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Assuming it was real, the Lois run in at the end of the Q and A was funny as hell

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/the-best-of-mid-south-6/ Societal dynamics are explored as Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrasslin' promotes Butch Reed and JYD in a "ghetto" street fight. We also get a look at Brickhouse Brown and Master Gee, who are pegged to fill JYD's boots as the black superstar of the area. They even step right into his feud with Reed. The Fantastics are pushed to the limit of their ample skills by both the Midnight Express and the Guerrero Brothers in tag team action. Plus "Exotic" Adrian Street gives the locals a taste of androgynous life as he fights Chris Adams.

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/heenan-and-cornette-shoot/ Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and Jim Cornette deliver over 2 hours of wrestling stories including dressing in drag for angles, working with midget wrestlers, the worst match of Nick Bockwinkel's career, the less than sanitary Sportatorium, why Heenan was blackballed in St. Louis, backstage fights from over the years, Heenan's role in the origin of the "Diamond Cutter" and why Heenan regretted helping DDP, bar fights with MAD DOG VACHON, Wahoo McDaniel fighting fans, Dick the Bruiser screwing with Heenan, why JCP going out of business made Cornette a lot of money, Heenan ribbing Vince McMahon, the night the Barbarian tried to sleep with Mary Tyler Moore, the night the Barbarian fought the police in a drunken rage and more!!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/wrasslin-january-1985-part-one/ January of 1985 sees the WWF lose a main eventer while he's in the middle of a hot program, Hogan discovers a giant new opponent in Japan, a nearly 60-year-old legend returns to the ring on WWF TV, a 1970's dream match goes down in St. Louis, Verne Gagne cons the fans, the Road Warriors get into a locker room fight after a jobber stops selling for them, a WWF headliner jumps to the AWA, Brody gives Verne more headaches, Pro Wrestling USA nearly falls apart as the promoters squabble, the WWF battles against some loaded cards from the competition in key cities, plus more news, notes and results!

Just gave this a chance finally 3 weeks ago when I stumbled on the Heenan episode. This is a fun listen, but I find some of the redoing of the commentary episodes to be less compelling.

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/kayfabe-lies-alibis-terry-funk-shoot-interview/ Terry Funk sits down with Bill Apter to cover his career highpoints. Topics include: His battles with Jack Brisco, Harley Race, Ric Flair, Jerry Lawler, Abdullah the Butcher and others. How Dory Jr. fought to get Terry the NWA strap, why Funk was willing to harm himself so brutally for the sake of entertainment, the devotion of the Japanese fans, his one and only match against his brother, how a magazine headline got Apter in trouble with Vince McMahon Sr., Road Warrior Hawk's drug use, Bruiser Brody's death, who the best NWA champion ever was and more!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/kayfabe-lies-alibis-secrets-ring-dusty-rhodes/ Dusty Rhodes covers many issues from his time on top of the wrestling world. Topics include: Nearly coming to blows with Lex Luger on JCP's plane, Ric Flair's heat with Rhodes over the airplane, the movie that inspired "War Games", what the longest rivalry in wrestling has proven to be, how the WWWF used Rhodes to boost Bob Backlund to stardom, why he willfully botched the UWF talent merge with JCP, MULKEYMANIA, the pot head who was running the 6:05 wrestling show for Turner, the night they had to do a TV taping with no ring, how Dusty would expand ROH, the saga surrounding Magnum TA's accident, what wrestling music video made him cry and more!!!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/hornswogglewwetimeline2007/ Hornswoggle covers his time in the WWE. Topics include his relationship with Finlay, Khali being a diva, defending bad gimmicks, The Miz living his gimmick, the best celebrity guest stars, Vince's limo blowing up, keeping the talent in the dark on roster moves, the Benoit murders, drunken midget antics, being named Vince's son, Swoggle's run with DX and more!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/bret-hart-behind-closed-doors/ Bret Hart covers the basics of how to become the best wrestler possible. Topics include: His jobs before being a worker, being shot on while wrestling, why he did not give it his all every night, how the Montreal Screwjob helped create the internet smark, Ric Flair sabotaging matches against Hart, how to not let the fans ruin matches, helping Owen become a great heel, his real life feud with Shawn Michaels, how Montreal is linked to several major downturns in Bret's life, Stampede's greatest heels and more!!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/reviewing-bruiser-brody-wrestlings-last-rebel/ The wild life and brutal death of Bruiser Brody is covered through interviews with his widow, Stan Hansen, Tony Atlas, Dutch Mantel, Dave Meltzer, Abdullah the Butcher and many others who knew Brody. Atlas' retelling of the moments surrounding Brody's murder is intense.

