Listen "93. WWF Mania 01-30-1993"
Episode Synopsis
It was a brand new world for the WWF in January 1993 with the launch of a new show on the USA Network: WWF Mania from January 30, 1993!
- Taking stock of Ric Flair’s overall WWF 1991-93 run as it comes to a close
- Setting the tone for RAW with the Flair-Perfect match and how it differed from all prior WWF TV matches
- How Todd Pettengill may have saved the promotion a ton of money
- An era of change stunted by the return of Hulk Hogan
- What happens when you call the 800 number of WrestleMania IX tickets?
- Kamala forgets how to end matches as a babyface
- Tatanka as a “moments” guy and rebooking his match with Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania
- Sean Mooney takes a pun-based challenge
- The Undertaker awkwardly chips in on behalf of Headlock on Hunger
Plus:
- Explaining why Savage went for a pinfall at the 1993 Royal Rumble on Yokozuna
- George H.W. Bush yakking on the Japanese prime minister
- Pondering a trip to London, England
- Dustings of light racism litter the show
- Rob Schneider SNL characters
- Why the Match Game from the 1970s is so rewatchable
- Sports moments of ’93: Stanley Cup OT winners, Leon Lett, Chris Webber, how Notre Dame got screwed over in ’93, and an alternate seldom-heard PBP call!
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- Taking stock of Ric Flair’s overall WWF 1991-93 run as it comes to a close
- Setting the tone for RAW with the Flair-Perfect match and how it differed from all prior WWF TV matches
- How Todd Pettengill may have saved the promotion a ton of money
- An era of change stunted by the return of Hulk Hogan
- What happens when you call the 800 number of WrestleMania IX tickets?
- Kamala forgets how to end matches as a babyface
- Tatanka as a “moments” guy and rebooking his match with Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania
- Sean Mooney takes a pun-based challenge
- The Undertaker awkwardly chips in on behalf of Headlock on Hunger
Plus:
- Explaining why Savage went for a pinfall at the 1993 Royal Rumble on Yokozuna
- George H.W. Bush yakking on the Japanese prime minister
- Pondering a trip to London, England
- Dustings of light racism litter the show
- Rob Schneider SNL characters
- Why the Match Game from the 1970s is so rewatchable
- Sports moments of ’93: Stanley Cup OT winners, Leon Lett, Chris Webber, how Notre Dame got screwed over in ’93, and an alternate seldom-heard PBP call!
[email protected]
Twitter.com/GFAllentownPod
Facebook.com/greetingsfromallentown
www.prowrestlingonly.com
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