{"id":1435,"date":"2023-07-21T11:37:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T15:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcadampod.com\/?p=1435"},"modified":"2023-07-21T11:37:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T15:37:53","slug":"episode-267-was-three-a-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcadampod.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/21\/episode-267-was-three-a-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 267: Was Three A Crowd?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s episode of STICK TO WRESTLING sees John McAdam, Steve Generelli, and Steve Crawford taking questions from the Stick To Wrestling Universe of what was going on during the Summer of 1983! 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