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NWA US Champion Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs "Rowdy" Roddy Piper - MACW TV 3/12/83 Of course the one time you want Ric Flair to have a competitive match, he goes ahead and obliterates his opponent. Flair vs Masa Fuchi on this episode of Mid-Atlantic TV had me salivating. Why you gotta do me dirty like that? This was good in-ring episode of Mid-Atlantic. Greg Valentine and Dory Funk Jr had really good squashes on this show. After Valentine got finished with his squash, he came out to confront Piper who says "It is easy to be the greatest US Champion when you never defend it". Valentine gets hot and challenges him to a match on this episode of TV in the main event. Back in November of 1982, Valentine & Flair rubbed Piper's face in the cement, but that was not mentioned. It is also unclear if Valentine is still managed by Humperdink. On this show, Humperdink was managing Slater & One Man Gang and was more focused on promoting OMG vs the incoming Andre. This was a really good, hot TV angle match. It is so rough 'n' tumble and in the melee, Piper backdrops Valentine over the top rope. The referee calls for the bell. Gary Hart who is promoting Great Kabuki says the match is over and is insufferable as the match restarts saying this is not fair, but Valentine wanted it. I love how these two are just two rams locked up. It is flesh on flesh, man on man, close-quartered grappling. Nice crazy Thesz Press from Piper. The ref plies Piper off in the ropes and a nice wicked kneelift by Valentine. Loved it. Awesome Atomic Drop! Wicked. Great gutbuster from The Hammer. I love Valentine! I missed him so much. Figure-4...but Piper is blocking...Valentine applies but Piper turns over. He tries again but Piper pushes him off. PIPER KNEELIFT! Bob Caudle says we are going off the air, but Dicky Slater comes out and triggers the DQ. A really fun TV main event that makes you want to tune in next week or go to the matches in your area. ***1/4 '

September 1982 - MAJOR Game Changer Month - Revamped Heel Roster - Sir Oliver Humperdink and the House of Hump are her Babyfaces *Heels Wahoo McDaniel Jack & Gerry Brisco Jimmy Valiant Ricky Steamboat Jay Youngblood Roddy Piper Greg Valentine (House of Hump) Paul Jones (House of Hump) Jos LeDuc (House of Hump) Leroy Brown (House of Hump) Abdullah The Butcher (House of Hump) Sgt. Slaughter (On Suspension) *Ric Flair – Travelling World Champion September 18th 1982 Singles Match Ricky Steamboat defeats Leroy Brown :::: Not eligible for the matchguide: unknown match length. Click here to send us the missing information. :::: Tag Team Match Greg Valentine & Paul Jones defeat The Brisco Brothers (Jack Brisco & Jerry Brisco) :::: Not eligible for the matchguide: unknown match length. Click here to send us the missing information. :::: Two On One Handicap Match Wahoo McDaniel defeats Abdullah The Butcher & Oliver Humperdink 1. The House of Hump is here, daddy! The Slaughter, Piper & Ole show is no more! Between July and September, Piper has turned babyface as he teamed with Wahoo, but he was not on the last three weeks of TV. Ole is long gone. Slaughter is serving a one month suspension for beating up Wahoo and disgracing his Headdress. Wahoo is the current US Champion. Valentine is the number one heel in the territory and the Ace of the House of Hump. They have brought in Abdullah The Butcher to soften up Wahoo. 2. The first big angle of the month is Paul Jones defeated Jack Brisco on TV for the Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight belt. The feud between the House of Hump and Wahoo & the Briscos is borderline problematic. Wahoo/Briscos definitely do not hide the fact they are all Indian. So it is natural for heels to go after that. I dont mind a couple heel jabs here and there, they are HEELS. Valentine saying Paul Jones beating an Indian with their own Indian Deathlock would be great. Paul Jones corrects him that the Indian Deathlock was invented by the white man to torture Indians was a little too dark. 3. The other big feud is against the Boogey Woogie Man. Jos LeDuc is carrying the torch for House of Hump on this one, first breaking his cassette player. Then all the babyfaces get together and buy Boogey Woogie a real nice Panasonic Boombox. What happens? LeDuc cracks Valiant with it to win the Television Title and then smashes it over the ring post. Really strong midcard feud! 4. The roster is a little thin even if the House of Hump vs Wahoo/Briscos/Valiant is red hot. So a lot of no-names get promo time. Each was worse than the next. No one was as bad as Kelly "And Stuff" Kiniski.

March 1982! *Babyfaces Heels Ricky Steamboat Jake The Snake Roberts Jack & Gerry Brisco Jimmy Valiant Blackjack Mulligan Jr. Jay Youngblood Ray Stevens Sgt. Slaughter Roddy Piper Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen Ivan Koloff Austin Idol The Great Kabuki/Ninja The Privates *Ric Flair – Travelling World Champion March 13th Greensboro: Tag Team Match Jake Roberts & Jerry Brisco defeat Austin Idol & John Studd Singles Match Jack Brisco defeats Roddy Piper by DQ NWA World Tag Team Title Match Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen (c) defeat Dusty Rhodes & Ray Stevens by DQ Non Title Match Ricky Steamboat defeats Sgt. Slaughter NWA World Heavyweight Title Indian Strap Match Ric Flair (c) defeats Wahoo McDaniel March 27th Greensboro: Singles Match Jerry Brisco defeats Steve Sybert Singles Match Blackjack Mulligan Jr. defeats Pvt. Don Kernodle Singles Match Jack Brisco defeats Austin Idol Tag Team Match Jake Roberts & Wahoo McDaniel defeat Pvt. Jim Nelson & Sgt. Slaughter NWA World Tag Team Title Match Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen (c) defeat Dusty Rhodes & Ray Stevens 1. I would say the major angle without a doubt this month is that the Nature Boy is coming home, daddy! Flair was defending his title against Steamboat and after the match Sgt. Slaughter & His Privates jumped Steamboat. Flair came to the rescue, cementing his babyface status. The following two weeks Flair sent in tapes that he wanted a piece of Slaughter, Pipe and Ole. I guess they were running a nationwide angle that Ole was following Flair around the country, Miami & New Orleans and jumping Flair. That first Flair promo was amazing fired up babyface Flair with bandages all over his face and a splint on his pinky. There are some great promos in this territory but Flair is on another level. 2. Other than that, I thought this was a pretty aimless month. They have a fucking stacked territory. Slaughter, Piper and Ole & Hansen are a murder's row for the heels. Steamboat, BW, Jake The Snake are no slouches either. It just felt all the babyfaces are feuding with all the heels. The promos were just generally targeted in catch-all terms. I love the idea of seeing some Stan Hansen on US soil. 3. I would say the one clear cut feud is Ivan Koloff vs the "Boogey Man" Jimmy Valiant. I love when Ivan calls him the Boogey Man or the disdain in his voice when he says Boogie Woogie. They actually put Valiant over huge one week letting him clear the ring of both Ole & Stan. 4. Jake The Snake as this goody two shoes, moral compass is insane given what he would become. He does it really well. It just feels strange. He really is this idealist. When does he become corrupted? It is very interesting. 5. They are continuing their expansion into Michigan. The announcer doing it has real trouble with Rowdy Roddy Piper's name. Piper vs The Dream in 1982 has me salivating. Also this dude is supposed to be hocking a Mid-Atlantic bumper sticker. He clearly has no clue what the fuck a Bumper Sticker is, calling it attractive and a keepsake. 6. Ole & Stan vs Stevens & Dusty makes sense as Stevens had started his feud with Ole back in late '81. Dusty is a touring national attraction. This explains why Ole keeps name-dropping Dusty even though he is not on the TV show. 7. Wahoo has not been on TV, but a good showing for him getting the title shot and also teaming with "Moral Crusader" Jake Roberts who seems to be beefing hard with Slaughter. 8. Almost forgot on the first week of March TV, The Brisco Brothers come back to town and they plant the seeds for the feud with Piper that I saw unfold in June. Jerry says Piper is better suited for commentary. Piper takes exception to that and says they ought to be afraid of him. See how nice this slow burn is. They didnt fucking just run Piper beating up the Briscos just because. There was a snide comment. They are going to let it fester and snowball and build. I love this stuff.

