{"id":1563,"date":"2024-01-12T12:50:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcadampod.com\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2024-01-12T12:50:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:50:41","slug":"episode-292-this-is-not-entertaining-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mcadampod.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/12\/episode-292-this-is-not-entertaining-television\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 292: This Is Not Entertaining Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we continue our review of the WWF during the month of January, 1984. This was one of the most tumultuous and chaotic months in any company in pro wrestling history. On the discussion table:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Bob Backlund has a new tag team partner, and he&#8217;s from Venice Beach, CA.<br \/>\n&#8211;Magnificent Muraco vs Tito Santana! 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Download and listen to listen to this wicked good episode!<\/p>\n<p>STICK TO WRESTLING, give us 60 minutes and perhaps indeed, we\u2019ll give you a rawboned weekly pro wrestling podcast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Produced by Lou Kipilman<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9914\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1563-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/sticktowrestling\/mcadampod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/McAdam292.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/sticktowrestling\/mcadampod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/McAdam292.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/sticktowrestling\/mcadampod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/McAdam292.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/sticktowrestling\/mcadampod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/McAdam292.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/mcadampod.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1563-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/sticktowrestling\/mcadampod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/McAdam292.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"McAdam292.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/mcadampod.com\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we continue our review of the WWF during the month of January, 1984. This was one of the most tumultuous and chaotic months in any company in pro wrestling history. On the discussion table: &#8211;Bob Backlund has a new tag team partner, and he&#8217;s from Venice Beach, CA. &#8211;Magnificent &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mcadampod.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/12\/episode-292-this-is-not-entertaining-television\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Episode 292: This Is Not Entertaining Television<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"","timeOption":"","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":""},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[2],"tags":[28,132,59,8,52,4,46,7,196,3,92,6,260,39],"class_list":["post-1563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-28","tag-andre-the-giant","tag-bob-backlund","tag-classic-wrestling","tag-hulk-hogan","tag-john-mcadam","tag-national-expansion","tag-podcast","tag-roddy-piper","tag-stick-to-wrestling","tag-vince-mcmahon","tag-wrestling","tag-wwe","tag-wwf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Episode 292: This Is Not Entertaining Television - Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/mcadampod.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/12\/episode-292-this-is-not-entertaining-television\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Episode 292: This Is Not Entertaining Television - Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we continue our review of the WWF during the month of January, 1984. 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