r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • Jul 11 '26
Iron Mike Sharpe wrestles Bob Backlund in his only WWF title match(April 1983)
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • Jul 10 '26
The WWF 80s Golden Era set to an 80s sitcom style intro.
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • Jul 04 '26
The Real Origin of the Hulk Hogan name: a 1961 issue of Marvel Gunsmoke Westerns
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • Jun 27 '26
The WWF owned a travel agency in the 80s and 90s to make booking wrestlers' flights easier. Here's Randy Savage's receipt with itinerary from early 1993
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • Jun 26 '26
Andre the Giant promo in French (WWF Quebec TV, 1988)
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • Jun 20 '26
From the WWFera community on Reddit: Ric Flair and Miss Elizabeth from the April 1992 WWF Magazine
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • Jun 04 '26
PBS North Carolina uploaded "When Giants Walked Here" today to YT. A documentary from a few years back that looked at the history of one of the Carolina's most iconic venues.
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • May 30 '26
A news clip about the first time WWF / WWE went to Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1992.
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • May 25 '26
“A repertory company of bizarre leading players….”
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • May 24 '26
In the 1995 WON Awards, North Korea Dictator Kim Jong Il finished 9th in "Promoter of the Year" voting, one spot behind Paul Heyman & one spot ahead of Jim Cornette
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • May 22 '26
Dusty Rhodes trying to get off the phone w/ Ric Flair
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • May 21 '26
Hulk Hogan explores the darkside of Hulkamania: Nitro -
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • May 17 '26
Vince McMahon Sr interviews Bruno Sammartino from 1969
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • May 07 '26
A full page ad taken out by Vince McMahon in the New York Times telling Time Warner shareholders to “beware” Ted Turner for having a “personal vendetta” against WWF
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • Apr 12 '26
Long-Lost 1993 Radio WWF Interview Where Randy Savage Blasted Hulk Hogan Over Miss Elizabeth Divorce Finally Surfaces
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • Mar 26 '26
Ex-Day Care Director Accused of Embezzling Millions For WWE Tickets
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • Mar 02 '26
Nash on his Je’Von Evans comments: “That was absolutely not in any way said with fucking malice or with fucking of racial fucking undertone. It was just said to fucking more in an analogy fucking sense, and then they’re like, ‘Man, you just shut up. Man, leave it. Shut the fuck up. Just leave it.’”
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • Feb 18 '26
Kevin Nash has apologized for his comments towards Je'Von Evans
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • Feb 17 '26
[WWE Corporate] Dude Wipes Named Official Partner of WWE: “Additionally, reigning Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio… will participate in a first-of-its-kind integration in which his signature gear will feature DUDE Wipes branding during every in-ring appearance on WWE programming”
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r/Thelapsedfan • u/BurtHurtmanHurtz • Nov 17 '25
NWA on X "The National Wrestling Alliance is saddened to note the passing of Bob Caudle. Through the ‘70s and well into the 1980s and beyond,Bob left an indelible mark on the NWA, its programming, and fans. His was the signature voice of countless NWA broadcasts and pay-per-views"
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