Greetings From Allentown

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from March 18, 1989! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * An absolute rout in the Hogan Man/Brother game * Elizabeth chooses a corner for the WM5 main event * The proliferation of 1-900 numbers for hip hop artists * Rick Rude and his earning of his spot in the company * A bizarre disclaimer kicks off the show * Curt Hennig loses his name * One of the favorites from the WrestleMania 4 battle royal weighs in on Hogan vs Savage * Original commercials including one with Pat Morita and a wrestler!

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from March 11, 1989! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * The day that Terry Taylor's career died * Hulk Hogan puts up another football score in Man vs Brother * Sensational Sherri gets rebooted with a modeling shoot * Higher education options in Parts Unknown * Backmasking some of King Haku's remarks

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from March 4, 1989! (and some other stuff, of course!)

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from February 25, 1989! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Count "Karen" Ted DiBiase picks up his Million Dollar belt and wears a cape * Hulk Hogan lights up the scoreboard in the "Man vs Brother" promo game * Steve Lombardi's education history * Thoughts on more matches unveiled for WrestleMania 5 * Why Tully Blanchard is remembered more as a tag guy after a great singles run * More fun with the history of Ronnie Garvin and Andre the Giant Lineup: - Mr. Perfect v. The Red Rooster - Whatever Happened There Update: More matches for WrestleMania 5 - Vignette: DiBiase receives his finished Million dollar Belt - The Ultimate Warrior v. Dusty Wolfe - Event Center Promo: Brain Busters w/Bobby Heenan - The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers v. Steve Stone & Ricky Ataki - Ronnie Garvin v. Iron Mike Sharpe - Promo: Randy Savage - Andre the Giant v. Tito Santana & Jim Powers - Brother Love Show: Demolition - Greg Valentin

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from February 18, 1989! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Hulk Hogan puts up another football score in the "Man/Brother" game * Keithie's weekend in Detroit for SummerSlam * Did Randy Savage bring in Earthquake as part of a black ops mission to get to Hulk Hogan * Ted DiBiase becomes a jewelry store Karen * An enhancement talent who went on to bigger things * The What If case of Louie Spicolli Lineup: - Jake Roberts v. Barry Horowitz - Whatever Happened There Update: Wrestlemania 5 card - The Brain Busters vs The Rockers - Event Center Promo: Demolition - Ted DiBiase checks in on the creation of his Million dollar belt at the jeweler - Bad News Brown vs Louie Spicolli - Koko B. Ware vs Ross Browner - Promo: Randy Savage - Jim Duggan v. Darrell Peterson - Brother Love Show: Rick Rude - The Powers Of Pain v. Frankie Valdez & Ricky Ataki - Promo: Hulk Hogan - Dino Bravo v. Mark Ming - Event Center Promo:

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from February 11, 1989! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Hulk Hogan sets a new standard with the use of the words "man" and "brother" * Anger at some classic TV shows leaving Amazon Prime * The Elvis guy from the one Sopranos episode * Ted DiBiase dresses like an actual human male while shopping * Keithie has a lengthy argument with his brother * Why it's a good idea for Jesse Ventura to conduct the interview with Randy Savage * THE WARLORD SPEAKS Lineup: - Footage from The Main Event Megapowers split - Whatever Happened There Update – Hulk Hogan promo - The Honky Tonk Man vs Sam Houston - Event Center Promos: Big Bossman w/Slick, Hercules - Vignette: Ted DiBiase goes to the jewelry store to commission the Million Dollar Belt - Bushwhackers vs Bolsheviks - Event Center Promos: Red Rooster, Powers of Pain w/Mr. Fuji - Tito Santana vs Tim Patterson - Brother Love Show: Brooklyn Brawler w/Bobby Heenan -