Jumping around s'more. June 1982 Depth Chart Babyfaces *Heels Wahoo McDaniel Jack Brisco Jay Youngblood Ricky Steamboat Jake The Snake Roberts Paul Jones Jimmy Valiant Porkchop Cash & Iceman King Parsons Kelly Kiniski & Mike Rotundo Sgt. Slaughter Roddy Piper Don Muraco Ivan Koloff The Great Kabuki/Ninja King Kong Mosca The Privates *Ric Flair – Travelling World Champion Two Shows in Greensboro in June 1982, Tag Team Match King Parsons & Mike Rotundo defeat Gene Anderson & The Iron Sheik Singles Match Paul Jones defeats The Ninja NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title Match Jack Brisco (c) defeats Roddy Piper NWA United States Heavyweight Title Canadian Lumberjack Match Wahoo McDaniel (c) defeats Sgt. Slaughter June 19th Singles Match Jay Youngblood defeats The Monk Singles Match Angelo Mosca defeats Johnny Weaver Tag Team Match Jake Roberts & Paul Jones defeat Gene Anderson & The Ninja Tag Team Match Don Muraco & Roddy Piper defeat Jack Brisco & Wahoo McDaniel by DQ: NWA Television Title Match Jimmy Valiant (c) defeats Ivan Koloff by DQ 1. As we kick off June, it looks like Wahoo McDaniel has freshly defeated Sgt. Slaughter for the US Championship. This ruffles the Magnificent Muraco's feathers as Wahoo made a pact with Muraco to win the World Tag Team Titles, which have kinda shelved by an injury to Gene Anderson and there really were not an champions. It is kinda confusing. Wahoo says he is a man of his word, but he didnt expect to win the US Champion it just sort of happened. He sounds like a man who has cheated ended up with a lovechild. What ends up happening is Piper, who is still the straw that stirs the Mid-Atlantic drink, pays Muraco to injure Wahoo. This forces Wahoo to vacate the title and Crockett awards the belt back to Slaughter which is kinda lame. I wish Slaughter pinned an injured Wahoo. You can see the two Greensboro show those are two of the key main event matches. First Wahoo successfully defending the US Title against Slaughter and the other night teaming with Jack Brisco against Piper & Muraco, which leads me to Piper & Brisco. 2. One thing Chad really built up during the PTBN's Greatest WCW Match Ever Project was the Jack Brisco vs Roddy Piper feud. It seems it all started because Brisco beat Piper for the Mid-Atlantic Championship. Piper retaliated by injuring Gerry Brisco when Brisco had a jobber in the figure-4 and Piper splashed onto the entanglement of legs from the top rope. Furthermore in a Jack Brisco vs Don Muraco match (that I should watch), Piper again jumped off the top rope crashing into Jack while in a figure-4. This time tried to crack him open with a chair. I would say this is the hottest feud in the territory right now. I love Jack Brisco's voice, just so smooth and deep. 3. Paul Jones has been calling King Kong Mosca, Ding Dong Mosca, which is not that funny when Paul Jones says it but how Mosca reacts to it is amusing. I like Mosca. He seems like your loud Italian uncle. He has been aligned with the Ninja/Kabuki which I guess why Paul Jones wrestled the Ninja. Jake Roberts has not been doing much. 4. The Privates (Don Kernodle & Jim Nelson) vs Iceman King Parsons & Porkchop Cash midcard Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Title feud got a shit ton of airtime. I like Porkchop Cash a lot. The Privates had recently lost the belts at the beginning of the month but regained them before the month is up. So Sarge & his Privates are at full strength! 5. Kelly Kiniski & Mike Rotundo got a massive amount of promo time and are god-awful. Kelly Kiniski blows chunks. Rotundo looks like he has not slept in a month as usual and looks like he would rather be anywhere else.

