Greetings From Allentown

You can’t go wrong with a Dangerous Alliance six man match, and that is the feature on this edition of WCW Pro from January 18, 1992! - The issues that held back the Dangerous Alliance that weren’t Bill Watts - A star power rating of 83.33% in the main event - The utterly pointless 1992 El Gigante and his hilarious injury in Japan - Cactus Jack’s bizarre month: falling down stairs, fighting with his sometimes friend, teaming with Buddy Lee Parker, and odd opponents - The WCW Patriots and their planned community of WCW Special Forces - We will always love The Bodyguard Mr. Hughes - Glimpsing Big Josh’s future appeal to children Plus: - Another medical update, now with lots more gross fluid! - Abdullah The Butcher’s bad luck on GFA - Lex Luger gets the Lesnar treatment - The tenuous connection between the 1990 Dallas Cowboys, the 1991 New England Patriots, and Monday Night Football - Celebrating the lack of Van Hammer on the show - Vinnie Vegas Corner for the NFL Conference title games for you to bet against

The unsung heroes are spotlighted on an unusual edition of WWF TNT from May 3, 1985! - Recapping an interesting month of WWF TV - Rusty Brooks makes things happen by going to into business for himself and bullying other guests - Steve Lombardi inadvertently walks into a joke - The Duke of Dorchester goes on a bizarre jag about a Kuwaiti island - Johnny Rodz makes Vince McMahon look like a dumbass - Why Howard Finkel should have hosted Open Mic nights - Commenting on the attire of each guest - David Sammartino puts All Japan Pro Wrestling on high alert with a backdrop driver Plus: - Medical update, now with a new “sponsor”! - A list of famous people from Dorchester, MA and how to deal with unruly Bostonians - The storyline of the movie Gymkata - Vinnie Vegas Corner for the NFL Divisional round for you to bet against my picks Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: @GFAllentownPod Facebook.com/GreetingsFromAllentown

It aired on Saturday mornings but is very different from what came before as this edition takes a look at WWE Saturday Morning Slam from September 22, 2012! - The brief not-so illustrious history of Saturday Morning Slam on the CW network - Ever debated TV-14 vs TV-PG? How about wrestling under a TV-G rating? - A look back at 5 great IC champions from the past - How The Miz is like an item in an elementary school bathroom - William Regal as the ideal worker for the restrictions of TV-G - Why Zack Ryder’s gimmick isn’t really a gimmick - Thoughts on Santino Marella as an announcer - A rundown of then-current champions in WWE Plus: - A medical update from the host, and the reasoning behind choosing this show - WWE Network’s obsession with Seth Rollins documentaries Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: @GFAllentownPod Facebook.com/GreetingsFromAllentown

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling from February 26, 1983

With WrestleMania 9 in the rearview (sort of), it’s back at the Manhattan Center for Monday Night RAW from April 5, 1993! - Jerry Lawler is failed by crowd control and confronts the Macho Man - The final days of the Beverly Brothers and Mike Enos’ destiny - Bob Backlund’s series of weird 1993 matchups continues - The fickle New York audience turns on their former hero Virgil - Rob Bartlett’s pathetic phoner - The Steiner Brothers: the reality of what people thought Arn and Tully in the WWF was Plus: - Damien Demento’s role in a classic Bruce Willis film - The return of YouTube Comment Theater! - Vinnie Vegas Corner for NFL Week 16! Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: @GFAllentownPod Facebook.com/GreetingsFromAllentown

The kickoff of a legendary rivalry highlights this edition of WWF Wrestling Challenge from February 11, 1990! - Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels go one on one for the first time with a screwy result - February 11, 1990, a day that changed the WWF in the short term - Revisiting the Big Bossman’s change of heart on working for Slick and Ted DiBiase - Greg Valentine showing glimpses of what was to come later in 1990 - The origin of the racial issues in the Bad News Brown-Roddy Piper feud - Some fun facts about the old Capital Centre arena in Landover, Maryland - Koko B. Ware won more than you thought - Jack Tunney reveals the WrestleMania main event and does some trolling Plus: - Dealing with a health issue arising from eating pizza - Ted DiBiase’s superior networking skills with managers - Speaking out against snitch tagging - Vinnie Vegas Corner for NFL Week 15! Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: @GFAllentownPod Facebook.com/GreetingsFromAllentown