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from February 4, 1989! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Keithie is late for an outing on a boat * How they address the Megapowers split without being too specific * The most exciting Man Dude Brother game with a Hogan promo * The Ted DiBiase-Sam Houston beef comes full circle after nearly 2 years * Jimmy Hart kicking Bret Hart prompts a revisit of the theme from the 1980s TV show "Hart to Hart" * The debut of the Rougeaus "All American Boys" theme song and Jimmy Hart's greatest hits * The theme from The Masters Lineup: - The Ultimate Warrior vs Dale Veasey - Whatever Happened There Update – Haku vs Harley Race at the Royal Rumble - Bret “the Hitman” Hart vs Danny Davis - Event Center Promos: Brooklyn Brawler w/Bobby Heenan, Brutus Beefcake - The Big Bossman vs Rick Allen - The Red Rooster vs Craig Bowman - Event Center Promos: Demolition, King Haku w/Bobby Heenan - The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers vs Mar

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from January 28, 1989! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * A weather event delays the podcast * The "Special" report or event effects used by the various networks * More unfortunate language in promos re: The Twin Towers * Trying to give Hercules a better 1989...by teaming him with John Studd? * What happened to Liz anyway after Savage threw her around? Lineup: - Over the top Vince McMahon intro - Promo: Twin Towers w/Slick - Megapowers music video set to "You're a Friend of Mine" - Megapowers vs Twin Towers - Megapowers split - Hercules vs Ted DiBiase - Hulk Hogan channels his inner Bruce Banner, assaults a few of his fellow babyfaces, reluctantly accepts praise

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from January 28, 1989! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Keithie records from an airport lounge(!) * The MegaPowers go on Brother Love and use some really weird language in retrospect * Critiquing the Demolition finisher * A recollection on enhancement guys who did inset promos * Is John Studd really an "orgy guy"? * Brain Busters meet another familiar face to them * Sadly reliving the 89 Rumble Super Posedown Lineup: - Demolition vs. Alan Kinsey & Tommy Causey - Whatever Happened There Update: Royal Rumble Super Posedown - Mr. Perfect vs. Paul Bryant - Event Center promos: Bret Hart, Rick Rude & Andre the Giant - Hercules vs. Tony Burton - Event Center promos: Honky Tonk Man with Jimmy Hart, Bushwhackers - Brain Busters vs. Jose Luis Rivera & Tim Horner - Brother Love Show: Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage with Elizabeth - Brooklyn Brawler vs. Reno Riggins - Jim Neidhart vs. Jerry Price - Big John Studd pr

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from January 21, 1989! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Breaking down Hogan saving Savage from the Twin Towers: hotdogging or not? * Gorilla and the great "sit down" between Red Rooster and Bobby Heenan * Recalling the Powers of Pain theme * Tito Santana gives Ricky Martel a shoutout * Bad News Brown is a heel who also takes down muggers? * Rick Rude cares not for Huntsville, Alabama * the mystery of Rick Martel's pre-heel turn, post-Strike Force music * Andre the Giant showing too much undershirt * Tweaking the "ManDudeBrother" Hulk Hogan game Lineup: - Jim Duggan vs. Rusty Riddle - Whatever Happened There Update: Brooklyn Brawler attacks Red Rooster on Prime Time Wrestling - Bushwhackers vs. Jerry Price & Tom Stone - Event Center Promos: Rick Martel, Bad News Brown - Rick Rude vs. Josh Stroud - Big John Studd promo - Powers Of Pain vs. Johnny Ziegler & Reno Riggins - Event Center Promo: Hulk Hogan -

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the second half of the 1989 WWF Royal Rumble PPV! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Some unusual 1989 Rumble statistics * Andre the Giant's elimination "taunt" * Making changes to the Hogan/Savage interactions * The "What's Happening" opening theme song * The case or lack thereof for everyone winning the Rumble match * Who carries an axe, and the rest of Greg Valentine's awkward, bizarre promo * Thinking of the Houston audience and their old favorites * Ron Garvin: Yes Keith, he once slammed Andre the Giant

