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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Previously on Kings of the Ring,
Miss Kitty has been M.I.A. since the blowup in the locker room and being dumped by Beautiful Barry Lovelace, while Daniel Hawkins lost the legal right to change the name of his territory to the "WWA". After finding out about what happened with Kitty and Daniel, Jesse James quit and was eventually replaced by Brutal Bob Walker.
Goliath threatened Thor Hansen refusing to do the job at Empire-Mania 3, and M'Butu Zulu was told by Julian to claim to the NAACP their slavery angle is more comparable to a baseball contract dispute, and Daniel Daybreak continues to try to build Thor's movie & TV career to varying degrees of success.
Nelly Gotch has been in a mess since father Charlie Gotch died and now is confronted with the reality that Julian Cain is his brother including a buyout of AMW, despite them winning the regional wrestling war. Dan Sanders' retirement angle continues as Corporal Punishment is being groomed across the country to become the new AMW champion, while the Corporal rebuilds his career since being cast out by the EWF and Hasbro last year.
And Gabriel Angel, Denny Wayne and the rest of All-South have been sweating the pending verdict to their court case where these two in-ring enemies were arrested together with drugs across state lines, as Burt hopes for All-South's fortunes to finally reverse.
Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences. Today’s episode would be rated MA for profanity, racist dialogue, sexual content, sexual descriptions
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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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