Ricky Jackson

I don't think this needed to be spoiler tagged, it's all over the place. Making me have to Google shit...

The story is they wanted to, Savage pushed for it, but Vince shot it down

Yeah, that was cool

Episode #11 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-11 April 27, 1982 (WCCW 19) The boys are back and on this episode they look at: -Tom "Boogaloo" Shaft: Continuing to advance his (increasingly) strong case for Worst Wrestler of All Time -Ken Mantell: The scientific wrestler extraordinaire nobody asked for -Mike Vaughn... er, Bond: Some guy -And a big main event with Bundy and Bugsy vs Good Ol' Al and the Spoiler! World Cast: Catch the Fever!

Meltzer covered the last Cow Palace show. Can't remember if he attended it live. I want to say he did

Yeah, but they never hold a show in a building that can hold more than 400, and they charge super high prices for tickets that sell out in minutes practically every time. It's got a hip buzz and has celebrity regulars AFAIK. It's not exactly a typical local indy

The responses to that tweet are a pretty depressing read

Episode #10 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-10 April 24, 1982 (WCCW 18) It only took ten episodes but we have an actual top to bottom GOOD SHOW folks! (the WCCW ep, not the pod, which is always great, right?). Ok, maybe not top, but definitely middle to bottom. We have a crazed Kerry Von Erich promo, the underrated Richard Blood (according to Kelly at least), Kerry vs. Black Gordman, Bill Irwin again and again, and a slugfest between King Kong Bundy and the Spoiler in the main event. Join Pete, Kelly and Johnny for another fun time on World Cast! *Apologies for the echo-y audio at times. What do you think this is, one of them fancy wrestling podcasts?

Never mind. I see the full match in better quality is already available for those in the know in Village Green

This popped up on my Facebook. Hulk Hogan vs Dusty Rhodes from Japan 1980. First I've seen of this match up. Is this rare stuff? https://www.facebook.com/JapaneseWrestlingClassics/videos/1880493778642549/

Episode #9 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-9 April 17, 1982 (WCCW 17) It now SOUNDS like the World Class we know and love. It now LOOKS like the World Class we know and love. But...it's...just...not...there...yet. Pete, Kelly, and Johnny are present for the dawn of a new era, but the old era still has some fight left in it, led by good ol' Al (Madril) and his 70s All-Star Band. Plus we have an even stranger time warp as GORGEOUS GEORGE (Grant) and the NATURE BOY (not Rogers or Flair) are live and in black and white from the 1950s! You never know what to expect from World Cast!

They actually announced that Hogan vs. Flair was going to be the Main Event of WM8. Like on TV, and everything. I remember it very clearly. Then they changed it. Why would they announce it and promote it if it was never really the plan? That sounds like more than a fanboy fantasy to me. It was part of the angle to make Sid pissed off that he was passed over for Hogan and give him more reason to turn on him

I talked about this with my pal Landy on a pod recently, and both of us agreed that Flair vs Hogan at Mania was never the plan and has only ever existed as fanboy fantasy. Most accounts from those in the know say that Hogan vs Sid was practically set in stone the day after Mania 7. Flair fell onto Vince's lap in the summer and they ran with the program vs Hogan in the fall. I really believe it was meant to just be a house show run, as crazy as it might sound to hardcore fans. But remember, house show $ was still a huge part of the company income (still is today I guess but what draws fans to the shows is different). Landy also made a good point that at the time, the Mania main event was always a fresh match that hadn't already made the rounds on the circuit, which points to Hogan vs Sid not vs Flair

Isn't it boring to have everything figured out before the match even happens?

Old gimmicks never die, they just get added to PPV main events at the last second

Really, ECW ruined it for everybody. Well, that and banal early-90s cartoon WWF and WCW booking

There is actually a fair bit of Portland out there in decent quality from the early 80s. The late 70s is mostly the Rose footage, but it's not all in poor quality. I would say Portland's main handicaps are it wasn't a well publicized territory during the peak of the mags and thus not seen as important by many, and the idea of a successful territory built around Buddy Rose, who many only know from his late jobbery period, likely doesn't give it prestige in a lot of fans eyes

Reigns is the most over wrestler they have based on reactions. Babyfaces and heels don't exist anymore in the traditional sense. Most of the top stars are like a successful sports franchise, they are both loved and hated simutaniously

As a fan of Piper I thought the book was informative and insightful. A good amount of it does cover his pre-graps life and unveils some of the kayfabe around his commonly-accepted bio e.g. whence his ring name derives. I thought the story of his childhood and youth growing up in Canada was great. The story of his wrestling career, unfortunately, felt rushed at times and was far from the definitive account imo (understandable considering Roddy died in the early stages of the book coming together)

They never mentioned it, but maybe because it happened in Fort Worth, where the regional show was taped, it was only hyped in that market. No idea if footage exists. What does exist is Xmas Star Wars 1981, which we plan on reviewing as a bonus around Xmas this year

Hmmm, that explains the weak selection of Clash tapes at one of the video stores I frequented as a kid. To make it worse, they only offered II, III, and V 😴

Throw up some links fellas

Thesz vs Gagne from 1952 is awesome

Episode #8 https://soundcloud.com/prowrestlingonly/world-cast-8 (PTBN link to follow) April 3, 1982 (WCCW 15) It's the End of an Era as Pete, Kelly and Johnny bid adieu to the original theme song, the guest color commentator and the darkly lit, one camera set-up Sportatorium. The future awaits! But no rush though, as Black "Blackie" Gordman, Al Madril, Tom "Boogaloo" Shaft, and The Spoiler make sure things still have a distinct 70s flavor (this promotion will be damn hot by the end of the year, we promise!). Catch all this and much more on World Cast!

Can an admin start the Oct 2017 folder. I don't think just any poster can do it, right?