Ricky Jackson

Not surprising, but his NY Times obit claims WWE was where his "career exploded" and basically implies that it was minor to major leagues professional advancement when he went there in 1985

Probably the best ever, really. He excelled in every possible way that we measure greatness in wrestling, all over the world and for so many decades RIP

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It seems like there was a lot of ass kissing of Hogan by PWI in 94. The worst example being when instead of getting the traditional plaque for winning Wrestler of the Year he was given this giant ass trophy that I don't recall anyone else ever receiving

This brings me back to how disappointed I was almost every year in the 90s when i bought the awards issue and saw Bret didn't win Wrestler of the Year. I guess maybe 94 was his best chance, but I remember being pissed he didn't even place in 97. Then Montreal happened and I didn't care anymore lol

MSG vs Adonis is definitely an all-timer. I remember a Philly match between them being very good as well

Yeah, that's an underrated great match. That 3 match series between Bob and Sarge in Philly is probably my fave from Backlund's reign. Haven't seen the 2nd match in years. The cage is a classic. Those two had great chemistry

Billy Jack Haynes in a Legends House type situation would be the greatest thing ever put on TV, wrestling or otherwise

He had also been temporarily fired in late 86, right as his big feud with Piper was heating up, so yeah, things must've been pretty bad

Yeah, I haven't watched WWE since pre-pandemic and really still have no interest in watching anything they produce, but I've got to tip my hat to them for booking an angle with such impressive staying power, critical praise, and, to top it off, being responsible for turning things around business wise and delivering consistent big crowds and ratings

I'm almost positive there was a thread about this years ago but I can't be bothered to find it Czarface is pretty much exclusively wrestling and superhero references in their songs

I was confused earlier. I thought this week's shows were in Saskatchewan and next were in Alberta. But they are going AB-SK this week and then SK-AB next week, doubling back, which is kinda screwy

It's Saskatchewan week for AEW! Wild

Brian Pillman wrestled on exactly one AWA show, against Ric Flair in an NWA title match in May, 1990. To make this even more strange I believe this match came about because WCW borrowed the Destruction Crew for a few shows, to wrestle the Steiner's under masks as the Minnesota Wrecking Crew II, and this is what AWA received in return

Didnt Jungle Boy start wrestling at a ridiculously young age?

Not every match needs a million finishers and 2.9 kickouts. A nice contrast to Omega-Ospreay

Perfect finish, even if it caught the crowd by surprise

Blows my mind Sting is still doing this Jericho too I guess. First saw him live in Jan 92

Yeah that was lame as hell

Kenny Hogan

Love it, like a 70s mag cover

I'm here for the last few matches guys. First live wrestling since All Out 2021 I think

Richard Land just tweeted about some previously lost/unknown WWF Cap Centre footage from 4/12/1980 that popped up recently. Nearly 20 minutes, featuring part of Pateta vs DeNucci and Santana/Putski vs Samoans, w. Gorilla on commentary. Really nice quality too

Loser gets a bad tattoo...oh... right...never mind

I read a lot of Strangers in Paradise 20+ years ago. Doing a quick Wikipedia search I see it continued on for quite a while after I stopped. Considering I've gone back and finished or resumed other stuff from back in the day there is a chance I'll eventually pick it back up. As for what I'm currently going through... -Mod-era Wonder Woman from the late-60s/early-70s: I'd always been intrigued by this drastic change in the character that has usually been written off as a poorly conceived mess, but I'm a sucker for comics that tried to capture the mood of the hippie era, so I finally decided to give it a whirl. And, yeah, it's a poorly conceived mess, but it's also mostly just a dull rip off of the 60s Avengers TV series. I'm going to see it through to the end but I'm mostly just skimming now -Popeye by E.C. Segar vol 1: Great stuff from a master of cartooning -Legion of Superheroes from the beginning: I'm slowly going through the first Showcase volume. Love the art, but the stories are very basic -70s Incredible Hulk: Just finishing up the Herb Trimpe years that I paused a while back. Nothing special, even the villains are pretty dull now -Thor by Jason Aaron: I'm up to 2016 now. Not as fun as the earlier stuff. Not sure how much longer I'll go with it -Miscellaneous: I've been reading a lot of mini series/graphic novels, which are the comics I've enjoyed the most in the last while. Basically anything by Tom Scioli, Kate Beaton, or Peter Bagge I've loved. Finally read All Star Superman and enjoyed it. Various Marvel mini series' from the last 15-20 years have been hit or miss. I'm reading Bill Schelly's bio of James Warren and it's really good