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The Wrestling Memory Grenade
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Bonus
Episode 72
Season 1
Episode 72: THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA 3, MARCH 1987 - NEXT STOP, SILVERDOME!
With WrestleMania 3 just HOURS AWAY, it's the final 2 weeks of TV heading into the big event! Roddy Piper says Goodbye to Piper's Pit. Hulk vs. Andre is NOW! Hacksaw Duggan makes his debut. We get a look at the Giant-Sized version of the WWF Title made to fit Andre. Macho Man talks Steamboat's "cup of coffee". Bundy warns "the midgets". Dino Bravo STILL Brunette. Tito vs. Valentine. Z-Man F-U. Mania is SOLD OUT. Lanny Poffo has a Poem for us all. Plus, is there dissension in the Heenan Family? AND SOUNDBITES GALORE!
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Includes a $5 “All Access” Tier featuring SIX GIFTS FOR $5! Including our Patreon Watch-Along Series, all of Ray Russell’s insanely detailed show notes (for both the Grenade and Monday Warfare), unedited TR SHOCKS episodes, Early Show Releases, REMASTERED editions of the early Grenade episodes including NEW content that was originally edited out! PLUS, now a sixth gift of monthly DIGITAL DOWLOANDS for your viewing and reading pleasure!
Listen at your leisure and pick back up later if need be! Timestamps below for easy navigation.
WWF PRIME TIME WRESTLING MARCH 16, 1987
It's soundbites-o-plenty as Gorilla Monsoon & Bobby Heenan continue to hype the blockbuster event that is WrestleMania 3. This week we hear footage from Gorilla's second visit to Andre's Training Camp, find out what went wrong as the two become lost in the woods. Plus, they discuss Hacksaw Duggan, Sympathy Cards, Andre's new Giant-Sized Championship Belt, Tag Team Title contenders, Miss Betty, the team os Muraco & Orton, Jimmy Jack Funk, Ladies Tag Team Action, and Bobby Heenan even puts over Hogan. We also hear from both The Honky Tonk Man & Jake "The Snake" Roberts about their match at the big event, listen as Mean Gene breaks character and cracks up at Honky. And, is there dissension in the Heenan Family?
WWF TV – Weekend of MARCH 21 & 22, 1987 (00:32:52)
President Jack Tunney joins Piper's Pit to unveil Andre's GIANT-SIZED WWF Title Belt! Likewise, Hulk Hogan enters Jake Roberts' Snake Pit to take a gander at the new Giant Championship. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan debuts to battle The Iron Sheik, sort of. WrestleMania is SOLD OUT! Lanny Poffo has a poem for us all. The Rougeaus version of NASCAR. Mario Mancini does a stretcher job. Paul Roma & Jim Powers team up Pre-Young Stallions. Roddy Piper references Jimmy Snuka. Action featuring the likes of The Can-Am Connection, Adrian Adonis, The British Bulldogs, Tito Santana, King Kong Bundy, Don Muraco, Bob Orton, Koko B. Ware, Cpl. Kirchner, Hercules, The Honky Tonk Man, The Hart Foundation, and more! Soundbites & promos from The Hart Foundation, Can-Am Connection, Ricky Steamboat, Lanny Poffo, Roddy Piper, JYD, The Dream Team, Bob Uecker, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Andre the Giant, Bobby Heenan, Hulk Hogan, and more! Plus, more on The Dynamite Kid's Back Injury
WWF PRIME TIME WRESTLING MARCH 23, 1987 (01:18:26)
It's the final edition of PTW before WrestleMania 3 and the time for talking is (almost) over. This week The Brain and The Gorilla discuss Demolition vs. The "Gum-Am" Connection, or as Gorilla calls them, The "K&M" Connection! Plus, the duo talk King Kong Bundy squashing "Midgets", the fallout from the SNME Battle Royal, Hulk Hogan's new nickname after Mania, if Bobby believes in Santa Claus, Adonis vs. Roddy Piper, and more last minute WrestleMania chatter. Plus, promos with Tag Champs The Hart Foundation along with Danny Davis, and IC Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage discusses the Dragon's "cup of coffee" in the big time! DIG IT!
WWF TV – Weekend of MARCH 28 & 29, 1987 (01:34:22)
JUST HOURS AWAY FROM WRESTLEMANIA, AND IT'S THE FINAL EDITION OF PIPER'S PIT as Roddy Piper says Goodbye. Ray Russell re-tells his infamous "Z-Man F-U" Story! Wrestler's Rebuttal with King Kong Bundy as Kong warns the "Midgets" ahead of the Mixed Tag at Mania. Dino Bravo STILL Brunette! Action featuring the likes of Butch Reed, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, "King" Harley Race, The Rougeau Brothers, The Hart Foundation, Moondog Spot, Adrian Adonis, Jimmy Jack Funk, The Can-Am Connection, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, and more! Soundbites & promos from Bobby Heenan, Andre the Giant, Junkyard Dog, Slick, The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff, Ricky Steamboat, The Rougeau Brothers, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Savage, and more! Plus, former rivals collide when Tito Santana takes on Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. Plus, in the SNAKE PIT, Jake Roberts has a final message for the Honky Tonk Man!
