Ricky Jackson Posted February 13, 2019 Report Posted February 13, 2019 I dunno, I found the 9/1/73 card on Wrestlingdata and it lists Thesz vs Valentine https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=158040 Quote
Steve T Posted February 13, 2019 Report Posted February 13, 2019 38 minutes ago, Captain Redneck said: According to wrestlingdata.com Greg wrestled and lost to Tommy Seigler in Miami Beach that night. Johnny Valentine not Greg. Quote
Steve T Posted February 13, 2019 Report Posted February 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Ricky Jackson said: Oh man, that Valentine vs Thesz match could be awesome Was Thesz in '73 still decent? He was 57 by my count. Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted February 13, 2019 Report Posted February 13, 2019 Yeah, but he was fucking Lou Thesz Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted February 13, 2019 Report Posted February 13, 2019 And yes, based on what I've seen of him around that time he was still pretty good Quote
conker8 Posted February 13, 2019 Report Posted February 13, 2019 On 2/12/2019 at 3:33 PM, WrestlingPower said: Who is the announcer on the 1981 World Class stuff? He's much better than Mercer & Lowrance ended up being. Sorry if this has already been covered here. I remember reading on Wrestlingclassics that Steve Harms did the commentary. Edit : found a link. http://wrestlingclassics.com/.ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=113999 Quote
PeteF3 Posted February 14, 2019 Report Posted February 14, 2019 There's film of that Thesz-Valentine match out there, but I'm pretty sure it's not 14+ minutes worth. Big find. Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted February 14, 2019 Report Posted February 14, 2019 31 minutes ago, conker8 said: I remember reading on Wrestlingclassics that Steve Harms did the commentary. Edit : found a link. http://wrestlingclassics.com/.ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=113999 Cool. Thanks for finally solving that mystery Quote
paul sosnowski Posted February 14, 2019 Report Posted February 14, 2019 Hold on....we have two more coming on 2/14!!! Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 07/17/1980 – Masters of the Figure Four [Duration: 09:44] Two masters of the figure four leg lock collide when ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair takes on Greg ‘The Hammer’ Valentine from the Norfolk Scope. WWWF @ MSG 02/19/1979 – On Broadway [Duration: 01:08:14] The WWE Championship is on the line at the World’s Most Famous Arena as Bob Backlund defends against Greg ‘The Hammer’ Valentine. Quote
peachchaos Posted February 14, 2019 Report Posted February 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Ricky Jackson said: I dunno, I found the 9/1/73 card on Wrestlingdata and it lists Thesz vs Valentine https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=158040 I'll take all the Lou Thesz we can get, but I really hope they're sitting on a stash of Dory-Jack title matches ready to drop one of these weeks. Quote
peachchaos Posted February 14, 2019 Report Posted February 14, 2019 42 minutes ago, paul sosnowski said: Hold on....we have two more coming on 2/14!!! Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 07/17/1980 – Masters of the Figure Four [Duration: 09:44] Two masters of the figure four leg lock collide when ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair takes on Greg ‘The Hammer’ Valentine from the Norfolk Scope. WWWF @ MSG 02/19/1979 – On Broadway [Duration: 01:08:14] The WWE Championship is on the line at the World’s Most Famous Arena as Bob Backlund defends against Greg ‘The Hammer’ Valentine. Well now this is a horse of a different color. Not sure if the first clip is out there at all, but the broadway is a stone cold classic. Marty's 5 star review Quote
PeteF3 Posted February 14, 2019 Report Posted February 14, 2019 I'm assuming Flair-Valentine is 8mm ringside footage a la Flair-Rogers from the same venue. It would definitely be "new." Weird that the rest of that MSG show hasn't turned up since the main event aired on 24/7 years ago, not that it looks like an overly interesting card, but it does have Tatsumi Fujinami and Allen Coage working squashes. Quote
WrestlingPower Posted February 14, 2019 Report Posted February 14, 2019 Wonder if that Norfolk match is from the George Pantas collection that they bought. This was stuff originally used as bonus footage on one of the Mid-Atlantic documentaries. Quote
