Keith Elliot Greenberg & Celebrity Involvement in Pro Wrestling

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4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Dave LaGreca and Tommy Dreamer start the episode talking about celebrities that have impacted the world of professional wrestling. Also author Keith Elliot Greenberg joins the show talking about his new book which discusses independent wrestling.

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0:00.0	This is the busted open podcast.
0:04.3	You can listen to the full show Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon eastern on
0:09.3	serious xm. Fight Nation Channel 156.
0:13.4	Welcome to the busted open podcast.
0:16.2	This is Dave La Greca.
0:18.6	On today's episode, The Innovator of Violence,
0:21.6	the landlord of the House of hardcore, Tommy Dreamer and I
0:25.1	taught greatest celebrity involvement in pro wrestling coming off the heels
0:30.1	of one of the greatest debuts with Pat McAfee at
0:33.5	NXT takeover.
0:34.6	We talk about the history of celebrities in pro wrestling.
0:38.1	We ask the question, why is Cindy Lauper, of all people not in the
0:43.3	W. W. Hall of Fame and we talk to author
0:46.9	Keith Elliot Greenberg about his new book,
0:49.7	too sweet about Indie Wrestling.
0:52.0	We do that all right now on the busted open
0:55.4	podcast. And I kind of stand alone on this it seems, but I think the best
1:02.0	involvement of a celebrity in pro wrestling was Cindy Lauper with the
1:08.0	W. W.F. in 1985. To me, that was huge. rock and wrestling connection that was all because of her and her husband slash manager at the time David Wolf.
1:21.0	I mean that was big to see Cindy Lauper who had like the number one song on the
1:26.5	charts all of a sudden on a pro wrestling show and I love this story. I love the fact that like, you know, she had Captain Lou and her girls just want to have fun video and then Captain Lou went on Piper's pit with Roddy Piper and said it was because of him that she was huge.
1:47.8	She was living on the street.
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