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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 22, 2008 22:50:02 GMT -5
Folks, I am hardcore. I just watched a Scott Norton....20 minute draw! Yes, a battle with Japanese behemoth Shinja Hashimoto, from "Collison in Korea" in the mid 90s. This was a card WCW and New Japan put on in North Korea, in front of a purported couple of hundred thousand fans in a Stadium. It later came out people were pretty much "ordered" to show up and watch.
The show closes with Ric Flair and Antonio Inoki in a legendary battle. I am not there yet. I just watched this Norton/Hashimoto tilt earlier this eve. It was very hard-hitting, and Norton, who became a well-respected grappler in the Orient, put on a good show with a lot of mat wrestling and the strongman submission stylings.
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Post by sancho231 on Mar 23, 2008 20:39:11 GMT -5
That card kinda sucked.i liked the Flair Inoki match but man that Norton-Hashimoto was a sleeper. by the way i think the by forcing the people to go to this card they set an world record for a wrestling show
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 23, 2008 21:35:31 GMT -5
I am not so sure North Korea cared about the "setting the record" part of things. I think they just liked telling that many people what to do and when. Guys like Inoki, who were arranging it, were the ones who popped bones drawing that record crowd.
But Sancho, keep in mind that the crowd is still much in question. I have not reached the Inoki/Flair tilt yet, but I am in "night 2" of the tourney, and the crowd is hardly visible. With the expense of accounts of those who were there, who is to say the crowd approached what was announced? Most accounts I read make a wry face in print over it.
I actually want to see the Norton/Hashimito match again. I like the old-school grappling, and while the match did not keep me at the edge of my seat I want to watch it again and see if it holds my attention now that I know it slogged through the whole 20.
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Post by rlm6370 on Apr 14, 2008 13:13:45 GMT -5
I'm watching Bruiser Brody best of 5 DVD disc set from Japan and his stuff from Puerto Rico. I'm big Brody mark and his stuff transcends time, he was just so good.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Apr 14, 2008 13:19:27 GMT -5
Brody legit scared the crap out of me when I was a kid, just getting into the grand game of grappling. Brody, Stan Hansen, Killer Khan, King Kong Mosca. These big brutes had me chilled, and I could never understand how their foes managed to thwart their attacks.
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Post by rlm6370 on Apr 14, 2008 13:40:34 GMT -5
Brody legit scared the crap out of me when I was a kid, just getting into the grand game of grappling. Brody, Stan Hansen, Killer Khan, King Kong Mosca. These big brutes had me chilled, and I could never understand how their foes managed to thwart their attacks. Brody & Hansen were an awesome team in Japan
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Post by $heriff Tom on Apr 17, 2008 7:51:17 GMT -5
So last night i was watching one of my homemade 97 comps, and I stumbled across the angle where The Rock joined the Nation of Domination. A nice bit of vintage history!
What happened is Farooq is wrestling Crush in a sleepy battle, when the ref goes down. Crush makes a cover but no ref. So here comes Rock, who had been out nursing an injury. He comes running down, the fans pop just a little even though people were never buying into him as a face. So apparently he is going to make the count for Crush. But no, he grabs Crush and slams him to the mat. The fans boo, and Jim Ross is outraged.
After its said and done Farooq and Rock stand side by side, and raise the fist to a chorus of vitriol.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Apr 23, 2008 19:46:02 GMT -5
Watching Prime Time from Sep 24, 1987, on 24/7 right now. Here was a funny exchange.
Gorilla (explaining why Orndorff left the Heenan family) - "He saw the light"
Johnny V - "the light of what? The silvery moon?"
Fun to see Race, Rude, Hercules, and Bundy in an 8-man tag. I also enjoyed the opening match on the show, Outlaw Ron Bass vs Don "The Rock" Muraco, although I can understand why many would not.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jun 5, 2008 22:58:46 GMT -5
Blitzing through a handful of the AWA shows I had backed up from this week tonight, and there was a sit down interview with Baron Von Raschke, hosted by Bill Apter. Apter matter-of-factly declared that its been proven that Baron's clawhold has caused some sort of brain damange to 362 wrestlers. Yes, 362 men. Baron simply replied that he was pretty sure most of them had brain damage even before he got to them.
What an outlandish and out of nowhere claim.
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Post by thecaptain15 on Jun 6, 2008 9:22:27 GMT -5
I remember when the Baron had a run with the WWWF and they used to put a huge red "X" across the screen on the Saturday TV show so you could not see the violent effects that the Baron's claw hold had on his opponent.....
