Ricky Jackson

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.

60% of the vote.

Listening to the Apter interview and I am really not impressed with Cubeta's interview approach and degree of knowledge here. Firstly, he has Apter on, but instead of asking him unique questions about the wrestling magazine business, he goes on and on about the Monday Night Wars era and whether or not WCW could have won the war, and what if this and what if that, blah, blah, blah. Second, he wonders why current WWE PPVs do not approach the record % number of Mania III, seemingly ignorant of the drawing power of Hogan/Andre and what an intriguing match that was to the public, as well as assuming all things are equal when comparing any two PPVs from different eras. Oh, and here comes some "Flair really wasn't that great in the 80s" type talk. Basically this is a conversation he could have had with any wrestling fan with a decent amount of historical knowledge and totally wastes Apter as a guest. Edit: The last 10-15 minutes of the interview finally get around to Apter stories about 70s promotions and the magazines, but the first 50 or so minutes are skippable IMO.

Someone should see if Rip Rogers is up for a podcast, or even an invite to PWO or something. He's all over YouTube commenting on old school matches like these.

Not sure, but I want to say something involving JYD and Flair perhaps? How about this Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic runner-up in 1992: ?

Oh yes.

Great face turn promo from Ole.

Matt fucking D!

Yep, I watched Backlund/Patterson 7/30/79 last night and it is an awesome match.

Actually, I just thought of a soccer analogy for the CFL for Parv. The CFL is basically MLS to the NFL's Premier League. Also, if anyone cares, Lex Luger played for the Montreal Alouettes (at the age of 19) and Ron Simmons for the Ottawa Rough Riders (not to be confused with the Saskatchewan Roughriders), not the BC Lions.

I had a fantastic time again. I'm having as much fun watching the crowds as the matches. Great stuff.

I still don't know what "twerking" is. And please, John or whoever, no links or pictures to englighten me. I actually like being old and ignorant of stupid kid stuff.

Hogan really resembles his mother.

Based on my observations of wrestling fans who hate Cena... A lot of the hate is due to his being the symbol of the current era that "sucks" for many fans, who think it was "better" circa 1997-2004, pre-Cena. Another reason is a lot of dudes hated the "white rapper" persona of early Cena and have never changed their opinion of him.

Oh yeah, I'm watching this bad boy tonight!