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[[DOLFAN - Hi everyone. This user has put up the bowl schedule. I'm spoiler-ing it for size]]

So am I.

Anyone see all the wrecks during the cycling today?

As a Pirates fan I don't like this trade very much. They are trying to spin like they aren't giving up but getting good, young arms under longer contracts. Melancon was likely gone after the season but he has been the man the last three years. Now Tony Watson is going to close.

I look forward to getting these sets. PM sent. Thanks.

I made three disks of their tag matches in Japan in 1990-91. Also a five disk comp of the Cobra 1983-86.

I say Virgil is more pathetic. New Japan: 4/29/83 Ed Leslie, Paul Orndorff vs. Antonio Inoki, Seiji Sakaguchi 8/27/82 Ed Leslie, Sgt. Slaughter vs. Hulk Hogan, Antonio Inoki 8/26/83 Ed Leslie, Dick Murdoch vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Akira Maeda 3/2/84 Ed Leslie, Bobby Duncam vs. Antonio Inoki, Kengo Kimura 3/16/84 Ed Leslie, Dick Murdoch vs. Seiji Sakaguchi, Kengo Kimura

More stuff to look around for. GREAT KABUKI IN ALL JAPAN Volume 1 Running Time: 1:59 2/11/83 Kabuki vs. James Dillon 2/25/83 Kabuki vs. Tiger Jeet Singh 3/2/83 Kabuki vs. Tommy Rich 3/3/83 Kabuki vs. Mike Davis 9/30/83 Kabuki vs. Cyclon Negro 12/12/83 Kabuki vs. Ric Flair (NWA World Title) 1/22/84 Kabuki, Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy 6/5/84 Kabuki vs. Umanosuke Ueda BONUS MATCH 6/22/80 Takachio, Sakurada (Kabuki, Nagasaki) vs. Ben DeLeon, Herman Shaeffer (Minneapolis, MN) Volume 2 Running Time: 2:00 2/5/85 Kabuki, Takashi Ishikawa vs. Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Valiant 9/14/85 Kabuki, Killer Tim Brooks vs. Genichiro Tenryu, Motoshi Okuma 10/21/85 Kabuki vs. Killer Khan 11/16/85 Kabuki, Terry Gordy vs. Riki Choshu, Killer Khan 1/28/86 Kabuki vs. Tiger Mask 7/31/86 Kabuki vs. Tiger Mask 2/5/87 Kabuki, Tiger Mask vs. Curt Hennig, Frankie Lancaster 4/23/87 Kabuki, Tiger Mask vs. Ted DiBiase, Pete Roberts 6/5/87 Kabuki, Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tor Kamata, Jason the Terrible 10/17/87 Kabuki, Tiger Mask vs. Moondogs Volume 3 Running Time: 1:58 7/11/87 Kabuki, Hiroshi Wajima vs. Stan Hansen, Ted DiBiase 11/21/87 Kabuki John Tenta vs. The Funks (Real World Tag League) 11/28/87 Kabuki, John Tenta vs. Abdullah the Butcher, TNT (Real World Tag League) 12/11/87 Kabuki, John Tenta vs. Tom Zenk, The Terminator (Real World Tag League) 1/3/88 Kabuki, Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Abdullah the Butcher, TNT 2/29/88 Kabuki, Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen, Terry Gordy 3/27/88 Kabuki, Tiger Mask vs. Tommy Rich, Austin Idol 4/22/88 Kabuki, Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Austin Idol, Arnold Skaaland 6/10/88 Kabuki vs. Rip Rogers 9/15/88 Kabuki, Akio Sato vs. Tiger Mask, Jimmy Snuka 10/3/88 Kabuki, Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Dan Spivey, Doug Furnas Volume 4 Running Time: 1:55 12/10/88 Kabuki, Hiroshi Wajima vs. Stan Hansen, Terry Gordy (Real World Tag League) 1/5/89 Kabuki, Masa Fuchi vs. Joe, Dean Malenko 8/20/89 Kabuki, Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Terry Gordy, Todd Champion 10/1/89 Kabuki, Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Stan Hansen, Genichiro Tenryu 11/26/89 Kabuki, Shunji Takano vs. Nasty Boys 1/3/90 Kabuki vs. Kenta Kobashi 3/2/90 Kabuki, Akira Taue vs. Stan Hansen, Genichiro Tenryu 4/10/90 Kabuki vs. Greg Valentine 7/19/90 Kabuki, Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Steve Williams, Terry Gordy (AJ World Tag Team Titles)

