John McAdam

Host of the STICK TO WRESTLING podcast.

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

I'm not taking a shot at this guy but there was a time where the NHL had sixteen playoff teams in a league of seventeen teams.

[Clayton Trutor @ClaytonTrutor]

Cliff Fletcher was a brilliant guy.
He was the architect of the surprisingly good and incorrectly remembered Atlanta Flames teams of the 1970s. The Flames made the playoffs in six of their eight seasons in Atlanta and were always competitive.
#atlanta #flames

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

The most underrated interview of all time.

[Wrestling from 80s/90s @Wrestling80s90s]

Bruiser Brody with Gordon Solie on Georgia Championship Wrestling (1983)

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

I knew the guy that filmed this. He knew to stop filming and to focus on just getting his recording apparatus and tape out of the building safely.

[Rob Naylor @NINaylor]

The Midnight beat Tully & Arn for the belts and the Philadelphia Civic Center goes bananas

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

Not *upset* about your list- which I would like to think you posted for discussion purposes- but Ric Flair is way ahead of Randy Savage. See, Randy was smart and took nights off, I've seen many medium Savage matches live. Flair wasn't "smart" like that, he never put his feet up.

[Kevin Marshall @KevinMarshall]

My take on the "100 Greatest Wrestlers Ever" discourse:
* Top 4: Terry Funk, Randy Savage, Bryan Danielson, Manami Toyota. In any order.
* The rest is personal preference.
* If you get legit upset about anyone's list, just stop. Go fix your life and your heart.

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

Billy White Wolf was my favorite wrestler when I first got into this thing.

[Brian R. Solomon @BrianRSolomon]

@the_joe_marotta And Billy White Wolf would not be seen in the WWF again for 13 years, when he came back as General Adnan. Incidentally, both he and Monsoon also competed in the NCAA tournament in 1959, in different weight classes.

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

My pick as well!

[Lenny @19coronavirus19]

@JustinMacmahan Lynn Bowden

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

Not looking for $$$ but Lynn Bowden. QB at Kentucky, drafted at WR by the Raiders. Guys at the draft thought I was making up a player.

[Justin Macmahan @JustinMacmahan]

It’s payday! This giveaway will go to the person who names the most obscure player they’ve ever rostered in fantasy football. The number of likes on your reply impacts voting, but ultimately I have final subjective say (to prevent bots from ruining it)

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

This came out maybe a week or two after Graham won the WWWF title, which was odd since the mags were usually about two months behind with the news. Even as a sixth grader I knew someone must have tipped off the Apter Mags on the then-upcoming title switch.

[Wrestler Weekly @wrestlerweekly]

WRESTLER WEEKLY #wwFridayRatings comes from the June 1977 edition of the Inside Wrestling magazine! This classic mag features a great cover of #SuperstarBillyGraham #BrunoSammartino #WahooMcDaniel #AndreTheGiant #NWA #AWA #WWF #PWI #SR

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

I...didn't have to imagine it.

[AlphaFox @alphafox]

Imagine turning on SNL and seeing this in 1980 without knowing the B-52s:

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

Athletes are *entertainers*. Do we pass this weird $500K cap thing on to singers, TV personalities, etc? Go take a class, @BuckyMcChubbins.

[Bucky McChubbins @BuckyMcChubbins]

Nobody working in athletics should be making more than ~$500k when teachers aren’t even making $80k

Zero. None. Absolutely nobody

Society shouldn’t really incentivize people to be athletes

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

Pushed semi-big in 1985, fired before the end of the year. Came back to JCP Summer 1986. Fired before the leaves turned. No Budro in JCP 1987.

[Kells 🇺🇸🇦🇺 @KMBAussie]

@davemeltzerWON I don't even remember Landell in Crockett in 1987, much less featured prominently.

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

@BoSoxInjection Castellanos would be a waste of a roster space.

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

https://t.co/MzxZDGvohX

[Nikita Koloff @NikitaKoloff1]

Great memories… 🤩

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

Except that we all knew Denver had the #30 pick, a very low value #1 in a bad 2026 Draft. New England is absorbing a lot more risk by surrendering it's #1 in 2028.

[Cerrone Battle @Cerrone_Battle]

Jalen Waddle went for a 1st, 3rd and 4th. We can't complain about the Patriots giving up picks then give Denver credit for valuing proven talent over college talent especially in this new era of college football that seemingly has run out of bonafide studs.

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

I have zero understanding here.
--You think Flair is respected just for blading?
--Backlund should be elevated for having an awful match vs Flair in Atlanta over some weird paranoia?

[NotEBorgnot @noteborgnot]

Most of the Bob Backlund hate came from people parroting a certain observer who was like “He’s not Ric Flair, he doesn’t cut his skull open every night.”

Meanwhile Bob was like “I respected Vince Senior so much that if Flair tried anything funny in the Omni, I would end him.”

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

We may not all agree on this- I don't. But the Rams feel they have their QB of the future (Simpson) in place and can thus stay of out the NFL Draft / QB derby.

[Frank Ammirante @FAmmiranteTFJ]

Yes

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

Yes on both counts. I knew Dusty was coming in, and he came in earlier than scheduled to sub for the suspended Jake Roberts.

[Eric Brightman @eric_brightman]

@RasslinGrenade @HeyHeyItsConrad @CCMilani were you in attendance? Were you expecting Dusty?

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

Important:
--I was there.
--Dusty hadn't been on WWF TV yet.
--They announced Dusty as the sub before the show started, and the crowd's pop was even bigger by far.
Lesson: Don't go around thinking fans willing to pay for a ticket didn't watch all of the free TV wrestling.

[The Wrestling Memory Grenade 🎙 / Ray Russell @RasslinGrenade]

Pre-vignettes, pre-polka dots, Dusty Rhodes makes his surprise televised return to the WWF, subbing for Jake Roberts in a match with Ted Dibiase in Boston 6/3/89 (listen to that crowd!)

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

Because that's not the market for a declining WR with a big cap hit, and PHI isn't getting a #1 from anyone else.

[Boston Buzzer @TheBostonBuzzer]

I don’t really get the people that are against giving up a 2028 first for AJ.

He’s a true WR1 that transforms the look of the offense and WR room overnight.

I’m not thinking twice about it.

[John McAdam @CCMilani]

How black must the toast need to be? He didn't play last season.

[Ari Meirov @MySportsUpdate]

The #Giants will have WR Odell Beckham Jr. in for a workout on Monday, per @Schultz_Report.

The news comes just days after the Giants lost WR Gunner Olszewski to a torn Achilles.