Regional Rasslin goes back to the Poffo's ICW promotion once more, this time tackling 1982 with guest Steve Crawford. Among the long list of topics include... The Randy Savage/Bill Dundee handgun story, the debut of RATAMYUS, original Sheik arriving and blading poor Bill Martin a gusher, Ron Garvin stomps Ox Baker's teeth, changing TV venues, Crusher Broomfield leaving for Mid-South, bodybuilding competitions wirth Rip Rogers & Randy Savage, King Pez Whatley's push, the nearly 60-year old Great Kabooki returns to the ring after 7 years, Mop Hat Matches, Tio & Tapu finally unite, John Ruffin's mysterious push, Angelo Poffo gets his head shaved, announcer Edgar Wallace's sketchy past, Debbie Combs vs. a Wrestling Bear, Saul Weingeroff sighting, Big Willie Monroe, NFL'er Walter Johnson drops by, Brenda Britton mud wrestling, a Macho Face turn and a Garvin heel turn, a new Convertible Blondes, Thunderbolt Patterson's weird promos & agenda, a record setting crowd marred with substitutions, ICW tries to run Memphis one final time, movie night with Macho & Tim Tyler, El Bracero, Fazil Dean, Rick Link, Danny Fargo, Mike Doggendorf, Big Boy Williams, the infamous "Eye of the Tiger" Match, & more!

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Regional Rasslin' returns to Georgia 1982 with Ray Russell and Jammie Ward. This time around we tackle another 3 weeks of GCW action covering late April and early May as Dusty Rhodes brings in his "gorilla" to aid him in his war against Roddy Piper & Ole Anderson. That gorilla turns out to be none other than GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE, doing his babyface shtick long before the WWF turn in 1985! Plus, The Masked Superstar returns from Japan to rekindle his issues with "Bad" Leroy Brown, TWO National Title changes that ends with Buzz Saywer getting the gold, Paul Orndorff continues to rack up victories, Tommy Rich forms an alliance with the American Dream, the expansion continues into the northern States, plus action with Bob & Brad Armstrong, Kabuki, Tom Prichard, Ray Stevens, Mr. Wrestling #2, Ron Bass, John Studd, Super Destroyer, El Mongol, & many more!

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This week on Regional Rasslin' we head back to the Memphis territory to look at the week of June 29th - July 5th, 1985! Guest Gene Jackson joins Ray Russell as this week we answer the question, if a wrestling program has almost no wrestling, no angles, or promos, did it actually happen? Leslie Floyd Creatchman III is back is back this week, along with his charge the NEW Southern Heavyweight Champion... BOTA, The Witchdoctor, who makes his TV studio debut!!! Plus, the Jerry Lawler/Tom Branch feud escalates, the Fabs are back after Steve Keirn's injury last week at the hands of the Sheepherders, we dispel the rumor that BOTA was Tiger Conway Jr., we compare the booking careers of George Scott & Tom Renesto, Jerry Jarrett & Tojo Yamamoto continue their farewell tour as a team, Jerry Garmon & Benny Traylor arrive, & more music videos than you could ever fathom on one program. Three whole matches that go less than 3 minutes combined, where does this rank in the current CWA product? We break ot all down this week for you!

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