Ricky Jackson

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

I heard there was a title change last night

I've been trying to set up a Mystery Titans viewing of the four Mighty Joe Thunder matches with the gang for months but the timing has never worked out. Crazy James didn't see the comedy potential in Thunder and failed to include the matches on the 79-83 set. I promise we will view these horrors for either Mystery Titans or regular Titans one of these days! Enjoyed the review. You should dip into more early 80s WWF, we always need more people to support the cause!

Sgt. Slaughter beats Jay Youngblood clean as a sheet in a good match. Who knew Frank Tunney started the "all clean finishes" trend years before Baba. Maybe a response to years and years of screwy finishes with the Sheik on top

East-West Connection vs "Dynamite" Dominic DeNucci and Tony Parisi was a perfectly solid little tag bout with a hot crowd

Piper vs Steamboat is clipped down to the final 5 minutes but it's good stuff and features a rare clean job by Hot Rod

Watching some of this Maple Leaf stuff. Immediately gravitated to the Sgt.Slaughter and Greg Valentine tag team matches, which is like a dream team for me. Dear God, Slaughter was so insanely over as a heel at this point (1981), just nuclear heat. I watched two matches, one where they fought Pat Patterson and Jay Youngblood and another where they met Youngblood and Johnny Weaver. I'm reminded that Jay Youngblood was an awesome wrestler whose early death pretty much condemned him to being forgotten by many fans, which is a shame. Fun stuff here, especially the first match. I'm going to keep watching until I tap out. Coming up is Mr Fuji and Hussain Arab (Iron Sheik) as a team!

Meltzer's reporting Bound For Glory is a go

So is anyone going to pony up the $ or what?

All I know is my immediate reaction a second after it happened was "that's stupid and doesn't make any sense"

I can't remember what he wrote in previous weeks, but he called the latest Smackdown "a very good show"

It was something to do with New Japan for their TV. On the footage you can't hear what he's saying because Vince Jr is talking over him about an upcoming match

I just copy the Ken Burns doc voice guy

I think if the Cruiserweight division is condemned to failure it's because it's on the poorly executed weekly Raw slog and won't be presented in a way that will get anyone over, and not really because of the size of the guys

Of course Balor isn't going to be in the Cruiserweight division, he was being pushed as one of the top guys in the company when he got injured

No, we never got around to doing a third part looking at Piper's later years, and probably never will but you never know. It's kind of hard to get excited about those years, but I'm sure we would've had a blast talking about it.

Both look wonderfully bad. I even suggested the 1990 MSG one yesterday before we settled on the one we did