Greetings From Allentown

It ain’t Allentown, but Hamburg, Pennsylvania will have to do as this week features a look at WWF All Star Wrestling from May 17, 1980! - Bob Backlund vs El Olympico in a bizarre “exhibition of wrestling holds” as VINCE MCMAHON delights in scientific wrestling - The future problem Larry Z would have coming out of the Bruno feud - Ken Patera as a God among men in 1980 even beyond the WWF - Hulk Hogan being better in ’80 than remembered even as the promotion would prefer people forget his main feud that year - Lots of Bruno Sammartino commentary: on Mexican wrestling, arrogant heels, fat people, Larry Z and more! - Tor Kamata and his comical real name - Steve King and the same name game - 1980 Wrestler kneepad watch Plus: - One wiseacre in Hamburg has some advice for Backlund and Olympico - Autograph seekers at the TV tapings and their fascination with job guys - Sitcoms that did exactly 117 episodes - Hulk Hogan: golfer? - Sports moments of 2017: A first in Major League Baseball, 10 home runs in one game,