I watched this all unfortunately a couple nights ago so my memory is not as fresh but here is... November (2 episodes) & December 1981: *Babyfaces Heels Jay Youngblood Ricky Steamboat Blackjack Mulligan & Blackjack Mulligan Jr. Ray Stevens Wahoo McDaniels & Jake The Snake Roberts Jimmy Valiant Sgt. Slaughter Roddy Piper Big John Studd Ole & Gene Anderson Ivan Koloff The Great Kabuki/Ninja *Ric Flair – Travelling World Champion Thanksgiving Night 1981 Greensboro Thanksgiving Night Cadillac Tournament First Round Match Jake Roberts defeats Mike Davis Thanksgiving Night Cadillac Tournament First Round Match Ivan Koloff defeats Keith Larson Thanksgiving Night Cadillac Tournament First Round Match Blackjack Mulligan Jr. defeats Carl Fergie Thanksgiving Night Cadillac Tournament First Round Match Ricky Steamboat vs. Roddy Piper - Double DQ Thanksgiving Night Cadillac Tournament First Round Match Angelo Mosca defeats Buddy Landel Thanksgiving Night Cadillac Tournament First Round Match Greg Valentine defeats Tony Anthony Thanksgiving Night Cadillac Tournament First Round Match Sgt. Slaughter defeats Johnny Weaver Thanksgiving Night Cadillac Tournament Semi Final Match Angelo Mosca vs. Greg Valentine - Double DQ Thanksgiving Night Cadillac Tournament Semi Final Match Ivan Koloff defeats Jake Roberts Thanksgiving Night Cadillac Tournament Semi Final Match Blackjack Mulligan Jr. defeats Sgt. Slaughter by DQ Thanksgiving Night Cadillac Tournament Final Match Blackjack Mulligan Jr. defeats Ivan Koloff Lights Out Match Blackjack Mulligan vs. John Studd - Double DQ (17:00) NWA World Heavyweight Title Steel Cage Match Ric Flair (c) defeats Ole Anderson (26:00) 1. Sandy Scott was promoting this on the episode of TV we have directly before Thanksgiving. That he wanted to bring in new talent and he asked two different announcers in two separate segments to guess what would incite top talent to come to the area. You could tell both Bob Caudle and the other guy know it is a car but know they shouldnt guess so they just stumble and fumble until Sandy Scott says it is a Cadillac. From Cagematch it looks like a 14-man tournament? Steamboat/Piper was a big feud so it makes sense they go to Double DQ. So that wittles it down to six. Greg Valentine is back, but not yet on TV. Him and Mosca (ties through Toronto/MLW). I like the Blackjack Mulligan Jr (black hair Barry Windham) win for the tournament. 2. His dad has a big match with Big John Studd which bleeds into next month's TV. 3. Ric Flair and Ole Anderson had been feuding it sounded like before Flair left so it makes sense that Ole gets the title match on the biggest night. Again, it is interesting that on the biggest wrestling night of the year...Crockett is the one who gets the World Champion. Flair does not appear on TV at this time. I still need to see the Flair vs Ole strap match from Buffalo we have on tape from around this time. There are two December Greensboro Shows (December 13th): Singles Match Jim Nelson defeats Don Kernodle Singles Match Paul Jones defeats Mike Miller Singles Match The Ninja defeats Ron Bass Non Title Match Jake Roberts defeats Ivan Koloff NWA United States Heavyweight Title Vs. Cadillac Match Sgt. Slaughter (c) defeats Blackjack Mulligan Jr. Tag Team Match Ray Stevens & Ricky Steamboat defeat Ole Anderson & Roddy Piper Key On A Pole Cage Match Blackjack Mulligan defeats John Studd 1. Ron Bass has been de-pushed. Off TV, lost his champion to Uncle Ivan and is jobbing to Kabuki. Maybe because the Blackjacks have rolled into town and only room for one cowboy gimmick on top. Just speculation. 2. I dont recall much Jake vs Ivan interaction in the build to this show. Ray Stevens had started feuding with Ole so that kinda fucked Jake. I thought the Crippler and the Snake would join forces, but that has not happened yet. 3. Sarge has been by far the best act on Mid-Atlantic TV in December. He is US Champion, he has Pvt. Jim Nelson and the $1000 Cobra Clutch Challenge. He has mostly been feuding with Jay Yongblood. Like any good bully heels when he is tasked with facing a true challenge he chickens out. He draws out the Challenge so long that TV time runs out. Then he goes too far when demonstrating the hold on Tony Anthony (yes that Tony Anthony) and hurts him in kayfabe. Sandy Scott, who is a good authority figure, tells him there will be a lottery to face Sarge in the Cobra Clutch Challenge. He rattles off the names and starts with the jobbers...Sarge oh yeah of course Keith Larsen deserves a shot but then as he builds to Youngblood and Mulligan Jr. (Windham), Sarge blows a gasket. The Sarge/BW Cobra Clutch Challenge is just great pro wrestling TV that everyone should watch. That being said this December Greensboro show would have taken place before the Sarge/BW Cobra Clutch Challenge. There was no mention of the US Title vs Cadillac stipulation on TV but that sounds like a great angle! 4. Ray Stevens and Ole Anderson have been feuding sounds like one of those old timers just wanting to feud with each other because they have been buds for so long. Ray Stevens just does not look like an athlete at all. It is shocking that he purportedly innovated the Flair-esque workrate style. He is not much better of a promo. I guess Stevens came in as an Ole tag partner but Ole tried to just use and abuse him. So Stevens will have no of it. Ole says the other babyfaces cant trust Stevens. Steamboat and Piper have been feuding. Pretty solid feud nothing too memorable. 5. Blackjack and Studd have been feuding general Giant vs Giant feud. I think Studd may have tried to hurt Mulligan Jr. thats why Blackjack is so pissed. I have no idea what the key on the pole unlocks. It was not mentioned on TV. So they double dipped in Greensboro in December and here is December 27th, 1981: Singles Match Keith Larson vs. Tony Anthony - Draw Singles Match Terry Taylor defeats Tony Russo Singles Match Jimmy Valiant defeats Carl Fergie Loser Leaves Town Match The Ninja defeats Paul Jones Singles Match Ricky Steamboat defeats Roddy Piper Elimination Six Man Tag Team Match Blackjack Mulligan Jr., Jake Roberts & Ray Stevens defeat Ivan Koloff & The Andersons (Gene Anderson & Ole Anderson) by DQ NWA United States Heavyweight Title Match Sgt. Slaughter (c) defeats Blackjack Mulligan 1. Ninja vs Paul Jones has not been built up at all. Ninja has moved from being under Jimmy Holliday (had never heard of him) to being under Gene Anderson 2. Steamboat vs Piper was a big match. The Contract Signing was a good angle. I would love to see what those two did together. 3. Stevens & Jake as partners against the Andersons make sense given their beefs with Ole. Mulligan Jr and Uncle Ivan feel shoehorned in there. Mulligan Jr was either with his dad against Studd or against Sarge so that's weird. Uncle Ivan was not featured too prominently. 4. I covered Sarge's TV run above. I guess this match makes sense since Sarge was beefing with Blackjack's kid and Blackjack is more of a proven draw at this point. 5. The only other thing I want to cover is that Mid-Atlantic is moving into a new market: Ann Arbor, Michigan! Go Blue! As many of you know, I am a Wolverine! I found these promos to be comical. It is clear none of these guys had been to Michigan before. They all readily admit that and have no clue what to say. It is hilariously awkward. Jake The Snake at one point says he flew over Michigan once to get to Canada and he is sure is a great place. It was so funny.

