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Episode 3: John Hitchcock

On episode 3 of Breaking Kayfabe, Jeff Bowdren is joined by John Hitchcock, founder of Front Row Section D in Greensboro, North Carolina—the original “Sign Guy” in wrestling. We discuss Johnny Valentine & Wahoo McDaniel, Russians in the crowd, getting cursed at by Ricky Morton, as well as the following matches from Jeff’s list of the Top 100 Matches of the 1980’s:

– War Games (7/4/87 Atlanta)
– Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard – Starrcade ’85 “I Quit” Match (11/28/85 Greensboro)
– Ricky Steamboat vs. Tully Blanchard – Starrcade ’84 (11/22/84 Greensboro)
– Eddie Gilbert & Terry Taylor vs. Sting & Shane Douglas – “Battle of New Orleans” (9/9/87 New Orleans)

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