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70. WWWF Championship Wrestling 10-29-1977

Jun 21, 20181 hr 37 min
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It is that 70s show this week with the initial visit to the decade for a look at WWWF Championship Wrestling from October 29, 1977! - The Grand Wizard makes his case for 1977’s Manager of the Year while running down Arnold Skaaland - The forgotten moment that made the Manager of the Year trophy presentation stand out - “Exclusive” audio of the breakup of the championship tag team of Chief Jay Strongbow and Billy White Wolf - Why Dusty Rhodes couldn’t and wouldn’t be the WWF’s top guy for the 1984 national expansion - The unusual buildup of Bob Backlund in ’77 and how he differed from previous top guys in the promotion - Dewey Robertson as a pure wrestler in his pre-Missing Link days - A different kind of Vince McMahon on commentary: quiet and subdued - Fun with enhancement talents and odd looking results - A single heckler gives Backlund advice - Larry Sharpe: Pretty boy? Plus: - Meditations on the music of 1977 - Thoughts on the Panama Canal treaty - What the Zembo Mosque means to certain wrestlers - The return of YouTube Comment Theater! Email: Greetingsfromallentown@gmail.com Twitter.com/GFAllentownPod Facebook.com/greetingsfromallentown Placetobenation.com/amazon
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