Ricky Jackson

Vancouver territory sucked pretty hard in the 80s

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

Thanks for the praise man. The next show will finally conclude 1981 and then the plan is to plow through 82

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

Is that enough to get a blurb in your column this week? ☺

Haha. ..yeah I've done that twice now. I've never claimed to be a genius, just a wrestling genius

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

Think of it as an hour long Dick and Kal match and it will much more enjoyable

Actually I think that run with Graham in the AWA happened after his Florida turn but not long after, maybe 6 months.

Horrible loss for wrestling. One of the greatest ever. RIP

It's called "phoning it in"

Seconded

This is the French Angel from the footage http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=6269&page=20

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

Money's in the chase to beat the best

Touring NWA champ baby

Superdome

Better brush up on those old Observers, only one more week...

Omni Maple Leaf Gardens Cow Palace Olympic in LA Montreal Forum Greensboro Coliseum

Also, see you on Brainbuster. I don't plan on my run coming to an end any time soon though

Haha...I'm now picturing Magee as this underappreciated talent that only the French "get"

Re: Bret learning the sharpshooter from Konnan, I believe it was right after Mania VII when Konnan happened to be at a show or two wrestling dark matches and before he wrestled with the Max Moon gimmick

Michaels losing to Razor at Mania X. Granted it was because of all the unique spots he did with the ladder, but he was probably the hottest wrestler in North America coming out of that match

The plan is to look at both cage matches and about three other bouts