Grimmas

Any insight that people may have with the TV format let me know. I am confident with major shows, not so much with TV.

How could Lawler not be top 100? What more could he do? I understand having him lower than top 5, but not even top 100?

There is a lot of amazing stuff on here for month 1. I wish there was dates, not just generic year dates (or none at all), but the footage is amazing.

Hansen vs Valentine is now my number one dream match of all time.

Lawler and Funk?

Maple Leaf Wrestling presents Wrestling Night in Canada July 3, 1983 at Civic Center in Brantford, Ontario The opening video package of Wrestling Night in Canada opens the show featuring clips of: Greg Valentine, Wahoo McDaniel, Stephen Petipas, Jesse Ventura, Ivan Koloff, Leo Burke, Rocky Johnson and ends with a clip of Rick Martel being awarded the NWA Canadian Title. Mike McMann and Billy Red Lyons start the show by talking about how great the Canada Cup was two days ago. They reminded everybody that it will be back again next year. They throw to a clip from the finals between Rick Martel and Sgt. Slaughter: Late in the contest Slaughter hits the Slaughter Cannon, but Martel gets his leg on the ropes. Slaughter goes for the Cannon again, but Martel ducks and Slaughter bumps huge to the floor. This leads to Martel's comeback and him getting the win with the Boston Crab. Legendary former NWA World Champion Gene Kiniski and Maple Leaf Wrestling President Jack Tunny present Rick Martel with the Canada Cup and the NWA Canadian Title. As photos are snapped, "Nature Boy" Ric Flair crashes the party. The announcers promise they will show what happened with Flair later in the show and he will see Jack Tunney and Rick Martel's reactions. -COMMERCIAL- Before the first match Jesse Ventura joins the announcers. 1. Tiger Conway Jr. vs Paul Christy Tiger gets the win with the flying headbutt in which say Christy be competitive. Jesse refuses to talk about the Canada Cup, but he does challenge Bret Hart to a match on television in two weeks in Hamilton, Ontario. Winner - Tiger Conway Jr. @ 6:32 -COMMERCIAL- The first episode of The Body Shop is now. Jesse Ventura introduces his first guest the one and only Don Carson. Carson says Valentine is not here today as he is fighting in a real town tonight in Atlanta, Georgia. He promises great things are ahead, when Wahoo McDaniel interrupts. Carson runs away as Wahoo says he will have revenge on both Carson and Valentine before this is all over. -COMMERCIAL- 2. Bobby Bass & Cuban Assassin vs Bob & Joe Marcus Jesse informs us that Chicky Starr is back in Cuba this week taking care of some important business. Bob Marcus puts up a tough challenge, but the Assassin gets the pinfall win over Joe after Bass hits him with a maraca behind the referee's back. Winners - Bobby Bass & Cuban Assassin @ 5:04 -COMMERCIAL- 3. Rocky Johnson vs Gary Royal Rocky makes short work of Royal with an easy victory with the Rocky Shuffle. Winner - Rocky Johnson -COMMERCIAL- The announcers introduce a video by Maple Leaf Wrestling's President Jack Tunney. Tunney says that if Ric Flair and the other Americans in Jim Crockett Promotions want to challenge Rick Martel and other Canadians than he is in for a treat. On July 26th at Maple Leaf Gardens there will be a 5 vs 5 series of matches between the two units with the final match featuring Rick Martel vs Ric Flair! The announcers talk about how big of a deal this is, while Jesse points out that the Canadians and Rick Martel have no shot against Flair and his team. -COMMERCIAL- 4. Mr. Saito vs Tony Garea Garea puts up a challenge, but Saito is too strong and gets the clean victory. Ventura spends the whole match talking about how Saito is the toughest man in the NWA, next to himself, and he will be a future champion. Winner - Mr. Saito @ 9:02 -COMMERCIAL- The announce crew inform us that next week on Television from Moncton, New Brunswick we will see Leo Burke take on Ivan Koloff in a prelude to the round robin tournament for the NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles. They then introduce a clip from the Canada Cup shortly after Rick Martel was awarded the Canada Cup and the NWA Canadian Title: As photos are snapped, "Nature Boy" Ric Flair crashes the party. He talks about seeing some great wrestling tonight, but notes that the Canadian Title and Maple Leaf Wrestling is nothing compared to American wrestling and the home of the United States Title Jim Crocket Promotions. Ric Flair promises to return on July 26 in Maple Leaf Gardens with 4 of his American wrestling friends and he will show Canadian wrestling fans what true wrestling really is. At this point he slaps Rick Martel as security separates them. This is follows by a backstage interview with Martel afterwards. He demanded a match with Flair to show the whole world that Canada is better than America and he will ruin Flair for interrupting this great moment on Canada's birthday! Dark Matches: Ben Bassarab defeated Killer Karl Krupp @ 8:00. Leo Burke & Stephen Petipas fought Ivan Koloff & Alexis Smirnoff to a 30 minute draw. Wahoo McDaniel defeated Joel Deaton @ 12:21.

Exactly. A few weeks when we are close, if people are almost done. However extending for footage seems pointless, as there will always be new footage.

Is there really no support for Martel?

WrestleMania, because that is when interest in wrestling is at the highest and the most amount of people will get a ballot in.

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There year and a bit run was insanely great and the best tag run in the WWE for over a decade. Worth consideration. The match with Dusty in their corner was an all-time great match to me.

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If you control a wrestler you can block them from the title

Not enough Martel talk.

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I'm amazed with everybody that is running a big promotion that runs shows daily. Great job.

I picked up the CZW streaming service the other day. The most recent show is the Tournament of Death (from two weeks ago) and that's not my thing. Although they don't seem to be as shitty as I remembered. Going back to shows from earlier this year and the roster is pretty solid guys with unique matches. Nick Gage vs Drew Gulak was pretty good and I had never seen Gulak in a wild brawl before. Looking forward to going through the archive. Last year AJ Styles faced Drew Gulak in a main event, can't wait for that!

If you are on the fence about trading with me, take a look at the Canada Cup show to see how I treat imports. Slaughter goes to the finals. Bret Hart to the second round and Andre the Giant beating Killer Khan!

After the roaring success of the Canada Cup, Jack Tunney has confirmed that it will return in 1984 with the finals taking place on Canada Day in Exhibition Stadium! Also, check out Wrestling Night in Canada on Sunday nights to see the fallout of the big show.

Martel. Best banyface in the business. Lawler, vest wrestler who can play every role. Bockwinkel. Great wrestler who can tour ad champ.

Thanks everybody for the feedback! Midget title match is signed for Maple Leaf Gardens on July 26th! Martel is the man and will be the ace here, plus he will defend the title all across North America. The reason the Cup was not destroyed is because the Canada Cup will be an annual tournament like the Championship Carnival. Wahoo will be looking for revenge and the blood will spill between Valentine and Wahoo.

Maple Leaf Wrestling presents Canada Day Super Show: The Canada Cup July 1, 1983 at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Ontario The show opens with the playing of the Canadian national anthem. 1. Little Tokyo & Tiny Anderson vs Cowboy Lang & Tiger Jackson A high energy match to pump up the crowd at the beginning of the show. Little Tokyo and Tiny Anderson cheat to gain advantage through out. In the end Tiger Jackson pins the NWA World Minis Champion (Tokyo) with a flying cross body from the top rope. Winners - Cowboy Lang & Tiger Jackson @ 8:23 Billy Red Lyons introduces Maple Leaf Wrestling President Jack Tunney and former NWA World Champion Gene Kiniski. They bring out the NWA Canadian Title and the Canada Cup. The rules are laid out for NWA Maple Leaf Wrestling. You can win by pinfall, submission, DQ or by a 10-count out on the floor. Matches have a 30 minute time limit, except in the first round of the tournament where it is 15 minutes. 2. Canada Cup First Round (NWA Canadian Title Tournament) Sgt. Slaughter vs "Big" Stephen Petipas Petipas does it best and gets a nice nearfall near the end with a body press. However Slaughter gets the win with the Slaughter Cannon as he is clearly the more established wrestler. Petipas kept fighting though and gave Slaughter a tough challenge. Winner - Sgt. Slaughter @ 12:17 3. Canada Cup First Round (NWA Canadian Title Tournament) Bret Hart vs Jesse "The Body" Ventura Hart gets a little shine sequence to start the match, before Ventura uses his power to gain the advantage. After a few minutes of poses and power moves Bret plays possum and rolls up Ventura for the upset win. Winner - Bret Hart @ 4:53 After the match Jesse throws a few chairs around and leaves to the back looking shameful. 4. Canada Cup First Round (NWA Canadian Title Tournament) Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs Wahoo McDaniel A brutal slugfest between these two hard hitters. Midway through the contest Don Carson came to ringside. Wahoo does his comeback war dance, but is tripped up by Carson which leads to Valentine dropping the Hammer elbow for the win. Winner - Greg Valentine @ 14:23 Wahoo is pissed and goes to attack Carson post match. Valentine, however, grabs a chair and nails Wahoo from behind knocking him out as Valentine and Carson leave together. 5. Canada Cup First Round (NWA Canadian Title Tournament) "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff vs Rick Martel This was a fast and furious match worked at a break neck speed. Back and forth quick action leading to Martel winning with a slingshot splash. Winner - Rick Martel @ 9:32 Bobby Bass, who is smoking a Cuban cigar, The Cuban Aassassin and Chicky Starr come to the ring to salsa music. 6. Bobby Bass & Cuban Assassin & Chicky Starr vs Leo Burke & Rocky Johnson & Ben Bassarab An old school southern tag match with the Cuban team cheating all the way, lead by Bass' antics. The Canadians were clearly the better team, but Bass hits Bassarab with a mariachi behind the referee's back for the win. Winners - Bobby Bass & Cuban Assassin & Chicky Starr @ 12:35 7. Canada Cup Semi-Final (NWA Canadian Title Tournament) Sgt. Slaughter vs Bret Hart Bret tries to put up a strong contest, but Slaughter is just too much and he gets the win with the Cobra Clutch to advance to the finals of the Canada Cup. Winner - Sgt. Slaughter @ 6:03 Greg Valentine comes to the ring with Don Carson. Billy Red Lyons confronts Carson to ask what is going on and in response Carson pulls out a manager's license that was signed by Jack Tunney earlier today. Don Carson is officially Valentine's manager. 8. Canada Cup Semi-Final (NWA Canadian Title Tournament) Greg "The Hammer" Valentine w/ Don Carson vs Rick Martel Valentine goes straight to working on Marel's leg and that is his focus for the match. Martiel fights valiantly from underneath on one leg. At one point they get to the outside and Martel is thrown into the ring post and busted open. The match seems all Valentine, since Martel's leg is in bad shape and he is bleeding but Martel gets a roll up when Valentine goes for a figure-four leglock which gains him a three count and a spot in the finals of the Canada Cup! Winner - Rick Martel @ 21:02 9. Killer Khan vs Andre the Giant These two goliaths go at it in a similar contest to their one from New Japan a year prior. Andre picks up the win after a huge splash. Winner - Andre the Giant @ 16:21 10. Canada Cup Final (NWA Canadian Title Tournament) Sgt. Slaughter vs Rick Martel Martel enters the match with a badly injured leg and his head wrapped up from the earlier bleeding.This is your classic babyface vs heel match with the heel having a big advantage. Slaughter works the cut and rips off the bandages which gets the blood flowing again. He works a little on the leg, but mostly focuses on the neck to set up the Cobra Clutch. Martel takes every advantage he has to attack Slaughter's back. Late in the contest Slaughter hits the Slaughter Cannon, but Martel gets his leg on the ropes. Slaughter goes for the Cannon again, but Martel ducks and Slaughter bumps huge to the floor. This leads to Martel's comeback and him getting the win with the Boston Crab. Winner - Rick Martel @ 23:12 Rick Martel wins the Canada Cup and the NWA Canadian Title Legendary former NWA World Champion Gene Kiniski and Maple Leaf Wrestling President Jack Tunny present Rick Martel with the Canada Cup and the NWA Canadian Title. As photos are snapped, "Nature Boy" Ric Flair crashes the party. He talks about seeing some great wrestling tonight, but notes that the Canadian Title and Maple Leaf Wrestling is nothing compared to American wrestling and the home of the United States Title Jim Crocket Promotions. Ric Flair promises to return on July 26 in Maple Leaf Gardens with 4 of his American wrestling friends and he will show Canadian wrestling fans what true wrestling really is. At this point he slaps Rick Martel as security separates them. Upcoming July 11 @ Halifax Forum featuring round robin tournament for the NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles including: Rick Martel/Tony Garea, Ivan Koloff/Alexis Smirnoff & Leo Burke/Stephen Petipas July 18 @ Oshawa Civic Auditorium featuring the minis July 26 @ Maple Leaf Gardens featuring Ric Flair and his four American wrestling friends and the minis

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