I Can Talk Kayfabe

Is Greg Gagne the stupidest man alive? Probably not but Larry Zbyszko wants you to think so. Also, where the hell was Paul Orndorff in the WWF title tournament at WrestleMania IV? We also have Lex Luger and Dennis Condrey sonning marks in “You Asked Us” as we dig into THE WRESTLER from October 1987.

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Its a look back to the year that was 1984 in professional wrestling which for some reason features a lot of Jerry Blackwell.

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We dive back into the world of wrestling match-ups that might have been with WRESTLING SUPERSTARS from August 1990. 

Ric Flair and Ultimate Warrior are going to square off but we have to get the government involved first. Also, don’t trust the Rock ’N Roll Express. Ever.

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This week, we check out WRESTLING WORLD from December 1984. Kerry Von Erich’s on top of the world for just a little while but not for too long, Florida wrestling memories of Mike Davis as Dusty Rhodes and the legend of Bruiser Brody endures.

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This week, Sports Review Wrestling from 1990 looks at the weird experiment that was Starrcade 89 where only a few people wrestled. Also, Jake Roberts makes a comeback and pro wrestlers remember the 80s.

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Someone is trying to take out the Hulkster! Hot damn! I bet its probably Brutus Beefcake but since its 1991, I’m probably wrong! The new money is on Dino Bravo who had an inexplicably great 1990.

Also, we discuss WCW’s Minotaur, the Nikita Koloff fan club package and Ricky Steamboat’s WWF failure.

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Hot damn….we’re back! This week, we pay tribute to Bruno Sammartino and even squeeze in a review of WWE’s Backlash. It wasn’t very good.

Thankfully, this magazine is interesting as we cover the most devastating finishers of 1986, put over Karate Pants Jake Roberts and discover that Stan Hansen quizzes his kids on pro wrestling and hits them with the AWA Championship if they get the answers wrong. Stuff gets dark, man.

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Rowdy Roddy Piper is the Wrestler of the Month in the December 1986 edition of WRESTLING’S MAIN EVENT!! He’s really unpredictable and might give you a scientific DDT. That’s when you DDT someone on a Harlan Ellison novel (nailed it)

Elsewhere in the book, the Machines are dumb but secretly awesome, WME’s editor has it out with the fans, Terry Taylor orders a salad and Magnum TA takes a secret meeting at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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Its the continuation of our last episode (sorry we’ve been away - Joe is moving) as we look at the additional half of Wrestle America, WRESTLING BAD GUYS - JUNE 1999!

We break down the purported Top 10 Heel turns of all time that somehow forgets to include the Barbershop Window and many others. Also, Ric Flair is a wimp, Sgt. Slaughter somehow becomes a contender and John Tolos throws all the powder.

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The nWo is on the verge of complete pro wrestling domination even though we are talking about in early 1999 when Vincent and Stevie Ray were farting around over who would run the B-Team. Anyhow, WRESTLE AMERICA from June 1999 helps us sort it out.

Also in this book, we go in-depth into Lex Luger’s wrestling jeans phase, Hulk Hogan stumps for a flat tax, Jeff Hardy swantons on to a bed of bugs and the Barry Windham/Curt Hennig tag team was PITS (until they became the West Texas Rednecks).

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