Ricky Jackson

Totally agree with @Matt D, it's just everything, all the bullshit, all together, that is just such a complete turn off. Like, so bad I don't see how I'll ever want to watch again bad. I was pretty done with WWE after NXT stopped being fun around the summer of 19 anyway, but the last two years seem to have been a bunch of nothing, even factoring in the pandemic crowd restrictions. I'm actively rooting for failure

They mostly get a pass because it's wrestling and most people see it as garbage not worth wasting a second of thought about. But fortunately for Vince and co., TV companies with a ton of $ to throw around love them

I think the most serious Hogan vs Tyson discussions happened in 1989. Don King wouldn't sign off on a match afaik

Ray Rougeau the latest former wrestler to be elected to office, as mayor of a town in Quebec https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-wednesday-edition-1.6244300/how-pro-wrestling-prepared-raymond-rougeau-to-be-a-quebec-town-mayor-1.6244302

Pain and Passion is an all-time great territory history book, and I'm not just saying that because I grew up in Calgary

Oh, I love old man Bruno too. It's just that the man himself didn't have the highest opinion of his output as it was happening. I get it, he was a lot older than the other wrestlers and felt a bit silly still going out there in trunks pretending to fight dudes

By his own admission, Bruno thought his mid 80s run was embarrassing by his high standards and he felt he wasn't giving the fans a quality performance. He really only worked because he was asked time and again to pop a house and he didnt want David to take any heat by association if he refused. Although he probably would've looked great for his age at 76-77 for a one off spot, his pride would've never allowed it to happen

As far as Bruno's speed in the ring goes, I watched this match recently and was struck by how fast he moved. This was 1987, Bruno was around 51 and would only have a handful of matches left. Watching a bunch of WWF from around this time, Bruno was arguably as quick as anyone in the territory. Faint praise perhaps considering some of the wrestlers in WWF at the time, but point is the guy could flat out go and wasn't just someone coasting on his popularity and relying on smoke and mirrors

And Angelo Mosca makes three for the day. I won't speak ill of the dead, as far as his wrestling talents go anyway. All time legend in Canadian pro football

That one bugged me so much when it happened, and I was only 10 years old! Also Hogan and Orndorff on the same team in the main event. Sometimes I think this company maybe doesn't respect the intelligence of its fans

Bobby Davis really is one of the great forgotten wrestling personalities of the 20th century

Did Danielson and Miro ever wrestle in WWE?

Slaughter's post-1985 career is usually held against him. He literally became a cartoon with the GI Joe partnership and wrestled sporadically for a dying AWA. Even something that could be looked at as a positive, the Mania headlining run against Hogan, is tainted because the Gulf War angle was derided by many at the time and looked at as a flop in the sense it couldn't move tickets for the LA Coliseum and may or may not have contributed to NBC dropping SNME. It seems like his killer 1980-84 run is seen as too short for HoF consideration

Sometimes this board needs the like function enabled

There is a famous (well, in our circles) Bret Hart vs Mr Perfect match from Wheeling in 1989

I believe the original awards were done before there was an official WON. I think the first issue of the WON was a 1982 yearbook/retrospective but I'm not 100% sure

There are "lost" Observers from the 80s? I was unaware of that

The NHL also has little to no appeal to a significant proportion of the US population. At least that's what we're told here in the Great White North

I know bubba really loves the Big Dog, but I don't know how some of you guys still hang in there every week. Nothing I read seems particularly interesting and the thought of six hours of WWE TV every week sounds like a stage of hell, as much fun as watching every game for a baseball team with a ton of money but that is 50 games out of first place and getting blown out almost every night

The original Japanese UWF was formed in early 84 based around Satoru Sayama (Tiger Mask) and included Maeda. From Wikipedia: "In early 1984, UWF President Hisashi Shinma brokered a deal with the World Wrestling Federation which resulted in a UWF/WWF working relationship. Through this working relationship, one of UWF's top stars Akira Maeda toured the United States with the WWF[1] and even won the promotion's International Heavyweight Championship.[2] The relationship ended on July 23, 1984 after President Shinma jumped from UWF to All Japan Pro Wrestling."

Definitely Snuka vs Valentine and the six man with Bobo Brazil

A couple of previously unaired in full MSG cards from 1984 dropped on Peacock today (3/25 and 5/21). I dont have the Network anymore but I'm under the impression a few matches that never aired are included? Specifically, Backlund vs Valentine from 3/25/84? If so, I'm curious if it's a banger like many of their other matches over the years

For all the fans out there, just saw an announcement for a new Astro City one shot coming out in March

Dodgers vs Giants should do big numbers but the other first round matchups aren't very interesting

Hopefully this is just part of the eventual heel turn (his weeks old baby is going to be traumatized by daddy playing heel on TV?) and not a sincere statement. I really wish modern wrestlers wouldn't discuss all the backstage stuff publicly as it's happening, but I know that's an old man opinion