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jun 6, 2008 9:45:14 GMT -5
I am more fond of that WWF run of the Baron then when he was the silent, hooded manager of the Powers of Pain for like 2 weeks.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jun 9, 2008 17:23:49 GMT -5
Here's a fun change of pace....I am DVRing college baseball this morning at 1...Baylor vs Texas. A game taped earlier this season. Why, and what does that have to do with anything here? Its 2B Shaver Hansen, Baylor's top player. And the son of STAN "The Lariat" Hansen! I want to see him play. The fucking kid got an invite to try out for Team USA! DURHAM, N.C. -- Baylor sophomore infielder Shaver Hansen has accepted an invitation to the 2008 USA Baseball National Team Trials, the nation's governing body of amateur baseball announced Monday. Hansen was among eight players named Monday in the final wave of invitees. In all, 34 players will attend trials and vie for 22 spots on the National Team roster, which will be announced June 24.
Hansen is the second Baylor student-athlete invited to the National Team Trials this season. Sophomore right-handed pitcher Kendal Volz accepted an invitation in late May. Hansen is Baylor's first position player invited to the National Team Trials since outfielder Michael Griffin in 2003.
The 2008 USA Baseball National Team Trials will be held June 11-23 throughout the northeast and southeast United States. The National Team schedule includes a six-game friendship series against Chinese Taipei in late-June and a month-long trip to Europe wherein the team will compete in the Haarlem Baseball Week in the Netherlands and the IV FISU World Collegiate Baseball Championship in the Czech Republic.
A product of Fruita Monument High School in Grand Junction, Colo., Hansen led Baylor this season in batting average (.326), hits (72), runs (48), triples (six) and RBI (47). He also was third on the team in doubles (16) and walks (32), tied for the team lead in total bases (118), and was second on the team in slugging percentage (.534) and on base percentage (.413). Hansen was third on the team with eight stolen bases in 12 attempts, and he finished fourth in the Big 12 this season in triples.
In two seasons at Baylor, Hansen has appeared in 112 games with 107 starts. He totes a .312 career batting average with nine home runs, 82 RBI, 30 doubles, seven triples, 82 runs and 15 stolen bases.
The 2008 USA Baseball National Team will be led by Oral Roberts University head coach Rob Walton, who served as an assistant coach for the 2005 National Team. Walton is joined on the 2008 staff by pitching coach Jerry Meyers (head coach, Old Dominion University), assistant coach Nino Giarratano (head coach, University of San Francisco), and assistant coach Ritch Price (head coach, University of Kansas).
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Post by sancho231 on Jun 9, 2008 23:13:13 GMT -5
Tom you need to watch that all japan DVD i gave you last year lots of good Hansen bouts on that
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jun 10, 2008 7:33:39 GMT -5
Ding daggity doo, I do indeed. I swear this, I will pull it this evening, and start watching by the weekend. If you saw the stack of tapes and DVDs piled up in all areas of our place, you would understand why I am not on it yet.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jun 23, 2008 8:38:17 GMT -5
Alrighty, a true gem on 24/7. I beckon some of you guys to try and watch this, but you will need to invest a little time, and some energy.
Nick Bockwinkel vs Curt Hennig, AWA World Crown on the line, late 1987. A television match, that is now legendary. Went the whole broadcast....the full 60. Some pundits call it one of the greatest matches ever. So full of drama. I have been wishing to see this match for years. I actually have it on a Hennig / Bock compilation, but the quality is so sketchy I never got that deep into the tape. But here it was on 24/7, crystal clear and showed as aired - without commercial breaks - the announcers kept calling through the phantom breaks that were shown in the original broadcast.
Started it up at around 10 after 9 last night, knowing it was going to take me past 10PM. The match was never boring, even though there was some mat wrestling, "rest-holds" and catch as catch can grappling. The energy was there, it was a tremendous display.
If you cant watch it now, tape it, watch it later. I cant recommend this enough!
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jul 20, 2008 10:04:48 GMT -5
So I caught an interesting battle watching my Tito Santana comp over the last couple of days. From Madison Square Garden, March of 84, Tito defending his IC strap against......JJ Dillon. Yes, JJ Dillon.
So odd. I could not get into JJ as a wrestler, although I knew that was his background, obviously. But he was so obviously long in the tooth here. He was wrestling pretty competently, but how could I take him seriously. He looked old, and pale as a ghost. And within 2 years he would be managing the Horsemen. At this time, he would have just come in from Florida, where he was terrorizing the likes of Dusty Rhodes with hitmen like Ron Bass.
Santana ended up winning with a Hell of a flying burrito that laid JJ out. What was funny was during commentary hearing Monsoon put over Dillon as some sort of wrestling legend, who "must have beaten some long line of top wrestlers" to become "# 1 contender for this title tonight."