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the first half of the 1989 WWF Royal Rumble PPV! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * The six man tag: another Bret Hart showcase * June 11: Billy Batts Day! * Ted DiBiase's masturbation habits * Harley Race does exactly what is needed to be done * An endless Super Posedown gets the 1,5X speed treatment * Dino Bravo's greatest PPV matches * One issue with Slick selling one of the Twin Towers' number to DiBiase

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from January 14, 1989! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * The rarity of heel vs heel matched * GFA Andre sings a tune * A big reason why Randy Savage wasn't so eager on saving Hulk Hogan * The Case To Be Made for Brutus Beefcake winning the 1989 Royal Rumble * Attendance at wrestler funerals * Will Brother Love call Honky Tonk Man "Brother Honky"? * The changing of hosts on NBC's "Meet The Press" * The Bushwhackers start to annoy a little bit * A random commercial for a tape with AWA and NWA wrestlers Lineup: - The Rockers vs. Rusty Riddle & Trent Knight - Whatever Happened There Update; Hulk Hogan vs Akeem from Saturday Night's Main Event - King Haku vs. Jose Luis Rivera - Event Center Promos: Powers of Pain (War and Barb) w/ Mr. Fuji, Rick Martel, Bad News Brown, Rockin' Robin - From SNME: Tito Santana vs Red Rooster - Event Center Promos: Andre the Giant with Bobby Heenan, Hulk Hogan with Elizabeth -

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from January 7, 1989! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Jesse and Vince openly book the next few months of the WWF * More examinations of the capitalization of names for the Rumble * Bret Hart takes a guitar shot from Honky * The noises of a Big John Studd workout * More lies from a Ronnie Garvin promo * The Brain Busters meet some old friends * Randy Savage finally comes after Bad News Brown * Rusty Brooks is back, and he's back big! * The source of the King Haku drops Lineup: - Demolition vs. Iron Mike Sharpe & Rusty Brooks - Update: Big John Studd is back, I guess - Ted DiBiase vs. Scott Casey - Event Center Promos: Bushwhackers, Ronnie Garvin, King Haku w/Bobby Heenan - Jake Roberts vs. Pete Sanchez - Big Bossman vs. Bill Mulkey - Event Center Promos: Mr. Perfect, Randy Savage - Brain Busters vs. George South & Tim Horner - Brother Love Show: Brutus Beefcake - Royal Rumble report - Hart Foundation

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from December 24, 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Rick Rude fan club of Daytona Beach * The pointlessness of Big John Studd's return * Calling BS on Ronnie Garvin's introductory inset promo * A Pez Whatley lookalike * Randy Savage finally comes after Bad News Brown * A rant about how Howard Cosell was perceived by the public versus that of Ahmad Rashad * King Haku has some familiar words * A new game based on Hulk Hogan's verbal tics Lineup: - Akeem vs. Juan Valdez - Brother Love Show: Big John Studd and Bobby Heenan - Powers Of Pain vs. Joe Cruz & Lanny Poffo - Jim Duggan vs. Tony Suber - Event Center Promos: Ted DiBiase, Brutus Beefcake, King Haku w/Bobby Heenan - Rick Rude vs. George Terrell - Event Center Promos: Andre the Giant w/Bobby Heenan, Hulk Hogan - Bad News Brown vs. Bob Emory - Ronnie Garvin vs. Barry Horowitz - Royal Rumble Report - Ron Bass vs. Martin Roy - Event Center Promos:

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from December 17, 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Listening in on Keithie visisting his mother * Andre the Giant and Bobby Heenan work an Abbott and Costello bit * Finding the perfect backing track to a Jake Roberts promo * Hashing out the name of Honky Tonk Man's team with Greg Valentine from this era * Who talks more in a Young Stallions promo? * Keithie gets angry about the Ultimate Warrior * Peter has a message for Maple Leafs fans Lineup: - Demolition vs. Art Penna & Nick Ferrari - Brother Love Show: Andre the Giant and Bobby Heenan - Hercules vs. Steve Lombardi - Mr. Perfect vs. Nito Gomez - Event Center Promos: Ron Bass, Rick Rude - King Haku vs. Frankie Valdez - Event Center Promos: Young Stallions, Dino Bravo - Big Bossman vs. Pete Ketchum - Ultimate Warrior vs. Conquistador Uno - Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine vs. Paul Brown & Rex Farmer - Event Center Promos: Bad News Brown, Jake

