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Legendary Wrestling Obsession

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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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157:31

NWA March 1988 - Path to the Clash

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2025/12/22

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 the best tag matches of all time and we unearth the Flair vs Sting

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128:53

WWF March 1988 Road to WrestleMania IV

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2025/09/12

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?Sponsor Legendary Wrestling Obsession is brought to you by: G&L Liquidation Warehouse Follow us on: Twitter/X @LegWreObsession Facebook Page - Legendary Wrestling

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01:08:24

WWF February 1988 Part 2 - Tournament Announcement

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2025/07/12

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 & the Ultimate Warrior. The mailbag returns and we check in on how

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13:04

CJOB Radio interviews the Macho MANitoban, July 8 2025

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2025/07/08

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!Sponsor Legendary Wrestling Obsession is brought to you by: G&L Liquidation Warehouse Follow us on: Twitter/X @LegWreObsession Facebook Page - Legendary Wrestling Obsession Patreon

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02:28:10

NWA JCP Feb-March 1987

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2025/03/05

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 attention to the efforts to create a statue in his

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01:20:55

WWF SuperTape 2 Part 2

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2025/02/18

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.Sponsor Legendary Wrestling Obsession is brought to you by: G&L Liquidation Warehouse Follow us on: Twitter/X @LegWreObsession Facebook Page - Legendary Wrestling Obsession Patreon patreon.com/LegendaryWrestlingObsession Now on YouTube

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01:29:40

WWF SuperTape 2 Part 1

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2025/02/07

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 help smooth over Canada and USA tensions.Sponsor Legendary Wrestling

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02:21:08

WWF The Main Event, February 5th, 1988

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2025/01/20

It's the largest television audience in wrestling history, it's Hogan vs Andre II, it's the WWF in prime time! One of the most memorable angles in 80's wrestling goes down on this show. We cover the happenings since the USA Network Royal Rumble special including a dark match with Hogan and Bigelow taking on DiBiase and Virgil with Andre in their corner. We discuss the sad state of affairs with the transition to Netflicks and the shutting down of the WWE Network and we dip into the mailbag. All that

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02:31:26

Royal Rumble 1988 Part 1

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2024/12/18

It's time for the television debut of the Royal Rumble on the USA Network. While we were deprived of this channel as kids and forced to wait quite a while to finally see the card it is a pivotal night for the wrestling business. On this episode we focus on the first half of the card. A battle of the Rick's as the Dragon takes on the Ravishing One, Bravo tries to set a World Bench Press record & the Women's Tag Team Titles are up for grabs in a best 2 out of 3 falls match that just might steal

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01:21:53

WWF January 1988 Part 2

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2024/12/07

The wrap up of our January 1988 show is serving up some fun action including some new Bees in an 8-man tag match, Billy Jerk & Patera face some of Heenan's men, a new wrestler is on the scene and he's bringing Bad News to the WWF. The show wraps up with a wild tag match. It's an early sighting of the Mega Powers as Hogan and Savage take on the Honky Tonk Man & the Hart Foundation.Sponsor Legendary Wrestling Obsession is brought to you by: G&L Liquidation Warehouse Follow us

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01:26:07

WWF January 1988 Part 1

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2024/12/04

DiBiase's quest to buy the World Wrestling Federation Championship comes into focus and he has a BIG plan. Valentine and Beefcake are deep into the war to settle their differences, a mid-south flavoured tag team match is on tap and the unlikely challenge of Rick Rude may over power Hulk Hogan. All this to get us to the first televised Royal Rumble! The recording ran a bit long so we're releasing this show in two parts. Sponsor Legendary Wrestling Obsession is brought to you by: G&L Liquidation

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02:01:54

UWF Heavyweight Tournament, May 30th, 1986

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2024/11/22

The show we've been waiting a long time to do is finally here! Bill Watts makes a return and is walking tall vs Eddie Gilbert and the Russians, the Sheepherders and their flag bearer brawl in a wild barbwire cage match vs the Fantastics and Terry Taylor. But the meat of the show is the one night 16-man tournament to crown the first ever UWF Heavyweight champion. We don't have all the footage but what we see is highly entertaining; there's great action and plenty of blood by the time it is all over

