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Wanted to offer a counter view of the Flair-Tito match, which I absolutely despise. Yes it's fine technically although Flair is a bit off for understandable reasons. But Flair does himself no favors here. Tito Santana a guy who hasn't beaten a name opponent in over a year (and that was Akeem) and we last saw getting beat by the Mountie in 2 minutes, goes 16 minutes with Flair here and easily gets 3/4 of the match and offense. If I saw this as an 11 year old kid I'd come away from it (and Gorilla's commentary really drives this home) that Flair was a wimp and a fraud who Hogan would destroy in about 2 minutes flat if that. Flair looks like the weakest name heel in the company after this and that continues (along with Gorilla treating him like garbage which I don't think had anything to do with Bobby and everything to do with a WWF loyalist) right up until Royal Rumble 92 where Flair puts out a GOAT performance that even Gorilla acknowledges. But by then any idea of Hogan-Flair at Mania was gone, Flair was just another guy who'd have about 3 months total as WWF champ and be gone by early 93.

Going to be doing a 2 hour look at Ricky and Robert for my podcast series to some younger fans who have only seen their newer stuff. What would you suggest as the definitive matches to show? I want to include Memphis, Mid South, Crockett, WCW, SMW and something from the last few years as well. Suggestions very much needed. I know the opponents I'd pick but not which are the best of those matches.

So one of my fellow podcasters has requested an episode featuring Herb Abrams UWF. I've seen the PPV shows and a few episodes but this isn't a territory I know that much about. What would you suggest I include for some of the best or most famous (infamous) moments in UWF history? Looking for about an hour of footage or so. Thanks so much!

It's the 44th episode of Wrestling with a Generation Gap as we go to the 1990's to cover one of the last great regional territories, Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Dave, Nick and Rob take a look at SMW's most famous card, the Night of the Legends. Along the way we cover the rise and fall of this legendary promotion and one historic night in Knoxville as well as provide detailed bios for The Mongolian Stomper, The Doctor of Desire Tom Pritchard and the legend himself Ricky Gibson. Along the way we discuss Chris Candido's career moves (always bad or not), a legends match between legends only recently retired that's really good, the sad decline of Terry Gordy, Chris Jericho nearly kill himself (note - the bleeding is explained on Jericho's podcast) and sadly we don't like the stip or the finish of the main event. Comments and feedback always welcome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PickrmpwC10&t=937s

Oddly enough the next to last episode of my podcast covered this. The new school fans I work with described it as a bad UFC prelim match.

Join us for a just recorded episode looking at the WWF/New Japan/All Japan summit of April 1990. We discuss the history of WWF/NJPW relations, Kobash's early career, Greg Valentine trolling Japan, AWA champs collide in a great tag match, the differences working heel in Japan and the US, Sherri having a career highlight managing the Macho Man, Baba and Andre's last hurrah (except it isn't) and the most boring "shoot" in wrestling history. Then Jushin Thunder Liger debuts in WWE to take on Tyler Breeze back in 2015. Also note - Dave was using an 80's Fisher Price walkie talkie to do the show. He's currently on special assignment for the podcast covering several critical championship tournaments in Rio De Janeiro. Feedback and comments always welcome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1M-bub3b7s

The podcast with old school fans seeing new and newbies seeing the old continues as we take a look at one of the most famous outlaw promotions of all time, International Championship Wrestling. The history of this company, starting from the Poffos to Plan B, from the glory days to the Jarrett buy out is all covered. Along the way Rob provides bios for Pez Whatley, including the weekend he worked almost 3 out of 24 hours in the ring and George Weingeroff, the greatest legally blind wrestler in history. Also up is the secret origin of Dr. Britt Baker, and the role Ronnie Garvin played in her career, Bob Orton Jr, the Poffos, Liz, a heck of a cage match and more. Then it's time for All In's Hangman Page vs. Joey Janela. Feedback and comments always appreciated! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJleSzSaRZs&t=4156s

Which Kid-Lynn match is the best one to show and is it on the network or online elsewhere?

Trying to put together about 60-75 minutes of samplers for both Global and SMW for my pod/videocast. Any suggestions?

Wrestling with a Generation Gap returns with an episode recorded months ago, just to whet your appetite till our proper return next month. It's a look at the greatest of all time, the Nature Boy Ric Flair in his early years, 1973-1977. On the docked Flair does battle with Chris Taylor, Swede Hansen, Paul Jones, Wahoo McDaniel and teams up with Greg Valentine to battle the Andersons. Then an early match of modern favorite Kenny Omega as he does battle with The Amazing Red. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HWXbz1vgPk&t=5s

Is this the one with the line "Savage you one legged punk"? For whatever reason my oldest friend and I found that beyond funny and work it into conversations to this day.

Great review of a meh show but I feel you guys sort of missed the truly hilarious spot of the Warrior murdering a poor cameraman on the way to the ring. The match was on Supertape 3 and an endless rewind of funny for my friends.

I have a question I think worth exploring soon on the podcast, at what point do you guys think Vince wanted the belt off Warrior and back on Hogan? I would argue it was within a few days of WM VI, just based on this SNME alone, never mind Hogan getting the hot new heel Earthquake based on Hogan getting Perfect right at the start and Warrior getting Haku towards the end, and an anemic reaction to boot. It almost seems to me like Vince realized as soon as he saw WM VI that Hogan was again the top guy and maybe that was the plan all along, to simply give Hogan that one defeat to make give his character more depth and shake things up.

Was wondering what people viewed as the best surviving episodes of Georgia Championship Wrestling?

SO I want to introduce my fellow podcasters to the legendary Magnum vs. Tully feud, culminating with the Starrcade 85 match. What other stuff is out there that I should include, matches, angles and promos, to help it all make sense?