Ricky Jackson

Better video quality is nice but I'll choose poor/lesser quality with original music intact every time. Don't get me wrong, I love all the recent uploads to the Network, but damn, some of the dubs drive me nuts

Episode 23 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-23 August 7, 1982 (WCCW 33) Join Pete, Kelly and Johnny for the long-awaited debut of ROSCOE THE CLOWN!!!! Who is he? What is he? Why is he? Also... Brian (aka "Don't call me Dave Meltzer", aka Mr. Wood) Adidas vs Captain Frank Dusek...the Sportatorium crowd gets more and more interesting... power couple Kerry and Al take on Bundy and the Superfly in the main event...and, oh yeah, Ric Flair happens to be here too Aint no party like a World Cast party cuz a World Cast party don't stop!

Was Royal Rumble 88 common on VHS back in the day? I never saw a copy anywhere growing up in Calgary in the 90s

It begins and ends with the masterpiece that is the Biggest, the Smallest, the Strangest, the Strongest

I think they're waiting until after Elimination Chamber to make it official

Yeah, feels like pro wrestling has the most momentum, and non-WWE groups are at their strongest, since the crazy days of the late-90s. Really interesting times

Yeah, Eadie's bio needs a bit of a re-write. This section in particular: "Workrate: Nobody, and I mean NOBODY raised their hands above their heads and crashed them down repeatedly on some guys back better than Ax. Not even Smash. And his name was fucking SMASH! Not particularly very good at much else."

Episode 22 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-22 July 31, 1982 (WCCW 32) The TV may be subpar lately but the boys are still having a blast. How can you not when you have such highlights as: -Kerry emasculating a jobber -The first nominee for the comedy match hall of fame -Roberto Renesto modeling some of the worst wrestling tights ever seen -Kevin vs Bill Irwin in a main event we've probably seen at least twice already World Cast: Next week we get to talk about Ric Flair!

Great show. Great weekend. 2018 has been pretty fucking cool so far

I thought the drama of the arm bar was great. It's pro wrestling, unrealisic long submission holds have been around probably since Gotch and Hackenschmidt

Main event felt all time great, or at least best of the century so far great. I'm not a consistent star guy, but I'm throwing ***** on it. The overall story of Gargano's post DIY self journey, prior history between the two, nuclear crowd, great false finishes, and great drama add up to one of the classics of modern WWE produced wrestling. Great show overall. I really enjoyed the tag and Black vs Cole was pretty good, but I really, really liked Moon vs Baszler. They finally made Moon a sympathetic babyface. Loved the finish. Baszler's great. Real face and heel heat in that match, and in the main too. Maybe there is hope in the future after all. Also, really lazy not to create a thread for this guys.☺

Yes

How about Roman showing up in drag and winning. That would stick it to those smart marks

Yep, haven't you heard what Meltzer said, Roman will win every Rumble and main event every Mania going forward until he retires or dies, whichever happens first

Episode 21 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-21 July 24, 1982 (WCCW 31) The boys are back on Earth WCCW to review a hopelessly mundane episode of World Class! Bugsy is now full on Mr. Wacko, and spending far too much time with the youth of Dallas. Good Ol' Al botches a figure-4 leglock like you wouldn't believe. We get a workout session with Kabuki and Magic Dragon that may or may not include Kabuki. And finally, a non-title match (not sure for which belts exactly) between Kerry/Kevin and Bundy/Irwin. Strap yourself in for another wild ride on World Cast!

Haha...I really wish I could tell you that we have more Imaginary Stories coming up but it's been almost a year since the last one and I have no idea when we may finally get around to it. The plan was to do one on early 80s Firestorm but it has never materialized. The problem, and why we never recorded very regularly, was that going back and re-reading the issues was (for me at least) time consuming. We never wanted to half ass it and just go on our faded memories. It's funny, because Johnny and I talked about it after recording the Mid Atlantic show and decided if we ever brought it back we would start over with a new #1 (just like the comics) and call it Fantasy Masterpieces this time Anyone curious what exactly Imaginary Stories is, since we never plugged it here because of the whole pro wrestling only thing, the full archive is here https://archive.org/details/@frank_williams Johnny and I talked about classic comic books like New Teen Titans, Fantastic Four, What If...? (of course) and also Archie and Dick Tracy, so if you are interested give them a listen. We had a great time doing these

I have 7 guys from their top 10 in my top 10. Flair at 11 makes no sense, but Tito at 101 is just plain insulting

I agree, such a tease. But I guess this is all the $ they can throw at something most fans, sadly, don't care about

Does Thunder really warrant being "long awaited"? I don't recall too many stand out moments from the first year or so I watched in real time

World Cast What If...? https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-what-if-mid-atlantic-9121981 September 12, 1981 (Mid Atlantic 1) From the Blue Area of the Moon, the Watcher turns his gaze to an alternate reality where the boys chose Mid Atlantic over World Class. The talent roster is much deeper, the commentary way better, the in-ring action a lot faster, the jobbers less jobbery---it's 1981 in the Carolina's! Follow along on the WWE Network and enjoy a really fun special edition of World Cast!

Yeah, my main complaint about Mid Atlantic after going through a half dozen episodes is that everybody seems to be feuding with everybody and nothing stands out. Sgt. Slaughter's progress from debuting, quickly winning the US title, and then recruiting Jim Nelson and doing the full drill sargeant routine on him is a ton of fun though

Some is in rough shape but there is a bunch out there in good quality. KrisZ's YouTube channel has a ton

Oh for sure, Memphis was awesome and had the most enjoyable TV show. But I think Mid Atlantic had a deeper pool of full time talent and bigger business. It's close. Georgia is also in the conversation

Oh the dubs are awful. Come on Vince, forget about football and for the love of God open up the wallet and pay for the music rights! Really good match between Piper and Jay Youngblood on the 10/17/81 show

I think Mid Atlantic TV in 1981 comes off far more polished than WWF, WCCW and AWA and several other territories for sure. Actually, I think you could make the argument that overall--talent, in-ring, promos, business, TV--Mid Atlantic was the most well rounded territory going at the time