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More Gold Cup Action. Johnson has an extensive amateur background, but never made it big in wrestling. You see flashes of Johnson on the mat. Slater is trying to work to Johnson's strengths. Though this was weird.

Serrano vs Pritchard A cool note is Hulk Hogan's 1st match was against Don Serrano This is more Gold Cup tournament. . Tom working the neck early on. Serrano reverses it into a sitting backbreaker. We get some seperation and they work the mat. Serrano getting some heat. Love Serrano's European Forearms. I'm enjoying Serrano working the heat. Pritchard showing fire in his comeback. Crowd is pretty damn hot for this match. I'm really enjoying Pritchard's leg work. Serrano is a really unique worker. Pritchard works hard and has always had good psychology. They really did have a super fun match. 2 1/2*

A cool note is Hulk Hogan's 1st match was against Don Serrano This is more Gold Cup tournament. . Tom working the neck early on. Serrano reverses it into a sitting backbreaker. We get some seperation and they work the mat. Serrano getting some heat. Love Serrano's European Forearms. I'm enjoying Serrano working the heat. Pritchard showing fire in his comeback. Crowd is pretty damn hot for this match. I'm really enjoying Pritchard's leg work. Serrano is a really unique worker. Pritchard works hard and has always had good psychology. They really did have a super fun match. 2 1/2*

Well I wonder who it was. I was live and saw most of the talent there except maybe Cage and the Lucha Bros. On Twitter Mia Yim said her match was cut.

Where was it announced the sale went through? Shit, I jumped the gun. It seems the trademark issues have now been resolved for the sale to go through. Sorry for that. It was announced in the most recent Observer.

You're right. Slick is a top3 choice.

I got my ticket and am really looking forward to it.

This is tremendous Matt.

Plus a midget match!!!

Totally agree. Though I think the announce team has improved a ton since they got rid of Kevin Gill. Another problem is consistency with the acts. As in sometimes they're heels, sometimes they're babyfaces. So last night we got the last 2 matches times were cut, along with the women's title match. On top of it some of the undercard ran long.

Where was it announced the sale went through?

http://placetobenation.com/space-city-a-nwa-on-demand-podcast-62317/ This was a great episode. We had some laughs, chuckles, and some good wrestling to talk about. 1.Masked Gino vs Nick Kozack 12/1/78 -a fan pops Pete and Johnny big. 2. Tiger Conway Jr. and Ernie Ladd promo -Could Ernie Ladd replace Don Cornelious on Soul Train? Who do you think could have. 3.Super Ninja vs Sam Houston 2/20/87 -Memories of Sam Houston 4.Sting/Gilbert vs Young/Gaylord 2/20/87 -is this an Eddie Gilbert masterpiece or did he shit the bed? 5. Promos, promos, promos from 84 6. Ted Dibiase vs OMG NO DQ 2/6/87 -Does Ted continue his baby face ace run here?

http://placetobenation.com/this-week-in-wrestling-indys-international-62317/ Pete and Tim have a fun show. 1. We look at CWF-Worldwide 2. The we talk about NXT. 3. It's the 1/2 way point in the year. So Pete and Tim talk their top 10 matches, and wrestlers so far this year.

I really hope they have more of those Gino vs Lothario matches.

Can't argue with that logic. It's up there with Parv telling me I'm always right.

6/16/17 Style Battle Fred Yehi vs Anthony Henry 4 1/2* I like both of these guys and I might have Fred Yehi as the best wrestler of the year up to this point. They had a great match earlier in the year. I thought this one trumped it. In fact I thought this might have been the smartest worked match this year. Henry comes into the match selling the neck. Of course Yehi is licking his chops like he found another connect 4 victim. One of the main story points was Yehi working over Henry's neck. A great moment full of drama was when Yehi had the Koji Clutch on and Henry made the rope. Another really smart aspect of the match was Yehi stomping on Henry's hands. This caused Henry to use a more kick based offense. This also limited his grappling, and submission work. Finally, the stretch run was brilliant with Henry using revenge spots on Yehi aiming at fucking up Yehi's neck. Great stuff.

