Greetings From Allentown #114: AWA TV 01-06-1990

In a test of the human spirit, this week’s episode features a look at AWA TV from January 6, 1990!

- A mild defense of the Team Challenge Series concept from the perspective of a 10-year-old, and specific circumstances where it might have worked
- AWA play-by-play man Ralph Sturgis: From “Press Your Luck” to the Stanley Cup
- Waiting in vain for Kokina Maximus, the proto-Yokozuna
- The peculiar post-wrestling political career of Johnnie Stewart
- On an all new “According To Larry”, protagonist Larry Zbyszko decries the destruction of national forests
- The AWA’s spin on the “crooked referee” angle
- Get fired up for charismatic babyface Masa Saito!

Plus:
- Proposing a theme song for Yukon John Nord
- The motto of the AWA locker room when things got bad
- Retroactively deciding on a “comparable substitute”
- Internet browser issues and smoking a pork shoulder
- Sports moments of 2014: A Cup winning OT goal, the Patriots flop in KC, Peyton in the Super Bowl, and the greatest non-Ripken moment in Camden Yards history, and winning big money on the Belmont!

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