October 1981 (Only two Episodes on the Network): Greensboro 10/10/81 (Cagematch) NWA United States Heavyweight Title Match Sgt. Slaughter (c) defeats Sweet Ebony Diamond Singles Match Leroy Brown defeats Ole Anderson NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title Match Ricky Steamboat defeats Ivan Koloff (c) - TITLE CHANGE !!! Singles Match Wahoo McDaniel defeats Roddy Piper *Babyfaces Heels Wahoo McDanie & Jake Roberts Jay Youngblood Leroy Brown Ricky Steamboat Ron Bass Jimmy Valiant Ole & Gene Anderson Roddy Piper Sgt. Slaughter Ivan Koloff The Grappler & Super Destroyer The Great Kabuki/Ninja *Ric Flair – Travelling World Champion 1. Ric Flair does not appear and I do not think was mentioned. 2. I really need to go back and watch Piper vs Jay Youngblood 3. Jake The Snake cuts one of the best damn promos I have not seen. He was on the verge of tears talking about how the Andersons were ruthlessly going to continue their beatdown of #1 Paul Jones and it really moved me. Great stuff! Big angle of the month was Jake The Snake was hounding the Andersons for a Tag Title shot saying Ole & Gene had not defended the titles in 2 months. Ole needed a sub and got Super Destroyer to wrestle. They show most of the match I think it was on Worldwide on the show. Gene came out in a Super Destroyer getup after Super D went behind the curtains. Gene loaded the mask and won. Ole & Gene of course lied & denied. Gene was suffering from uncontrollable, involuntary body movements. The dude wrestled until 1985. He was only 42 at the time! The dude looked 62! Wow that was a rough n tumble life. He died at 52, which is sad. Jake The Snake and Wahoo are a badass tag team and what the babyface side needed. 4. Rejoice & Be Glad! The Boogie Woogie Man is here! It really does not feel like Crockett without Jimmy Valiant. Was the Boogie Woogie Elbow the inspiration for the People's Elbow? 5. Great Kabuki debuts and looks badass. Jimmy Holliday, learn something new, never heard of this guy says he will henceforth known as The Ninja 6. Ron Bass takes a backseat in the episodes I watched. 7. Sgt. Slaughter adopting Jim Nelson as Pvt. Nelson is a genius addition to the gimmick. Love that they strapped him up so soon. The United States Champion of the World was a funny gaffe. I need to go back and watch him vs Kernodle, also.

September 1981 - Just getting a lay of the land by jumping around. September 5, 1981 Greensboro show (Courtesy: Cagematch): Jake Roberts defeats Jacques Goulet NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title Match Leroy Brown defeats Ivan Koloff (c) by DQ The Grappler & The Super Destroyer defeat Frank Monte & Jay Youngblood Abdullah The Butcher & Roddy Piper vs. Ron Bass & Wahoo McDaniel - No Contest Texas Bullrope Match Ric Flair defeats Ole Anderson (17:00) Babyfaces Heels *Ric Flair Wahoo McDaniel Ron Bass Ricky Steamboat Jay Youngblood Jake The Snake Roberts Leroy Brown Ole Anderson Roddy Piper & Abdullah The Butcher Sgt. Slaughter The Grappler Super Destroyer Ivan Koloff *Wins NWA World’s Heavyweight Championship This Month 1. Ric Flair does not appear but is mentioned that he had been feuding with Ole Anderson. David Crockett & Bob Caudle are stoked to announce he has won the World Championship. He is clearly a babyface in the Carolinas at this time. 2. Ron Bass has just won the TV title. I would say he is the main spokesman of the babyfaces. He is paling around with Steamboat, Youngblood and Jake The Snake and Leroy Brown. Jake looks like a young Marlboro Man. Steamboat bless his heart tries to cut a promo and Bass bails him out. Bass is very adequate. The babyface side feels midcard. Steamboat is an awesome worker dont get me wrong, but with Flair off gallivanting winning the World Title and Wahoo kayfabe not around. They are missing some firepower. 3. Roddy Piper & Abby vs Wahoo. That sounds like a killer feud. David & Bob say they have banned both from the TV set because of all the hatred. Piper and Ole are aligned. What an oil & water odd couple. Ole cuts a great meat & potatoes promo. Piper is a killer on the mic here. This is damn good Piper. I dont want anyone to know just how bad I is until its too late. Damn straight. They tag together against Paul Jones & a chump. I am surprised Paul Jones was used a job guy as I thought he was a big deal in the Carolinas until the end. Also we get a really short, but fun Ole vs Jay Youngblood match that I watched. Ole is great against they young, workrate guys. The Grappler interferes. The Grappler is a legendary promo that people often forget about because he did not work in the big territories often. I could see his potential. I thought his conviction and cadence was great. 4. Sgt. Slaughter debuts. He does not have a dance partner yet but he promises to win a major title and he does. He wins the US Title in October in a tournament final since Wahoo had to vacate it due to Piper & Abby injuring him. 5. Heel side seems absolutely stacked. Ole, Piper, Abby, Sarge are all #1 heel candidates with Grappler, Super Destroyer and Ivan Koloff give great depth to the midcard. With Flair and Wahoo out, the babyfaces need to pick it up to keep up. I know Steamboat is over as a wrestler, but I want some good promos to match the heels.

