Tag: Andre The Giant
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Pacific Rim: Okada leaves NJPW, remembering Killer Khan
Fumi Saito/Jim Valley The Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling Podcast is back. I get Fumi Saito’s thoughts on Kazuchika Okada leaving New Japan Pro Wrestling and he offered his insight on the dynamics and relationships behind the scenes in the company and speculates on the future of “The Rainmaker.” Also, who can step up and fill…
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Portland Wrestlecast: A talk with Nick Wayne’s grandfather ‘Moondog’ Ed Moretti
There’s a new book out — The Encyclopedia of Portland Wrestling from the House of Action — and on this episode of the Portland Wrestlecast, I talk to both author Mike Rodgers and “Moondog” Ed Moretti, former wrestler and the grandfather of current AEW star Nick Wayne. We talk about Ed’s family, seeing them on…
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DragonKingKarl Greatest Kayfabe Tournament: Brock Lesnar vs. Andre the Giant
One of the biggest possible matches — both literally and figuratively — takes place on this installment of the DragonKingKarl Greatest Kayfabe Tournament. What would happen if prime Brock Lesnar wrestled prime Andre the Giant? Two of the most amazing special attraction wrestlers meet in this round with the winner advancing to meet Mitsuharu Misawa.…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: Inside Wrestling from April 1988
On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, let’s take a look back at a retro Apter mag: the April 1988 issue of Inside Wrestling. This issue features a look at the storyline run-up to the Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant feud where Ted DiBiase tried to buy the WWF World title from Andre. Also…
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Wrestling Observer Radio: CM Punk, Vince McMahon biography
Pat Laprade joins Garrett Gonzales and Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio. Dave Meltzer and I are back for a brand new Wrestling Observer Radio. Author Pat Laprade joined us on the show. We went through a cornucopia of topics, including the following: The latest on CM Punk per Dave’s lead story in the latest…
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WOR: WWE positive COVID-19 test, Rousey controversy, Laprade on Andre book
Wrestling Observer Radio returns for an early Sunday edition featuring with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales. We start by talking about WWE’s first COVID-19 positive test, their reason for doing live shows, thoughts on empty arena wrestling after a month, Ronda Rousey starting controversy in the wrestling world via Twitter, and the NXT…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: A look at Dave Meltzer’s Andre The Giant bio
One of Dave Meltzer’s first mega obituaries is the subject of this episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show. When Andre The Giant died while attending his father’s funeral in France, Dave wrote a near book length synopsis of his life in the February 8, 1993 edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, packed full of…
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DragonKing Dark: When Andre the Giant played a bionic Bigfoot
This week on the DragonKing Dark Podcast, I look back at the popular 1970s television series The Six Million Dollar Man when Bigfoot was part of the plot. Not only does Bigfoot arrive on the show in 1975, but he has bionic enhancements as well and was played by both Andre the Giant and Ted Cassidy. Here’s…