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So long story short, does anyone remember the article Dory Funk Jr. wrote years back for the kayfabe memories board going over the weekly schedule for Amarillo? I need it for research and the KM board has been down for over a month now. Is it anywhere else, anyone got a copy by any chance? Thanks a million in advance

Absolutely right. If there was a good horror movie or two booked on a UHF station that weekend I'd skip the WWF shows and IIRC Superstars was shown on the New Hampshire ABC affiliate on Sundays. You didn't need to watch both.

One other memory I have of Spotlight, and I'd have to rewatch the 20 or so episodes I have in order to that (gimme a reason Parv) was that we rarely got the top level superstar squashes. If you were watching in say summer of 91 you'd get Kerry Von Erich, Warlord, Power and Glory, Colonel Mustafa and Bushwhackers. Basically the bottom 50% of the Superstars/Challenge squashes. In addition of course you had regional cable networks showing WWF House shows. HBO then MSG Network showing MSG from 73-March of 92, Prism showing Spectrum shows from late 78-early 89, NESN showing Boston Garden shows from the summer of 85-summer of 89, Z-Channel showing a few LA shows in 88-89, some televised Houston, USA showing some Cap Centre shows from 82-85 and a few Meadowlands shows. Then you would have lots of Maple Leaf Garden and a few other random Canadian house shows as well, but I don't know the context of where those were aired other than as random Prime Time matches (and some of the main events in tape trading circle for decades were not shown on Prime Time so they must have aired somewhere else) There's also the WWF's TBS show from Black Saturday on. That did get original content towards the end of its run.

Well since Parv has made his return to PWO, I'll come out of hiding as well with some memories, focusing mostly on how I did or didn't see these shows as a kid growing up in north central MA in the 80's. One point, Bobby left Challenge for some time in 89-90 when he got tired of newly added third man Tony Schiavone who stayed on with Gorilla for a while. I started watching wrestling regularly in early 86 at 6 years old and remember Championship Wrestling and All Star Wrestling only vaguely. Both shows were on WLVI Channel 56 at the time and would alternate between one being Saturday afternoon and the other Sunday afternoon to both being on Saturdays one after the other. They switched over to Fox at some point between 90-91 IIRC in Boston. Spotlight was on Channel 27, a Worcester Ma based station you had to turn the dial from east to south to get, and that later showed ECW from 95 on. But it wasn't on regularly at all, just popped up now and then and you'd watch it if you could. I didn't have cable but my grandfather did and after church on Sundays we visited his house and I could watch episodes on USA at noon. By the time we did get cable Raw was already 6 months old. I seem to recall Johnny Polo and maybe Gorilla hosting all American at some point in 94 as well.

Wrestling with a Generation Gap has 2/3 of its team watch Bret Hart vs. Tom Magee live on the network. Just the match as we had to blank the audio to make this work so watching the documentary was pointless. Listen to Rob get it wrong why the opening part of the match is gone, endless moaning about Tom Magee's awful face and expressions, a couple of what do I do now funny botches, Nick has actually seen more Tom Magee than Rob, Vince's bodybuilding fetish, Xmas gifts with HHH, and a whole lot less! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mZdPI5ivbc&feature=youtu.be

Wrestling with a Generation Gap returns leaner and meaner with this one hour podcast (which will be our new running time). First up it is the never before seen (well before the WWE network) AWA Team Challenge series. Trying to make something with not much seems to be the theme, and the gang is pretty positive overall with the exception of a certain "match" which makes the first time Rob and Nick don't bother to watch some of our footage. Then it's off to NXT to watch Ricochet pit his aerial ability vs old school heel Adam Cole!

Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, WWAGG returns, although this episode was actually recorded months ago. But the podcast will be returning very soon in a new shorter sleeker format! This episode however covers the obscure WWF Pay Per View This Tuesday in Texas. Lots of bios, love for the Macho Man, hate for Hogan's politics of this time period, nostalgia for Rob's childhood era and much more! Then it's over to All in to see Jay Lethal channel the spirit of the Macho Man as he battles dastardly Flip Gordon! Re-instate the Macho Man, Re-instate if that's the plan! Creative note - This was recorded months ago and I was kind of unhappy with it, so I shelved the podcast for a few months. Intend to resume recording tomorrow with shorter episodes and hopefully a more focused team with better production values.

Wrestling with a Generation Gap, the podcast that covers many eras of wrestling returns after a long absence! This time we cover British wrestling, both old and new. Nick takes over as host as we have on the docket Trent Seven & Tyler Bates vs. Pete Dunne and Wolfgang Johnny Saint vs. Fit Finlay (with video) Dynamite Kid vs. Marty Jones (with video) Jim Breaks vs. Vic Faulkner (with video)

I admit to liking Wrestlefest more than I should for nostalgic reasons. It, Best of the WWF 17, Macho Madness and Royal Rumble 89 were the last WWF Betamax releases my video store had, so until we got a VHS (in July of 93 lol) these were the most recent tapes I could watch.

That would be my edit of Wrestlefest. It consists of two different episodes of Prime TIme, the Savage/Dibiase match is from the VHS tape Macho Madness, the Hennig Taylor match is from the Mr. Perfect DVD and the rest is from the VHS of this event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev2qGUPP5L0 Wrestling with a Generation Gap switches for the time being to a less frequent format as Rob shuffles 2 jobs and his masters degree but for now here's our latest episode. We look at one of the greatest feuds of all time as NWA champ Ric Flair battles crazy man Terry Funk and his cronies! On the docket Funk attacks Flair - Wrestlerwar 89 A series of promos including a fake Flair Flair vs Funk - GAB 89 Flair & Sting vs. Slater & Muta - the bag incident Flair vs. Funk - I Quit COTC Then it's another instant classic, this time from Wrestle Kingdom 12 as Kenny Omega battles Chris Jericho Feedback and thoughts always welcome

Celebrate the 4th of July with Wrestling with a Generation Gap as Rob introduces The Man They Call Vader to Nick and Dave in his prime. We cover some of Vader's best, most memorable matches in the US. On the docket Vader vs. Sting - Starrcade 92 Vader vs. Ron Simmons - Baltimore Vader vs. Cactus Jack - Saturday Night - 1st match Vader vs. the Boss - Spring Stampedge 94 Vader vs. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin vs. the Undertaker - Final Four Then it's off to NXT to watch the Velveteen Dream do battle with Aleistir Black. Part two with Vader in Japan to follow in a few weeks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXFDC7jHodg&feature=youtu.be

First up Dave, Nick and Rob go to Texas again, this time for Southwest Championship Wrestling. Thanks to the WWE not owning this stuff we also will have video for all the old school footage On the docket we have Scott Casey confronts Bobby Jaggers Tully Blanchard and Gino Hernadez vs. the Grapplers Tully promo The Grappler vs. Rick McGraw Nick Bockwinkel vs. Manny Fernandez Dick Slater vs. The Mongolian Stomper - cage match Gino & Tully promo Gino & Tully vs. Ricky Morton & Ken Lucas Bob Orton Jr. vs. Terry Funk Then it's another feature match from Wrestle Kingdom 12 Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurlll vs. Kushida vs. Takahashi Feedback and thoughts always welcome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGf3FKPhWMQ&feature=youtu.be