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EDITEE: Opps just realized I typed a bunch of stuff here that was already addressed in page 1. :-( http://www.wwwebtax.com/general/independent_contractor.htm Here's what I think will happen: a) WWE will try to run out the clock by moving the case to different courts and losing paperwork or whatever.. Causing Raven & Co. to pay $$ in legal fees, eventually causing them to give up and live in a crack house broke and destitute. B ) Raven & Co. brave the storm and the Mark Henry/Giant Khali beatings to make it to court. WWE realizing it's doom pays off Raven & Co. a unspecified large settlement out of court to avoid prosecution. They make this into an angle the following RAW, most likely involving midgits and McMahon ass. ******************************** I'm curious about the whole "Can't be fired. Independent contractors can't be fired so long as they produce a result which meets the contract specifications." thing and how it relates to Matt hardy or Dawn Marie getting released. *********************************** Jerry McDivitt says case will be thrown out: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport...icle1620461.ece

Wow that's crazy. I don't know anything about the specifics of the contracts or independent contract laws, but hopefully this one won't be swept under the rug easily and actually may make some positive changes.

I've been watching alot of 80's matches lately and went ahead and made my own personal Top 100. I know some of picks may be weird so feel free to comment on them, or even better, other matches that I haven't seen and you think should be in there. Here it is: Floyd's Top 100 matches of the 80's I'd like to add these matches would've made my list but my copies were too clipped to rate. I recommend to check them out too!: Tiger Mask I Vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (New Japan - 11/4/82) Tiger Mask I Vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (New Japan - 6/2/83) Owen Hart Vs. Keiichi Yamada (NJ - 6/10/88 ) Owen Hart Vs. Shiro Koshinaka (NJ - 6/24/88 ) ********************************************** 100. Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson Vs. The Rockers (WWF - 2/16/89) - Short but exciting match from SNME. Both teams were relatively new to the WWF and introduced themselves to the TV audience in a fun fast-paced match. 99. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Shiro Koshinaka (New Japan - 2/5/87) - Koshinaka was defending the IWGP Jr. title against the former champ here. These guys had an awesome feud throughout the 80's in New Japan's Jr. division. Known as the "Broken fingers" match. 98. Ric Flair & Barry Windham Vs. The Midnight Express (NWA - 12/7/88 ) - Kind of like Michael Jordan was famous for his dunks and drives to the basket but everyone forgot his near perfect jump shooting, everyone forgets what an awesome tag team wrestler Flair is. The NWA World champ teams up with U.S. champ Windham to take on the Midnight Express in a dream match up at the Clash of Champions IV. 97. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Mil Mascaras (All Japan - 7/30/82) - Tsuruta defends the NWA United National Championship against Mascaras. Of all the early 80's matches I saw on All-Japan Classics, this one stood out for some reason. I dunno I guess cause I didn't expect a bloody brawl from these two. They start off all nice-like with some scientific mat wrestling but when that goes nowhere they head to the floor and start brawling like Brody Vs. Abdullah. It gets so bad that the ref stops the match and trainees come out of the woodwork to get them apart, but a bloody Tsuruta calls on the fans support so they restart the match. 96. Randy Savage Vs. Hulk Hogan (WWF - 4/1/89) - Savage was always a jealous psycho. But after paranoia gripped him with the thought of Hogan's "lusting" of Elizabeth and his title, Savage snapped and attacked his former friend. Now they settle it in the ring in a long awaited match for the WWF World Championship at Wrestlemania V. It's Jesse Ventura's classic commentary that knocked this match into my Top 100. 95. Jaguar Yokota Vs. La Galacta (AJW Hair vs. Mask - 5/7/83) - Great feud in the 80's from these two. This was one of their first matches with La Galacta putting up her mask Vs. Yokota's hair. La Galacta had lots of help from her posse, can Yokota win on her own? 94. Antonio Inoki Vs. Bruiser Brody (New Japan - 4/18/85) - Brody was a huge name in All-Japan but made the jump to New Japan and immediately started this dream match up against the Japanese legend. Playing by his dirty American rules, Brody injures Inoki's arm right before the match. Crowd was red hot for this one. 93. Ric Flair Vs. Rick Martel (All Japan - 10/21/85) - I remember reading about all those cool "unification" matches that happened in the old Apter mags, but never thought I'd see any, but years later I got to see this one. AWA World Champion Martel takes on NWA World Champ Flair in a huge match set in neutral Japan. This is title Vs. title, so whoever wins gets it all! 92. Team New Japan (Seiji Sakaguchi, Tatsumi Fujinami, Keiichi Yamada (Jushin Liger), Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka) Vs. Team UWF (Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki) (New Japan - 5/1/86) - The New Japan Vs. UWF promotional feud had alot of great Elimination matches. This one was a gauntlet type elimination match meaning it starts as a one-on-one singles match. Then whoever loses that leaves and the next guy on his team comes to the ring to face the winner. This continues until one team in completely eliminated. This resulted in a 70 minute marathon match with some fresh matchups, and the one-on-one matches helped showcase the UWF guys to the New Japan crowd. The highlight of the match was a dramatic finish involving Fujinami which sets up one of the best matches of the 80's one month later. 91. Ricky Steamboat Vs. Genichiro Tenryu (All Japan - 2/23/84) - This match showcased their great technical skills but also added a fast pace and exciting ending sequence. This was for the vacated NWA United National Championship (After former champ David Von Erich died). Which Hemisphere Gets the title? ***************************** 90. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Bob Backlund (UWF - 12/22/88 ) - UWF got a big foreign name in Bob Backlund, who was still remembered in Japan for his classic matches against Inoki in the late 70's. Backlund seems stunned and out of his element in the early goings of the match getting the crap kicked out of him, but manages to come back with his scientific and amateur wrestling skills. 89. The Crush Gals (Lioness Asuka & Chigusa Nagayo) Vs. Jaguar Yokota & Devil Masami (AJW - 6/28/84) - Exciting dream match-up from four of the more popular wrestlers in All Japan Women's. 88. Ted DiBiase & Stan Hansen Vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (All Japan RWTL finals - 12/12/85) - It's the last day and both teams were so close in points that the winner of this match would win the annual tournament. Once again it was Japan Vs. USA. 87. Bob Backlund Vs. Adrian Adonis (WWF - 1/18/82) - Hard fought 40 minute match with Backlund getting bloodied at the end but making a great comeback with the fans help. 86. Riki Choshu, Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu Vs. Akira Maeda, Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (NJ - 12/8/83) - Great 6-man tag with Choshu's Ishingun Army clashing against his 1983 nemesis Tatsumi Fujinami & the Inoki gang. A real feel of hatred in this match and the fans picked up on it. 85. Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. Vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (All Japan RWTL finals - 12/13/82) - While the 81 RWTL finals is considered the classic, I like the 82 one better. Stan Hansen caused the Funks the lose the 81 finals. Their feud would kept going throughout the year finally culminating in this great match. 84. The Dynamite Kid Vs. Tiger Mask I (NJ - 4/23/81) - Considered the weaker of their series, I really like the debut here of Tiger Mask with Dynamite Kid bewildered at all the incredible moves Tiger Mask was throwing at him. The whole DK/TM series was awesome and the moves used here in their first match set the stage for their future bouts. 83. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Muto (New Japan - 3/20/87) - This was for the vacated IWGP World Tag Team titles. Maeda & Takada represented UWF while Koshinaka & Muto New Japan. Exciting match and a clash of styles with the UWF guys doing their strikes/submissions thing and the New Japan guys going new school with quicker, flashier moves 82. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (All Japan - 8/29/88 ) - This was the main event of the Bruiser Brody Memorial card. The Tsuruta/Tenryu feud was heating up and both teams didn't want to be the ones to lose this one. 81. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Hiro Hase (NJ - 3/11/88 ) - Olympian Hase made a huge splash right out of the gate, winning the IWGP Jr. title in his first year. Here he has to prove it wasn't a fluke defending it against ex champ Takada. Both guys had a double countout when they brawled on the outside in the Top of the Super Juniors tournament a month earlier, so this match should prove who's the better wrestler. ***************************** 80. Footloose (Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki) Vs. The Can-Am Express (Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat) (All Japan - 6/5/89) - Fast and exciting tag team match featuring the future talent of All-Japan. Kawada & Fuyuki were defending the All Asia Tag Team titles here. 79. The Sekigun Army (Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Nobuhiko Takada, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura) Vs. The Ishingun Army (Riki Choshu, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Animal Hamaguchi, Isamu Teranishi & Kuniaki Kobayashi) (New Japan - 4/19/84) - Yup another elimination match. Once again it's a gauntlet match featuring one-on-one matchups. Match went almost 90 minutes with (I'm not making this up) a super hot crowd throughout. The big feature match up are leaders Inoki and Choshu. 78. Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson Vs. The Hart Foundation (WWF - 8/28/89) - The Brainbusters stunned the world, ending Demolition's year-and-a-half reign as WWF Tag champs. The titles are not on the line here as the contract was drawn up before the switch, but a Hart Foundation win would give them a shot in the future. 77. Team New Japan (Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Umanosuke Ueda & Kantaro Hoshino) Vs. Team UWF (Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki) (New Japan - 3/26/86) - This was the inaugural UWF Vs. New Japan elimination match and many people feel is the best of the bunch. It's a Survival Series type match where when your eliminated your team continues on without you. Inoki's looking for revenge against Maeda's cheap shots after his match against Fujiwara. The usually docile Japanese crowd may have been the hottest ever. The crowd was so insane the building looked like it was shaking. Which promotion's cuisine will reign supreme? 76. The Cobra Vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (New Japan - 8/2/84) - Short match but super high paced. The Cobra attacks Kobayashi right away and both guys start trading big moves and end up brawling on the outside. 75. Antonio Inoki Vs. Bruiser Brody (New Japan - 9/16/86) - One of the last matches in their long running feud, this match went the full hour with Brody going soft and trying to prove he's more than a brawler, keeping up with Inoki's old school 70's style. 74. Roddy Piper Vs. Greg Valentine (NWA Dog Collar match - 11/24/83) - Although he was cautioned not to wrestler after his ear injury, Piper seeks revenge against Valentine at Starrcade 83. A bloody and dangerous match where both guys are connected to each other by a metal chain around their neck. 73. Riki Choshu Vs. Killer Khan (All Japan - 7/31/86) - Both guys had a hard hitting match and a surprisingly dramatic finish with both guys showing their toughness. 72. Andre the Giant Vs. Stan Hansen (New Japan - 9/23/81) - Big match up (literally) with Hansen and the Giant brawling to a molten hot crowd. 71. Tiger Mask II Vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (All Japan - 6/12/85) - Kobayashi had a famous feud against Tiger Mask I in New Japan. Here he's in All Japan and him and Tiger Mask II continue the feud in a great match with some of the best aerial stuff Misawa ever tried under the hood. ***************************** 70. Bob Backlund Vs. Sgt Slaughter (WWF Cage - 3/21/81) - Awesome escape-rules cage match where Backlund defends the WWF World title. At first it seems Backlund is the one whose in trouble, but instead it's Slaughter whose getting bounced around and is trying to escape Backund's fury. 69. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Shiro Koshinaka (New Japan - 8/5/86) - My favorite of their series. As the first ever IWGP Jr. champ, Koshinaka wants to win it back from UWF's Takada. 68. Dynamite Kid Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (New Japan - 2/15/80) - Fujinami defends the WWF Jr. Championship against up-and-comer The Dynamite Kid. Two of the pillar stones to New Japan's emerging Jr. division. 67. Ric Flair Vs. Terry Funk (NWA - 7/23/89) - After months of career-threatening injuries, Flair finally gets his chance for revenge against the wild Terry Funk at the Great American Bash. 66. Antonio Inoki Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (New Japan - 9/19/85) - Inoki and his protege Fujinami kick it old school in a scientific showcase. In fact this was called the "Basic of New Japan" match which I guess meant no face paint or flaming ladders in barbed-wire. Winner gets Karl Gotch's belt, Lou Thesz is the special referee. 65. Jushin Liger Vs. Naoki Sano (New Japan - 7/13/89) - Some insane spots here like Liger doing a top rope senton onto Sano ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR. Both guys couldn't continue and it was ruled a draw but their feud was only just beginning. 64. Pat Patterson Vs. Sgt. Slaughter (WWF - 4/21/81) - This was a no-DQ Alleyfight where Slaughter got his head rammed into the ringpost and bleed so bad they had to stop it. Think about how much blood was needed for them to stop a No-DQ Alleyfight! 63. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Genichiro Tenryu (All Japan - 10/28/88 ) - Their feud keeps going in this main event matchup. Tenryu gets DQ'ed for not listening to the ref and continues beating up Tsuruta in the corner only adding more fuel to the fire in future matches. 62. Sangre Chicana Vs. MS-1 (EMLL 2/3 Falls Hair Vs. Hair - 9/23/83) - MS-1 thinks outside the box, ambushing Chicana on his way to the ring and beating the crap out of him to win (and lose) the first falls. Now Chicana is practically dead and all MS-1 has to do is win the 3rd fall. By the end of the match the ring was covered in crimson from both men in one of the bloodiest matches of the decade. 61. Ric Flair Vs. Butch Reed (Mid-South - 8/10/85) - NWA World champ Flair travels down to the Superdome to take on Butch Reed. Tremendous near hour long match with Reed being inches from winning the title. ***************************** 60. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers Vs. The Midnight Rockers (AWA - 9/2/86) - One of the hottest AWA feuds in the 80's, Rose & Summers defended the AWA World tag titles once again and by the end of the match all four guys were bleeding all over the ring. The Rockers refused to lose this night. 59. Dick Murdoch Vs. Butch Reed (Mid-South - 9/22/85) - Both guys were fan favorites so it started as a friendly but competitive match over Murdoch's North American Championship. 60 minutes later both guys are slugging it out and people are trying to hold them apart. Anyone who need proof of what's the big deal about Murdoch needs the watch this match. In fact, all heels need to watch his performance in this match. 58. Lioness Asuka & Chigusa Nagayo Vs. Jumping Bomb Angels (AJW 2/3 Falls - 3/20/86) - The Crush gals are defending the WWWA Tag Titles. Super fast paced tag team match where there was constant action throughout. The fans didn't know who to cheer so they cheered for both. 57. Lex Luger Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - 7/23/89) - After being sick of all the fans cheering for Steamboat him rather than him, U.S. champ Luger turned on him. This was scheduled as a No-DQ grudge match but right before the bell Luger refused to wrestle unless it's changed to a regular match. 56. Ric Flair Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (All Japan - 2/3 Falls - 10/9/81) - Two of the best in the world, these guys always had classics matches against each other. Flair defends his NWA World title in a great 2/3 Falls match on Tsuruta's home turf. 55. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Kazuo Yamazaki (UWF - 8/13/88 ) - One of my favorite UWF matches. Takada and Yamazaki have some of the fastest and stiffiest kicks ever seen in a wrestling ring and they go all out in this match. 54. The British Bulldogs Vs. Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake (WWF - 4/7/86) - After months of chasing the titles, the Bulldogs get their big match up at Wrestlemania II, this time with an outside referee to keep the Dream Team from their usual cheating ways. 53. