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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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97:59

AWA Fall 1985 Part 2: AWA Champion Rick Martel

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2026/10/04

We continue on our path to SuperClash with a focus on our French Canadian Champion Rick Martel. Nick Bockwinkel takes on the challenge of a fresh faced Tom Zenk and the show kicks off with a high point in the Pro Wrestling USA run with "Sarge's Hunt for the Gold". It's everyone's favourite GI Joe vs the kiss stealing, wheeling dealing son of a gun NWA Worlds Heavyweight champion Ric Flair.We had to cut this show in two so a follow up Part B is coming soon. Follow us on: Twitter/X

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129:35

AWA Fall 1985 Part 1 - Episode 100

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2026/09/22

We've returned after a long break for a very special edition of the show. It's our 100th episode! We're going back to our roots as we travel to 1985 AWA action and the "Pro Wrestling USA" venture that sought to combine the forces of the territories to battle the invasion of Vince McMahon's WWF juggernaut. We follow the Road Warriors, AWA Champ Rick Martel & the Freebirds through some great action leading us towards the first SuperClash event! Geoff catches us up on the results from his summer

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138:20

WWF Steamboat vs Savage Nov 22 1986 (Patreon Exclusive)

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2026/08/22

The podcast is still on summer hiatus so we are releasing our second ever recording. It's the Nov-22nd 1986 episode of Superstars of Wrestling. This show has the iconic IC title defence of the Macho Man vs the Dragon and the ring bell shot that led to the greatest match of all time. It also has a fun 6-man tag match, the Vote of Confidence for the Honkytonk Man & some comedy with Outback Jack. This is a great companion piece to our 1986 fall coverage for WWF. We'll be back mid-September for our

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154:15

NWA Crockett Cup 1988 Part 3 - Semis, Word Title &...

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2026/06/18

It's the conclusion of the tag team tournament, One Million dollars is on the line... who is going to take home the cash? The Midnight Rider looks for revenge against the brains of the Horsemen JJ Dillon in a Bullrope Match; the semis, a world title defense against a leaner and quicker Nikita Koloff and of course the finals of the tournament. All that action plus some discussion on the upcoming CWE Rumble on the Rail event and the new season of Dark Side of the Ring.Follow us on: Twitter/X

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118:53

NWA Crockett Cup 1988 Part 2 - Round 2 to Round 3 in...

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2026/05/24

The hot action from rounds 2 & 3 are on display. The #1 seeded Horsemen are in action, the new super hero team of Luger and Sting battle some grizzled veterans, the Road Warriors look to terrorize the Jive Tones, the Fantastics battle the dangerous combo of Al Perez and Zbyszko. The Midnight Express are forced into a heel vs heel match with the Sheepherders in a confusing error in the bracket. Plus what we can see of Round 3 including a clash of the two most powerful teams in wrestling.Follow

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151:53

NWA April 1988 Part 1

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2026/03/30

The Clash of Champions is in the rear view mirror and the path to the Crockett Cup is clear. This week features some great commercials from the TBS broadcast, the continuation of the Sullivan vs Garvin feud; our new tag champs bathe in the glory of their win and Geoff finds one of his favourite promos. The debut of the new syndicated Sunday show "NWA Main Event" delivers a great comedy match and a dream 6-man battle for the ages.Follow us on: Twitter/X @LegWreObsession Facebook Page - Legendary

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218:38

NWA Crockett Cup 1986 Part 2 (Patreon Exclusive)

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2026/03/20

The greatest combined list of tag teams ever assembled for a tournament battle it out for the 1 Million Dollar cheque. The show dives into a 4+ hour file without commentary. We go through the finishes of the matches all the way to the eventual winner and a classic trophy presentation that will never be forgotten. The show wraps up with a "What If" segment where we speculate how this tournament could have gone if all of the top teams from the other promotions had joined as well. It's a fun excursion

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134:31

WWF April 1988

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2026/02/23

The WrestleMania IV tourney is in the rear view mirror, the crew heads over seas for a short European tour and the WWF takes a break for a few weeks. But we still have all that pre-taped TV to tide us over on the path to the next Saturday Night's Main Event. The Andre vs Hacksaw feud comes into focus, Koko puts up quite the fight against the Ravishing One. Speaking of Rude, his post match antics lead to major troubles when he picks the wrong lady in the crowd & we look at Randy Savage's first

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112:58

NWA Clash of the Champions, March 27, 1988 Part 2

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2026/01/27

Part 2 of this epic card features two matches that help to define the year and the decade. Barry Windham & Lex Luger challenge the World Tag Team Champions - Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson. The main event is the match that launched Sting to superstardom as he challenges the Worlds Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair. Can the Horsemen survive their greatest challenges? Will JJ survive his time high above the ring in the shark cage? Turner and the NWA took their best shot at the WrestleMania and

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136:12

NWA Clash of the Champions, March 27, 1988 Part 1

Legendary Wrestling Obsession ·

2026/01/22

TBS fires a major shot at the WWF when they broadcast their answer to Saturday Night's Main Event in direct competition with WrestleMania IV. The superior card was free to watch on TV for those of you lucky enough to have the station at the time. The TV title is defended in a special Amateur Rules match, the US Tag Titles are up for grabs in a wild Memphis Wrestling style brawl & we wrap up part 1 with a blood feud. The Road Warriors and Dusty Rhodes take on the Powers of Pain and Ivan Koloff in

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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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