Listen "54. WWF Maple Leaf Wrestling 11-10-1984"
Episode Synopsis
O Canada! This week the show goes north of the 49th parallel for a look at WWF Maple Leaf Wrestling from November 10, 1984!
- An appraisal of where the WWF expansion was in November 1984 and a theory why the American B-show would be taped in Canada
- A thrown together tag match leads to an incredible reaction from the crowd in Ontario
- Mismatched managers all over the show
- Junkyard Dog as much-needed babyface insurance
- Sammartino vs Vachon! Not what you were hoping for, unfortunately
- Iron Sheik speaks directly to those of Iranian descent in the local promo
- Bobby Heenan still introducing himself to the WWF audience
- Why just about every enhancement talent on the show is Canadian
- The bizarre WWF career of the Tonga Kid
- A very rare Piper’s Pit featuring deep thoughts from Angelo Mosca
Plus:
- Goodfellas references galore, such as how Angelo Mosca is like Paul Sorvino as Paulie
- Lots of singing: Mosca, Nikolai Volkoff, and the audience
- Johnny V makes a rare United States Football League reference
- The rivalry between Canada and the Soviet Union in hockey
- The tyranny of play by play man Jack Reynolds, with a drinking game built around his favorite phrase
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- An appraisal of where the WWF expansion was in November 1984 and a theory why the American B-show would be taped in Canada
- A thrown together tag match leads to an incredible reaction from the crowd in Ontario
- Mismatched managers all over the show
- Junkyard Dog as much-needed babyface insurance
- Sammartino vs Vachon! Not what you were hoping for, unfortunately
- Iron Sheik speaks directly to those of Iranian descent in the local promo
- Bobby Heenan still introducing himself to the WWF audience
- Why just about every enhancement talent on the show is Canadian
- The bizarre WWF career of the Tonga Kid
- A very rare Piper’s Pit featuring deep thoughts from Angelo Mosca
Plus:
- Goodfellas references galore, such as how Angelo Mosca is like Paul Sorvino as Paulie
- Lots of singing: Mosca, Nikolai Volkoff, and the audience
- Johnny V makes a rare United States Football League reference
- The rivalry between Canada and the Soviet Union in hockey
- The tyranny of play by play man Jack Reynolds, with a drinking game built around his favorite phrase
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @GFAllentownPod
Facebook.com/GreetingsFromAllentown
Placetobenation.com/amazon
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