Cornette's racket Posted October 3, 2018 Report Posted October 3, 2018 10 hours ago, sek69 said: When the LBoA was found, it was mentioned that there was tons of Omni footage unlabled in the Turner archive that the WWE team was sifting through. Yeah I think it was found on something labelled "omni live events." I mean how big was the wcw library when WWE got it in 2001 ? It included everything that wcw got when it bought JCP in '88 and Crockett had bought other territories so I mean the potential footage they could have is nuts. Quote
JRH Posted October 3, 2018 Report Posted October 3, 2018 So we could be seeing a tiered pricing format in the future: https://lordsofpain.net/a-4-tier-option-for-the-wwe-network-is-being-considered/ Quote
Zoo Enthusiast Posted October 3, 2018 Report Posted October 3, 2018 That has been rumored for a long, long time. Quote
Matt D Posted October 3, 2018 Report Posted October 3, 2018 Are ALL of these new? I can't remember if I've seen that AWA footage. Khawk? Kelly(on the MSG match)? Texas Rasslin’ 06/17/1952 – Legendary Lou NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz puts his title on the line against the dangerous Wild Bill Longson. WWWF @ MSG 01/31/1972 – The Great Gotch Karl Gotch makes his impact felt on U.S. soil when he teams with Rene Goulet to face The Rugged Russians at Madison Square Garden. Championship Wrestling from Florida 11/12/1974 – Oklahoma’s Favorite Son The highly revered Danny Hodge joins forces with wild man Jos Leduc to battle the dastardly duo of Pak Song and Toru Tanaka. Stampede Wrestling 08/12/1983 – Japanese Pride Before becoming one of Japan’s most controversial figures in MMA, Nobuhiko Takada traveled to Canada to face Athol Foley. AWA 10/18/1984 – To Catch a Model Billy Robinson, accompanied to the ring by WWE Hall of Famer Lord Alfred Hayes, takes on Rick Martel in this contest from Canada. Quote
sek69 Posted October 3, 2018 Report Posted October 3, 2018 A tiered network is pretty much a done deal, they've already talked about it in their investor meetings. They are just waiting to finish the UK and India TV deals before announcing it. Quote
SPS Posted October 3, 2018 Report Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Matt D said: Are ALL of these new? I can't remember if I've seen that AWA footage. Khawk? Kelly(on the MSG match)? Texas Rasslin’ 06/17/1952 – Legendary Lou NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz puts his title on the line against the dangerous Wild Bill Longson. WWWF @ MSG 01/31/1972 – The Great Gotch Karl Gotch makes his impact felt on U.S. soil when he teams with Rene Goulet to face The Rugged Russians at Madison Square Garden. Championship Wrestling from Florida 11/12/1974 – Oklahoma’s Favorite Son The highly revered Danny Hodge joins forces with wild man Jos Leduc to battle the dastardly duo of Pak Song and Toru Tanaka. Stampede Wrestling 08/12/1983 – Japanese Pride Before becoming one of Japan’s most controversial figures in MMA, Nobuhiko Takada traveled to Canada to face Athol Foley. AWA 10/18/1984 – To Catch a Model Billy Robinson, accompanied to the ring by WWE Hall of Famer Lord Alfred Hayes, takes on Rick Martel in this contest from Canada. My god some Karl Gotch footage, I'm super excited to see this. Edited October 3, 2018 by SPS typo Quote
WingedEagle Posted October 3, 2018 Report Posted October 3, 2018 Those new Hidden Gems sound incredible. I don't want to get too hot about it until we see if and how strongly they're clipped, but this reads like quite the haul. Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted October 3, 2018 Report Posted October 3, 2018 52 minutes ago, Matt D said: Are ALL of these new? I can't remember if I've seen that AWA footage. Khawk? Kelly(on the MSG match)? Texas Rasslin’ 06/17/1952 – Legendary Lou NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz puts his title on the line against the dangerous Wild Bill Longson. WWWF @ MSG 01/31/1972 – The Great Gotch Karl Gotch makes his impact felt on U.S. soil when he teams with Rene Goulet to face The Rugged Russians at Madison Square Garden. Championship Wrestling from Florida 11/12/1974 – Oklahoma’s Favorite Son The highly revered Danny Hodge joins forces with wild man Jos Leduc to battle the dastardly duo of Pak Song and Toru Tanaka. Stampede Wrestling 08/12/1983 – Japanese Pride Before becoming one of Japan’s most controversial figures in MMA, Nobuhiko Takada traveled to Canada to face Athol Foley. AWA 10/18/1984 – To Catch a Model Billy Robinson, accompanied to the ring by WWE Hall of Famer Lord Alfred Hayes, takes on Rick Martel in this contest from Canada. Pretty sure the MSG match is new. Also excited for Thesz vs Longson and Danny Hodge footage Quote
