Ricky Jackson

Oh yeah those early eps with Goodson on commentary are the pits. Last place team, 20 games out of first

Episode #14 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-14 May 22, 1982 (WCCW 22) On the latest thrilling episode of World Cast the boys continue to gain more and more confidence in the ball team/promotion. Kevin Von Erich and The Great Kabuki go to war once again, this time in a Lumberjack match, King Kong Bundy gets more and more greedy, the hype for the big Texas Stadium show begins, and the CANDYMAN is in the house! Who is that? You have to tune in to find out folks!

Great match. I'm done folks

Would you prefer for them to have jobbed Asuka? Sometimes the right thing and the obvious thing are the same. I would have preferred a final that wasn't Asuka vs. Tamina, who has never been a credible threat. I also would've preferred Asuka getting attacked and taken out before the match, to make this less predictable and more interesting. But yes, Asuka winning is obviously the right finish if they had to keep her boring ass in the match. They're dedicated to this failed Asuka experiment and will continue shoving her down our throats. Asuka boring and a failed experiment? And using the beyond tired "shoved down our throats". Come on man, being snarky is what's boring

McIntyre vs Almas was awesome. ****1/2 and one of my fave matches of the year easy. Undercard was really good. WarGames was very good but it felt a little bloated and I lost interest by the finish

Just checked in. Not sure how closely I'll be watching in an hour when my beloved Eagles play the Cowboys. Really want to see Brock vs AJ though

Was WarGames always spelled awkwardly as one word like this? Is it supposed to symbolize two rings side by side? Just some weird WCW thing like two r's in Starrcade? Anyway...WarGames is back! Well, mostly in name only but whatever. Should be a fun show as always with a hot crowd and some potentially great matches. Who should win the women's match? Personally I think Sane should be chasing, Cross doesn't need it, putting it on a heel like Peyton could be a good idea, but Moon may need to win finally after all these months challenging and coming up short. Though I'm still not a huge fan of her and have found it hard to get behind her as a babyface

This is coming from someone who doesn't watch a single second of Smackdown, but who is a huge Bryan fan. For me, I think a Bryan heel run with Owens and Zayn sounds fun on paper. I'm sure he would commit 100% and bring plenty of comedy to it, basically like a Jericho/Owens pairing that gets crazy over. It's not like there are any real heels anymore anyway, and there is no way it hurts his "drawing power". If anything it will give him something interesting to do and make him more relevant than he is as second banana to Shane. Granted he won't be wrestling, but the promos alone should be gold.

Yeah, Bundy has been a really good promo and overall developed into a solid heel

First five fans who call into the show knowing the name of one of Al's two championship tag team partners from 1974 Vancouver will win a shirt! (no Googling!)

I'm going to get one made. Maybe with a head shot of Al on it if possible

Episode #13 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-13 May 15, 1982 (WCCW 21) Join Pete, Kelly and Johnny for a huge historical moment as they review FRITZ VON ERICH'S FIRST MATCH!!! (not really the first, but maybe the first on tape). A bunch of other stuff happens, like a match with "one of the greatest criminal minds in the world today", Capt. Frank Dusek, the debut of the man from MA-COW, Magic Dragon, an action packed 43 seconds between Bill Irwin and Rick Harris, and Bundy and Bugsy continue their rampage. World Cast: the sexiest podcast of 2017!

https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/mount-olympus-fall-2017-wwe-unreleased-part-2 After a bit of a delay, Kelly and the legendary Richard Land are back to finish their exploration of the WWE Unreleased DVD. They are looking at matches from the New Generation era, or what some consider the Dark Ages of wrestling. As they review the footage, Kelly and Landy simultaneously chart the slow, steady decline of the WWF during this period. Both have strong emotional ties to the time, so this discussion goes deeper than just reviewing matches. Along the way marvel at the aborted revival of Piper's Pit, strange tag team combinations, the lame end of Hulkamania, former partners going to war, and the one and only TOXIC TURTLES!!! Mount Olympus: Shamelessly jumping on the 90's nostalgia craze!

No, the point is the quality of pro wrestling journalism isn't exactly that high

Episode #12 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-12 May 8, 1982 (WCCW 20) Pete, Kelly, and Johnny get together to discuss a really fun episode of WCCW TV, climaxing with an awesome match between Kevin Von Erich and the Great Kabuki that is crazy heated and features wild outside the ring action. In addition, we have Tom Shaft and Ken Mantell squashed like the worthless bugs they are by Bundy and Bugsy, Good Ol' Al with another ** humdinger, and Gary Hart promising brutal things to be delivered by the man from MA-COW. All this and more on World Cast!

Well, sometimes wrestling is about more than great matches. I know, heresy

I don't think this needed to be spoiler tagged, it's all over the place. Making me have to Google shit...

The story is they wanted to, Savage pushed for it, but Vince shot it down

Yeah, that was cool

Episode #11 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-11 April 27, 1982 (WCCW 19) The boys are back and on this episode they look at: -Tom "Boogaloo" Shaft: Continuing to advance his (increasingly) strong case for Worst Wrestler of All Time -Ken Mantell: The scientific wrestler extraordinaire nobody asked for -Mike Vaughn... er, Bond: Some guy -And a big main event with Bundy and Bugsy vs Good Ol' Al and the Spoiler! World Cast: Catch the Fever!

Meltzer covered the last Cow Palace show. Can't remember if he attended it live. I want to say he did

Yeah, but they never hold a show in a building that can hold more than 400, and they charge super high prices for tickets that sell out in minutes practically every time. It's got a hip buzz and has celebrity regulars AFAIK. It's not exactly a typical local indy

The responses to that tweet are a pretty depressing read

Episode #10 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-10 April 24, 1982 (WCCW 18) It only took ten episodes but we have an actual top to bottom GOOD SHOW folks! (the WCCW ep, not the pod, which is always great, right?). Ok, maybe not top, but definitely middle to bottom. We have a crazed Kerry Von Erich promo, the underrated Richard Blood (according to Kelly at least), Kerry vs. Black Gordman, Bill Irwin again and again, and a slugfest between King Kong Bundy and the Spoiler in the main event. Join Pete, Kelly and Johnny for another fun time on World Cast! *Apologies for the echo-y audio at times. What do you think this is, one of them fancy wrestling podcasts?

Never mind. I see the full match in better quality is already available for those in the know in Village Green