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- Titans of Wrestling #42: WWWF at Madison Square Garden, April 14th 1975
Originally released January 20, 2015
The boys are back for another look at that wild year of 1975, this time focusing on the April 14th card from Madison Square Garden.
On the docket:
4-14-75 TONY ALTIMORE vs MIKE PAIDOUSIS4-14-75 GREG VALENTINE vs EL OLYMPICO4-14-75 JAY STRONGBOW vs WALDO VON ERICH4-14-75 BRUNO SAMMARTINO vs SPIROS ARION - GREEK DEATH MATCH4-14-75 EDOUARD CARPENTIER vs BIG JOE NOVA4-14-75 BOBBY DUNCUM vs VICTOR RIVERAAlso on tonight's show, marvel at...
-The new anti-workrate masterpiece of all-time
-El Olympico: The Man in the Half-Mask-"Friendly" Bob Freed: The announcer who never met a name he couldn't mispronounce-Bruno Sammartino's attempt at vengeance in the dreaded GREEK DEATH MATCH!!!!-Plus extended discussion on Greg Valentine and his early career, the ideal wrestling champion, a mini-Mike Paidousis bio, and Nazi's!2 hr 41 min - Titans of Wrestling #41: WWF May to June 1981
Originally released January 6, 2015
Join Parv, Pete, Johnny and Kelly as they kick off 2015 with a look at more WWF action from 1981!
On the docket:
5-16 DUSTY RHODES vs JOHNNY RODZ WWF TV
5-23 KING KONG MOSCA vs RICK MCGRAW WWF TV5-30 DON MURACO vs RICK MCGRAW WWF TV6-8 DON MURACO vs RICK MARTEL MADISON SQUARE GARDEN6-8 DUSTY RHODES vs KILLER KHAN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN6-8 BOB BACKLUND vs KING KONG MOSCA WWF TITLE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN6-8 MOONDOGS vs FUJINAMI/YATSU MADISON SQUARE GARDEN6-8 PEDRO MORALES vs SGT SLAUGHTER IC TITLE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN6-20 PEDRO MORALES vs DON MURACO IC TITLE PHILADELPHIA SPECTRUMAlso on tonight's show:
-Parv stars in the smash new English comedy called The Flat
-The Titans celebrate the art of officiating, featuring...
1. Dick Kroll: The world's tallest and best bumping referee, and...2. Pat Patterson: The world's best dressed and most biased referee-The race for most boring WWWF/WWF tag team match heats up, with a new contender entering the field (but at least it has a marriage proposal!)
-Johnny's passionate defense of that lazy beach bum, Don Muraco
-Plenty of talk on Martel, Andre, Morales, McGraw, and others
2 hr 28 min - Titans of Wrestling #40: A Very Bruno Christmas
Originally released December 25, 2014
Santa was delayed a bit (and he forgot part of the pod in the North Pole - look out for an Xtra with the rest), but here is your last, and best, present of the day
1 hr 22 min - Titans of Wrestling #39: WWF April to May 1981
Originally released December 8, 2014
Take an acid-induced trip through Pat Patterson's 60s San Francisco mind as the Titans go back to 1981 for a legendary match ... and a pile of other random shit.
On the docket tonight:
04-04 ANDRE THE GIANT vs THE HANGMAN WWF TV
04-06 PAT PATTERSON vs SGT SLAUGHTER BAD MADISON SQUARE GARDEN04-81 BOB BACKLUND, STAN HANSEN PROMOS WWF TV04-06 BOB BACKLUND vs STAN HANSEN WWF TITLE/CAGE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN04-11 GEORGE STEELE vs JACK CARSON WWF TV04-18 DON MURACO vs CHARLIE BROWN WWF TV04-18 MIL MASCARAS vs JOHNNY RODZ WWF TV05-04 PETER MAIVIA vs RICK MCGRAW WWF TV05-04 BOB BACKLUND vs KING KONG MOSCA WWF TITLE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN05-81 SGT SLAUGHTER, PAT PATTERSON PROMOS WWF TV05-04 PAT PATTERSON vs SGT SLAUGHTER ALLEY FIGHT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN05-81 LOU ALBANO PROMO WWF TV05-04 MONSOON/MARTEL/GAREA vs HANSEN/REX/ALBANO MADISON SQUARE GARDENHighlights include:
- Killer Khan under the bed
- Charlie Brown bio featuring Apollo Creed and Lando Calrissian- Assessing Slaughter's "greatest hits"- How Pat Patterson's t-shirt helped decrease crime in New York- Plus: Guys who wrestled in 5+ decades, the most beautiful pro wrestlers in history, and much much more!2 hr 31 min - Titans of Wrestling #38: WWWF April 1975
Originally released November 25, 2014
Parv, Pete, Johnny and Kelly jump back into the Leaping Lanny machine to the murky depths of 1975 for more thrilling grappling action.
