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(To coincide with the latest Greetings From Allentown on WWF TV from 8/1/81, this week PWO Retro features Titans of Wrestling #46, looking at WWF from June to September 1981! If you love Sgt Slaughter, this one is for you, as we wrapped up his WWF run with a bonus review of several matches, including the hard to find Spectrum version of the Alley Fight with Pat Patterson!)
Parv, Pete, Johnny and Kelly celebrate their return to WWF in 1981 by looking at a bunch of stuff from June to September before providing one whole HOUR of bonus content on the difficult-to-find Sgt. Slaughter vs. Pat Patterson matches from the Philly Spectrum.
On the docket tonight:
06-20 SGT SLAUGHTER vs RICK MCGRAW WWF TV
07-11 DON MURACO vs STEVE KING WWF TV
07-20 DON MURACO vs PEDRO MORALES IC TITLE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
07-25 MOONDOGS vs GAREA/MARTEL TAG TITLE WWF TV
08-01 ANDRE THE GIANT vs MOONDOG REX PHILADELPHIA SPECTRUM
08-01 BOB BACKLUND vs MOONDOG REX WWF TV
08-81 DON MURACO PROMO WWF TV
08-15 GREG VALENTINE vs MUHAMMED SAAD WWF TV
08-15 MURACO SQUASH, RICK MCGRAW INTERVIEW WWF TV
08-22 FUJI/SAITO vs HENNIG/SD JONES WWF TV
09-19 ANGELO MOSCA SQUASH, HITS PAT WITH PITCHER WWF TV
Bonus:
04-18 SGT SLAUGHTER vs PAT PATTERSON PHILADELPHIA SPECTRUM
06-27 SGT SLAUGHTER vs MIL MASCARAS WWF TV CAPITAL CENTER
08-01 SGT SLAUGHTER vs PAT PATTERSON (alley fight) PHILADELPHIA SPECTRUM
Highlights include:
- "... and my name is, Joooooeee McHugh!"
- Kayfabe most successful manager
- Mini-bios for super-obscure jobbers Mohammad Saad and Tom Lynch
- Random discussion of Lord Alfred Hayes and Vince Jr's odd love for him
- Discussion of Masa Saito's career
- And in the BONUS hour ... round up on the Slaughter vs. Patterson series, including comparisons of the Philly and MSG matches |