Ricky Jackson

Brilliant.

From recent history, I would put MITB 2011 and Extreme Rules 2012 ahead of Summerslam. But it was a very good show, I guess third best of the decade from what I've seen. Definitely one of the best Summerslams ever. Christian-Del Rio was a great match.

Great angle.

I had to look this up to be sure, but the match between LOD and the Harts was essentially taped as though it happened AFTER Mania VII, even though it was filmed on 3/12. The Harts came to the ring without the belts and weren't introduced as champs. The match was only shown on the Wrestlefest 91 tape, which wasn't released until after Mania VII.

Well, he's better as a heel. Both guys I mean.

Great match #2. (but damn, I really wanted Punk to win at the end)

Great match.

Yep, got the crowd back into it and Cody was really over.

I really wanted to like this, but it was basically just an angle that I guess leads to Kane joining the family. The steel steps spot was weak.

Listen to the show or this man's eyebrows will haunt your dreams forever... Also have to add this bit on Wild Bull from wiki because it is so awesome.

I think Savage pitched the idea of a program with Michaels in 93 to Vince but was shot down and relegated to announcer duty for most of the year. I like the idea of involving Randy's history with Sherri in a feud with Michaels. I think Mania IX is still the show I hate more than any other.

I like the idea of Savage/Roberts being blown-off properly in a cage. It should have happened. I love Savage/Flair from VIII, but both Hogan/Sid and Roberts/Taker sucked, so your fantasy scenerio probably would have been better. One issue is that Hogan was leaving after Mania to let the heat from the steriod scandal die down, so not sure if him winning the strap would have been realistic, but fuck it, who cares, it's a fantasy.

Great article.

Awesome! There is also this, probably from the same taping, a battle royal also billed by the uploader as Kiniski's final match. Good old B. Brown is in it too. And "Champagne" Gerry Morrow!!! And apparently Big Thunder wrestled 5 times during that taping.

Nah, Valentine in 79 looks like a baby compared to the years and years of 3 packs a day and God knows how much booze Greg from ten years later. My favorite Backlund/Valentine match is 11/23/81 for the held-up-in-NYC-only WWF title. Awesome crowd heat, and the fans go crazy after the match when Bob holds up his reclaimed belt for all four sides of the arena to a big pop each time. One of Bob's greatest moments as champ I think. I really liked the 1979 60-minute draw and the 1984 match as well. I must admit I wasn't blown away by the Inoki 78 draw. I think I went into it expecting a match of the 70s contender and was kinda let down. But I'm a guy who thought Bob's 1980 title vs title match with Race was really good, and I never really see that match receive much praise at all. Oh, and the Hogan matches from Philly are really good too, especially 5/10/80.

Ditto

No, because what made the feud special is that Bruno's protege, who had debuted 6-7 years prior and had always been a babyface, betrayed him and left him pool of his own blood, basically out of the sheer frustration of not being able to escape his massive shadow.

Yeah, Tatanka's return was random as fuck. What did he do during those 10 lost years? Did he work WCW during the Nitro era? I don't remember.