Ricky Jackson

We basically only do the after show awards when Parv remembers to bring it up

Lawler vs Dundee was on youtube but it's now blocked by WWE. How long have they had rights to Memphis footage? That's news to me

Ha...Parv you pretty much nailed it. In fact, Matt and I had a conversation on Facebook a few minutes ago where we pretty much explained ourselves exactly the same way. Yes, I'm "anti-workrate" in the sense that I feel that watching great matches as the be-all-and-end-all to be limiting. For me, so much greatness in wrestling comes from stupid bullshit like the TNT show or insane Kal Rudman commentary. I love professional wrestling, everything and anything that goes with it

I find it odd that you're arguing for a broader concept of the project when you have, by your own admission, made little effort to broaden your horizons beyond U.S./Canada. Yeah I knew someone would call me out for that the second I posted it. What can I say, I'm both anti-workrate centric and hopelessly pro US/Canadian wrestling. I'm probably not qualified to vote in a project such as this, but since I can, I will

Booking a bonus, unannounced main event like on this show was an old Watts trick that he used back in his Mid South days. He liked to advertise the fact that if you went to a Mid South show you got more than what you paid for

I'm totally with brain. I understand Greatest Wrestler Ever sounds a lot better than Greatest Worker Ever or Greatest In-ring Ever, but discounting promos, angles, historical importance, even drawing power, pretty much prevents this list from determining the greatest wrestler ever. I'm going to make a list. It's not going to include many non-American/Canadian workers, and I'm not trying to fill any gaps, watch a ton of footage of wrestlers I haven't seen, or try and come up with a formula for ranking wrestlers. Hopefully by 2026 we are, as a group, maybe a bit more open to looking at the overall package.

I'm a mix of streaming, torrents and comps. Whatever the situation dictates. First option is look for it online, last is buying a comp. Usually find what I need before going the latter route

Wasn't two years in a row Edit: which I thought was the original point. Never mind

There are plenty of 70s Bruno blow off matches on tape. Vs Arion, Waldo Von Erich, Volkoff, Patera, Koloff, Hansen. Not from the 60s of course. Plenty of non-blow off MSG footage of Bruno as well. And he didn't really wrestle on Saturday TV much

I have nothing against group watch and chats, just the one organized by that wannabe messiah who went nutty a few months back. Si what's his name

"I think you guys are doing the best job you possibly can with the material, spoofing it while still covering the historical elements where needed. Will give it a listen if you want your work picked apart, but honestly this was a blast to listen to from beginning to end and I really enjoyed it. I'd like a Hulkamania era house show or two covered." Thanks man. These are a blast to do and we want them to be entertaining to listen to. I'm sure we'll do some Hogan era shows, since there are a ton of them with a ton of God awful wrestling. We have a few ideas for future shows that we think will be fun

Since this is a new concept/experiment, any feedback from those who watched would be greatly appreciated

Something new and exciting for 2016---Mystery Titans Theatre*!!! Available only on YouTube. Watch along as Parv, Kelly and Johnny subject themselves to unimaginable wrestling horrors as they watch cards from yesteryear. You thought Heroes of Wrestling was bad? Ha! *Two out of three non-American hosts, so majority rules for spelling Pilot episode for those who missed it:

Yeah it was blocked almost immediately

Look out for the 2nd episode in a few hours. This time Parv, Kelly and Johnny look at the 12/19/77 MSG card. Is it worse than the 4/23/83 Cap Centre card? Watch along and you be the judge!

I'll see your fake Doink and raise you a fake Kimchee "Hey Doink, gain some weight"

The blood stoppage was a go-to Vince Sr finish, used as a way to get out of a match without having to give a disivive outcome and to prolong the series. Watching these matches years later, I agree it's one of the worst finishes, and I groan almost every time one happens. I'm sure even the fans of the time hated it. Basically it was a loophole that exploited the whole "the title can only change hands by pinfall or submission" rule

I don't think I have the disc with the match on it right now, but try giving shoe or JVK a pm

Yeah, 10/19 at MSG ends with the title held up. 11/23 is the rematch. Definitely watch the two together. They also have two in Philly, with the first bout being really good, and a rematch in a cage

The Broadway is divisive. I liked it a lot, but I've only seen it the once, about 6 or so years ago. I know Parv, one of my partners on the Titans of Wrestling podcast (mostly about Backlund era WWF) hated it. I really didn't like the finish to the March 79 match. Valentine returns to NYC in 1981 and the two of them have several classic matches during that run. 11/23/81 at MSG is my all-time favorite Backlund match

Backlund and Valentine had two matches at MSG in 79. 2/19 (a Broadway) and 3/26, the one on the recent youtube upload

Patterson vs Bob from 7/30/79 MSG is the real money match of that series. Anyone interested in this era should track that one down

Any potential Brainbuster champ to be wouldn't need to ask that question

There is no footage of Bruno vs Pedro, unfortunately