I really enjoyed the teases of the taped fists early. Finally Brooks gets some in. In makes perfect sense the early lock up. Both guys are getting the taped fist gimmick . It's a taped fist match. The gimmick dictates punches , and that's what we're getting. Hercules working the cut. Finally Brooks starts to eat the cage. 2/12*

Dibiase vs OMG I'm a fan of both these guys. This is no DQ. Dibiase has the glove. OMG with the chain. Ted cut that great promo leading to this. OMG with a cheapshot. He takes Teddy outside and begins to beat on him. Teddy makes a comeback and hurts gang. We're getting a lot of back and forth with neither getting the advantage. Akbar enters the fray and posts Teddy. Gang waffles Ted with a chair. Gang has been working over Ted for the past few minutes. A nice KOTM spots by the gang. Ted is busted open and working the cut. Ted fires up, but is cut off. Love the spot Matt D talks about with the blood wiping. Gang has been great here. A missed splash sets up a Ted comeback, but he's lost to much blood. In an act of desperation he uses the chair and starts his comeback. This is one hell of a brawl. The crowd is feeling a title change. The ref bumps were a little over board. Loved the finish though. This was super heated. Both guys looked great. Babyface Ted ruled, and OMG was a human wrecking ball. 3 1/2*

I'm a fan of both these guys. This is no DQ. Dibiase has the glove. OMG with the chain. Ted cut that great promo leading to this. OMG with a cheapshot. He takes Teddy outside and begins to beat on him. Teddy makes a comeback and hurts gang. We're getting a lot of back and forth with neither getting the advantage. Akbar enters the fray and posts Teddy. Gang waffles Ted with a chair. Gang has been working over Ted for the past few minutes. A nice KOTM spots by the gang. Ted is busted open and working the cut. Ted fires up, but is cut off. Love the spot Matt D talks about with the blood wiping. Gang has been great here. A missed splash sets up a Ted comeback, but he's lost to much blood. In an act of desperation he uses the chair and starts his comeback. This is one hell of a brawl. The crowd is feeling a title change. The ref bumps were a little over board. Loved the finish though. This was super heated. Both guys looked great. Babyface Ted ruled, and OMG was a human wrecking ball. 3 1/2*

Promos from 7/20/84 Landell and Wrestling 3 promo PYT's rebuttal promo. Doc promo-Another stinker of his, but better than normal. Taylor promo- solid promo, but lacking spark Fantastics/Duggan promo- good stuff. Duggan is such a fun promo. Cornette promo-The gold standard, man you want to see Duggan get Corny. Reed promo-Reed's promo was great. Dog isn't housebroken, and Butch Reed is the dog catcher. This was a great promo. JYD promo Good promo, but Reed's blew it away. Ladd promo-Of course this is silky smooth. Great job of putting himself and his opponent over. Magnum TA a really good walking tall promo.

Sting/Gilbert vs Gary Young/Jeff Gaylord 20 plus minutes here. Sting starting to get some cheers here. Gilbert taking his time early. The dive and miss is a great opening spot by Gilbert. It really needed a Gary Young strut though to put an exclamation point on it. We get some chain wrestling early, and Young establishes he isn't going to be pushed around. Young with some really deep arm drags. Eddie really milking it and just working.Eddie is much fun stooging away. The exaggerated bump on a stomp to the face was just glorious. Now he's begging off to Gaylord. Sting in and it's the muscles turn. Both Sting and Eddie do a great job building to both guys taking the shoulder block bump. The crowd went nuts for it. Eddie with a great distraction spot that allows Sting to toss Gary over the top rope. This sets up the heat, and Sting looks to be softening up Gary's back. Eddie gets a cheap shot in. The cheap shots behind the refs back gets tons of heat. This gets to rally behind Gary like he's Tommy Rogers. Eddie in and takes over working an adominal stretch. Again they toss Young over the top rope. Back into the abdominal stretch. Eddie gets cocky, and misses and elbow drop. In a great revenge spot Young tosses Eddie over the top rope. Young makes hot tag . Gaylord is a house of fire, but Sting is stronger and turns the tide. Eddie gets the 3 after Stings does the heavy lifting. Eddie Gilbert was incredible here. Young carried his end. Both Sting and Gaylord had their moments. This far exceeded my expectations. Show this match to show why Eddie Glibert is an incredible worker. 3 1/4*