Things are getting serious heading into Starrcade on this edition of NWA Pro from November 19, 1988! - The Road Warriors finally win the NWA tag titles defeating the Midnight Express - Road Warrior Animal gives the promo of his life….and immediately gets overshadowed - Dusty Rhodes clears the air on whether he has abused steroids (LOL) - Bam Bam Bigelow’s snazzy NWA theme - Paul E. Dangerously states a goal that would not come to fruition until 2019 - The most relatable moment of Rick Steiner’s career - A bizarre tribute to Magnum TA two years after his accident Plus: - A failing snowblower and 22 inches of snow - The music behind the “Catch the Pinfalls” tag - Connecting 1987-88 JCP with the 1985-87 Philadelphia Flyers for God knows what reason - YouTube Comment Theater! - Vinnie Vegas Corner for NFL Week 14! Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: @GFAllentownPod Facebook.com/GreetingsFromAllentown

It’s back to the WMC-TV studio for a look at Memphis Wrestling from April 2, 1988! - Jerry Lawler and Eddie Gilbert brawl in the parking lot and the clever plot hatched leading to it - The Memphis debuts of Scott Steiner and Tom Brandi - Connecting Memphis manager Ernest Angel with the WWF’s Brother Love - The simple pleasure of Lance Russell calling a match - The parade of Gilberts and the mysterious little girl - The Harris Twins get some help from the lead singer of Sawyer Brown - Brickhouse Brown faces Scotty the Body (the future Raven) Plus: - Taking a different approach to dieting - Missing the days of being able to slam down a phone to end a call - Doug Gilbert’s football career - A wrestler named “Dancing” - The return of YouTube Comment Theater! - Vinnie Vegas Corner for NFL Week 13! Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: @GFAllentownPod Facebook.com/GreetingsFromAllentown

Part two for episode 143 with a look at the 1992 Royal Rumble, with a detailed look at the 2nd half of the Royal Rumble match: the one booking flaw, pondering a Roddy Piper-Undertaker feud, the Macho Man’s mistake and the attempt to cover for it, and Sid Justice: the greatest genius of all time! Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: @GFAllentownPod Facebook.com/GreetingsFromAllentown

Part one of two for episode 143 with a look at the 1992 Royal Rumble, quickly reviewing the four matches and a lengthier look at the Rumble match itself! Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: @GFAllentownPod Facebook.com/GreetingsFromAllentown

Ring in Survivor Series season with this look at WWF Superstars from November 3, 1990! - Young Dustin Rhodes tries to last 10 minutes with Ted DiBiase: diabolical plan, repeat of a successful angle, or both? - Rick Martel as a model heel for the modern product - Bobby Heenan and Brother Love beg for forgiveness - Survivor Series team promos aplenty - So what exactly IS a “Bushwhacker” anyway? - Sgt. Slaughter’s role in the greatest bad match of all time - The first broadcast for the Vince/Savage/Piper troika - Demolition and their new gimp masks Plus: - Lessons learned on a Saturday night in the Boston area - The funniest part about the angle with the Big Bossman’s mother - Local promos for a Bunkhouse battle royal in Boston lead to some interesting references - Vinnie Vegas Corner for NFL Week 11! Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: @GFAllentownPod Facebook.com/GreetingsFromAllentown

