Episode 436: If Not For Dad…

This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we ask the big question – how would certain wrestlers fared had their Dad not been a promoter and / or a booker?

We talk Greg Gagne, Mike Graham, George Gulas, Tully Blanchard, The Von Erichs, Jeff Jarrett, Dustin Rhodes, Brian Christopher, Erik Watts, Shane & Stephanie McMahon and more!

What are you waiting for? Download it, fire it up, and join us for another wicked good episode of STICK TO WRESTLING.

Episode 435: Rubbed The Wrong Way

This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we review the NWA during the month of 1986! Has a major promotion ever had a more eventful month?

We talk Magnum T.A., Ric Flair, Nikita Koloff, Dusty Rhodes, Rock & Roll Express, Rick Rude, Tully Blanchard, The Road Warriors, Manny Fernandez, Dick Murdoch, Ole & Arn Anderson, Jim Cornette, Buddy Landell, Ivan Koloff, Jimmy Valiant, Brad Armstrong, Shaska Whatley, Baby Doll, Dutch Mantel, Baron Von Raschke, Bill Dundee, Paul Jones, Tim Horner, The Barbarian, Jimmy Garvin, Krusher Khruschev, Wahoo McDaniel, Ron Garvin, Big Bubba Rogers, Bobby Jaggers, and more! Also on the discussion table:

— Magnum T.A.’s career comes to a tragic end in an automobile accident. One of wrestling’s brightest young stars has his future stolen in an instant.
— Nikita Koloff turns babyface in a manner that is both shocking and completely logical.
— Ric Flair gives Baby Doll her walking papers. The Nature Boy has a long history of questionable decisions involving women, but this one comes with a pink slip.
— The Four Horsemen ambush Dusty Rhodes in a parking lot—and have the whole thing videotaped for public consumption. Nothing says class like a gang beat down with a camera crew.
— The Midnight Express are forced to face the Road Warriors in a Scaffold Match at Starrcade, and Jim Cornette cannot hide his displeasure.
— Paul Jones has crushed Jimmy Valiant’s spirit by taking Jimmy’s hair, and then his best friend. Valiant has nothing left to put up to get Jones to agree to another Hair Match…or does he?

Plus we prove that Starrcade ’86 did not ever have Ric Flair vs Magnum T.A. scheduled as it’s main event, plus there’s lots of rare and great audio, so are you waiting for? Download it, fire it up, and join us for another wicked good episode of STICK TO WRESTLING.

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

Episode 434: One Town Per Fan

This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we review championship Wrestling From Florida during the year of 1976. Barry Rose is our guest, and he watched all of the television and attended the house shows during this time!

We talk Dusty Rhodes, Eddie Graham, Jack Brisco, Terry Funk, Gordon Solie, Superstar Billy Graham, Steve Keirn, The Assassin, Ox Baker, Bob Backlund, Bob Orton Jr, Billy Robinson, Thunderbolt Patterson, Mike Graham, Bob Roop, and much more! Also on the discussion table:

— This is the year Dusty Rhodes broke out as THE star in Florida, much like Bruno Sammartino was THE star in New York.
— Steve Keirn and Bob Roop engage in a heated and very personal feud.
— Superstar Billy Graham shows up and becomes the lead heel. —Terry Funk puts a bounty on Dusty Rhodes’ head.
— A very young Bob Backlund is here, learning the ropes and gaining experience.
— ”The Gladiator” shows up wearing a mask, but he still looks very familiar.

So are you waiting for? Download it, fire it up, and join us for another wicked good episode of STICK TO WRESTLING. By doing so you’ll make it the best Columbus Day weekend ever!

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

Episode 433: Nothing Happened Today

This week on STICK TO WRESTLING we review the WWF from October, 1986!

Bobby Heenan, Roddy Piper, Randy Savage, Jake Roberts, Hulk Hogan, Honkytonk Man, Ricky Steamboat, Big John Studd, Jesse Ventura, Dino Bravo, Paul Orndorff, Danny Davis, Butch Reed, Don Muraco, British Bulldogs, Andre The Giant, Adrian Adonis, Kamala, Harley Race, The Wizard, Bob Orton Jr, Hart Foundation, Vince McMahon, Blackjack Mulligan, Slick, Pedro Morales, Nikolai Volkoff, Greg Valentine, Sika, The Islanders, Jimmy Jack Funk, Fred Blassie, George Steele, The Machines, Jimmy Hart, King Kong Bundy, Tito Santana, Kamala, Killer Bees, Gene Okerlund, Johnny V, Koko B. Ware, Dick Slater, Hercules Hernandez, Killer Bees, Bruno Sammartino, Captain Lou Albano, Billy Jack Haynes, Brutus Beefcake, The Rougeaus, Junkyard Dog, The Iron Sheik, Mr. Fuji, and more! Also discussed:

— The sun finally sets on Fred Blassie’s career in wrestling that lasted over fifty years.
— Saturday Night’s Main Event goes over the top trying to get non-wrestling fans to sample the product.
— We talk about the career arcs of Barry O and Ron Shaw- that’s how hardcore this podcast is.
— Honkytonk Man as a babyface is a complete stinkbomb and no, it was not all part of the plan.
— Butch Reed has an obsession with all things that are natural.
— Dino Bravo returns as a heel. It may not seem so now but this was shocking at the time.

Plus Johnny Mac tells a story about gambling on wrestling results and there’s lot’s of great, rare audio, so are you waiting for? Download it, fire it up, and join us for another wicked good episode of STICK TO WRESTLING.

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