WRESTLEMANIA III - BIGGER, BETTER, BADDER!!!!
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Available everywhere your Podcast Streaming needs are met.
Visit our Podcast Network https://wrestlecopia.com
Follow us on Twitter @RasslinGrenade and be automatically entered into our FREE PRIZE GIVEAWAY CONTESTS!
Follow and LIKE our FACEBOOK PAGE located at https://www.facebook.com/RasslinGrenade
Subscribe to our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/RasslinGrenade as we continue to add new videos from throughout wrestling history.
Please Subscribe to our REVAMPED Patreon account to help keep us going, a dozen Tiers to choose from!!! https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopia
Includes a $5 “All Access” Tier featuring SIX GIFTS FOR $5! Including our Patreon Watch-Along Series, all of Ray Russell’s insanely detailed show notes (for both the Grenade and Monday Warfare), unedited TR SHOCKS episodes, Early Show Releases, REMASTERED editions of the early Grenade episodes including NEW content that was originally edited out! PLUS, now a sixth gift of monthly DIGITAL DOWLOANDS for your viewing and reading pleasure!
Listen at your leisure and pick back up later if need be! Timestamps below for easy navigation.
WWF PRIME TIME WRESTLING MARCH 16, 1987
It's soundbites-o-plenty as Gorilla Monsoon & Bobby Heenan continue to hype the blockbuster event that is WrestleMania 3. This week we hear footage from Gorilla's second visit to Andre's Training Camp, find out what went wrong as the two become lost in the woods. Plus, they discuss Hacksaw Duggan, Sympathy Cards, Andre's new Giant-Sized Championship Belt, Tag Team Title contenders, Miss Betty, the team os Muraco & Orton, Jimmy Jack Funk, Ladies Tag Team Action, and Bobby Heenan even puts over Hogan. We also hear from both The Honky Tonk Man & Jake "The Snake" Roberts about their match at the big event, listen as Mean Gene breaks character and cracks up at Honky. And, is there dissension in the Heenan Family?
WWF TV – Weekend of MARCH 21 & 22, 1987 (00:32:52)
President Jack Tunney joins Piper's Pit to unveil Andre's GIANT-SIZED WWF Title Belt! Likewise, Hulk Hogan enters Jake Roberts' Snake Pit to take a gander at the new Giant Championship. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan debuts to battle The Iron Sheik, sort of. WrestleMania is SOLD OUT! Lanny Poffo has a poem for us all. The Rougeaus version of NASCAR. Mario Mancini does a stretcher job. Paul Roma & Jim Powers team up Pre-Young Stallions. Roddy Piper references Jimmy Snuka. Action featuring the likes of The Can-Am Connection, Adrian Adonis, The British Bulldogs, Tito Santana, King Kong Bundy, Don Muraco, Bob Orton, Koko B. Ware, Cpl. Kirchner, Hercules, The Honky Tonk Man, The Hart Foundation, and more! Soundbites & promos from The Hart Foundation, Can-Am Connection, Ricky Steamboat, Lanny Poffo, Roddy Piper, JYD, The Dream Team, Bob Uecker, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Andre the Giant, Bobby Heenan, Hulk Hogan, and more! Plus, more on The Dynamite Kid's Back Injury
WWF PRIME TIME WRESTLING MARCH 23, 1987 (01:18:26)
It's the final edition of PTW before WrestleMania 3 and the time for talking is (almost) over. This week The Brain and The Gorilla discuss Demolition vs. The "Gum-Am" Connection, or as Gorilla calls them, The "K&M" Connection! Plus, the duo talk King Kong Bundy squashing "Midgets", the fallout from the SNME Battle Royal, Hulk Hogan's new nickname after Mania, if Bobby believes in Santa Claus, Adonis vs. Roddy Piper, and more last minute WrestleMania chatter. Plus, promos with Tag Champs The Hart Foundation along with Danny Davis, and IC Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage discusses the Dragon's "cup of coffee" in the big time! DIG IT!
WWF TV – Weekend of MARCH 28 & 29, 1987 (01:34:22)
JUST HOURS AWAY FROM WRESTLEMANIA, AND IT'S THE FINAL EDITION OF PIPER'S PIT as Roddy Piper says Goodbye. Ray Russell re-tells his infamous "Z-Man F-U" Story! Wrestler's Rebuttal with King Kong Bundy as Kong warns the "Midgets" ahead of the Mixed Tag at Mania. Dino Bravo STILL Brunette! Action featuring the likes of Butch Reed, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, "King" Harley Race, The Rougeau Brothers, The Hart Foundation, Moondog Spot, Adrian Adonis, Jimmy Jack Funk, The Can-Am Connection, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, and more! Soundbites & promos from Bobby Heenan, Andre the Giant, Junkyard Dog, Slick, The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff, Ricky Steamboat, The Rougeau Brothers, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Savage, and more! Plus, former rivals collide when Tito Santana takes on Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. Plus, in the SNAKE PIT, Jake Roberts has a final message for the Honky Tonk Man!
WRESTLEMANIA III - BIGGER, BETTER, BADDER!!!!