WrestleMania III is on the horizon in this look at WWF Superstars of Wrestling from February 21, 1987! - The Honky Tonk Man appears on Jake Roberts’ Snake Pit and everyone’s fate changes forever - The first Hart Foundation tag title defense on TV against the babyface Islanders - Roddy Piper confirms the rumors of his pending retirement - Extending the wrestling concept of “open contracts” the another sport - Billy Jack Haynes as a dear friend of Hulk Hogan - The forgotten 1987 WWF heel run of Salvatore Bellomo - Audio comparison of the first Honky Tonk Man theme and an early Elvis Presley recording - How important is Savage-Steamboat to the WM3 legacy? - The Can-Am Connection’s busy night in the Meadowlands Plus: - Attending a Chaotic Wrestling show: returning gimmicks, homage to Goodfellas, and Italian dining - Elizabeth cutting loose in an LJN figures commercial - Hulk vs Andre predictions foreshadows the coming fissure in a WWF tag team - Vinnie Vegas Corner for NFL Week 10 (and one NCAA game)! Email: G

Barely under the wire for Halloween is the final show before WCW’s 1991 Halloween Havoc, the October 27, 1991 edition of WCW Main Event! - WCW’s bad luck with the World Series on that date - Imagining a world where Kevin Nash stays as Oz and works Japan exclusively - Madusa in a rare WCW women’s match, and is extremely pissed off for some reason - Another extended appreciation for the great Johnny B. Badd - Van Hammer’s 1991 push: a tribute to a Navy man or just annoying? - The positive social implications of the Ron Simmons push - Football as a driving force in the Luger/Simmons battle - The big reason to never begrudge Mick Foley’s comebacks Plus: - Rebooting the Golden Girls with Missy Hyatt and Madusa - Scenes from a Long Island baptism - Memories of Jim Ross’ old WSB radio show - Vinnie Vegas Corner for NFL week 9! Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: @GFAllentownPod Facebook.com/GreetingsFromAllentown

It’s time to check in with Cowboy Bill Watts for some Mid-South Wrestling from June 24, 1982! - Ted DiBiase takes a necessary step in his career facing Junkyard Dog in one of the greatest storylines ever - The wonderful misspelling of Killer Khan’s name - Andre the Giant’s common interests with the late singer Amy Winehouse - Wondering how Dr. Death Steve Williams didn’t break any stupid NCAA rules by being a pro wrestler - The One Man Gang looking far more like Akeem - Buck Robley, lengthy names, and Libya - Seeing Big John Studd in a non-WWF setting - The musings of Bill Watts: talking about his kids and crapping on Georgia Plus: - Advice on how to approach yard work - Freddie Blassie’s older vocabulary - Prince William vs Prince Harry, then and now - Similarities between DiBiase/JYD and Bruno/Larry - The return of YouTube Comment Theater! - Vinnie Vegas Corner for NFL week 8! Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: @GFAllentownPod Facebook.com/GreetingsFromAllentown

We travel the road to the first King of the Ring PPV with a look at WWF Mania from May 8, 1993! - Todd Pettengill brings his worst qualities to the table - Tatanka saves Sherri from Bam Bam and gets a haircut for his trouble - How Jim Duggan’s ’87 firing impacted Shawn Michaels - The similarities between the Undertaker character and Star Wars - Bob Backlund meets Lex Luger in a battle of former world champions - A bizarre introduction from the Smoking Gunns - Kamala goes it alone without Reverend Slick - Mr. Perfect and Doink begin an unlikely series Plus: - Vince McMahon’s mid 90s calls of near falls - Why Fred Savage is obviously superior to his brother Ben - Pondering a change in the opening segment of the podcast - A close call for the Phoenix Suns - Vinnie Vegas Corner for NFL week 7! Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: @GFAllentownPod Facebook.com/GreetingsFromAllentown

