Sports Illustrated Article (4/29/85)

[icansleep]

Sports Illustrated recently uploaded their entire magazine archive to the general public to peruse. Here's an interesting article all the way back from 1985 during the swelling of the Rock N' Wrestling era of the then-WWF. Definitely an interesting read for those interested in the history of the business.

vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1119403/1/ index.htm (Link broken due to sensitive remarks)

[Smokey McTrees]

Wow, this was great and brough tback memories.

Best line ever:
"And when Rowdy Roddy Piper, a 250-pound yapping adrenal gland, appeared last month on Boston's Sports Huddle, the switchboard at WHDH was swamped with a record 48,000 calls."

Strangely prophetic:
"The (Iron)Sheik is a great wrestler," says Blassie, "but he's not all there."

[Chainsaw]

swampmeat said:

Wow, this was great and brough tback memories.

Best line ever:
"And when Rowdy Roddy Piper, a 250-pound yapping adrenal gland, appeared last month on Boston's Sports Huddle, the switchboard at WHDH was swamped with a record 48,000 calls."

Strangely prophetic:
"The (Iron)Sheik is a great wrestler," says Blassie, "but he's not all there."

I don't think Blassie needed to be able to see into the future to reach that conclusion.

[Rocky Van Heineken]

I've got this issue framed on my wall. I picked it up at an antique store for a buck.