Rasslin 109: Los Angeles 1981/1982 (Adrian Street, Andre, Renesto, Kiss, More!)

It’s another fun ride back in time as Vandal Drummond returns to Regional Rasslin’ to join Ray Russell, as this week we continue to talk the early 1980s in the old LeBell Los Angeles territory. Just some of the topics we discuss this week include Independent Rivals (Gory Guerrero, Karl Lauer, Ripper Leone, more!), a drunken Andre the Giant story, “Exotic” Adrian Street & Miss Linda arrive in the States, The Kiss, Luis Mariscal as Sweet Brown Sugar, Diamond Timothy Flowers, The Monster’s babyface turn, events switching from the Olympic Auditorium to the Sports Arena, the changing of TV stations and giving away of main events on TV, the identity of BIGFOOT, Sandy Parker’s return, the impact of Lucha Libre in the area, Tom Renesto’s booking with what he had to work with, the proper way to utilize a Battle Royal match, Dr. Jerry Graham and… “KIRK” Brown, and Mike LeBell making money from his Spanish TV deal, but talent not doing so well from the lack of attendance. Plus, we go back in time and talk the old “Beat the Champ” Title, Chris Colt coming in as “Mike Stallings”, & more! It’s a fun 90 minutes of classic west coast wrestling talk, join us for the trip back in time! If you're enjoying WrestleCopia and interested in helping us continue to grow, please consider Subscribing to our Patreon to help us pay the bills! https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopia YOU CAN ALSO GIFT SOMEONE A PATREON MEMBERSHIP (OR ASK THEM TO GIFT YOU ONE) AT https://www.patreon.com/WrestleCopia/gift Includes the $5 “All Access” Tier $9 "VIP Superfan" Tier, and "The ULLLTIMATE Tier", featuring our various VIDEO-CAST Series, Early Show Releases, our insanely detailed show notes (for the Grenade, Monday Warfare, Regional Rasslin, Puro Academy, & Retro Re-View), monthly DIGITAL DOWNLOADS for your viewing and reading pleasure, & more! HELP SUPPORT THE SELF-FUNDED WRESTLECOPIA BRAND, CONSIDER DONATING TO OUR PAYPAL WRESTLECOPIA MERCHANDISE - https://www.teepublic.com/user/wrestlecopia Visit the WrestleCopia Podcast Network https://wrestlecopia.com Follow WrestleCopia on “X” (Formerly Twitter) @RasslinGrenade Follow & LIKE our FACEBOOK PAGE – https://www.facebook.com/RasslinGrenade Subscribe to the WrestleCopia Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/RasslinGrenade ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★