Advancing One Year to December 1983, fresh off the heels of Starrcade 1983. Here is the card of Starrcade 1983, courtesy of prowrestlinghistory.com: The Assassins beat Rufus R Jones & Bugsy McGraw (8:06) when Assassin #1 pinned McGraw. Kevin Sullivan & Mark Lewin beat Scott McGhee & Johnny Weaver (6:38) when Lewin pinned Weaver. Abdullah the Butcher pinned Carlos Colon (4:27). Dick Slater & Bob Orton, Jr. beat Mark Youngblood & Wahoo McDaniel (13:50) when Orton pinned Youngblood. Charlie Brown (Jimmy Valiant) pinned The Great Kabuki (13:33) in a "no DQ, no time limit" match to win the NWA TV Title. Roddy Piper pinned Greg Valentine (16:06) in a "dog collar" match. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood beat Jack & Jerry Brisco (12:48) in a "no DQ" match to win the NWA Tag Title when Youngblood pinned Jerry. Angelo Mosca was the special referee. Ric Flair pinned Harley Race (23:46) in a "steel cage" match to win the NWA World Title. Gene Kiniski was the special referee. Here is the December 1983 Depth Chart: *Babyfaces Heels “Rowdy” Roddy Piper (outgoing) Wahoo McDaniel (kayfabe injured) Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood Jimmy Valiant Angelo Mosca Rufus R. Jones & Mark Youngblood Greg “The Hammer” Valentine (outgoing) Dick Slater & Bob Orton Road Warriors w/Paul Ellering (incoming) Assassins w/Paul Jones Kevin Sullivan & Mark Lewin (Outgoing) w/Gary Hart Ivan Koloff & Don Kernodle (Incoming) w/Gary Hart *Ric Flair is travelling World Champion Key Takeaways: 1. Crockett does a good job memorializing Starrcade! I was kinda surprised that they were savvy enough to push how big of a deal Starrcade was after the fact. They had Piper hock Starrcade shirts and magazines. Instead of just moving on to the next card, by making Starrcade a big deal now, this investment will pay dividends the next year. A wise move from a normally unwise promotion. 2. Greg Valentine is still United States Champion. He cuts a pretty good promo at one. It feels like him and Piper are spinning their wheels. Piper cuts a good promo about sometimes it is about how you lose. It is important to get back up. Piper beat Valentine at the Dog Collar Match, but the title was not on the line. Valentine would lose the US title curiously to a heel Dick Slater who was gloating about beating Rufus R. Jones for the Mid-Atlantic Championship. After Slater won the US Championship, he relinquished the Mid-Atlantic Championship directly to an incoming Ivan Koloff. Neither his US Title Victory or the Mid-Atlantic Title transfer was mentioned on TV in December. Slater is a good promo and I like Bob Orton's voice a lot, good delivery. Oh, Slater & Orton injured Wahoo's arm, at Starrcade, I think and that's why Wahoo has not been on TV. It looks like once Piper and Valentine leave that Slater and Wahoo will be the top program. No offense, to Slater and Wahoo, but it does feel like they would need more oomph, so going out getting Tully Blanchard was a huge pick-up and shot in the arm. 3. Steamboat & Youngblood, thank God they were great wrestlers and good looking dudes, because they could not cut a promo to save their lives. Steamboat was fumbling. Youngblood made a weird joke that Road Warriors were only 20lbs heavier than them. Briscos did not appear at all this month. The sale of Georgia to Vince is soon so they will be headed North in 1984. The Road Warriors had a squash and one promo. Hawk and Animal looked "more normal" for lack of a better term at this point in their careers. I dont think they stick around long. 4. Jimmy Valiant vs Paul Jones: the Hatfields and the McCoys have nothing on The Boogie Woogie Man and Number One Paul Jones. Jimmy Valiant is mostly unintelligible but I gotta admit his energy is infectious. He defaces a portrait of Paul Jones. Boy, oh boy, Paul Jones would give Lana a run for her money in how fucking wooden he is. This should be so easy. Just get mad. Just get big mad. Nothing. Bob Caudle was awesome in these segments. I love Bob Caudle. 5. Angelo Mosca vs Gary Hart. Mosca saved McGhee & Weaver at Starrcade from Sullivan & Lewin, but in the process took a giant Golden Spike to his arm. I know Mosca has a rep as an atrocious promo, but as pissed of angry Italian dad he was a pretty good promo. I usually like Gary Hart, but his promos were just kinda annoying this time. Sullivan and Lewin were playing bodybuilders not Satan-worshippers which bummed me out. They were out of the territory in just two weeks and replaced by Ivan Koloff and "Pride of the Carolinas" Don Kernodle. He doesnt say it here but I fucking love when Uncle Ivan says "Pride of Carolinas". Don Kernodle got shunted down the card quickly 1985. I am surprised he didnt try to find greener pastures. 6. Kelly Kiniski. Oh boy. Talk about somebody who was not suited for pro wrestling. With no inflection, he tries to turn heel. The first week he says any parent would be proud to have as a kid. Then he calls Jay Youngblood a cheap imitation. If it was not for Bob Caudle pointing stuff out, you would just think he was going about his business. 7. No Ric Flair this month. 8. The majority of the promos were focuses on Valiant vs Paul Jones and Mosca vs Gary Hart. It feels like they were letting the midcard shine while they were getting all their ducks in a row for next year.

