Ricky Jackson

I know I enjoyed Garea vs George Steele from 6/27/77 MSG. It gets violent at the end. (and the follow up tags w. Zbyszko against Steele & Stasiak/Steele & Scicluna on the next two MSG shows are also quite good) Plenty of good/fun/whatever tags during Garea's long run at the top of that division. For a hidden gem, check out Garea & Steve Travis vs Johnny Rodz/Jose Estrada 2 out of 3 falls from 9/18/82 Spectrum

I had quite a few of the Essentials during the first wave in the late 90s, including the first 2 X Men volumes. Definitely my favorite X Men (I've never been a huge fan in my 40+ years of comic reading). I traded in a good chunk of my Essentials about 5 years ago when I did a big purge coinciding with subscribing to MU and thinking "well, if I want to read that stuff again, I'll just read it here". Thankfully I kept Conan, Dr. Strange vol 1, Howard the Duck and Defenders vol 2-3. These days I'm definitely on the lookout for cheap copies of Essentials, plus the equally wonderful Showcase Presents from DC

Definitely could make a decent comp of Strongbow's greatest hits that would be very entertaining. The Valentine feud is awesome. Lots of fun 70s matches with nuclear atmospheres. The early 80s Strongbow Bros tag feud with Fuji & Saito is shockingly good. And the heel match Matt refers to is very good. Vote for Jay!

Cool! Subscribed Can't remember if I've linked my channel since I added a bunch of playlists, mostly chronological wrestler spotlights https://m.youtube.com/@titanstv1979/playlists

He was fun as a wrestler for about 5 minutes in 1998. Everything after strongly contributed to killing my love for WWF/E

It's funny I was just talking with some American friends (shoutout @Superstar Sleeze, @Bigelow34) about how when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s i couldn't see Prime Time Wrestling or MSG shows on TV because they didn't air in Canada. Now everything WWE here is on Netflix. Everything. Be jealous Yanks (of course I have Netflix, but outside of the Rumble, I haven't watched anything. 10 year old me would be very confused lol)

Yeah, definitely one of the best comics I've read in the last 5 plus years. A masterpiece

Not that I watch a lot of Cornette videos, but i always found that art style obnoxious so no big loss

I think the 2036 vote (if such a thing happens) will see Ric back in the mix for a top spot, but 2026 feels like a "he finished 1st last time, so not too enthusiastic about pimping him this time" year (plus I think too much Nature Boy Behaving Badly in the media over the last decade has dented his reputation a bit)

He passed away on July 28. Probably a name most are unfamiliar with. He was originally from Martinique but wrestled a ton in Western Canada, eventually becoming a citizen, and he died in Calgary. When I started watching Stampede in 1986 he was there as a babyface, and had been a fixture in the territory since the 70s. He turned heel in early 1987, shocking 9 year old me. As a heel he became "Champagne" Gerry Morrow, and his promos, if you can find them, are hilarious, as he brags about his lavish lifestyle filled with money and, of course, plenty of champagne

I really soured on the human in recent years, to the point I had pretty much zero interest in watching any of his classic stuff, but at his peak the whole Hogan Wrestling Experience was a real fun ride

This Thursday, Piper vs Buzz Sawyer in a dog collar match!

Thanks for the thoughtful response @The Thread Killer!

It's an amazing match, but it was originally on a CHV tape and has been on YT in the past