How did we not see it coming | The Seeds of National Expansion As IWA's ICW Premieres

Update: 2025-08-12

Description

After 11 episodes, we finally discuss matches and television that aired from IWA, spanning nearly three decades of context and over a dozen scenarios, brawls, and pseudo-national territories. Eddie Einhorn's dream becomes a reality.

From stealing TV Stations from Vince McMahon, Ted Turner's more than curious involvement, Thunderbolt Patterson's war on Jim Crockett Promotions, Jim Crockett Promotions saying he died,

YES, THEY SAY HE DIED, and more in this edition of Historically Speaking.

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