The Bryan & Vinny & Craig & Granny & Shawn Show is back with tons to talk about including our weekly chat with Granny, Christmas Show fallout and what everyone got for presents, her wrestling and soap opera reports, and more, then the boys review the legendary cage match where Terry Gordy slammed the cage door on Kerry Von Erich’s head. A fun show as always so check it out~!
Tag: Ric Flair
Ric Flair says knee injury stressed Charlotte out: ‘She’ll come back from this’
Ric Flair is confident that his daughter Charlotte Flair will be able to come back strong from her injury.
Charlotte is facing an extended time out of action after suffering a torn ACL, MCL, and meniscus. The injury happened during a match where Asuka defeated Charlotte on the December 8 episode of SmackDown. The following week, WWE announced that Charlotte is expected to be out of action for nine months.
While appearing on Casual Conversations with The Classic, Ric Flair said he’s told Charlotte that she’ll come back from this injury. Ric thinks it’ll be “the greatest storyline of all time.” Ric said Charlotte was stressed out by the injury because she hasn’t been hurt in a long time.
Ric also said he believes Charlotte is the best worker in the industry:
I’m telling you, and it’ll probably make her mad, she is the best worker in the business –man or woman. She can do stuff Rey Mysterio does. She’s 5 [foot] 11 and weighs 150 pounds. She is the best worker in the business — male or female.
She never politics, you know what I mean? In this horrible world of politics in the business, she don’t kiss anybody’s ass. She just gets better every day.
I told her, she’ll come back from this injury. It stressed her out because she hasn’t been hurt in a long time. But she’s so muscled up and I mean, she’ll come through the surgery and they’ll put some stem cells in her and she’ll come back and it’ll be the greatest storyline of all time. She and Bayley and IYO and all those guys and Asuka, I mean. And there are more people for her to still wrestle. She’s got so much going on for her.
Flair said he’s not knocking any of the other members of the women’s division, but he thinks Charlotte is the best.
Charlotte was feuding with Damage CTRL prior to suffering her knee injury.
Dave Meltzer confirmed this week that Charlotte signed a new WWE contract several months ago. Fightful reported that the contract is for a “huge money increase” and is “one of the highest-paid deals to a woman in WWE history.”
While Charlotte is in WWE, Ric Flair is signed to a multi-year deal with AEW.
Tony Khan: Ric Flair ‘essentially paying us’ for his AEW appearances
According to AEW head Tony Khan, the company isn’t paying anything for Ric Flair’s appearances and that he “is essentially paying us.”
Talking to the New York Post about the road to Sting’s retirement match at March’s Revolution, Khan was asked about Flair’s inclusion as part of the final countdown. It first started when they were approached by Flair’s Wooooo Energy drink company for a “high-paying sponsorship.”
Khan then said, “We’re not paying Ric Flair; Ric Flair is essentially paying us. We’re getting paid by Wooooo Energy for all of his appearances, so we’re collecting revenue from them.”
He did not say how much revenue that was.
Flair debuted on a late-October edition of AEW Dynamite as Khan’s “special gift” to Sting and was later announced as signing a multi-year deal (later revealed by Flair as two) with AEW in conjunction with his energy drink becoming the official one of AEW.
Last week, Flair tweeted that he would leave the company is he was embarrassing Khan. While not specifically mentioning it, that came on the heels of a taped Rampage promo where a part about him inviting women between 18 and 28 years old to his hotel room was omitted prior to broadcast.
Khan said he approached Sting before the All In ticket sale announcement to see if he would be returning to London’s Wembley Stadium. However, Sting felt he couldn’t make it and they worked toward the final date.
Ric Flair says he ‘will walk away’ if he is embarrassing AEW
Ric Flair has announced that he “will walk away” from AEW if he is embarrassing the company.
In a social media post on Thursday, Flair addressed “negativity” that he is hearing regarding his AEW run, said that he will leave the company if he is embarrassing it, and issued an apology that appeared to be directed towards AEW owner, president, CEO, GM, and head of creative Tony Khan.
