Ricky Jackson

I recommend starting here, Parv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyol8mc2wZk

Pretty sure the answer is no unfortunately

Greatest Ever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarrel_of_the_Ancients_and_the_Moderns

OOOOOOOOOH Yeaaaaaaaah!

Here's the Meltzer bio. Unfortunately it's full of those weird symbols due to some glitch or whatever: http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?showtopic=98264

I don't think Stu received a dime from Vince when he "sold" him the territory in 84. Vince essentially gave him Stampede back a year later when he decided he wasn't going to pay him anything. He still had TV and could run shows in Calgary and other towns anyway

But then we would be offending all the weak people. Can't have that in 2014

For me his greatness is perfectly captured in a match he had against Rick McGraw, June 1985 at MSG. He had already debuted on TV, but this was his first appearance at the most hallowed arena in wrestling. Within minutes he is so over as a heel that a fan throws a drink at him. He has the New York crowd that had never seen him before in the palm of his hand from start to finish. Amazing to watch.

Bruno was a great pro wrestler. I would compare him to John Wayne. Amazing charisma, amazing presence, and a great performer with a very strong emotional connection with his audience. But you won't find him on top 10 lists because he doesn't wow the critics with his versatility (workrate)

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

If you guys think this is bad, you better stay away from old Warner Brothers cartoons (not to mention endless classic movies and TV shows) lest you faint And Davis rules

Lou F'N Thesz http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/28693-lou-thesz-vs-buddy-rogers-012651/ http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/28773-lou-thesz-vs-verne-gagne-012552/ http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/28688-lou-thesz-vs-ruffy-silverstein-031750/

I'll try to get started on the first batch of matches this week and offer my comments

See, I would take prime Piper over, say, prime Misawa any day of the week. But I thought something like Strongbow vs Fuji from 73 was a great match, so what do I know. Hmmm, speaking of Strongbow....

Savage is my #1. Flair probably #2, and then the list gets far less "serious" after that

Roddy Piper http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/19894-roddy-piper/?hl=%20roddy%20%20piper

Based on comments made by Russ Davis during the match, I'm going to guess that the Thesz-Gagne match from the Chicago footage is from 1/25/52. Not 100% sure. Wrestlingdata is far from being complete of course, but they list two Chicago Thesz-Gagne matches from the time period, both Broadways - 1/25/52 and 12/12/52. Davis on commentary implies this is the first time they have wrestled in Chicago, so that would suggest the former. Again, just a guess. Great match BTW

Great research Steve! I never knew the story of the MSG "brand" being used in other cities

Thanks for putting this together, Charles

That comment actually warranted a thread

It's cool footage. If anyone is interested, we discussed it on this episode of Titans devoted to St. Louis wrestling https://soundcloud.com/jerryvonkramer/titans-of-wrestling-11?in=jerryvonkramer/sets/titans-of-wrestling

Works for me

Totally down for this, Chad. Great idea

Martin, Once we hit January or so, let's do a mini joshi project or something. I'm game. I have never watched a Joshi match in my life and really ought to have by now. We can use yearbooks to help us in the 90s and I am sure there is a way to figure out the most famous 80s matches. Mind if I get in on this? I've never seen a full joshi match. It's my biggest blind spot.