After just one episode of Mid-South TV, I am switching gears to Mid-Atlantic. I am bit of overwhelmed trying to squeeze years of watching the Network into a couple weeks. I was such a fool! I cant believe I took this treasure trove for granted. Instead of watching all these squash/competitive squashes, I am just going to watch the promos so I can get a feel for the characters & the angles of the timeframe. By understanding the roster, I can understand the possible permutations of the wrestlers in matches and then use different search tools to see what I can find. Starting randomly in December 1982: Depth Chart December 1982 Babyfaces *Heels “Rowdy” Roddy Piper Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood Jack Brisco Sweet Brown Sugar Mike Rotundo “Cowboy” Bob Orton Jimmy Valiant Greg “The Hammer” Valentine (House of Hump) Sgt. Slaughter & Don Kernodle Paul Jones (House of Hump) Dory Funk Jr. Leroy Brown (House of Hump) Jos Le Duc (leaving)/One Man Gang (debuting) (House of Hump) Sir Oliver Humperdnk (House of Hump) Thanksgiving 1982 Card Greensboro (15.5k) Credit: Cagematch: Mike Davis defeats Masa Fuchi Bob Orton Jr. defeats Pvt. Jim Nelson Johnny Weaver defeats Ken Timbs Frank Monte defeats Ron Ritchie NWA Television Title 10.000 Dollar 22 Man Battle Royal (vakant) Leroy Brown defeats Bob Orton Jr. and Frank Monte and Gary Black and Bill White and Gene Anderson and Ricky Harris and Sgt. Slaughter and Jerry Brisco and Jim Dalton and Johnny Weaver and Keith Larson and Ken Timbs and King Parsons and Masa Fuchi and Mike Davis and Mike Rotunda and Pork Chop Cash and Pvt. Jim Nelson and Rick Rood and Ricky Harris and Ron Ritchie - TITLE CHANGE !!! Three On Two Handicap Steel Cage Match Abdullah The Butcher & Jimmy Valiant defeat Jos LeDuc, Paul Jones & Sir Oliver Humperdink Non Title Match Jack Brisco defeats Greg Valentine (23:00) NWA World Heavyweight Title Match Ric Flair (c) defeats Roddy Piper by DQ (24:00) Key Takeaways: 1. Roddy Piper was a really big fucking deal in Mid-Atlantic. Definitely there top babyface star from 1982-1983. Although I need to look back deeper in 1982. As a person born in 1989, became a fan in 1997, this is not something you think of at all. I thought of Piper as a Portland dude that catches fire in the WWF in 1984. I had seen the Dog Collar Match at Starrcade ;83 in my teen years in the mid-00s as a part of the Greatest WWE Stars of the 80s DVD comp. I loved the match but never thought much of it. Perhaps because Flair is such a big deal as the draw to Starrcade 83. Piper/Valentine had been going a 1+ year at this point and that clearly the week-in/week-out feud of the territory that was drawing the Carolinas while Flair was off gallivanting. It is very interesting to see that Piper is the one that gets the World Championship title on Thanksgiving night and even more interesting that Crockett was able to finagle getting the World Champion for their Thanksgiving show over all the other territories at this point. Learning about this stuff, definitely heightens my appreciation for Piper and makes him feel like a massive star. The Thanksgiving Night World Championship match up until WrestleMania was probably the highest honor in pro wrestling. This really speak volumes to Piper's status. Although, if someone wanted to undermine, they could say that Crockett was just awarded the match because Flair was a Crockett boy, which is plausible. Piper was still the #1 babyface of a major US territory for at least a year and that carries a lot of weight for me. The angle in December 1982 is that Flair & Valentine did the concrete face rub angle that they did with Steamboat in the the 70s and Ricky Morton in 86 to great effect. Piper's promos can be hit or miss with me, but I thought these from this month were effective. He was banned from the studio because of what he did to Humperdink and Valentine. Valentine sold his return really well and Piper clobbered him. Valentine did a great job shrinking from the moment when Piper was present like a cowardly chump and then when Piper leaves he becomes a real Big Man challenging Piper to a fight. Excellent heel psychology. Greg Valentine is the US Champion so the top week in/week-out champion and is aligned with Humperdink. Piper/Valentine would be linked for another entire year without losing any heat which is an amazing feat in any era. 2. Sir Oliver Humperdink - I have seen so little Hump. I know the Bam Bam Bigelow stuff and the Big Daddy Dink. I always associated Hump with Florida, which I have not really seen. I thought he was great. He is the top heel manager like The Brain in AWA or the Mouth of the South in Mempho. He manages all the heels save for Sarge & Kernodle. Hump is a great talker and has a great look especially the flaming red mullet. He also looks hipper than everyone else. It is 1982, but everyone is still stuck in the Disco 70s with the wide collars and no belts through the pants. Hump has the cool shades, leather jackets and 80s jewelry. He looks more in touch with the upcoming heavy metal revolution which would get going the next year. Very cutting edge for pro wrestling which is usually 2-3 pop culture cycles behind. The House of Hump is kinda rag tag motley crew. Valentine is a great centerpiece. Leroy Brown is a big, big man never seen him before, good promo too. What happened to him? Jos LeDuc shows up and then is replaced by a debuting long-haired One Man Gang. Paul Jones is still wrestling and is just as mediocre as ever on the stick. They are feuding with Piper & Friends. Piper does not use this term, but Bob Orton calls their group, Piper's Palace and he is building a Palace that will outshine the House of Humperdink. Orton is good on the stick. 3. Ex-World Champions in the Midcard - they are able to effectively use Jack Brisco (babyface) as the Mid-Atlantic Champion feud with #1 Paul Jones. I love Jack's voice, just so smooth. They use Dory Funk Jr as a heel against Sweet Brown Sugar, raving about conspiracies because some boxer is gonna be the Special Ref for their match. Junior is a pretty good heel better than I expected. I think it is harder to transition someone like a Hulk Hogan into this midcard role, but I like their use of Brisco and Funk in the promotion. 4. Sarge & Kernodle vs Steamboat & Youngblood - interesting they didnt have a match on the Thanksgiving. It could be that Sarge/Kernodle took Youngblood out before Thanksgiving. They show clips numerous times of Sarge "nearly killing" Youngblood with the Cobra Clutch in an arena in the post-match after a tag title match. This sets up the big Steamboat/Youngblood return on TV as they ambush the heels. Sarge & Kernodle are great. At one point Sarge starts quoting Don Henley's Dirty Laundry for no reason. Lol. That feud is red hot going into Final Conflict in March/April of 83. 5. Why does Mike Rotundo invariably always look like he has not slept for a month when ever I see him?

A smidgen higher than Pete, but yeah this is nothing you have to drop what you are doing to see even though Ric Flair vs Tommy Rich on paper caused me to do just that. NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair vs Tommy Rich - GCW Omni 12/4/83 On paper, this got me from six to midnight in a flash but ended with me right back where started after 20 or so minutes of action. It never quite reached OMFG RIC FLAIR VS TOMMY RICH~! levels. Flair has just won the World Championship at Starrcade. He is a babyface in Mid-Atlantic, but plays de facto heel here. He is more of a heel in the sense that he is the one getting thwarted & bested at the beginning and then in control in the middle. He is not super heelish until the end. The shine is fine. It is Rich working holds...headlock, headscissors, abdominal stretch as Flair gets bested. Flair 101. The only cool wrinkle is on getting out of the headscissors, Flair has an opportunity to go for the Figure-4 and he takes it only to end up in the Inside Cradle. I like that spot was in the first five minutes as opposed to the last five minutes as a change of pace. It is worth noting that Rich properly applies the abdominal stretch with his toe grapevining the leg. Since fucking Gorilla has beaten it into my head to look for it, I might as well mention it. One thing that irked me about this match and I dont think I have ever seen Flair do this before, but he was selling like he had been in a 25-30 minute war after only three holds and 5 minutes. It was really strange. I dont think I have ever seen oversell like this before. They tease heat but it is only after a Rich Sleeper that gets turned into a side headlock and then a kneecrusher does Flair take over. Good Flair heat segment, Butterfly Suplex, big Vertical Suplex back in the ring, a rare Boston Crab, the usual kneedrop and all that jazz. Not a chop heavy Flair match. I think there was only one, maybe two firefights in this match. If I had to classify which formula Flair was using, I would say this was sort of similar to how he would wrestle Magnum TA. It is very Flair 101. Rich is a solid hand, but I dont think this was a good way to get a feel for him. He has a decent punch in this, but nothing that stands out in the South where a good punch is a dime a dozen. A random headbutt was cool and he used the Bionic Elbow. Flair misses an elbow drop and back body drop out of a Piledriver. That's when we see what Rich has to offer which I mentioned before. Flair ends up wrenching the leg across the apron. Figure-4 on Rich gets good heat. Flair and Rich brawl on the outside. Flair gets cut and is bleeding. Flair tries to flee with the Championship. Lame finish. Rich gets the O'Connor Roll, but Flair lovetaps him in the back with the Belt for the win. Flair 101. Rich really did not add much to the match in my opinion. I thought Flair looked great on offense here. Flair's choice of selling big early and throughout was weird. I would say everything between Flair's kneecrusher to the Figure-4, which was about 15 minutes of action was really strong. The finish leaves a lot to be desired. Ric Flair will appreciate this analogy, he is like sex, even mediocre Ric Flair is pretty damn good.***1/2

