Episode 79- Mask of Bees (Big Van Vader w/ Owen Ellickson)

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The wonderful Owen Ellickson (https://twitter.com/onlxn) joined Rachel and Kath to wrestlesplain his love of Big Van Vader. They talked the New Japan debut that caused a riot, WCW, WWF, Boy Meets World, Baywatch, terrifying moonsaults and Twitter fights with Will Ospreay. PLUS: parenting, the Sound of Music, the Bud Bowl, cowboys, and imagining wrestling without Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels. Materials Discussed Include: Vader vs Keiji Mutoh in the G1 (8/9/1991), Vader vs Cactus Jack in WCW (10/24/1993), Vader vs Dustin Rhodes in WCW (11/16/1994), and Vader vs Steve Austin in WWF (12/16/1996). If you like what we do, consider supporting Wrestlesplania on Patreon for bonus episodes, extended episode notes, Discord access and more: https://www.patreon.com/wrestlesplania