Regarding a question brought up on the show, I believe Flair has claimed the reason his first NWA title win happened in KC was because Dusty didn't want to drop the strap in a city where he was a big draw, like St. Louis, Atlanta etc.
They showed matches from several territories on the show when it first started. Basically Vince wanted to get guys like JYD, Windham, etc over with his audience because he planned on snatching them up.
Not only are there two separate John Cena threads on the go (and I think there is a third, Jaaawn Cena, kicking around) but the last posts for each happened at exactly 12pm today. Creepy
A few reasons why I don't do star ratings...
1.Star ratings symbolize for me the whole opinion that the only thing about wrestling that matters is watching "great" matches with a high volume of work rate. That's a generalization of course but there is a Cult of the Great Match that exists where lot of great pro wrestling is simply discounted because it's not a four star or higher match
2. I'm too lazy to think about it and come up with a criteria for ratings
And I don't love everything, but I do like to talk about wrestling I love and not wrestling I hate, so it may seem that way I guess
But Baba himself had two quickie NWA title reigns. Likely, the real reason is that Dusty aligned himself with Inoki and New Japan at a time when the wrestling war in Japan was quite hot
If you haven't seen them before check out his WWWF promos from 77-78 on the Dusty WWE DVD immediately. If that Dusty turned up in WWE today he would be the most over guy on the roster within days of his debut
http://placetobenation.com/tag-teams-back-again-episode-6-special-edition-tommy-rogers-tribute/
Guest host Pete joins Marty for a salute to Tommy Rogers, who recently passed away. Rogers was one-half of the legendary Fantastics tag team with Bobby Fulton. Pete and Marty examine four matches from their canon, spanning multiple territories and countries.
The Fantastics vs Chavo and Hector Guerrero 10/12/84 Mid South
The Fantastics vs The Midnight Express 1/11/85 WCCW
The Fantastics vs Eddie Gilbert and Ron Simmons 12/7/88 WCW
The Fantastics vs Footloose 1/3/90 All-Japan
vs Footloose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_cyzdz8vXQ
vs Simmons/Gilbert
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuhjph_fantastics-vs-ron-simmons-and-eddie-gilbert_sport