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BEFORE YOU GO-GO

In this WHAM!-tinged edition of “Quick Count,” PWI Senior Writer AL CASTLE weighs in on power couple BIANCA BELAIR & MONTEZ FORD, post-WWE moves for various wrestlers, and the perils of running live events in Australia.

Netflix’s documentary on the 1980s pop group Wham! may have seemingly little relevance to wrestling fans. But consider this: Before there was the Marty Jannetty of a successful duo, there was the Andrew Ridgeley. George Michael—like Shawn Michaels—went on to have Hall-of-Fame-worthy solo success that made fans wonder if he ever really needed his talented, but forgettable, partner. Luckily for Ridgeley, with so much hair in the ’80s music scene, nobody was spending

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