Flair posted to his X and Instagram accounts:
I Am So Tired Of Hearing All This Negativity! I Don’t Need To Work, And I Don’t Need The Money. Can’t I Simply Enjoy Being By My Dear Friend @Sting’s Side For The Next Few Months Without So Much Hatred? I Know I’m Old, But That Doesn’t Mean I Can’t Enjoy Life! I Have Earned The Right To Do Whatever I Want & I’m Exactly Where I Want To Be! I Appreciate Everything @TonyKhan, But I’m More Than Willing To Walk Away If I Am Embarrassing You And Your Company. All I Can Say Is I’m Sorry!
Flair’s post could be in reference to social media backlash and chatter from a line he delivered in an in-ring promo on Wednesday night in a segment taped for Friday’s Rampage episode where he issued an invitation to women in the audience from ages 18 to 28 to come to his hotel room with “no boyfriends or husbands.” Flair famously used similar verbiage in promos with Jim Crockett Promotions/WCW in the 1980s.
Steve Austin and Kevin Nash are among the wrestling personalities who posted responses to Flair in the comments section on Instagram.
Austin posted:
Ric, I enjoy watching you do all the things you do. And you’re always having fun. Keep doing you. And that’s the bottom line.
Nash posted:
Besides the fact you have earned the right. You wouldn’t be there if it wasn’t drawing fans. You always bring a smile to my face. Go Michigan!
Flair’s X post is embedded below:
DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: 1984 & 1985
Celebrating the release of my new book, DragonKingKarl’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus, this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show looks back at these two massively important years in pro wrestling history.
Some highlights: Hulk Hogan wins the WWF World title, the WWF national expansion begins in earnest including the takeover of the WTBS time slot, the death of David Von Erich, Starrcade 1984 & 1985, massive Thanksgiving Day shows, Pro Wrestling USA, the injury of Mike Von Erich, WWF WrestleMania I, Mr. T, the John Stossel slap on 20/20, and much more.
It’s a massive two year period in pro wrestling so let’s discuss it.
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Ric Flair: MJF is special, has ‘a gift that so few have’
Backstage at Wednesday night’s AEW Dynamite, Ric Flair and MJF met up for the first time ever.
Flair made a post on X commenting on the moment, writing that he was honored to have met MJF. Flair said MJF is special and has “a gift that so few have.”
Flair wrote:
I Met @The_MJF Last Night. OMG! He Has THE GIFT! I’m Honored To Have Met You. Looking Forward To Working With You & Our Relationship Going Forward. You’ve Got A Gift That So Few Have! You’re Special! WOOOOO!
This October, Flair made his surprise AEW debut by being brought into the company as part of Sting’s retirement tour. Sting is having his final match at AEW Revolution 2024.
Flair has signed a multi-year contract with AEW. Flair and AEW have also reached an agreement to make Flair’s Wooooo! Energy the official energy drink of the promotion.
MJF is defending his AEW World Championship against Jay White at this Saturday’s Full Gear pay-per-view in Los Angeles. MJF will also be in action on the Full Gear pre-show, defending the ROH Tag Team titles with a mystery partner against Austin & Colten Gunn. MJF & Adam Cole are the current ROH Tag Team Champions, but Cole is out of action due to injury.
The main event angle on last night’s Dynamite saw MJF get laid out by White, Juice Robinson, and The Gunns.
Ric Flair’s AEW contract runs for two years
Ric Flair says he will be with AEW for at least the next two years.
Speaking on a special edition of Wrestling Observer Radio on Thursday, Flair and business partner Chad Bronstein said that Flair is tied to AEW for the next two years.
Flair also said that he expects to be a television character for the duration of his deal, not just for the Sting retirement storyline that was the impetus for his on-screen AEW introduction.
Dave Meltzer asked Flair:
So you’re going to be part of the TV for two years?
Flair answered:
Yes. 76 and still talking. Wooooo!
Flair will be 76 years old when his AEW deal expires.
AEW officially announced Flair’s signing in a press release Thursday after his on-screen debut with the company came on last week’s Dynamite episode.
Flair’s Wooooo! Energy drink was also announced as the official energy drink of AEW in the press release issued Thursday.
