Legendary Wrestling Obsession

We wrap up our Florida journey with the second half of the final Battle of the Belts card. The show features a Road Warriors match, a fun look at the Bahamas championship and a man from the future! Of course our best 2 out of 3 falls Flair vs Luger NWA title match, plus all of the set up and a glimpse of the Florida Heavyweight title. We take a peak at the history of that title and the crazy actio...

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 a...

It's part two of the second Battle of the Belts card. Wahoo and Brody get physical, an insane 6-man tag match between the Road Warriors & Blackjack Mulligan vs Kevin Sullivan's Army of Darkness. This all leads to a classic early title defense between Ric Flair and Barry Windham. Plus a little more info on Buddy Colt and a fateful plane ride with an unlikely hero.   Sponsor Legendary Wrestling...

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...

We're off to Florida to start a mini-journey to explore the exciting Battle of the Belt supercards and the CWF (Championship Wrestling From Florida). We have a loaded card, Gordon Solie is on the mic and we take the time to reflect on the recent'ish 1 year anniversary of our show! Sponsor Legendary Wrestling Obsession is brought to you by: G&L Liquidation Warehouse Follow us on: Twitter/X  @Le...

It's the wrap up of Starrcade 86 and we have 4 big matches. Dusty and Tully bring comedy gold in the form of JJ Dillon in their first blood match for the World TV Title, the namesake of the show is on display as the Road Warriors and Midnight Express climb those scaffolds and bring us the less than stellar Night of the Skywalkers match. The Rock 'n Roll Express and Andersons bring their long boili...

Greensboro and Atlanta co-host the granddaddy of them all Starrcade! JCP rides the wave of its most successful summer and tragic fall into a showdown between Flair and the Russian Nightmare Nikita Koloff. But before we get to the main event matches we focus on the first 8 matches on the card including a Louisville Street Fight between Ron Garvin & Big Bubba and the feud between the Boogie Woog...

It's the Road to Starrcade. We wrap up the best of 7, check in on the Express tag teams, the US Tag Team Championship tournament, the crazy feud between Dusty  vs Tully and the Four Horsemen and the birth of the Super Powers! It's some great TV and even a bit of the old shaky cam not for those with weak stomachs. Follow us on: Twitter/X  @LegWreObsession Facebook Page - Legendary Wrestling Obsessi...

It's an iconic night as we see the birth of the Mega Powers, as wrestling's biggest stars of the 80's join forces. No Jesse... no problem we get Bobby the Brain Heenan. Savage looks to regain his IC belt but Jimmy Hart's crew has other thoughts. Hogan defends his own belt against the Savage Samoan Sika & Mr Wonderful takes on the man mountain... King Kong Bundy. We have a laugh at the debut of...

It's the Fall of 1987 and the winds of change are upon the WWF. We focus on Randy Savage's journey to a top babyface before the handshake that changed the wrestling landscape. Some fun matchups include Davey Boy vs Hercules, Beefcake vs Rude for the first time and the Honky Tonk Man gets more than he bargained for when he faces a substitute for Jake. We talk about Superman, the Princess Bride, fen...

We're off to Houston for a unique WWF event, the Paul Boesch Retirement Show. We dig into the unique history of the territory. The evening includes a big Hogan title defense against the One Man Gang. Tito Santana teams up with Mil Mascaras to take on Demolition and Ted DiBiase and Jim Duggan tussle in a Mid South/UWF reunion. The commentary team is bizzare and leads us to discuss one of Jim Ross's...

The summer chugs along with more debuts, turns and surprises. Heenan's Family Strikes Back, DiBiase debuts, Rude is introduced into the Heenan Family with unexpected results, and we get a bizarre 6-Man elimination match main event. Follow us on: Twitter/X  @LegWreObsession Facebook Page - Legendary Wrestling Obsession Patreon      patreon.com/LegendaryWrestlingObsession Now on YouTube - https://ww...

Before we can get to the October 1987 SNME card we have to take in the greatness of the summer of 1987. In the post WM III glow we see the intro of several new wrestlers. We follow the Dragon's short lived IC title run, catch a great match between Tito and Butch Reed, a rare syndicated TV match by Hogan and of course that fateful morning that we saw Steamboat defend against the Honky Tonk Man! Fol...

