Summary: From Bigger, Badder, and Bette – to just plain Longer.<br><br>The Lapsed Fan wrestling podcast continues its 30-week, 30-Wrestlemania journey this week with a deep dive into Wrestlemania IV, night of the inaugural WWF championship tournament culminating in the breakthrough of Macho Man Randy Savage as a touchstone name in the WWF annals.<br><br>Hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro hunker down and cover it all as the WWF rolled the dice in conjunction with Donald Trump in Atlantic City, including:<br><br>- Robin Leach’s wonderfully overwrought tournament proclamation, in its entirety<br>- More DQ finishes than there should ever be at a Mania<br>- Brutus scalps tickets, not his opponent; also, rhymes “Done” with “Champion”<br>- Dibiase bumps like he’s in it to win it, which he at one point was scheduled to<br>- The WM debut of Demolition, and why their beat down of Strike Force was just what the bored Atlantic City crowd needed<br>- Steamboat’s inauspicious WWF farewell, complete with Gorilla Monsoon reading his newborn son’s mind<br>- The Hulk Hogan promo that literally includes the line, “Thank God Donald Trump’s a Hulkamaniac.”<br>- What it’s like when Hogan does his posing routine but didn’t win his match<br><br>This plus a series of great audio contributions, including reflections on WM4 and the war with Jim Crockett Promotions and the first Clash of the Champions with grappling guru Dave Meltzer.<br><br>It may be your Lapsed chance. Get on board with the historic 30-week Wrestlemania journey with Wrestlemania IV!