In the Wrestling Observer Radio interview, Flair discussed his career, favorite opponents, best wrestling memories, Terry Funk, Steve “Mongo” McMichael, and much more.
Audio of the interview is available for website subscribers here, with video from the interview available for YouTube members here.
Wrestling Observer Radio: Ric Flair interview
Dave and I are back with a special edition of Wrestling Observer Radio. Ric Flair, and his business partner, Chad Bronstein, join us to talk about Wooooo! Energy becoming the exclusive energy drink of AEW.
Ric also talks about his contract with AEW as an onscreen performer, when he knew he was going on TV, and his relationship with Sting.
Ric and Dave talk about when they met and Dave’s coverage of Ric. Ric also talks about business changes, current wrestling style, Terry Funk, Steve McMichael, the 1992 Royal Rumble, and more.
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Ric Flair signs multi-year contract with AEW
Ric Flair is sticking around in AEW on a long-term basis.
AEW issued a press release on Thursday announcing that Flair has signed a multi-year contract with the company. Flair made his surprise AEW debut on Dynamite last week, reuniting with Sting as part of Sting’s retirement tour.
It was also announced that Flair’s Wooooo! Energy will become the official energy drink of AEW. Wooooo! Energy will be sold at AEW shows, it will be stocked in wrestlers’ locker rooms, and it will be seen on the announcers’ desk during AEW broadcasts.
In a press release, Tony Khan commented on the deal:
Last Wednesday, the ‘Nature Boy’ made his epic return to TBS, more than 35 years since the Flair vs. Sting rivalry first began on the Superstation. It’s truly an honor to welcome the legend himself – and Wooooo! Energy – to AEW.
Ric cemented his legacy as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all-time long ago, and now his world-renowned persona and his amazing wrestling mind will be major assets to AEW’s programming and our position globally. Most importantly, it’s fitting that the final chapter of Sting’s iconic career will unfold on TBS with Ric Flair by his side.
“I’ve been in the wrestling business for over 50 years,” Flair said. “Together with AEW and Wooooo! Energy, I’ve never been more excited, and I’ve never had more energy! When the Nature Boy promises a show, you know how it’s gonna go! Wooooo!”
Sting will have his retirement match at AEW’s Revolution pay-per-view in 2024. Last Thursday, Sting noted that Flair would be with him “every step of the way” on this journey.
Dave Meltzer reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Flair likely would have been in AEW sooner if it wasn’t for the controversy surrounding Vice TV’s “Plane Ride from Hell” episode of Dark Side of the Ring. The episode aired in 2021. On the show, flight attendant Heidi Doyle recounted her story of Flair exposing himself and forcing her to touch his genitals. Flair has denied the allegations.
“Flair had no contractual ties with WWE,” Meltzer wrote. “He probably would have come in earlier as they were in talks when the Dark Side of the Ring episode hit and pretty much all talks ended. But Tony Khan wanted him to be part of the Sting storyline.”
Sting originally considered December for AEW retirement
Ric Flair is set to help Sting ride into the sunset.
Two weeks ago, Sting revealed his final match will take place at AEW Revolution 2024. He recently told Sports Illustrated that he wanted to retire earlier but having Flair in AEW has motivated him to continue until next March’s pay-per-view.
“I wanted to finish earlier, maybe in December,” Sting said. “But now that Ric is here with me, I want to go longer, all the way to Revolution.”
Flair was Tony Khan’s gift to Sting on last week’s Dynamite. It was one of only two times in his career that Sting says he’s been emotional on-air.
“I’ve been emotional, full of tears, twice in my career. The first was Panama City when Ric and I had the last WCW match on Nitro. The second was last week on Dynamite.”
“When Ric came out and I heard his music play, it hit me,” Sting continued. “I had this flashback, and it made me emotional. Ric is the guy who put me on the map. We’ve traveled around the world together, and Ric helped make me. Now he’s going to finish with me.”
“After all the travel, all the matches, all the press slams, all the chops, and all the woos–woooo!–I experienced the same feeling on Dynamite this past week with Ric that I did on that final Nitro. Except this time, it was so much more positive.”