It's the big night and the campus of the Fighting Irish is the setting for a great SNME card. The main event is actually a dark match which we re-imagine at the end of the show but we are treated to a Jake vs Kamala match, a lumber jack match to end a feud, a best 2 out of 3 falls tag title match, the first televised title defence of the Dragon and a lot more. The WWF is riding the wave of momentu...

This episode features a "What If" segment on WrestleMania III matches and storylines, and dives deep into the return of the Olympic strong man Ken Patera. We look back to a couple of classic encounters with Andre and Hogan to help set the return of a very different character. All that and a story about a very expensive flight for Jerry Saggs. This show wraps up the set up and gets us to the big ca...

It's a new year and we're back from the break with a mega-sized episode to set up the May 87 SNME card. We've got some great action from the Spectrum but the real meat of the show comes in the form of the Frank Tunney Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament from March 15th, 1987 in Toronto. Plus the final (original run) Piper's Pit and some board game talk. Follow us on: Twitter/X  @LegWreObsession F...

Welcome to a special holiday edition of the Legendary Wrestling Obsession Podcast. Your hosts are tackling something a little different here. We went to see the new movie the "Iron Claw" based on the Von Erich wrestling family. Spoiler Alert this episode will discuss most aspects of the movie and you'll want to see the movie before listening if that is important to you. Check it out to see what we...

To help celebrate the holidays the Legendary Wrestling Obsession Podcast is taking a trip back to the a comfy Christmas night in 1982 at Reunion Arena in Dallas. It's Christmas Star Wars, Texas style! The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair is in town to defend his crown against Kerry Von Erich as they continue their feud and the long chase for the family to capture the title. Kevin defends...

It's the Greensboro Coliseum and the peak of Jim Crockett Promotions hottest summer. The Bash is nearly done and the feuds are boiling over. Tom Miller lays down an iconic greatest of all time ring announcement of the winner of the cage match between the Nature Boy and the American Dream, Magnum tries to keep Nikita from sweeping the best of seven series and the Road Warriors play second fiddle in...

It's the week before the monumental July 26th Bash card in Greensboro and another special edition of World Championship Wrestling from an arena show. The Rock 'N Roll Express face the Andersons in a classic match, Sam Houston steps up to take on Tully and we get another showdown between Jim Cornette and Baby Doll. Your hosts do the math on Flair's 14 Bash challengers and we announce our plans for...

We're back in Crockett country and working our way to the July 26th, 1986 Bash card. On the way we had to stop and pay homage to a very special episode of JCP's flagship show World Championship Wrestling. The July 12th episode is no ordinary syndicated show and features Tully vs Wahoo, the Road Warriors challenging the Midnight Express for tag team gold and we get a peek at a 6-man bunkhouse match...

WrestleMania III is just around the corner and a marquee Battle Royal serves as the first step in the Hogan vs Andre feud. Elizabeth is the prize in a Macho Man title defence and the new tag champs the Hart Foundation are tested by the unlikely team of Santana and Spivey. We talk Roddy's retirement and more on wrestling video games. Don't miss it! Follow us on: Twitter/X  @LegWreObsession Patreon...

We finish off February and up to mid March 1987 to get to SNME X from Detroit! We take a hyper focused look at the transformation of Jake the Snake as he plays the role of heel and babyface at the same time. The feud that was with the Honky Tonk Man and the big feud that wasn't with Hulk Hogan. Jake faces Savage in a non-title match and of course the rare showdown with Hogan in Providence and WINN...

It's the start of the long road to Wrestlemania III and a classic SNME from Detroit. Before we can get there we have to follow the critical developments of January and early February 1987. Piper's Pit becomes the focal point of Andre's return and the first hints of the match of the century. The British Bulldogs defend their belts against the Hart Foundation AND Danny Davis and we wrap the show up...

It's the start of arguably the biggest year in wrestling... the January 1987 Saturday Night's Main Event is on deck. Corey and Geoff take a brief detour to visit a dream match from the house shows as reluctant partners Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper team up against Mr Wonderful and the KING Harley Race. Then it's off to the big blow off of the Hogan/Orndorff feud with an epic cage match. Savage defend...