Ricky Jackson

Awesome

Too bad his work in 82-83 is channel-changing bad, looks like he had an interesting career

I think he means Snuka's loss to Muraco was designed to make Snuka less over so that Hogan could come in and be the number 1 guy, which doesn't even make sense because Snuka came out of that loss more over after the Superfly Splash off the cage

Episode 44 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-44 January 29, 1983 (WCCW 57) 1982 feels more and more like a distant memory as the boys review a fairly exciting episode of WCCW. Among the highlights... -The Great Yatsu debuts and he's awesome (despite being saddled with Armand Hussein) -Hayes and Lothario rip it up in the best time limit draw ever (OK, slight exaggeration) -Bundy and Mercer: Underrated comedy duo -Farewell to Bugsy and Good Ol' Al, maybe -Also, who was the best heel in wrestling in 1983? World Cast: Now in 4th place and only 8 games out

Incredible match. Great story. Fast-paced. Hot crowd. Dream plays mind games on Gargano, taunting him as "Johnny Failure". Gargano slowly becomes more and more frustrated throughout the match as he is unable to finish off Dream, to the point he's on the brink of snapping and becoming no better than his arch foe Ciampa. The referee talks Gargano back to reality, and in a great moment, Gargano embraces his young mega-fan at ringside whose heart would be broken if his hero went bad. It was all for naught though as Gargano, still not focused, is then suckered in by Dream and finished off for a clean win Loved this match. Great action and great drama, similar to the tag between Moustache Mountain and UE from a few months back. Huge win for Dream and another chapter in the long Gargano saga going back more than a year when he returned to TV after Ciampa turned on him. It can only end with him finally vanquishing Ciampa and finally winning the NXT title, right? ****1/2

I've been out of town and just got around to seeing it, but holy crap Gargano vs Dream was freakin' great. Where's the love PWO?

Great stuff, Marty! I would expect no less than 64 volumes for your life's work, brother

Wow, thanks for the compliment and thanks for the info on CBC. They potentially could have a goldmine in their archives. Northland is probably the most obscure territory of them all. I know next to nothing about it. And yes, there is a new Mount Olympus in the works. The idea of even one per season has been difficult to maintain lol. Expect it to drop in October. Right now the plan is for a show completely about the year 1966 in wrestling. Why the hell did we choose that subject? Tune in to find out!

Well, he was a manager, so he kinda needed to talk, and be good at it. Did you mean to type George Steele? He talked from his debut in the late-60s up to the early-80s. It was only his last run in the WWF where he could only say a few words

Episode 43 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-43 January 22, 1983 (WCCW 56) This show was really all over the place, featuring... -A nice surprise, one last X-mas gift from Star Wars, a good match between Bundy and Kevin for the American title -An all-time amazing trainwreck in the form of Kerry in a swank fur coat narrating footage of the Star Wars cage match -A reminder of how great Terry Gordy was -David Manning given too much mic time, again -"Devastation Inc.": One man? A stable? The mystery continues World Cast: God's favorite pod!

That was Saldi referencing Georgia wrestling where Piper was managed by Hart. Saldi was a big reader of the mags and could afford TBS with his NFL salary. Lewin wrestled in Dallas a lot prior to 1982, but he doesn't show up in late-82 despite being promised by Mercer on TV

Dizzy never made it to Dallas in 82 and neither did Fishman or Mark Lewin in case you were curious

Well, he his from Saskatchewan

I think it was more because Mania was considered a bonus show that month and the show with the Tito vs Valentine Lumberjack was the regular show

For those cynical about the card, did Y2J being All In make things better?

I watched a ton of the drop early in the year. I've only watched 3 of the recent batch, and was drunk at the time. I love this stuff but week to week it gets very repetitive if you binge watch

They were for sure available in the Boston area at their 80s peak, that always gets mentioned. Not sure about New York. They had a show on ESPN, but that was just a classics show, no?

Pedro did well as a draw, even better than Bruno in MSG, and fear of unruly crowds was also very real. At the end of the day though, it was a bottom line decision: Bruno was one of the greatest drawing cards ever, and if he was willing to come back for another run in top, you would go with that over Pedro every time

The recent Star Wars show they put up is from February 1981. The Network starts with episode 2 of the World Class show, but the show taped in Ft. Worth dated back many, many years. Not a lot pre-1981 out there afaik, and I have no clue how much WWE has of it I've heard there is a decent little pod chronicling WCCW from the first Network ep, on the PWO feed even, if you're so inclined...

Episode -1 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-1-star-wars-february-22-1981 February 22, 1981 Gluttons for punishment, the boys go back in time nearly two years to check out the very first Star Wars show from Reunion Arena, added to the Network last week! On the docket: -Mil Mascaras vs "Killer" Tim Brooks -Fritz Von Erich vs The Great Kabuki -Kerry Von Erich vs Harley Race NWA title -Kevin/David Von Erich vs Hercules Ayala/Ali Mustafa World Tag Team Trophy -Battle Royal for 5K Also on the show: -The greatest announcer in Dallas history: Jack (?) -Another masterful performance by NWA kingpin Race -How many tag team titles is too many tag team titles? -Another crummy battle royal World Cast: Getting closer to the Swinging 70s!

*Turns on 1/17/81 All-Star* Dom DeNucci and a rookie Jim Duggan vs the Moondogs. Time to get comfortable

Yeah, Ronda yelling at Bliss was clearly part of the match, not her loudly calling spots.

Wrestlingdata has 3 other matches: Fritz vs Kabuki, a battle royal and Kerry vs Harley for the NWA title

Really enjoyed this Charles. Great questions and discussion

Episode 42 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-42 January 15, 1983 (WCCW 55) The boys pop the cork on some champagne and welcome in 1983. There is a noticeable buzz in the air in the Sportatorium following the big angle on Christmas night, Andre the Giant is in the house, bad Network dub jobs reach their apex, Bill Mercer gets worse and worse, and we still have our usual time limit draws and weird gimmick battle royals. Happy New Year!!! World Cast: 1 year down, 6 (7?) to go