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2014 RVD = 1979 Chief Jay Strongbow, without the Valentine feud I thought the Bryan-Steph-Brie segment was great
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Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 3
Ricky Jackson replied to Loss's topic in Megathread archive
My guess is that, during a period when they were losing the promotional war, they scheduled their PPV's so that they would take place before WCW's in a desperate attempt to sway the buyer who only purchased one show a month -
Titans of Wrestling #0: A Titans Primer
Ricky Jackson replied to JerryvonKramer's topic in Publications and Podcasts
Still doing 1981. #27 will be the first 1975 show, #28 will be the first 1981. The plan right now is to do a 1975-1981-Special-1981-repeat rotation for the future Here's a preview of #28. May be a two-part show if we look at all the matches WWF (Spectrum, Philadelphia, 2/14/81) 1) Bulldog Brower vs Angelo Gomez 2) Larry Sharpe vs Steve King 3) The Great Yatsu vs Frank Savage 4) Hulk Hogan vs Dominic Denucci 5) Pedro Morales vs Stan Hansen 6) Killer Khan vs Rick McGraw 7) Sgt. Slaughter vs Bob Backlund 8) The Hangman vs Johnny Rodz 9) SD Jones vs Baron Mikel Scicluna 10) Tony Garea & Rick Martel vs Moondogs (Texas Death match) -
Could only find these three instances for All Japan in 1972 where he teamed with Terry and Dory: Bruno Sammartino and Terry Funk defeated Giant Baba and Thunder Sugiyama by countout (29:47 minutes) by 2 falls to 1 Bruno Sammartino and Terry Funk defeated Giant Baba and Masio Koma (25:08 minutes) by 2 falls to 1 Giant Baba and Motoshi Okuma defeated Bruno Sammartino and Dory Funk by disqualification (15:12 minutes) by 2 falls to 1
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Titans of Wrestling #0: A Titans Primer
Ricky Jackson replied to JerryvonKramer's topic in Publications and Podcasts
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Titans of Wrestling #0: A Titans Primer
Ricky Jackson replied to JerryvonKramer's topic in Publications and Podcasts
Poster to attract potential investors... -
Titans of Wrestling #0: A Titans Primer
Ricky Jackson replied to JerryvonKramer's topic in Publications and Podcasts
I'm starting a doc fund. $18 so far. -
Titans summer preview...
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Excellent piece. Wrestling writing at its finest
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And DeNucci/Rivera vs the Blackjacks from 6/4/75 is a fucking awesome brawl involving chairs, the wooden steps and Albano dishing out ball shots.
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Just watched Greg Valentine vs Jay Strongbow in a Strap Match from Philly 8/18/79 and it is a nice little bloody brawl.
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One of the best near fall kick outs I've seen recently is from Backlund vs Killer Khan, 12/29/80 MSG. During the match (a very good one BTW), Bob kicks out at 2.9 after Khan hits him with a knee off the top rope. A few things made this kick out special. One, for long time WWF fans at the time, the knee off the top would have brought back memories of Bruno losing to Koloff to the same move, and the crowd reflects this, as there is a hush after Khan hits the move and then an audible gasp when Bob kicks out. Second, watching a ton of Bob for Titans, it is no exaggeration to say this was the closest near fall anyone had got on him in at least two years. In fact, Bob would rarely even give up a two count to anyone ever, so it was shocking for Khan to get a 2.9.
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The Dream Match that was a nightmare
Ricky Jackson replied to flyonthewall2983's topic in Pro Wrestling
I didn't see it until years after it happened, but I really enjoyed Hogan-Michaels as a bizarre spectacle. -
After his last date for WWF in 1981 (2/7 in Boston) Larry essentially vanishes for two years. Wrestlingdata.com has the intriguing match of Larry Z and Bobby Heenan vs Tsuruta and Tenryu on 7/4/81, and it looks like he spent the month of July touring All Japan. 1982 has five results for the short-lived Northeast based, and I believe Bruno-backed, IWF promotion (two matches against Dominic...yeah!) and a tour of All Japan in October. By March 83 he is in Georgia (he famously buys the National title from Killer Tim Brooks, see below) and he stays until April 84. By 3/25/84 he is in the AWA.
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Where the Big Boys Play #61 - Wrestlewar 91
Ricky Jackson replied to JerryvonKramer's topic in Publications and Podcasts
I dunno, Owens kinda resembles a young Hulk -
#1 trend worldwide is Little Johnny
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Bray Wyatt is the new early-90s Undertaker
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Don't worry folks, Daniel Bryan is still a main eventer