Ricky Jackson

Here's the awesome BBC doc on WoS I mentioned on the show.

Here is the Khan/Backlund match Parv mentioned. I really liked it too and would put it in Bob's top 10 from 79-81, which is high praise considering we've probably watched about 30 or so Backlund matches from that period over the course of Titans

Amazing story!

Just in case anyone is wondering if they missed something, Best of Titans of Wrestling Volume 2 has been released ("unofficially") before Volume 1. Hell, Volume 1 hasn't even been put together yet. Look for the official releases of both volumes in the coming weeks on PTBN. And yeah, Bruno was a fucking awesome promo. One of the best ever. The Bruno-Larry feud with the turn angle, promos and matches all together is epic.

First they were part of...Powerteam USA! Then the Bladerunners....um, yeah...

Fuck III, we'll get II Also, sweet work by my boys, Parv and Pete.

And Parv is 100% right. Sure, I hated Hogan in the 90s too. Pretty intensely at one point. But he earned his push and every bit of stardom and success that he received. He was part of a lot of shit and he was part of tons of great stuff. Rate him or don't, who cares. But he was one of the greatest ever.

Hogan is Elvis

24 years too soon?

Parv, Kidd is a legendary figure and as far as I know not a shred of footage of him wrestling exists (pre-70s guy) Edit: Well, there is this

I guess I'm out of the loop, because I'd never heard any Dunn teeth jokes until this thread started

Martel/Garea vs Moondogs 12/29/80 MSG is a hot match and well worth a watch if you can track it down. As a whole, tag wrestling from the era is extremely disappointing other than a few rare bright spots like that one

Hey, the full show is on Youtube in somewhat decent quality!

Never mind what I wrote in the Titans thread, the breakdown has already happened

I predict a complete Parv breakdown in 1982, around the time Strongbow returns and Kung-Fu Billy Graham debuts, give or take a few months

Warrior over Honky for the IC title totally made Warrior. Before, I thought he was cool, but he had been around for about a year and really wasn't doing much. After the win, the rocket was strapped and he became one of the focal points of the promotion IMO

I've been a wrestling fan for nearly 30 years and in many ways things have come full circle. When I was a kid I watched and enjoyed everything I could from WWF, Stampede, AWA, followed all the other territories through the mags, and appreciated wrestling history through the sparse access of the original Coliseum tapes and the history articles in the mags. I was into wrestling for the "wrestling", the overall package of angles, characters, matches, and all the silly shit too. By the early 90s I was a teenager, the territories were dead, WWF and WCW were struggling, and I had become a heel fan/"old wrestling is boring"/(sigh) workrate guy. This lasted, with ECW and tape buying later thrown into the mix, until I tapped out on wrestling in 01/02. When I returned around 05 I was still in the workrate mindset, but increasing exposure to old wrestling through dvds and youtube, mixed with reading a lot about wrestling history, meant that by 08 or 09 I was totally and completely obsessed with the territory years and was sampling all kinds of wrestling from the past. Now, with the Titans podcast, I've kind of returned to the days of my youth, when watching old MSG matches was one of my favorite wrestling pleasures. I've come to despise the workrate mindset, and look at my previous interest in it as youthful naivety, like going through a socialist phase in college or something. With each passing year I seem to hold less and less regard for tracking down "great matches" and just want to watch wrestling for the total package of the characters, the crowd, the announcing, the presentation, the crazy angles and promos, the good, bad and everything in between. I've also acquired a bunch of old wrestling mags recently! (scans, but still) Yep, I'm perfectly content in my bubble of history right now

I love reading about little details like this. If there was ever a movie about the life of Dick Murdoch, this would be the perfect final scene before the credits roll. Sums up his greatness as a performer wonderfully

Don't worry Kelly - I was watching it Friday evening. The teeth, the voice, Cornette's impressions - it had to be him! Actually, I was referring to Strummer's 1995 Raw reference in the post above mine and not your original post. It was a much greater display of geekery

I know we're all freakin' nerds around here, but I really hope you've seen that recently and don't actually remember that obscure fact from almost 20 years ago

Here's a playlist to complement what we discuss on the show. Umaga vs Kamala! Fuji Vice!!! Jason the Terrible vs the Zodiak!?!?!?! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV6RCTo_Cd0B5JJbzqB2slsxY_BB4vH_9

Parv summed it up well, this is one of the greatest tag teams ever. Totally underrated, because their singles career overshadows their tag run and because the bulk of their big matches happened outside of the USA.

RIP Ricki Starr http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/118-daily-updates/39202-legendary-ballet-dancer-turned-wrestler-ricki-starr-passes-away Interesting and unique performer, and I'd like to some day research him more. Not a ton of footage out there, but here is a match from the Chicago Archives:

Jesus, you can almost feel Haku's kick knock Harley's ass into retirement