MikeF

I have uploaded SMW TV from 6/12/93 through 12/31/94. I will upload all of 1995 in the next month or two. I have also uploaded the following special events: 1993 - Bluegrass Brawl, Fire on the Mountain, Thanksgiving Thunder 1994 - Night of the Legends 1995 - Superbowl of Wrestling Trying to get as much SMW out as possible. HockeyMaskGuy on YouTube has all of the previous SMW episodes up to what I have uploaded. Thanks. Much appreciated. Unfortunately, Night of the Legends has already been blocked. I'll be diving into those other shows though. I loved SMW.

Damn. He put it up either today or late last night and it's blocked already.

One of the '81 matches featured the title being "held up" for a month until the rematch, correct?

I just remembered reading a thread somewhere where everyone seemed to think the 60 minute was a classic, so maybe you were referring to the March match as not being impressive. I don't know, I definitely liked it a lot. I'd love to see the previous months 60 minute match now though.

If that's the same match I'm thinking of, which I have as 2/19/79, I wasn't impressed. Way too much stalling and selling of exhaustion where it wasn't appropriate. The match I watched is dated 3/26/79. Vince on commentary mentioned that they had gone 60 minutes the previous month. Based on your comments, that may have been the match from February 19.

I also liked Backlund/Koloff a lot. Never quite understood why being unable to continue didn't cost the champ his title, but it allowed a big push for the next months rematch, I suppose.

March '79 MSG - Great back to back matches. Backlund/Valentine followed by Bruno/Koloff. Backlund/Valentine was really terrific. The crowd reaction to Backlund putting the figure four on Valentine was epic. Not crazy about the finish in the Bruno/Koloff match, but enjoyed it regardless. The six man tag felt like a wasted Dusty appearance. I don't remember Tony Garea being that bad when I was a kid, lol. Maivia/Putski was predictably dull, save for catching Maivia cussing out the referee and random people in the crowd. Some of the decisions given by the referee in curfew limit matches seemed puzzling, like this one for instance.

Just watched Backlund/Valentine from March '79 that OldSkool uploaded. Add that match to this list.

Awesome, thanks guys!

Cool. Thx.

It wasn't until a few months ago that they showed me that I could watch YouTube videos on our big screen TV through the Xbox. That was a game changer, lol.

I have no idea how to do that or what it even means exactly. But, I'll definitely be getting one of my kids to do it for me.

He left a comment on one of the videos that he has about 80 full house shows to put up. Hope they stay up for a little while, especially since there's football to be watched too for the next 3 days, lol.

September '77 MSG - "I came a long way to kick your ass" lol. I've seen the October bullrope match several times, don't recall seeing the prelude before. Even when I was a little kid (which I was in the 70's), I never understood why fans didn't realize a count out meant no title change. Apparently, Dusty didn't realize it either. Backlund/Sharpe was interesting. You can see the seeds being sown for Backlund. Sharpe plays the classic arrogant for no particular reason heel role well, imo. Thank goodness for the curfew in the last match. 3 out of 5 falls? No thanks.

The Graham/Putski match shows what a difference crowd heat can make. On paper, it sounds like a disaster, but that was a surprisingly fun match to watch. Awful finish, but surprisingly good nonetheless. A little disappointed with Bruno/Patera, thought it would've been a little better. Am I crazy or was the referee in the Fuji/Strongbow match a young(er) Percy Pringle/Paul Bearer? The Scicluna/Steele vs Garea/Zbyszko match was an absolute trainwreck.