{"id":214,"date":"2019-02-14T23:57:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T04:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcadampod.com\/?p=214"},"modified":"2019-02-14T23:57:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T04:57:39","slug":"episode-36-the-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mcadampod.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/14\/episode-36-the-hammer\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 36: The Hammer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s season. We talked about Johnny Valentine on the last show so why not talk about Greg Valentine this week?<\/p>\n<p>John McAdam and Sean Goodwin are once again joined by longtime Carolinas fan Mike Gunter who provides tremendous first-hand perspective on Greg Valentine&#8217;s career.<\/p>\n<p>We discuss:<\/p>\n<p>-The Greg Valentine vs Wahoo McDaniel feud and how it tied into Johnny&#8217;s feud vs Wahoo.<br \/>\n-Greg Valentine&#8217;s run in the WWF in 1979. His run against Bob Backlund and his feud vs Chief Jay Strongbow.<br \/>\n-The start of the Ric Flair vs Greg Valentine feud and how Valentine brutally breaks Ric&#8217;s nose for real.<br \/>\n-Greg Valentine&#8217;s run in the WWF and how John thought Greg <b><span class=\"_3oh- _58nk\">WOULD<\/span><\/b> have won the WWF championship in 1981.<br \/>\n-The legendary Greg Valentine vs Roddy Piper feud that led to not just the brutal Dog Collar match at Starrcade &#8217;83 but the series on the road afterward.<br \/>\n-The ad on TV that said Hulk Hogan was coming in to see his buddy Ric Flair win the title!<br \/>\n-Greg&#8217;s arrival as a superstar back to the WWF in 1984 and his decline to \u201cjust another guy\u201d status.<br \/>\n-Greg as a member of the Four Horsemen in 1988? WHAT? This was a real possibility.<br \/>\n-But wait! An amazing and hilarious story about Greg Valentine buying stereo equipment and accessories from Mike at a strip mall in 1979!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a very cool discussion. Actually, it\u2019s wicked cool! Every week give us sixty minutes and we\u2019ll give you a heart-stirring podcast &#8211; STICK TO WRESTLING!<\/p>\n<p>Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam &amp; Sean Goodwin is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4561\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-214-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/sticktowrestling\/mcadampod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/McAdam036.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/sticktowrestling\/mcadampod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/McAdam036.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/sticktowrestling\/mcadampod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/McAdam036.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\/2019\/02\/McAdam036.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/mcadampod.com\/?powerpress_pinw=214-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/sticktowrestling\/mcadampod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/McAdam036.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"McAdam036.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>It&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s season. We talked about Johnny Valentine on the last show so why not talk about Greg Valentine this week? John McAdam and Sean Goodwin are once again joined by longtime Carolinas fan Mike Gunter who provides tremendous first-hand perspective on Greg Valentine&#8217;s career. We discuss: -The Greg Valentine vs Wahoo McDaniel feud and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mcadampod.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/14\/episode-36-the-hammer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Episode 36: The Hammer<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":215,"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":[34,33,8,109,4,118,40,7,5,3,6],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-1970s","tag-1980s","tag-classic-wrestling","tag-greg-valentine","tag-john-mcadam","tag-mike-gunter","tag-nwa","tag-podcast","tag-sean-goodwin","tag-stick-to-wrestling","tag-wrestling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Episode 36: The Hammer - 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\/2019\/02\/14\/episode-36-the-hammer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Episode 36: The Hammer - Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s season. 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