Ricky Jackson

Thanks for all the love and hype brother!

Season 1 finale of FM, all about Canadian related cartoon productions from the 1960s!

My current love of comics is purely history/nostalgia based, specifically reading, collecting and studying comics from the Silver and Bronze Age, with some dips into other things (Love and Rockets, Mad and Mad inspired 50s comics), as well as an equally obsessive ongoing journey through classic newspaper strips, mostly pre-1950s. I like to keep aware of the current comics scene, and when I had Marvel Unlimited and DC Infinite I went through a bunch of stuff from the 2000s-early 2020s, mostly because of the convience of having everything at my fingertips, though I did really enjoy a lot of what I read. (Immortal Hulk, Hickman's and Fraction's FF, The Visions) As far as continuity goes, i fell in love with Marvel in the early 80s and the tightly organized Jim Shooter universe. Once we got into the 90s it became increasingly difficult for me to reconcile the current product with the story started in 1961. By the time the first Ultimate universe started I just gave up on caring about continuity completely. All this parallels my views on wrestling. Totally stopped caring deeply about the modern product circa 2000, and became increasingly obsessed with the past with each subsequent year. And comics history and appreciation totally replaced the same interest i had in wrestling as my top obsession in 2020. So I'm the opposite of you, Matt, my brain only has enough space left for wrestling these days. Anyway, just watch Fantasy Masterpieces, that will give you enough of a comics fix 😉

Thanks Duke!

I've talked and, to a lesser extent, written, about the DeNucci-Scicluna life parallels many times , and for years have been morbidly fascinated about watching all the matches on tape they had (mostly from 1980/81, including one at the 1980 Showdown at Shea-this one from Philly is probably the best). I remember watching the Philly match for the first time and suddenly being struck at the beautiful simplicity of this matchup. In a way it is pro wrestling at its most unpretentious, just two guys in trunks pretending to fight. Nothing more

New FM all about (mostly) 70s Wonder Woman!

He was part of Bruno's inner circle, so basically untouchable. Probably not a coincidence he was gone shortly after Sammartino left

I think you may be on to something. Another reason Wrestlingdata is superior

There are good DeNucci matches, believe it or not. One is from your time frame, 11/3/79 vs Hussein Arab, a crazy brawl from Allentown, but it is tough to find, only a clip of it is on YT. Outside of your purview is DeNucci & Victor Rivera vs the Blackjacks from 1975, also a crazy wild brawl, but also not on YT. But trust me, they're great!

One of my favorite match reviews on Titans of Wrestling Whole card. Also includes a great Backlund vs Larry Z match

Harley really shines in 1982-83 WCCW, first as the mini boss to Flair's final boss for Kerry, then when he comes back in 83 as NWA champ. Some of my fave Harley matches

I ranked Bruiser, his stuff with Baba in the 60s and 70s is particularly great

Ok, technically this may be "bad" match, but holy crap is this is an entertaining disaster

-** 1/4 sounds about right

Thanks Grimmas! Great work

Bob Backlund vs Swede Hanson from MSG 10/22/79 was the gold standard for crap Backlund matches back in the day. If you can find it, I'd be interested in your thoughts

Thanks once again for the thoughtful response dude!

Popeye cartoons of varying quality on the new FM!

27 of my top 100 left for me, 25 of my top 50, and 13 of my top 17

It was also the first time in the Georgia Dome, I believe, so the novelty was a big factor

Bruno! Bruno! Bruno!

Hey it was only a #2 vote for Lulu, they're not crazy or something

48 left for me. Good thing I finally got into old school Joshi in the last few years, otherwise my list would be totally busted. Ya know cuz I'm such old man desperately clinging to my territory heroes...

Mascaras, Brody and Inoki used to be dumped on pretty heavy around here, which was probably reflected in 2016 voting

If you're a big fan of the territories and WoS you may want to avoid looking