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch Vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami (NJ - 12/5/84) - The MSG finals of 1984 featured the rulebreaking WWF duo against the fan favorites Inoki & Fujinami. Murdoch & Adonis unload their bag of tag team chicanery but the hometown Japanese stars wouldn't stay down for the 3 count. 52. Tiger Mask I Vs. Black Tiger (New Japan - 5/26/82) - Black Tiger was Mark "Rollerball" Rocco of the British World of Sports fame. Here he plays the Anti-Tiger and keeps up with Sayama's technical and aerial skills. 51. Jaguar Yokota Vs. Lioness Asuka (AJW - 8/22/85) - Considered by many the greatest Women's match of the 80's, Yokota defends the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship against Asuka. ***************************** 50. Dynamite Kid Vs. The Cobra Vs. Davey Boy Smith (New Japan - WWF Jr. tournament - 2/7/84) - Actually this was a 3 match round-robin tournament, the guy with the most wins gets the vacated WWF Jr. title. There's no pause in between as the winner has to fight the next guy right after. All 3 matches were great. 49. Ric Flair Vs. Kerry Von Erich (St. Louis - 1/25/85) - Great match where Flair defends the NWA World title to a hot St. Louis crowd. 48. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs Genichiro Tenryu (All Japan - 10/11/89) - This was different from their other fights cause it was a brawl all up and down the ring. Probably the hottest match of theirs because of the hatred and fire from each other. 47. El Hjio del Santo Vs. Negro Casas (EMLL Mask Vs. Hair 2/3 Falls - 7/18/87) - El Hijo Del Santo puts on his mask on the line (and his father's reputation) for a chance to humiliate Casas. Casas gets the first fall on a quick pin stunning the crowd. Now El Hijo Del Santo has to pull it together to get the win. 46. Jerry Lawler Vs. Bill Dundee (Memphis - No-DQ - Title/Loser-Leaves-Town Vs. Hair(s) - 12/30/85) - Not only does Bill Dundee put his hair on the line, but his wife's too! Lawler is coming into this match blinded in one eye after a heinous attack earlier on. But you can never count out Lawler's Memphis super hero skills. 45. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Akira Maeda (UWF - 11/10/88 ) - My pick for the best UWF match of the 80's. Maeda takes the early advantage, continuously getting the better of the younger Takada. Just when it seems it's over Takada starts to make a dramatic comeback with the fans cheering him on. They also made excellent use here of UWF's newer rules (Like limited knockdowns and rope breaks). 44. Ric Flair Vs. Lex Luger (NWA - 12/26/88 ) - After Luger lost their big title match due to a trickle of blood, this is the Starrcade rematch. Typically awesome Flair match that has Luger's fired up not to miss his 2nd chance. 43. Jushin Liger Vs. Naoki Sano (New Japan - 8/10/89) - Tremendous match to close the decade out as Sano goes for the IWGP Jr. title. 42. The Midnight Express Vs. The Fantastics (NWA - 4/26/88 ) - The Fantastics get another shot at the U.S. Tag titles in a great 40 minute match. 41. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. (All-Japan RWTL finals - 12/11/80) - 45 minute RWTL finals featuring some of the biggest names from the 70's for All-Japan. Not as slow a match as you'd think with plenty of action going on. ***************************** 40. Ricky Morton & Eddie Gilbert Vs. Masa Fuchi & Atsushi Onita (Memphis Tupelo Concession Stand Brawl - 2/14/81) - There was a match, but the reason this is on the list is what happened afterward. All 4 guys brawled throughout the concession stand breaking mustard jars and planks over their heads, bleeding all over the floor. A promoter tried to break it up and got beat up, so his mark wife bravely went in to help and go the Tojo Yamamoto pimp slap for her trouble. 39. Randy Savage Vs. Bret Hart (WWF - 11/11/87) - My favorite SNME match ever. Bret Hart was primarily a tag team wrestler and this was his chance to show the world how good he was on his own. Savage was turning face so he had to watch Elizabeth as well as doing the best injured leg sell of all time. 38. The Cobra Vs. Nobuhiko Takada (New Japan - 6/17/86) - Takada defends the IWGP Jr. title against the aerial Cobra. One of the most exciting Jr. bouts of the 80's with a great ending sequence. 37. Ric Flair Vs. Barry Windham (NWA - 4/11/87) - From the Crockett Cup for Flair's NWA World title. Another great match from these two. The clipped version I have is awesome, I can only imagine how good the full match is. 36. Team Choshu (Riki Choshu, Tatsumi Fujinami, Akira Maeda, Kengo Kimura & Super Strong Machine) Vs. Team Noki (Antonio Inoki, Seiji Sakaguchi, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Kantaro Hoshino, Keiji Muto) (New Japan Elimination match - 8/19/87) - Awesome 10-man Elimination match that had super crowd heat. The fun thing was the mixing of all the UWF and New Japan guys. Future star Keiji Muto really got a big boost in this match as the fans were going crazy for him for his gutsy performance. 35. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Morton (NWA Cage - 7/5/86) - From the Bash Tour. All those rumors I heard of how great Morton/Flair matches were was proved in this match. Morton's wearing a face mask to protect his broken nose but doesn't let that deter him from putting on one of the best cage matches of the decade. 34. Ric Flair Vs. Kerry Von Erich (World Class 2/3 Falls - 8/15/82) - The return cage match gets all the praise, but I think this was the better bout. Flair goes to Texas to defend the NWA World title against Von Erich. 33. The Midnight Express Vs. The Fantastics (NWA - 3/27/88 ) - From the Clash of Champions I. They knew they only had 10 minutes and they used every minute of it to put on an exciting fast paced match. Some big time brawling from teams not known for it. 32. Tully Blanchard Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - 11/22/84) - From Starrcade 84. Steamboat's been chasing after that T.V. title but has busted up ribs. These two were respectively possibly the greatest heel and babyface of the 80's. 31. Ric Flair Vs. Ted Dibiase (Mid-South - 11/6/85) - Flair was in Watts country and was scheduled to take on Butch Reed, but he got injured so DiBiase got the shot. Before the match Dick Murodoch came out mad saying he's the #1 contender. Harsh words were spoken and before you knew it DiBiase was brainbusted on the concrete floor and bleeding heavy. Still bleeding profusely, the heel DiBiase wouldn't quit and came out for the title match to the fans cheers. Can DiBiase pull off the miracle? ***************************** 30. Kuniaki Kobayashi Vs. Tiger Mask I (New Japan - 1/6/83) - Exciting fast paced Jr. match. The Kobayashi/Tiger Mask series was just as good as the Dynamite Kid one. 29. Ric Flair Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (All Japan 2/3 Falls - 6/8/83) - Another awesome match from these two. Match went to an hour draw with Tsuruta only one fall away from winning the NWA title from a bloody Flair. 28. Akira Maeda Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (New Japan - 6/12/86) - Fujinami had a gutsy performance in an elimination match a month earlier, but tired and bloody, he was easy prey at the end for Maeda. This time it's one and one between what most people consider the two best guys from each team in the inter-promotional feud. 27. Dump Matsumoto Vs. Chigusa Nagayo (AJW - Hair Vs. Hair - 8/28/85) - Overmatched big time in weight and size, Nagayo makes up for it with her heart and rage. This is actually 2 matches, the one inside the ring with chains, scissors and blood, and the one outside with each girls army's brawling around the ring. Who will be humilated with the haircut? 26. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - 5/29/84) - From the "Night of the Champions" card. Only days after regaining the NWA World title in Japan, Flair has to defend it again against his old rival Steamboat. 25. Bob Backlund Vs. Ken Patera (WWF Texas Deathmatch - 5/19/80) - After their January match went to a DQ and people had to pull them apart, this Texas Deathmatch was set up for the WWF title. No DQ, No Count Out. Can Backlund put his amateur wrestling aside and brawl against the Strongman? 24. Ric Flair Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (All Japan - 6/8/82) - Usually the big World title matches were 2 out of 3 Falls, but only 1 fall here. Flair defends the NWA World title here. A bit of a quicker pace then the rest of their classic matches. Two legends. 23. Devil Masami Vs. Chigusa Nagayo (AJW - 8/22/85) - Masami was defending her All Pacific Championship here. The famous Jaguar/Asuka main event gets the most praise, but I actually thought this match was better. A 40 minute match that had everything, mat wrestling, brawling and big moves. Like Steamboat/Flair it was more of a chess match and an effort not to make a mistake that your opponent could take advantage of. 22. Tiger Mask I Vs The Dynamite Kid (New Japan - 8/5/82) - I really would've added 2 or 3 more TM/DK matches on this list but only focused on the most important ones. This was their best from 82 with back-and-forth action and exciting moves. 21. Team Horsemen (Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger & J.J. Dillion) Vs. Team Kick-the-Horsemens-Ass (Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, The Road Warriors and Paul Ellering) (NWA Wargames - 7/4/87) - A massive two ring cage is set up for the Horsemen to finally get what's coming to them. Thought up by Dusty Rhodes probably while drunk, the rules are 2 men start off. Then after 5 minutes a coin is tossed and the winning team sends in a member for a 2-on-1 advantage. Every few minutes thereafter the opposing team gets the send a member from their team in. The match can only by stopped by submission after everyone's inside the cage. The crowd was so loud you could barely hear Jim Ross's screaming out his commentary. ***************************** 20. Antonio Inoki Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (New Japan - 8/8/88 ) - Super Saiyan scientific match that went an hour. Inoki was being phased down but still was going to make it hard for his protege Fujinami to get the big one here. 19. Kerry Von Erich Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (NWA 2/3 Falls - 5/22/84) - A mere week after losing the AWA World title, Jumbo gets a chance at the NWA World belt against new champ Von Erich. A fantastic and criminally underrated 2/3 falls match. 18. Ted DiBiase Vs. Jim Duggan (Mid-South Coal miners glove on a pole, Tuxedo, Loser-leaves town, Cage match - 3/22/85) - Most likely Vince Russo's favorite match. Former friends, DiBiase turned on him and they've been brawling all throughout the year. This is the big finale though inside a steel cage with a coal miner's glove hanging on a pole to put the other guy away. Short but bloody match. Crowd was going nuts. 17. Barry Windham Vs. Ric Flair (NWA - 1/20/87) - Awesome free TV match that went 45 minutes. It seemed at every moment Windham was going to win and the title against the Nature Boy. 16. Tully Blanchard Vs. Magnum T.A. (NWA - I-Quit cage match - 11/28/85) - Barbaric match where the only way to lose is to quit. Magnum has been chasing the U.S. title but Blanchard always manages to escape with the title. There is no escape from the cage. You heard of those method actor that get so into a role they believe it? Look at these guys faces at the end of the match. More of a felony than a match here. 15. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu Vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (All Japan - 1/28/86) - Choshu and Tsurta went to a 60:00 draw a few months back so their feud wasn't settled yet. These 2 teams had some great matches but this was the best with Tsuruta/Tenryu defending the tag titles. All four guys looked great especially the underrated Yatsu and the crowd was super into it. 14. Nick Bockwinkle Vs. Curt Hennig (AWA - 12/31/86) - This match lasted to an hour draw and was shown New Years night on ESPN. Bockwinkle was defending the AWA World title against the younger contender Curt Hennig. 13. Ric Flair Vs. Kerry Von Erich (Hawaii - 10/12/85) - These guys always had tremendous matches and this was the best of them. Flair defends the NWA World title in a fantastic hour long draw. 12. Randy Savage Vs. Ricky Steamboat (WWF - 3/29/87) - After having to almost retire from wrestling, Steamboat makes an incredible recovery from a crushed larynx to get revenge in front of the largest audience up to that point. Savage was also defending his Intercontinental championship. 11. Ric Flair Vs. Terry Funk (NWA I-Quit match - 11/15/89) - Defintily one of the hottest feud in the 80's was the insane Funk targeting Flair which included piledriving him through a table, smacking him around with a branding iron and even trying to suffocate him with a plastic bag. Now this is it. The final match. Both men's pride is on the line and both have vowed to retire and shake the other man's hand if they have to admit defeat. Match can only be stopped by verbally saying "I Quit" on a microphone in front of a national T.V. audence. ***************************** 10. Sgt. Slaughter Vs. The Iron Sheik (WWF Bootcamp - 6/16/84) - Exhausting, bloody and brutal. Both guy hate each other so much they put everything on the line in a dangerous No-DQ Bootcamp Streetfight where anything goes. Will the dreaded loaded boot come into play? 9. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - 2/20/89) - The first and fastest paced match of the 89 Steamboat/Flair trilogy. Steamboat came out of nowhere to challenge his old foe. Flair defends the belt in a great back and forth match. 8. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy Vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada (All Japan RWTL finals - 12/16/88 ) - The 1988 RWTL finals. Tenryu and the youngster Kawada take on the two tough American dudes. Kawada wants to make a name for himself and goes all out but his inexperience oveshadows his enthusiasm and soon he's injured. Can Tenryu put on a big T on his shirt and pull of the superhero finish? 7. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - 5/7/89) - Part 3 of their trilogy with Steamboat defending the NWA World title again against Flair. In case of an hour draw or disputed finish there are three judges at ringside. 6. Chigusa Nagoya Vs. Lioness Asuka (AJW - 2/26/87) - Tag team partners collide for a chance at the WWWA World title. Awesome match that went the exhausting 30 minute distance but with all the fans screaming for a finish they restarted the match. There must be a winner! 5. Ric Flair Vs. Barry Windham (Florida - 2/14/86) - Flair travels to sunny Florida to defend the NWA World title at the Battle of the Belts II. If there was anyone who really was in Flair elitle league inside the ring, I'd have to say either Steamboat, Tsuruta or Windham. Windham tried his best here to get the title but feel just short in 45 minutes. 4. Ric Flair Vs. Sting (NWA - 3/27/88 ) - Often called the most overrated match of all time, I'm still a mark for it. Flair turns a face painted newbie wrestler into the future of WCW in 45 minutes. I'm a huge Sting fan but I still think Sting should've given 10% of his wrestling earnings to Flair after this career defining performance. 3. Dynamite Kid Vs. Tiger Mask (New Japan - 4/21/83) - The final match and thr culmination of the tremendous Tiger Mask/Dynamite feud. After all their many famous matches, Dynamite Kid has never beaten Tiger Mask. Dynamite knew this and put everythig he could into this match to get that elusive pin. The great thing about this series is if you see if from start to finish, you'll see various moves in one match being repeated, then counterd in the next, then Those ones countered into the next and so on. Both guys knew each other so well at this point that you needed somethig extra to get that first mistake whether it's some insane highrisk aerial move or Dynamite Kid breaking a bottle n the ringpost and demanding the match be restarted. 2. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Genichiro Tenryu (All Japan - 6/5/89) - Tsuruta had just unified 3 Champioships belts into the famous "Triple-Crown" of All-Japan. One of his first defenses was against long time ex-tag team partner and long time nemesis Tenryu. Outstanding match from start to finish especially the near-falls at the end harkening to the future 90's All-Japan main events. Tenryu was actually getting the better of Tsuruta in recent bouts but this time Jumbo wasn't going to lose his new legacy so easily. 1. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA 2/3 Falls - 4/2/89) - I still remember as a kid watching this on free TV with my jaw to the floor, wondering how a match could be so long but be so... awesome. No mistakes can be made here. Their first match was a quicker pace and Flair doesn't want to make a slip up here. Amazing match that went just a shade under an hour and went back and forth throughout. The 55 minutes flew by like 15. At this time in their careers these guys were about as even in the ring as you can be. Wrestlers with most matches on the list --------------------------------------------- Ric Flair - 23 Nobuhiko Takada - 11 Jumbo Tsuruta - 11 Tatsumi Fujinami - 10 Ricky Steamboat - 8 Antonio Inoki - 8