Pro Wrestling Love is coming back at you with @dawho5 as we continue our countdown on the Top 25 Best Japanese matches to take place between 2000-2009. This was born out of Ditch's project in the early 2010s and we are here in 2021 to report back our findings. This is Part 2/5 and we are in the #20-#16 portion of the list. This is Mike's first podcast venture. He has been a valuable contributor on here for close to a decade. I am glad he was on and he could share his interesting insight. Plenty of great puroresu discussed and come listen to Mike pontificate. https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-e7xtm-fd5d60

I was thinking what would be the best use of my limited time with the Network I think it to binge as much 1985 Mid-South as possible. I feel like such a fool for taking the Network for granted for so long. 6-Jan-1985 One thing I didnt notice (surprisingly mind you) until I watched some random Mid-Atlantic episodes was that there were NO promos at all on this show. It was all matches and Watts was narrating the stories for the viewers. It was an interesting style. Was Mid-South always like this? Was it typical? Or was this an atypical show? R'n'R Express regain the tag belts from DiBiase & Dr. Death a the end of 1984. Skandor Abar basically manages all the heels. The main heels are Kamala, Ted DiBiase, Dr. Death, Hercules, and Buddy Landell. I love the music video to get the RNRs over. They look so cool. We need more packages where babyfaces are just filmed doing cool things that people do in modern pro wrestling. Iceman Parsons is someone has only seen very little of. Good athletic babyface. I liked the second rope lariat finish. Watts tells us that Parsons has left Dallas to come here so that he can continue his feud with Akbar who has fled to Mid-South. I love that touch. The Guerreros are here and they being programmed with the RNRs. Great heels. They beat up Horner & Shawn Michaels in short order. It is pretty amazing that Horner looks like the prospect and Michaels looks like the dweeb. Michaels easily could have been the jobber whose name you can never remember based on his look here. The Guerreros are so crisp. The wrestling on this TV show is very similar to Crockett. It is 80s workrate heavy. It is slam, bang action. Perpetual motion pro wrestling. Everything is fundamental. It does not look overly cooperative which I like. I like that it is overwrought or over-chereographed. However it is not perfect. I think they could give time for things to breathe more. Let the wrestlers react. It is not very sticky wrestling like it does not stick with you. I thought the Guerreros finish a forward roll while the other traps the opponent was not as cool as they thought it was. Chavo looked fantastic here. TV Champion Buddy Landell vs Terry Taylor - This is the big angle of the show as there is a title switch. A very Watts/Graham finish in the sense that the devil is in the details and it is very tight. The ref has to duck to get out of the way an opponent running the ropes who hurdles the ref. The first time Taylor does it; Akbar trips Taylor. The ref admonishes Akbar and then counts for two. They repeat the spot with Landell doing the running and Iceman Parsons trips and this leads to the title change. Both times the ref couldnt see the trip because he was too busy trying not to get run over. A good finish that should be stolen. The work before was solid. I liked the hiptoss directly into a lateral press for two and how Landell sold it. That was one of the few times someone really reacted to something on the show. Buddy took over promptly smashing Taylor's face into the turnbuckle. Solid heat segment. Good match. ***1/4 Ted DiBiase/Dr. Death vs Hacksaw Duggan & Terry Daniels - Duggan is a fucking star! He is just dripping with charisma and he seems like a way bigger deal than anyone else on this show. Great Duggan performance. DiBiase bumps & feeds like a champ for Duggan and he is a strong #2 to Duggan's #1. Doc is fine here, Watts says his football helmet is banned. Another angle. Daniels is there as the fall guy and gets punked out with the Black Glove. Duggan looks like a rockstar. On commentary, it is noted that Butch Reed has turned face and his own man does not need Akbar. North American Champion Brad Armstrong vs Hercules - Brad Armstrong is kind of a bottom of the barrel North American Champion, no? He feels more like a TV Champion-level dude that should be mixing it up with Taylor & Landell while Duggan, Reed and DiBiase work on top of the card. What's up with BA as champion? Admittedly, I may have only seen one or two Herc matches before this. He seemed ok. Nothing stood out about him. How I feel about Brad Armstrong is how most people feel about Terry Taylor. BA was a fine mechanic, but he was NOT a cant miss prospect. Parsons/Akbar feud continues as they get involved and trigger a schmozz finish. Herc had a Cobra Clutch applied looked like is finish and the ref got bumped as BA was flailing. Nothing spectacular from BA. Quick Kamala and Jake The Snake squashes close out the show. Interested to see who Jake gets paired with. Kamala is with Iceman. Iceman was pushed pretty hard on this show as the new babyface in town, figuring into both title match finishes and winning his own match. Taylor vs Landell was match of the night. Duggan was the Star of the Show in my opinion. Looking forward to more.

How do they know? Is there a survey? I dont really know how ratings work honestly.

Didnt read whole thread so maybe this was raised? With people waiting longer and longer to have children, is it possible that these are just parents watching with their kids? We arent accurately capturing the kid market? Pre-Pandemic I went to a lot of shows in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut and there were always a ton of kids at the shows. I dont think they have lost their hold on the 5-12 year old crowd. They might not be retaining them, but kids are still coming to the shows from what I saw.