Sting joins forces with fellow Horsemen Ric Flair and Arn Anderson for a red hot six man tag on the January 26, 1990 edition of NWA Power(rrrrrrrrrrrrr) Hour - The eastern Tennessee crowd goes crazy for the short-lived incarnation of the Four Horsemen - Jim Cornette cracks on the taping site, which would change the course of wrestling history - Buzz Sawyer breaks the powerslam scale - Jim Cornette pitches an angle for Ranger Ross, while Jim Ross picks on the Italian Stallion - Terry Funk offers Sting some advice - Diminishing returns from the Samoan Savage - The mostly forgotten rap for WrestleWar ‘90 - Gordon Solie takes a dump on the Memphis territory Plus: - Weddings with accidental visits from mariachis - The story of a man named Savage (not Randy) - How the booking of Bud Bowls are kind of like recent vintage WWE - Reflecting on a big week in current wrestling - Positing an idea for a new Funk’s Grill set - Vinnie Vegas Corner for NFL week 6! - The return of YouTube Comment Theater! Email: Greetings

With the wrestling world changing this week, the show goes back 35 years to the January 28, 1984 edition of WWF Championship Wrestling as a new world champion is crowned! - Hulk Hogan’s title win over the Iron Sheik marks the start of a new era - Sheiky deals with an untimely boner - Paul Orndorff goes to a forbidden place talking about Hulk Hogan - Roddy Piper launches Piper’s Pit at the expense of Victory Corner - How The Hammer overlapped with his time in JCP - How are telegrams being sent to the announcer’s desk in Allentown? - Mr. Fuji’s refusal to tag with a different partner on this set of tapings - Who was the best babyface IC champion of the 1980s? - Tony Atlas vows to get “kinky” - Just how boring can B. Brian Blair be? Plus: - A recap of a week in Alaska - The importance of local promos - Enjoying how Roddy Piper says the name “Tony Atlas” - Hulk Hogan’s surprising tag team partner in New Japan from early ‘84 - Speculating on a movie career for Robert DeBord - Vinnie Vegas Corner for NFL week 5

In this Greetings From Allentown special, the Arsenio Hall Show takes center stage with a look at three appearances by WWF wrestlers on the show! - WWF Champion Randy “Macho Man” Savage appears in March 1989 to promote WrestleMania V and has entertaining interplay with the audience and a fellow guest - Bad News Brown mixes it up with Arsenio in the summer of 1990 on topics like food, his attire, and the feud with Jake “The Snake” Roberts - Hulk Hogan comes on the show to try and spin on the steroid scandals starting to engulf him and the WWF in the summer of 1991….with poor results Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod Facebook.com/GreetingsFromAllentown

Bask in the afterglow of the 1988 Survivor Series with a look at the November 26, 1988 edition of the WWF Superstars of Wrestling! - Jack Tunney gets some Bad News on the Brother Love Show - What is the nature of these “favors” Bad News is saying Elizabeth did? - Why discussion of the Powers of Pain/Demolition/Mr. Fuji imbroglio from Survivor Series was vague, and thoughts of the execution of the double turn - Is Bobby Heenan and/or Ted DiBiase guilty of human trafficking with regard to Hercules? - Pleading for restoration of the original Rick Rude theme - The apparently aborted feud between the Brain Busters and Young Stallions - What else could be behind the Hart Foundation-Rougeaus feud? - The eternal debate of The Big Bossman vs The Big Boss Man Plus: - An oddity of the presentation of Superstars from this particular taping - Jesse takes a shot at the local Major League Baseball team, with cause - A stunning conclusion to your faithful host’s job search - Vinnie Vegas Corner for week 3 of the NFL! Emai

The Adams Division Podcast returns with part two discussing favorite single season sports teams! Steve Bennett (The Sports-Casters) and Peter Winson (Greetings From Allentown) discuss their 5 favorite single season sports teams of all time! Included are teams that won it all, ones that came agonizingly close, super teams, and ones that were intensely personal to Steve or Peter! As a bonus, Steve and Peter reveal their most HATED single season team of all time as well! Subscribe to the Place To Be Nation Wrestling feed, home of The Adams Division Podcast: placetobe.podbean.com/feed/