As for what Sting has planned for the final months of his career, all he will say is that he wants to leave people with a memory that will mean something.
“All I can say for now is I want people to walk away and say, ‘Wow, what an ending,’” Sting continued. “I’ll be three weeks away from turning 65 at that point. I want to leave people with a memory that will mean something.”
Neither Sting nor Flair has been announced for tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Louisville, Kentucky.
Daily Update: Sting & Ric Flair, AEW Rampage, WWE SmackDown
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- Update on Randy Orton’s WWE return
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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter
The new issue of the Observer is up on the site right now covering these stories:
- Match and performers of the week
- The history of UFC and WWE together
- How Vince McMahon is responsible for UFC taking off and why
- Dirty tricks McMahon tried to play on UFC and blasting it when it got popular
- Dana White talks about his prior and current changes in relationship with McMahon
- How Vince McMahon viewed UFC when it first broke through
- The first attempt at Undertaker vs. Lesnar at WrestleMania and why it didn’t happen
- How things have changed since the merger and what Vince’s role in UFC is now
- Jon Jones injury, why Stipe Miocic is off, and what are the different possibilities going forward in the heavyweight division
- A look at the Aspinall vs. Pavlovich fight
- Business notes on what was expected to be a record setting show
- Preview of Crown Jewel and Full Gear and matches announced and other things built up
- WWE goes with more international major shows in 2024
- Rundown of Impact changing to TNA and what it will and won’t mean
- The decline of TNA and change to Impact years ago
- What changes to expect with the move back to TNA
- The story behind the Bound for Glory main event
- Business notes on Bound for Glory
- Match-by-match coverage
- Hall of Fame ceremony
- UFC 204 coverage and what next for the top stars of the show
- Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou, and how once again Saudi Arabia has changed the economic necessities of a big fight
- The most detailed look at the ratings for all of the wrestling shows, as well as segment-by-segment and comparison and where shows were up and down
- Blue Panther 45th anniversary event
- Stardom bad injury situation
- All Japan annual tag team tournament
- Why two Japanese wrestlers disappeared in April
- Great Triple Crown title match
- Future of Will Ospreay
- New Japan Super Juniors tag tourney
- Cain Velasquez first interview
- Mexican legend survives scary hospital stay
- British J Cup
- Wrestling star expects to announce a new TV series in November
- Ric Flair in AEW
- AEW December PPV and its competition
- Jon Moxley on battles with addiction
- Ticket advances for upcoming WWE & AEW shows
- International TV ratings and streaming numbers
- Pitch for independent star to AEW
- How many matches top AEW stars have done
- Controversy over UFC business deal
- Peacock subscription number and financial losses
- Memo all WWE employees received and how this has changed the stock price
- Tickets now available for Survivor Series and why
- WWE NIL talent in college wrestling notes
- A look at the WWE shows over the past week
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Friday Update
Garrett and I did our Observer review show talking Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, Will Ospreay, Dynamite ratings and issues, UFC judging and history and much more. Bryan and I will be back Sunday night with our weekend news show.
Sting on Ric Flair: “He put me on the map in the very beginning, and Ric Flair is going to be with me every step of the way to the end, and we’ll go out together in a blaze of glory!”
Rampage tonight at 10 p.m. Eastern on TNT:
- Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kyle Fletcher (told this was great)
- Willow Nightingale vs Abadon vs. Anna Jay vs. Skye Blue with the winner getting a title shot at Hikaru Shida tomorrow night on Collision
- Mike Santana vs. Ortiz in a no DQ match
- They will also have the last promotional push for tomorrow night’s MJF vs. Kenny Omega title match in Uncasville, CT.
If for some reason you missed Smackdown and your DVR didn’t tape for FS 1, there are replays later tonight on FS 1.
The movie “Freelance” which stars John Cena as a special forces operative opens tonight nationwide.