@BigBadMick your energy is keeping me going! Im glad you still found it enjoying even if you dont know much about Shoot-Style. As Mick mentioned the Shoot-Style series has come & gone, but Pro Wrestling Love is staying in the Land of the Rising Sun as we are counting down the Top 25 Best Pro Wrestling Matches to take place in Japan between 2000-2009 with first-time podcaster, long-time PWO contributor @dawho5 aka Mike. Mike & I were common voices in the discussion threads for the Best of Japan 2000s matches. The Best of Japan 2000s (2000-2009) was a projected headed up by Ditch. About 300 Puroresu matches from 2000-2009 were nominated and the intention was to have people watch them and then rank them up. The voting process did not take place however Mike & I learned helluva lot about Puroresu at this time and watched some great badass matches. This is the first of five installments (#25-#21) as we count down our Top 25 Best of Japan matches 2000-2009. https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-68d57-fd5d59

@Tim Cooke I really liked Tamura vs Koshaka the worked version of 1998; I will definitely check out their shoot! Sounds interesting thanks for the trip! It is here another Season Finale on the Pro Wrestling Love Show! This is the final episode of the Best Japanese Shoot-Style Matches of All Time! It was a pleasure having @Cap aboard and I am sure we will hook it up again down the road. It is our Top 5 Shoot Style Matches of All Times. This is the easiest show to sell. The obvious hook is who finishes number 1! It is nothing but stone cold classics Volk Han vs Kiyoshi Tamura the Trilogy! Fujiwara vs Super Tiger! Takada vs Fujiwara! Tamura vs Kohsaka! What did you agree with? What did we have too high? What did we have too low? What did we miss? Tell us! https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-zpxbg-f9d8f1

Matt dont sell yourself kid, I think you have a velvety voice. I love listening to you talk, brutha. @Tim Cooke thanks for listening and thanks for the recommendations I would love to see how UWF influenced MMA. RINGS was doing shoots as early as 1997?!? How sure are we that '97 fight with Kohsaka is not worked. Ugh, sorry I got slammed with work, it was my manufacturing trial week and forgot to make a post. This is the penultimate episode of the Best of Shoot-Style with Markout Mountain Matt. We break into Top 10! Matt loves PWFG, I love Shamrock's mullet! Matt gets freaky deaky with a BatBat-Death Match hybrid pick. Fujiwara vs Super Tiger makes its debut as I continue to freeze out Volk Han vs Tamura. The final episode which is out Top 5 drops tomorrow, Noon Eastern! Check both these episodes out! https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-yka82-f9d8e9

Didnt realize you made the comment before the match. I thought that was after the match. I agree the content was not very good, but I think they were doing the whole purposeful ambiguity thing with not much foreshadowing because they had no plan in mind so the content was very nebulous. I liked her cadence and conviction. She has great presence. Admittedly, I barely follow ratings overall and do not follow quarter hour draws at all. This shocks me. She is like not good. She is very stilted in her movements, she always waits an extra half-beat before attacking which drives me batty and she does not look she can hurt a fly. I want to point this out because I thought about this on a walk recently. It really is her stilted movements. I love Kairi Sane who is not that much bigger, but is so much more explosive, really launches herself into everything and makes wrestling feel organic. Riho looks like she is doing some terrible, overwrought dance routine. More power to you brutha and all you Riho-Maniacs out there!

Read a quick article to jog my mind. Kurt Angle does sound reasonable, I forgot about him and would be a let down in my estimation. Batista crossed my mind, but seems unlikely. The article brought up Japan. It would have to be Tanahashi or Okada anything less would not make a splash in my estimation. Unless, somebody's contract is up that we dont know about, and this is a Luger Nitro jump. I am going to guess it is Kurt Angle for now. Didnt he just start a podcast? Was it with Conrad?

How about Rousey?!? That would be sickkkk!

I know, right? Outside Cena, Brock or Punk who is really that big of a deal?

Brock.

Hey! I was on WrestleLine when I was 9 years old, I will have you know! Also MoS sorry to pick on you brutha, read some of your posts after, you really enjoyed Tully/JJ and Onita, so youre cool, bro! Though you like Riho, which makes me unsure now.

Man I came in all jazzed up to talk about how awesome Dynamite was and how killer SHAQ VS CODY was, but man wrestling fans gonna be wrestling fans. For the rest of us, who remember what fun is, that opening tag match was killer! Cody bumping & feeding like a pro for Shaq! Shaq going all out, having fun and just being a big mutha trucker in there. His powerbomb was sick! You know what was so refreshing about this match. It was not a damn track meet. People actually took the time to milk the highspots and let the highspots breathe. They reacted to one another. Jade Cargill is gonna be a star. She is IT! Amazing look and effusive charisma. She gets that pro wrestling is about character work. She needs to work on her execution, but that will come with time. Cody just looked like a zillion bucks. The table spot was killer! Cody feels like a pro wrestler not some workrate mark hack. The rest of the show rocked too! Jericho/MJF had one of their better segments in a while. Bloodied Papa Buck last week esp. the blood smears came off great. Bucks prattled a little too long, but we got some retribution. Tully Blachard and JJ were awesome! I was marking out for the shoe and having Tony on the call! FTR vs JX is the best feud in wrestling! Ryo is awesome, she got a great match out of Nyla Rose of all people which I legitimately thought was impossible. Ryo was really, really good. More Ryo, less Riho, yes please! ONITA~! How badass was that! PAC & Fenix should wrestle that long all the time! That's literally all I want from them, just offensive exhibition. As soon as you ask them to sell or do anything remotely involving psychology or plot development, they suck. Keep it under 5 minutes I will be happy. I havent even finished Dynamite, but this was my favorite Dynamite of all time and one the best 2 hour wrestling shows in forever! Loved it!

Alright, brutha @soup23, but dont think Im bumping for you. I am a walking tall babyface :p What's going on, PWOites? It is @Cap & Marty Sleeze comin' at you live with Pro Wrestling Love on the dial. We bust out the Boss, our Hero, Yoshiaki Fujiwara as we heap loads of praise on him. We tackle two of the most polarizing shoot-style matches of all time, click the link to find out what they are...Chad has already gone on record for shaming me for not liking one of them. I am standing tall, baby! We even have a Bob Backlund sighting and it is not me who is gushing over Bob for a change! It is Pro Wrestling Love, give it a spin, let us know what you think. https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-3guva-f9d8e4