paul sosnowski Posted February 14, 2019 Report Posted February 14, 2019 Hmm...Thesz vs Valentine is silent footage...Where's Gordon Solie??? Quote
Matt D Posted February 14, 2019 Report Posted February 14, 2019 re: Flair vs Valentine. I have no idea whether we had this or not, but the angle leading up to this series sounds pretty cool. http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/2016/08/dream-team-part-6.html http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/2016/08/dream-team-part-7.html There's audio on those two pages. Reference for the second page: The 60 minute draw between the two was 5/25. The promo is 5/28. The Valentine swerve came on 6/8. The match is 7/17. Quote
shoe Posted February 15, 2019 Report Posted February 15, 2019 I’m a mark for those wrestling is real segments. So I loved the Valentine breaking boards with his elbow drop. Quote
flyonthewall2983 Posted February 15, 2019 Report Posted February 15, 2019 On 2/13/2019 at 5:59 PM, Ricky Jackson said: And yes, based on what I've seen of him around that time he was still pretty good Too bad he never worked a match with Flair Quote
peachchaos Posted February 15, 2019 Report Posted February 15, 2019 9 hours ago, flyonthewall2983 said: Too bad he never worked a match with Flair no, but I bet he worked Jack Brisco Quote
peachchaos Posted February 16, 2019 Report Posted February 16, 2019 On 2/14/2019 at 11:08 AM, Matt D said: re: Flair vs Valentine. I have no idea whether we had this or not, but the angle leading up to this series sounds pretty cool. http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/2016/08/dream-team-part-6.html http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/2016/08/dream-team-part-7.html There's audio on those two pages. Reference for the second page: The 60 minute draw between the two was 5/25. The promo is 5/28. The Valentine swerve came on 6/8. The match is 7/17. We also have clips from 7/26, 9/1, 9/24, and 12/20 and tags with Flair & Mosco vs. Valentine & Sheiky baby from 8/17 & 9/6 if anyone needs more Dream Team Implodes in their life. Quote
khawk20 Posted February 17, 2019 Report Posted February 17, 2019 On 2/14/2019 at 9:36 AM, WrestlingPower said: Wonder if that Norfolk match is from the George Pantas collection that they bought. This was stuff originally used as bonus footage on one of the Mid-Atlantic documentaries. The clip from the doc that used the Pantas footage is dated 9/18/80, from the Scope. Not to say that they used all that footage in the bonus features of the doc, I am sure they didn't. Quote
paul sosnowski Posted February 20, 2019 Report Posted February 20, 2019 For Thursday February 21, 2019-- Another new match from Houston!!! Championship Wrestling From Florida 03/03/1966 – The Mighty Monroe [Duration: 13:50] Legendary pioneer Sputnik Monroe goes one-on-one with Jack Pesek in this bout from Florida. AWA 09/07/1974 – Bobo, Bobby and The Bruiser [Duration: 13:01] Bobby Heenan teams up with the sadistic Sheik to face the tough tandem of Bobo Brazil and Dick the Bruiser from historic Comiskey Park. Championship Wrestling From Florida 02/14/1978 – Tangling in Tampa [Duration: 09:49] The Florida Tag Team Championships are on the line as WWE Hall of Famers Rocky Johnson and Pedro Morales take on Ivan Koloff and Mr. Saito. Houston Wrestling 09/09/1983 – Every Dog Has Its Day [Duration: 13:41] Junkyard Dog and ‘Mad Dog’ Buzz Sawyer battle to see whether it’s the size of the dog in the fight or the size of the fight in the dog. Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted February 21, 2019 Report Posted February 21, 2019 21 minutes ago, conker8 said: Sputnik Monroe !! That's who I'm interested in seeing. Is the Comiskey Park footage with Heenan and the Sheik new? Edit: Never mind, it's on YouTube. Surprised I haven't watched it before. Or maybe I have lol Quote
sek69 Posted February 21, 2019 Report Posted February 21, 2019 I'm assuming the Sputnik match is one of those no-sound 16mm deals from Florida? I never quite understood why they would film things like that. Other territories barely valued taping on regular film and the Grahams are out there all avant garde and shit. Quote
hammerva Posted February 21, 2019 Report Posted February 21, 2019 Is this one of the first full or close to full matches of Sputnik Monroe out there? Maybe in Memphis TV they showed a best of him with small clips. I know there was a 70's Memphis house show DVD' many years ago but not sure if a Monroe match was on it Quote
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