Ricky Jackson

Of all the goddamn wrestlers I could share a birthday with (also Matt Borne and Greg Gagne)

Episode 97 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-97-parade-of-champions-may-6-1984-pt-1 May 6, 1984 (Yeah, we skipped 9 episodes. It's called "phoning it in at the end") One last supercard for the boys to review, and it's the biggest supercard in the history of the territory. 32,000 + were on hand in Texas Stadium on a boiling hot day. Part 1 looks at... -Chris Adams/Sunshine vs Jimmy Garvin/Precious -Butch Reed vs Chick Donovan -Kamala vs The Great Kabuki -JYD vs Missing Link Join us next week for part 2, featuring perhaps the biggest match in Texas history!

Ha, that never once occurred to me, and I grew up a huge Bret fan in 90s Calgary! I always thought it was a reference to Calgary's Old West cowboy roots/identity

That was awful. I totally dont remember that at all. What was the context of the promo?

Hey, props to them for respecting continuity from that obscure and forgotten Facebook show they did a few years back

The headline of that article is the very definition of misleading and Ross should be pissed at them for stirring up drama. Ross just questioned Taz standing in front of Cage during promos, and that Cage needs to show more personality, not that Cage "doesn't need Taz"

That's a good question and one I've wondered for a while. There is a decent amount from the 83-84 heyday out there, and probably beyond, but I'm far less familiar with the late 80s era. I'm not sure if any has ever turned up on the Network. Probably a good chance the promotion never had the tapes to the Ft Worth shows, just the Sportatorium, but who knows

And it's funny (and typical revisionist history WWE) that the main roster debut of Becky, Charlotte and Sasha is being celebrated as a milestone because I recall it being pretty underwhelming and the first few months being bungled with forced stables with stupid sounding names

Episode 96 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-96-high-school-spot-show-january-12-1984 January 12, 1984 A random handheld from a high school show in Greenville, TX highlights the first of the Final Five episodes, as the boys countdown to the series finale with #100! The matches are nothing special and we've seen them a million times anyway, but the crowd is absolutely crazy and this is a great snapshot of a territory at its zenith. Enjoy!

Jesus, that's like Andre standing on a crate being interviewed by Vince Jr in the 70s

Welcome aboard! From a pure ego perspective it always makes me feel good hearing about someone enjoying Titans and other podcasts I've been involved with over the years. I'm feeling nostalgic because we're wrapping World Cast up with #100 and I'm stepping back from podcasts other than an occasional show here and there. Yesterday I was reminiscing about Titans. Anyway, glad we were able to steer you to PWO

Bolsonaro has covid, to pay off @KawadaSmile long term booking

https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/international-house-of-combat-9-mexico Kelly and Steve head to the land of Lucha for a look at some of Mexico's oldest known wrestling footage AND one of the bloodiest matches you'll ever see! Viewed and commented upon... Rene Guajardo y Espanto Segundo vs Black Shadow y Rolando Vera (1966) & Trauma I vs Canis Lupis, Mascara contra Mascara (2016) The mask vs mask match is a crazy, bloody brawl with a surprise twist at the very end of the video. Watch along here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV6RCTo_Cd0Bo314nxGlwPp-IfC14LctC

Plan on starting Hickman's Fantastic Four run soon. It's going to be my starting point for exploring the 2010s

No plans as of now, but I'm sure we will get together for occasional special releases. I do have tons of ideas for future projects, but it all depends on being motivated. Having lost a lot of enthusiasm for wrestling doesn't help

I chose "Heaven" by the Talking Heads for a few reasons, one being the title suggests "Heaven Needed a Champion" and its relation to David. The version I used is from the film Stop Making Sense, which was released in 1984. But it's mainly a personal song, one I envisioned as the final song on the last episode of Titans (symmetry with episode 0, which used "Road to Nowhere" by the Talking Heads). Since we are wrapping things up soon, I wanted to use "Heaven" as an outro, and this seemed as good a spot as any for it

Episode 95 (I fixed the numbering in the archive, so nobody missed anything) https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-95-rest-in-peace-david/s-qCUHKn66t59 March 3, 1984 Under the dark clouds of June, 2020, the boys get together to talk about an awful WCCW tribute show for David Von Erich and, more importantly, salute a great professional wrestler

Hope you're right but everything always seems to come up Vince no matter how horrible WWE is

Sad thing is everyone has probably long ago signed waivers absolving WWE of any responsibility and they can do whatever the fuck they want. They have the governor in their back pocket too

Yeah, My Marvelous Year is one. Others I've been listening to... The Epic Marvel Podcast: been listening to this one since the start. Each episode looks at a different Marvel Epic collection, which generally reprint runs that haven't been reprinted a ton (or at all) over the years, such as Englehart and Brunner's Dr. Strange, the "drunk Tony Stark" Iron Man, late-60s/early 70s Hulk, Master of Kung Fu, etc. Tons of episodes The Comics Canon: good show that looks at a different classic comic book each ep, ranging from Marvel and DC superheroes to indie titles and everything in between Into the Weird: just started this one a few weeks ago. Alternates between looking at 70s Dr Strange and other " weird" 70s Marvel characters, like Ghost Rider, Morbius, Man Thing, etc

Ok, I'm officially back as a mega comic book fan after basically taking the previous decade off. The final nudge was signing up for Marvel Unlimited a few weeks ago. Holy fuck, what a service! I started by diving into the 70s, something I've thought about doing for years. I grew up in the 80s, and eventually read a ton of 60s Marvel, but the 70s was mostly a blind spot. Starting with Tomb of Dracula, Englehart's Captain America, Man-Thing, and Starlin's Captain Marvel (also reading scans of Kirby's The Demon). Having a blast! Also dipping my toes into some new stuff, although just the retro type books that have come out in the last year or so, like Fantastic Four: Grand Design (telling the FF story from the beginning as if everything had been planned out from start to finish from day one, with cool Kirby-style indie art by Tom Scioli) and Spider Man: Life Story (telling the story from 1962 forward with the characters aging in real time, so Spidey is in his 70s by the end). Anyone else reading these? I plan on trying out some of the series @SomethingSavage recommended, specifically ones featuring old faves like Thor, FF, Captain America, etc. Also listening to a ton of comic book history pods lately. Who needs wrestling?

I looked this up earlier - Taker's only had 25 matches since 2010, so he's basically been coming out of retirement for a decade already. Crazy how time flies

Yeah, count me interested

"He had a gang rape accusation on July 9, 1953. The alleged incident, involving a 15-year-old girl, took place at Sandy Beach on the South Shore of Oahu. Newspaper reports from the time list John Frances Walker, a gas station attendant at a Waikiki service station, being one of nine men involved a gang rape. It was a bad crowd he was hanging with, and something long forgotten about. Walker was arrested only for this rape, but four of the nine men were charged with another rape four days earlier of a 14-year-old and two others in rapes of two other teenage girls earlier the same day on Sandy Beach." Only one use of "alleged", for the record

That's interesting. I didnt know Steamer worked so high on the card pre-1977 and his big push in Crockett. This is likely in the HBO archives since they did play a brief clip of it years ago on, I believe, that show where Bob Costas interviewed Vince and he flipped out. Not sure if WWE would also have it