The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network

In the first of a two-part episode on the SCTM, Greg and Dane return to the Spectrum for SummerSlam 1990.

We get the Hart Foundation vs. Demolition in a classic match for the Tag Titles and the Texas Tornado facing Mr. Perfect for the I-C title.

But most importantly, can Hacksaw Jim Duggan find Sapphire?

Part 2 will be released on Tuesday.

Here's another brief series which spawned from a successful TV movie.  A team of marshals deliver justice with the automotive equivalent of the Supertrain.  The ratings never approached what the TV movie delivered, not justifying the cost of the series, eventually sending the Supercar to the scrap heap of television history.

Greg and Dane on the SCTM take a trip to the City of Angels for this August 1988 WWF House Show from the L.A. Sports Arena on The Z Channel.

We get early WWF tryout matches from Mr. Perfect and Owen Hart along with a big WWF Title Match between Randy Savage and Andre the Giant.

Today is the release of the big comic book movie of 2026, something about a brand new day.  To celebrate, this time we're looking at a very short-lived cartoon from the same general franchise, which was rushed to TV screens.  It couldn't be half bad because the lead was voiced by one of this podcast's favorites, right?  Wrong.

Greg and Dane head on out to Nashville for WWF In Your House II as we hear Double J singing his hit song "With My Baby Tonight" before he defends the IC title against HBK. We also have a big main event with Diesel and Sid in a Lumberjack Match, along with Barry Didinsky hawking silly merch. Plus, we believe this is the only WWF PPV that has an appearance from Mantaur!

For a show that ran as long as Who's the Boss? to have a single spinoff is rare.  It happened in 1989, when one of Samantha Micelli's friends got into modeling.  After rip-roaring ratings for the preview airing, things went downhill fast.  At least it was the start of something big for one of the supporting cast members.

If you're in the Northern Hemisphere, it is the middle of summer and likely scorching hot outside.  To cool you off a bit, we give you a Rankin-Bass special, combining the forces of Rudolph and Frosty.  Together, they and others try to stop a villain from turning the North Pole into his own evil wonderland.  This gets dark sometimes, and this was aimed at children?  And were children willing to sit through 90 minutes to 2 hours of this un-holly and un-jolly special?

Greg and Dane conclude their look into the first half of TNA in 2010 with the June 17th, 2010 episode of Impact. Where we get the most epic promo war in history between Ric Flair and Jay Lethal! Plus, you won't like Abyss by the end of this episode, just ask Chelsea!

The flavor of the month...or maybe that should be the flavor of the last 36 months of the 1980s was Australia.  Crocodile Dundee-mania was huge and Yahoo Serious was briefly relevant.  Surely, someone will incorporate an Aussie into a television show.  Lo and behold, CBS did with a family-oriented sitcom with an Australian live-in nanny, which is merely a blip in television history.

Greg and Dane come back for the start of the end of their 2010 arc on the podcast as they look at the 2010 edition of Slammiversary. We have a Main Event for the TNA title between RVD and Sting, Madison Rayne being the 2010 version of Gunther, the 2010 World Cup and the vuvuzelas, Jeff Hardy and Mr Anderson forming a team, Brother Ray and Jesse hugging it out, and Matt Morgan getting a doctor's note to get out of a match! Happy Slammiversary Babyah!