I've been watching alot of 80's matches lately and went ahead and made my own personal Top 100. I know some of picks may be weird so feel free to comment on them, or even better, other matches that I haven't seen and you think should be in there. Here it is: Floyd's Top 100 matches of the 80's I'd like to add these matches would've made my list but my copies were too clipped to rate. I recommend to check them out too!: Tiger Mask I Vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (New Japan - 11/4/82) Tiger Mask I Vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (New Japan - 6/2/83) Owen Hart Vs. Keiichi Yamada (NJ - 6/10/88 ) Owen Hart Vs. Shiro Koshinaka (NJ - 6/24/88 ) ********************************************** 100. Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson Vs. The Rockers (WWF - 2/16/89) - Short but exciting match from SNME. Both teams were relatively new to the WWF and introduced themselves to the TV audience in a fun fast-paced match. 99. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Shiro Koshinaka (New Japan - 2/5/87) - Koshinaka was defending the IWGP Jr. title against the former champ here. These guys had an awesome feud throughout the 80's in New Japan's Jr. division. Known as the "Broken fingers" match. 98. Ric Flair & Barry Windham Vs. The Midnight Express (NWA - 12/7/88 ) - Kind of like Michael Jordan was famous for his dunks and drives to the basket but everyone forgot his near perfect jump shooting, everyone forgets what an awesome tag team wrestler Flair is. The NWA World champ teams up with U.S. champ Windham to take on the Midnight Express in a dream match up at the Clash of Champions IV. 97. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Mil Mascaras (All Japan - 7/30/82) - Tsuruta defends the NWA United National Championship against Mascaras. Of all the early 80's matches I saw on All-Japan Classics, this one stood out for some reason. I dunno I guess cause I didn't expect a bloody brawl from these two. They start off all nice-like with some scientific mat wrestling but when that goes nowhere they head to the floor and start brawling like Brody Vs. Abdullah. It gets so bad that the ref stops the match and trainees come out of the woodwork to get them apart, but a bloody Tsuruta calls on the fans support so they restart the match. 96. Randy Savage Vs. Hulk Hogan (WWF - 4/1/89) - Savage was always a jealous psycho. But after paranoia gripped him with the thought of Hogan's "lusting" of Elizabeth and his title, Savage snapped and attacked his former friend. Now they settle it in the ring in a long awaited match for the WWF World Championship at Wrestlemania V. It's Jesse Ventura's classic commentary that knocked this match into my Top 100. 95. Jaguar Yokota Vs. La Galacta (AJW Hair vs. Mask - 5/7/83) - Great feud in the 80's from these two. This was one of their first matches with La Galacta putting up her mask Vs. Yokota's hair. La Galacta had lots of help from her posse, can Yokota win on her own? 94. Antonio Inoki Vs. Bruiser Brody (New Japan - 4/18/85) - Brody was a huge name in All-Japan but made the jump to New Japan and immediately started this dream match up against the Japanese legend. Playing by his dirty American rules, Brody injures Inoki's arm right before the match. Crowd was red hot for this one. 93. Ric Flair Vs. Rick Martel (All Japan - 10/21/85) - I remember reading about all those cool "unification" matches that happened in the old Apter mags, but never thought I'd see any, but years later I got to see this one. AWA World Champion Martel takes on NWA World Champ Flair in a huge match set in neutral Japan. This is title Vs. title, so whoever wins gets it all! 92. Team New Japan (Seiji Sakaguchi, Tatsumi Fujinami, Keiichi Yamada (Jushin Liger), Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka) Vs. Team UWF (Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki) (New Japan - 5/1/86) - The New Japan Vs. UWF promotional feud had alot of great Elimination matches. This one was a gauntlet type elimination match meaning it starts as a one-on-one singles match. Then whoever loses that leaves and the next guy on his team comes to the ring to face the winner. This continues until one team in completely eliminated. This resulted in a 70 minute marathon match with some fresh matchups, and the one-on-one matches helped showcase the UWF guys to the New Japan crowd. The highlight of the match was a dramatic finish involving Fujinami which sets up one of the best matches of the 80's one month later. 91. Ricky Steamboat Vs. Genichiro Tenryu (All Japan - 2/23/84) - This match showcased their great technical skills but also added a fast pace and exciting ending sequence. This was for the vacated NWA United National Championship (After former champ David Von Erich died). Which Hemisphere Gets the title? ***************************** 90. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Bob Backlund (UWF - 12/22/88 ) - UWF got a big foreign name in Bob Backlund, who was still remembered in Japan for his classic matches against Inoki in the late 70's. Backlund seems stunned and out of his element in the early goings of the match getting the crap kicked out of him, but manages to come back with his scientific and amateur wrestling skills. 89. The Crush Gals (Lioness Asuka & Chigusa Nagayo) Vs. Jaguar Yokota & Devil Masami (AJW - 6/28/84) - Exciting dream match-up from four of the more popular wrestlers in All Japan Women's. 88. Ted DiBiase & Stan Hansen Vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (All Japan RWTL finals - 12/12/85) - It's the last day and both teams were so close in points that the winner of this match would win the annual tournament. Once again it was Japan Vs. USA. 87. Bob Backlund Vs. Adrian Adonis (WWF - 1/18/82) - Hard fought 40 minute match with Backlund getting bloodied at the end but making a great comeback with the fans help. 86. Riki Choshu, Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu Vs. Akira Maeda, Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (NJ - 12/8/83) - Great 6-man tag with Choshu's Ishingun Army clashing against his 1983 nemesis Tatsumi Fujinami & the Inoki gang. A real feel of hatred in this match and the fans picked up on it. 85. Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. Vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (All Japan RWTL finals - 12/13/82) - While the 81 RWTL finals is considered the classic, I like the 82 one better. Stan Hansen caused the Funks the lose the 81 finals. Their feud would kept going throughout the year finally culminating in this great match. 84. The Dynamite Kid Vs. Tiger Mask I (NJ - 4/23/81) - Considered the weaker of their series, I really like the debut here of Tiger Mask with Dynamite Kid bewildered at all the incredible moves Tiger Mask was throwing at him. The whole DK/TM series was awesome and the moves used here in their first match set the stage for their future bouts. 83. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Muto (New Japan - 3/20/87) - This was for the vacated IWGP World Tag Team titles. Maeda & Takada represented UWF while Koshinaka & Muto New Japan. Exciting match and a clash of styles with the UWF guys doing their strikes/submissions thing and the New Japan guys going new school with quicker, flashier moves 82. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (All Japan - 8/29/88 ) - This was the main event of the Bruiser Brody Memorial card. The Tsuruta/Tenryu feud was heating up and both teams didn't want to be the ones to lose this one. 81. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Hiro Hase (NJ - 3/11/88 ) - Olympian Hase made a huge splash right out of the gate, winning the IWGP Jr. title in his first year. Here he has to prove it wasn't a fluke defending it against ex champ Takada. Both guys had a double countout when they brawled on the outside in the Top of the Super Juniors tournament a month earlier, so this match should prove who's the better wrestler. ***************************** 80. Footloose (Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki) Vs. The Can-Am Express (Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat) (All Japan - 6/5/89) - Fast and exciting tag team match featuring the future talent of All-Japan. Kawada & Fuyuki were defending the All Asia Tag Team titles here. 79. The Sekigun Army (Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Nobuhiko Takada, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura) Vs. The Ishingun Army (Riki Choshu, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Animal Hamaguchi, Isamu Teranishi & Kuniaki Kobayashi) (New Japan - 4/19/84) - Yup another elimination match. Once again it's a gauntlet match featuring one-on-one matchups. Match went almost 90 minutes with (I'm not making this up) a super hot crowd throughout. The big feature match up are leaders Inoki and Choshu. 78. Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson Vs. The Hart Foundation (WWF - 8/28/89) - The Brainbusters stunned the world, ending Demolition's year-and-a-half reign as WWF Tag champs. The titles are not on the line here as the contract was drawn up before the switch, but a Hart Foundation win would give them a shot in the future. 77. Team New Japan (Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura & Umanosuke Ueda & Kantaro Hoshino) Vs. Team UWF (Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki) (New Japan - 3/26/86) - This was the inaugural UWF Vs. New Japan elimination match and many people feel is the best of the bunch. It's a Survival Series type match where when your eliminated your team continues on without you. Inoki's looking for revenge against Maeda's cheap shots after his match against Fujiwara. The usually docile Japanese crowd may have been the hottest ever. The crowd was so insane the building looked like it was shaking. Which promotion's cuisine will reign supreme? 76. The Cobra Vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (New Japan - 8/2/84) - Short match but super high paced. The Cobra attacks Kobayashi right away and both guys start trading big moves and end up brawling on the outside. 75. Antonio Inoki Vs. Bruiser Brody (New Japan - 9/16/86) - One of the last matches in their long running feud, this match went the full hour with Brody going soft and trying to prove he's more than a brawler, keeping up with Inoki's old school 70's style. 74. Roddy Piper Vs. Greg Valentine (NWA Dog Collar match - 11/24/83) - Although he was cautioned not to wrestler after his ear injury, Piper seeks revenge against Valentine at Starrcade 83. A bloody and dangerous match where both guys are connected to each other by a metal chain around their neck. 73. Riki Choshu Vs. Killer Khan (All Japan - 7/31/86) - Both guys had a hard hitting match and a surprisingly dramatic finish with both guys showing their toughness. 72. Andre the Giant Vs. Stan Hansen (New Japan - 9/23/81) - Big match up (literally) with Hansen and the Giant brawling to a molten hot crowd. 71. Tiger Mask II Vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (All Japan - 6/12/85) - Kobayashi had a famous feud against Tiger Mask I in New Japan. Here he's in All Japan and him and Tiger Mask II continue the feud in a great match with some of the best aerial stuff Misawa ever tried under the hood. ***************************** 70. Bob Backlund Vs. Sgt Slaughter (WWF Cage - 3/21/81) - Awesome escape-rules cage match where Backlund defends the WWF World title. At first it seems Backlund is the one whose in trouble, but instead it's Slaughter whose getting bounced around and is trying to escape Backund's fury. 69. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Shiro Koshinaka (New Japan - 8/5/86) - My favorite of their series. As the first ever IWGP Jr. champ, Koshinaka wants to win it back from UWF's Takada. 68. Dynamite Kid Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (New Japan - 2/15/80) - Fujinami defends the WWF Jr. Championship against up-and-comer The Dynamite Kid. Two of the pillar stones to New Japan's emerging Jr. division. 67. Ric Flair Vs. Terry Funk (NWA - 7/23/89) - After months of career-threatening injuries, Flair finally gets his chance for revenge against the wild Terry Funk at the Great American Bash. 66. Antonio Inoki Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (New Japan - 9/19/85) - Inoki and his protege Fujinami kick it old school in a scientific showcase. In fact this was called the "Basic of New Japan" match which I guess meant no face paint or flaming ladders in barbed-wire. Winner gets Karl Gotch's belt, Lou Thesz is the special referee. 65. Jushin Liger Vs. Naoki Sano (New Japan - 7/13/89) - Some insane spots here like Liger doing a top rope senton onto Sano ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR. Both guys couldn't continue and it was ruled a draw but their feud was only just beginning. 64. Pat Patterson Vs. Sgt. Slaughter (WWF - 4/21/81) - This was a no-DQ Alleyfight where Slaughter got his head rammed into the ringpost and bleed so bad they had to stop it. Think about how much blood was needed for them to stop a No-DQ Alleyfight! 63. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Genichiro Tenryu (All Japan - 10/28/88 ) - Their feud keeps going in this main event matchup. Tenryu gets DQ'ed for not listening to the ref and continues beating up Tsuruta in the corner only adding more fuel to the fire in future matches. 62. Sangre Chicana Vs. MS-1 (EMLL 2/3 Falls Hair Vs. Hair - 9/23/83) - MS-1 thinks outside the box, ambushing Chicana on his way to the ring and beating the crap out of him to win (and lose) the first falls. Now Chicana is practically dead and all MS-1 has to do is win the 3rd fall. By the end of the match the ring was covered in crimson from both men in one of the bloodiest matches of the decade. 61. Ric Flair Vs. Butch Reed (Mid-South - 8/10/85) - NWA World champ Flair travels down to the Superdome to take on Butch Reed. Tremendous near hour long match with Reed being inches from winning the title. ***************************** 60. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers Vs. The Midnight Rockers (AWA - 9/2/86) - One of the hottest AWA feuds in the 80's, Rose & Summers defended the AWA World tag titles once again and by the end of the match all four guys were bleeding all over the ring. The Rockers refused to lose this night. 59. Dick Murdoch Vs. Butch Reed (Mid-South - 9/22/85) - Both guys were fan favorites so it started as a friendly but competitive match over Murdoch's North American Championship. 60 minutes later both guys are slugging it out and people are trying to hold them apart. Anyone who need proof of what's the big deal about Murdoch needs the watch this match. In fact, all heels need to watch his performance in this match. 58. Lioness Asuka & Chigusa Nagayo Vs. Jumping Bomb Angels (AJW 2/3 Falls - 3/20/86) - The Crush gals are defending the WWWA Tag Titles. Super fast paced tag team match where there was constant action throughout. The fans didn't know who to cheer so they cheered for both. 57. Lex Luger Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - 7/23/89) - After being sick of all the fans cheering for Steamboat him rather than him, U.S. champ Luger turned on him. This was scheduled as a No-DQ grudge match but right before the bell Luger refused to wrestle unless it's changed to a regular match. 56. Ric Flair Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (All Japan - 2/3 Falls - 10/9/81) - Two of the best in the world, these guys always had classics matches against each other. Flair defends his NWA World title in a great 2/3 Falls match on Tsuruta's home turf. 55. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Kazuo Yamazaki (UWF - 8/13/88 ) - One of my favorite UWF matches. Takada and Yamazaki have some of the fastest and stiffiest kicks ever seen in a wrestling ring and they go all out in this match. 54. The British Bulldogs Vs. Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake (WWF - 4/7/86) - After months of chasing the titles, the Bulldogs get their big match up at Wrestlemania II, this time with an outside referee to keep the Dream Team from their usual cheating ways. 53. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch Vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami (NJ - 12/5/84) - The MSG finals of 1984 featured the rulebreaking WWF duo against the fan favorites Inoki & Fujinami. Murdoch & Adonis unload their bag of tag team chicanery but the hometown Japanese stars wouldn't stay down for the 3 count. 52. Tiger Mask I Vs. Black Tiger (New Japan - 5/26/82) - Black Tiger was Mark "Rollerball" Rocco of the British World of Sports fame. Here he plays the Anti-Tiger and keeps up with Sayama's technical and aerial skills. 51. Jaguar Yokota Vs. Lioness Asuka (AJW - 8/22/85) - Considered by many the greatest Women's match of the 80's, Yokota defends the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship against Asuka. ***************************** 50. Dynamite Kid Vs. The Cobra Vs. Davey Boy Smith (New Japan - WWF Jr. tournament - 2/7/84) - Actually this was a 3 match round-robin tournament, the guy with the most wins gets the vacated WWF Jr. title. There's no pause in between as the winner has to fight the next guy right after. All 3 matches were great. 49. Ric Flair Vs. Kerry Von Erich (St. Louis - 1/25/85) - Great match where Flair defends the NWA World title to a hot St. Louis crowd. 48. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs Genichiro Tenryu (All Japan - 10/11/89) - This was different from their other fights cause it was a brawl all up and down the ring. Probably the hottest match of theirs because of the hatred and fire from each other. 47. El Hjio del Santo Vs. Negro Casas (EMLL Mask Vs. Hair 2/3 Falls - 7/18/87) - El Hijo Del Santo puts on his mask on the line (and his father's reputation) for a chance to humiliate Casas. Casas gets the first fall on a quick pin stunning the crowd. Now El Hijo Del Santo has to pull it together to get the win. 46. Jerry Lawler Vs. Bill Dundee (Memphis - No-DQ - Title/Loser-Leaves-Town Vs. Hair(s) - 12/30/85) - Not only does Bill Dundee put his hair on the line, but his wife's too! Lawler is coming into this match blinded in one eye after a heinous attack earlier on. But you can never count out Lawler's Memphis super hero skills. 45. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Akira Maeda (UWF - 11/10/88 ) - My pick for the best UWF match of the 80's. Maeda takes the early advantage, continuously getting the better of the younger Takada. Just when it seems it's over Takada starts to make a dramatic comeback with the fans cheering him on. They also made excellent use here of UWF's newer rules (Like limited knockdowns and rope breaks). 44. Ric Flair Vs. Lex Luger (NWA - 12/26/88 ) - After Luger lost their big title match due to a trickle of blood, this is the Starrcade rematch. Typically awesome Flair match that has Luger's fired up not to miss his 2nd chance. 43. Jushin Liger Vs. Naoki Sano (New Japan - 8/10/89) - Tremendous match to close the decade out as Sano goes for the IWGP Jr. title. 42. The Midnight Express Vs. The Fantastics (NWA - 4/26/88 ) - The Fantastics get another shot at the U.S. Tag titles in a great 40 minute match. 41. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. (All-Japan RWTL finals - 12/11/80) - 45 minute RWTL finals featuring some of the biggest names from the 70's for All-Japan. Not as slow a match as you'd think with plenty of action going on. ***************************** 40. Ricky Morton & Eddie Gilbert Vs. Masa Fuchi & Atsushi Onita (Memphis Tupelo Concession Stand Brawl - 2/14/81) - There was a match, but the reason this is on the list is what happened afterward. All 4 guys brawled throughout the concession stand breaking mustard jars and planks over their heads, bleeding all over the floor. A promoter tried to break it up and got beat up, so his mark wife bravely went in to help and go the Tojo Yamamoto pimp slap for her trouble. 39. Randy Savage Vs. Bret Hart (WWF - 11/11/87) - My favorite SNME match ever. Bret Hart was primarily a tag team wrestler and this was his chance to show the world how good he was on his own. Savage was turning face so he had to watch Elizabeth as well as doing the best injured leg sell of all time. 38. The Cobra Vs. Nobuhiko Takada (New Japan - 6/17/86) - Takada defends the IWGP Jr. title against the aerial Cobra. One of the most exciting Jr. bouts of the 80's with a great ending sequence. 37. Ric Flair Vs. Barry Windham (NWA - 4/11/87) - From the Crockett Cup for Flair's NWA World title. Another great match from these two. The clipped version I have is awesome, I can only imagine how good the full match is. 36. Team Choshu (Riki Choshu, Tatsumi Fujinami, Akira Maeda, Kengo Kimura & Super Strong Machine) Vs. Team Noki (Antonio Inoki, Seiji Sakaguchi, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Kantaro Hoshino, Keiji Muto) (New Japan Elimination match - 8/19/87) - Awesome 10-man Elimination match that had super crowd heat. The fun thing was the mixing of all the UWF and New Japan guys. Future star Keiji Muto really got a big boost in this match as the fans were going crazy for him for his gutsy performance. 35. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Morton (NWA Cage - 7/5/86) - From the Bash Tour. All those rumors I heard of how great Morton/Flair matches were was proved in this match. Morton's wearing a face mask to protect his broken nose but doesn't let that deter him from putting on one of the best cage matches of the decade. 34. Ric Flair Vs. Kerry Von Erich (World Class 2/3 Falls - 8/15/82) - The return cage match gets all the praise, but I think this was the better bout. Flair goes to Texas to defend the NWA World title against Von Erich. 33. The Midnight Express Vs. The Fantastics (NWA - 3/27/88 ) - From the Clash of Champions I. They knew they only had 10 minutes and they used every minute of it to put on an exciting fast paced match. Some big time brawling from teams not known for it. 32. Tully Blanchard Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - 11/22/84) - From Starrcade 84. Steamboat's been chasing after that T.V. title but has busted up ribs. These two were respectively possibly the greatest heel and babyface of the 80's. 31. Ric Flair Vs. Ted Dibiase (Mid-South - 11/6/85) - Flair was in Watts country and was scheduled to take on Butch Reed, but he got injured so DiBiase got the shot. Before the match Dick Murodoch came out mad saying he's the #1 contender. Harsh words were spoken and before you knew it DiBiase was brainbusted on the concrete floor and bleeding heavy. Still bleeding profusely, the heel DiBiase wouldn't quit and came out for the title match to the fans cheers. Can DiBiase pull off the miracle? ***************************** 30. Kuniaki Kobayashi Vs. Tiger Mask I (New Japan - 1/6/83) - Exciting fast paced Jr. match. The Kobayashi/Tiger Mask series was just as good as the Dynamite Kid one. 29. Ric Flair Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (All Japan 2/3 Falls - 6/8/83) - Another awesome match from these two. Match went to an hour draw with Tsuruta only one fall away from winning the NWA title from a bloody Flair. 28. Akira Maeda Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (New Japan - 6/12/86) - Fujinami had a gutsy performance in an elimination match a month earlier, but tired and bloody, he was easy prey at the end for Maeda. This time it's one and one between what most people consider the two best guys from each team in the inter-promotional feud. 27. Dump Matsumoto Vs. Chigusa Nagayo (AJW - Hair Vs. Hair - 8/28/85) - Overmatched big time in weight and size, Nagayo makes up for it with her heart and rage. This is actually 2 matches, the one inside the ring with chains, scissors and blood, and the one outside with each girls army's brawling around the ring. Who will be humilated with the haircut? 26. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - 5/29/84) - From the "Night of the Champions" card. Only days after regaining the NWA World title in Japan, Flair has to defend it again against his old rival Steamboat. 25. Bob Backlund Vs. Ken Patera (WWF Texas Deathmatch - 5/19/80) - After their January match went to a DQ and people had to pull them apart, this Texas Deathmatch was set up for the WWF title. No DQ, No Count Out. Can Backlund put his amateur wrestling aside and brawl against the Strongman? 24. Ric Flair Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (All Japan - 6/8/82) - Usually the big World title matches were 2 out of 3 Falls, but only 1 fall here. Flair defends the NWA World title here. A bit of a quicker pace then the rest of their classic matches. Two legends. 23. Devil Masami Vs. Chigusa Nagayo (AJW - 8/22/85) - Masami was defending her All Pacific Championship here. The famous Jaguar/Asuka main event gets the most praise, but I actually thought this match was better. A 40 minute match that had everything, mat wrestling, brawling and big moves. Like Steamboat/Flair it was more of a chess match and an effort not to make a mistake that your opponent could take advantage of. 22. Tiger Mask I Vs The Dynamite Kid (New Japan - 8/5/82) - I really would've added 2 or 3 more TM/DK matches on this list but only focused on the most important ones. This was their best from 82 with back-and-forth action and exciting moves. 21. Team Horsemen (Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger & J.J. Dillion) Vs. Team Kick-the-Horsemens-Ass (Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, The Road Warriors and Paul Ellering) (NWA Wargames - 7/4/87) - A massive two ring cage is set up for the Horsemen to finally get what's coming to them. Thought up by Dusty Rhodes probably while drunk, the rules are 2 men start off. Then after 5 minutes a coin is tossed and the winning team sends in a member for a 2-on-1 advantage. Every few minutes thereafter the opposing team gets the send a member from their team in. The match can only by stopped by submission after everyone's inside the cage. The crowd was so loud you could barely hear Jim Ross's screaming out his commentary. ***************************** 20. Antonio Inoki Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (New Japan - 8/8/88 ) - Super Saiyan scientific match that went an hour. Inoki was being phased down but still was going to make it hard for his protege Fujinami to get the big one here. 19. Kerry Von Erich Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (NWA 2/3 Falls - 5/22/84) - A mere week after losing the AWA World title, Jumbo gets a chance at the NWA World belt against new champ Von Erich. A fantastic and criminally underrated 2/3 falls match. 18. Ted DiBiase Vs. Jim Duggan (Mid-South Coal miners glove on a pole, Tuxedo, Loser-leaves town, Cage match - 3/22/85) - Most likely Vince Russo's favorite match. Former friends, DiBiase turned on him and they've been brawling all throughout the year. This is the big finale though inside a steel cage with a coal miner's glove hanging on a pole to put the other guy away. Short but bloody match. Crowd was going nuts. 17. Barry Windham Vs. Ric Flair (NWA - 1/20/87) - Awesome free TV match that went 45 minutes. It seemed at every moment Windham was going to win and the title against the Nature Boy. 16. Tully Blanchard Vs. Magnum T.A. (NWA - I-Quit cage match - 11/28/85) - Barbaric match where the only way to lose is to quit. Magnum has been chasing the U.S. title but Blanchard always manages to escape with the title. There is no escape from the cage. You heard of those method actor that get so into a role they believe it? Look at these guys faces at the end of the match. More of a felony than a match here. 15. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu Vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (All Japan - 1/28/86) - Choshu and Tsurta went to a 60:00 draw a few months back so their feud wasn't settled yet. These 2 teams had some great matches but this was the best with Tsuruta/Tenryu defending the tag titles. All four guys looked great especially the underrated Yatsu and the crowd was super into it. 14. Nick Bockwinkle Vs. Curt Hennig (AWA - 12/31/86) - This match lasted to an hour draw and was shown New Years night on ESPN. Bockwinkle was defending the AWA World title against the younger contender Curt Hennig. 13. Ric Flair Vs. Kerry Von Erich (Hawaii - 10/12/85) - These guys always had tremendous matches and this was the best of them. Flair defends the NWA World title in a fantastic hour long draw. 12. Randy Savage Vs. Ricky Steamboat (WWF - 3/29/87) - After having to almost retire from wrestling, Steamboat makes an incredible recovery from a crushed larynx to get revenge in front of the largest audience up to that point. Savage was also defending his Intercontinental championship. 11. Ric Flair Vs. Terry Funk (NWA I-Quit match - 11/15/89) - Defintily one of the hottest feud in the 80's was the insane Funk targeting Flair which included piledriving him through a table, smacking him around with a branding iron and even trying to suffocate him with a plastic bag. Now this is it. The final match. Both men's pride is on the line and both have vowed to retire and shake the other man's hand if they have to admit defeat. Match can only be stopped by verbally saying "I Quit" on a microphone in front of a national T.V. audence. ***************************** 10. Sgt. Slaughter Vs. The Iron Sheik (WWF Bootcamp - 6/16/84) - Exhausting, bloody and brutal. Both guy hate each other so much they put everything on the line in a dangerous No-DQ Bootcamp Streetfight where anything goes. Will the dreaded loaded boot come into play? 9. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - 2/20/89) - The first and fastest paced match of the 89 Steamboat/Flair trilogy. Steamboat came out of nowhere to challenge his old foe. Flair defends the belt in a great back and forth match. 8. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy Vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada (All Japan RWTL finals - 12/16/88 ) - The 1988 RWTL finals. Tenryu and the youngster Kawada take on the two tough American dudes. Kawada wants to make a name for himself and goes all out but his inexperience oveshadows his enthusiasm and soon he's injured. Can Tenryu put on a big T on his shirt and pull of the superhero finish? 7. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - 5/7/89) - Part 3 of their trilogy with Steamboat defending the NWA World title again against Flair. In case of an hour draw or disputed finish there are three judges at ringside. 6. Chigusa Nagoya Vs. Lioness Asuka (AJW - 2/26/87) - Tag team partners collide for a chance at the WWWA World title. Awesome match that went the exhausting 30 minute distance but with all the fans screaming for a finish they restarted the match. There must be a winner! 5. Ric Flair Vs. Barry Windham (Florida - 2/14/86) - Flair travels to sunny Florida to defend the NWA World title at the Battle of the Belts II. If there was anyone who really was in Flair elitle league inside the ring, I'd have to say either Steamboat, Tsuruta or Windham. Windham tried his best here to get the title but feel just short in 45 minutes. 4. Ric Flair Vs. Sting (NWA - 3/27/88 ) - Often called the most overrated match of all time, I'm still a mark for it. Flair turns a face painted newbie wrestler into the future of WCW in 45 minutes. I'm a huge Sting fan but I still think Sting should've given 10% of his wrestling earnings to Flair after this career defining performance. 3. Dynamite Kid Vs. Tiger Mask (New Japan - 4/21/83) - The final match and thr culmination of the tremendous Tiger Mask/Dynamite feud. After all their many famous matches, Dynamite Kid has never beaten Tiger Mask. Dynamite knew this and put everythig he could into this match to get that elusive pin. The great thing about this series is if you see if from start to finish, you'll see various moves in one match being repeated, then counterd in the next, then Those ones countered into the next and so on. Both guys knew each other so well at this point that you needed somethig extra to get that first mistake whether it's some insane highrisk aerial move or Dynamite Kid breaking a bottle n the ringpost and demanding the match be restarted. 2. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Genichiro Tenryu (All Japan - 6/5/89) - Tsuruta had just unified 3 Champioships belts into the famous "Triple-Crown" of All-Japan. One of his first defenses was against long time ex-tag team partner and long time nemesis Tenryu. Outstanding match from start to finish especially the near-falls at the end harkening to the future 90's All-Japan main events. Tenryu was actually getting the better of Tsuruta in recent bouts but this time Jumbo wasn't going to lose his new legacy so easily. 1. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA 2/3 Falls - 4/2/89) - I still remember as a kid watching this on free TV with my jaw to the floor, wondering how a match could be so long but be so... awesome. No mistakes can be made here. Their first match was a quicker pace and Flair doesn't want to make a slip up here. Amazing match that went just a shade under an hour and went back and forth throughout. The 55 minutes flew by like 15. At this time in their careers these guys were about as even in the ring as you can be. Wrestlers with most matches on the list --------------------------------------------- Ric Flair - 23 Nobuhiko Takada - 11 Jumbo Tsuruta - 11 Tatsumi Fujinami - 10 Ricky Steamboat - 8 Antonio Inoki - 8

