Steve T Report post Posted January 28, 2020 Looks like 'The Wrestling Collector' is gone again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLHJR Report post Posted January 29, 2020 Hello https://twitter.com/WCollector78 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FMKK Report post Posted April 7, 2020 Ring of Honor have finally started to make use of their archives and their Youtube channel has lots of cool older stuff on there now including three match compilations for Danielson, Steen, Punk, Joe and Generico. And today they put up the original Dragon Gate trios match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C.S. Report post Posted April 20, 2020 In case any of you follow this... Quote The Official Botchamania Fanpage 14 hrs · Vimeo have informed me that Botchamania is using too much bandwidth & if I want to keep using the site I need to pay them $10,000 (annually) I asked how I can reduce bandwidth, they said "by removing videos" so my channel will be removed in a week, go download them now https://vimeo.com/user101654169 they're getting on average 17.5K hits so if that's too popular then I don't know what to tell them. so for non-YT full-screen versions, that leaves: Bitchute Xvideos Dailymotion (which is hit-and-miss right now) Any other suggestions? https://www.facebook.com/botchamania/posts/3194569760554055 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDuke Report post Posted April 20, 2020 Botchamania is awesome. I think Vimeo is where I usually watch it, but I usually go to the actual Botchamania website and just pick one of the links since Maffew posts all of them so I may not even notice this change. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
conker8 Report post Posted April 20, 2020 Cubsfan got 4 strikes tonight and his channel might be gone within a week. DL quickly everything you want : https://www.youtube.com/user/thecubsfan/featured Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JRH Report post Posted April 22, 2020 Reliving Wrestling is gone, are there any similar channels? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeg Report post Posted May 3, 2020 It looks like Roy Lucier's youtube channel that had all of the AJPW TV from like 88-91 and late 93 to like 99 got taken down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jetlag Report post Posted May 4, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/user/sergje1 is absolutely on fire right now uploading boatloads of 80s/early 90s German (and some UK) footage. Some of this stuff I had no idea was taped. He uploaded almost 40 videos from the 1987 tournament in Hamburg alone including decision matches, which is a pretty good look at that tournament. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G. Badger Report post Posted July 15, 2020 After 5yrs. of no "new" material, Chicago Film Archives has post two new matches - a Hans Schmidt and a Lou Thesz match. Hope that there's more to come! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JRH Report post Posted July 23, 2020 Not a channel in the traditional sense, but Richard Land's twitter is full of rare clips (no full matches though): https://twitter.com/maskedwrestlers?lang=en Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cad Report post Posted September 14, 2020 Arturito Luchas Monterrey '90s wrestling from Monterrey. Mostly highlights/partial matches, and it looks like "filming your TV" quality video, but most of this is rare stuff, much of it featuring workers of whom we do not have a lot of video. He has the entire first fall of a Dandy/Ultimo Dragon vs Negro Casas/Mocho Cota match from 1994 and it's a damned good fall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt D Report post Posted September 14, 2020 55 minutes ago, cad said: Arturito Luchas Monterrey '90s wrestling from Monterrey. Mostly highlights/partial matches, and it looks like "filming your TV" quality video, but most of this is rare stuff, much of it featuring workers of whom we do not have a lot of video. He has the entire first fall of a Dandy/Ultimo Dragon vs Negro Casas/Mocho Cota match from 1994 and it's a damned good fall. I watched that a few weeks ago, but we haven't been able to slot it into New Footage Friday on SC because it's just one fall (even if it's a very complete one) and we've had other more complete stuff. It's so cool to see Cota and Dragon interact, and I'm not a huge Dragon guy or anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cad Report post Posted September 14, 2020 Yeah, I thought they were the better matchup in that fall actually. It's weird to see a forty year old excon getting treated as an equal by a workrate favorite who does powerbombs and moonsaults. They had a title match that was televised but IIRC it's from that period in late 1993 when almost no CMLL made its way into anyone's collections. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strummer Report post Posted October 11, 2020 So long "Wrestling with Paul". Great channel with him doing monthly wwf tv from 86 on Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ricky Jackson Report post Posted October 11, 2020 This thread seems like a relic of a simpler time these days Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KinchStalker Report post Posted Friday at 11:39 PM I've linked to this channel in a couple of my threads in the Matches section, but I've had my eye on a great Japanese YouTube channel for a little bit now. They seem to be less a wrestling channel than an "uploading retro Japanese television that happens to be mostly wrestling", but there's been some great stuff to come out of it. I've already written elsewhere about the 1977 Champion Carnival final and Jumbo/Oki from July 1977, but they have some other interesting stuff that the ol' AJPW Archive did not. Thing is, you have to be quick to get the real gems that this channel has to offer. They have this system where, every few days, they'll upload several NJPW matches for only about twelve hours. I've likely missed some good stuff because I didn't discover the channel earlier, but I've been downloading everything they drop since I figured out what was going on. Haven't gotten around to watching any of it, but I've stockpiled some stuff that isn't on NJPW World or Ditch, and which looks promising or at least interesting: - a Fujinami/Kido vs Chavo/Tony Rocco tag from Oct. 1978 - Choshu vs Kido, from the following month - a Choshu/Fujinami match from Sep. 1983, as well as a Choshu/Hamaguchi vs Maeda/Hoshino tag from the following night - the Choshu/Hamaguchi vs Fujinami/Maeda Tag League draw from that December Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PeteF3 Report post Posted Saturday at 03:44 AM That channel also uploaded (and has subsequently pulled) Antonio Inoki vs. Bearcat Wright from 1975, one of Wright's final matches. It's nothing altogether spectacular and Wright was pretty old, but he's a seminal figure in wrestling history, a WON HOF member, and a guy with very little footage out there. It was a neat find regardless of match quality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khawk20 Report post Posted Saturday at 04:38 AM 52 minutes ago, PeteF3 said: That channel also uploaded (and has subsequently pulled) Antonio Inoki vs. Bearcat Wright from 1975, one of Wright's final matches. It's nothing altogether spectacular and Wright was pretty old, but he's a seminal figure in wrestling history, a WON HOF member, and a guy with very little footage out there. It was a neat find regardless of match quality. I jumped around that channel when I saw this and saw that match and grabbed it immediately. Glad I did if it got pulled already, must’ve been just after I grabbed it. fun channel! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PeteF3 Report post Posted Saturday at 05:38 AM Then there's this from that channel that blew my mind: Akira Taue vs. Harley Race from '89. In a match that's not on the 1989 AJ TV set--this must be another match that only aired on local/regional TV, which we have a few of around this time but obviously not everything. This is one I've never heard of before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jetlag Report post Posted Saturday at 01:26 PM 13 hours ago, KinchStalker said: I've linked to this channel in a couple of my threads in the Matches section, but I've had my eye on a great Japanese YouTube channel for a little bit now. They seem to be less a wrestling channel than an "uploading retro Japanese television that happens to be mostly wrestling", but there's been some great stuff to come out of it. I've already written elsewhere about the 1977 Champion Carnival final and Jumbo/Oki from July 1977, but they have some other interesting stuff that the ol' AJPW Archive did not. Thing is, you have to be quick to get the real gems that this channel has to offer. They have this system where, every few days, they'll upload several NJPW matches for only about twelve hours. I've likely missed some good stuff because I didn't discover the channel earlier, but I've been downloading everything they drop since I figured out what was going on. Haven't gotten around to watching any of it, but I've stockpiled some stuff that isn't on NJPW World or Ditch, and which looks promising or at least interesting: - a Fujinami/Kido vs Chavo/Tony Rocco tag from Oct. 1978 - Choshu vs Kido, from the following month - a Choshu/Fujinami match from Sep. 1983, as well as a Choshu/Hamaguchi vs Maeda/Hoshino tag from the following night - the Choshu/Hamaguchi vs Fujinami/Maeda Tag League draw from that December It would be great if you could put those in a Google Drive or something because that sounds like absolutely dope material. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KinchStalker Report post Posted Saturday at 10:08 PM 8 hours ago, Jetlag said: It would be great if you could put those in a Google Drive or something because that sounds like absolutely dope material. I shall do this, for the people. It’s going to take a few hours, since I’m putting on everything that (to my knowledge) isn’t streaming on official channels. Anybody who is interested, please shoot me a PM. (Jetlag, you already have the link in your inbox.) I want to keep some veneer of discretion to all of this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites