Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam

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December 26, 2025 Episode 392: 6 Years, 29 Foes: Ranking Backlund’s MSG Challengers
Bob Backlund’s championship reign defined late 70s and early 80s WWF wrestling. Yet a great champion is only as good as the challengers across the ring, and Backlund faced some of the very best. The lineup of challengers who tried to take his title reads like a who’s who of the era.
On this episode we count down and debate his greatest foes, revisit the rivalries that shaped his legacy, and relive the matches that kept fans coming back for more every month. On this episode we rank the best of them, discuss what made each rivalry unique, and decide who truly brought out the best in the champion.
You’re already tired of playing with your new Christmas presents, so what are you waiting for? Download and listen to this wicked good podcast today!
STICK TO WRESTLING…give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed we’ll give you a rawboned weekly classic pro wrestling podcast.
Produced by Lou Kipilman
Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network
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1h 29min
December 19, 2025 Episode 391: Follow Your Own Advice
This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we discuss wrestling events from Christmas Night and Christmas Week from 1985!
–Stan Hansen becomes the new AWA champion on a show held in New Jersey.
–The breakup of Gino Hernandez and Chris Adams begins.
–The NWA is on fire with the Ric Flair vs Dusty Rhodes feud at the top of the card.
–The Von Erichs and The Freebirds are back at it.
–The AWA tag champions are Jimmy Garvin and Steve Regal, one of the weakest teams to claim a world championship.
–Was Lance Von Erich a good wrestler, or even a good idea? That’s debatable. What’s not debatable is that he was over, and that’s what counted.
Plus Johnny Mac is still lamenting not going to the Pro Wrestling USA show from the New Jersey Meadowlands forty years ago, so what are you waiting for? Download and listen to this wicked good podcast today!
STICK TO WRESTLING…give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed we’ll give you a rawboned weekly classic pro wrestling podcast.
Produced by Lou Kipilman
Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network
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58min
December 12, 2025 Episode 390: So You’re Telling Me…Six Months
This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we get down to brass tacks and analyze the WWF during the month of December 1985!
We talk Bruno Sammartino, Bobby Heenan, Hulk Hogan, Terry Funk, Roddy Piper, Randy Savage, Jimmy Hart, Andre the Giant, British Bulldogs, Jesse Ventura, Don Muraco, Tito Santana, Ricky Steamboat, Fred Blassie, Hillbilly Jim, Bob Orton Jr, Miss Elizabeth, Pedro Morales, King Kong Bundy, Mr, Fuji, Tony Atlas, Paul Orndorff, Adrian Adonis, Nikolai Volkoff, Mr. Wrestling II, King Tonga, Uncle Elmer, Mad Dog Vachon, , Hart Foundation, Brutus Beefcake, Hercules Hernandez, Captain Lou Albano, Junkyard Dog, Big John Studd, Hillbilly Jim, George Steele, Iron Sheik, Killer Bees, Lanny Poffo, Ted Arcidi, Cousin Junior, Danny Spivey, and more!
Plus we share lots of great, rare audio, so what are you waiting for? Download and listen to this wicked good podcast today!
STICK TO WRESTLING…give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed we’ll give you a rawboned weekly classic pro wrestling podcast.
Produced by Lou Kipilman
Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network
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1h 20min
December 05, 2025 Episode 389: The Best 1,000 Days of Wrestling
This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we take mailbag questions from out listeners! Topics include:
–Should Jim Crockett have made more of an effort to make Ted Turner a partner?
–Let’s say WCW had won the 90’s wrestling war. Would their programming have been canceled anyway, thus destroying the company?
–Could Rick Rude have turned face if a fellow Heenan family member turned against him?
–Did Ric Flair need to be the NWA champion?
–Would Ricky Steamboat have worked as a replacement for the injured Sting in 1990? And if Steamboat hadn’t left the NWA in 1989, what do you do with him?
–Could Don Muraco could have carried the WWF or NWA as world champion?
Plus we really do discuss the best one thousand days of wrestling, so what are you waiting for? Download and listen to this wicked good podcast today!
STICK TO WRESTLING…give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed we’ll give you a rawboned weekly classic pro wrestling podcast.
Produced by Lou Kipilman
Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network
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1h 6min
November 28, 2025 Episode 388: How Are We Supposed To Top That?
This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we talk Portland Wrestling from 1985! On the discussion table:
–This small promotion had a few major events. We talk about them and analyze the impact these shows had on the health of Portland Wrestling.
–Sometimes pro wrestlers stretch the truth a bit. We share an extreme example.
–Ed Wiskowski unveils a rather exotic new gimmick.
–WWF and WCW were expanding. How did that affect Portland Wrestling?
–The future Lance Von Erich gets his start in the promotion, right in the city of Portland.
–Russian spies have always been a real thing. Alexis Smirnoff was definitely not Russian, but was he a spy?
Plus Johnny Mac shares a story about how Bobby Jaggers would pick up women at bars, so what are you waiting for? Download and listen to this wicked good podcast today!
STICK TO WRESTLING…give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed we’ll give you a rawboned weekly classic pro wrestling podcast.
Produced by Lou Kipilman
Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network
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1h 6min
November 21, 2025 Episode 387: Discovering Enhancement
This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we beat the rush and review Starrcade ’85, The Gathering! Talking points include:
–The Magnum T.A. vs Tully Blanchard “I Quit” Cage Match was the best Cage Match of the 80’s, the best Starrcade match ever, and the best U.S. match not involving Ric Flair of the entire decade.
