{"id":706,"date":"2020-12-11T09:12:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcadampod.com\/?p=706"},"modified":"2020-12-11T09:12:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:12:16","slug":"episode-131-pat-pattersons-wwf-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcadampod.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/11\/episode-131-pat-pattersons-wwf-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 131: Pat Patterson’s WWF Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

The week STICK TO WRESTLING is joined by Ron Lemieux! It’s a wicked good hour as we talk about the late, great Pat Patterson and what it was like to see him in the WWF. We discuss:<\/p>\n

–The brilliant booking where Patterson won the North American title from Ted Dibiase, and how he then deployed that same strategy in his attempt to win the WWF title from Bob Backlund.<\/p>\n

–The angle that turned Patterson babyface, where the Grand Wizard literally tried to sell Pat to Captain Lou Albano.<\/p>\n

–Pat becoming a part time wrestler and a full time announcer.<\/p>\n

–How his legendary feud with Sgt. Slaughter started with a slow burn and eventually exploded, ending with his series of Alley Fights with Slaughter. These were some of the best matches in WWF history and still hold up today.<\/p>\n

–Patterson’s subsequent feuds with Angelo Mosca and Ivan Koloff.<\/p>\n

–His slide into full time retirement as a wrestler, but remaining one of the most important people in the business.<\/p>\n

Plus Ron refers to Angelo Mosca as a \u201cbig galoot\u201d, AND we talk about the best and worst Red Sox free agent signings of all time, so what are you waiting for? DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO this wicked good bad boy!<\/p>\n

Stick To Wrestling- give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed, we’ll give you a rawbone podcast.<\/p>\n

Produced by Lou Kipilman<\/p>\n

Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network<\/p>\n