PeteF3 Posted October 3, 2018 Report Posted October 3, 2018 A DANNY HODGE match??! Hodge footage is an absolute holy grail. Quote
Matt D Posted October 3, 2018 Report Posted October 3, 2018 Teaming with LeDuc too. Do we have LeDuc earlier than 74? Quote
paul sosnowski Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 I don't think that is the correct date on the Martel-Robinson match. Robinson fought Tony Atlas in Winnipeg on that day. Maybe it's actually 11/22/84 from St Paul Quote
khawk20 Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 I'd guess it's from 1983. They did clash in Winnipeg in 83. It could be their thanksgiving St. Paul match too, until now it was only available via raw footage. ill bet Winnipeg for now. gotch and goulet may be tag champs there...they did hold the belts briefly in that time frame. Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 Yeah, they were the tag champs at that point. It was a short reign and I believe it only lasted another week or so, losing to the Baron and Iaukea Edit: Actually, if the date on the MSG show is correct, they dropped the straps the very next day in Philly Quote
NickH Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 Thesz, Gotch, Hodge, Takada, Robinson. Is it gun week cause all I see is shooters. I was totally expecting something Australian this week but these gems are way better. Quote
Cornette's racket Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 14 hours ago, Zoo Enthusiast said: That has been rumored for a long, long time. Yeah it's a case or I'll believe it when I see it with that. Quote
paul sosnowski Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 Alright, Khawk, I give up. What's the date and location of the Martel match? Martel is not champion at the time. Is it 3/24/83? Robinson is managed by Lord Alfred. Is this new footage? Quote
vikingsfan73 Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 It's definitely a Winnipeg match. I don't have my TSN footage cataloged very well, so I don't know the date. Between Robinson, Hayes, and referee Bob Warren, there's a lot of fantastic mustaches in that ring! Quote
paul sosnowski Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 The one thing I noticed is that 3/24/83 is listed as a draw, and that is not the result for this match Quote
NickH Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 It's the same Robinson/Martel match on youtube listed 5/19/83 but it isn't listed on that card. And I cant find a card with Robinson beating Martel at all. Quote
DGinnetty Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 18 hours ago, WingedEagle said: Those new Hidden Gems sound incredible. I don't want to get too hot about it until we see if and how strongly they're clipped, but this reads like quite the haul. The Kotch/Goulet tag match runs 27:00 with intros, from film Martel-Robinson runs 17:09 with match jip Thesz-Longson runs 19:14 with intros Hodge tag runs 7:41, jip from film Takadas match runs 4:10 (This aired on NJ TV, NJ Classics, and a comm release as well Dan Quote
paul sosnowski Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 The youtube version of Martel and Robinson is actually 3 minutes longer, 19:57 I actually posted both 3/24 and 5/19 on the site a few months ago in the 1983 matches folder Quote
NickH Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 I believe the Gotch/Goulet match is from the 1/22/72 card from Boston not MSG. Notice the floorboards and wide ringside area. I could be wrong but MSG's ringside area is a pretty tight squeeze. Just watched the match. It's really fun. Gotch is awesome. Quote
paul sosnowski Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 Yea, I dunno. We're gonna need a MSG expert for that one Quote
NickH Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 It's Boston, the stairs have a rail on it which I haven't seen anywhere else and they are always placed on the side edge of the ring and not the corner. Also no ceiling microphone, the announcer uses it in the Pedro/Mulligan match but not the Gotch match. Case closed. Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 Yeah, stairs with rail was unique to the Boston Garden Quote
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