Legendary Wrestling Obsession
Join the Legendary Wrestling Obsession hosts as they provide a front row seat on their experience of the death of the territories and the rise of the Golden Era via the Rock ’n Wrestling Connection. A show devoted to the fan experience, how wrestling affected us and how it affected you. Relive the Saturday Night Main Event and Clash of the Champions series along with special bonus episodes. We ask two questions, how did you become a fan and how did the rise of the WWF juggernaut affect you?
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5 days ago
5 days ago
As part of a listener request series we jump forward a bit in time from our normal timelines to cover this Coliseum Home Video release. The 2 hour tape has matches from late 1989 and 1990. We're splitting the content into two separate shows. In this episode we cover a battle of "Kings", we share Geoff's - Sheri Martel story and focus on two matches with the Rockers. Our intro includes a corrections section and a brilliant idea to help smooth over Canada and USA tensions.
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Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
It's the largest television audience in wrestling history, it's Hogan vs Andre II, it's the WWF in prime time! One of the most memorable angles in 80's wrestling goes down on this show. We cover the happenings since the USA Network Royal Rumble special including a dark match with Hogan and Bigelow taking on DiBiase and Virgil with Andre in their corner. We discuss the sad state of affairs with the transition to Netflicks and the shutting down of the WWE Network and we dip into the mailbag. All that and more... don't you dare miss it!
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Monday Jan 06, 2025
Monday Jan 06, 2025
It's the New Year and we're back from the break with the second half of our Royal Rumble 1988 coverage. This episode covers the Hogan/Andre contract signing, the Royal Rumble itself plus a best two out of three falls tag match between the Islanders and Young Stallions. We also take some time to review the December 2024 return of Saturday Night's Main Event and the odyssey of my journey to find the rental tape of the 88 Rumble. The Network may be gone, but we remain determined to bring 80's nostalgia to you!
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Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
It's time for the television debut of the Royal Rumble on the USA Network. While we were deprived of this channel as kids and forced to wait quite a while to finally see the card it is a pivotal night for the wrestling business. On this episode we focus on the first half of the card. A battle of the Rick's as the Dragon takes on the Ravishing One, Bravo tries to set a World Bench Press record & the Women's Tag Team Titles are up for grabs in a best 2 out of 3 falls match that just might steal the show. We close out this week with a fantasy re-imagining of the first ever house show Royal Rumble in St Louis from October 1987. Since that match was botched in reality we give it a new coat of paint.
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Saturday Dec 07, 2024
Saturday Dec 07, 2024
The wrap up of our January 1988 show is serving up some fun action including some new Bees in an 8-man tag match, Billy Jerk & Patera face some of Heenan's men, a new wrestler is on the scene and he's bringing Bad News to the WWF. The show wraps up with a wild tag match. It's an early sighting of the Mega Powers as Hogan and Savage take on the Honky Tonk Man & the Hart Foundation.
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Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
DiBiase's quest to buy the World Wrestling Federation Championship comes into focus and he has a BIG plan. Valentine and Beefcake are deep into the war to settle their differences, a mid-south flavoured tag team match is on tap and the unlikely challenge of Rick Rude may over power Hulk Hogan. All this to get us to the first televised Royal Rumble! The recording ran a bit long so we're releasing this show in two parts.
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Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
The show we've been waiting a long time to do is finally here! Bill Watts makes a return and is walking tall vs Eddie Gilbert and the Russians, the Sheepherders and their flag bearer brawl in a wild barbwire cage match vs the Fantastics and Terry Taylor. But the meat of the show is the one night 16-man tournament to crown the first ever UWF Heavyweight champion. We don't have all the footage but what we see is highly entertaining; there's great action and plenty of blood by the time it is all over. Pro Wrestling Illustrated comes to life as the "4th" World Championship arrives now!
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Thursday Nov 14, 2024
Thursday Nov 14, 2024
Mid-South's national expansion is well under way.Some big names are arriving on the scene. The President of the UWF is going to confront Eddie Gilbert and his Russians, the Fantastics and Sheepherders are cranking up their feud and The Fabulous Freebirds are back in the territory.DiBiase will enlist some help to take a walk on Bad Street.All that and a Michael Hayes music video and a fun segment with the Simpsons and classic tag teams.
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Sunday Oct 27, 2024
Sunday Oct 27, 2024
The traditional big 3 were about to get an update as Bill Watts Mid-South wrestling becomes the UWF in the spring of 1986. This is a magical time as this amazing wrestling makes its way to Winnipeg TV. Explore the connection between the UWF and Winnipeg via the WFWA (Tony Condello) and how their national push benefited wrestling starved fans across the US and Canada. We start with the inaugural episode where things are very much still Mid-South in look and feel. Baby face Ted DiBiase, Doctor Death, the Sheepherders, Duggan and the Fantastics all have a large part to play as our UWF journey begins!
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Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
1988 has finally arrived, it’s Saturday Night’s Main Event XIV! Hogan has to shake off his big losses at Survivor Series and the November SNME and face King Kong Bundy in a rematch. Bobby is stepping aside to allow Andre to be in the corner. Strike Force defend their titles against the not so deadly threat of the Bolsheviks and Jake takes on Savage… no not that one… the Samoan kind. Geoff updates us on “Busker Wars” and we have fun with the PWI Top Ten list from December 1987. And finally, we pay tribute to our man Bundy and feature a bonus Tag Team Battle Royal from Winnipeg in 1984 as the AWA presents us with “Boom Boom Bundy”!
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Legendary Wrestling Obsession
A podcast to focus on the fan and viewer experience of the Golden Era and territory days of wrestling. The show will start with a chronological journey of the hit NBC series "Saturday Night's Main Event" which changed all of our lives. At the same time the hosts will convey their experiences and memories of losing the AWA and gaining the WWF, NWA and more. This isn't just our story it's the story of all wrestling fans, to contribute to the show please consider one or both options.
To share memories and info on your connection to SNME and other related topics please email: legendarywrestlingobsession@gmail.com
To support the show please visit: https://www.patreon.com/LegendaryWrestlingObsession