Ep. 49: 1985 Starrcade
The Lapsed Fan
The Lapsed Fan
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2015
⏱️ 257 minutes
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Summary
“The Gathering” saw fans fill arenas in both Greensboro, N.C. and Atlanta to witness Rhodes challenge Ric Flair for the NWA world title after a disputed finish in 1984, following the beatdown angle that led to the formation of the Four Horsemen and Rhodes’ most famous “Hard Times” promo.
Join hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro as they take an accounting of Rhodes’ impact on the industry as seen through this dual-venue event, and riff on how it speaks to the wrestling culture of the time.
The show includes:
- Starrcade or Scarrcade? Why is everyone bleeding? Like, every wrestler, every manager, everybody.
- The Dusty Finish
- 1985’s “Black Saturday” saga and how the 85 Starrcade was returned fire from Jim Crockett Promotions to Vince McMahon’s national expansion and the success of the first WrestleMania
- The surprising promise of “Nature Boy” Buddy Landel
- Why Dusty’s promos worked so well
- The blood-curdling screams of the unforgettable “I Quit” match between Magnum T.A. and Tully Blanchard, and the tragedy of Magnum’s potential
- Bob Caudle’s befuddling penchant for prolonged silence
- The referee dressed up like a French’s mustard bottle
That and so much more as TLF tips an ostentatious cap to the American Dream. Download it here.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | American dream. |
| 0:07.0 | He's just a common man working hard with his hands. |
| 0:19.0 | He's just a common man working hard for a man. |
| 0:26.4 | Hey, he's a man. |
| 0:31.4 | American dream. |
| 0:32.4 | Hey, he's a American dream. |
| 0:39.0 | If you are a American dream. |
| 0:40.0 | If you are black or white, red that fucking that that's all right. Blue-eyed look at the |
| 0:47.0 | light blue-eyed look a lot of soul |
| 0:52.0 | common man has got his gold |
| 0:55.0 | He's the American dream |
| 1:01.0 | He's a man dream |
| 1:02.0 | He's a man American dreams. |
| 1:17.0 | First of all, I would like to thank the many, many fans throughout this country that wrote cards and letter to The American Dream while I was down. |
| 1:21.0 | Secondly, I want to take Jim Crockett promotions for waiting and |
| 1:26.9 | taking the time because I know how important it was. Star King 85 it is to |
| 1:31.3 | the resident fans that it is the Dem Crockett promotion. |
| 1:34.2 | Industrial of the American Dream. |
| 1:37.7 | With that weight got what I wanted. |
| 1:41.0 | Rick Flair, the world's heavyweight champion. I don't have to say a lot more about the way I feel |
| 1:47.9 | about Rick Flair. No respect, no honor. There is no honor among these in the first place. He put hard times |
| 1:57.6 | those dusty roads in his family. You don't know what hard times are that in. |
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