131. WWF Championship Wrestling 08-01-1981

We’re living here in Allentown (and Hamburg for one match) for this edition of WWF Championship Wrestling from August 1, 1981! - Bob Backlund takes on Moondog Rex, with extended thoughts on kids rushing the ring in the aftermath and people running on the field at sporting events - Andre the Giant gets very serious and wastes no time - A complete Joe McHugh introduction with an update on the doctor - Tag team action between relatively equal teams ends in a bizarre DQ - Breaking down which of the Three Wise Men managers I would want if I was a 1981 WWF heel - Watching older wrestling at a faster speed - Why Mil Mascaras is the Mexican wrestler who got all the publicity during his heyday - Capt. Lou Albano dumps the Moondogs for a new team: the returning Mr. Fuji and debuting Mr. Saito Plus: - Recapping Backlund’s somewhat one-dimensional first half of 1981 - Referee Danny Davis’ spectacular hairdo - Pondering a dinner with Fred Blassie’s mid-1981 stable - Events of August 1981: The PATCO strike, a baseball strike ends, and MTV begins - A common male/female trope in older TV commercials - Vince McMahon and Pat Patterson’s introductions on the weekly TV shows Email: [email protected] Twitter: www.twitter.com/GFAllentownPod Facebook.com/GreetingsFromAllentown