43. WWF Wrestling Spotlight 12-16-1989

07/12/2017 1h 32min
43. WWF Wrestling Spotlight 12-16-1989

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Episode Synopsis

This week 1989 WWF is in the spotlight as we take a look at WWF Wrestling Spotlight from December 16, 1989!

- The Sensational Queen Sherri has a freakout: assaulting Ian Mooney and climbing cages
- Gorilla Monsoon as the Pat Buchanan of wrestling announcers and imagining Gorilla running a supermarket
- Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake tell a fanciful tale of an alleged motorcycle trip to the North Pol
- Al Burke: the Renaissance man of late 80s enhancement talents
- Bad News Brown invokes President George H.W. Bush, Pope John Paul II, and Hollywood Hogan in asking for title shots
- The bizarre commercial airing immediately before the Jake Roberts match
- Why 1989 was a bad year to be a Bolshevik both in kayfabe and in real life

Plus:
- Explaining away what seems to be a spoonerism by Zeus
- The true meaning of the timekeeper ringing the bell constantly during an angle
- Trying to understand Lord Alfred Hayes’ use of the English language
- Jesse Ventura (accidentally?) books a match for WrestleMania VI
- YouTube Comment Theater and a Not Vinnie Vegas Corner!

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