Any opinions on Bundy in Japan? Not that he was some amazing wrestler over there or anything. KING KONG BUNDY IN NEW JAPAN 1985 1/11/85 Bundy, Wild Samoan vs. Antonio Inoki, Kengo Kimura 1/18/85 Bundy vs. Seiji Sakaguchi 1/25/85 Bundy vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 2/1/85 Bundy vs. Hulk Hogan 2/8/85 Bundy vs. Antonio Inoki 2/15/85 Bundy vs. Antonio Inoki 5/31/85 Bundy, Adrian Adonis, Dick Murdoch vs. Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura 7/19/85 Bundy, Bruiser Brody vs. Antonio Inoki, Seiji Sakaguchi 7/26/85 Bundy, Bruiser Brody vs. Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami

Met Mickie last year at Big Time Wrestling when Flair & Funk were there. I gave her this set of disks I'd done a long time ago. She was nice to talk to. Wrestled Reby Sky and Jesse Belle Smothers that night. BEST OF ALEXIS LAREE VOL. 1 Running Time: 1:46 Laree vs. Persephone (NWA Wildside 1/22/02) Laree vs. Allison Danger vs. Fever vs. Valentina (KAPOW! Women’s Title, 7/28/02) Laree vs. Simply Luscious (PWF Universal Womens Title April 2003) Laree & Passion vs. Jillian Hall & Melissa Coates (OVW TV 12/11/04) 10-Women Lingerie Battle Royal to determine "Miss TNA" featuring Alexis Laree, Francine, Miss Joanie, Shannon (formerly Daffney), Sasha, Erin, Elektra, Taylor, and Theresa (NWA TNA 6/26/02) Laree & Amazing Red vs. Kid Kash & Trinity (NWA TNA 3/26/03) Laree vs. Trinity (NWA TNA 4/2/03) Laree & Julio Dinero vs. Jeff Jarrett (Raven's Clockwork Orange House of Fun Match, NWA TNA 4/16/03) Laree, Jeff Jarrett altercation (NWA TNA 4/23/03) Laree, Joey Matthews & Christian York vs. Christopher Street Connection & Allison Danger (ROH Glory By Honor 10/5/02) Laree ROH promo (Nov. 2002) Laree vs. Japanese Pool Boy (ROH 11/13/02) Laree vs. Simply Luscious (ROH Dec. 2002) Laree vs. Allison Danger (ROH All-Star Extravaganza 11/9/02) Laree vs. Mase (ROH Scramble Madness 11/16/02) Laree vs. Persephone (ROH Round Robin Challenge 4/26/03) BEST OF ALEXIS LAREE VOL. 2 GLOOW/DWOW/BBOW/WEW Running Time: 1:44 Laree vs. Tai (GLOOW 8/1/01 Dover, DE) Laree & Tara vs. Candie & Tai (No D.Q.) Laree vs. Tara (BBOW 5/25/01 Martinsburg, WV) Laree vs. Colleen (Hardcore) Laree vs. G.I. Ho (GLOOW 7/24/01 Levittown, PA) Laree vs. Tara (BBOW 8/4/01 Aberdeen, MD) Laree vs. Colleen (Foxy Boxing) Laree, Candie, Dawn Marie, Eva Gina vs. Tara, Colleen, Tai, Dina (Tug of War) Laree & Candie vs. Self Employed (GLOOW 1/9/02 Danbury, CT) Laree vs. Dawn Mae (GLOOW 2/21/02 Danbury, CT) BEST OF ALEXIS LAREE VOL. 3 GLOOW/DWOW/BBOW/WEW Running Time: 1:40 Laree vs. Valentina Laree vs. Amanda Storm (2/22/02) Laree vs. Lady Storm Laree vs. Amanda Storm (GLOOW 10/02) Laree vs. Amy Lee (11/28/02) Laree vs. Davey Mae (DWOW 2/27/03) Laree vs. Simply Luscious Laree vs. Persephonie (3/03) Laree vs. DD Venturi (8/11/04) Laree vs. Riptide (8/25/04) Laree vs. Simply Luscious

Another huge Hansen fan here. I've made lots of different comps of him in Japan. On my first trip to Tokyo in 2001 I found an autographed copy of his book. Bought it even though it's in Japanese.

