Greetings From Allentown

Send off 2017 in style with a look at how the WWF ended 1983 and the Bob Backlund era in the 12-31-1983 episode of Championship Wrestling! - Bob Backlund loses the WWF title: how the finish came to be, why the Iron Sheik was the right guy, and why there was no recovering from Backlund’s post-match promo - A tale about Tony Garea’s #1 fan in Boston - Explaining time-travelling Gene Okerlund and Roddy Piper - The early exploits of Steve Lombardi - Comparing Paul Orndorff to…..NBA star Al Horford(?!?) - Magnificent Muraco cuts a local promo for the ages on Pat Patterson - How this edition of Victory Corner with Tito Santana might have been improved Plus: - Blaming Arnold Skaaland for not having a firm managerial hand - Commenting on Lord Alfred Hayes’ outfit for his formal WWF TV debut - The power of Samoan headbutts in 1983 - New Year’s resolutions by the wrestlers! - YouTube comment theater! ** Vote for PWO-PBTN for best podcast network in the Sheety Awards! ** http://www.sheetsandwich.com/official-polling