The Silver State Chronicles

1985 was such a good year…

Well a short while back I posted the music video to the American Wrestling Association’s WrestleRock Rumble.  To be sure, that song is an acquired taste!  But The WWF’s entry into the world of music was much better – much better than most of the ‘music’ selling CDs and winning awards today in 2008!

Here’s the lead track from The Wrestling Album, Land of 1,000 Dances!

Would you believe I can name every wrestler in the video?

Would you believe I can name some of the non-wrestlers, like Vince McMahon’s longtime secretary and former Playboy model, Emily Feinberg?

I have sure invested many 1,000s of hours in pro wrestling, huh?

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Mr. Fuji Rules Hollywood

Way back in the mid-1980s, Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Federation was making its big national expansion, riding high on the popularity of Hulk Hogan and to a lesser extent, ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper. But the WWF universe was filled with many stars: Greg Valentine, The British Bulldogs, The Wild Samoans, and especially Don Muraco and his manager, Mr. Fuji.

At one point, the Muraco & Fuji duo took off for Hollywood, to take over the film & television industries. They prepared three pilots, offered here in their entirety!

Fuji General – A soap opera featuring the passions at a major metropolitan hospital.

Fuji Bandito – A wild western with action and mayhem!

Fuji Vice – When murder and drugs are involved, leave it to these stylish vice cops!

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