Titans of Wrestling #33: Unspecial Too

[JerryvonKramer]

http://placetobenation.com/titans-of-wrestling-33-unspecial-too/

 

 

Join Parv, Pete, Johnny and Kelly to celebrate the one-year birthday of Titans of Wrestling for this sequel to the first Unspecial: Unspecial Too!

 

On the docket tonight:

 

- Dr D David Schultz, Lou Albano, and various others shout at Jim Wilson and Thunderbolt Patterson on the Morton Downey Jr. Show, circa 1989

- Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Ric Flair and an errant mole appear on Baywatch, circa 1995

- Vince McMahon Jr performs "Stand Back" at Caeser's Atlantic City, December 17th, 1987

- Legends Battle Royal at the Meadowlands, November 16th 1987

 

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[Ricky Jackson]

Playlist featuring the segments discussed on the show:

 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV6RCTo_Cd0BJI1C8xoF2oMz2yFp36o6B

[Johnny Sorrow]

Big props to Kelly for the graphic, big love to Parv on the production, and big Baywatch movie tits to Pete. This is podcast perfection, motherfuckers.

[Joe Gagne]

Pssst...it's pronounced "GAG-knee." But given how Verne and Greg pronounce it, I can forgive the confusion.

[KrisZ]

There was a Greg Gagne that pronounced his name like Joe who played for the Minnesota Twins at the same time as the AWA was still going in the late 80's

[Loss]

That reminds me that I used to work with a woman whose last name was Benoit, only she pronounced it like Jericho pronounced it in 2000. Benoyt.

[Johnny Sorrow]

Pssst...it's pronounced "GAG-knee."

There goes our "thumbs up".

[Ricky Jackson]

 

Within hours Titans #34 drops featuring a 90 minute interview with the legendary "Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff. Please help support the production of a career retrospective documentary on Ivan, directed by Michael Elliot of the recent Rock n' Roll Express doc and the highly acclaimed Jim Crockett Promotions doc. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1244526869/ivan-koloff-the-russian-bear

[BigBadMick]

Re: the legends Battle Royal. Wasn't that the match that Angelo Poffo was excluded from, which led to Randy harbouring longstanding anger towards WWF? Definitely heard someone saying that somewhere along the way.

[thebrainfollower]

That's the one yes. He said that prior to that he believed the WWF to be a family but never thought so again.

[Ricky Jackson]

Hmm, maybe he was the mysterious lost "20th man"

[BigBadMick]

Maybe, Kelly.

 

This is an absolutely hilarious show. The Morton Downey Jr show sounds like a riot, and the post battle royal interviews all sound very dignified indeed.

[Woof]

I know it's like 19 months after the fact, but what the hell, I'm still catching up on old Titans episodes.

 

Anyway, quick anecdote for Johnny after his brief tirade against Ted Arcidi in this episode. Back in 2001 I did a community theater show just outside of Boston with Ted. Nice enough guy, but he wanted NO part of talking about his wrestling career. Totally blew me off when I brought it up (outside of acknowledging it).