The Wrestling Odyssey

The Wrestling Odyssey rolls on as we arrive at one of the most important moments in wrestling history - The Brawl to End It All . Broadcast live from Madison Square Garden, this isn’t just another WWF show… this is the night wrestling collides with mainstream pop culture. With Cyndi Lauper at ringside and the eyes of MTV on the product, the stakes feel bigger than ever. But beyond the headlines, h...

On this episode of The Wrestling Odyssey, we do something a little different and dive into a full block of WWF Championship Wrestling TV tapings from June and July 1984. Rather than covering one major event, we follow the television build toward Brawl to End It All and get a closer look at what weekly WWF TV actually felt like during this era, from squashes and promos to strange edits, chaotic for...

Welcome back to The Wrestling Odyssey Podcast, brought to you by the Lord King. In this episode, we travel to Texas for World Class Championship Wrestling’s Parade of Champions 1984, held on May 6th. This event carries a unique atmosphere and stands as one of the most important shows of the year for WCCW. Featuring a stacked card with some of the biggest names in wrestling at the time, this show d...

The Wrestling Odyssey continues as we head back to Philadelphia for another WWF Spectrum show from February 1984. With Hulkamania beginning to take over the wrestling world, the WWF Champion makes one of his first title defences in Philly against the Masked Superstar. Elsewhere on the card, Andre the Giant and Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka are in action, the WWF Tag Team Titles are on the line, and Tito...

On this episode of The Wrestling Odyssey Podcast , we head to Dallas, Texas for World Class Championship Wrestling’s Star Wars event from January 30th, 1984 . This show features one of the most famous rivalries in wrestling history as The Fabulous Freebirds collide with the Von Erichs in a heated six-man battle with huge stakes for both teams. If the Freebirds win they can return to Texas and wres...

Madison Square Garden. January 23rd, 1984. The night professional wrestling changed forever. In this episode of The Wrestling Odyssey , LTD heads back to MSG just two days after the Spectrum show to witness the historic WWF Championship clash between The Iron Sheik and Hulk Hogan — the moment Hulkimania was born. We break down the full card including: Sgt. Slaughter vs Ivan Putski in a hard-hittin...

In this episode of The Wrestling Odyssey Podcast, we travel to the Philadelphia Spectrum on January 21st, 1984 — a night that feels ordinary on the surface, but sits right on the edge of something much bigger. The Iron Sheik defends the WWF Championship against Tito Santana in front of a hostile, USA-chanting crowd. Don Muraco brings attitude — and very little respect — to his Intercontinental Tit...

On December 26, 1983 at Madison Square Garden, the WWF Championship changed hands in one of the most important main events of the early 1980s. In this episode of the Wrestling Odyssey, LTD reviews Bob Backlund vs The Iron Sheik from MSG - the historic title match that ended Backlund`s long reign and set the stage for the next era of WWF. After attempting to cover the December 4th Omni show from Ge...

The Wrestling Odyssey takes a look at WWFs house show at the Spectrum in Philadelphia which ran the same night as Starrcade.

In episode 1 of The Wrestling Odyssey podcast, I travel back to November 24th 1983 to review the first Starrcade. From tag team matches to dog collars and steel cages, this is a modern fan reacting to an early territory era supercard. Lets see how 1983 holds up to 2026 standards.

In this opening episode, I explain the purpose of The Wrestling Odyssey - a chronological deep dive through the history of professional wrestling. We`ll be starting at the end of 1983 and moving year by year through major events, stories and moments that shaped the industry.