A historic changing of the guard on commentary kicks off this edition of WWF All Star Wrestling from January 19, 1985! * The disappointment of the Mosca-Ventura transfer on commentary * Jesse's lack of immediate chemistry with PBP man Jack Reynolds * Magnificent Muraco tells on Mean Gene in a promo * What was the peak of Mike Rotundo's career? * Angelo Mosca Jr.: What are we doing here? * Cheerful human being Ken Patera * The future of the podcast * Bob Orton and Arn Anderson similarities Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod Lineup: Terry Gibbs vs Junkyard Dog SD “Special Delivery” Jones vs “Cowboy” Bob Orton Ted Grizzly vs Angelo Mosca Jr (with King Kong Mosca) “Silent” Brian Mackney vs “Mr Wonderful” Paul Orndorff (with Bobby “the Brain” Heenan) Goldie Rogers vs “Mr USA” Tony Atlas Mr X & AJ Petruzzi vs Mike Rotundo & Barry Windham

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224. WWF All Star Wrestling 01-19-1985 (Jesse Ventura commentary debut)

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF SummerSlam '91 from August 26, 1991! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Gushing over the Mr. Perfect-Bret Hart match * Bruce Hart's "look" at the show next to his father * Once again betting on the sequencing of a Bushwhackers + Andre the Giant promo * Ted DiBiase's breathing * The absurd label on "Hulk Hogan's locker room" * Continuity among Slick's trio of guys * Last night's Suzuki-Danielson match Lineup: - British Bulldog, The Dragon, Texas Tornado vs Former #1 contender for the world title The Warlord, Power & Glory (w/Slick) - Mr. Perfect (C) (w/Coach) vs Bret Hart for WWF IC title - Bushwhackers (w/Andre the Giant) vs Natural Diaasters (w/Jimmy Hart) - Ted Dibiase (w/The Sensational Sherri) vs Virgil Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod

GFA Live #75: SummerSlam 1991 (Part 1)

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from August 17, 1991! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Settling some business at a wrestling show and a Florida resort * The Warlord's busy day in September 1991 * Betting on the sequencing of a Bushwhackers + Andre the Giant promo * Bodybuilding Lifestyles magazine * The Mountie tours the jail ahead of the SummerSlam match * A match that never happened: Ricky Steamboat vs Curt Hennig * Cementing the Jake Roberts heel turn * Week 3 of the Bobby Heenan promos for Ric Flair: like a sitcom dad? Lineup: The Dragon vs. Jim McPherson Update: Jake/Warrior final vignette Sgt. Slaughter vs. Bill Pierce Koko B. Ware vs. Dick Wernick Event Center: Bulldog/Dragon/Tornado, Mountie Irwin R. Schyster vs. Mark Hammond Interview: Sid Justice Bobby Heenan promo for Ric Flair Natural Disasters vs. Andy Garcia & Ross Greenburg Promos: Bret Hart, Mr. Perfect The Mountie visits a NYC jail Promos: Big Bossman, Legion of Doom, Nasty Boys Bret Hart vs. Bob Bradley Promos: IRS, Natural Disasters Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod

GFA Live #74: WWF Superstars 08-24-1991

Three big name matches highlight this edition of NWA Main Event from June 12, 1988! * The Midnight Express' feud with the Fantastics * How Stan Lane impacted people's lives * The development of Sting being taken slow * Dr. Death Steve Williams acts like the annoying guy at a bar * Missing the Arn Anderson music * JJ Dillon being effective but very different from the managers then in the WWF * Kevin Sullivan gets the wives involved, what can go wrong? * Last night's Arn Anderson promo on Cody Rhodes Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod Lineup: Tommy Rogers vs Bobby Eaton Sting vs Stan Lane Lex Luger vs Arn Anderson

223. NWA Main Event (Arn vs Luger)

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from August 17, 1991! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Breaking down the 3rd and final Jake Roberts/Ultimate Warrior vignette, including a count of times "Snake Man" is said * Pondering bad Mr. Perfect matches * Remaking Shawshank Redemption with Hulk Hogan in one of the roles * A funny observation from Return of the Jedi * Jimmy Snuka's boots and long tights * The relative cocaine usage of the announce team Lineup: Jake Roberts/Ultimate Warrior vignette The Berzerker vs. Dave Millison Event Center: Natural Disasters, Legion of Doom Texas Tornado vs. Pete Doherty Update: Bobby Heenan with the Big Gold Belt Skinner vs. Mario Mancini Event Center: Mr. Perfect, Bret Hart Legion Of Doom vs. Duane Gill & Barry Hardy SummerSlam Report: DiBiase/Mountie promos Jimmy Snuka vs. Brooklyn Brawler Mr. Perfect vs. Mike Daniels Event Center: Greg Valentine, Texas Tornado/British Bulldog/The Dragon Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod

GFA Live #73: WWF Superstars 08-17-1991 (Final Jake/Warrior vignette)

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the 1998 film Dirty Work! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * RIP Norm Macdonald * Outlining the legal issues and business faults of the movie * Artie Lange's character's wardrobe * Chris Farley's brilliance in a movie released six months after his death * Don Rickles brilliantly roasting Artie Lange * Guys who show up in Sandler movies * Why is Kathy attracted to Mitch? * Quotable lines * Keithie reacts unfavorably to the sight of David Koechner * The controversy of sanitizing the movie down to a PG-13 rating Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod

GFA Live #72: Dirty Work (1998)

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Wrestling Challenge from August 11, 1991! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * The quick bombshell at the end of the show with Bobby Heenan holding the Big Gold Belt/NWA title * Breaking down the 2nd Jake Roberts/Ultimate Warrior vignette from the cemetary * Indecisive Sid Justice * Famous angles on Wrestling Challenge and how they are all in 1991-92 * The worst world title change of the WWF Golden era * A WWF event center promoting....a celebrity softball game? And also imagining what happened in the game * The Rockers and their hats * The part of the "Bort license plates" Simpsons scene that Peter finds funniest * Booking a couples Camel Clutch * Greg Valentine and "Linda hair" * An uncomfortable All in the Family episode with a guest star with an unfortunate name Lineup: Bret “the Hitman” Hart vs. Moondog Moretti Update: Sid Justice on interview platform with Hogan/Warrior Sergeant Slaughter vs. Vern Sebert & Jeff Wheeler Event Center: Promos from Natural Disasters and Greg Valentine The Rockers vs. The Black Knight and Jim Peterson The Warlord vs. Randy Thatcher Event Center: Celebrity softball game The Natural Disasters vs. Mike Russel and Hutch Thomas Jake Roberts/Ultimate Warrior vignette in cemetary SummerSlam Report The Undertaker vs. Ray Williams Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod

GFA Live #71: WWF Wrestling Challenge 08-11-1991 (Heenan w/Big Gold Belt)

Time to get weird with a trip to the 21st century to celebrate the greatness of Bryan Danielson/Daniel Bryan on this YouTube-era edition of WWE Superstars from November 10, 2011! * Why this show was chosen * Evaluating the three acquisitions for AEW: Punk, Danielson, and Cole * Comparing Adam Cole to a guy no one in the audience has ever heard of * Trying to figure out who everyone is in the open to 2011 Superstars * Some questions about Alberto Del Rio, starting with "Why" * A bizarre lie on commentary about Michael McGilicuddy * Alex Riley's fellow Boston College QBs * The best and worst people to sit in front of at a baseball game Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod

222. WWE Superstars 11-10-2011 (Daniel Bryan vs William Regal)

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from July 27, 1991! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * The magic of the local promo * Sgt. Slaughter gets too sexual * A Bobby Heenan de facto BABYFACE promo * Making up baseball prospects trades involving the Warlord * Stone Cold Steve Austin's kayfabe arrest sheet * A theory about the Mountie match on this show from Edmonton * Writing an angle for Prime Time Wrestling in 1991 involving a hostage crisis * The mental state of Jake Roberts * Colossal Connection opponents thru history * Hulk Hogan accuses The Warlord of wanton vandalism * The strange military rankings of the Triangle of Terror * Some AEW/All Out talk in advance of the PPV Lineup: The Texas Tornado vs Vern Siebert Update: Sid Justice named special referee for SummerSlam main event The Berzerker (w/ Mr. Fuji) vs Chi Chi Cruz Bret Hart vs Hutch Thomas Event Center: Nassau Coliseum (Hulk Hogan) #1 World Title contender in the New York territory The Warlord (w/ Slick) vs Larry Williams Event Center: SummerSlam (Legion of Doom) Skinner vignette The Bushwhackers (w/Andre The Giant) vs Bob Bradley & Mike Starr Funeral Parlor: Jake "The Snake" Roberts SummerSlam Report: Promos from Hulk Hogan/Ultimate Warrior, Ted DiBiase, Virgil The Mountie (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs Steve May Event Center: Nassau Coliseum (Bobby Heenan / Virgil & Bret Hart) Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod

GFA Live #70: WWF Superstars 07-27-1991

It's baaaaack! The flagship pod returns with a look at a very busy edition of WWF Superstars from August 22, 1987! * Travels in the desert for SummerSlam, red rocks, the Grand Canyon, and the site of famous movie scenes * Paul Orndorff extricates himself from a crowded Heenan Family * The great irony of Ken Patera's opponent's name * Caring but not really about how Oliver Humperdink debuted in the WWF * Promotion for Piledriver: The Wrestling Album II in full swing * How Strike Force got their name and others that used that name * Why the feud with Billy Graham hurt Butch Reed so much * Jacques Rougeau and Bret Hart: Forever linked * A lackluster push for the future Young Stallions and taking stock of the tag division * The best thing Bruno Sammartino did on commentary * Greg Valentine regretting his lot in life * Which JFK assassination conspiracy theory is most plausible? Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod

221. WWF Superstars 08-22-1987 (Orndorff fires Heenan...again)

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from July 20, 1991! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Pete's "Casino" tribute to Keithie from Las Vegas last week * The little-known "Sid variant" of COVID * A crazy Vince McMahon PSA on drug testing in the WWF * Redoing the Nasty Boys title reign and extending it out * Meanings of "Late Stage" re: Slick * The internet rabbit hole of wrestler records * Hulk Hogan puts over the Warlord like he's Andre at WrestleMania 3 * The ways in which the 1991 Bret singles push was executed so well * Louie Spicolli still going for the ride Lineup: Big Boss Man vs. Louie Spicolli Vince McMahon PSA on steroid testing Nasty Boys vs. Scott Carlson & Bob Allen The Dragon vs. Tim Patterson Interview: Triangle of Terror with Sid Justice announced as special referee at SummerSlam Virgil vs. The Black Knight #1 contender for the world title in the New York territory The Warlord vs. Bill Gatlin The Beverly Brothers vs. Jim Gorman & Matt Evans Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod

GFA Live #69: WWF Superstars 07-20-1991

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from June 15, 1991! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Tugboat becomes "Hurricane Fred" * The 1988 film Vice Versa * Sexualizing Andre the Giant and Jimmy Hart * Col. Mustafa's payoff at SummerSlam 1991 * The awkward debut of Coach * Bret Hart's updated gear Lineup: Bret Hart vs. Louie Spicolli Update: Andre the Giant injured by Earthquake Ted DiBiase vs. Larry Ludden WBF Championship Promos from Randy Savage and Ultimate Warrior The Mountie vs. Stephen DeLeon Jim Duggan vs. Black Knight Funeral Parlor with Mr. Perfect, Bobby Heenan, and Coach Earthquake & The Nasty Boys vs. Tugboat & The Bushwhackers Colonel Mustafa vs. Matthew Bird Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod

GFA Live #68: WWF Superstars 06-15-1991 (Tugboat heel turn)

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WCW Worldwide from November 23, 1991! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * "Taking it on the chin" and other tales from the Outer Banks * Peeing in the ocean * Beautiful Bobby (RIP) goes rogue and joins the Dangerous Alliance * Rick Rude as a turning point for 1991 WCW * A special According to Larry: Will he mention Bruno? * Pondering potential interviews * Correcting the narrative on Bray Wyatt's WWE run Lineup: Big Van Vader vs. Mike McReynolds Rick Rude vs. Johnny Rich Steve Austin & Arn Anderson vs. Dustin Rhodes & Bobby Eaton P.N. News vs. Mark Canterbury Larry Zbyszko vs. Firebreaker Chip (Submit or Surrender match) Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod

GFA Live #67: WCW Worldwide 11-23-1991 (Bobby Eaton heel turn)

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Wrestling Challenge from January 17, 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Getting ready for the "Rumble Royal" * Bill Eadie against Paul Orndorff career-wise * Better 1988: Young Stallions or Conquistadors? * An unexpected studio audience emerges * Keithie's misadventures at a Virginia Dunkin' Lineup: • Jake The Snake Roberts vs. Gino Carabello • Demolition vs. Omar Atlas and Rex King • Ron Bass Int • Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Joe Mirto • Rick Rude vs. Van Van Horne • Young Stallions vs. Los Conquistadors • Ted Dibiase/Andre The Giant Interview • Ultimate Warrior vs. Brian Costello • Bolsheviks, One Man Gang, and Butch Reed vs. Killer Bees, Lanny Poffo, and Rick Gantner • Brutus The Barber Beefcake Int Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod

GFA Live #66: WWF Wrestling Challenge 01-17-1988

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WCW Saturday Night from June 3, 1995! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Hazing in wrestling * Was this the peak of Sean Waltman's career? * Lusting after Sister Sherri * Savage in red and yellow: blame it on the Slim Jims * The first ever "Swirlie" match * The four hour cut of Planes Trains and Automobiles that once existed * Pete trying to find his "podcast game" Lineup: 1-2-3 Kid vs. Bret Hart (C) for WWF World Title Crush vs. Matt Hardy Razor Ramon vs. Barry Horowitz King’s Court with Ted DiBiase IRS vs. Ray Hudson Bret Hart Interview Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod

GFA Live #65: WCW Saturday Night 06-03-1995

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