To most, WWE is your only exposure to pro-wrestling, but did you know up until 30 years ago, pro-wrestling was more like the Mafia than a sports league? Did you know that in the 80’s, while wrestling presented a show literally designed for children, that behind the curtain was the most Rated R, sexual, drug addled, sexified, violent, and cutthroat world imaginable? It was a sex, drugs, and muscles world while a nationwide SUCCESSION-like corporate war for national supremacy waged. In this crazy world of 80’s wrestling, ALL these things happened: A wrestler bit a man’s nose off in a bar, a promoter offered a rival’s wrestler $500k to jump leagues with the rival’s title belt, wrestlers were killed for gambling debt with the Mafia, arch-enemies in the ring arrested for drugs WITH each other, a Hollywood actor was slapped on a late night talk show, wrestlers tried to form a union, a wrestler broke his back in an airplane crash to become the greatest wrestler ever, backstage brawls with guys almost killing each other with scissors, guys wrestling a match while an orchestra played music to match the action, a Black wrestler given the character of an African savage animal, a legendary wrestler pulled a ‘57 Magnum on the most famous wrestler in the world, while a fan held off a group of bad guy wrestlers at gunpoint at ringside, and wrestlers were given World title reigns in exchange for sex! These are just some of the building blocks of KINGS OF THE RING, a fictional soap opera that re-creates all the crazy, unbelievable, and outrageous tales of the real world of 80’s wrestling! In the 1980’s, anything went and wrestlers lived a life much wilder than the hardest partying rock stars, because fans then believed that wrestling was 100% real, and the wrestlers went to incredible lengths to protect this illusion. Often at the cost of their own souls... The characters will seem familiar to you, but never exactly the same as real people, and the stories will blow your mind, as you listen knowing that everything is based on the truth! It’s wrestling... it’s the 1980’s ... it’s sex, drugs, and muscles, baby... welcome to the Kings of the Ring.
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Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
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In today's SPECIAL EWF EXCLUSIVE EPISODE, everyone gets the full extended edition with Deleted Scenes included!!!
Previously on Kings of the Ring,
After the heat Julian Cain got for putting Empire-Mania 2 in Milwaukee to taunt Charlie Gotch, Julian proclaimed EM3 would be from the 100,000 seat LA Olympic Coliseum. After months of struggling to find or create a main event to fill this stadium, Julian made a deal with the devil, bringing in Goliath to challenge Thor Hansen. But just like in AMW he's caused nothing but problems for the EWF and Thor Hansen and is now demanding $1 million to put Thor over at the show.
After Julian Cain had another vision for M'Butu Zulu as a babyface, he split him off from manager Jack Trades, but was steered by Trades to make this angle resemble an African trying to escape slave ownership. When the NAACP got onto this and mounted an enormous press campaign against the EWF, Zulu was sent to the NAACP to shut this down, but instead cracked and spilled his true feelings on the gimmick and EWF's role in the gimmick. A conflict that spread onto his friendship with Tommy Aloha and Zulu's family for the past 2 years.
Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences. Today’s episode would be rated MA for violence, threats of violence, threats of sexual violence, profanity, and racist dialogue and slurs.
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"Kings of the Ring" is written and directed by @SteveTeTai. Sound Design and editing by Mana Sports Media. Voice characterization by Steve Te Tai, with Guest Voice Actors:
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Bill Apter (Pro-Wrestling Illustrated Legend, Sportskeeda, ApterChats)
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Lanny Poffo (WWE)
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RJ City (AEW) HEY EWW: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLILTWWX_AIJRiFlvhG6aHKq7cnA2c1Fuf
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Cyrus Fees (UFC) Facebook.com/CyrusFeesTV, Facebook.com/InThisCornerCyrusFees
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Evan Ginzburg (350 Days, The Wrestler). Facebook.com/EvanGinzburgsOldSchoolWrestlingMemories, 350DaystheMovie.com
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