–The finish of the Ric Flair vs Dusty Rhodes main event for the NWA title left many fans unsatisfied. What should the finish have been?
–There were too many title matches, too many gimmick matches, and far too much blood spilled. Starrcade ’85 was a tremendous and memorable event regardless.
–Some traditional Mid-Atlantic Wrestling fans were disappointed that they were sharing this event with Atlanta. Did the promotion have a choice?
–This was the biggest night of Buddy Landell’s life, but it should not have been. We fill you in on the details.
Plus Johnny Mac goes off on a Scott Steiner rant posted on Twitter, so what are you waiting for? Download and listen to this wicked good podcast today!
STICK TO WRESTLING…give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed we’ll give you a rawboned weekly classic pro wrestling podcast.
Produced by Lou Kipilman
Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network
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1h 9min
November 14, 2025 Episode 386: A Screwjob? Maybe Not.
This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we talk WWF from November 1985!
Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino, Terry Funk, Roddy Piper, Bobby Heenan, Randy Savage, Jesse Ventura, Andre The Giant, Ricky Steamboat, Jimmy Hart, British Bulldogs, Paul Orndorff, Barry Windham, Gene Okerlund, Magnificent Muraco, Bob Orton Jr, Tito Santana, Greg Valentine, Junkyard Dog, The Hart Foundation, Adrian Adonis, King Kong Bundy, Miss Elizabeth, Hercules Hernandez, Iron Sheik, Hillbilly Jim, Big John Studd, Fred Blassie, Captain Lou Albano, Mr. Fuji, Johnny Valiant, Uncle Elmer, Brutus Beefcake, Nikolai Volkoff, Dan Spivey, and more.
Plus we discuss the legends of the Wendi Richter “screwjob”, David Sammartino’s “phantom submission”, Piper’s Pit as the main event, and more. What are you waiting for? Download and listen to this wicked good podcast today!
STICK TO WRESTLING…give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed we’ll give you a rawboned weekly classic pro wrestling podcast.
Produced by Lou Kipilman
Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network
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1h 44min
November 07, 2025 Episode 385: The Original Big Bossman
This week on Stick To Wrestling we discuss the WWF during the first part of November 1985!
We recap the November 2, 1985 edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event. The card is a useful snapshot of late-1985 WWF booking: larger-than-life babyfaces vs. powerhouse heels, a building block for future feuds, the company balancing title protection with storyline advancement, and silly yet entertaining skits.
From there we provide detailed analysis of The Wrestling Classic Pay Per View, a historically significant event that was the the first WWF event sold exclusively on cable television. It paved the way for future major events like Wrestlemania, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble, and SummerSlam.
We also talk about the November 2 edition of “Championship Wrestling”, results from early November, the death of Rick McGraw, innocent ring attendants, flawed Halloween pumpkin pass contests, and more.
Plus there’s lots of great and rare audio from this era, so what are you waiting for? Download and listen to this wicked good podcast today!
STICK TO WRESTLING…give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed we’ll give you a rawboned weekly classic pro wrestling podcast.
Produced by Lou Kipilman
Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network
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1h 26min
October 31, 2025 Episode 384: Slam Dunk
This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we speak with Brian Solomon, the author of Irresistible Force: The Life and Times of Gorilla Monsoon!
Brian’s appearance was a welcome shot to the external occipital protuberance as pandemonium broke loose on this week’s podcast! We could literally cut the electricity with a knife as we discuss Gorilla Monsoon’s Hall of Fame qualifications, his match against Andre The Giant from “Best of the WWF, Volume 1”, a backstage business maneuvering that wounded Gorilla for years, a look behind the scenes at Vince McMahon Jr’s rise to the top of the wrestling business, and more. It is highly unlikely that you’d want to miss this episode!
Plus Johnny Mac parallels Monsoon to former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, so what are you waiting for? Download and listen to this wicked good conversation today!
STICK TO WRESTLING…give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed we’ll give you a rawboned weekly classic pro wrestling podcast.
Produced by Lou Kipilman
Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network
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1h 1min
October 25, 2025 Episode 383: The Other New York Dolls
This week on STICK TO WRESTLING, we’re diving deep into the mailbag for another round of classic wrestling talk — and nothing’s off-limits!
We’re breaking down guilty wrestling pleasures, Harley Race’s legacy as eight-time NWA Champion, why WrestleMania XI got moved indoors, Kevin Von Erich’s fading passion, Steve Keirn as a what-if WWF Champion, bizarre tape trader requests from the ’90s, who the WWWF could’ve crowned if Bruno Sammartino wasn’t around, Dick Slater as a possible AWA champ, the red-hot ’80s tag team scene, Rick McGraw’s upside, wrestlers who flat-out wasted their talent, and more!
It’s a fast-paced, old-school, no-nonsense wrestling discussion you don’t want to miss. Hit play now — because when you STICK TO WRESTLING, you get sixty minutes of pure, wicked good, classic wrestling talk every single week.
STICK TO WRESTLING…give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed we’ll give you a rawboned weekly classic pro wrestling podcast.
Produced by Lou Kipilman
Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network
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1h 3min

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