Greetings From Allentown is a podcast taking a look at the history of pro wrestling through the lens of weekly TV episodes from the 70s through the 90s covering WWF, WCW and much more!
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On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about The Main Event from November 23, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * How this show getting cut for time and expense led to more episodes of Seinfeld * The DiBiase/Savage alliance of friendship strikes again * Super high match ratings for this show, relatively speaking despite a lack of clean finishes *…
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the final three matches of the WWF Survivor Series 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Tito Santana spams his own finisher an astonishing half-dozen times inside of an hour * Random platform interviews during PPVs, this time with Randy Savage * The Mercenaries vs the Alliance: a great bad match? * Modern…
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the first three matches of the WWF Survivor Series 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * The debut of "Not Kane" the Undertaker and how his elimination was a screwup * Warlord's relative success in the Survivor Series * Rick Martel and the love and respect he gets from fans who remember his work and go to…
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from November 17, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Waiting for a Kerry Von Erich promo gem * Howard Stern's rapid decline * Jake Roberts wrestles with one eye and has an interesting result * When DiBiase stopped bring a wrestler and became mostly character * Final Survivor Series team…
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from November 10, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * The robust music scene in 1980s Boston * How could Buddy Rose have been pushed * Gimp Demolition reunites with Mr. Fuji and help out the Pat Tanaka American Citizen Vanity Project featuring Akio Sato * The Macho Man gets "real" about…
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from November 3, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Dusty Rhodes swearing off the polka dots * Randy Savage joins the broadcast team for the week * Breaking down the real Folgers "coffee crystals switch" ad as aired on this show * The real problem with the offside rule in soccer (and not…
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from October 27, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * The debut of Gimp Mask Demolition and their new theme song * A blind Cosby-sweatered Jake Roberts DDTs Brother Love * Activity around the World Cup in Boston * The Hulk Hogan Man/Brother game returns with surprising results * Craziness…
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from October 20, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Discussing the NY Knicks championship and the World Cup comes to Boston * Jake Roberts returns to optometrist Dr. Oneweekfromnow * Large asses as a percentage of the total body surface area * Shane Douglas makes his Superstars debut *…
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Wrestling Challenge from October 14, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * A premature goodbye to Rick Rude * Sean Mooney bringing the heat * Jake Roberts visits the eye doctor and who is that nurse? * The beauty of western Massachusetts * Battle Kat debuts against his future self * Saba Simba speaks…
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Saturday Night's Main Event from October 13, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * WWF superstars do Oktoberfest, with sausage stuffing jokes * A brief glimpse behind the scenes of production * The return of old drops! * Dustin Rhodes shows up, and gets color on network TV(!) * What happened to muscial…
