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?
Episodes
The fallout from "The Main Event" continues as Heenan is finally off of his gag order but Jack Tunney has an announcement on the investigation into the controversy of the DiBiase title win. We talk the WrestleMania IV Tournament Bracket some what ifs and of course the alternate bracket that was initially announced. The Bulldogs take on Race and Hercules & some odd teams square off at MSG with Bundy and Reed battling Muraco &...
Your co-host and Macho Man tribute machine the Macho MANitoban was on the CJOB Radio morning show "The Start" with Mackling and Megarry to promote the upcoming Winnipeg Fringe Festival Show. Can Geoff win over the hosts with his living tribute to Randy Savage? Check it out!
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In another Patreon exclusive we dive deep into the 1986 feud between Mr Wonderful and Hulk Hogan. A feud so big it required it's own special show. This release is a mixture of original recordings - our Pilot episode in fact along with additional new segments to bolster the presentation. If you were watching wrestling back then you know all too well how big this moment and feud were.
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It's a brief but glorious time, the day after the largest television audience took in "The Main Event" controversial new champion Ted DiBiase is in action. We take in an epic tag match from the Spectrum as WWF Champ DiBiase and Andre (pre-Mega Bucks) take on former champ Hulk Hogan and Bam Bam Bigelow. We track the early info for the upcoming WrestleMania IV card, the Bulldogs look for revenge against the Islanders, the Ultimate Wa...
The podcast is back after a long break. This episode is the follow up to our last show completing the look at the transition from the Fabulous Ones to the Midnight Express. The show includes our first look at Memphis, one of the greatest comedy spots in the history of wrestling, an iconic Fabs vs R n R Express match and look back to the AWA and a match with Jesse Ventura as an opponent. This content was recorded in February and thu...
After a lengthy hiatus the podcast returns. Your hosts give a peak behind the curtain as to why the show took a break over the winter. We chat about Geoff's upcoming show, gush about the "Manitoba Miracle" and even get into some product placement for a company that isn't sponsoring us... yet.
The release of "From Fabulous To Midnight Part II" is on deck and will be posted soon.
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After a long hiatus we are back with a 2-part side journey. Our Jim Crockett material was leading us to the debut of the new Midnight Express with Stan Lane replacing Dennis Condrey. In these next two episodes we take a peak at the creation and transition of two of the most famous tag teams of all time. The Fabulous Ones and the Midnight Express. Part 1 features a Stan Lane vs Steve Keirn match from Georgia, Lane and Eaton clash as...
The NWA is back on tap; the US Tag Titles are front and centre as a defence against the Midnight Express leads to an unexpected face turn. Things come to a head within the Four Horsemen as an outsider crosses the line. We follow Ric Flair to Japan and some of his matches from this period. The show is book ended with another US Tag Title defence. Geoff tells his story of meeting the Macho Man and the mailbag returns to draw our atte...
It's the 2nd half of our listener request show on the WWF SuperTape 2. This week includes the hilarious Hercules vs Akeem match and features a Rude vs Piper cage match and a tag match pitting Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake vs Mr Perfect and the Genius.
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 h...
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 sh...
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 ...
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 u...
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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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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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; ...
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...
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 st...
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...
It's the set up show for the Saturday Night's Main Event XIV episode! And the last gasps of 1987 WWF wrestling. We track the Million Dollar Man's quest to buy the world title, check in on the Valentine vs Beefcake feud. We'll enjoy the antics of Heenan and Monsoon all to get us to a main event match where Jake the Snake Roberts looks for revenge and the IC strap when he takes on the Honkytonk Man. Plus, I inform Geoff of an importa...
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