We’re looking for reports from these shows:
- WWE tonight in Milwaukee (second show taping)
- NXT tonight in Davenport, FL
- New Japan Saturday in Las Vegas
- Impact Turning Point today in Newcastle, UK
- AEW Saturday in Uncasville, CT (Only stuff not on the live show like ROH tapings)
- WWE Saturday night in Berlin, Germany
- Impact Saturday in Coventry, UK
- NXT Saturday in Dade City, FL
- WWE Sunday at Wembley Arena in London
- Impact Sunday in Coventry, UK
- We’re looking for results, finishes and angles and anything else noteworthy to [email protected]
The movie “The Iron Claw” has its world premiere and red carpet screening next week in Dallas It will have a national theatrical release on 12/20.
Becky Lynch’s role in NXT is now over according to what she posted on Instagram. Other major names are headed there soon.
WWE from today in Hamburg, Germany:
- Sami Zayn b Dominik Mysterio via DQ when JD McDonagh interfered
- Zayn & Jey Uso b Dominik & McDonagh when Uso pinned Mysterio
- Rhea Ripley retained her title over Raquel Rodriguez after riptide
- Ludvig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci as babyface beat Chad Gable & Otis
- Cody Rhodes b The Miz with Cross Rhodes
- Gunther b Bronson Reed to keep the IC title
- Finn Balor & Damian Priest b New Day when Balor pinned Woods after Priest hit him with a briefcase
- Seth Rollins kept the world title over Shinsuke Nakamura in a street fight
- (thanks to wrestling-infos.de)
Rizin announced Juan Archuleta vs. Kai Asakura for the bantamweight title and Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Makto Shinryu for the vacant flyweight title for its traditional New Year’s Eve show at the Saitama Super Arena.
Impact announced tickets go on sale Friday for Final Resolution on 12/9 in Mississauga, ONT at the Dan Kolov Arena (Santino Marella’s Gym), and next Saturday for Hard to Kill, a PPV show from the Palms in Las Vegas on 1/13, the first show back under the TNA banner.
Since a bunch of people noted this regarding today’s Observer, “Whoop that Trick” is actually a chant from the Memphis Grizzlies NBA team, which made its way to NXT and Trick Williams. So when AEW fans were chanting it at the Memphis house show, it was not a sign of how over Trick Williams was or them doing a WWE chant. Now when AEW fans are doing “Yeah,” that is the case that they are doing something that WWE fans got over.
Ronda Rousey wrestled a short match last night on the Lucha Va Voom show so she could team with Marina Shafir for the first time. Then today Wrestling Revolver made a Tweet about a Los Angeles debut at the Homenetmen Glendale Ararat in Los Angeles and Rousey tweeted “How very convenient.”
New Japan’s junior tag tournament continues in Fukushima at 3 a.m. tomorrow morning:
- TJP & Francesco Akira vs. Ryuske Taguchi & The DKC
- Yoh & Musashi vs,. Douki & Taka Michinoku
- Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita vs. Sho & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Kushida & Kevin Knight vs. Titan & Bushi
- Desperado & Master Wato vs. Clark Connors & Dan Moloney
Anthony Pettis vs. Benson Henderson, in a rematch of a legendary 2010 fight that won some fight of the year honors, is being looked at to headline a December Karate Combat show. Guilherme Cruz wrote that company officials said they are in talks also with Jose Aldo, Luke Rockhold, Lyoto Machida, Michael Venom Page and Darren Till for that show.
Anthony Ogogo who is under contract to AEW but hasn’t been around for a long time, has challenged Jake Paul to a fight.
Kevin Iole reported that the Saudi Arabian government paid Mike Tyson “very, very handsomely” for endorsing Francis Ngannou and being in Ngannou’s corner for tomorrow’s fight with Tyson Fury and telling people Ngannou can win. They say he trained him but Ngannou trained under Dewey Cooper. I heard a figure from a friend of Tyson’s who asked me not to print it but it was a giant figure just to do pub. They are also bringing in Manny Pacquiao, Roberto Duran, George Foreman, Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Joe Calzaghe, Tommy Hearns and Frank Bruno according to Iole. Both Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell are also going.
Stipe Miocic himself said that he was never offered to fight for the interim title. Tom Aspinall had said UFC told him he was in because Miocic didn’t want to do it. Miocic said he was fine waiting for Jones to heal up. Dana White said it would have been an insult to ask Miocic to fight for the interim title.
