LISTEN NOW: The Road to WrestleMania 31 Continues as The Lapsed Fan Runs Down WrestleMania 3!

September 17, 2014

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The latest Lapsed Fan is bigger, it’s badder, and it’s better. Anything less would be inappropriate.

Hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro dive into the cavernous environs of the once-mighty Pontiac Silverdome for a wall-to-wall breakdown of Wrestlemania III, a banner night for professional wrestling and a true milestone on the Lapsed Fan’s 30-week, 30-Wrestlemania journey.

We cover all bases, from Aretha Franklin to Hulk Hogan slamming Andre the Giant, with a tremendous assist from wrestling guru Dave Meltzer. The show covers:

– The real 78,000 attendance figure for show, and how we can be sure

– A sentimental sojourn to the Silverdome’s parking lot in 2007

– What there is to learn about a perfect wrestling payoff from Piper v. Adonis

– Steamboat v. Savage, and why it’s annoying to pretend it wasn’t an all-time classic

– Recollections of whether or not Andre got the 3 on Hogan’s first botched slam attempt

– Bundy squashes a midget (commentators’ term, not ours)

– Alice Cooper’s strange combination of apprehension and stubbornness while wielding Jake’s snake

– Your hosts take tremendous artistic liberties envisioning the conversation between Vince McMahon and Andre on the set of “The Princess Bride,” trying to sell the big man on working the big show

– And laughing. So much laughing you’ll tell yourself you’re going to stop listening (but you won’t)

Get on board that Lapsed Fan locomotive, as we make our third stop in Pontiac, 1987, the big one, Wrestlemania III.

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Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.