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I think I'm the only person who liked that match. I'll have to watch it again some day, but I thought it was pretty good the first time. I'm a big mark for heated atmosphere and MSG had a special kind of buzz that night, with many likely feeling they were going to see history and Bob come out of the match NWA champ. I thought the match was well-worked and dug the headlock spots. But I am an unabashed Backlund lover.

Pat Patterson was fucking awesome in 1979.

That was cool.

Thanks for the heads up Steve. Mooooooose! http://www.wwe.com/classics/intercontinent...overed-26102625

Yeah, Wolfpac Sting did look horrible.

I loved the Miz-Orton segment, and I usually dislike both guys. Dusty being rushed on a stretcher to the ambulance was a bit much.

New York Groove! Great choice for closing song.

Yeah, Miz is painfully bad now. Or at least it is tough to watch him wrestle with the crowd giving him go-away heat every match while he is visibly upset about it.

Chico: And then he writes this, just to remind me why I can't stand him (even though he's still on my Facebook ):

Dylan and Dave pimped this on their Andre podcast and it really is a sight to see. 1972 Andre was 26, somewhat slim, athletic, and a decent heel to boot. The match is long, but pretty damn good and worth the time investment. Strong Kobayashi holds up his end and is guy I've been impressed with between this match and a 1974 match with Inoki that was maybe the best Inoki match I've ever seen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOOyxdEHZKU...FB&index=20

Yeah, I'm not sure how big of a wrestling fan Letterman is/was, but back in the 80s on his Late Night show on NBC he seemed to have several wrestling guests. Killer Kowalski for one ( and ). Also Andre the Giant, Bobby Heenan, and probably others. Letterman grew up in Indianapolis and the story goes the nickname for his house band on the show, Paul Shaffer's "World's Most Dangerous Band" was a take-off of Dick the Bruiser's "World's Most Dangerous Man/Wrestler" moniker. Basically CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox would be the equivalent of BBC1 and ITV, the channels with the biggest audience and (excluding Fox) longest history.

Great show guys.

Anyone.

I was thinking the same thing.

"You screwed Bret Beard" Great sign.

My instant thought was Greg Valentine but I don't know his card placement for the bulk of his Mid Atlantic career. I'd actually argue Valentine is far more of a main eventer (at least in my mind) than Finlay or Morton Well, what is his Mid Atlantic run as a main eventer? I don't know. Just looking at Greensboro, Greg main evented often between 1976 and 1981, first in tags with Flair, then against Wahoo, more tags with Flair, then against Flair. By late-82 he was second from the top more often than not, so still pushed hard. He main evented early-84 against Dick Slater, although I believe that was a bit of a down period for the territory.

My impression is that Greg was a main eventer from around 76/77 to about 83, and arguably 84.

Jake v. Sylvester Ritter (future JYD) main evented late-70s Stampede, if that counts as being a "main eventer".

Tito Santana of course.

I think this sums it up pretty well. At times when I watch a Japanese match (or lucha, WWC, even WoS) I wish I knew more of the backstory of a match or feud, what the commentators are talking about, etc., but in the end, a good match is a good match no matter the language or culture, and I have never really felt "I didn't enjoy this match because I don't know the history or don't understand Japanese" or whatever. You just have to sit back and trust that the performers will tell the story in the ring.

I thought this Rockers/Rougeau bros match was great too.

Once you get past the polka dots and Sapphire, Dusty actually had a decent WWF run as far as being in pushed feuds with other top guys goes.