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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The premise and promise of our show finally takes shape as our multiverse of wrestling timelines sync up to introduce TBS's Clash of the Champions to the wrestling landscape. This episode sets up the Clash; an iconic moment in Apter mags history sees the Road Warriors and Powers of Pain clash over bar bells, Rotunda leads the Varsity Club in a feud with Jimmy Garvin, the Fantastics make their official NWA debut and deliver one of t...
A new take on the Mega Powers took place earlier this fall when our resident megastar had the opportunity to rub elbows with the icon and legend STING! Geoff covers his experience at the Winnipeg Comic Con that led to a chance encounter and our first ever guest on the show. Jim Thompson joins us to discuss his connection to Sting, growing up a wrestling fan on the Canadian East Coast and his involvement with the LCW - Legends City ...
Our epic journey through the 1988 championship tournament finally comes to a conclusion! We cover the 6-man tag and World Tag Team title matches along with the Semis and Finals of the tournament. Andre chokes Eucher and a drunk fan interjects himself into the proceedings more than once. The show is wrapped up with a fun "What If" segment where we re-book the tournament.
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The tournament rolls along as Andre and Hogan clash in the quarterfinals, the contenders separate themselves from the pretenders, there's a battle of the strongmen and the Intercontinental Championship is up for grabs. We check in on a recent Machogram; all this and more in this episode of the Legendary Wrestling Obsession!
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The action continues through the WWF Championship Tournament as we finish off the first round. The show features some of the best and worst action on the card. We also discuss the upcoming Winnipeg Comic Con, some Wrestling arcade news and wrap the show up with a review of the Macho MANitoban's recent appearance on the "Shining Wizards Wrestling Podcast".
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The tournament to determine a new WWF Champion is upon us. We dive into the press conference, the WWF and Rock 'n' Wrestling make a come back as Mean Gene and friends host Friday Night Videos. Then we get into the the big show, the Coliseum Home Video extras and memories of seeing the card the first time. The Battle Royal and first matches in the tournament are on tap for your enjoyment. Grab some popcorn and get comfy because it's...
It's the final stops before the big championship tournament at WrestleMania IV. All the action leads us to Philadelphia and Spectrum Wrestling and the return of Killer Kal!!! A Hogan vs DiBiase lumberjack match has a lost nugget in WWF history as a non-reported betrayal takes place. DiBiase's money got to someone. Who could it be?
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It's the 15th edition of the landmark series that cemented the WWF into our 80's memories! Saturday Night's Main Event XV. The show is the first with Hogan NOT as the champion and builds the feuds towards the massive WrestleMania IV Tournament to crown a new WWF Champion. Valentine and Beefcake finally take the national stage and two of the best to ever lace up the boots go head to head when the Million Dollar Man and his hired goo...
This episode focuses on the local Boston broadcast of a fun card. The main event is a 6-man cage match Jimmy Hart leads his IC champ the Honkytonk Man with the Hart Foundation against the Macho Man & reigning tag team champions Strike Force. There's some other fun matches as well. We cover the happenings for Geoff's Winnipeg Fringe play and wrap the show up with some thoughts on the passing of Hulk Hogan.
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Corey and Geoff had the chance to join Blair Pacheco on the Grainmaker Wrestling Podcast. We talked about our shared experiences growing up watching wrestling in the Winnipeg market, our podcasts and the upcoming "Randy & Elizabeth: A Savage Love Story" show at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival.
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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.
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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...
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