Too bad about the gimmick going to Tom Brandi. The Patriot was good wherever he went. I made a two-disk set of him in All Japan. I'll stop posting the match lists in these threads if you guys want me to. THE PATRIOT IN ALL JAPAN Volume 1 Running Time: 1:59 5/17/92 Patriot, Johnny Smith vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue 5/24/92 Patriot vs. Steve Williams 5/31/92 Patriot, Johnny Smith vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada 6/14/92 Patriot vs. Kenta Kobashi 7/12/92 Patriot, Richard Slinger vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada 7/26/92 Patriot, Billy Black vs. Giant Baba, Akira Taue 7/28/92 Patriot vs. Stan Hansen 8/2/92 Patriot, Sonny Beach vs. Stan Hansen, Johnny Ace 8/16/92 Patriot, Kenta Kobashi vs. Abdullah the Butcher, Kamala II 9/13/92 Patriot, Jackie Fulton vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue 9/20/92 Patriot, Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams, Terry Gordy 10/4/92 Patriot, Johnny Smith, Dory Funk Jr. vs. Giant Baba, Jun Akiyama, Masa Fuchi 10/21/92 Patriot, Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams, Dan Spivey 11/22/92 Patriot, Eagle vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada 12/6/92 Patriot, Eagle vs. Stan Hansen, Johnny Ace 12/13/92 Patriot, Eagle vs. Steve Williams, Terry Gordy Volume 2 Running Time: 1:55 2/19/93 Patriot, Eagle vs. Steve Williams, Terry Gordy 2/25/93 Patriot, Eagle vs. Kenta Kobashi, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 5/14/93 Patriot, Eagle vs. Steve Williams, Terry Gordy 5/20/93 Patriot, Eagle vs. Doug Furnas, Dan Kroffat 8/20/93 Patriot, Eagle vs. Steve Williams, Tracy Smothers 8/23/93 Patriot, Eagle vs. Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue 8/31/93 Patriot, Eagle vs. Jun Akiyama, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 9/3/93 Patriot vs. Kenta Kobashi 9/29/93 Patriot, Eagle vs. Dory Funk Jr., Takao Omori 11/13/93 Patriot, Eagle vs. Steve Williams, Bubba Rogers 11/17/93 Patriot, Eagle vs. Stan Hansen, Giant Baba 12/1/93 Patriot, Eagle vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi 2/20/94 Patriot, Johnny Ace vs. Stan Hansen, John Nord 2/27/94 Patriot, Eagle vs. Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue

I got to meet Abdullah on my first trip to Japan. It was just so much fun to be sitting around with him, talking, listening. Took pictures, bought merch. Great stuff. ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER IN NEW JAPAN Volume 1 1982 Running Time: 1:53 1/8/82 Abby, Dynamite Kid, Baby Face vs. Antonio Inoki, Tiger Mask, Tatsumi Fujinami 1/15/82 Black Power Team interview (Bad News, SD, Abby) 1/15/82 Abby, Bad News Allen, SD Jones vs. Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu 1/22/82 Abby, Bad News Allen vs. Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami 1/28/82 Abby vs. Antonio Inoki 2/7/82 Abby, Perro Aguayo vs. Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami (2/3 Falls, Mexico) Volume 2 1982 Running Time: 1:53 2/9/82 Abby vs. Dusty Rhodes 4/21/82 Abby vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 4/30/82 Abby, Bad News Allen, SD Jones vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Seiji Sakaguchi, Yoshiaki Yatsu (2/3 Falls) 5/7/82 Abby, Bad News Allen vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Seiji Sakaguchi 5/14/82 Abby vs. Seiji Sakaguchi 5/28/82 Abby vs. Hulk Hogan 6/4/82 Abby, Bad News Allen, SD Jones vs. Hulk Hogan, Tatsumi Fujinami, Yoshiaki Yatsu (2/3 Falls) Volume 3 1982-85 Running Time: 1:59 6/11/82 Abby, Bad News Allen vs. Hulk Hogan, Seiji Sakaguchi 10/8/82 Abby, Bad News Allen, SD Jones vs. Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu 10/15/82 Abby vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 10/22/82 Abby, Bad News Allen vs. Antonio Inoki, Seiji Sakaguchi 11/12/82 Abby, Bad News Allen, Rusher Kimura vs. Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Seiji Sakaguchi 1/1/84 Abby vs. Seiji Sakaguchi 1/6/84 Abby, Bad News Allen vs. Riki Choshu, Animal Hamaguchi 1/27/84 Abby vs. Bad News Allen 9/7/84 Abby vs. Tatsumi Fujinami 1/11/85 Abby vs. Seiji Sakaguchi 1/25/85 Abby vs. Antonio Inoki BEST OF ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER & TNT IN ALL JAPAN Running Time: 1:59 11/21/87 Abby, TNT vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Yoshiaki Yatsu (World Strongest Tag League) 11/28/87 Abby, TNT vs. John Tenta, Great Kabuki (World Strongest Tag League) 12/2/87 Abby, TNT vs. Genichiro Tenryu, Ashura Hara (World Strongest Tag League) 12/11/87 Abby, TNT vs. Giant Baba, Taishi Wajima (World Strongest Tag League) 12/12/87 Abby, TNT vs. Tom Zenk, Terminator (World Strongest Tag League) 1/3/88 Abby, TNT vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Great Kabuki 1/9/88 Abby, TNT vs. Genichiro Tenryu, Ashura Hara (PWF World Tag Team Titles) 1/28/88 Abby, TNT vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, John Tenta 1/29/88 Abby, TNT vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Yoshiaki Yatsu

After seeing this thread I made this comp: BIG BUBBA ROGERS in ALL JAPAN Volume 1 Running Time: 2:04 3/26/88 Bubba Rogers, Bruiser Brody vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, John Tenta 3/27/88 Bubba Rogers vs. Shunji Takano 4/4/88 Bubba Rogers, Tom Magee vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Tiger Mask 4/15/88 Bubba Rogers, Jimmy Snuka vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Yoshiaki Yatsu 4/19/88 Bubba Rogers, Jimmy Snuka vs. Genichiro Tenryu, Ashura Hara 4/22/88 Bubba Rogers vs. Jumbo Tsuruta 7/2/93 Bubba Rogers vs. Mighty Inoue 7/9/93 Bubba Rogers, Stan Hansen vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi 7/12/93 Bubba Rogers, Kendall Windham vs. Stan Hansen, Johnny Ace 7/29/93 Bubba Rogers vs. Akira Taue 7/28/93 Bubba Rogers, Stan Hansen, Johnny Ace vs. Steve Williams, Terry Gordy, Richard Slinger 10/2/93 Bubba Rogers, Steve Williams, Richard Slinger vs. Stan Hansen, Ted Dibiase, Dan Spivey Volume 2 Running Time: 2:06 9/29/93 Bubba Rogers, Steve Williams, Richard Slinger vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, Jun Akiyama 10/14/93 Bubba Rogers vs. Kenta Kobashi 10/17/93 Bubba Rogers, Steve Williams, Richard Slinger vs. Stan Hansen, Ted Dibiase, Kendall Windham 11/13/93 Bubba Rogers, Steve Williams vs. The Patriot, The Eagle (Real World Tag League) 11/17/93 Bubba Rogers, Steve Williams, Richard Slinger vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, Jun Akiyama 11/24/93 Bubba Rogers, Steve Williams vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi (Real World Tag League) 11/30/93 Bubba Rogers, Steve Williams vs. Dan Spivey, Johnny Ace (Real World Tag League) 12/1/93 Bubba Rogers, Steve Williams vs. Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue (Real World Tag League) 12/3/93 Bubba Rogers, Steve Williams vs. Shoehi Baba, Stan Hansen (Real World Tag League)

