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Zack Sabre Jr defends the Rev Pro Undisputed British Heavyweight title in a rematch from NJPW twelve days earlier. Talk about it here

Daisuke Sekimoto & Kohei Sato defend the Big Japan Tag Team titles. Talk about it here

Susumu Yokosuka defends the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight title. Talk about it here

Jon Moxley defends the IWGP United States title against 51 year old Minoru Suzuki. Talk about it here

Tetsuya Naito defends the IWGP Heavyweight Title and Intercontinental dual titles. Talk about it here

Chris Jericho defends the AEW World Title. Talk about it here

Kenny Omega & Hangman Adam Page defend the AEW World Tag Team titles. Talk about it here

Big Bubba defends the UWF Heavyweight Title against Dr Death. Bubba's manager, Skandor Akbar is bullroped and tied to Dusty Rhodes to prevent interference. Part of the 1987 NWA Great American Bash Tour. Talk about it here

Barry Windham defends the prestigious NWA World Heavyweight title....in a high school gym...before about 300 people... Big Van Vader was the WCW World Heavyweight Champion at this time. Dustin Rhodes is the US Champ, but only Windham's belt is on the line. Dustin gets the advantage during the initial lockup, punching Barry in the corner and gets a high backdrop, Windham rolls out of the ring. Windham takes Dustin down with a side headlock, but Dustin quickly escapes. Barry chops and elbows Dustin in the corner, Dustin nails some big punches from the bottom, and takes Windham down again. Dustin hits a suplex and gets a two count. These guys like to punch each other a lot. Barry cheats using the ropes for leverage, rakes Dustin's eyes. They brawl outside, Windham hits a big chop, and a nice lariat when they are back in the ring. Dustin fights back, kicks to the midsection and a dropkick. Windham gets Dustin in the corner, goes to the middle rope, and I'm thinking "Superplex", but Dustin instead fights him off and goes for a clothesline off the top, but Windham ducks out of the way. Barry drops a knee on Dustin's head and gets a two count of his own. The ref catches Barry using the ropes and breaks them up, as Dustin struggles to his feet. They brawl in the corner, Dustin hits a backdrop followed by a nice DDT. Barry comes off the ropes, Dustin catches him in a powerslam. Windham shoves Dustin into the referee. Dustin with a bulldog and a visual pin, but the ref is still down. Barry takes off his boot and nails Dustin with it as the ref revives for the DQ at 15:16. This was better than fine, both men looked very good, but how much enthusiasm and excitement can you generate before 300 fans? You cannot criticize these guys for working hard though. I would give it maybe 3 1/2 stars. I was glad to see it, I'm glad it exists.

Rocky Johnson & Tony Atlas defend the WWF Tag Team titles. Aired on "WWF Wrestling at the Chase, 2/18/84" Vince & Mean Gene are on commentary. Johnson comes into the match with his head bandaged and already bleeding. The doctor has advised him not to defend the titles here tonight, but he insisted upon it. Adonis & Murdoch attack the champs before the bell, but are sent out of the ring packing. Adonis takes a big bump off the turnbuckle, and the match hasn't even started yet!!! It is very strange to hear Vince calling Johnson, "The Rock". Finally the referee restores some order and the match begins. Adonis & Atlas start off, they tie up and Adonis takes another big bump in the corner and immediately tags to Murdoch. Murdoch brutalizes Atlas with a series of elbows and vicious punches. Atlas hits a big headbutt, and Adonis comes back in. The heels double team Atlas in the corner, Adonis goes to the top rope, but Atlas crotches him and finally makes the tag to Rocky Johnson. Rocky comes in on fire, but Murdoch squares off with him as the bandage comes off Rocky's head, Murdoch works on opening the cut. He throws Johnson to the floor, Adonis rams Rocky's head into the timekeeper's table. Johnson gets back in the ring, but Murdoch whacks him with a chair from the outside as Adonis holds him down and goes for the cover. The ref wants to check Rocky's head, but gets shoved away by the valiant champ. The heels continue to double team, until Adonis hits a huge bulldog out of the corner. Adonis misses a splash, Murdoch back in, multiple punches to Johnson's injured head. Adonis chokes Rocky with the tag rope, as Atlas tries to make the save. Johnson goes for a pin with a sunset flip, but Murdoch runs in and stomps him in the head, and drops an elbow on him. Johnson tries to slam Adonis, but doesn't have the strength to hold him up, Adonis gets a two count. Murdoch and Adonis jump on Johnson and pound away at him, Atlas tries to save again, but is stopped by the referee. Atlas comes in again to stop the villains, finally the referee stops and gets to examine Rocky's head wound and stops the match due to excessive bleeding at 11:12. Johnson & Atlas keep the titles. There is a rematch next month on March 23rd, where supposedly "the match cannot be stopped for blood". Holy fuck this was great. More people need to see this match. Four stars.

