Official Royal Rumble 2022 Thread: 20 Years in the making

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alvarez - “attendence was announced of FOURTY,,ONE...THOUSAND”
MELTZER IMMEDIATELY - “it was announced attendance of 40,000 but it was only 27,000 paid, and thats with comps and papering the crowd. The 7th biggest wrestling event in missouri history, less than when phil mushnick and vern gagne put on the supercard on january.....8th? Let me check my notes...



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alvarez - “well attendance was announced at 41 thous-“
Meltzer unspeakably abruptly- “JANUARY 8th 1976 in the missouri civic center where The Sheik with the Grand Wizard took on Sgt Slaughter in front of 33,000 paid on a sunday which, thats something unique...do you know why that is?”


Alvarez - “no i don’t”
Meltzer “sosososo the clergy....in the 60s and until the 80s, did not want,..professional wrestling shows on sundays.”

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Alvarez “...alright...then they played a vignette...”
He talks how he fukking writes and you nailed it :mjlol:
 
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