I was listening to Wrestling Observer Live and Meltzer brought up something I didn't think of. RAW is live so J.R. can go home after the show. Since Smackdown is a taped show, the announcers have to fly to New York the next day for editing/fixes and stuff. Michael Cole lives in New York so it's not as bad for him to go home right after the editing is done, but Sooner J.R. probably has to spend an extra day in the air.

I'm About a third of the way through the book "Ring of Hell" and it's a pretty fascinatingly read. It's all bout Chris Benoit but instead of dwelling about the murders, it's more of a psychological profile of all the fucked up things Benoit went through to achieve his dream and eventually drive him insane. The chapters are divided into the bricks that started the wall of insanity that finally tumbled and crashed down in the final days of his life. Chapter 1: "The Mark" - Quick introduction to Chris Benoit's mindset at the time of the murders. Chapter 2: "A Small Man" - Description of quiet, small Benoit's obsession of the Dynamite Kid and his mimicry of him. Dynamite Kid is painted as not only one of the best wrestlers in the world, but also a sadistic self-loathing sociopath. Chapter 3: "Kayfabe" - Talks about Stampede Wrestling and Benoit's training in the Stu Hart "Dungeon" and the Harts craziness. Chapter 4: "This is New Japan. It is like Soldier" - Bad News got Benoit in the New japan dojo to be trained in the hardest and most intense wrestling style on the planet. Only around 1% of the trainees make it to graduation, the majority leave after the 1st session. Stories of humiliation and detachment to emotional and physical pain are found here. Also the histroy of Japanese wrestling and it's Yakuza ties are introduced. Chapter 5: "The Boots of the the Dynamite Kid" - After graduating Benoit is sent back to Stampede to get bigger. By this time Dynamite was the booker and hopeless drug addict. Benoit continued to idolize him. The thing that's been staying in my mind throughout this book is this. Right before starting the book on another forum I read what a sell-out The Rock is for not staying in wrestling and instead snubbing the industry that started him. After reading a few chapters of this book, I'm convinced the Rock may be the smartest wrestler who ever lived. Despite such a huge mega-sucess he was able to shake it off and leave wrestling and will end up being able to walk without chronic pain at 40.

Loss these recaps are awesome. No way I could type all that stuff out but big thanks. Passion For The Business!

Wow there's some really interesting reads here, thank you for reposting them.