Oh geez, nothing good can come from this....

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Rpwondemand. Should be available in a day or two

Hmm.. where can I find the Russians vs Lightning Express match? By the way, why does nobody talk about Flair and Steamboat 3/18/89 from PHILLY? Same day as the famous Landover match

Dude, you need to check this out again. I love this match. But you got the finish all wrong. It's a No DQ match!!! You didn't see the whole thing. The shoe is not the end, another ref comes in and they restart it

Tully vs Morton was taped in Charlotte on 9/19/87 and aired on WWW 9/26

I would like to strongly recommend Dusty & Magnum vs Tully & Flair 12/28/85 (listed as Jan 86). Elimination match. Greensboro NC This is on the "NWA Handhelds Set 12/85-3/86". The whole set is worth checking out. I have updated it with all of the correct dates and locations. Some are clipped, some are brief highlights, but there are some quality complete matches on here. You can find most of these matches posted by me in the regular matches thread for that month and year. NWA HOUSE SHOW DARK MATCHES FROM 12/85-3/86 COMP. VOL. 1 (4 hours) These two tapes feature all exclusive footage shot during NWA house shows in Charlotte, Greensboro & Roanoke from December 1985-March 1986. The footage is shot from the crowd from Crockett's own one-man video taping crew for house shows during the time. Some television filming crews can be seen at ringside for some of the bigger matches, but the camera never stops from the crowd. These matches were not shown on television, and this tape has not been seen by most fans till now. There is no commentary. All you hear is the crowd, and they do get very vocal and into the matches. 1. Magnum T.A. vs. Nikita Koloff with Ivan Koloff 3/9/86 Roanoke VA 2. Midnight Express (Condrey/Eaton) vs. The Rock n Roll Express 3/9/86 Roanoke 2/3 falls 3. Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes with Baby Doll 3/9/86 Roanoke 4. Midnight Express (Condrey/Eaton) vs. Rock n Roll Express - Jim Cornette is in cage ringside 3/29/86 Greensboro NC --- This is NOT the same match from 4/12/86 WPW Japan TV 5. Magnum T.A. vs. Nikita Koloff with Ivan Koloff 3/29/86 Greensboro 6. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Dusty Rhodes 3/29/86 Greensboro 7. Ric Flair vs. Ron Garvin Steel Cage 3/29/86 Greensboro 8. Tully Blanchard vs. Wahoo McDaniel 4/4/86 Roanoke VA 9. Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes with Baby Doll - two referees 4/4/86 Roanoke 10. Nikita Koloff vs. Magnum T.A. - steel cage match 4/4/86 Roanoke 11. Ron Garvin vs. Arn Anderson 4/12/86 Charlotte NC 12. Nikita Koloff vs. Magnum T.A. - "Dusty ending" 4/12/86 Charlotte 13. Dusty Rhodes & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Tully Blanchard & Ric Flair 4/12/86 Charlotte 14. Jimmy Garvin with Precious vs. Wahoo McDaniel 4/26/86 Charlotte NC 15. Dusty Rhodes vs. Tully Blanchard - Texas Death match 4/26/86 Charlotte 16. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Morton 5/3/86 Greensboro NC NWA HOUSE SHOW DARK MATCHES FROM 12/85-3/86 COMP. VOL. 2 (4 hours) 1. Ric Flair vs. Mack Jeffers - Rhodes, Blachard, Magnum & Baby Doll all run-in 12/28/85 Greensboro NC 2. Dusty Rhodes & Magnum T.A. vs. Tully Blanchard & Ric Flair (match at T.V. taping) 12/28/85 Greensboro NC 3. Outlaw Ron Bass vs. Tully Blanchard 1/4/86 Greensboro NC 4. Arn Anderson vs. "Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant 1/4/86 5. Black Bart vs. Road Warrior Animal 1/4/86 6. Barbarian vs. Wahoo McDaniel 1/4/86 7. Ron Garvin vs. Arn Anderson 1/4/86 8. Tully Blanchard vs. Wahoo McDaniel 1/4/86 9. Ricky Morton vs. Dennis Condrey 1/4/86 10. Ivan Koloff vs. Road Warrior Hawk 1/4/86 11. Harley Race vs. Magnum T.A. 1/4/86 12. Wahoo McDaniel vs. Arn Anderson 1/4/86 13. Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes with Baby Doll Greensboro NC 14. Ivan Koloff & Nikita Koloff vs. Ron Bass & Don Kernodle 1/25/86 Greensboro NC 15. Arn Anderson vs. Magnum T.A. 1/25/86 16. Tully Blachard with James J. Dillon vs. "Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant with Baby Doll 1/25/86 17. Dusty Rhodes vs. Ric Flair 1/25/86 18. Black Bart vs. Sam Houston 2/2/86 Charlotte NC 19. Magnum T.A. vs. Barbarian 2/2/86 20. Tully Blanchard vs. Ronnie Garvin 2/2/86 21. Arn Anderson vs. "Ragin Bull" Manny Fernandez 2/2/86 22. Rock n Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (Condrey/Eaton) with Jim Cornette 2/2/86 --- This is from Charlotte, NOT the title change from Atlanta the same day 23. Midnight Express vs. Manny Fernandez & Ron Garvin 2/22/86 Roanoke VA 24. Magnum T.A. vs. Nikita Koloff 2/22/86 25. Sam Houston vs. Jimmy Garvin with Precious 3/1/86 Greensboro 26. Road Warriors & Dusty Rhodes with Baby Doll & Paul Ellering vs. Ivan Koloff, Nikita Koloff & Baron Von Raschke 3/1/86 27. Rock n Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (Condrey/Eaton) 3/1/86 28. Ric Flair vs. Ronnie Garvin 3/1/86

