We are BACK for the next stop on our summer vacation as we roll into Baltimore, Maryland for the GREAT AMERICAN BASH 1988. We take a close look at Lex Luger’s biggest match in his young career as he takes on the old men in the Maryland State Athletic Commission and briefly discuss the rest of this great card. In the second half we also have a great discussion about the BEST WRESTLING TAPES TO RENT back in the day.

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We start our summer vacation with a trip to Munich, Germany to watch the legendary match between Cactus Jack and Big Van Vader! Please support the OSWP by joining the OSWP Patreon or subscribing to our premium episodes in Apple Podcasts! You can also purchase old episodes on our digital merchandise site. Visit all the important links below! Thanks for listening and we’ll see you…at the matches!

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This week on the Old School Wrestling Podcast we go back to the glory years of Jim Crockett Promotions, 1987, to review the finals of the US Tag Team title tournament between the new Midnight Express and Ron Garvin and Barry Windham. Please support the OSWP by joining the OSWP Patreon or subscribing to our premium episodes in Apple Podcasts! You can also purchase old episodes on our digital merchandise site. Visit all the important links below! Thanks for listening and we’ll see you…at the matches!

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We are joined by Jon Boucher from the Charting the Territories podcast this episode for a great discussion on Don Leo Jonathan and this match between him and Dory Funk Jr. from 1975. Thanks to Jon for all his knowledge and insight on “The Mormon Giant” Don Leo Jonathan! Please support the OSWP by joining the OSWP Patreon or subscribing to our premium episodes in Apple Podcasts! You can also purchase old episodes on our digital merchandise site. Visit all the important links below! Thanks for listening and we’ll see you…at the matches!

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We close out ECW month with a look at the legendary feud between the Sandman and Tommy Dreamer that truly defined who Tommy Dreamer would become in ECW. In the second half Dre takes us down memory lane with some of the classic ECW commercials that would appear during Hardcore TV. Please support the OSWP by joining the OSWP Patreon or subscribing to our premium episodes in Apple Podcasts! You can also purchase old episodes on our digital merchandise site. Visit all the important links below! Thanks for listening and we’ll see you…at the matches!

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The entire month of April we will be talking about EXTREME CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING! For this episode we will be talking about the incredible phenomenon that was Rob Van Dam in 1998/1999 as well as his big match against Bam Bam Bigelow where he won his first major singles title.

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It’s WrestleMania season again and this year we go back in time to look at the classic match and feud between Randy Savage and Ric Flair. In the second half we are joined by the Macho Man to offer his side of the story behind this legendary feud. Please support the OSWP by joining the OSWP Patreon! Thanks for listening and we’ll see you…at the matches!

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On this week’s episode of the Old School Wrestling Podcast we go back in time to talk about one of the most horrifying moments in WWF history, the night Earthquaked killed Damien and then several weeks later would serve Quakeburgers made with the meat of Damien to Vince, Bobby, and Lord Alfred Hayes on Prime Time Wrestling.

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On this episode of the OSWP we look at one of our favorite episodes of Monday Night RAW from February 24, 1997 when ECW invaded the Manhattan Center in New York City. Please support the OSWP by joining the OSWP Patreon! Thanks for listening and we’ll see you…at the matches!

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The Old School Wrestling Podcast takes a look at the incredible six month run from January to July 1993 featuring “The Narcissist” Lex Luger and review his last television matched as the evil man with the metal plate in his arm before he would board the helicopter that would take him to the USS Intrepid to bodyslam the Yokozuna and save the United States of America from Japan. In the second half, they look at an article from a 1969 issue of INSIDE WRESTLING called “I WAKE UP SCREAMING,” a story about Don Savage and the nightmares he experiences after facing SKULL MURPHY in a professional wrestling match.

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