Ricky Jackson

Bruno vs Waldo Von Erich 6/16/75 MSG. The dictionary definition of "Over"

Watching some 1975 WWWF for fun because I'm the only one who can still stomach it (#bringbackTitans75) and came across this marvelous Vince blazer, complete with what appears to be a custom made "WWWF" crest.

I miss kayfabe sometimes

Please stop ending words wth z

Reading around, it seems the consensus is if Kidd does come back it won't be for at least a year

In 84 Hogan was still working New Japan a lot. Early 85 too I think. Also, at first Vince believed Hogan was more of a special attraction that shouldn't be booked every month. Vince was also expanding into new areas, so Hogan was also occupied in a way Bob or Bruno never were

We always say you don't have to be a fan or knowledgeable of the era to appreciate Titans. It's basically a show about being a wrestling fan more than anything PS. Skip episode 1☺

Sasha vs Charlotte on the latest NXT was fucking great. It has a really awesome finishing sequence, and including the post-match this whole thing got over the importance of a championship better than anything WWE has done in years.

Brock's basically a babyface, so it would make no sense to book him against Taker anyway

Just run Taker vs Sting and let the chips fall where they may. It's still a dream match on paper even if it may be a trainwreck in execution. Don't really want to see Taker getting his win back from Brock, although that match may be the most intiguing business wise.

The list of potential shows we have at one point discussed is quite long. I'm still disappointed we never got Johnny's epic Jimmy Valiant vs Paul Jones feud special episode

Bruno has a three match series with Spiros Arion at MSG in 1975 that perfectly captures his overness and mass appeal in NYC. They may not be mat classics in the workrate sense but they are great pro wrestling

My thoughts exactly

His "serious" approach to WWF wrestling coming after years of Saturday cartoon was a major breath of fresh air at the time

I still maintain you're just changing the names in the "made up" headlines

I take it to mean a PPV that was a total waste of time and its removal from history wouldn't make one bit of difference to overall wrestling history. Any number of WWE shows from 2003 - present would qualify. As would 90% of TNA's back catalog.

Yeah, that was kinda weird. I remember they had a chain match that was shown on TV but I have never been able to find it online. It was from Stampede's annual summer show at the larger Corral

Yeah, I don't get that one either.

I don't know, I've watched a fair amount of Dream Team recently, and Beefcake on average only wrestles 25% percent of the match while Hammer does all the heavy lifting

Haha...pretty much

I would argue the no holds barred stip was more to ensure a decisive winner because the belt was held up and not because this was a blood feud, though there was no love lost between the two, if that makes sense

WWF in Calgary, January 1989. Not sure of the exact date or complete card because last I checked it wasn't listed on Cawthon's site. Main event was Savage vs Bad News Brown. Only other match I remember for sure is Demolition vs Powers of Pain

I think it's about time I start posting about the matches we've seen on Titans. Hopefully somewhat regularly. We'll see. Anyway, this is an awesome, awesome match. Arguably Backlund's career best match IMO and a top 10 Valentine match. No holds barred war coming off a previous match at MSG that ended with the WWF belt held up because the dazed ref thought Valentine pinned Bob, when actually Bob pinned Valentine. But they were both wearing black trunks, you see. OK, not the greatest finish ever, but it's a really good match otherwise. This encounter rules though. Backlund comes to the ring pissed off as all hell and jumps Valentine before the bell, who is strutting around like a peacock with the belt he did not earn around his waist. What follows is a back and forth struggle with both men working over each others leg in a race to see who can apply the figure four first. Great stuff. Backlund prevails with a sweet German suplex and the Garden comes unglued, with fans jumping up and down in pure joy, hugging strangers. Backlund's win basically brings peace to NYC after the dark days of the 70s. Watch this immediately

That's fantastic

I really don't see how being booked against Bruno, Dusty, Mascaras and Strongbow weren't strong money drawing positions. Each one DREW HUGE MONEY in the territory. It's like people are choosing to focus on his matches against Garea and Larry Z and ignoring all the sellouts he drew month after month after month in the Northeast against huge stars.