When It Was Real - Episode 65 - Capital Centre - May 28, 1983

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🎙️ WHEN IT WAS REAL – Episode 65 | LIVE Wednesday, May 27 • 7:30 PM 🎙️ The Wrestling Wayback Machine powers up once again as Nikita and Benny travel back to May 28, 1983 and land at the legendary Capital Centre for a night packed with championship battles and an entire roster that reads like a Hall of Fame reunion. This week’s deep dive revisits a classic era of WWF action featuring Don Muraco defending the Intercontinental Championship against Rocky Johnson in a heated return encounter, while WWF World Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund puts the gold on the line against newly crowned tag team champion Afa in the featured main event. From unforgettable personalities… to classic storytelling… to the atmosphere that made wrestling feel larger than life… Nikita and Benny break it all down the way only WHEN IT WAS REAL can. 📺 LIVE Wednesday, May 27 at 7:30 PM 📡 Exclusively on The Playa Entertainment Network 👍 Please Like • Subscribe • Share Join us every Wednesday night as we go BACK TO A TIME… OF WHEN IT WAS REAL. #WhenItWasReal #WrestlingWaybackMachine #ClassicWrestling #WWF #BobBacklund #DonMuraco #RockyJohnson #Afa #OldSchoolWrestling #WrestlingHistory #ProWrestling #ThePlayaEntertainmentNetwork #LivePodcast #RetroWrestling #TerritoryDays #WrestlingFans

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🎙️ WHEN IT WAS REAL – Episode 65 | LIVE Wednesday, May 27 • 7:30 PM 🎙️ The Wrestling Wayback Machine powers up once again as Nikita and Benny travel back to May 28, 1983 and land at the legendary Capital Centre for a night packed with championship battles and an entire roster that reads like a Hall of Fame reunion. This week’s deep dive revisits a classic era of WWF action featuring Don Muraco defending the Intercontinental Championship against Rocky Johnson in a heated return encounter, while WWF World Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund puts the gold on the line against newly crowned tag team champion Afa in the featured main event. From unforgettable personalities… to classic storytelling… to the atmosphere that made wrestling feel larger than life… Nikita and Benny break it all down the way only WHEN IT WAS REAL can. 📺 LIVE Wednesday, May 27 at 7:30 PM📡 Exclusively on The Playa Entertainment Network👍 Please Like • Subscribe • Share Join us every Wednesday night as we go BACK TO A TIME… OF WHEN IT WAS REAL. #WhenItWasReal #WrestlingWaybackMachine #ClassicWrestling #WWF #BobBacklund #DonMuraco #RockyJohnson #Afa #OldSchoolWrestling #WrestlingHistory #ProWrestling #ThePlayaEntertainmentNetwork #LivePodcast #RetroWrestling #TerritoryDays #WrestlingFans

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