Floyd's Rewatching Ratings (Your Mileage May Vary) Last updated: 2:00 AM - 7/7/08 1980: 1. Rimi (Jaguar) Yokota Vs. Chino Sato (All-Japan Women - 1/4/80) - [****] 2. Jackie Sato Vs. Tommy Aoyama (All-Japan Women - 1/4/80) - [***3/4] 3. Dynamite Kid Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (New Japan - 2/15/80) - [****] 4. Bruno Sammartino Vs. Larry Zbyszko (WWF - 3/24/80) - [***1/2] 5. Ken Patera Vs. Pat Patterson (WWF - 4/21/80 MSG) - [***1/4] 6. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Dick Slater (All Japan - CC finals - 5/1/80) - [***3/4] 7. Bob Backlund Vs. Ken Patera (WWF - 5/19/80) - [****1/2] 8. Bob Backlund Vs. Dusty Rhodes (New Japan - 5/27/80) - [***1/2] 9. Bruno Sammartino Vs. Larry Zbyszko (WWF - Cage match - 9/8/80) - [***] 10. Harley Race Vs. Mil Mascaras (All-Japan - 9/12/80) - [***3/4] 11. Bob Backlund Vs. Stan Hansen (New Japan - 9/30/80) - [***1/2] 12. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. (All-Japan RWTL finals - 12/11/80) - [****1/2] 13. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Ricky Steamboat (All-Japan - 12/1/80) - [***3/4] 14. Ricky Steamboat Vs. The Sheik (All-Japan - 12/9/80) - [***1/2] 15. Antonio Inoki & Bob Backlund Vs. Stan Hansen & Hulk Hogan (New Japan - MSG Finals - 12/10/80) - [***1/2] 1981: 16. Ricky Morton & Eddie Gilbert Vs. Masa Fuchi & Atsushi Onita (Memphis - Tupelo Concession Stand Brawl - 2/14/81) - [****1/4] 17. Abdullah The Butcher Vs. Bruiser Brody (All-Japan CC Finals - 4/10/81) - [**] 18. Bob Backlund Vs. Sgt Slaughter (WWF Cage - 3/21/81) - [****] 19. Pat Patterson Vs. Sgt. Slaughter (WWF - 4/21/81) - [****1/4] 20. The Dynamite Kid Vs. Tiger Mask I (NJ - 4/23/81) - [****] 21. Terry Funk Vs. Dory Funk Jr. (AJ - 4/30/81) - [***1/2] 22. Ricky Steamboat Vs. Jimmy Snuka (All Japan - 6/3/81) - [***3/4] 23. Jerry Lawler Vs. Terry Funk (CWA Memphis - [****] 24. Antonio Inoki Vs. Bad News Allen (New Japan - 8/2/81) - [***1/2] 25. Bob Backlund Vs. Don Muraco (WWF - Texas Death Match - 9/21/81) - [***3/4] 26. Andre the Giant Vs. Stan Hansen (New Japan - 9/23/81) - [****] 27. Ric Flair Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (All Japan - 2/3 Falls - 10/9/81) - [****1/4] 28. Bruiser Brody Vs. Terry Funk (All Japan - 11/3/81) - [***1/2] 29. Tiger Mask I Vs. Gran Hamada (New Japan - 11/5/81) - [***3/4] 30. Bob Backlund Vs. Greg Valentine (MSG 11/23/81) - [***1/4] 31. Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka Vs. Terry & Dory Funk Jr. (All Japan RWTL finals - 12/12/81) - [***1/2] 1982: 31b. Bob Backlund Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (New Japan - 1/1/82) - [***3/4] 32. Marc Rocco Vs. The Dynamite Kid (British World of Sport - 1/16/82) - [****] 33. Bob Backlund Vs. Adrian Adonis (WWF - 1/18/82) - [***3/4] 34. Giant Baba vs. Stan Hansen (All-Japan - 2/4/82) - [***1/2] 35. Dave "Fit" Finlay Vs. Davey Boy Smith (British World of Sport - 3/12/82) - [***3/4] 36. Giant Baba Vs. Bruiser Brody (All Japan - 4/16/82) - [***] 37. Harley Race Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (All Japan - 4/22/82) - [***3/4] 38. Les Thornton Vs. Tiger Mask I (New Japan - 5/25/82) - [***] 39. Tiger Mask I Vs. Black Tiger (New Japan - 5/26/82) - [****1/4] 40. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat (All Japan - 6/4/82) - [****] 41. Ric Flair Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (AJ - 6/8/82) - [****1/2] 42. Bob Backlund Vs. Jimmy Snuka (WWF Cage - 6/28/82) - [***1/2] 43. The Dynamite Kid Vs. Tiger Mask I (New Japan - 7/23/82) - [****] 44. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Mil Mascaras (All Japan - 7/30/82) - [***3/4] 45. Tiger Mask I Vs The Dynamite Kid (New Japan - 8/5/82) - [****1/2] 46. Bob Backlund Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (New Japan - 8/5/82) - [***1/2] 47. Ric Flair Vs. Jerry Lawler (Memphis - NWA World Title - 8/14/82) - [***1/2] 48. Ric Flair Vs. Kerry Von Erich (World Class 2/3 Falls - 8/15/82) - [****1/2] 49. Stan Hansen Vs. Terry Funk (All Japan - 9/11/82) - [***] 50. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted Dibiase & Matt Borne (Loser Leaves Town) (10/27/82) - [***3/4] 51. Tiger Mask I Vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (New Japan - 11/4/82) - [My copies to clipped to rate, looks ****+ though!] 52. Antonio Inoki Vs. Rusher Kimura, Animal Hamaguchi, & Isamu Teranishi (New Japan - 11/4/82) - [****] 53. Harley Race Vs. Ricky Steamboat (All Japan - 12/7/82) - [***1/2] 54. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Harley Race & Dick Slater (All Japan RWTL - 12/13/82) - [***3/4] 55. Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. Vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody (All Japan RWTL finals - 12/13/82) - [****] 56. Ric Flair Vs. Kerry Von Erich (World Class Cage match - 12/25/82) - [***3/4] 1983: 57. Kuniaki Kobayashi Vs. Tiger Mask I (New Japan - 1/6/83) - [****1/2] 58. Tiger Mask I Vs. Gran Hamada (New Japan - 2/3/83) - [***3/4] 59. Marty Jones Vs. The Dynamite Kid (British World of Sport - 2/5/83) - [***3/4] 60. Ric Flair Vs Bruiser Brody (St. Louis - 2/3 Falls - 2/11/83) - [****] 61. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood Vs. Don Kernodle & Sgt. Slaughter (NWA Cage match - 3/12/83) - [***3/4] 62. Tatsumi Fujinami Vs. Riki Choshu (New Japan - 4/3/83) - [***3/4] 63. Dynamite Kid Vs. Tiger Mask (New Japan - 4/21/83) - [*****] 64. Nick Bockwinkle Vs. Hulk Hogan (AWA - 4/24/83) - [***1/4] 65. Jaguar Yokoto Vs. La Galacta (AJW Hair vs. Mask - 5/7/83) - [****] 66. Adrian Adonis Vs. Bob Orton Jr. (Southwest - 5/26/83) - [***1/2] 67. Antonio Inoki Vs. Akira Maeda (New Japan - 5/27/83) - [***1/2] 68. Antonio Inoki Vs. Hulk Hogan (New Japan - 6/2/83) - [***3/4] 69. Ric Flair Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (All Japan 2/3 Falls - 6/8/83) - [****1/2] 70. Dory & Terry Funk Vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (8/31/83) - [***1/2] 71. Sangre Chicana Vs. MS-1 (EMLL - 2/3 Falls Hair Vs. Hair- 9/23/83) - [****1/4] 72. Don Muraco Vs. Jimmy Snuka (WWF Cage match - 10/17/83) - [**1/4] 73. Sekigun vs. Ishingun 4-bout battle (New Japan - 11/3/83) a) Seiji Sakaguchi Vs. Animal Hamaguchi (***) b ) Akira Maeda Vs. Riki Choshu c) Tatsumi Fujinami Vs. Killer Khan d) Antonio Inoki Vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu 74. Roddy Piper Vs. Greg Valentine (NWA - Dog Collar match - 11/24/83) - [****] 75. Ric Flair Vs. Harley Race (NWA Cage match - 11/24/83) - [***3/4] 76. Jerry Lawler Vs. Randy Savage (Memphis Cage match - 12/3/83) - [***1/4] 77. Riki Choshu, Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu Vs. Akira Maeda, Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura (NJ - 12/8/83) - [***3/4] 78. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu (AJ RWTL finals - 12/12/83) - [***1/2] 1984: 79. Dynamite Kid Vs. The Cobra Vs. Davey Boy Smith (New Japan - WWF Jr. tournament - 2/7/84) - [****1/4] MATCH 1: Davey Boy Smith Vs. Cobra. (***3/4) MATCH 2: Dynamite Kid Vs. Davey Boy Smith. (***1/2) MATCH 3: Dynamite kid Vs. The Cobra. (***3/4) 80. El Canek Vs. Andre the Giant (EMLL - 2/12/84) - [My copies to clipped to rate, looks ***1/4 or so though] 81. Nick Bockwinkle Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (AWA World title in All Japan - 2/22/84) 82. Ricky Steamboat Vs. Genichiro Tenryu (All Japan - 2/23/84) 83. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Nick Bockwinkle (AWA World title in All Japan - 2/26/84) 84. Sekigun Vs. Ishingun 10-Man Elimination match (NJ - 4/19/84): The Sekigun Army (Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Nobuhiko Takada, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura) Vs. The Ishingun Army (Riki Choshu, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Animal Hamaguchi, Isamu Teranishi & Kuniaki Kobayashi) 85. Ric Flair Vs. Kerry Von Erich (World Class - 5/6/84) 86. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Rick Martel (AWA - 5/13/84) 87. Ric Flair Vs. Harley Race (All Japan - 5/22/84) - [***3/4] 88. Kerry Von Erich Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (NWA 2/3 Falls - 5/22/84) - [****3/4] 89. Kerry Von Erich Vs. Ric Flair (NWA 2/3 Falls - 5/24/84) - [****] 90. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - 5/29/84) - [****3/4] 91. Antonio Inoki Vs. Hulk Hogan (New Japan - 6/14/84) 92. Sgt. Slaughter Vs. The Iron Sheik (WWF Bootcamp - 6/16/84) - [****3/4] 93. Randy Savage & Lanny Poffo Vs. The Rock n' Roll Express (Memphis - 6/25/84) - [***1/2] 94. The Crush Gals (Lioness Asuka & Chigusa Nagayo) Vs. Jaguar Yokota & Devil Masami 95. The British Bulldogs & Dr. D David Schultz Vs. Antonio Inoki, The Cobra & Tatsumi Fujinami (New Japan - 7/1/84) - [***1/4] 96. The Freebirds Vs. The Von Erichs (World Class - 7/4/84) - [***1/2] 97. The Dynamite Kid Vs. The Cobra (New Japan - 7/5/84) - [***1/2] 98. Satoru Sayama (Tiger Mask I) & Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (UWF - 7/23/84) 98b. El Satanico vs Shiro Koshinaka (EMLL - Hair Vs. Hair - 7/30/84) 99. The Cobra Vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (NJ - 8/2/84) - - [My copies to clipped to rate, looks **** though!] 100. Antonio Inoki Vs. Riki Choshu (NJ - 8/2/84) 101. Tiger Mask II Vs. La Fiera (AJ - 8/26/84) - [****] 102. Tully Blanchard Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA Starcade - 11/22/84) - [****1/4] 103. Kazuo Yamazaki Vs. Nobuhiko Takada (UWF - 12/5/84) 104. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch Vs. Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami (NJ - 12/5/84) 105. Tiger Mask II Vs. Pirata Morgan (AJ - 12/8/84) - [***1/2] 106. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch Vs. Jack & Jerry Brisco (WWF - 12/28/84) 1985: 107. Jaguar Yokota Vs. La Galactica (All Japan Women - 1/5/85) - [****] 108. Ric Flair Vs. Kerry Von Erich (St. Louis - 1/25/85) - [****1/4] 109. Jumbo Tsurura & Genichiro Tenryu Vs. Riki Choshu & Masa Saito (All Japan - 2/5/85) - [***3/4] 110. Jaguar Yokota Vs. La Galactica (All Japan Women - 2/27/85) - [***3/4] 111. Tiger Mask II Vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (All Japan - 3/9/85) - [***1/2] 112. Ted DiBiase Vs. Jim Duggan (Mid-South Coal miners glove on a pole, Tuxedo, Loser-leaves town, Cage match - 3/22/85) - [****3/4] 113. Hulk Hogan & Mr. T Vs. Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff (WWF - 3/31/85) - [***3/4] 114. Antonio Inoki Vs. Bruiser Brody (New Japan - 4/18/85) - [****] 115. Ric Flair Vs. Terry Taylor (Mid-South - 6/1/85) - [***3/4] 116. Tiger Mask II Vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi (All Japan - 6/12/85) - [****] 117. Antonio Inoki Vs. Hulk Hogan (New Japan - 6/13/85) - [***1/2] 118. The Cobra Vs. Hiro Saito match (6/28/85) - [***1/2] 119. Ric Flair Vs. Nikita Koloff (NWA - 7/6/85) - [***] 120. Yoshiaki Fujiwara Vs. Super Tiger (UWF - 7/17/85) - [***3/4] 121. Antonio Inoki Vs. Bruiser Brody (New Japan - 8/1/85) - [***3/4] 122. Ric Flair Vs. Butch Reed (Mid-South - 8/10/85) - [****1/4] 123. Devil Masami Vs. Chigusa Nagayo (AJW - 8/22/85) - [****1/2] 124. Jaguar Yokota Vs. Lioness Asuka (AJW - 8/22/85) - [****1/4] 125. Dump Matsumoto Vs. Chigusa Nagayo (AJW - Hair Vs. Hair - 8/28/85) - [****3/4] 126. Bret Hart Vs. The Dynamite Kid (WWF - 9/14/85) 127. Antonio Inoki Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (New Japan - 9/19/85) 128. Dick Murdoch Vs. Butch Reed (Mid-South - 9/22/85) - [****] 129. Roddy Piper Vs. Paul Ordorff (WWF SNME - 10/5/85) - [***1/2] 130. Ric Flair Vs. Kerry Von Erich (Hawaii - 10/12/85) - [****3/4] 131. Jerry Lawler Vs. Bill Dundee (Memphis - 10/19/85) 132. Ric Flair Vs. Rick Martel (All Japan - 10/21/85) 133. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genchiro Tenryu Vs. Ric Flair & Rick Martel (All Japan - 10/31/85) 134. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Riki Choshu (All Japan - 11/4/85) 135. Ric Flair Vs. Ted Dibiase (Mid-South - 11/6/85) - [****1/2] 136. The Dynamite Kid Vs. Tiger Mask II (All Japan - 11/27/85) 137. Jim Duggan Vs. Buzz Sawyer (Mid-South - 11/11/85) - [***3/4] 138. Ivan & Nikita Koloff Vs. The Rock n Roll Express (NWA - Cage match - 11/28/85) 139. Tully Blanchard Vs. Magnum T.A. (NWA - I-Quit cage match - 11/28/85) - [****3/4] 140. Ted DiBiase & Stan Hansen Vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (All Japan - RWTL finals - 12/12/85) 141. Jerry Lawler Vs. Bill Dundee (Memphis - No-DQ - Title/Loser-Leaves-Town Vs. Hair(s) - 12/30/85) 1986: 142. Hulk Hogan Vs. Randy Savage (WWF - 1/27/86) - [***1/4] 143. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu Vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (All Japan - 1/28/86) - [****3/4] 144. Ric Flair Vs. Ron Garvin (NWA - 2/2/86) 145. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu Vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (All Japan - 2/5/86) - [****] 146. Antonio Inoki Vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (New Japan - 2/6/86) - [***1/2] 147. Ric Flair Vs. Barry Windham (Florida - 2/14/86) - [*****] 148. Bret Hart Vs. Ricky Steamboat (WWF - 3/8/86) - [***1/2] 149. Lioness Asuka & Chigusa Nagayo Vs. Jumping Bomb Angels (AJW 2/3 Falls - 3/20/86) - [****1/4] 150. New Japan Vs. UWF 10-Man Tag Elimination (New Japan - 3/26/86) - [****] 151. The British Bulldogs Vs. Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake (WWF - 4/7/8 ) - [****1/4] 151b. The Funks Vs. Tito Santana & JYD - [***3/4] 152. The Fantastics Vs. The Sheephearders (NWA - 4/19/86) - [**1/2, too clipped] 153. Randy Savage Vs. Tito Santana (WWF - 4/22/86) - [***3/4] 154. New Japan Vs. UWF 10-Man Elimination Tournament (New Japan - 5/1/86) - [***3/4] 155. The Funks Vs. Hulk Hogan & JYD (WWF - 5/1/86) - [***3/4] 156. Akira Maede Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (New Japan - 6/12/86) - [****1/2] 157. The Cobra Vs. Nobuhiko Takada (New Japan - 6/17/86) - [****1/4] 158. Antonio Inoki Vs. Andre the Giant (New Japan - 6/17/86) -[**1/2] 159. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Morton (NWA - 7/5/86) - [****1/2] 160. Ric Flair Vs. Dusty Rhodes (NWA Cage match - 7/26/86) - [***3/4] 161. Riki Choshu Vs. Killer Khan (All Japan - 7/31/86) - [****] 162. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Shiro Koshinaka (New Japan - 8/5/86) - [****] 163. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Kazuo Yamazaki (New Japan - 8/7/86) - [***1/2] 164. Midnight Rockers vs. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers (AWA - 9/2/86) - [****1/4] 165. New Japan Vs. UWF 10-Man Tag Elimination II (New Japan - 9/16/86) - [****] 166. Antonio Inoki Vs. Bruiser Brody (New Japan - 9/16/86) - [****] 167. Shiro Koshinaka Vs. Nobuhiko Takada (New Japan - 9/19/86) - [***1/2] 168. Akira Maeda Vs. Don Nakaya Nielsen (New Japan - 10/9/86) - [***1/2] 169. Chigusa Nagayo vs. Dump Matsumoto (AJW - Hair Vs. Hair - 11/7/86) - [***1/2] 170. The Rock N Roll Express Vs. Ole & Arn Anderson (NWA - 11/27/86) - [***1/2] 171. Ric Flair Vs. Nikita Koloff (NWA - 11/27/86) - [***3/4} 172. Hulk Hogan Vs. Paul Orndorff (WWF Cage match - 12/14/86) - [***3/4] 173. Midnight Rockers vs. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers (AWA Cage match - 12/25/86) - [***3/4] 174. Nick Bockwinkle Vs. Curt Hennig (AWA - 12/31/86) - [****3/4] 1987: 175. Barry Windham Vs. Ric Flair (NWA - 1/20/87) - [****3/4] 176. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Shiro Koshinaka (NJ - 2/5/87) 177. Roddy Piper, Ricky Steamboat & JYD Vs. Adrian Adonis, Randy Savage & Harley Race (WWF - 2/23/87) - [***3/4] 178. Chigusa Nagoya Vs. Lioness Asuka (AJW - 2/26/87) 179. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Muto (NJ - 3/20/87) - [****] 180. Randy Savage Vs. Ricky Steamboat (WWF - 3/29/87) - [****3/4] 181. Hulk Hogan Vs. Andre the Giant (WWF - 3/29/87) - [***1/2] 182. Ric Flair Vs. Barry Windham (NWA - 4/11/87) - [****1/2] 183. Nick Bockwinkel Vs. Curt Hennig (AWA - 5/2/87) 184. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Toshiaki Fujiwara (NJ - 5/25/87) 185. Wargames (NWA - 7/4/87) - [****3/4] 186. Midnight Express Vs. The Rock N Roll Express (NWA - 7/4/87) 187. Wargames (NWA - 7/31/87) 188. El Hjio del Santo Vs. Negro Casas (EMLL Mask Vs. Hair - 7-18-87) - [****1/2] 189. NJ Vs. UWF 10-man Elimination Match (NJ - 8/19/87) 190. The Crush Gals Vs. The Jumping Bomb Angels (AJW - 9/14/87) 191. Tatsumi Fujinami Vs. Riki Choshu (NJ - 10/5/87) 192. Chigusa Nagayo Vs. Yukari Omori (AJW - 10/20/87) 193. Randy Savage Vs. Bret hart (WWF - 11/11/87) - [****1/4] 194. Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson Vs. The Road Warriors (NWA - 11/26/87) 195. Ronnie Garvin Vs. Ric Flair (NWA Cage match - 11/26/87) 196. 10-Tag Team Elimination match (WWF - 11/26/87) - [***3/4] 1988: 197. Hulk Hogan Vs. Andre the Giant (2/5/88) - [***1/2] 198. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Tiger Mask II (AJ - 3/9/88) - [***1/2] 199. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Hiro Hase (NJ - 3/11/88) - [****] 200. The Midnight Express Vs. The Fantastics (NWA - 3/27/88) - [****1/2] 201. Lex Luger & Barry Windham Vs. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (NWA - 3/27/88) - [***1/2] 202. Ric Flair Vs. Sting (NWA - 3/27/88) - [*****] 203. Lex Luger & Barry Windham Vs. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (NWA - 4/20/88) - [****] 204. The Midnight Express Vs. The Fantastics (NWA - 4/26/88) - [****1/2] 205. Owen Hart Vs. Keiichi Yamada (NJ - 6/10/88) - [My copies to clipped to rate, looks ***3/4+ though!] 206. Wargames (NWA - 7/16/88) 207. Tower of Doom - [***] 208. Randy Savage Vs. Ted DiBiase (WWF Cage match - 7/22/88) - [***3/4] 209. Yoshiaki Fujiwara Vs. Don Nakaya Neilsen (NJ - 7/31/88) - [****] 210. Antonio Inoki Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (AJ - 8/8/88) 211. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Kazuo Yamaxaki (UWF - 8/13/88) - [****1/4] 212. Genichiru Tenryu & Ashura Hara Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (AJ - 8/29/88) - [****] 213. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Genichiro Tenryu (AJ - 10/28/88) - [****1/4] 214. Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda (UWF - 11/10/88) - [****1/4] 215. Jerry Lawler Vs. Kerry Von Erich (AWA - 12/13/88) 216. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy Vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada (AJ - 12/16/88) - [*****] 217. Nobuhiko Takada Vs. Bob Backlund (UWF - 12/22/88) - [***3/4] 218. Ric Flair Vs. Lex Luger (NWA - 12/26/88) COMING UP: -------------- Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson Vs. The Rockers (WWF - 2/16/89) Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - 2/20/89) Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - Landover - 3/18/89) - [****1/2] Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - 4/2/89) - [*****] Randy Savage Vs. Hulk Hogan (WWF - 4/2/89) Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - 5/7/89) Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat Vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Ricky Fuyuki (AJ - 6/5/89) Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Genichiro Tenryu (AJ - 6/5/89) Jushin Liger Vs. Naoki Sano (NJ - 7/13/89) Ric Flair Vs. Terry Funk (NWA - 7/23/89) Demolition Vs. Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson (WWF 2/3 Falls - 7/29/89) Jushin Liger Vs. Naoki Sano (NJ - 8/10/89) Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson Vs. The Hart Foundation (WWF - 8/28/89) Bret Hart Vs. Curt Hennig (10/2/89) Ric Flair Vs. Terry Funk (NWA - 11/15/89) - [****3/4]

Heh, just goes to show how different everyone's ballots will be! The results should be interesting. To be fair that's not my final Top 20. Since I have a week to spare, I'm planning on watching the Top 30 or so matches on my list and see how they stack up side by side before mailing it off. It took me like 3-4 months to watch all this stuff so it's hard to compare Disk 1 to Disk 10 in my fragged-up memory stick I call a brain. As for the Midnight Vs. Mr. II/Magnum, I remember really digging it! The Midnights were their usual awesome self and The good guys were excellent playing off that to make an entertaining match. Plus I remember the crowd being super molton hot, which is probably why that particular match stood out for me. Hey for those who have watched some of the Mid-South countdown, any matches not on my Top 20 you think should be/ let me know and I'll give them a rewatch too. I agree with all of this as well, 100%! The most fun I've had in years. ALL these matches were new to me. I always wanted too see more of Murdoch and I got my wish big time on this set. Such an awesome and unique seller. And I expected more of a brawler but the guy can wrestle and go the distance too. my eyes were opened to the Guerreros as well. Plus Gordy got knocked up a notch.

