: Randy Savage vs Andre the Giant from Saturday Night's Main Event
- Dino Bravo vs. Riki Ataki
- Harley Race vs. Jim Gorman
- Event Center Promos: Danny Davis w/Jimmy Hart, Tito Santana
- Hart Foundation vs. Barry Horowitz & Iron Mike Sharpe
- Event Center Promos: The Blue Blazer, The Brain Busters w/Bobby Heenan
- Vignette: The Bushwhackers
- Akeem vs. Louie Spicolli
- Brother Love Show: Randy Savage and Elizabeth
- Rick Rude vs. Nito Gomez
- Event Center Promos: Ted DiBiase w/Virgil, Hacksaw Jim Duggan
...more
1h 58min
April 08, 2023 GFA Live #141: WWF Superstars 11-26-1988 (Bad News roughs up Jack Tunney)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from November 26, 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* WrestleMania 39 and Vince's return from hibernation
* Potential questions for a meet and greet with Jake Roberts
* Keithie struggles with what Rick Rude would like to have right now
* Hercules just loses his shit
* More visits from GFA Warlord on all the things he never had a problem with
* The Young Stallions: what's the point of this?
* The risk of keeping the world title on Roman Reigns
Lineup:
- Jake Roberts vs. John Latu
- Brother Love Show: WWF President Jack Tunney, Bad News Brown
- Mr. Perfect vs. David Stoudimiere
- Event Center Promos: Outlaw Ron Bass, Hacksaw Jim Duggan
- Ultimate Warrior vs. Barry Horowitz
- Event Center Promos: Tito Santana, The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers
- Rick Rude vs. Bill Woods
- Whatever Happened There Update: Mr. Fuji drops Demolition for the Powers of Pain
- Promos: Powers of Pain with Mr. Fuji, Demolition
- King Haku vs. Hercules
- Young Stallions vs. Bubba Kirk & Max McGiver
- Big Bossman vs. David Isley
- Event Center Promos: Brain Busters, Hart Foundation
...more
2h 8min
April 03, 2023 GFA Live #140: World Championship Wrestling 11-26-1988 (Dusty/Road Warriors spike angle)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about World Championship Wrestling on TBS from November 26, 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
- Breaking down the Dusty spike angle
- Keithie going the extra mile for his Hasbro fed
- The many, many, many children who bore witness to the spike angle on Thanksgiving morning
- Kevin Sullivan meets Richard Kind
- Thoughts on WrestleMania 39 Saturday and a non-conventional idea for Cody vs Roman
- Another GFA Text Storm
- Rick Steiner saying inappropriate stuff: then, now, forever
- Peter rants about the NBA, college basketball, and Red Sox-Orioles
...more
2h 16min
March 24, 2023 GFA Live #139: WWF Survivor Series 1988 (Part 4)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the fourth and final match of the WWF Survivor Series 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
- Analyzing the post-match with the Hogan/Savage/Liz triangle
- Speculating on why Slick went after Elizabeth
- The GFA Live "double turn"
- One last beautiful main event heel team promo
- Who might Randy Savage have picked from this crew to be on his team?
- Too many OJ references
- More of overbearing Hebner
- Hulk Hogan and "Chernobyl (Richard) Nixon"
...more
1h 28min
March 20, 2023 GFA Live #138: WWF Survivor Series 1988 (Part 3)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the thirdmatch of the WWF Survivor Series 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
- The issue with doing a great Jake impersonation
- Tito Santana and the early 1970s New York Yankees
- Dino Bravo the Goodfella
- Fantasy baseball draft advice
- Jim Duggan: a modernized Chief Jay Strongbow?
- Keithie ex-wife stories
- Tito Santana tries to sunset flip Andre the Giant, hilarity ensues
- Andre T. Giant: team player
...more
1h 36min
March 14, 2023 GFA Live #137: WWF Survivor Series 1988 (Part 2)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the second match of the WWF Survivor Series 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
- Getting deep into the Demolition theme
- The many problems with the double turn of Demolition and the Powers of Pain
- Gorilla setting odds on the Conquistadors winning the match
- "GFA Warlord" doesn't have a problem with being a narrator
- Tully Blanchard's amazing work in the match
- The greatest Arn Anderson spinebuster of all time
- Sports betting launches in Massachusetts and Peter tries to take advantage
- Bad News Brown has a problem with Sean Mooney's line of questioning
...more
2h 1min
March 06, 2023 GFA Live #136: WWF Survivor Series 1988 (Part 1)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the first match of the WWF Survivor Series 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Jesse Ventura as a Mayflower passenger
* A realization about Jim Brunzell and his gear
* Just how long *was* Sam Houston in the ring
* The 2nd edition of a timeless Thankgiving tradtion: getting hit in the balls
* Bad News' negative attitude
* The final battle of Beefcake and Honky
* More Hulk Hogan influence on the Ultimate Warrior
* A bonus match: the one TV match between the Ultimate Warrior and Greg Valentine
...more
1h 14min

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