20 plus minutes here. Sting starting to get some cheers here. Gilbert taking his time early. The dive and miss is a great opening spot by Gilbert. It really needed a Gary Young strut though to put an exclamation point on it. We get some chain wrestling early, and Young establishes he isn't going to be pushed around. Young with some really deep arm drags. Eddie really milking it and just working.Eddie is much fun stooging away. The exaggerated bump on a stomp to the face was just glorious. Now he's begging off to Gaylord. Sting in and it's the muscles turn. Both Sting and Eddie do a great job building to both guys taking the shoulder block bump. The crowd went nuts for it. Eddie with a great distraction spot that allows Sting to toss Gary over the top rope. This sets up the heat, and Sting looks to be softening up Gary's back. Eddie gets a cheap shot in. The cheap shots behind the refs back gets tons of heat. This gets to rally behind Gary like he's Tommy Rogers. Eddie in and takes over working an adominal stretch. Again they toss Young over the top rope. Back into the abdominal stretch. Eddie gets cocky, and misses and elbow drop. In a great revenge spot Young tosses Eddie over the top rope. Young makes hot tag . Gaylord is a house of fire, but Sting is stronger and turns the tide. Eddie gets the 3 after Stings does the heavy lifting. Eddie Gilbert was incredible here. Young carried his end. Both Sting and Gaylord had their moments. This far exceeded my expectations. Show this match to show why Eddie Glibert is an incredible worker. 3 1/4*

Some of these we have I think. IVAN KOLOFF vs. TONY ATLAS 9/5/80 SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM (shaved head) vs. TIGER CONWAY JR. ICHIBAN (with Gary Hart) vs. TIGER CONWAY JR. November 24, 1978

Gino vs Nick Kozak Gino is wearing the mask from a head shaving from Jose. A fan has an identical gimmick as Gino. That is the most incredible thing ever. Boesch putting over Kozak's wrecker service. Kozak after the mask, but Gino escapes to the outside. Kozak with an ankle pick and starts to work the leg. Loving how Kozak is charlie horsing the leg. Gino cuts him off , but Kozak is great at showing fire. Kozak after the mask again. Gino with an eyerake stops him cold. Love Gino wildly throwing punches and missing. Loving Kozak measuring those punches. They're brawling on the floor. Gino with the elbows from the mount. Big Russian leg sweep followed by a few elbow drops. Gino with the win. I loved this match in it's simplicity. The basic story is Kozak trying to rip the mask off Gino. He was constantly going for it. In Pat Patterson's book they really put over Kozak as a great babyface. He really showed it here. His selling was great, but what was his calling card was his fire, and getting the crowd behind him. Plus both guys were really good at playing to the cheap seats here. I hope we get next weeks Gino vs Jose match. Again just great story telling and making the most of the gimmick, plus the fan with the gimmick ruled. 3 1/4*

Gino is wearing the mask from a head shaving from Jose. A fan has an identical gimmick as Gino. That is the most incredible thing ever. Boesch putting over Kozak's wrecker service. Kozak after the mask, but Gino escapes to the outside. Kozak with an ankle pick and starts to work the leg. Loving how Kozak is charlie horsing the leg. Gino cuts him off , but Kozak is great at showing fire. Kozak after the mask again. Gino with an eyerake stops him cold. Love Gino wildly throwing punches and missing. Loving Kozak measuring those punches. They're brawling on the floor. Gino with the elbows from the mount. Big Russian leg sweep followed by a few elbow drops. Gino with the win. I loved this match in it's simplicity. The basic story is Kozak trying to rip the mask off Gino. He was constantly going for it. In Pat Patterson's book they really put over Kozak as a great babyface. He really showed it here. His selling was great, but what was his calling card was his fire, and getting the crowd behind him. Plus both guys were really good at playing to the cheap seats here. I hope we get next weeks Gino vs Jose match. Again just great story telling and making the most of the gimmick, plus the fan with the gimmick ruled. 3 1/4*