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/bruceprichardwwftimeline1990/ Bruce Prichard covers the happenings in the WWF in 1990. Topics include: The origins of Brother Love, the Rockers real life brawls with one another, adventures with Damien the snake, a crazy Randy Savage/Elizabeth story, trying to normalize the Ultimate Warrior for the mainstream, defending the WWF giving guys bad gimmicks, racial angles of the era, a funny story involving Slim Jims and the Ultimate Warrior, the origins of the Undertaker gimmick, a legend's gimmick name is created while on the toilet and more!

I ended up watching the whole NWA show before listening. I'm really torn on Dusty's promo. His line about kicking the butts of the neighbor kids parents cracked me up. but there was also some things not to love, as stated on the podcast. Moving on to the older Superstars ep now....

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/jimcornettewcwtimeline1990/ Jim Cornette takes us through Jim Herd and Ole Anderson's sinking of WCW in 1990. Topics include: Corny's role in getting the Undertaker to the big time, Ric Flair getting heat for setting TV rating records, the moment Herd lost the faith of the wrestlers, how WCW's security staff ruined the biggest match of the year, many stories of WCW incompetence, the Midnight Express' big angle that was scrapped by Herd after it was filmed, why Eddie Gilbert was fired from the creative team, ROBOCOP, Corny hurting himself to avoid trouble with the cops, the night a wrestler challenged a convicted murderer while in jail in the deep south, The saga of the BLACK SCORPION, locker room orgies, Corny's plan to use a gun in Herd's office when he quit and much more!

The announcers in WCW were constantly running away or threatening too. That was just part of the act. http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/dvdvrsmidsouthwrestlingvolume5review/ Dusty Rhodes partners with big Hacksaw Duggan to face off with Hercules and Butch Reed in a bunkhouse brawl, Jim Cornette gives us a prime example of how a manager should try to wrestle, plus the Fantastics tangle with Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey, and Chris Adams attempts to overtake the monstrous Killer Khan!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/kevinsullivannwotimeline/ Kevin Sullivan covers the backstage madness that he endured while trying to book WCW while dealing with Hulk Hogan's politics, Hall and Nash's own ideas for the NWO, Eric Bischoff focusing more on ending the WWF than bettering WCW, the relationship between Brian Pillman and Steve Austin, heat with David Hasselhoff, issues with the Road Warriors, the NWO expanding with jabronis, drug stories, heat with Benoit over Woman, and much more!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/wwfatmsg12185/ The WWF charges into MSG with a card featuring a triple main event of sorts as Andre the Giant collides with the mighty Ken Patera, JYD aligns with Jimmy Snuka to tangle with Roddy Piper and Bob Orton in a Texas Tornado tag team bout, plus Tito Santana grapples with IC champion Greg Valentine. The rest of the card is brutally bad as Bret Hart, Don Muraco, Blackjack Mulligan, the Spoiler, Big John Studd and others face lesser talents in uninspiring encounters.

