Loss Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 History of Pro Wrestling #80 (04:08:48) Matches from August-November 1972 JACK BRISCO & RAUL MATA vs BOBBY SHANE & BEARCAT WRIGHT (08/12/1972; CWF House St. Petersburg, FL; 00:02:35) TIM WOODS vs ZODIAC (08/12/1972; CWF House St. Petersburg, FL; 00:02:56) PAUL JONES vs TIM WOODS (08/12/1972; CWF House St. Petersburg, FL; 00:06:59) Fists and karate were legal in this one! Unfortunately, the clip doesn’t really give us much of the rulebreaking brawling you’d hope for. TIM WOODS vs PAUL JONES (08/15/1972; CWF House, Tampa, FL; 00:04:27) BUDDY COLT vs TIM GEOHAGEN (08/29/1972; CWF House Tampa, FL; 00:02:19) Good clip, with HOFer Danny McShain as the referee. BARON VON RASCHKE vs BILLY RED CLOUD-CHAIN (09/01/1972; AWA House Chicago, IL; 00:05:19) DICK THE BRUISER & THE CRUSHER vs BLACKJACK MULLIGAN & BLACKJACK LANZA (09/01/1972; AWA House Chicago, IL; 00:07:29) VERNE GAGNE vs IVAN KOLOFF (09/01/1972; AWA House Chicago, IL; 00:04:08) THE SHEIK vs SEIJI SAKAGUCHI (09/07/1972; JWA Summer Big Series II; 00:13:39) This is the final JWA match in circulation. The originally planned match for this slot was for Baba to face Kintaro Oki. It was widely believed that Oki was going to shoot on Baba to take back the titles in the ring that Baba held at the time of his departure from the JWA, but Baba returned from a tour of the U.S. to voluntarily relinquish the belts before this show, and Sheik-Sakaguchi was a last-minute replacement on the card. BLACKJACK MULLIGAN & BLACKJACK LANZA & BOBBY HEENAN vs DICK THE BRUISER & THE CRUSHER & LITTLE CRUSHER (09/16/1972; WWA Indianapolis, IN; 00:18:44) DUSTY RHODES vs MOOSE CHOLAK (09/19/1972; AWA House Chicago, IL; 00:03:24) SHOHEI BABA vs THE SHEIK (09/20/1972; BTW Detroit, MI; 00:13:33) PAT PATTERSON & ROCKY JOHNSON vs LARS ANDERSON & PAUL DEMARCO (09/23/1972; BTW San Francisco, CA; 00:06:10) SHOHEI BABA vs FRANK HOLTZ (09/29/1972; Spectator Sports; Pittsburgh, PA; 00:11:32) BRUNO SAMMARTINO & DOMINIC DENUCCI vs DON FARGO & JOHNNY FARGO (09/29/1972; Spectator Sports; Pittsburgh, PA; 00:01:33) Baba-Sheik, this and the above match were used to fill time on NTV when All Japan Pro Wrestling had formed with a secured television deal, but had nothing to broadcast yet. BOB KIRKWOOD vs HONEYBOY ZIMBA (10/03/1972; Joint Promotions; 00:19:58) BRIAN MAXINE vs REG TROOD (10/03/1972; Joint Promotions; 00:24:05) NICK BOCKWINKEL & RAY STEVENS vs ANDRE THE GIANT & DR. X (10/07/1972; AWA House Chicago, IL; 00:04:34) GUY RENAULT vs MICHEL SAULNIER (10/09/1972; French Catch; 00:28:07) PAT PATTERSON & ROCKY JOHNSON vs LARS ANDERSON & PAUL DEMARCO (10/14/1972; Big Time San Francisco; 00:01:07) RAY STEVENS vs KINJI SHIBUYA (10/14/1972; Big Time San Francisco; 00:02:05) ANDRE THE GIANT vs BARON VON RASCHKE (10/23/1972; WWA Indianapolis, IN; 00:09:58) TIM WOODS vs BUDDY COLT (10/31/1972; CWF House Tampa, FL; 00:01:53) CURTIS IAUKEA & DENNIS MCCORD vs BULLDOG BROWER & TIGER JEET SINGH (11/1972; WCW Australia; 00:03:00) MARK LEWIN & CURTIS IAUKEA & SPIROS ARION vs KURT VON STEIGER & KARL VON STEIGER & GARY HART (11/03/1972; WCW Australia; 00:04:16) BRUTE BERNARD vs SPIROS ARION (11/04/1972; WCW Australia; 00:02:47) LES KELLETT vs JOHNNY CZESLAW (11/16/1972; Joint Promotions; 00:22:20) Jetlag describes the match as “funny, fascinating and impossibly British all at once” in the above-linked review. SID COOPER vs DAVE BARBIE (11/16/1972; Joint Promotions; 00:20:00) Special thanks to Cameren Lee for helping with background information on the Japanese matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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