Ricky Jackson

Ed Whalen was far, far from the worst commentator ever and was actually really great in his interactions with the heels, and the Stampede TV show was usually entertaining, in spite of the clipped matches. Of course I'm a biased former Calgarian, but give it a chance, you may he surprised

I've found the best way to appreciate Tiger Mask is to watch a bunch of slow-paced 1982 WWF before he arrives on the scene for a few matches. He wakes you up like a punch in the face

He means the guy who made the video not the late great Baron himself As far as Titans Errata goes, for now the WWF MSG and WWF Spectrum playlists on the Titans TV youtube channel provide a ton of extra content, including of course the ladies and little fellas

Yes, they weren't exclusive to WWF until Vince made a deal with Moolah sometime in 84, perhaps even 83

The women have always been part of cards at MSG and Philly but that hateful misogynist Crazy James didn't put a single one of their matches on the set. He was similarly discriminatory with the midgets. I've long meant to rectify the situation, because Titans leaves no stone unturned. Look out for women and midgets to turn up in 1983, that is my pledge!

I know nothing about him, but when I first saw the name a few years ago my first thought was that he was a fan of the Mr Fuji and Don Muraco team of the 80s and it was a tribute to them

It was great. I wish they could've covered the Larry feud but oh well

Also, not sure how much truth there is to his claim that the original plan was for Hogan to defeat Backlund but Bob refused to drop it to that "stiff"

Taking a quick glance, it contains a lot of info found in Sex, Lies and Headlocks from 2002, plus I'm guessing a lot from Meltzer over the years

How about the recently debuted Nikki Cross as a potential threat to Asuka? I don't know anything about her personally, but it seems like she has a great rep and she looked badass on the last NXT

How progressive

We also watched Jimmy Snuka/Buddy Rogers vs Lou Albano/Ray Stevens from 11/25/82 Philly for this show, and this is a match to definitely check out. Not only because it displays how crazy OVER Snuka was at this poiint, but for super rare footage of the original Nature Boy in the ring nearly twenty years after his full time career ended in 1963 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0nCT_1T97E&index=14&list=WL

The Nak-Joe pull apart brawl on the last show was super heated, not sure what you've been watching

Thanks man! That's awesome. Yeah, I would love to know more about the history of Stampede running shows in Montana. It's a totally forgotten part of its history

Do what you will

I know Stampede wrestling isn't a lot of people's cup of tea, let alone talk about obscure ass 50s-70s Stampede wrestling, but if you can, please drop us some feedback and let us know what you think about the five parts so far (Titans 63, 64, 66, 68 and 69). Again, check out the beautiful footage from the Network in the playlist. I would love to hear thoughts on DK vs Mr. Wrestling from 1/19/79, Big Daddy Ritter, Ed Whalen and his interactions with the heels, etc.

http://placetobenation.com/titans-of-wrestling-69-the-stampede-territory-part-5-119-615-1979-tv/ Kelly and Travis continue their review of the removed WWE Network footage from the 70s, this time looking at the 1/19 & 6/15 1979 episodes. Discussion includes: -A heavy dose of Calgary sports-team nostalgia up front -The awesomeness of Big Daddy Ritter and (yet again) John Foley -Dynamite Kid vs Mr. Wrestling in a great, and rare for TV, full-length match -Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart share a ring for the first time -A young babyface Jake Roberts, two Puerto Rican legends, shorter than normal sized wrestlers, and much, much more! Be sure to check out the Stampede footage, in particular the Dynamite Kid vs Mr. Wrestling match from the 1/19/79 episode www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV…u6tpAj-ypzT3GFUj3

Yeah, I've been creating these threads too and I also don't watch Raw. Someone step up!

It's just Vince and nobody else that "votes"

I think the argument was more that since the late 80s they haven't had a great commentary team, and really few great commentators

http://placetobenation.com/tag-teams-back-again-episode-20-nice-guys-finish-last/ Kelly and Marty welcome not one, not two, but THREE new tag teams to the show as they hit up the summer of 88 in WWF! On tonight's episode: Demolition vs The British Bulldogs, 4/22 SNME The British Bulldogs vs the Bolsheviks, 7/23 Spectrum Demolition vs The Powers of Pain, 7/23 Spectrum The Rockers vs The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers, 7/25 MSG Demolition vs The British Bulldogs, 7/25 MSG Hart Foundation vs The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers, 8/6 Boston

Goldberg will put over Lesnar after like three F 5's, and Brock will probably bleed for him and sell it like he won a war. Nothing wrong with that

I can imagine a Bob Backlund vs Rock feud in 2000 and I'm imagining it would've been awesome

Ah, I was wondering about that. I noticed that the full card had a rare Greg Gagne MSG appearance among some other novelties. Don't have to apologize to me, I love this stuff, as I explain during the show

Awesome