Whewwwhhhhh. I'll be damned. I actually finished it by the deadline! :-) Floyd's Top 20 1. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town, Coal Miner's Glove on a Poll, Tuxedo, Cage match ) (3/22/85) [bR-14] 2. Ric Flair vs. Butch Reed (8/10/85) [TSGDIA-10] 3. Ted DiBiase vs. Ric Flair (11/6/85) [bW-8] 4. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne (Loser Leaves Town) (10/27/82) [PTB-8] 5. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (Street Fight) (7/29/83) [PTB-14] 6. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (5/3/85) [RNRIK-3] 7. Terry Taylor vs. Ric Flair (6/1/85) [RNRIK-7] 8. Butch Reed vs. Dick Murdoch (9/22/85) [bW-1] 9. Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Midnight Express (2/10/84) [PTB-16] 10. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (6/8/84) [sDM-3] 11. Chris Adams vs. Terry Taylor (5/3/87) [bITUSA-9] 12. Mr. Olympia vs. Chavo Guerrerro (6/24/83) [PTB-13] 13. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan (No DQ) (3/8/85) [bR-13] 14. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (4/28/85) [RNRIK-1] 15. Rock N Roll Express vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (2/13/85) [bR-11] 16. Ric Flair vs. Wahoo McDaniel (7/12/85) [TSGDIA-3] 17. Dirty White Boys vs. Terry Daniels & Bill Dundee (5/11/85) [RNRIK-6] 18. Hacksaw Duggan vs. Buzz Sawyer (11/11/85) [bW-10] 19. Terry Gordy vs. Dr. Death (6/22/86) [bSUSA-3] 20. Buzz Sawyer vs. Jim Duggan (Dog Collar Match) (12/27/85) [JGP-6] "And that's the end of that chapter"

Lol that's a great (and true) answer.

The NWA TV special from 2/2/86 remains one of my favorites. Not cause of the awesome workrate or whatever, but cause it made me a wrestling mark when I saw it. Out of the 3 matches I think the Garvin/Flair match was the best. Even though it was short it was really a fun match. The tag match was good too, especially since it was the first time I'd seen the Midnight Express & Cornette ever as a kid.

That's pretty cool the The Sheik vs. Ricky Steamboat (12/9/80) match was nominated, I always thought it was a fun and (especially for the aging Shiek) an enthusiastic brawl. I know your not looking for more nomination in this thread, but what does everyone think about the Dory Funk Jr. Vs. Terry Funk on 4/30/81? Slow 70's-like scientific match but I always really liked it. ADDED: I couldv'e sworn I had seen this but apparently not, just watched it. I thought it was tremendous. I thought it would be a slow wear-down-your-opponent type match, but for a 45 minute match it's pretty much all action with very little pauses. In fact I was amazed it was 45 min. cause they just flew by and you don't notice it. All 4 guys were great especially Terry Funk. Aside from Backlund/Patera this is easily my 2nd fav match of 1980, really great match!

Thanks for the list ohtani's jacket. I need to watch more lucha and this'll help alot!

Stash in a crawlspace, that is pretty weird, especially since he left his contract there too. Should be interesting how the WWE handles it.

Ha that's cool.

Floyd’s Rant for Wrestlemania XXIV 1. NO-DQ BELFAST BRAWL: J.B.L. Vs. Fit Finlay (w/ Hornwoggle) - I haven’t kept up with WWE in a while so bear with me, but I think the story goes like this: Midget Hornswoggle was discovered to be Vince McMahon’s illegitimate son. So of course Vince McMahon showed his affection by beating the shit out of him as much as possible. Then JBL, using his A.P.A. detective skills, dropped the bomb that Hornswoggle is really Finlay’s son! JBL also went dwarf tossing by mauling Hornswoggle inside a cage. If I was booking I’d have the entire locker-room tested and have JBL be the father next. Then book Jerry Springer (That show still on?) This is a Belfast brawl, No-DQ. They shoulda used one of those old British World Sport rules instead. My pre-match prediction, JBL bleeds. JBL attacks Finlay right at the bell and they brawl outside. Back in and Finlay hits a reverse Earthquake splash for 2. Finlay rolls out and finds all kinds of stuff under the ring to play with. Why do the ring crews always leave their kendo sticks under there? JBL ups the ante by tossing the ring steps in the ring! He should grab Horsnwoggle and us him like a bat. JBL tries to pildrive Finaly on the steps but is backdropped instead. Cookie-sheet damage follows. JBL comes back though and treats Finlay like he’s a ROH guy caught alone in the shower. But then Hornswoggle saves his dad with a kendo shoot! Finlay props up a table in the corner. JBL roll outside and slaps that midget out cold! While JBL’s still outside, Finlay does the Chris Benoit spot where he dives like a torpedo outside, only to be hit but a trashcan lid! More midget violence ensues: JBL goes for Hansen’s lariat, but see he’s not Hansen cause Finlay ducks and throws JBL thought the propped up table for a 2 count. Finlay tries to press slams the steps onto JBL, but it’s all goes horribly wrong, and JBL ends up hitting the Wall Street lariat for the 3. Too much Sports entertainment-ness, but still a fun opening match. I was hoping for a mini-JBL (Spanky?) to roll out from under the ring, but no dice. **3/4 TO THE BACK! Diva flunkie #34 talks about the MITB ladder match when Ken Kennedy starts yelling right in her face, then leaves. 2. Money-In-The-Bank Ladder Match IV: (John Morrison Vs. Carlito Cool Vs. Shelton Benjamin Vs. C.M. Punk Vs. Ken Kennedy Vs. MVP Vs. Chris Jericho) - You know, it would’ve been great if they put all the guys who failed the Wellness policy during that big bust last year, and then the winner gets one strike taken off their record. Speaking of Wellness Policy, Jeff hardy isn’t in this match. Right at the bell everyone but MVP rolls out and starts picking up ladders. Carlito brings in a ladder but MVP steals it and then boots him out. MVP starts knocking everyone out of the ring like it’s a game of King of the Mountain. In a Russo/Freudian moment Jericho brings in a bigger ladder. It’s a ladder joust! That was awesome. Morrison climbs to the top with a ladder and while holding the ladder FUCKING MOONSAULTS OFF THE TOP ROPE TO THE OUTSIDE!!! That was insane. He didn’t land pretty either. Kennedy tries to sneak in but Jericho stops him. He tries the Liontamer but can’t get it, so settles on sling-shooting him into the ladder. Kennedy lands right on the ladder however and quickly starts climbing. Morrison jumps on the ladder next. Shelton climbs up too and ends up hitting a flip-powerbomb on Kennedy, who at the same time suplexes Morrison!! Punk hit’s the Go to Sleep on Benjamin and climbs, but Kenney with a rolling firemans carry onto the ladder! Now Carlito and MVP fight at the top, Carlito gets dumped. Carlito works MVP’s leg, MITB psychology? There's no time for that here, it's spot-spot-spot - rinse-repeat. Carlito climbs up for the win, but come on dude, you ain’t going to win. Shoulda went to TNA. Shelton does that One Night Stand bump again and breaks/bends a ladder/his spine in half on the way down. That was scary. Camera work for this is tremendous by the way. It's a shame Benjamin is Mr. MITB once again but will soon be again regulated only to house shows and Most Underrated year-end awards. That'll teach him to play video games in the locker room. Morrison climbs but becomes a Walls of Jericho victim on the ladder. Kennedy again tries to sneak a win but no dice. A bunch of bodies start flying and then dropping. The ring is cleared. But as the smoke clears MVP is the only man standing. He starts climbing with a smirk on his face. Suddenly Matt hardy jumps the rail! Security! Twist of Fate off the ladder!!! He doesn’t mention ROH on his way out this time. Two ladders are propped up in a V shape, and it ends up hurting people. Jericho climbs up but gets apple spit in his face and he goes flying. Apple bump!! Everyone’s down again except Jericho who climb. C.M. Punk meets him and they both fight for the briefcase. I think the finish went awry somewhere, but it doesn’t matter as C.M. Punk grabs the suitcase and wins! 10$ says this is just a ploy and McMahon will somehow get the briefcase onto straight-edger Kennedy somehow. ***1/2 Hall of fame is shown. I’m surprised Mike Graham didn’t get more of an ovation, it being Florida and all. Mae Young’s hopped up on drugs again. 3. Umanga Vs. Batista - Looks like this is a Smackdown Vs. RAW match. Umanga shows his athleticism early with spins kicks. Fatty Samoan Splash gets 2. Umanga’s works on Batista back., knowing that senior citizens bones are brittle, and their muscles can’t be too great after years of steriods use. See Umanga does his homework. I must be a in a great mood tonight cause this isn’t too bad. Umanga goes lucha and tries a middle rope headbutt but misses! Batista goes for a slam but his back buckles, nearly losing on a near 3 count. Umanga with loud kicks to the back, then it’s back to the Samoan spike. This portion is begging for the crowd to cheer for Batista, but there not into the match. Actually it sounds like their on Umanga’s side. Ha now the crowds booing Batisa in his comeback, this is awesome. Batista gets a (falling on his ass) Demonbomb out of nowhere and gets the 3 count. *1/2 In the back Merryweather is with his posse. There’s got to be at least 20 people there, were talking 0.8 on the Master P scale. Looks like there was a battle royal on Heat before the show. The winner gets a shot at the ECW World title. Luckily the WWE used this to elevate one of their newer superstars, you know that young Kane guy they just brought up from developmental. 4. ECW WORLD TITLE: Chavo Guerrero Vs. Kane – Man Chavo looks like so much like my neighbor it’s scary. Kane with the chokeslam.1..2..3!?!?!? WTF?!?! Look, I know the ECW title doesn’t mean shit Vince. I GET IT! You can STOP trying to prove it now. Didn’t Kane go like 2 hours in a Royal Rumble or something, he couldn’t been winded. Ughhh. DUD In a commercial Carlito gets attacked by seagulls at a restaurant. I just got the idea of the WWE doing a bunch of skits based on Alfred Hitchcock movies. Like a wheelchair-bound HHH watching the Undertaker carry bodies from his apartment, or the entire crusierweight division replaying “Lifeboat”. Then I remembered the WWE writing team and slapped myself harshly for being so dumb. That girl from the Disney channel is in the ring and demands everyone STAND up for the make-a-wish foundation. Right at that moment they get a shot of the wheelchair kids, DOH! Well the thought was nice. And now we come to the match I’m looking forward to: 5. Ric Flair Vs. Shawn Michaels - If Flair loses he’s gotta retire! Flair comes out with a Blue Blazer robe. Mind games to start, HBK slaps old man Flair so hard he’s busted hardway. “First blood, brother” says Flair. CHOP FEST!!! HBK gets the advantage and goes uptop, but gets Flair-slammed out! Flair quickly goes top rope too but uh-oh, HBK catches him. No wait, he pokes Shawn in the eye. Flair hits the flying bodypress for 2! Yes, Flair finally got that top rope move off after about 15 years of trying (I think Harley Race voodoo cursed him at Starrcade). Flair gets dumped out and HBK with his Wrestlemania-sized Asai moosault. Flair dives away at the last minute though and HBK hits sternum first on the announcers tables HARD. I mean HARD. HBK’s fucked up, yo. Little Naitch starts the count, come on give him some time. HBK makes it back in and Flairs working the ribs. Back suplex gets a 2 for Flair. Flair goes old school with a double arm suplex for another 2. HBK comes back with a neckbreaker, then dropkicks Flair out. HBK hits a top rope moonsault to the Floor, but slammed himself more into the concrete than on Flair. HBK beating the crap out of himself up. Back in the ring and CHOP FEST #2 ends with an HBK flying Jalapeno. He manages to painfully kip up then starts his comeback. He hits the top rope elbow! Shawn’s looks really fucked up, legit. He starts tuning up the band. He goes to Superkick, but pauses!?!?! Flair quickly gets a takedown and clamps on the figure-four!!! The crowd’s going crazy! Ya snooze you lose Shawn. HBK manages to reverse it and Flair gets the ropes. They do that Steamboat pinning sequence thing but HBK couldn’t bridge out, he’s hurting bad. Flair goes to work the leg but HBK sunsets flips for a close 2. Flair whips HBK who does a 1/2 Flair flip in the corner. Flair chop-block. Wooooooo! Time to go to school! Figure-four reversed into a small package by HBK.. Only a 2 count! Flair gets the figure four again! HBK finally managed to reverse it but Flair reverses it right back again! Finally HBK makes the ropes. Flair struts cause everything going his way. HE EATS SWEET CHIN MUSIC!! Both guys are down. HBK crawls towards Flair and pins. Only 2! HBK’s having trouble standing. He tunes up the band again. But Flair can’t stand up. Finally HBK goes to pick Flair up. BALL-SHOT BY FLAIR! The ref didn’t see it either cause Flair’s the dirtiest player in the game. Flair crawls over… Only a 2 count!! Out of nowhere HBK gets a figure four! Flair makes the corner and while grabbing for the ropes the turnbuckle falls off. The ref goes to fix it so Flair hits the thumb-to-the-eye on HBK. Roll up gets another super close 2.99 for Flair. CHOP-FEST #3 begins on their knees. Out of nowhere HBK gets another sweet chin music. HBK tunes up the band. Wait he hesitates again. There is a hush in the crowd. Flair gets up and groggily but is ready to fight. HBK says “I’m sorry. I love you….” SWEET CHIN MUSIC #3!!!!!!!! This time there was no hesitation. 1…2…..3. Flair’s career it over. Like at the end of “Lost in Translation”, HBK whispers something we’ll ever know, kisses Flair’s forehead then leaves. The commentators go all ROH and don’t speak for awhile. And with tears in his eyes Ric Flair stands for the last time in the ring, to 75,000 fans applauding him. With the Sport Entertainment style the only monopoly in town, it is truly and end of an era for wrestling. Thank you Ric Flair, you will forever be THE MAN! **** 6. Playboy Bunny Lumberjill match: Beth Phoenix and Melina (w/ Santino Marella) Vs. Maria and Ashley - I thought they said Bundy-mania for a minute. Snoop Dogg in the house. Hope he serenades the Divas with the song "Bitches Ain’t Shit But Ho’s and Tricks” with Giant Khali taking Dr. Dre’s place. It takes Snoop’s golf cart (Well it IS Florida) about 20 minutes to get to the ring. Snoop gives props to Ric Flair.. Uh-oh Snoop-talk. Dang. I’m too white for this. The Divas surround the ring. If there was ever a time for the TNA Women’s division to jump the rails, now’s the time Awesome Kong. Snoop gets a pimp King of the Ring Chair at ringside. Anyway, stuff happened in the match. Nothing bad, in fact some good moves, but it doesn’t matter cause there’s no heat. And how could there be after the Flair/HBK match? Suddenly the lights go out! TNA sabotage? Marella interferes and causes Maria the match, but not before receiving a Memphis punch from Lawler. His humiliation continues when Snoop hits him with a clothesline Straight Outta Compton, by gawd! Good one too, at least better than Rodman ever threw. * 7. RAW WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP: Randy Orton Vs. John Cena (v 2.0) HHH (v 3.0) - Wait, this isn’t the main event? Hmmmm. Heel turn coming up? HHH’s entrance takes 3 ½ minutes. Orton wisely takes out HHH right at the start with a belt shot and it’s 1 on 1 in the ring. HHH comes back though and dumps the other 2 out. HHH and Orton tumble like lovers all over the ECW table. Back in and John Cena picks up BOTH guys up for an FU, but doesn’t get it. Impressive attempt though. Orton grounds both guy and starts stomping away while a “Cena Sucks” chant starts. Lots of boos for Cena already, I’m sure there’s already a topic on DVDVR with someone weeping and gnashing their teeth about it. People don’t like him, accept it and move on with your life. Orton gets that funky middle rope DDT on both guys! He nabs a 3 counts on each. Orton attempts a RKO but Cena dumps him like trash right onto HHH. Cena with the top rope legdrop! Orton says fuck it and tries to leave, but Cena gives chase. Orton manages to use Cena momentum during the run to post him in a neat spot. Cena’s layed out seeing stars. Back in and HHH works on Orton’s leg. Wait Orton with an RKO on HHH! A knocked out HHH rolls out. Orton staggers around and falls right into the STFU!! They steal from WM 20 as HHH prevents Orton’s hand from tapping out. HHH pulls Cena out and slams him against the ring steps. HHH with a neat-looking Indian deathlock kind of thing on Orton but Cena breaks it up. Cena dumps HHH and reapplies the STFU! WM 20 is re-visited again as HHH applies the Crippler Crossface on Cena! Cena makes the ropes, then starts making a comeback. Orlando’s boo’s seem to give him more strength! Both guys counter each other’s big move, until HHH hits the Pedigree! It’s ovah! 1…..2………Suddenly running out from stage right, Orton soccer kicks HHH right in da head! The pin is broken up. Orton collapses on Cena, for the 1,2,3! Orton retains! Wow, big props to WWE letting Orton retain. Another 10$ says they’ll re-do this main event next PPV. Solid match. ***1/2 8. NO-DQ MATCH: The Big Show Vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Ha! I haven’t been watching Raw lately, but the package they play of the build-up for this match is just phenomenal, one of the best I’ve ever seen. Mayweather's supposedly got like 4 billion dollars for this fight but I must dispute that. Big Show’s got a small size advantage here. Mayweather uses his speed to avoid the Big Show’s soupbones and gets some body shots in. Stick, and move. Stick and move. Just got a flashback from Butterbean/Gunn. Mayweather all cocky and takes a breather in the corner where he sips from a diamond-encrusted chalice. Seriously the thing's like 20 pounds and looks like the Holy Grail. Big Show rushes at him and managed to quickly maul one of his handlers. There’s suddenly fear in Mayweather’s eyes. Uh-oh, Big Show catches on of Mayweather’s punches! He goes to stomp it into confetti but luckily Mayweathers gets free. Damn, if Mayweather loses his hands, he’s only got his Krav Maga and Wing Chun experiences to fall back on. Oh No! Mayweather’s cornered!! No he manages to punches his way out, then clamps a sleeper off the top rope! Big Show’s going out! Big Show managed to flip him over, and Garvin stomps the hand!!! The handlers outside all shit their pant and Mayweather sells his hand better than 60% of the WWE lockerroom. Big Show with the silent chops in the corner! Big Show stands on Mayeather’s back while the manager protests. Mayweather tries some kicks he saw in a Kawada match but it does nothing. Big Show hits a side-walk slam. Finally Mayfeather’s handlers pull his dead carcass out of the ring and signal it’s over. Big Show gives chase and knocks everyone around and drags Mayweather back. Big Show goes for the choke slam but a handler runs in and hits a chairshot! That guy gets chokeslammed but Mayweather picks up the chair and starts raining down chairshots. Somewhere Chris Nowinski slowly shakes his head. Now Mayweather rips off a gold chain from the unconscious handler. It’s got brass knucks! POW!!!!!!!!! Big Show it out! Power of the punch! Mayweather’s been training with Regal! The ref starts the count and Big Show can’t get up in time, it’s ovah!. Mayweather wins!! Mayfeather’s undefeated in boxing AND wrestling! Next stop, MMA. Pretty fun for what it was. Mayweather was great in his role. **1/2 Ahhh shit Coach and Michael Cole’s calling the main event, I hit the mute button. The guest ring announcer is some girl from “Keeping Up with the Cardassians” a show about Star Trek or something.. She announces the attendance as 74,635. Hey I just realized neither tag titles were defended tonight. 9. SMACKDOWN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Edge Vs. The Undertaker – Taker’s entrance last 6 minutes, actually much less than I thought. Edge gets a good-luck kiss from the crippled Vickie Guerrero. Both guys are touted as being undefeated at Wrestlemania. Edge has also never lost to the undertaker. Edge isn’t intimated and starts with punches. But he musta forgot that the Undertaker’s the “Best pure striker in the WWE!!” Taker hits a flying clothesline for 2. Taker works the arm and tries old school early but get arm dragged off. Taker chokes Edge and refuses to break, then intimidates the ref. Taker went for a flying knee in the corner but it turned into a Stinger Splash and Taker tumbles all the way to the floor. Edge hits him while he’s on the apron and Taker flies into the barricade! Outside Edge works the ribs. Taker makes it back in and Edge with corner tackles. Edge goes top rope and decides to channel Manami Toyota cause he gets Flair slammed from the top TO THE FLOOR!!! Crap that was nasty! Not to be outdone, Taker follows with the zombie WM plancha!! Crazy. Taker with the legdrop on the apron. Last Ride attempt! No wait, he couldn’t pick him up cause of his back. Back outside and Edge back suplexes Undertaker on the rail! Taker’s dumped in the front row. Back inside Edge works the back more with a half-Boson crab. Edge with the monster face! Taker gets out and a slugfest akin to Takayama/Frye breaks out. Well not quite. Taker hits the ho’ train in the corner then snake eyes! Taker goes for his boot follow-up but Edge hits a surprise dropkick for 2! Edge has done his homework it seems. Taker goes for a chokeslam but Edge counters with a DDT!! Edge goes for the spear but loses some teeth hitting Taker’s boot. CHOKESLAM STRAIGHT TO HELL BY GAWD!!!!!!! Only 2!?!?!?? Taker goes old school again but gets crouched. Edge hits a suplerplex! Taker comes back and nearly gets the Last Ride but Edge squirms out and hits a neckbreaker! Only 2. Taker finally gets the Last Ride and collapses. Only 2?! Tombstone! No Edge counters it into the X-Factor. Only 2 again. Taker finally hits old-school. Taker goes for big boot but hits the ref. Edge talks shit so Taker zombies up, but Edge kicks him square in the balls. Edge wanders outside. He grabs a camera and smacks Taker. They should’ve done a reply with that camera's angle on. Edge paws at the dead ref. He slightly grazes the ref's arm, and the ref proceeds to do an unconscious bump to the outside. Taker gets up and hits the Tombstone! No ref! Wait! Charles Robinson sprints the quarter mile to the ring! He counts….. but only 2!?!? Here come Edge’s cronies. Taker quickly dispatches them with a chokeslam. But Edge hits the spear! Only 2!?? Edge cries. Spear #2. Wait Undertaker with the Triangle choke! No wait he’s got the head tucked down so I guess it’s the google-platta thing all the kids are talking about nowadays. Edge taps! Holy shit, he Nick Diazed him! Didn’t see that finish coming. And that’s that. 16-0. Taker celebrates while fireworks injure 40 fans. ***1/2 Except for Flair/HBK nothing earth shattering. But I really enjoyed the show top-to-bottom! WM 24 Grade: Total star rating: 22.25 Total matches: 9 Show Average: **1/2