On the docket tonight:
04-02 BLACKJACKS vs DON KERNODLE/MR HAYASHI
04-01 ANDRE THE GIANT vs JACK EVANS/JOHNNY RODZ/BIG JOE NOVA04-01 TONY GAREA vs THE WOLFMAN - ANTONIO ROCCA REFEREE04-09 BRUNO SAMMARTINO vs BOBBY DUNCUM - TEXAS DEATH MATCH05-27 DICKHEAD STRONGBOW/RIVERA vs KOWALSKI/DUNCUMHighlights include:
- Bios for Antonio Rocca, The Wolfman and some random jobbers
- Grumpy Pete- Rocky Raymond is back and with a vengeance!- Kowolski's mask and the great toupee-glue trials of 75- And wrestlers who were also teachers2 hr 12 min - Titans of Wrestling #37: WWF March 1981
Originally released November 11, 2014
Parv, Pete, Johnny and Kelly are back once again for some 1981 goodness from WWF.
On the docket tonight:
03-07 KING KONG MOSCA vs JOSE ESTRADA WWF TV
03-21 ANDRE THE GIANT vs HULK HOGAN PHILADELPHIA SPECTRUM03-21 BOB BACKLUND vs SGT SLAUGHTER WWF TITLE/CAGE PHILADELPHIA SPECTRUM03-28 MOONDOGS vs DENUCCI/STALLONE WWF TV04-04 MARTEL/GAREA vs MOONDOGS TAG TITLE WWF TVHighlights include:
- Bios for King Kong Angelo Mosca and some jobber
- Dick Woehrle sitting on a turnbuckle- EPIC Kal Watch- The search for "The True Heir of Jack Brisco"- The long awaited return of THE MAILBAG (this time with actual real listener questions)2 hr 11 min - Titans of Wrestling #36: Interview with Tito Santana
Originally released October 20, 2014
Parv and Pete interview Tito Santana about his early career in Florida, Georgia, WWF, and AWA, and about his legendary feud over the Intercontinental Title with Greg Valentine from 1985.
Head over to Tito's website: titosantana.net/
And contact him on Twitter: twitter.com/RealTitoSantana40 min - Titans of Wrestling #35: WWF at Madison Square Garden, March 16th 1981
Originally released October 12, 2014
Join Pete, Kelly and two grumpy old men to argue about Bob Backlund matches from 1981.
On the docket tonight:
Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Baron Mikel Scicluna
SD Jones vs Johnny RodzRick McGraw vs Moondog RexDominic DeNucci vs Larry SharpeBob Backlund vs Stan HansenPedro Morales vs Moondog KingAndre the Giant vs Sgt. SlaughterRick Martel vs The HangmanTony Garea vs Bulldog BrowerTony Atlas vs Hulk HoganHighlights include:
- More tales of The Baron
- The stat attack: win-loss records for SJ Jones, Johnny Rodz and many others- The great matwork conspiracy of March 81- Brief discussion of Dominic Denucci's Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame case- Plus: card games out the back, why Hansen and Brody never worked Hogan, Parv vs the world on Backlund round 254,some discussion of Rick Martel, and Tony Garea's magnificent hair!2 hr 11 min - Titans of Wrestling #34: Interview with "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff
Originally released August 26, 2014
Parv, Pete and Kelly interview Ivan Koloff about his long career, covering everything from his early days in Canada, beating Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF title, working in New York, AWA, IWA, WWA, Florida, Georgia, and Jim Crockett Promotions.
Ivan had a legitimately great career, and even though the interivew is almost two hours, we only scratch the surface.
1 hr 48 min - Titans of Wrestling #33: Unspecial Too
Originally released August 21, 2014
Join Parv, Pete, Johnny and Kelly to celebrate the one-year birthday of Titans of Wrestling for this sequel to the first Unspecial: Unspecial Too!
On the docket tonight:
- Dr D David Schultz, Lou Albano, and various others shout at Jim Wilson and Thunderbolt Patterson on the Morton Downey Jr. Show, circa 1989
- Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Ric Flair and an errant mole appear on Baywatch, circa 1995- Vince McMahon Jr performs "Stand Back" at Caeser's Atlantic City, December 17th, 1987- Legends Battle Royal at the Meadowlands, November 16th 19872 hr 14 min
About Titans of Wrestling
From the publisher's feed
Podcast originally ran from August 2013 to February 2017
Join Parv, Pete, Kelly and Johnny as they travel back in time to look at the state of WWF wrestling in the late 70s through the early 80s. Along the way they also make pit stops in Portland, St. Louis, Georgia, Calgary and other territories to cover their history. They discuss the prominent matches, angles and promos of the era and leave no stone unturned as they talk through wrestler bios, psychology, and even jobber squashes!
Also included: supplemental pods Titans Xtra, Best of Titans of Wrestling, At the Garden, and Mount Olympus