So strange to see this one. The next match on the disc is more up the alley, as Santana tangles with mean old Dr D David Schultz.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 14, 2008 7:52:20 GMT -5
Watching a bit of my Tito Santana comp before I hit sack last night, caught a battle between Santana and the Iron Shiek from 1984. From the Philly Spectrum. And, oddity of oddities, for some dumb reason that was never even explained, the guest referee was......Shiek's manager Freddie Blassie! Not only that, I think Santanas title was on the line. Who made this match? There were no "evil commissioners" back then. It was funny, at one point Iron was reprimanded by Blassie for not breaking clean, causing Monsoon to wonder what they were setting up. So of course soon after Blassie started slow-counting when Tito went for a pin, and doing some lightning quick slaps of the mat when he was on the bottom. At one point instead of counting when Santana was trying a pin Blassie turned and started hollering at the fans. One loose end was tied up, the late Joey Marella was at ringside as a backup, and on another occassion where Blassie was "distracted" during a Santana cover, Marella swooped into the ring and counted the pin for another Santana victory.
Fun match.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 13, 2009 10:40:46 GMT -5
So I got this excellent Ted Dibiase in Mid-South comp, which is 7 discs of his run in that territory, which went pretty much uninterrupted (outside of a stint in Georgia in 83/84) from 82-87.
Begins with some scientific style grappling with the likes of Paul Orndorff, and a feud with amateur wrestling star Bob Roop. But early on in disc 1, Ted turns heel! I remember reading about this in the mags, and I was shocked and appalled.
The trouble starts when Ted starts getting grumpy about being passed up for rematches with Roop after Roop cheated to take his North American title. Well, Ted finally wrangled a "No DQ - the belt if I win or I leave if I lose" deal for a title shot on TV. Of course, just before this match is to go on, JYD swoops in and beats Roop for the belt. Yes, Teds best man....Ted was best man at his wedding!
You can figure out the rest. JYD has to step up and wrestle Ted. They promise a clean match, shake hands, its on. They clean-break, Ted flies out of the ring and JYD holds the ropes open so he can get back in to go some more. Then JYD goes out, the ref is watching him go back in, and Ted loads THE INFAMOUS GLOVE HAND! He then KOs JYD, the fans are appalled, and a new run of heel heraldry is born!
These DVDs are TREMENDOUS. 7 discs, around 2 hours each, the quality is excellent, and I got them for under 2 bucks a disc.
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Post by sancho231 on Mar 13, 2009 11:18:08 GMT -5
Got the Hulk Hogan: Hall of Fame show on 24/7, and damn the Hogan joining the NWO angle, is fucking great.all the crap the fans are tossing into the ring, you'd think there were 19,000 cactus james in the crowd.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 31, 2009 9:22:30 GMT -5
So before Raw kicks off on Monday nights, I throw on some DVDs. Lots of times I make them "Dana friendly" and choose wrestlers she is also high on.
Got a cool ROH offering featuring "Spanky" Brian Kendrick. About a dozen of his matches spanning 2002-2006 for the company. Watched 3 cherrypicked last night, good stuff here.
Saw his initial ROH match in 2002, when he "won his contract." One of his foes in this tag battle was HBK relative Michael Shane. The other two matches were an incredible aerial based battle with Jack Evans (who should be wrestling Evan Bourne weekly on ECW instead of plying his trade in Puerto Rico's AAA right now) and a fantastic match with Alex Shelley, who is one of my favorites to watch. He's got so many things going for him, and is a great grappler.
This DVD is a keeper - other matches on it include Spanky vs Homicide, Brian Danielson, Jay Lethal, and CM Punk.
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 1, 2009 23:36:30 GMT -5
Just watched the "Dr D" David Schultz shoot interview. Went about 2 hours. Schultz was a lot more mellow, and refined looking with his grey goatee and hair. Entertaining enough, he spun some good yarns. Convinced he is the toughest man in the world. As a bounty hunter these days with "1,700 catches" to his credit, he has some credence. Not a man in the world he is scared of. Badmouthed only few, including the late Buddy Rose. Did not like Austin Idol a lick either.
Hates Vince McMahon Jr. Totally feels the whole Stossel thing was a set-up to run him out of the company. Thinks Hogan is a back-stabber. Well back in the day, when Hogan started out, he stayed in Schultz' home.
I enjoy these shoots.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 20, 2009 1:04:16 GMT -5
Girls are sleeping, and Im upstairs futzing around. Decided to throw on a TAPE, watching Rick Martel's AWA title win against Jumbo Tsuruta. I was always a Martel fan - its amazing how I could be a fan of such goodie-goodies sometimes. I first became a Dibiase fan long before his Million Dollar Man, or even Mid-South heel days, when he was a Georgia Babyface. Martel could really go in the ring, though, he had the technical style I was always fond of.
Anyhow, quote of the century from announcer Rod Trongard, who claimed that the two exhausted, sweating grapplers "will lose 10, 15...maybe even 20 pounds in this one."
LOL! LMAO! LOLOL!
