Break out your American flag shirts because patriotism fills the air on this episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge from July 11, 1993!
Included:
- The USS Intrepid Yokozuna Bodyslam Challenge: Bios of the random athletes involved, such as Peter Taglianetti and Scott Burrell, and what the crowd chanted as Luger’s helicopter came in
- Lex Luger as Vince McMahon’s “rebound girlfriend” after the breakup with Hulk Hogan
- Scott Levy’s one of a kind career arc
- Jim Ross’ difficulty in working with funny color guys not named Jerry Lawler
- A defense of Bret Hart’s “demotion” to a feud with Lawler
- Owen Hart’s hair
- Gene Okerlund is just exhausted and fed up
- More fun with Bret Hart mispronunciations!
- Tatanka: Not the greatest Native American gimmick, but very far from the worst
Also:
- Bad U.S. National Anthems of the early 1990s, and its role in one of the all-time greatest moments on ESPN SportsCenter
- Expressing a longing for something better than the mid-90s WWF tag team division through the power of song
- Calling out the Catholic Church on the hypocrisy of complaining about Friar Ferguson
- A three minute interlude about nuclear power
- Don’t challenge Michael Jordan to a game of one on one
- A requiem for the Palace at Auburn Hills, home of SummerSlam 1993
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