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You bring the shovel, I'll pick the burial plot.

Those Reslo tapes have their moments. Every once in a while you get something from the States that never aired. But some of it is "eeek"-worthy, to be sure.

Bock had certain free agent privileges as AWA Champion because Verne trusted him completely. With the AWA schedule lighter than other areas, Bock would make time to travel down to the Mid Atlantic, Georgia, Hawaii, Stampede and other areas not commonly looked at as AWA-affiliated. Bock made cash and the AWA title got more exposure. Win-win. Without looking it up I'm guessing most of Bock's out-of-Territory matches took place in the summer. Just a guess, though. I remember seeing a result IIRC from Georgia with Bock defending against Adrian Adonis. I would KILL to find a tape of that one. There is part of a Bock title defense against Jim Brunzell on one of Cornette's garbage film discs, FWIW.

Damn...so do we!

FWIW, if something like this ever did seriously get going, I have most of the 70's Apter mags that I would look at contributing to the project as well.

There is an old one or two kicking around...I think one of the Central States documentaries has almost a full match in black and white of Geigel. Not sure if it's on youtube or not. Nothing stands out from my memory about him from when I saw the bout, so I'll say "meh" until I can watch it again.

I must say I've enjoyed this thread and the match reviews a lot and it's compelled me to seek out some of these on youtube when I have the chance. Kudos.

...and I like Backlund and most of the matches from his title reign. Solid stuff...but I do recognize that the flaws people point to when talking about why they didn't like him are real.

Backlund gets a lot of flack for his silly facial expressions (did he ever take a decent action photograph in the ring where he wasn't making some weird face?), his over-produced falling down and selling spots, and his weakness as an interview subject, and those were indeed quirks of his wrestling style. New York/WWWF fans ate it up though, which is what matters at the end of the day. They probably envisoned an alternative where Chief Jay Strongbow was the WWF Champion and embraced Backlund because of it.

***** (in honour of the thread as a whole)

When Dave does reviews of the restaurant he ate at, does he go off on a random tangent for several paragraphs in the middle of his review talking about another eating experience he or one of his other colleagues had at another restaurant?