Ricky Jackson

RIP They just mentioned his death on CBC2 here in Vancouver and played a clip of him cutting a promo. Unfortunately his pro wrestling career was pretty much summed up as "he wrestled for the WWF in the 1980s". They also claimed he was in 13,000 "fights" during his career.

Yeah, 7/30/79. One of Backlund's greatest matches. We discussed it on this show:http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?showtopic=21025

Just read this. I don't think it has been mentioned yet. It's from the book The Bad Guys Won by Jeff Pearlman, about the 1986 New York Mets. On page 63 is the following quote: "Up until the early to mid-80s, Cardinals versus the Mets was no more of a rivarly than Hulk Hogan versus Molly Ringwald."

I'm at a point in my life where Andre vs Buddy in 81 is a dream match. That sucks.

Let's just say there were numerous recording problems during the first hour.

Thanks for pointing this out. Duly noted and will be fixed the next time I host a show.

1974 promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANKDVFxkbo

Great comments Kevin. Thanks.

http://placetobenation.com/titans-of-wrest...ouis-wrestling/ Join us as the Titans pause their ongoing journey through 1980 WWF to explore the world of classic St. Louis wrestling and the iconic Wrestling at the Chase TV show! Kelly assumes the hosting duties, and he is joined by Parv (for the first time in a non-hosting capacity) and lead analyst Pete for an interesting look at wrestling from what was known as the "crown jewel" city of the NWA. On the docket tonight: 1962 Footage from the original Wrestling at the Chase show hosted by Joe Garagiola, featuring: -JOHNNY VALENTINE vs BILL FRAZIER -PAT O'CONNOR vs LORENZO PARENTE 1979 A feature on the "Giants of Wrestling"--Andre the Giant and King Kong Brody 1979 Two interviews with King Kong Brody 1979 DICK MURDOCH vs PAT O'CONNOR Missouri State Title match 1979 A look at NWA World champion Harley Race from around the world 1978 HARLEY RACE & BULLDOG BOB BROWN vs TED DIBIASE & PAUL ORNDORFF (JIP) 1979 Highlights of the Dick Murdoch/Kevin Von Erich feud, featuring: -DICK MURDOCH & BULLDOG BOB BROWN vs GENE KINISKI & KEVIN VON ERICH -DICK MURDOCH vs KEVIN VON ERICH 1979 HARLEY RACE vs DAVID VON ERICH & FRITZ VON ERICH Special 30-minute Gauntlet Challenge Also on tonight's show: -A brief look at the history of St. Louis wrestling, featuring an extended discussion of the "philosophy" of St. Louis wrestling -The interesting career of Joe Garagiola (that's a mouthful) -The pros and cons of Larry Matysik -"Grandma St. Louis"! -Thoughts on Brody, Race, DiBiase, Kiniski, Brown, Murdoch, Valentine, and O'Connor, as well as extended analysis of the Von Erich's by Pete.

I'm just a perfectionist.

Editing the upcoming Titans St Louis Wrestling special (cheap plug...but watch out for it Tuesday fans!) actually wasn't that bad. I had three days off, so I could take my time with it. Still, probably took about 8hrs total to edit over three days.

x a million.

Yeah, Honky was already a Ferris creation but I don't know of any foootage of him using the gimmick prior to his WWF debut. Hercules was Hercules in Mid South, long before he hit the WWF. Koko Ware and George Steele weren't really that different from their pre-Rock N Wrestling personas. Ferris was doing the Honky gimmick ("Honky Tonk Wayne") in Stampede when I first started watching in the summer of 86. Can't find any Stampede footage online, but here is footage of him in All-Star Wrestling in Vancouver from probably around the same time:

Two different Mr. Clean/Mr. Kleen wrestlers from the 60s (not to be confused with Mr. Clean, aka the Grand Wizard, aka Ernie Roth). Also pictured in the second photo, Handy Andy, aka "Mini-Kleen". The Mr. Kleen in the second photo is named Ed Albers, and according to him, "There must have been 50..." guys working Mr. Clean gimmicks in the 60s.

Buddy Rose thread accidentally closed or something?

*Standing Ovation*

As far as I understand it part of the change was due to the fact that, around 1984 and the beginning of the Hogan-era, Vince essentially purged MSG of all the long-time front row fans who had been permanent ticket holders and made sure their seats were taken by yuppies and other young people in order to project the image on TV that the WWF was now "cool". That is not to say the long-time fans were banned from shows, but they were essentially "swept under the rug" in an effort to yuppify the fan base. But the main factor in the vibe change was that a lot of the long-time fans were simply turned off by the new WWF and slowly faded away, while young kids and their parents replaced them.

Thanks a lot for the kind words, Matt. Your work on Buddy and Portland has been fantastic.

What? I'm a big fan of DeNucci and I think this is a great action shot.

There is a dispute with his age. His birthdate was listed as 1936 in another place I looked. Either way, Dominic Motherfucking DeNucci. I posted a picture of Dominic from, I'm assuming, the last few years here: http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?showtopic=21025 Judge for yourself. (may as well listen to the show too if you haven't already )

2005: Dominic DeNucci (73 according to Wikipedia) vs Ivan Koloff (63) in a Russian Chain Match.

Jay Strongbow's leg in 79, which was basically a reprise of the Wahoo angle. Also led to perhaps the best matches of Strongbow's career.