Monthly Archives: August 2021

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Episode 168: The Best Summer Of Wrestling

Popular guest Christian Boddie returns to Stick To Wrestling and we talk about our favorite Summer in wrestling which happened thirty five years ago: 1986. Discussed on this week’s episode:

–Baby Doll inexplicably turns on Dusty Rhodes to side with Ric Flair, which made no sense from a logical or a storyline standpoint. Making things worse, Ric and Baby Doll had no on-screen chemistry.

–Ole Anderson returns to the NWA after a six month absence, and the Four Horsemen get rolling.

–Paul Jones scores the upset, and Jimmy Valiant gets his head shaved.

–Dusty Rhodes wins the NWA title, but for only three weeks.

–The Magnum T.A. vs Nikita Koloff feud continues to rage on.

Plus Christian and John talk about both being at the 1986 Great American Bash in Philadelphia, so what are you waiting for? Download and listen to this wicked good bad boy!

Stick To Wrestling- give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed, we’ll give you a wicked good and rawboned podcast.

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Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network

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Episode 167: Weddings Are Not PPV Main Events, Nor Is This Team

This week STICK TO WRESTLING is joined by popular returning guest Brandon Rice, and we honor the Thirtieth Anniversary of Summerslam 1991. On deck for this week:

–This show was headlined by a tag team with members who were 48 and 52 years old, back in the day when they only had to come up with three pay per view main events per year.

–Or, was a fake wedding really the main event?

–Bret Hart and Curt Hennig put on a clinic in what was thought to be Curt Hennig’s final match due to back issues.

–Kerry Von Erich’s push was done, and we discuss the reasons. —Was Ricky Steamboat really a good fit for the 1991 version of the WWF?

–How things did not go according to plan after the WWF signed Virgil in 1991.

Plus Brandon shares a cool Summerslam ’91 memory and McAdam whines about being in New York City the day of the show, so what are you waiting for? Download and listen to this wicked good bad boy!

Stick To Wrestling- give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed, we’ll give you a rawboned 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 166: Let’s Talk Mando Guerrero And The Ramones

Stick to Wrestling is once again joined by popular co-host Scott Cornish, and there’s a lot to discuss this week:

–The career of Bobby Eaton, one of the elite in-ring performers of his generation.

–We discuss Jody Hamilton, aka The Assassin, who was one of the greatest heels in the history of the game.

–We pay tribute to the late Bert Prentice.

–From there, we take a look at an August 1988 edition of the Pro Wrestling Torch, where the publication’s readers rank all of the wrestlers based strictly on in-ring ability, not pushes or championships. Some of the results are interesting.

Plus Scott keeps bringing up The Ramones, and Johnny Mac shares his bad concert experiences with the band, so what are you waiting for? Download and listen to this wicked good bad boy!

Stick To Wrestling- give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed, we’ll give you a rawboned 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 165: Next Gen

This week STICK TO WRESTLING is joined by Jeff Simms, as we discuss second and sometimes third generation wrestlers. Who was the best? We go beyond that, we each give you our top ten!

–Nick Bockwinkel is not generally thought of as a second generation wrestler, but he was and he ranks highly on both of our lists.

–The Von Erich family has many second and even third generation wrestlers. Lacey and Chris didn’t make the cut, but who did?

–The Samoans / Peter Maivia tree also has many branches, listen to the podcast and find out who made the list!

–Bret Hart is a given, but where did he land and did anyone else from the Hart tree make the list?

Plus we address the re-speculation of what was originally scheduled for Starrcade ‘86 before Magnum T.A.’s car wreck, so what are you waiting for? Download and listen to this wicked good bad boy!

Stick To Wrestling- give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed, we’ll give you a rawboned podcast.

Produced by Lou Kipilman

Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network

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