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I've read (unsourced) that Steamboat had said he kept suggesting to bookers to turn him heel, but they insisted he would only work as a babyface. Is there any period where he would have particularly worked as a heel?

Andre is a classic and has some great matches, but I went with Vader just because he had a few more dimensions to him.

Does this look like the one? Tonga Kid v. Dave Barbie (Roddy Piper comes down to ringside to interfere and JIMMY ‘SUPERFLY’ SNUKA comes down to run Piper off! Tonga Kid is interviewed afterward) WWF TV 11/10/84

If Taylor had delivered promos like "I say, I say that Bobby Heenan is about as sharp as a bag of wet mice." , it would have worked. Except that role should have been played by Robert Fuller.

Great podcast, guys, lots of interesting dialogue.

The squash match with Gary Jackson from 7/4/1992 that I saw courtesy of Rob Naylor and Will gives me nightmares to this day. The most horrifically botched power bomb I have ever seen (yes, even more than Sid in the War Games cage).

There was a match on a Schneider Comp, Gypsy Joe vs. Mighty Inoue (4/27/77) . A complete lack of crispness to it and I loved it, it enhanced the grubby intensity of the brawling.

Dumb question : as far as I know, from his comeback from breaking his leg in 1980 onwards, Jerry Lawler was always a face in Memphis apart from the 89-90 heel turn. Is this correct, or was there any other heel run in Memphis after 1980?

Dustin Rhodes vs. Cactus Jack (Falls Count Anywhere) (Main Event 9/6/92)

Bam Bam Bigelow vs Abdullah The Butcher in a singles match.

AWA August 11, 1990 The Destruction Crew vs The Trooper/DJ Peterson The last ever AWA title change, the last significant AWA match.

I enjoyed their quick little 3 way feud in WCW with the Cole Twins and Bobby Eaton/That Guy. Before he was turned into a smiley babyface, I enjoyed Henry as an asskicking JTTS heel, he had a couple of fun matches with Bam Bam Bigelow and somebody else, think it was Bret Hart.

David Manning, FTG.

Hey, Buddy Rose! Was that before or after he gave the AWA title to Nick Bockwinkel?

This is the exact reason why I consider Arn Anderson one of the two greatest heels of all time ... he could be both a badass and a pussy in the same match, and it always had credibility and it always made sense. The other greatest heel in my view was Tully Blanchard, but it's hard for me to pin down exactly what it does that is so much better than other heels, it is pure emotional. Decades later from the original match and whenever he comes on my TV on a comp, I want to punch him in his smug, stupid face. His very existince makes my blood boil in seething hatred. That is a great heel.

Or the other variation : How many Deadheads does it take to screw in a lightbulb? One to screw in the lightbulb, 3 to tape it, and 10 to follow it around until it burns out.

How many Deadheads does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

A perfect metaphor for the entire deadhead experience, I would guess. Nah, my touring days and continued Deadhead existence are a big part of me not completely losing my mind. Shit, today on the job shit was starting to feel over whelming and pissing me off, I put on Dark Star> Playin'> Uncle John's from 10/16/89 and everything was alright. I'm at work so don't have the resources to look that up. A) Venue? and Commercial release or tape trade?

Moreso than Gary Hart?

Arn Anderson : The Enforcer .

Mero = a better documented Owen Hart?

I liked Sting's various matches with the Dangerous Alliance as well but ultimately came down for Luger, seemed to have a bit more versatility and I enjoyed his high end matches more.