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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Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
The bombshells continue in a second consecutive Jumbo-sized episode!
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Previously on Kings of the Ring,
The Rock'n'Rollers have emerged as the hottest heartthrob tag team in wrestling, but were screwed out of the WWA World Tag Team titles by "Pretty Boy" Willie Dean and "The Best" Kenny West.
Failing to sell the Superteam USA pilot on his own, superagent Daniel Daybreak hopes bringing Thor Hansen to the pitch meetings will close the deal.
Feeling mistreated by Charlie Gotch in AMW, Shark and Buzzsaw decided to accept the invitations from either SCW in Atlanta or the EWF in New York.
Burt Ironside has welcomed Michael Angel back home to All-South Wrestling, but only because he believes his near death experience has eliminated all traces of homosexuality. And so far Michael is playing along, to the confusion of Gabriel.
Diamond Donny Gold incited a riot when Willie Dean and Kenny West helped break Jesse James' leg in a steel cage in Richmond.
And finally, after everyone was dealing with the fallout of Charlie Gotch's death, Julian's mother revealed that not only did Charlie never rape her, they had a years' long affair, and Charlie is Julian's real father!
Kings of the Ring is intended for mature audiences. Today’s episode would be rated TV-14 for profanity.
"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:
- Bill Apter (PWI, Sportskeeda) LINKS HERE!
- Lanny Poffo (WWE)
- RJ City (AEW) Hey EWW! Playlist!
- Cyrus Fees (UFC) LINKS HERE!
- Evan Ginzburg (350 Days, The Wrestler) LINKS HERE!
- LA Smooth (Samoan Dynasty/Bloodline) LINKS HERE!
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