NOTE: This show, scheduled for Friday, came out on a Sunday. This week’s coming shows are also delayed, and likely to arrive… late? Maybe Wed-Thursday-Friday this week, until we get back on track. Thanks for your understanding! Enjoy!

The Hair-Metal Mini-Game blasts out of the starting blocks with a full-throttle matchup between certified classic and top-seed “Pour Some Sugar on Me” from legendary group Def Leppard taking on 16-seed “Seventeen” from Winger, which is also a song. Then, 8-seed “Sweet Child o’ Mine” by Guns n’ Roses tackles 9-seed “Down Boys” by Warrant. Two foregone conclusions? Maybe! But remember: it’s the journey, not the destination. Or something.

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