The six man tag must be 8/3/86 in Greenville SC. The 8/12 one supposedly has Tully instead of Flair

Ok, I just checked. We've got 17:22 of Flair-Magnum 2/23/86 (incomplete, clipped), and Dusty-Arn in the cage goes 8:50 (complete?). This is a Steel Cage Texas Death match, btw. There is also a Flair-Garvin match from Greensboro handheld 3/1/86. https://forums.prowrestlingonly.com/topic/50248-1986-03-01-jcp-greensboro-nc-ric-flair-vs-ronnie-garvin/

Whoa....wait a second...there is footage of a one hour draw from Atlanta 1/19/86??? I have definitely never seen or heard of this!!! And I've got to check out the Dusty-Arn cage 2/23/86. I know I have it. Now...also... Dusty Rhodes & Wahoo McDaniel vs Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (Bullrope & Strap Match - Handheld -- This is 3/29/86 Greensboro, not 3/30. Same for Flair-Garvin Cage. Dusty & Wahoo vs Flair & Tully, bullrope strap is Charlotte 4/12/86 (WPW 6/22/86) Dusty- Tully Texas Death is Charlotte 4/26/86 Flair-Morton Cage is Roanoke 7/11/86, which aired on WPW 9/1/86, not 6/22/86 The only date I am not sure about is the taping date for the R&R & Magnum vs Horsemen 8/3/86. It aired on WPW 9/22/86. I think it should be Spartanburg SC 8/12/86.

There actually were WWF International Tag Team titles from June 1969 to November 1971. Then they were vacant for over 14 years and brought back here. Kimura & Fujinami were champs until October 1985 and the titles were inactive since then. Weird....

@TheJimCornette 2h Replying to @davemeltzerWON Dave I've been sick all week so fuck it. You call this Harpo Marx motherfucker a goddamn "genius" at match layout, better'n Flair/Steamboat, blah fuckin blah. He wrestled sex dolls & kids, he's a phony clown & embarrassment. Fuck him, quit swinging on his dick or fuck you. FUCK!

Fantasma? No, I don't think so