In our article in the new issue on NIL deals with WWE, Peyton Prussian, who won the NAIA women’s national championship at 117 pounds in amateur wrestling, was the other wrestler under a deal. She also just signed a deal to be trained and go to NXT.
For those who keep up on C.M. Punk’s whereabouts, he will be in Atlantic City on 12/15 announcing the next Cage Fury Fighting Championships show at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City. Robert Watley (130-3) puts his lightweight title on the line against Albania’s Armando Gjetja. The show airs on UFC Fight Pass.
House of Glory Wrestling on 12/1 at the NYC Area in New York with Matt Cardona defending the HOG title against Mike Santana plus Mike Bailey, Swerve Strickland with Prince Nana and Kevin Blackwood are on the show.
NECW promoter Sheldon Goldberg released a wrestling novel called “The Last Fall” which is on sale at Amazon.
Fight Game: The many programs of MJF
John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast.
To kick off this week’s top five, we talked about a company that we don’t usually talk about but were in the news because of a rebrand back an an old brand. Yep, we talked some TNA to start the show.
Some of the other topics:
- Ric Flair as Sting’s gift from Tony Khan
- If we believe Flair wrestles again
- Becky Lynch vs. Lyra Valkyria on WWE NXT and how it could have been even better
- Swerve Strickland breaking into Hangman Page’s home
- What we’d like to see out of Swerve
- MJF being part of so many programs all at the same time
- MJF vs. Kenny Omega at AEW Collision
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Wrestling Observer Radio: Ric Flair, AEW new PPV, Dynamite and Halloween Havoc, ratings and more
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including AEW and NXT reviews from this past few days, Ric Flair to AEW, WWE in Berlin and AEW adding a new PPV, ratings, Jon Jones, Rampage spoilers at the end and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: AEW announces December pay-per-view, WWE announces PLE in Berlin
4:06: Ric Flair makes AEW debut
8:54: Stardom injuries
10:16: Ratings
19:54: Jon Jones fight off after tearing pec, GSP pulls out of grappling match, Ulka Sasaki heading to NOAH
30:12: AEW Dynamite recap
52:02: NXT Halloween Havoc night one recap
1:02:42: AEW Rampage spoilers
Ric Flair makes surprise AEW debut, reunites with Sting
Ric Flair has made his AEW debut.
Flair made a surprise appearance on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, joining Sting and Tony Schiavone in the ring. Flair put over Sting and said he was one of the nicest people in pro wrestling, also mentioning their match on TBS back at the first Clash of the Champions in 1988.
#AEW CEO & GM Tony Khan’s special gift for Sting — THE NATURE BOY RIC FLAIR!!!!!
Watch #AEWDynamite LIVE on TBS!@Sting | @TonyKhan | @RicFlairNatrBoy pic.twitter.com/oi0velYhH8
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) October 26, 2023
Christian Cage interrupted the promo and after mocking Flair, issued a challenge to Sting and Darby Allin for a three-on-three match. Sting said they would find a third partner against Cage, Luchasaurus, and Nick Wayne.
It was announced last week that Tony Khan would have a special gift for Sting. In the control center hyping Wednesday’s Dynamite, Schiavone said that the gift would be historic.
Flair had what he called his last match last year, teaming with son-in-law Andrade El Idolo against Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal on a show promoted under the Jim Crockett Promotions banner. He also participated in a documentary on his career that streamed on Peacock in conjunction with WWE.
DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Main Event Wrestling magazine review
As I wrap up work on my upcoming DragonKingKarl Stern’s 1984-1985 Pro Wrestling Omnibus book, I wanted to review a magazine from that timeframe on this week’s show.
So, I struck outside the usual Apter mags and decided to review a George Napolitano offering: Main Event Wrestling from November 1984 featuring Hulk Hogan, Kerry Von Erich, Jimmy Snuka, and a ton of Puerto Rican news for some reason.
Also, there’s a hilarious Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair photo and, hands down, some of the wackiest ads I have seen so far. Grab your witches’ amulet and questionable firearm and let’s talk some wrestling from the fall of 1984.
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