The Lapsed Fan tips its cap the the late Rowdy Roddy Piper with a deep dive into the 1985 WWF Wrestling Classic, the first WWF event that could only be seen on pay-per-view featuring the only pay encounter between Piper and Hulk Hogan, the cornerstones of the mid-80s WWF boom.
Journey with the co-chairmen to a quirk and at times bizarre bracket, including:
– The first Savage/Steamboat encounter
– Al Hayes going a step too far with a female hostess
– A look at the WWF peak of tournament winner The Junkyard Dog
– Terry Funk coats a camera lens in phlegm
– What was “Wrestlevision”?
– A fleeting taste of how awesome a Steamboat/Bulldog series would have been, and Dynamite/Savage, too
– Gene Okerlund asks Moondog Spot, “What kind of a man are you?”
– Jesse calls Tito Santana “a taco salesman from Tijuana” Gorilla’s retort? He’s not from Tijuana.
– WM1 foes Hogan and Orndorff get on the same page
All that and so much more, as TLF pays tribute to Hotrod with a deep dive into the 1985 WWF Wrestling Classic. Click the links below to play or download.
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Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