My thought on Disk #6 (Ranked in order of best-to-worst): Cream of the crop: 1. Ted DiBiase vs. Ric Flair (11/6/85) [bW-8] - Moments before the match, a jealous wrestler posts Dibiase opening a cut that won't close. But DiBiase refuses to go to the hospital and give up his chance at the NWA World title. 2. Butch Reed vs. Dick Murdoch (9/22/85) [bW-1] - Classic babyface Vs. babyface match that goes nearly an hour. Instead of a brawl it's more an exhibition, at least at the beginning. Reed's awesome but its the Murdoch show here. Very good too: 3. Hacksaw Duggan vs. Buzz Sawyer (11/11/85) [bW-10] - Barbaric match that continues long after the bell. 46 Police barricades were bent in this match. 4. Butch Reed vs. Ric Flair (10/11/85) [bW-4] - Good return match for the NWA World title. 5. Butch Reed vs. Dick Murdoch (10/14/85) [bW-6] - Another return match, this time with a winner. 6. Ted DiBiase vs. Bob Sweetan (Taped Fist) (10/11/85) [bW-3] - Old Vs. New School. Good: 7. Butch Reed vs. Ric Flair (11/8/85) [bW-9] - Flair/Reed III which was all action o TV. 8. Jake Roberts vs. Ric Flair (11/24/85) [bW-12] - Milliseconds before the bell Flair gets knocked the F out by a DDT. After recovering he's forced to still defend the title. Another DDT and Jake's the World champ! 9. The Fantastics vs. Dutch Mantell & Bill Dundee (10/4/85) [bW-2] - Whip-on-a-pole match. Fun stuff. Good to OK 10. Butch Reed vs. Dick Slater (11/22/85) [bW-11] - Reed's looking for revenge after Slater injured his neck. 11. The Fantastics vs. Buzz Sawyer & Dick Slater (10/27/85) [bW-7] - OK tag match. 12. Ted DiBiase vs. Bob Sweetan (10/13/85) [bW-5] - More Old Vs. New School. *********************** Thought for Disk #6: - Murdoch rules! - Jake Roberts was crazy over. ********************** Floyd's Ongoing Mid-South Top 20: (re-watched, re-vamped and re-ordered after 6 Disks) 1. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town, Coal Miner's Glove on a Poll, Tuxedo, Cage match ) (3/22/85) [bR-14] 2. Ric Flair vs. Butch Reed (8/10/85) [TSGDIA-10] 3. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted Dibiase & Matt Borne (Loser Leaves Town) (10/27/82) [PTB-8] 4. Ted DiBiase vs. Ric Flair (11/6/85) [bW-8] 5. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (Street Fight) (7/29/83) [PTB-14] 6. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (5/3/85) [RNRIK-3] 7. Mr. Olympia vs. Chavo Guerrerro (6/24/83) [PTB-13] 8. Terry Taylor vs. Ric Flair (6/1/85) [RNRIK-7][/b] 9. Butch Reed vs. Dick Murdoch (9/22/85) [bW-1] 10. Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Midnight Express (2/10/84) [PTB-16] 11. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (6/8/84) [sDM-3] 12. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan (No DQ) (3/8/85) [bR-13] 13. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (4/28/85) [RNRIK-1] 14. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (4/28/85) [bR-17] 15. Rock N Roll Express vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (2/13/85) [bR-11] 16. Ric Flair vs. Wahoo McDaniel (7/12/85) [TSGDIA-3] 17. Dirty White Boys vs. Terry Daniels & Bill Dundee (5/11/85) [RNRIK-6] 18. Hacksaw Duggan vs. Buzz Sawyer (11/11/85) [bW-10] 19. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (5/4/85) [RNRIK-4] 20. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (Tulsa 5/27/84) [sDM-2] *********************** The Mid-South Marathon continues... It's like crack but the come-down isn't that bad.

My thought on Disk #5 (Ranked in order of best-to-worst): Cream of the crop: 1. Ric Flair vs. Butch Reed (8/10/85) [TSGDIA-10] - A true classic as Reed gets a chance at the NWA World title. Very good too: 2. Ric Flair vs. Wahoo McDaniel (7/12/85) [TSGDIA-3] - Great NWA title defense against one tough old dude from Flair's past. 3. Ted DiBiase vs. Terry Taylor (7/3/85) [TSGDIA-2] - DiBiase gets Taylor mad. 4. Dick Murdoch vs. The Nightmare (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-5] - Really fun match due to Murdoch antics. Good: 5. The Fantastics vs. Bill Dundee & Dutch Mantell (9/22/85) [TSGDIA-13] 6. Ted DiBiase vs. Butch Reed (7/25/85) [TSGDIA-8] - Reed's the 1st person on the set smart enough to work on DiBiase's loaded-glove hand. Good to OK 7. Al Perez & Wendell Cooley vs. Dr. Death & Bob Sweetan (8/30/85) [TSGDIA-11] - Jabronies Perez & Cooley try to win the tag titles. 9. Ted DiBiase vs. Jake Roberts (7/22/85) [TSGDIA-7] - Whole match involved DiBiase trying to escape the dreaded DDT. 8. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (6/30/85) [TSGDIA-1] - Another good tag match between these two. OK but ain't no Top 20 or nothin: 10. Hacksaw Duggan & Dick Murdoch vs. Kamala & Kareem Muhammad (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-6] - OK tag match, but Murdoch and Hacksaw rule as a tag team. 11. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Jake Roberts & The Barbarian (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-4] - OK tag match. 12. Jim Duggan, Dick Murdoch & Bill Watts vs. Kamala, Kareem Muhammad & Skandor Akbar (7/28/85) [TSGDIA-9] - Akbar tries to get out of, but he can't escape Watts wrath. 13. Dick Murdoch vs. Dr. Death (9/20/85) [TSGDIA-12] - OK match, but last 3rd on my list. *********************** Thought for Disk #5: - I wrote how impressed I was at the referring in Disk #4. Now it's the opposite. Tommy Gilbert is pissing me off with his referring, especially in the Flair/Reed match. He's constantly 3 inches away from the action and is pulling the wrestlers apart in milli-seconds. Plus he's always out of position and I'm amazed hasn't been suplexed or wiped out by a running wrestler 3 or 4 times a match.What I'm saying is instead of being in the background he's making himself a big part of the matches instead of the opposing wrestlers. - Dick Murdoch's awesome. His selling is unique whether it's doing comedy on a bump or selling a punch to the jaw. - I'm surprised Reed didn't go farther in the WWF. He seems like the perfect fit for them, big and strong, but can super charismatic. ********************** Floyd's Ongoing Mid-South Top 20: (re-watched, re-vamped and re-ordered after 5 Disks) 1. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town, Coal Miner's Glove on a Poll, Tuxedo, Cage match ) (3/22/85) [bR-14] 2. Ric Flair vs. Butch Reed (8/10/85) [TSGDIA-10] 3. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted Dibiase & Matt Borne (Loser Leaves Town) (10/27/82) [PTB-8] 4. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (Street Fight) (7/29/83) [PTB-14] 5. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (5/3/85) [RNRIK-3] 6. Mr. Olympia vs. Chavo Guerrerro (6/24/83) [PTB-13] 7. Terry Taylor vs. Ric Flair (6/1/85) [RNRIK-7][/b] 8. Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Midnight Express (2/10/84) [PTB-16] 9. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (6/8/84) [sDM-3] 10. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan (No DQ) (3/8/85) [bR-13] 11. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (4/28/85) [RNRIK-1] 12. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (4/28/85) [bR-17] 13. Rock N Roll Express vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (2/13/85) [bR-11] 14. Ric Flair vs. Wahoo McDaniel (7/12/85) [TSGDIA-3] 15. Dirty White Boys vs. Terry Daniels & Bill Dundee (5/11/85) [RNRIK-6] 16. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (5/4/85) [RNRIK-4] 17. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (Tulsa 5/27/84) [sDM-2] 18. The Fantastics vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (10/12/84) [sDM-13] 19. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (OKC 5/27/84) [sDM-1] 20. Rock N Roll Express vs. Dirty White Boys (5/11/85) [RNRIK-5] *********************** The Mid-South Marathon continues... It's like crack but the come-down isn't that bad.

