3. This is a Rumble, not a grammar lesson: Royal Rumble 1988. Joey looks at Vince McMahon’s answer to the Bunkhouse Stampede being on PPV with the first televised Royal Rumble on the USA network. A grammar lesson, a bench press record, a contract signing and the first Rumble are among the highlights. Joey also issues a Mea Culpa and talks about the Mandela Effect.
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Ric Flair has his name misspelled, Ricky Steamboat has his name misspelled and a son dressed as a cut rate Yoshi, JYD and Butch Reed return to The Superdome, George Scott is lost, Jim Ross and Michael Hayes reunite, and Terry Funk is not retired as Joey takes a look at Clash of the Champions VI: Ragin’ Cajun.
2. You’ve Ruined the Western States Heritage Championship: Bunkhouse Stampede ’88: Joey looks at his first JCP offering, The Bunkhouse Stampede ’88. The Western States Heritage Championship is tainted for Joey, The Barbarian gets jumped from behind, and Joey needs to drink more water.
1. Birthdays: Saturday Night’s Main Event January 1988: It’s the first episode of the Cup of Joe Wrestling Show. Joey talks about birthdays and the importance that they have in his family while looking at the Saturday Night’s Main Event from January 1988.
Worked hard all weekend cleaning a storage room at my job, and I am beat!
Episode 30 of my wrestling podcast
The latest episode of The Joey Harris Show
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Some books:
Antiques Ravin’ by Barbara Allan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Writers Barbara and Max Allan Collins have teamed up again for another Trash ‘N’ Treasure novel. From Amazon: When a series of creepy crimes plagues an ill-fated Edgar Allan Poe festival, newly elected county sheriff Vivian Borne, along with her reluctant deputy daughter Brandy and spunky shih tzu Sushi, springs into action. A purloined tome, a black cat, a musty mausoleum, and mysterious disappearances—these tell the tale of a heartless murderer. But Vivian and Brandy Borne are determined to decipher the cryptic clues to make sure a ravin’-mad killer strikes “nevermore”!
“Barbara Allan” has another hit. Brandy and Vivian are a hoot, and the mystery was well played. A perfect beach read!
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In the Heart of the Fire by Dean Koontz
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
From Amazon: A bloodthirsty sheriff is terrorizing a small Texas town where justice has been buried with his victims. Until Nameless arrives—a vigilante whose past is a mystery and whose future is written in blood.
Anyone who crosses Sheriff Russell Soakes is dead, missing, or warned. One of them is a single mother trying to protect her children but bracing herself for the worst. Nameless fears the outcome. He’s seen it in his visions. Now it’s time to teach the depraved Soakes a lesson in fear. But in turning predators into prey, will Nameless unearth a few secrets of his own?
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes In the Heart of the Fire, part of Nameless, a riveting collection of short stories about a vigilante nomad, stripped of his memories and commissioned to kill. Follow him in each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.
Intriguing concept. I like the character Nameless, and the story entertained me for 90 minutes.
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Have a great week!
Elizabeth has to make a choice, Owen makes an eerie comment, Bad News Brown makes some risque comments, WrestleMania is approaching, Joey makes a long overdue apology and provides some entertainment, and Bubba sells cotton candy as Joey looks at the March 1989 edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event.
I was on vacation all last week with very spotty Wifi and cell service, but I did do some things:
Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I enjoyed this third Mycroft Holmes mystery by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse. From the Amazon book description:
It is 1873, and as the economies of Europe threaten to crumble, Mycroft Holmes finds himself in service to the Crown once again. A distant relative of Queen Victoria has been slain by the Fire Four Eleven killer, a serial murderer who leaves no mark upon his victims, only a mysterious calling card. Meanwhile, Sherlock has already taken it upon himself to solve the case, as his interest in the criminal mind grows into an obsession.
Mycroft begrudgingly allows Sherlock to investigate, as Ai Lin–the woman he is still in love with–needs his aid. Her fiancé has been kidnapped, and the only man who might know his fate is a ruthless arms dealer with a reputation for killing those who cross him. Mycroft persuades his friend Cyrus Douglas to help find the young man, but Douglas himself is put in harm’s way.
As Sherlock travels the country on the hunt for the Fire Four Eleven murderer, both he and Mycroft will discover that the greed of others is at the root of the evil they are trying to unearth…
I wish Mycroft and Sherlock would work together more or that the cases overlapped in some way. I did enjoy Sherlock’s pairing with and interactions with Huan. Highly recommended.
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