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02:16:30

UWF: Mid-South to the Universe

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2024/10/28

The traditional big 3 were about to get an update as Bill Watts Mid-South wrestling becomes the UWF in the spring of 1986. This is a magical time as this amazing wrestling makes its way to Winnipeg TV. Explore the connection between the UWF and Winnipeg via the WFWA (Tony Condello) and how their national push benefited wrestling starved fans across the US and Canada. We start with the inaugural episode where things are very much still Mid-South in look and feel. Baby face Ted DiBiase, Doctor Death,

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02:56:54

Saturday Night's Main Event XIV, January 2nd, 1988

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2024/10/09

1988 has finally arrived, it’s Saturday Night’s Main Event XIV! Hogan has to shake off his big losses at Survivor Series and the November SNME and face King Kong Bundy in a rematch. Bobby is stepping aside to allow Andre to be in the corner. Strike Force defend their titles against the not so deadly threat of the Bolsheviks and Jake takes on Savage… no not that one… the Samoan kind. Geoff updates us on “Busker Wars” and we have fun with the PWI Top Ten list from December 1987. And finally, we pay

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01:44:47

NWA/JCP December 1986 to January 1987

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2024/09/04

We're back after an extended summer break. We're on the trail to the lesser known "Super Towns on the Superstation" special on TBS in February of 87. This week we focus on the tag titles (World and US Belts) and the arrival of Barry Windham. January 3, 1987 was a special day of wrestling as World Wide delivers one of the best hours of televised wrestling ever. My favourite wrestling song debuts and we get an 8-man tag for the ages. All this plus we kick off the show with some submissions of fantasy

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01:47:13

Saturday Night's Main Event XIII, November 28th, 1987

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2024/08/06

Savage is on the hunt for revenge against a pre-main event Bret Hart, WrestleMania II is revisited as Bunda-mania takes a crack at Hogan's World Title and Bam Bam Bigelow makes his SNME debut against Hercules. There's a lot happening in the WWF in the late fall of 87 as Survivor Series is debuting on PPV. These two shows are intentionally kept separate story line wise. All that and some B-Day wishes for Mr Hughes.Sponsor Legendary Wrestling Obsession is brought to you by: G&L Liquidation

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02:11:53

WWF October/November 1987 Part 3

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2024/07/26

It's the final stretch of fall set up to take us to SNME XIII & the Survivor Series!This week features a 10 Man Battle Royal, more of the stage interviews to set up our elimination matches, Patera and Haynes looking for revenge on Demolition, the last stand of Superstar Billy Graham and a wild IC title match between the Honky Tonk Man and the wrestler he stole that title from Ricky Steamboat. Strap in, it's an action packed week that you don't want to miss. Sponsor Legendary Wrestling Obsession

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01:42:24

WWF October/November 1987 Part 2

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2024/07/16

The road to the November SNME and the inaugural Survivor Series continues as we review the important happenings from October and November of 1987. The main event is a key tag team title defence, Survivor Series promotion is hot and heavy with a few stage interviews, Demolition shows why they are a dominant force, Ted DiBiase and a basketball segment create an iconic moment and we check in with the Spectrum Wrestling card from Philly and our man Killer Kal Ruddman! All that and we pay tribute to a

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02:11:28

Battle of the Belts III CWF/NWA, September 1, 1986...

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2024/06/21

It's the final leg of a 3-part mini series on the Battle of the Belts. This time in Daytona and with Flair preparing to take on the new threat of Lex Lugar (note the "A"). This week we focus on the first half of the broad cast. Feature matches include the Fabulous Ones vs the Sheepherders, the Ninja challenges for the Florida Junior Heavyweight title and the AWA World Championship is on the line as Nick Bockwinkel takes on the threat of Kendo Nagasaki! Some talk about Minneapolis, a Summer Slam 88

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01:47:35

Battle of the Belts II CWF/NWA, February 14th, 1986...

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2024/06/08

We're back for a second helping of wrestling from Florida. Battle of the Belts II!The show ran a little longer than anticipated so it's being released as two episodes. This episode features an appearance of one of our favourite wrestlers as the White Ninja! The debut on our show of a very green Lex Lugar (note the "A" in his name) and a bonus match from Japan as his opponent Jesse Barr teams with Harley Race against the British Bulldogs. A "Corrections Section", a mail bag segment and plenty of

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