Wade Garrett Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 70's and 80's Southern Rasslin. It doesn't matter what promotion as long as it's in the South. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busterira Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Midnight Express squash matches including Jim Cornette commentary. Local promos on the old WWF Championship and NWA WWW shows. Randy Savage's debut on Memphis TV. The Fabulous Freebirds ring entrances in World Class, especially the one with the guys in the Civil uniforms and Willie Nelson Georgia on my mind over the speakers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1ldJ17-6Vw The Sheepherders. UWF 86. NWA WWW 86. Austin Idol vs Lawler cage match. The entire Four Flat tires angle (Its the best angle ever in my opinion) The Murdoch-Flair-Dibiase Mid South episode is close. The Stud Stable in Southeastern. The Fullers and Jimmy Golden are criminally underrated. The Million dollar man and Mr Perfect vignettes in the WWF. Billy Joe Travis. Gino and Chris Adams in World class. Buzz Sawyer. Randy Savage. Marc Lowrance. Bobby Heenan. This Mongolian Stomper video Last but def not least Goodhelmet comps. Others then have been mentioned. The Bill and Buddy show. Apter mags. 70s and early 80s Vince. Pro Wrestling this Week Riki Choshu UWF vs New Japan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Kneeflifts. Just brutal, earth turning kneelifts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 I forget what fucking thread that Dick Murdoch vs Afa match was in but damn, I loved that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 WCW's boy band 3 Count. Everything about it. The goofy music videos. The stupidly catchy song. Tank Abbott dancing. I think it might be WCW's best original gimmick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingSavage Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Yes. Tank Abbott as the biggest boy ban fan on the planet was tremendous. That should have been the next logical step for 3MB. They should have released a new "single", then get upstaged by their babyface rivals - only to have some monstrous killer show up as their super-supportive groupie / bodyguard. Gangbusters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsem43 Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Fans throwing streamers during intros, especially when it's a big match with two really over workers and the fans just bury them when the ring announcer calls his/her name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaymeFuture Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Ric Flair Vs. Sting matches. I don't care that it's the exact same match every time out, I love watching Sting no-sell and Flair react in utter dejection. The spot where Flair would shoot him in, chop him to no effect, but doesn't realise and strikes a double bicep pose only to turn into a punch, dropkick or press slam is gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheapshot Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Manami Toyota's Ocean Cyclone Suplex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bierschwale Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 -Charles Robinson. -True Arn-style rotating spinebusters. -Chris Hamrick. -Deceptively tall guys like Barry and Dustin. -Jim Cornette on commentary. -Babyface tag matches where the one working FIP is the bigger and stronger of the two. -Wifebeater's bag of Herr's Sour Cream & Onion chips. -Every interpromotional match featuring Hokuto and LCO in their incredibly elaborate dress that is worn just to shove it in their opponents' faces that they made it in the fed that actually had money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidebottom Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Something I miss about going to independent shows is the VHS table at intermission. I loved that. Christ I spent some money back in those days. I think I appreciated wrestling more back then. I've written about it here before, but with having a time consuming career, a time consuming ( ;-) ) family AND so much wrestling available all over the place, it doesn't get the attention it got from me in my 20's where I'd come home with a Dynamite Kid comp, AJPW show and some ECW events. Everything got my FULL attention and I was far less critical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Headbutts that cause hardway cuts. That's some good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaymeFuture Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Oh, Bill Watts commentary. Seriously awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Shotgun Saturday Nights, the first episodes, in nightclubs, bars and giant subway stations. And pretty much every pro-wrestling shows in funky locations, including one of my all time favourites, Nitros in Club La Vella. And FMW outdoor shows with aerial subways passing by in the background. And Wrestle Mania in a Vegas casino parking turned into a "roman coliseum". You get the drift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Guitar Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Tournaments. Dave Meltzer says they don't draw, but I love them anyway. Done right I think they're a great way to elevate someone. Lance Russell. One of my favorite calls of his is during a Paul Orndorff squash match on WCW Pro? where he casually notes that Orndorff has been a star in WCW and the WWF. WCW. For all the rightful criticism they get for alot of stupid mistakes that could have and should have been easily avoided. The good outweighs the bad. They produced alot of great wrestling, in a far more varied styles than the WWF was showcasing. Gave alot of guys a break when Vince wasn't interested in them. And provided genuine competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrainfollower Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Randy Savage and Elizabeth's WWF story particularly the Wrestlemanias, are the closest WWF's ever come to pure art IMO. WM 2 - You introduce the characters, a great wrestler but horribly lacking in self esteem Randy Savage who bullies and belittles this gorgeous woman Elizabeth who clearly worships him despite what he does to her. There's also this misguided nitwit George Steele who likes her. Savage exploits this to beat him. WM III - Savage's evil deeds finally come to haunt him as Steele helps get new rival Ricky Steamboat the IC title. Savage is devastated and beings to really doubt himself, leading to a face turn and an alliance with Hulk Hogan leading to. WM IV - Savage wins the title and the tournament BUT he need Hulk Hogan to do it and you just know those insecurities will get to him leading to WM V - Savage's first face turn explodes in the same self esteem and envy issues that always plagued him. This time his defeat is even more profound as he loses both the WWF title and his woman. WM VI - Savage is now a pathetic shell of himself a "macho king" who can't even beat Dusty Rhodes and his manager who can barely wrestle. And Elizabeth shows up to remind him of this. WM VII - It all goes to hell as Savage's career ends at the hands of the Warrior. Broken and defeated, attacked by the manager he hired who's turned him into a wimp, he is down and out as the love of his life Elizabeth returns and saves him. And FINALLY he realizes love is not about you, it's about the one you love and so he loses his career, but gains his soul and self respect for the first time. WM VIII - Savage again wins the big one, but this time on his own. No Hogan, no insecurities, he and Elizabeth are on top of the world and that's that. And if Savage and she had retired the day after this and never shown up on wrestling again it would have been the greatest FN love story since Casablanca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrainfollower Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 The LIta-Trish Stratus feuds, which actually had girls interested and having a character to relate to in Lita. From start to finish this feud over the years seemed to actually matter to women viewers under say 25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Heels insulting the local sports team. A babyface getting tossed out of the ring by the heel and immediately rolling back in. A babyface winning the title and all the other babyfaces coming out from the back to celebrate with him. Scott Steiner promos. Tony Schiavone's excited voice. Howard Finkel announcing a new champion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Wrestler A applies a side headlock on Wrestler B. Wrestler B counters to a headscissors. Wrestler A then escapes the headscissors by flipping over on top of Wrestler B in a pinning position. Then Wrestler B bridges up. My absolute favorite wrestling sequence there is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Money as a motivator...the purse, the giant cheque, money stuffed in a bag...dont care how its presented, having guys go at it for cold hard cash is great....I have no idea why guys in current WWE actually bother wrestling...there is never any reward specified...or have I missed that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlittlekitten Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 The referee's plastic samurai suit of armour in the Funk/Onita death match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Clotheslines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Clotheslines. What if it's 3 in a row? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Sheamus. Really enjoy the guys matches. Prefer him as a bad guy as that's where I lean. Like him as a good guy minus the mic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laz Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 The current XWA vs. ROH program that XWA is running. They've worked Ciampa's "firing" from ROH into it perfectly and actually made me care about Mike Bennett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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