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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 28, 2009 13:54:51 GMT -5
So, having bought my new portable DVD player to work, bought along one of my myriad of wrestling dvds. Trying to get through much backlog. First one I am working my way through is ALLIED POWERS - WORLDS GREATEST TAG TEAMS Miz and Morrison hosting. I forgot how bad they could be sometimes. At times they were just groan-inducing outside the ring. Anyway, watched THREE matches at lunch today. ONE - Edge and Christian (BROOD, with Gangrel) vs Matt and Jeff Hardy (with Michael Hayes) Great action. I was pleasantly surprised this was NOT a ladder match. I am sort of laddered out with these guys on these DVDs. This was a high energy tag battle, with Gangrel and a severely balding Hayes brawling at ringside a few times. Hayes was funny, jumping in the ring a few times and getting involved. Gangrel ends up spitting the blood in Edges face by mistake, and the Hardys won to become "number one contenders." TWO - FREEBIRDS FROM VON ERICHS - Country Whipping Match from 1983 Wow. Wild stuff. When I wanted to show non-fans wrestling at its best and most REALISTIC, this is a match for it. Swinging straps, crazy but not clunky action. These guys were roughing it up. A coworker came over and was surprised at how "real" it seemed. Ref called for the bell as outside parties (ie - Buddy Roberts) were freely interfering. THREE - HARLEM HEAT vs STEINER BROTHERS - Road Wild 1996 Ive seen this match too many times over the years for some reason. Hard hitting but went on way too long. Bobby Heenan was totally drunk /' stoned during this show, and he was mixing up Rick and Scott. He was terrible. Col Parker and Sherri were causing mayhem at ringside. The bikers did not seem to like those blacks. Cool ending, with Parker going to toss powder at Scott, but he ducks and Stevie took it. Sherri, seconds later, right next to Parker, throws more powder and hits it. Parker then recovers to clobber Scott with his walking stick, and the pinfall is nabbed. Fun lunch!
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Post by sancho231 on Dec 28, 2009 20:49:45 GMT -5
yeah holy crap the racism at those Biker Rally shows is just crazy the Mic;d up camera caught a lot of Remarks form the crowd that should not have been broadcast on anything that Time Warner owed
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 7, 2010 10:53:54 GMT -5
Its nice to have goals. Tonight my lofty goal is to watch some old wrestling after the girls retire for the night. I was thinking some Freebirds / Von Erichs, off the cool 11 disc set I nabbed. Its like, everything these two factions did against one another on World Class television.
Also in the mood for some Southwest. Got me some Manny "The Raging Bull" Fernandez, including his Southwest stint. And after hearing some talk of Curt Hennig on a podcast on the train in this morning, may pull my WWE release on him, and watch a couple of matches.
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Post by cactusjames on May 15, 2010 18:41:33 GMT -5
Sancho, I loved Hogan turning heel. Yes, it'd be wrong to say I was ever a fan of Hogan, but when the nWo started I didn't mind Hogan. And I always support the kliq so I was with Hall and Nash all the way. I'm a heel fan bottom line, due mostly to Owen, HBK is the early 90's, and if you couldn't tell after all this time, I myself am a natural heel.
The match I'm watching is going back in time, almost a full 24 hours ago!!! I'm re watching Christian vs Kofi and Punk vs Mysterio from last night. I know it's recent, but these are two great matches anyway you look at it. I know the Punk/Mysterio match ended in DQ, but it's expected since they have the PPV match next Sunday/ The action before was still very good. I thought those two matches were two of the better TV matches WWE has had in recent memory.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jun 10, 2010 9:25:32 GMT -5
Many of you know i have quite a collection of DVds of Americans wrestling in Japan. I have 2 discs of Adrian Adonis out there, think I paid a total of $4 for the discs, which have about 4 hours of straight hard-hitting wrestling total.
Anyway, bought one to work to watch on the mini-dvd player here at work, during lunch here and there. First match was quite the hoot, from 1982 - it was a WWF heel team of Adonis, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, and Quickdraw Rick McGraw (complete with bleached blonde hair!) against the Japanese trio of Tatsumi Fujinami, Yoshiaki Yatsu, and Tiger Taguchi. An interesting aside to this match is the heels were accompanied by "Classy" Freddie Blassie, who had quite a lineage in Japan himself. He was out there in his sparkly outfit, waving his cane around, inciting the crowd.
Match went around 13 minutes. The natives won, pinning McGraw, who looked just like Dino Bravo out there with the hair and the stocky physique. Good hard hitting action for the most part, with McGraw being the weak link (he missed on 2 dropkicks by a lot, which the Japanese team chose to sell anyway)
Some good stuff on this DVD, including tag matches with Adonis and Bob Orton Sr and the aforementioned Bravo, a singles match against Inoki, and appearances by Hulk Hogan, Maasked Superstar, and Killer Khan.
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