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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Episodes

Monday Sep 23, 2024

Your hosts are back behind the mic to finish up January 1987 in Jim Crockett Promotions to get us to the Super Towns on the Superstation special! Flair has met his match with the talented Barry Windham on the scene, the Road Warriors take a crack at the tag titles, Brad Armstrong rubs elbows with the Horsemen and Lex Luger is making his case to become a member of that elite group. Plus all the action from the Super Towns special!
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Wednesday Sep 04, 2024

We're back after an extended summer break. We're on the trail to the lesser known "Super Towns on the Superstation" special on TBS in February of 87. This week we focus on the tag titles (World and US Belts) and the arrival of Barry Windham. January 3, 1987 was a special day of wrestling as World Wide delivers one of the best hours of televised wrestling ever. My favourite wrestling song debuts and we get an 8-man tag for the ages. All this plus we kick off the show with some submissions of fantasy Survivor Series teams. Summer may be over but things are heating up at the Legendary Wrestling Obsession podcast!
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Survivor Series 1987

Tuesday Aug 13, 2024

Tuesday Aug 13, 2024

The WWF was expanding their super-card menu and waging a war on Jim Crockett Promotions at the same time. In 1987 a wrestling fan couldn't have been more excited by the arrival of this new fantasy elimination match classic. We cover the 4 massive matches on the card, take a quick look at Gorilla Monsoon's career, the return of the mailbag and end the show with a super fun "What If" segment where we build an extra Survivor Series Elimination match with the wrestlers under contract at the time who don't compete on the show. We're breaking our own rules of covering a PPV but it was worth it!
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Tuesday Aug 06, 2024

Savage is on the hunt for revenge against a pre-main event Bret Hart, WrestleMania II is revisited as Bunda-mania takes a crack at Hogan's World Title and Bam Bam Bigelow makes his SNME debut against Hercules. There's a lot happening in the WWF in the late fall of 87 as Survivor Series is debuting on PPV. These two shows are intentionally kept separate story line wise. All that and some B-Day wishes for Mr Hughes.
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Friday Jul 26, 2024

It's the final stretch of fall set up to take us to SNME XIII & the Survivor Series!This week features a 10 Man Battle Royal, more of the stage interviews to set up our elimination matches, Patera and Haynes looking for revenge on Demolition, the last stand of Superstar Billy Graham and a wild IC title match between the Honky Tonk Man and the wrestler he stole that title from Ricky Steamboat. Strap in, it's an action packed week that you don't want to miss.
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Tuesday Jul 16, 2024

The road to the November SNME and the inaugural Survivor Series continues as we review the important happenings from October and November of 1987. The main event is a key tag team title defence, Survivor Series promotion is hot and heavy with a few stage interviews, Demolition shows why they are a dominant force, Ted DiBiase and a basketball segment create an iconic moment and we check in with the Spectrum Wrestling card from Philly and our man Killer Kal Ruddman! All that and we pay tribute to a band named after one of your hosts.
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Thursday Jul 11, 2024

Join us on the road to the November SNME card and the Survivor Series. Part 1 of our set up shows covers the rise of Ted DiBiase, including a flashback to 1979 and the debut of Hulk Hogan at Madison Square Gardens. This week also features a Heenan Family attack, discussion on the FIRST Royal Rumble (October 1987 in St Louis), and we close things out with a Hogan title defence against the Million Dollar Man in Houston. We're not done with 1987 yet and neither are you!
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Tuesday Jul 02, 2024

We wrap up our Florida journey with the second half of the final Battle of the Belts card. The show features a Road Warriors match, a fun look at the Bahamas championship and a man from the future! Of course our best 2 out of 3 falls Flair vs Luger NWA title match, plus all of the set up and a glimpse of the Florida Heavyweight title. We take a peak at the history of that title and the crazy action that did make air on this broadcast as Barry Windham challenges Ron Bass! All this and an exciting announcement about our next set of WWF shows.
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Friday Jun 21, 2024

It's the final leg of a 3-part mini series on the Battle of the Belts. This time in Daytona and with Flair preparing to take on the new threat of Lex Lugar (note the "A"). This week we focus on the first half of the broad cast. Feature matches include the Fabulous Ones vs the Sheepherders, the Ninja challenges for the Florida Junior Heavyweight title and the AWA World Championship is on the line as Nick Bockwinkel takes on the threat of Kendo Nagasaki! Some talk about Minneapolis, a Summer Slam 88 "What If" and some song confusion.
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Wednesday Jun 12, 2024

It's part two of the second Battle of the Belts card.Wahoo and Brody get physical, an insane 6-man tag match between the Road Warriors & Blackjack Mulligan vs Kevin Sullivan's Army of Darkness. This all leads to a classic early title defense between Ric Flair and Barry Windham.Plus a little more info on Buddy Colt and a fateful plane ride with an unlikely hero.
 
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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

 

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