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3 unusual facts about Get in the Ring


Bob Guccione, Jr.

Guccione was verbally attacked by Axl Rose in the Guns N' Roses song "Get in the Ring", along with a number of other people related to the music industry.

Hit Parader

The magazine is mentioned in the Guns N' Roses song "Get in the Ring", where it is criticized for "printin' lies instead of the things we (Guns N' Roses) said" and "rippin' off the fuckin' kids while they be paying their hard earned money to read about the bands they wanna know about, printin' lies, startin' controversy."

Music journalism

In the Guns N' Roses song "Get in the Ring", Axl Rose verbally attacked critics who gave the band negative reviews because of their actions on stage; such critics as Andy Secher, Mick Wall and Bob Guccione, Jr. were mentioned by name.



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Mid-Hudson Civic Center

Television commentators for the show at the Civic Center were WWF owner Vince McMahon and Bruno Sammartino with Jesse "The Body" Ventura occasionally joining the duo or filling in for Sammartino (Ventura also wrestled on the show occasionally as Randy Savage's tag-team partner, usually taunting Sammartino and challenging him to get in the ring).