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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.

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Episode 381: Don’t Get Too Brilliant With Me

This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we review the WWF from the month of October 1985!

We talk Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino, Terry Funk, Bobby Heenan, Jesse Ventura, Roddy Piper, Wendi Richter, The British Bulldogs, Randy Savage, Andre The Giant, Jimmy Hart, Greg Valentine, King Kong Bundy, Magnificent Muraco, Dino Bravo, Adrian Adonis, Barry Windham, Captain Lou Albano, Nikolai Volkoff, Uncle Elmer, Paul Orndorff, Big John Studd, Tony Atlas, Bob Orton Jr, Tito Santana, The Hart Foundation, Fred Blassie, Ricky Steamboat, Brutus Beefcake, Junkyard Dog, Mr. Fuji, Mike Rotondo, David Sammartino, Iron Sheik, Tony Garea, King Tonga, Pedro Morales, George Steele, Hillbilly Jim, Johnny Valiant, Dan Spivey, Lanny Poffo, and more!

It’s an extra large, extra long edition of your favorite podcast, 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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Episode 380: Was This The End, Or The Beginning Of The End?

This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the World Class Championship Wrestling event from the Cotton Bowl from October 6, 1985! The one where Gino Hernandez and Chris Adams has their heads shaved, and our guest Lance Peterson was there live! On the discussion board:

— Was this really the end of the glory days of World Class? We discuss Johnny Mac’s opinion from way back in the day, his outlook now, and what led up to this legendary match.
— A star is born: Missy Hyatt makes her television debut, at least on the syndicated program.
— We’re not huge fans of Kelly Kiniski and Ted Dibiase agrees with us. Lance sheds a great deal of light on what looks like Kelly’s aborted push.
— Many of this show’s stars seemed destined for greater heights, but many disappointed.
— Lance Von Erich debuts. Johnny Mac and the “other” Lance defend him to death.
— The Great Kabuki gets just a little bit jealous.

Plus Johnny Mac shares an unpopular view on steroids, 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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