My thought on Disk #4 (Ranked in order of best-to-worst): Cream of the crop: 1. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (5/3/85) [RNRIK-3] - Awesome match that goes 40 minutes with Flair defending the NWA World title. I think I prefer this to their 3rd match a bit cause it seems for tighter and I'm thinking the commentary helped. But apples and oranges, both are awesome. 2. Terry Taylor vs. Ric Flair (6/1/85) [RNRIK-7] - Just as good as their 2nd match on the set, went a little longer too. 3. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (4/28/85) [RNRIK-1] - The consensus seems their 2nd match was better but I dunno, I dug this one a bit more. As everything else, it could change during the re-watches I plan on doing, but this seemed more exciting during the final stretch. Incredibly Flair worked with a great 30 min. match Terry Taylor on the same day which seems like a violation of some physical law or something. Very good too: 4. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (5/4/85) [RNRIK-4] - Another good NWA World title defense. Why did Flair have to tour Mid-South? Cause he's ruining my list's variation at the top by consistently putting on great matches.. 5. Dirty White Boys vs. Terry Daniels & Bill Dundee (5/11/85) [RNRIK-6] - This was awesome, it was like a high school's version of Wrestlemania 3, I never knew a gym could get so loud. I never even heard of the Dirty White Boys before this set but they were really good so they had to have learned it somewhere. Memphis? Good: 6. Rock N Roll Express vs. Dirty White Boys (5/11/85) [RNRIK-5] - Another super hot crowd. Both teams work well against each other. 7. Rock N Roll Express vs. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death (6/19/85) [RNRIK-8] - Another good tag tam match. I'm liking the Dr. Death and DiBiase tag team. Good to OK 8. Rock N Roll Express vs. Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts (6/24/85) [RNRIK-9] - Whoa. Was that a Ganso bomb!!?? OK but ain't no Top 20 or nothin: 9. Rock N Roll Express vs. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death (5/3/85) [RNRIK-2] - OK TV match. 10. Rock N Roll Express vs. Jake Roberts & The Barbarian (6/28/85) [RNRIK-10] - Some Ok stuff, especially by Jake Roberts, but still kinda run of the mill. *********************** Thought for Disk #4: - All these great tag make me misty-eyed when thinking about today's tag team scene, particularly the WWE. Just simple things like the Dirty White Boys cheating or Jake Roberts getting caught in the ropes and the Rock N' Roll Express makes a monkey out of him. Now a days instead of having two tag teams working together as a machine with a plan, it seems like 4 singles wrestlers in there. - Thanks to Flair's tour of Mid-South he's knocking all these great matches out of my Top 20. Gee, Thanks Flair. :-( - I also got to say how good the referring has been, especially whoever that one guy who ref'ed most of the matches here. It's the little things you don't notice cause the ref's in the background, but they've done a great job in Mid-South with their timing of looking away at the wrong time or the way they act when they think there's been a cheating afoot. ********************** Floyd's Ongoing Mid-South Top 10: (re-watched, re-vamped and re-ordered after 4 Disks) 1. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town, Coal Miner's Glove on a Poll, Tuxedo, Cage match ) (3/22/85) [bR-14] 2. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted Dibiase & Matt Borne (Loser Leaves Town) (10/27/82) [PTB-8] 3. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (Street Fight) (7/29/83) [PTB-14] 4. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (5/3/85) [RNRIK-3] 5. Mr. Olympia vs. Chavo Guerrerro (6/24/83) [PTB-13] 6. Terry Taylor vs. Ric Flair (6/1/85) [RNRIK-7] 7. Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Midnight Express (2/10/84) [PTB-16] 8. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (6/8/84) [sDM-3] 9. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan (No DQ) (3/8/85) [bR-13] 10. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (4/28/85) [RNRIK-1] *********************** The Mid-South Marathon continues... It's like crack but the come-down isn't that bad.

My thought on Disk #3 (Ranked in order of best-to-worst): Cream of the crop: 1. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town, Coal Miner's Glove on a Poll, Tuxedo, Cage match ) (3/22/85) [bR-14] - Wow. A short but an awesome, brutal and bloody cage match to cap off their feud. it's bad enough to get your ass kicked but now they have to do it in their best clothes. This easily would've still been #1 for me even without all the history that DVDVR provided. But the inclusion of it made it that much better a finish to their feud. 2. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan (No DQ) (3/8/85) [bR-13] - Great No-DQ match before the cage one. It was a regular match to begin with but was changed right before the bell. Gonna have to re-watch their streetfight from Disk #1 and compare, as both are great. Hacksaw Duggan is in 3 and-a-half matches of my Top 5, who would've thunk it? 3. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (4/28/85) [bR-17] - After all those 10 minutes lightening fast tag matches and energetic brawls, Flair brings it to a halt with this 30 minute match. I really liked it though with a slow NWA-title-defense-like beginning building up to an exciting ending. Can Taylor bring home the gold? Solid match. Very good too: 4.Rock N Roll Express vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (2/13/85) [bR-11] - Great TV tag match with the Guerreros using all kinds of funky moves to try and win the belts. 5. The Fantastics vs. Dr. Death & Jake Roberts (4/14/85) [bR-15] - I really liked this tag team match-up. Roberts and Dr. Death make a great heel tag team. The fantastics have the heart but are overpowered. 6. Ted DiBiase vs. Brad Armstrong (2/10/85) [bR-10] - Really good match where Armstrong's trying to regain his title. Armstrong's really good here, but it's DiBiase who really shines. Good: 7. Buddy Landel, Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. Brickhouse Brown, Bill Dundee & Jose Lothario (Elimination Match) (11/16/84) [bR-2] - Neat elimination match with the Guerrero gang going after poor old Lothario. 8. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Hacksaw Duggan & Terry Gordy (Texas Tornado Match) (1/21/85) [bR-9] - Tornado tag match which means a No-DQ brawl without tags. Action went everywhere, in-and-out of the ring. Good to OK 9. Ernie Ladd & Butch Reed vs. Magnum T.A. & Master G (Street Fight) (11/4/84) [bR-1] - Match turned from a Street Fight into a regular tag, good match. 10. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (1/21/85) [bR-8] - Typical and fun RNR/Midnights match. OK but ain't no Top 20 or nothin: 11. Kevin Von Erich vs. Chris Adams (1/18/85) [bR-6] - World Class comes to Mid-South. I really liked this match but it was super-short (under 5 minutes). Just can't rate it too high because of that. 12. Buddy Landel, Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. Rock N Roll Express & Jose Lothario (1/18/85) [bR-7] [sDM-14] - This was listed as an elimination match but was actually a 6-man. Pretty fun match but nothing that made me want to rank it high. 13. Brad Armstrong vs. Ted DiBiase (1/16/85) [bR-5] - Armstrong's defending the title. Good TV match. But I liked their rematch much more. 14. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (Scaffold Match) (12/2/84) [bR-3] - As far as scaffold matches it wasn't too bad, but I never really could rate those high for some reason. Think they play alot better live (and scarier!) 15. Rock N Roll Express & Butch Reed vs. Dr. Death, Kamala & One Man Gang (2/25/85) [bR-12] - Somewhere along the way Reed turned good-guy! OK 6-man but nothing special. Reed's demands and chants for the Emancipation of Kamala was priceless. 16. Rock N Roll Express vs. Dirty White Boys (4/15/85) [bR-16] - OK tag match but seemed too formulaic to me. The Dirty White Boys looked like good heels though. Maybe if it was longer.. No Sir. I Didn't like it: 17. Adrian Street vs. Terry Taylor (Loser Leaves Town) (12/7/84) [bR-4] - Never really got into this. Street wants revenge after Tayor started macking on his valet. "You don't mow another man' grass." *********************** Thought for Disk #3: - The Guerreros are an awesome tag team. - I really noticed how fantastic the camera/audio work is for aot of the house shows. You can hear every word of Dibiase and Jake Robert talking trash. And the video quality is great too. ********************** Floyd's Ongoing Mid-South Top 10: (After three Disks) 1. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town, Coal Miner's Glove on a Poll, Tuxedo, Cage match ) (3/22/85) [bR-14] 2. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted Dibiase & Matt Borne (Loser Leaves Town) (10/27/82) [PTB-8] 3. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (Street Fight) (7/29/83) [PTB-14] 4. Mr. Olympia vs. Chavo Guerrerro (6/24/83) [PTB-13] 5. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan (No DQ) (3/8/85) [bR-13] 6. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (6/8/84) [sDM-3][/b] 7. Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Midnight Express (2/10/84) [PTB-16] 8. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (4/28/85) [bR-17] 9. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (Tulsa 5/27/84) [sDM-2] 10. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (OKC 5/27/84) [sDM-1] *********************** Your thought on Disks #3? Or any of the Mid South matches? Onto #4 and all the Flair that comes with it. Whoooo!

My thought on Disk #3 (Ranked in order of best-to-worst): Cream of the crop: 1. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town, Coal Miner's Glove on a Poll, Tuxedo, Cage match ) (3/22/85) [bR-14] - Wow. A short but an awesome, brutal and bloody cage match to cap off their feud. it's bad enough to get your ass kicked but now they have to do it in their best clothes. This easily would've still been #1 for me even without all the history that DVDVR provided. But the inclusion of it made it that much better a finish to their feud. 2. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan (No DQ) (3/8/85) [bR-13] - Great No-DQ match before the cage one. It was a regular match to begin with but was changed right before the bell. Gonna have to re-watch their streetfight from Disk #1 and compare, as both are great. Hacksaw Duggan is in 3 and-a-half matches of my Top 5, who would've thunk it? 3. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (4/28/85) [bR-17] - After all those 10 minutes lightening fast tag matches and energetic brawls, Flair brings it to a halt with this 30 minute match. I really liked it though with a slow NWA-title-defense-like beginning building up to an exciting ending. Can Taylor bring home the gold? Solid match. Very good too: 4.Rock N Roll Express vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (2/13/85) [bR-11] - Great TV tag match with the Guerreros using all kinds of funky moves to try and win the belts. 5. The Fantastics vs. Dr. Death & Jake Roberts (4/14/85) [bR-15] - I really liked this tag team match-up. Roberts and Dr. Death make a great heel tag team. The fantastics have the heart but are overpowered. 6. Ted DiBiase vs. Brad Armstrong (2/10/85) [bR-10] - Really good match where Armstrong's trying to regain his title. Armstrong's really good here, but it's DiBiase who really shines. Good: 7. Buddy Landel, Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. Brickhouse Brown, Bill Dundee & Jose Lothario (Elimination Match) (11/16/84) [bR-2] - Neat elimination match with the Guerrero gang going after poor old Lothario. 8. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Hacksaw Duggan & Terry Gordy (Texas Tornado Match) (1/21/85) [bR-9] - Tornado tag match which means a No-DQ brawl without tags. Action went everywhere, in-and-out of the ring. Good to OK 9. Ernie Ladd & Butch Reed vs. Magnum T.A. & Master G (Street Fight) (11/4/84) [bR-1] - Match turned from a Street Fight into a regular tag, good match. 10. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (1/21/85) [bR-8] - Typical and fun RNR/Midnights match. OK but ain't no Top 20 or nothin: 11. Kevin Von Erich vs. Chris Adams (1/18/85) [bR-6] - World Class comes to Mid-South. I really liked this match but it was super-short (under 5 minutes). Just can't rate it too high because of that. 12. Buddy Landel, Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. Rock N Roll Express & Jose Lothario (1/18/85) [bR-7] [sDM-14] - This was listed as an elimination match but was actually a 6-man. Pretty fun match but nothing that made me want to rank it high. 13. Brad Armstrong vs. Ted DiBiase (1/16/85) [bR-5] - Armstrong's defending the title. Good TV match. But I liked their rematch much more. 14. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (Scaffold Match) (12/2/84) [bR-3] - As far as scaffold matches it wasn't too bad, but I never really could rate those high for some reason. Think they play alot better live (and scarier!) 15. Rock N Roll Express & Butch Reed vs. Dr. Death, Kamala & One Man Gang (2/25/85) [bR-12] - Somewhere along the way Reed turned good-guy! OK 6-man but nothing special. Reed's demands and chants for the Emancipation of Kamala was priceless. 16. Rock N Roll Express vs. Dirty White Boys (4/15/85) [bR-16] - OK tag match but seemed too formulaic to me. The Dirty White Boys looked like good heels though. Maybe if it was longer.. No Sir. I Didn't like it: 17. Adrian Street vs. Terry Taylor (Loser Leaves Town) (12/7/84) [bR-4] - Meh never really got into this. Street wants revenge after Tayor started macking on his valet. "You don't mow another man' grass." *********************** Thought fo' Disk #3: - The Guerreros are an awesome tag team. - I really noticed how fantastic the camera/audio work is for aot of the house shows. You can hear every word of Dibiase and Jake Robert talking trash. And the video quality is great too. ********************** Floyd's Ongoing Mid-South Top 10: (After three Disks) 1. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town, Coal Miner's Glove on a Poll, Tuxedo, Cage match ) (3/22/85) [bR-14] 2. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted Dibiase & Matt Borne (Loser Leaves Town) (10/27/82) [PTB-8] 3. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (Street Fight) (7/29/83) [PTB-14] 4. Mr. Olympia vs. Chavo Guerrerro (6/24/83) [PTB-13] 5. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan (No DQ) (3/8/85) [bR-13] 6. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (6/8/84) [sDM-3][/b] 7. Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Midnight Express (2/10/84) [PTB-16] 8. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (4/28/85) [bR-17] 9. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (Tulsa 5/27/84) [sDM-2] 10. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (OKC 5/27/84) [sDM-1] *********************** Your thought on Disks #3? Or any of the Mid South matches? Onto #4 and all the Flair that comes with it. Whoooo!

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My thought on Disk #2 (Ranked in order of best-to-worst): Cream of the crop: 1. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (6/8/84) [sDM-3] - Really surprised this was my favorite match of the set but it was really fun. Ladd just towered over everybody and the Midnights and Cornette brought their shenanigans to the party. Ricky Morton plays Ricky Morton here. A molten crowd always helps too. 2. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (Tulsa 5/27/84) [sDM-2] - Hard to pick this or their same day match, but I liked this one a bit better. It seemed a bit more heated and Magnum's come-back a bit more dramatic. Both guys brawled all over the place over Magnum's N.American title with DiBiase using the No-DQ rule to cheat it up. I heard the Motorcity machine guns got heat for refusing to blade while Magnum bladed twice in one day. The times.... they are a changin'' 3. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (OKC 5/27/84) [sDM-1] - Same greatness. Different city. . Very good too: 4.The Fantastics vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (10/12/84) [sDM-13] - Great little tag match showing what a fun heel team the Guerreros were. 5. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (7/6/84) [sDM-5] - I actually had this higher than the two No-DQ matches initially, but after rewatching all three again (and yet again), I rated this 3rd. Still a very good match with magnum yet again having to make a dramatic come-back to retain the belt. 6. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (7/2/84) [sDM-4] - Not as great as the first encounter, but still really fun. Good: 7. The Fantastics & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Jim Cornette (7/20/84) [sDM-6] - While not their best match-up, the great thing about this match is comedy involved with Cornette. Red hot crowd. 8. The Fantastics vs. Midnight Express (No DQ) (9/28/84) [sDM-11] - Started out as an amazing anything goes No-Dq brawl but slowed up as it turned into a tag team match. Still really good. Hey where's Cornette? All I see is some masked dude outside the ring. ;-) 9. The Fantastics vs. Midnight Express (OKC 8/9/84) [sDM-7]) - Typical Midnight Express formula which as DDT says is not a bad thing but a good thing.. Good to OK 10. Killer Khan vs. Chris Adams (9/9/84) [sDM-9]) - Killer Khan gets alot of hate but I really enjoyed this short but fun match. Khan seems flabbergasted by Adams getting the better of him early on but soon him and his manager take over. 11. Dusty Rhodes & Jim Duggan vs. Butch Reed & Hercules Hernandez (8/19/84) [sDM-8] - More proof just how awesome Reed was. Another red hot crowd making an average match so much better. OK but ain't no Top 20 or nothin: 12. Brickhouse Brown & Master G vs. Butch Reed & Ernie Ladd (10/21/84) [sDM-14] - Another really fun tag match but too slow in some parts. 13. Butch Reed vs. Skip Young (9/23/84) [sDM-10] - Both guys played their parts well but I dunno. Nothing stood out as memorable. 14. Adrian Street vs. Chris Adams (10/10/84) [sDM-12] - Expected a better technical match then this. Short TV match. Adrian Street. Woman beater!! *********************** Thought fo' Disk #2: - Was harder for me to get through, and needed lots of re-watches. I guess cause of the repeats of match-ups and the fact that while nothing jumped out as super-mega-awesome, nothing was bad either. Good stuff all 'round on this disk. - First time I saw Ernie Ladd. He had to be pretty broken down from his football and wrestling career at this stage, but was alot more spry then what I would've figured. For some reason he reminded me of a black Giant Baba. Baba should've turned heel and teamed with Ladd in the 70's.... - Butch Reed is an awesome heel. - The Fantastics stock went up a bit for me. - I saw some future Eddie Guerrero heel stuff while watching his brothers perform. - The Bonus stuff is really fun for it's history and is a very welcome addition. ********************** Floyd's Ongoing Mid-South Top 10: (After two Disks) 1. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted Dibiase & Matt Borne (Loser Leaves Town) (10/27/82) [PTB-8] 2. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (Street Fight) (7/29/83) [PTB-14] 3. Mr. Olympia vs. Chavo Guerrerro (6/24/83) [PTB-13] 4. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (6/8/84) [sDM-3] 5. Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Midnight Express (2/10/84) [PTB-16] 6. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (Tulsa 5/27/84) [sDM-2] 7. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (OKC 5/27/84) [sDM-1] 8. The Fantastics vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (10/12/84) [sDM-13] 9. Mr. Olympia vs. Bob Roop (7/15/82) [PTB-5] 10. Mr. Wrestling II & Junkyard Dog vs. Matt Borne & Ted DiBiase (2/16/83) [PTB-10] *********************** Your thought on Disk#2? Or any of the Mid South matches?