Monthly Archives: July 2026

Podcast

Episode 422: A Promotion’s Pinnacle

This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we review the NWA / Jim Crockett Promotions during the month of July 1986!

We talk Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, The Road Warriors, Magnum TA, Tully Blanchard, Jim Cornette, Ole Anderson, Baby Doll, Rock & Roll Express, Big Bubba Rogers, Nikita Koloff, J.J. Dillon., Midnight Express, Jimmy Valiant, Ron Garvin, Wahoo McDaniel, Jimmy Garvin, Arn Anderson, Paul Ellering, Baron Von Raschke, Hector Guerrero, Buddy Landell, Manny Fernandez, Pez Whatley, The Barbarian, Black Bart, The Warlord, Sam Houston, Krusher Kruschev, Steve Regal, Don Kernodle, and more!

Plus there’s 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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Episode 421: As The Years Go Passing By

This week on STICK TO WRESTLING, we rank and discuss the greatest years in WWWF/WWF history, from 1976 through 1995! Johnny Mac and Steve lived through every one of those trips around the Sun, and they have plenty of information, and even more opinions, to share. On the discussion table:

— The year the WWF broke from its traditional Madison Square Garden booking patterns.
— The year Bruno Sammartino faced five future Hall of Famers as his primary challengers.
— The year Bob Backlund suddenly found himself with a whole new slate of exciting rivals.
— The year Superstar Billy Graham shattered every mold and presented a WWWF unlike anything fans had ever seen before or since.
— The year Hulk Hogan exploded onto the scene and changed everything.
— The year of WrestleMania III when, for better or worse, the WWF emerged as the unquestioned number one wrestling promotion in the world.

Which year comes out on top? There’s only one way to find out. 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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Episode 420: Machine Delivery

This week on STICK TO WRESTLING, we review the WWF during the month of July 1986!

— Paul Orndorff finally turns on Hulk Hogan, who somehow never saw it coming. Then again, neither did TV commentator Bruno Sammartino.
— The Machines make their television debut through a series of vignettes, and Bobby Heenan takes a decidedly dim view of the whole thing.
— Dick Slater debuts, and he’s a bomb- a stinkbomb. He feels like a first-round NFL draft pick who already looks like a bust after two weeks of training camp.
— Meanwhile, Jake Roberts is absolutely on fire. He’s unlike any other heel in the WWF, and the fans can’t take their eyes off him.
— From coast to coast and everywhere in between, the WWF is drawing enormous crowds in Canada.
— Three Dogs are losing momentum: Junkyard, Dynamite, and Davey. Woof.

Plus, Johnny Mac talks about a WWF event he deliberately avoided and we’ve got plenty of rare, outstanding audio. So what are you waiting for? Skip the predictable fireworks, then 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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