Ricky Jackson

For those as ridiculously interested in this matter as I am, a poster at KM suggests the Bruno vs Steele match may be from 8/9/1969 at the Philadelphia Arena. That could explain the date confusion, plus the finish to the match and the finish to the 6/27/70 match I threw out as a possibility differ. Consensus seems to be that it was for sure from the Philadelphia Arena

If you haven't seen many of Bruno's greatest matches, this is a really good playlist. The most interesting match for those that have seen a lot of Bruno is a March 1977 MSG bout vs Patera with Monsoon as ref that hasn't been widely available before

Not sure the exact date or place, but the Bruno vs Steele match from the Bruno collection added today is NOT from the 8/9/75 MSG card as listed. It's clearly from Bruno's first reign based on the belt he wears to the ring. I'm guessing around the same time as the cage vs Steele that was added when Steele passed away, so about 1970. Perhaps the June 27, 1970 card at the Philadelphia Arena a month before the cage

Whoops wrong thread haha

Not sure the exact date or place, but the Bruno vs Steele match from the Bruno collection added today is NOT from the 8/9/75 MSG card as listed. It's clearly from Bruno's first reign based on the belt he wears to the ring. I'm guessing around the same time as the cage vs Steele that was added when Steele passed away, so about 1970. Perhaps the June 27, 1970 card at the Philadelphia Arena a month before the cage

I've only watched the cage and thought it was fantastic. Skipping ahead to the main. God bless the Network

I don't think it's even arguable, the WWWF title was so protected that even transitional champs could ride the reign for the rest of their career

Excellent point, we need to add that to the list. Best example of that I ever saw was in Stampede Wrestling. Bad News Allen permanently crippled the son of Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie and put him out of wrestling forever. It was so convincing, the idiot play-by-play man Ed Whalen got up and walked out of the arena, and helped convince the athletic commission to ban the subsequent Allen/Gouldie blow-off match at the Calgary Pavilion and it almost got them thrown off TV for good. Which is unfortunate because: 1) The kid never really got injured 2) The kid wasn't even really Archie Gouldie's kid...he was just some kid brought in by Bruce Hart for the angle and 3) It got a massive amount of heat and attention and would have drawn huge money for Stampede...if that moron Ed Whalen hadn't help ruin it. They ended up having to do the blow-off on an Indian Reservation and run buses to the show, which a lot of fans wouldn't take. Whalen was in on the angle. It was only later after all the bad press from the post-angle riot that he stepped away. As far as I know he had nothing to do with the promotion being kicked out of the Victoria Pavillion

Yep, 1953 to present are the parameters

This is a great new pod, now on PTBN http://placetobenation.com/greetings-from-allentown-episode-16-wcw-worldwide-6-6-98/. Each episode looks at a different 1 hr TV show from the 80s and 90s. So far, solo host Peter (and he does an amazing job solo, which believe me isn't easy to pull off) has looked at Superstars, Championship Wrestling, Challenge, Maple Leaf, Action Zone, Shotgun Saturday Night, as well as NWA Power Hour and Mid South from 1984. Episode 14 on the episode of Championship Wrestling where Larry turned on Bruno is so goddamn good, one of the best pods I've heard in a while. Latest ep is on a WCW Worldwide from 1998. Fans of old school wrestling please check out this show, it's awesome. He has his own feed to listen to previous episodes, just search for Greetings From Allentown on iTunes or whatever podcatcher app you use. Eventually, all shows will be available on the PWO feed. Check this out now!

Ciampa with a man-sized promo tonight. Maybe not 100% heel but 100% authentic

Looks like the end is nigh for the 80s house show uploads as some vids are finally being taken down. Things may continue underground...the rebellion must continue!

Welcome aboard!

None of those other guys are Indian

Completely agree with Asuka. She's my favorite performer under the WWE umbrella. Classic character already

The Cow Palace show was also promoted heavily around nostalgia, being the first California based promotion to run the arena since Roy Shire closed down in 1981. They even ran a battle royal, which was the main attraction on the biggest show of the year back in the golden days. So that accounted for a good deal of the interest I would think

Isn't that how it usually goes, a flurry of uploads then nothing for a few months?

Midnight Rockers vs Somers and Rose feud has been one of my favorite things in pro wrestling since I was a kid reading the mags and watching AWA on TSN. So great. RIP

I know Cody isn't popular around here, and I haven't seen any of his indy work or know anything about his drawing power, but kudos to him for walking out on the WWE and doing things on his own terms. Seems to have worked out wonderfully for him

A potential problem with a women's show is what has helped make 205 Live a flop, that they will shoehorn typical WWE personalities and angles onto the wrestlers and nobody will care. Hopefully they will at least avoid the second big problem with 205 Live and tape at Full Sail instead of in front of dead Smackdown crowds

Really enjoyed this. I love to hear first hand accounts of the WWWF from this time and John was great recounting his memories of the roster, angles, etc. Would love to hear a companion piece about MSG or the Spectrum someday if possible

Io Shirai finally signed today, joining the previously signed Kairi Hojo as two big time women talents from Japan coming over. They join an impressive amount of indy/international talent being stockpiled since the year began, with Black, Galloway, and Ohno already in and Cole and O'Reilly impending. Things could really be interesting around Brooklyn time

That should be awesome

Orton is so boring there are now two threads to debate it

The chances of this still happening do not sound good. Or at least with Impact involved