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Pete, Kelly and Johnny are back in action with this all-new podcast devoted to a chronological look at WCCW's World Class TV show, as found on the WWE Network. First up is January 2, 1982. There is a different host and different theme music. "Big Daddy" Bundy is wearing jeans and a rope belt, and Kevin Von Erich is wearing wrestling boots. Yes, this isn't the World Class everyone knows and loves quite yet!

Sit back and enjoy this journey through a bygone era with the boys, it's going to be a blast!

 

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January 9, 1982

Papa Fritz is Here! The master of the Iron Claw invades the commentary booth and poor Gene Goodson wishes he was back doing ads for North Central Ford in Richardson, TX. Tonight's big main event is Kerry Von Erich vs. The Great Kabuki, and in addition to that Pete, Kelly and Johnny talk about Fritz, Bill Irwin, Armand Hussian, Jose Lothario, Killer Tim Brooks and Captain Frank Dusek. Sit back and enjoy another fun episode of World Cast!

 

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February 6, 1982

People complain about the Mae Young Classic having bad commentary. Please. It's nothing compared to the nightmare team of Gene Goodson and Armand Hussian from this episode. This is BAD commentary, folks. Pete, Johnny, and Kelly try to ignore it long enough to analyze the action, which features Richard Blood (not one of the great Richard Blood's, but he's alright), Jose Lothario, Big Daddy Bundy, Bugsy McGraw vs. Al Madril in an American title match, Larry Higgins (?), Tony Torrez (???) and El Negro Assassin (?!?!?!?). Sit back and enjoy another waltz across Texas with the boys!

 
 
 

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Episode #4 World Cast a WCCW review

 

It's episode 4 and Pete and Johnny are minus one while Kelly enjoys his honeymoon.

The wrestling might not have been a homerun, but the Gene Goodson was on fire. Kerry and Kevin talking rats, and love Letters. Gary Hart as the gold standard. This was a blast to talk about.

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WCCW 10 2/27/82

Kelly is still on his honeymoon so It's Johnny and I having fun.

We start off with some Bobby Heenan stories. Then we shift to the episode. Mark Lowrance replaces Gene Goodson. Still Johnny finds stuff to laugh about. Rempalgo Leon impresses. Gary Hart kills it on his promo . Bundy showing some early badassness. Plus a bunch of other stuff.

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Episode 6

March 13, 1982 (WCCW 12)

You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have World Class in early-1982. The Good: NWA champion Ric Flair is in town! The Bad: Kevin Von Erich doing color commentary (really, really bad). Through it all Pete, Kelly and Johnny have a blast, so sit back and enjoy fun episode of World Cast!

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March 20, 1982 (WCCW 13)

DEAR LORD, AN ACTUAL VERY GOOD (PERHAPS EVEN GREAT) MATCH!!!!! From out of nowhere, Jose Lothario and Busy McGraw shake the Sportatorium to its core and Pete, Kelly and Johnny lose their shit. Also, Al Madril provides the best color commentary yet, and we get footage of Kerry vs Kabuki in front of a heated San Antonio crowd (don't blink cuz you might miss it). All this and more on the latest episode of World Cast!

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  • 3 weeks later...

 

It only took ten episodes but we have an actual top to bottom GOOD SHOW folks! (the WCCW ep, not the pod, which is always great, right?). Ok, maybe not top, but definitely middle to bottom. We have a crazed Kerry Von Erich promo, the underrated Richard Blood(according to Kelly at least), Kerry vs. Black Gordman, Bill Irwin again and again, and a slugfest between King Kong Bundy and the Spoiler in the main event. Join Pete, Kelly and Johnny for another fun time on World Cast!

*Apologies for the echo-y audio at times. What do you think this is, one of them fancy wrestling podcasts?

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April 27, 1982 (WCCW 19)

The boys are back and on this episode they look at:

-Tom "Boogaloo" Shaft: Continuing to advance his (increasingly) strong case for Worst Wrestler of All Time
-Ken Mantell: The scientific wrestler extraordinaire nobody asked for
-Mike Vaughn... er, Bond: Some guy
-And a big main event with Bundy and Bugsy vs Good Ol' Al and the Spoiler!

World Cast: Catch the Fever!

 
 
 

 

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May 8, 1982 (WCCW 20)

Pete, Kelly, and Johnny get together to discuss a really fun episode of WCCW TV, climaxing with an awesome match between Kevin Von Erich and the Great Kabuki that is crazy heated and features wild outside the ring action. In addition, we have Tom Shaft and Ken Mantell squashed like the worthless bugs they are by Bundy and Bugsy, Good Ol' Al with another ** humdinger, and Gary Hart promising brutal things to be delivered by the man from MA-COW.

All this and more on World Cast!

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June 26, 1982 (WCCW 27)

We at World Cast pledge never, NEVER to miss a Wednesday...even if the recording date is screwed up and we have no choice but to release an episode slotted for early January as a fill in. AND THAT TIME IS NOW!

Hopefully this isn't too confusing, as the boys jump ahead a few weeks to witness a pretty bland episode of World Class. But we have new commentators! (the backup tight end for the Cowboys?!?!) We have vignettes! (done poorly) We have extremely hairy wrestlers! (Well, just one) And through it all, we have Good Ol' Al to save us with another ** mindbender

Catch us next week for our regularly scheduled episode looking at Star Wars: The Super Bowl of Wrestling!!!!! (Let everyone else go nuts over The Last Jedi)

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July 10, 1982 (WCCW 29)

The boys ring in 2018 discussing a very good episode of WCCW TV . Things get off to an auspicious start with a turgid match out of the gate (if you are a fan of star babyface referee David Manning this one is for you), but then we get some really out there vignettes followed by an amazing PENALTY BOX MATCH between Kerry/Kevin and Kabuki/Dragon!!! Definitely one of the best matches we've seen so far, folks.

World Cast and Wednesdays: Better than Peanut Butter and Jelly, and meant to last forever, like Sonny and Cher

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July 10, 1982 (WCCW 29)

The boys ring in 2018 discussing a very good episode of WCCW TV . Things get off to an auspicious start with a turgid match out of the gate (if you are a fan of star babyface referee David Manning this one is for you), but then we get some really out there vignettes followed by an amazing PENALTY BOX MATCH between Kerry/Kevin and Kabuki/Dragon!!! Definitely one of the best matches we've seen so far, folks.

World Cast and Wednesdays: Better than Peanut Butter and Jelly, and meant to last forever, like Sonny and Cher

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Episode 23

 

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August 7, 1982 (WCCW 33)

 

Join Pete, Kelly and Johnny for the long-awaited debut of ROSCOE THE CLOWN!!!! Who is he? What is he? Why is he?

 

Also... Brian (aka "Don't call me Dave Meltzer", aka Mr. Wood) Adidas vs Captain Frank Dusek...the Sportatorium crowd gets more and more interesting... power couple Kerry and Al take on Bundy and the Superfly in the main event...and, oh yeah, Ric Flair happens to be here too

 

Aint no party like a World Cast party cuz a World Cast party don't stop!

 

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