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Revisit this post when he hits his mid-40's.

Alshon Jeffrey to the Eagles!

Wow, I just got done watching a bunch of mid-80s Mid-Atlantic this weekend particularly his feud against Black Bart and JJ Dillon. I read so much about him in Florida and wasn't let down by his work when he arrived at JCP. Great bleeder to.

I finally got to listen to Tony Schiavone's pod. Instant "subscribe" after the clash episode. I love crumudgeony Schiavone so much...

Still the measuring stick of all intros: "Sanctioned by the NWA...THE NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE!!!" It was like Pavlov's bell at 6:05.

Is fatback grissy?!?

I await next year when you guys are spooging over Swagger's strong-style matches with Shibata in New Japan. *as this goes with my belief that Swagg will end up in NJPW at some point. *

Listened to Raven's podcast today with his sidekick...Johnny Swinger??? Swinger is an idiot. That is all.

I wonder how happy Nate Parker was watching Casey Affleck win an Oscar...

After brawling for 48 minutes, they hate each other so much that the locker room empties to separate them.

Great character actor. His role as Chet in Weird Science is one of the greatest 80's douchebags in cinema history.

Minaj down:

Boo this man.

Watching Brisco vs. Piper in the Hidden Gems section as I type this, and holy shit is this great match and mainly it's due to Roddy being able to keep up with Brisco. This is a WRESTLING MATCH.

So I've been watching a bunch of the Jumping Bomb Angels in 87/88 WWF. I just have to ask though, how prevalent was the powerbomb in the late 80's? I've seen people like Terry Gordy doing it in '82 in Georgia, but to see Judy Martin busting it out in '88 is still mind-blowing.

Ivan's first gimmick, Red McNulty:

At least I know when it'll be time for me to refresh my drink or go to the bathroom…

A great shot of Fred Blassie vs Lou Thez

The exact moment I fell in love with the Love Machine.

Reports are coming in that Ivan Koloff passed away this morning.

Did anyone catch the production slip where they showed a picture of Pak Song instead of Baba?

Growing up in the Northeast, he was the first hill I was legit scared of. I thought there was no way Backlund was gonna beat him...which leads to my most vivid memory of him wrestling which was when he did face Backlund at the Spectrum, where Backlund swung out of the flying hammerlock and rolled him up for the pin in under 30 seconds.

"Three workers and seven managers. That's so American".

Rusev talking about his experience working at Wendy's was tremendous.

Bill Apter told the same gum story on Jericho's podcast, but it was Mil Mascaras instead of Pedro.