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The Lapsed Fan

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The Lapsed Fan co-chairmen bring a unique chemistry and perspective to discussion of the pro wrestling of lore, reviewing archived pay-per-views with a fresh set of eyes, and identifying just what it was that made wrestling better – or, often, worse – in years past. Consider it the definitive audio guide to the archived shows in your WWE Network. Or don't, but be sure to listen for the spills and thrills.
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Ep. 57: The Lapsed Fan Live

The Lapsed Fan is live in front of a panel of callers and special audience members taking your calls. It's a happening!

Sep 08, 2015•1 hr 6 min

Ep. 52: 1997 WCW Fall Brawl

The Lapsed Fan air drops into the throes of nWo ubiquity by deep diving the 1997 WCW Fall Brawl. Join in as your TLF co-chairmen muse on the mockery of Arn Anderson’s retirement, vintage Kevin Nash duplicity, and Ric Flair taking the fall in War Games. The show covers: - Crickets for a Curt Hennig heel turn - The story behind the horrific photo of Flair with his head split open from the cage door - Eddie Guerrero and Chris Jericho show out for work rate - Wcwwrestling.com - The moment when Larry...

Aug 18, 2015•4 hr 8 min

Ep. 51: 1998 WWE Survivor Series

The Lapsed Fan wrestling podcast delves into the heart of the Attitude Era this week, and the game your co-chairmen play is most certainly deadly. Your deep dive into the 1998 WWF Survivor Series “Deadly Game” scrutinizes all angles of the WWF title tournament that sharply turned The Rock heel just as he was beginning to catch babyface fire, and the lessons that can be applied to a certain Roman Reigns. Immerse yourself in attitudinal booking with a study on the elements that helped the WWF, by ...

Aug 18, 2015•3 hr 53 min

Ep 50: WWE In Your House 4

The Lapsed Fan journeys to the Great White North for our latest edition, as a struggling WWF presented a Diesel v. British Bulldog “In Your House” main event in Oct. 1995 that infamously prompted Vince McMahon to slam down his headset and shout “Horrible!” after the show went off the air. Journey with TLF to the breaking point in the Diesel experiment, and the interesting milieu around the WWF product at the time, including: - The debut of “the androgynous” Goldust - The story behind Shawn Micha...

Aug 18, 2015•3 hr 45 min

Ep. 49: 1985 Starrcade

In tribute to the “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes, The Lapsed Fan wrestling podcast gives the deep-dive treatment to an event that spoke in so many ways to Rhodes’ treasured and complicated legacy – Starrcade 1985. “The Gathering” saw fans fill arenas in both Greensboro, N.C. and Atlanta to witness Rhodes challenge Ric Flair for the NWA world title after a disputed finish in 1984, following the beatdown angle that led to the formation of the Four Horsemen and Rhodes’ most famous “Hard Times” promo...

Aug 18, 2015•4 hr 17 min

Ep. 48: 1997 Canadian Stampede

The Lapsed Fan returns with a deep dive into one of the true sleeper hits in WWF history – the 1997 Canadian Stampede: In Your House. Join your co-chairman as they journey to the Calgary Stampede as the famed Hart Family take their greatest stand, as the Hart Foundation squad of Bret, Owen, Anvil, Bulldog and Pillman face ragtag group of Americans captained by the surging Stone Cold Steve Austin. TLF assess it all, including: - The surprising note on sadness that sets in today watching the show’...

Aug 18, 2015•4 hr 5 min

Ep. 47: 1992 WWF Royal Rumble

With a tear in their eye, your Lapsed Fan co-chairmen go deep this week on one of the most memorable events in WWF history – the 1992 Royal Rumble, the night Titan Sports was truly “fair to Flair.” Hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro recap the brilliance of Ric Flair’s first WWF title win in the greatest Rumble ever, where the match stakes were higher than they’ve ever been, and the worm begins to turn ever so slightly on Hulkamania. Witness: - As entrant No. 3, Flair comes face-to-face with an e...

Aug 18, 2015•4 hr 19 min

Ep. 46: 1995 Great American Bash

The latest Lapsed Fan delves into a moment just before the launch of the game-changing Monday Nitro, as World Championship Wrestling staged the 1995 Great American Bash with Ric Flair and Randy Savage taking center stage and Hulk Hogan’s shadow looming large. Hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro dive deep on this Turner offering, and drink up the atmosphere of a show that took place just days after news broke that WCW was going to make a run at Vince McMahon’s Monday night real estate. The show in...

Aug 17, 2015•3 hr 24 min

Ep. 45: 1993 Survivor Series

The Lapsed Fan podcast is back with yet another deep dive, this time on the 1993 WWF Survivor Series – the night of multiple Doinks, multiple twists and turns, and multiple fails. Join co-chairmen Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro as they dissect a zany but interesting pay-per-view event that came in the throes of the World Wrestling Federation feeling the heat of a steroid distribution indictment and other industry turmoil. The show touches on, among many, many other things: - Lex Luger, in a classi...

Aug 17, 2015•3 hr 58 min

Ep 44: 1990 NWA's Capital Combat

Coming off a 30-week WrestleMania bender, The Lapsed Fan gets back to the business of deep diving an eclectic array of wrestling pay-per-views from the past. This week, it’s the night Robocop saved Sting. Or, as Jim Cornette once called it, “one of the biggest abortions in the in the history of wrestling.” NWA Capital Combat 1990 will forever live in infamy, and TLF hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro stand ready to lampoon and assess it appropriately. Witness: - The story behind the forced Roboc...

Aug 17, 2015•3 hr 37 min

30 Week Journey: Wrestlemania XXX (2014)- Part Two

The Lapsed Fan’s 30-week journey through each and every WrestleMania reaches the end of the road this week, as your co-chairmen take that one-of-a-kind deep dive into WrestleMania 30 from the New Orleans Superdome. Join hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro for one last toast to “the Manes,” as they dissect the dynamics at play in Daniel Bryan’s unlikely rise and precipitous fall, the end of the Undertaker’s vaunted winning streak, and the dawning of a new “Network Era” for WWE’s grandest spectacle...

Aug 14, 2015•4 hr 18 min

30 Week Journey: Wrestlemania XXX(2014)- Part One

The Lapsed Fan’s 30-week journey through each and every WrestleMania reaches the end of the road this week, as your co-chairmen take that one-of-a-kind deep dive into WrestleMania 30 from the New Orleans Superdome. Join hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro for one last toast to “the Manes,” as they dissect the dynamics at play in Daniel Bryan’s unlikely rise and precipitous fall, the end of the Undertaker’s vaunted winning streak, and the dawning of a new “Network Era” for WWE’s grandest spectacle...

Aug 14, 2015•3 hr 7 min
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