Ricky Jackson

That Ciampa/Black/Gargano segment was some great shit

The Bulldogs, and particularly Dynamite, are what hooked me as a fan in 1986. I've always loved Dynamite as a wrestler, so exciting to watch. RIP

Episode 53 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-53-the-mysterious-state-fair-coliseum-show-part-1 April 9, 1983 (WCCW 67) For the next two weeks the boys explore a show on April 1, 1983 that was randomly taped from the State Fair Coliseum in Dallas. Why was it taped there? Why are all the matches so short? It's one of the great mysteries of modern times, but it does provide a bunch of highlights, such as... -The most total and complete humiliation of a jobber ever witnessed by man -The Iceman vs Michael Hayes in a less than satisfying encounter -The end of the road for the Great Kabuki -And a freakin' AWESOME main event between Ric Flair and Kevin for the NWA title

Definitely unbelievably great timing on the WWE's part to have their TV deals come up for renewal during the peak of the frenzy over locking up content to huge money.

Episode 52 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-52 April 2, 1983 (WCCW 66) This episode of WCCW has a little bit of everything, folks... -Midgets! -A near 50 year old man working a tired-as-hell Nazi gimmick -Botched interviews -The Penis Claw -Special Correspondent, Monica Hunter! -Blatant racism -And The Iceman, as always, being awesome Sit back and and enjoy the boys as they analyze this crazy-ass show!

Loved the tag, and Race vs Flair is a really good match as well

Perfect timing for the day on the couch in front of the TV I have planned for tomorrow

Here are some links to the matches we discussed vs. Great Mephisto vs. Gino Hernandez W. Tiger Conway Jr. vs. Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada

https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/jose-lothario-a-world-cast-tribute Pete, Kelly and Johnny get together for a look at the life and times of recently departed wrestling legend, Jose Lothario (December 12, 1934-November 6, 2018). The boys discuss Jose's career from the 50s to the 80s and then look at a sampling of some choice cuts, featuring battles against The Great Mephisto, Gino Hernandez, Hector Guerrero and others. Jose was an all-time great babyface performer and this show celebrates his legacy in professional wrestling. RIP

That shit was great. Ronda leaving slowly all cut up and giving a death stare to the fickle smark crowd was the cherry on top

Let's hope that wasn't match of the night, Kawada

It's 2 of 3 falls, so presumably it will get significant time Card is solid as usual, and also as usual I'm sure it will be a great show.

Original file wasn't mixed properly. So anyone who downloaded it already will need to re-download the fixed file. Sorry about that

Episode 51 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-51 March 26, 1983 (WCCW 65) Epic show for the boys to discuss this week, one of the best yet, featuring... -Jose Lothario (full retrospective episode on his career next week, fans!) vs Gorgeous Jimmy in a really good match -Bill Mercer going all hard-hitting journalist at the headquarters of Devastation Inc. -A wild, and rarely discussed, showdown between Kevin/Kerry vs Hayes/Gordy Von Erich's vs Freebirds keeps getting hotter and hotter and this territory is officially on FIRE! World Cast: Don't accept inferior substitutes!

Funny thing about Warrior and Kerry is that when Kerry debuted as the Texas Tornado I can remember a friend of mine telling me that he was really Warrior without makeup. I wasn't watching much wrestling at the time and didn't know he meant Kerry because he just called him "Texas Tornado". When I finally saw him wrestle a few months later I realized my friend had no idea what he was talking about, but he had probably already figured that out anyway

I fell in love with Silver Age Marvel through Lee-Ditko Spidey reprints from Marvel Tales in the 80s and it is really still my favorite era all these years later. Every time I lost interest in what was going on in comics I would go back to Lee-Ditko and Lee-Kirby and continue to dig deeper. So much great stuff

RIP Stan

I really liked Hogan vs Sting as well. I think it's the last TNA match I ever saw. Kinda underrated as a great moment. I believe it was Hogan's last singles match and it attempted to capture a Hogan vs Rock vibe, while also in a way righted the wrong of Starrcade 97. Hogan getting one last huge pop from the Philly crowd was great

Check out Lothario vs Bugsy McGraw from ep 13 (3/20/82) of WCCW on the Network. Killer little match

This episode is dedicated to Jose Lothario. RIP Episode 50 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-50 March 19, 1983 (WCCW 64) More fun TV for the boys to review this week, including -Jake Roberts' mysterious trip to Texas wrestling as THE TEXAN -The Iceman cometh...and Buddy Roberts goeth in 4 seconds -Everyone's favorite #7 babyface, Mike Bond! -And a big time main event for the Texas title between David Von Erich and Not Jimmy Jam Garvin

That's from Stampede and I would guess a classic Bruce Hart line

Oney Lorcan is God. Sweet fuck that tag this week was great

Yeah, Abby was awesome, one of the most real characters in wrestling history. What was he supposed to do, wrestle like Ric Flair?

Sane vs Baszler was great but the ref missing all the interference bugged me as someone who is a bit anal about logic

No clue, but of the two front row PPV uber WWE fans with apparently unlimited travel budgets, I prefer him to green shirt, goatee guy