Ricky Jackson

Verne was one of the bigger stars of the 50s, as US champ for Kohler in Chicago, which is often forgotten as he is usually just considered Mr. AWA.

Masters was a job guy in 1980 WWF who popped up about 6 or so episodes ago on Titans. Seems like he was a rising star for a bit, with a run in LA where he was pushed as well (dying territory, but still). Wrestled as late as 2010 in Jersey against Johnny's pal the Executioner.

Would love to have you as a guest on Titans, Matt. Maybe you could kill two birds with one stone and we'll do a WoS show. But a 1hr episode might be challenging considering we can't even get one under 2.

This may have been the worst card ever, but damn if this wasn't one of the best WTBBP's ever. Loved the commentary during the descent into pure Wrestlecrap as things just got worse and worse, capped off by Chad cutting a fired up promo on the Black Scorpion magic show. The struggle to name a Billy Graham winner because there were too many candidates was also hilarious.

There is a bio of Yukon Eric in Johnson and Oliver's Heroes & Icons book, where he was ranked #25 all-time. He is also discussed in Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screwjobs (in the Kowalski bio section).

Here's a visual aid for the old PNW belt mentioned several times on the show.

Here is a playlist including all the matches and promos discussed on the show. Enjoy:

http://placetobenation.com/titans-of-wrest...land-1980-1981/ Big thanks to Pete and Martin for joining me on this show. Join us as the Titans journey to the wilds of the Pacific Northwest for another look at Portland Wrestling, this time from 1980/81. Kelly assumes the hosting seat, and he is joined by Lead Anaylst Pete and young superstar Martin (Superstar Sleeze, aka "Marty Sleeze") for a fun and insightful exploration of what was once one of the most exciting territories in the NWA. On the docket tonight: 4-26-80 Buddy Rose vs Rick Martel 6-14-80 Battle Royal 8-2-80 Roddy Piper & Rick Martel vs Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskowski 8-9-80 Buddy Rose vs Rick Martel No DQ 8-16-80 Roddy Piper vs Igor Volkoff 5-1-81 Buddy Rose vs Jay Youngblood Also on tonight's show: -Rick Martel: Drawing the ladies to the Portland Sports Arena -"Dandy" Sandy Barr -Opinions on Frank Bonnema as an announcer -A celebration of the greatness of the Buddy Rose vs Rick Martel series - A show-ending discussion on 1980 Portland vs 1980 WWF

Nope. No "Televised on the MSG Network - featured Vince McMahon on commentary" line before the result of the card on History of WWE, nor do I know of any of these matches being out there. The Hogan-Tito match you're thinking of is the rematch from 3/24/80. Untelevised cards weren't unusual back in the 70s and early 80s. Several MSG cards per year were untelevised for whatever reason. Too bad about this one, because the Bob-Ken match may have been good, and I believe this was also Tommy Rich's one and only appearance at MSG.

I didn't get around to mentioning this on the show, but Tor and Abby teamed in Japan quite often. I haven't watched this, but here is a match with them as a team:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqBIUTzQQc Also, look out for my amazing personal Kamata story on Titans #14. Edit: Beat me to it, Muracofan.

Fantastic!

Yeah. It's one of most surprising wild brawls I've ever stumbled upon. But that's how DeNucci rolled.

*clears throat* Also a bio on this guy:

Awesome info as always El Boricua!

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.