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from December 10, 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Thoughts on a recent Jake the Snake one man show * Keithie messes with John Cena's father again * Peter's unedited thoughts on the demise of the 2022-23 Boston Bruins * Virgil and Lanny Poffo in the same place at the same time * Teasing the Brain Busters vs The Rockers * Bobby Heenan just doesn't want to get sued * Hulk Hogan gets to beat up Brother Love from SNME Lineup: - Jake Roberts vs. The Black Knight - Hulk Hogan on the Brother Love show from the 11/26/1988 SNME - Bad News Brown vs. Frankie Valdez - Red Rooster vs. Scott Casey - Event Center Promos: Andre the Giant w/Bobby Heenan, Koko B. Ware - Bushwhackers vignette - Brain Busters vs. The Rockers - Recap: Rockin' Robin wins the WWF Women's title - Rockin' Robin promo - Ted DiBiase vs. Lanny Poffo - Event Center Promos: Brutus Beefcake, Honky Tonk Man w/Jimmy Hart - Fabulous Rougeaus vs.

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about Clash of the Champions 4: Season's Beatings from December 7, 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: - Dusty Rhodes and the screwed up match times on this show with an explanation - "Exclusive audio" of Big Dust meeting the Turner execs - Jason Hervey: official gadly of the Clash of the Champions - Appreciating Bobby Eaton - Rick Steiner says something inappropriate: what a shocker - The UTC Arena in wrestling history - Lex Luger the color commentator being forced to talk about the Russian Assassins and Paul Jones - Cal Ripken theivery???

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from December 3, 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * Randy Savage's "mujahadeen" moment with Jake Roberts * Newly installed Senator Ron Bass * Vince and Jesse make the post-match Rude Awakening super awkward * Examining how Randy Savage would use Elizabeth in storylines * Is this the last of the Danny Davis event center promos? * Why Bret Hart would hold up ten fingers * The "Keithie Langston Memorial Tag Team Tournament" * King Haku speaks out against the returning Harley Race * Unfortunately verbiage in the Blue Blazer's promo * The majesty of underage Louie Spicolli working TV Lineup: - Brutus Beefcake vs. Chuck Campbell - Whatever Happened There Update: Randy Savage vs Andre the Giant from Saturday Night's Main Event - Dino Bravo vs. Riki Ataki - Harley Race vs. Jim Gorman - Event Center Promos: Danny Davis w/Jimmy Hart, Tito Santana - Hart Foundation vs. Barry Horowitz & Iron Mike Sharpe - Eve

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from November 26, 1988! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * WrestleMania 39 and Vince's return from hibernation * Potential questions for a meet and greet with Jake Roberts * Keithie struggles with what Rick Rude would like to have right now * Hercules just loses his shit * More visits from GFA Warlord on all the things he never had a problem with * The Young Stallions: what's the point of this? * The risk of keeping the world title on Roman Reigns Lineup: - Jake Roberts vs. John Latu - Brother Love Show: WWF President Jack Tunney, Bad News Brown - Mr. Perfect vs. David Stoudimiere - Event Center Promos: Outlaw Ron Bass, Hacksaw Jim Duggan - Ultimate Warrior vs. Barry Horowitz - Event Center Promos: Tito Santana, The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers - Rick Rude vs. Bill Woods - Whatever Happened There Update: Mr. Fuji drops Demolition for the Powers of Pain - Promos: Powers of Pain with Mr. Fuji, Demolition - K