This is from the Autumn 2007 issue of The Ear, the official newsletter of the Cauliflower Alley Club. The Gasparilla Spectacular - The Wrestlemania before Wrestlemania By Scott Teal During the late 18th and early 19th century, the legendary pirate, Jose Gaspar, known as the "last of the Buccaneers," terrorized the coastal waters of West Florida. As strange as it may seem, Tampa, Florida's social and civic leaders adopted the pirate as patron rogue in 1904 and planned a city-wide celebration. Secret meetings gave birth to the first "Ye Mistic Krewe of Gasparilla," whose 40 members planned to surprise the populace with a mock pirate attack on Tampa. Masked and fully-costumed, the first krewe arrived on horseback and "captured the city" during the Festival Parade. The first invasion was so successful and well-received by the people of Tampa that a city-wide demand was voiced to make the Mystic Krewe organization permanent and to replicate the carnival each year. On February 9, 1953, thirty-three years before the first Wrestlemania was held, Cowboy Luttrall promoted the first Gasparilla wrestling show in Tampa. 4,500 fans filled the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory during Gasparilla week to see Lou Thesz get an assist from special referee Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champion, to retain his NWA world heavyweight title against the challenge of the Great Togo. The semi-final saw Mars Bennett win the Florida womenn's title from Betty Hawkins, Art Nelson and Jack Wentworth beat George and Jack Curtis, and Doran O'Hara battled to a draw with Juan Humberto in the opener. The second annual show, held on February 8, 1954, saw Lou Thesz and Baron Leone split the first two falls before the one-hour time limit expired, and Thesz returned on February 4, 1955 to draw 5,000 fans to see him defeat challenger Antonino Rocca. For wrestling fans in Tampa, Florida, the Gasparilla Wrestling Spectacular was always the most anticipated event of the year, as promoter Luttrall would bring in top names from around the country, such as Don Eagle, Dick the Bruiser, Hans Schmidt, Buddy Rogers, Wild Red Berry, Wilbur Snyder, and Danny McShain. From the research I've been able to do so far, from 1963 until 1966, the February show wasn't as heavily pushed as a Gasparilla event and the cards featured the regular crew of wrestlers who were working in the territory at the time. Each year after 1965, however, the world champion was brought in to defend hit title against a challenger. On February 14, 1967, a record crowd of 7,219 screaming fans saw NWA kingpin Gene Kiniski defend his title against Lou Thesz. This show began a standard formula for future Gasparilla events, in which every champion in the territory would defend their title. On that night, the Infernos, Johnny Weaver and Jim (George?) Becker, Fabulous Moolah, and Les Welch all defended their titles, the world tag, southern tag, women's world, and Florida heayweight titles, respectively. Also, in a special attraction, Mario Galento defeated the hated J.C. Dykes in a Texas Death Match. One of the two matches on Gasparilla shows that is probably remembered the most, however, was when Dory Funk Jr. used the spinning toe hold on February 11, 1969 to force Gene Kiniski to concede the match and relinquish the NWA world heavyweight title. The other match took place on February 8, 1972, when Eddie Graham took the show on the road to the St. Petersburg Bayfront Center. The show wasn't promoted as a Gasparilla Spectacular, but it boasted a lineup of talent never seen before in any arena at one time - Bearcat Wright vs. Mike Paidousis, Hiro Matsuda and Giant Baba vs. Bobby Duncum and Ole Anderson, The Professional (Doug Gilbert) vs. Louie Tillet, Mr. Wrestling vs. The Sheik (Ed Farhat), Bobby Shane vs. Ron Fuller, Johnny Walker, Larry O'Day, Ron Miller, and Johnny King vs. The Infernos, J.C. Dykes, and Ronnie Garvin, and Johnny Valentine vs. Bob Roop. As if that wasn't enough, Dory Funk Jr. and Jack Brisco battled to a 60-minute stalemate in a Texas Death match with Funk's world heavyweight title at stake. The show drew a full house as more than 7,000 fans paid $42,800, a record gate that wasn't broken for many years. The Gasparilla Spectaculars were held for the next couple of years, but only the regular talent was used and the cards featured only two or three title matches. For more than 20 years, Gasparilla week was a time of magic and excitement for wrestling fans in the Tampa bay area. Gasparilla Spectacular Main Events 2/9/53 NWA World Title Match, special referee Jack Dempsey; Lou Thesz beat the Great Togo 2/8/54 NWA World Title Match, special referee Jack Dempsey; Lou Thesz drew with Baron Michele Leone 2/14/55 NWA World Title Match, Lou Thesz beat Argentina Rocca 2/6/56 special referee Jack Dempsey; Chief Don Eagle beat Mr. Moto 2/4/57 NWA World Title Match, Lou Thesz beat Buddy Rogers 2/10/58 Edouard Carpentier beat Dick the Bruiser 2/7/66 NWA World Title Match, Gene Kiniski beat The Missouri Mauler 2/14/67 NWA World Title Match, Gene Kiniski beat Lou Thesz 2/13/68 NWA World Title Match, Gene Kiniski beat Joe Scarpa 2/11/69 NWA World Title Match, Dory Funk Jr. beat Gene Kiniski for the title 2/10/70 NWA World Title Match, Dory Funk Jr. beat Bob Orton 2/9/71 NWA World Title Match, Dory Funk Jr. drew with Jack Brisco 2/8/72 NWA World Title Match, Texas Death Match rules; Dory Funk Jr. drew with Jack Brisco 2/13/73 NWA World Title Match, Dory Funk Jr. beat Jack Brisco 2/12/74 NWA World Title Match, Jack Brisco beat Dusty Rhodes