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/awaqandareview/ Greg Gagne, Jim Brunzell and Larry "The Ax" Hennig take questions from a raucous group of fans. Topics include: Tall tales from working in Japan, money today compared to the old days, Hennig roughing up Brunzell when he was a rookie, why Brunzell hates George Scott, behind the scenes of filming "The Wrestler", Bobby Heenan's drinking, the full and epic story of the night Mad Dog Vachon tried to leap from an airplane full of wrestlers, why Gagne quit wrestling, plus more tales of wrestling wars, failed territorial takeovers and more!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/dvdvrmidsouth4review/ The Last Stampede of Bill Watts is witnessed by thousands as he teams with Stagger Lee to seek revenge upon Jim Cornette and his Midnight Express. Ted Dibiase is seen in three different encounters attempting to cease the rise to stardom Magnum T.A. is enjoying, plus Hacksaw Jim Duggan joins the Rock and Roll Express in battle with Ernie Ladd and the Midnight Express!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/ricflairqanda/ The one and only Ric Flair answers questions from his fans. Topics include: Why the Horsemen never had a WWE run, drinking stories, his final match, WCW's downfall, carrying bad workers, bar tabs, the worst experience of his career, who were the best set of Horsemen and more!

I was around 3 when I started watching, so I only have vague memories of Hogan, Piper, Capt. Lou, Andre, Cyndi Lauper, etc. Definitely remember pics of a bloody Bundy at Mania 2 and my mother scoffing and telling me it was ketchup or makeup or whatever. I can remember arguing with my neighbors when I was 4 and a 1/2 years old over who would win between Hogan and Andre at Mania 3. As far as the other leagues go, I have a random memory of Dusty Rhodes fighting a russian in a chain match, but I have no idea who or when. I was watching the AWA too, but my first real memory that stuck was when Col Debeers piledrove Snuka on the concrete. I am one of the few Greg Gagne supporters on the net, since he was chasing Hennig when I was little, thus I saw him as equal to the other big stars elsewhere. Al Perez being on top of World Class over the Von Erichs gave me a similar lasting impression of him. I also have a random memory of Soldat Ustinov or Boris Zukoff fighting a bear and then cutting a promo with Sheik Adnan with bandages from the claws. This may be some sort of false memory though.

I was surprised to stumble upon this card. Shawn and Marty were only in their 4th or 5th month in the AWA and not yet headlining, but here Shawn is fighting the World champ. Any details how this came about?

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/dvdvrmidsouth3review/ Another round of Mid-South action sees Ted Dibiase and Duggan engage in a wild brawl, the Midnight Express take their villainous ways to the ring against Mr. Wrestling II and Magnum TA, Bill Dundee plays the role of Superman, plus the Rock and Roll Express, Buddy Landel, Butch Reed and others engage in battles of good vs. evil - played out inside the squared circle.

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/captainloushootreview/ Captain Lou offers up 50 years of his personal wrestling life including stories on why he left the Army, getting kicked out of college, being blackballed from the New York wrestling scene when he was still a jabroni, working with Jackie Gleason, why George Steele rarely cut promos, drinking stories, nasty ribs, Bruno's paydays, why he left the WWF in 1994, midgets with bombs, Vince almost making a movie in 1984, a burial of Harley Race, Andre bar fights, and more!!

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/ravenguestbookershoot/ Raven is placed into the role of booker and tasked with how he would handle Scott Hall and Kevin Nash coming to ECW in 1996.

http://culturecrossfire.com/wrestling/wrasslinhistorydecember84/ December of 1984 sees Cyndi Lauper return to the WWF for a wild angle, a major babyface leaves the WWF, Roddy Piper's DUI causes a break in Kayfabe, TNT features an infamous wedding(!), a drunken Capt Lou injures another wrestler with a knife, 20/20 reveals (GASP) wrestling is fake, Lou Thesz returns to St. Louis, a legendary heel joins the babyfaces in Georgia to battle Jimmy Hart's goons, Dusty Rhodes teams with Ole Anderson- again..., the AWA loses another star, Brody pulls his no showing stunts again, a fan threatens the life of Ted Dibiase, the Russians maul another JCP babyface and more!