Ricky Jackson

http://placetobenation.com/titans-of-wrestling-24-wwf-at-philadelphia-spectrum-december-1980/ In this very special episode, Pete, Johnny and Kelly pay tribute to two icons of wrestling… JerryvonKramer, aka “Parv”, aka The President of the I Hate Bob Backlund Club , aka “Spanky” and Kal Rudman: Everyone’s favorite drunk, pervy, wrestling commentator (pictured second from left, likely high as hell) On the docket: 12-13 Dominic DeNucci vs. Sgt. Slaughter 12-13 Larry Zbyszko vs. Tony Atlas 12-13 Rick Martel & Tony Garea vs. the Samoans Best 2 out of 3 Falls 12-13 Pedro Morales vs. Ernie Ladd 12-13 Bruno Sammartino vs. Ken Patera Also on tonight’s show: -Philadelphia: America’s #1 sports town in 1980! -Fantasy Booking #1: Super 8 (possibly Bob Crane in disguise) films Tony Atlas being walked on by a woman while Kal watches, smoking a cigarette, at the Holiday Inn across from the Spectrum -Fantasy Booking #2: Kal goes to Memphis and meets the Fabulous Ones -Visit Izzy Bernstein’s House of Blue Tights (with red trim)! -Extended discussion on everybody from Sgt Slaughter, DeNucci, Pete Rose, and Ernie Ladd, to Bill Watts, Greg “the Bull” Luzinski, and The Living Legend

Look out for it this week. Kalamania will be running wild!!!

Philly was late 77 September 17 to be exact

Snuka first did the cage leap in a match with Backlund at MSG (he missed), over a year before Snuka-Muraco.

Couldn't resist.

http://placetobenation.com/titans-of-wrestling-23-continental-wrestling/ Big thanks to Martin for once again joining us on the show. Join the Titans of Rasslin’ as they head to the Heart of Dixie for a look at 1980s Continental wrestling from Alabama! Parv is busy in Ireland, so Kelly assumes the hosting seat again, joined by Pete, Johnny and, making his triumphant return to the show, The Fifth Teen Titan Superstar Marty Sleeze (otherwise known as Martin), for a look at wild and bloody action from one of the more underrated territories of wrestling’s eclectic past. Listeners at home or on the road, follow along by watching the Continental playlist, exclusively found on the Anti-Network, Titans TV! On the docket: 1986 The Bullet vs The Nature Boy Ric Flair 1986 The Fuller’s vs The New Guinea Headhunters Cage Match 1987 The Return of Mr Olympia Saga 1988 The Dirty White Boy vs Dr Tom Prichard Feud Also on this episode: -A brief look at the history of pro wrestling in Alabama, 1950s-1980s -Gordon Solie utters the GLOAT (Greatest Line Of All Time) -Halloween Havoc 2012: He-Man vs The Banana--Dance Floor Death Match -Ron Fuller: the human tripod -Ranking the 80s Superbabes -A look at one of the most shocking and memorable angles of all time: “I’d like to talk to Tom”

It may drop before the clock strikes midnight (Pacific time anyway). Also, awesome pic of the Baron!

There is a 11/14/81 Stretcher match from Philly between Andre and Khan that I haven't watched yet.

"They tried to keep me from rappin'!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl9wTfWg6ls&index=9&list=PLV6RCTo_Cd0Be2RHFk5kKQfMO_10J579E

I would suggest keep going goc, based on what I have seen coming up with the Stubbs face turn into Mr. Olympia and his feud with DWB. Or at least watch the footage from the Titans playlist. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV6RCTo_Cd0AwTyy2Cjfjxb6rcCeJ7Zlg&feature=mh_lolz Yet another blatant shill.

Great reviews in this thread, goc. Hope you don't mind a blatant shill.

Yeah, it was Dick Kroll. Love that clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=riZab8Z8E_M#t=105

Great stuff!

Pete, I hate to break it to you, but if you've seen 46 discs worth of Continental, you've see a ton of Continental. Really jazzed to watch this footage and do the pod because this is almost completely unexplored territory for me and it sounds like a lot of fun.

Now Mania is interesting.

For accuracy, it's a WWF match (they dropped the "Wide" around March 79). Terrible? Well, if you look at it as a match between two once proud performers who have been wrestling each other for 20 years and are now reduced to curtain jerking and jobbing every night, you'll find some beauty in it. Otherwise, yeah, it's crap.

The new and improved Titans hype video...now 33.3% less copyright infringey! Also, check out the playlist (put together by Pete) for the upcoming Titans #23--a special episode on Continental Wrestling from the 80s! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV6RCTo_Cd0AwTyy2Cjfjxb6rcCeJ7Zlg&feature=mh_lolz

I'm holding you to your pledge to eventually review DeNucci vs the Baron from 10/11/80 Spectrum, Matt.

Watching a ton of 79-80 WWF for Titans, and I'm only slightly exaggerating (or maybe not) when I say that I can count the number of conclusive finishes on one hand, not counting TV squashes of course. Most of the matches are at MSG and the Spectrum. And it doesn't really bother me. Clean finishes are overrated.

That is a good way of putting it. There were movez in the match, but not to the point where I felt there were too many movez. They were spaced out well, similar to the Shield vs Wyatts match IMO.

I really think Bryan is at a point where he can't become "just another face on the roster", unless they were to job him out to everybody, have him wrestle in the curtain jerker for every PPV and give him no angles month after month. I agree him winning the title would be a great way to end Mania, but I don't think it would be the end of the world if he doesn't.

Just watched Shield vs Wyatts and Zayn vs Cesaro last night and both were fantastic. Shield vs Wyatts in particular is bordering on all-time great IMO. And what a hot crowd for that one! Just a freakin awesome match. Things are very interesting right now. Fresh talent, tons of good and great matches, the whole crowd rebellion and Bryan thing going on, etc. I thought the last Raw was dull, but overall the positives far outweigh the negatives right now. And they haven't "screwed up" Bryan's push. Bryan is as over as anyone in the last decade. It really doesn't matter if he has the title. In fact, I think the best thing for him is the role of guy who keeps getting screwed over, because each injustice makes him more popular. He's actually better off without the title.

Thank you, Brad. I'm glad someone remembers my Kamata bio WHERE I MENTIONED HIM BEATING BABA FOR THE PWF TITLE. I remember Parv even remarking, "really, he beat Baba?" or something like that.