This week on Getting Colour, Conor and Jeff lace up the yellow boots and dive headfirst into the rise — and slow unravelling — of Hulk Hogan’s first WWF run. From his 1984 title win over the Iron Sheik to the end of his red-and-yellow reign in 1993, we chart the highs of WrestleMania III, the drama of the Mega Powers exploding, and the uneasy transition from hero to has-been as fan tastes shifted. We break down the matches, the merch, the myth-making that built — and eventually strained — Hul...
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This week on Getting Colour, Conor and Jeff lace up the yellow boots and dive headfirst into the rise — and slow unravelling — of Hulk Hogan’s first WWF run. From his 1984 title win over the Iron Sheik to the end of his red-and-yellow reign in 1993, we chart the highs of WrestleMania III, the drama of the Mega Powers exploding, and the uneasy transition from hero to has-been as fan tastes shifted. We break down the matches, the merch, the myth-making that built — and eventually strained — Hul...
Muscles, Diamonds, and Mildred Burke: Jeff Leen on The Queen of the Ring
Getting Colour
1 hour 13 minutes
6 months ago
Muscles, Diamonds, and Mildred Burke: Jeff Leen on The Queen of the Ring
In this episode of Getting Colour, hosts Jeff and Conor sit down with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jeff Leen to discuss his acclaimed biography The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend. The book tells the riveting story of Mildred Burke, a trailblazing figure in professional wrestling who rose from Depression-era obscurity to become the longest-reigning women’s champion in history. Leen shares the years of investigative work that went into uncov...
Getting Colour
This week on Getting Colour, Conor and Jeff lace up the yellow boots and dive headfirst into the rise — and slow unravelling — of Hulk Hogan’s first WWF run. From his 1984 title win over the Iron Sheik to the end of his red-and-yellow reign in 1993, we chart the highs of WrestleMania III, the drama of the Mega Powers exploding, and the uneasy transition from hero to has-been as fan tastes shifted. We break down the matches, the merch, the myth-making that built — and eventually strained — Hul...
