1980s AWA Viewing Deadline - UPDATED OCTOBER 13TH

[Mookieghana]

Yo, mookieghana, do I need to give these guys more time? Lets call it on the 13th since I was looking at September's calendar when I put it on the 9th.

Yes - the weekend will serve these buckets of bolts well. I was confused at first why it was the 9th but I wasn't gonna argue. I'm back from my vacation so I'll be tallying ballots again.

[Mookieghana]

Where the tide has turned... comparing the early voters to the most recent crop! The cut-off was Dec 2012-August 2013 (early voters) versus Sept 2013-October 2013 (later voters).

Matches where early voters strongly preferred the match as compared to later voters

Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Greg Gagne & Jimmy Snuka (9/20/86)

Cactus Jack Manson & The Rock n Roll RPM's vs. Chavo, Hector, & Mando Guerrero (12/13/88)

Col. DeBeers, Larry Zbyszko & Doug Somers vs. Greg Gagne, Curt Hennig, & Jimmy Snuka (7/26/86)

Crusher Blackwell & King Kong Bundy vs. The Road Warriors (11/22/84)

Midnight Rockers vs. Kevin Kelly & Nick Kiniski (12/27/87)

Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig (2/7/85)

Matches where later voters strongly preferred the match as compared to early voters

Crusher Blackwell vs. Bruiser Brody (9/30/84)

Crusher Blackwell vs. Mad Dog Vachon (Algerian Death Match) (5/22/83)

King Tonga, Masked Superstar, & Sheik Adnan Kaissey vs. Crusher Blackwell & Sgt. Slaughter (Cage Match) (4/21/85)

Nick Bockwinkel vs. Mad Dog Vachon (11/24/83)

Sgt. Slaughter vs. Boris Zuhkov (9/28/85)

Wahoo McDaniel vs. Manny Fernandez (Strap Match) (12/13/88)

All of these matches had an average rank of 25 (or more) spots different from the opposing group.

Meanwhile, the average rank for these matches was virtually unchanged between the two groups:

Crusher Blackwell & Sheik Adnan Kaissey vs. Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon (Taped Fist Match) (3/13/83)

Crusher Blackwell vs. Da Crusher (No DQ) (2/26/84)

Greg Gagne vs. Curt Hennig (5/30/87)

Hulk Hogan vs. Mr. Saito (8/28/83)

Nick Bockwinkel vs. Boris Zuhkov (8/30/86)

Nick Bockwinkel vs. Hulk Hogan (4/18/82)

[goodhelmet]

How many are in?If you are reading this and need more time, let me know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mookieghana]

How many are in?

If you are reading this and need more time, let me know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Counting my ballot, we have 31 in thus far.

[goodhelmet]

OK weekend warriors... lets do this. Once again... if you need a couple of more days, let me know!!!!!!!

[shoe]

Done, I've been done with the footage for months. 

[shoe]

My top 10.

 

1.Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig (11/21/86)

2.Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (Cage Match) (12/25/86)

3.Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Rick Martel (9/29/85)

4.Nick Bockwinkel vs. Rick Martel (9/20/84)

5.Da Crusher & Greg Gagne vs. Crusher Blackwell & Sheik Adnan Kaissey (Cage Match) (3/25/84

6..Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig (12/25/86

7.Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich (12/13/88)

8.Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (8/30/86)

9.Nick Bockwinkel vs. Rick Martel (8/16/84)

10.Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (Cage Match) (1/17/87) 

[SLL]

Finally got mine in. I'll need to go back and write up some of this stuff (and the All Japan stuff, for that matter) that I didn't get around to writing up the first time. Really great stuff here.

 

1. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (Cage Match) (12/25/86)

2. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (Cage Match) (1/17/87)

3. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Wahoo McDaniel (8/28/83)

4. Col. DeBeers, Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Nick Bockwinkel, Steve Pardee & Brad Rheingans (5/31/86)

5. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Rick Martel (3/13/83)

6. Ken Patera, Jesse Ventura & Bobby Heenan vs. Hulk Hogan & High Flyers (3/13/83)

7. Nick Bockwinkel & Mr. Saito vs. Verne & Greg Gagne (4/21/85)

8. Crusher Blackwell & Ken Patera vs. High Flyers (11/24/83)

9. Jerry Lawler vs. Curt Hennig (7/16/88)

10. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (8/30/86)

11. Rick Martel vs. Harley Race (4/20/86)

12. Tito Santana & Rick Martel vs. High Flyers (8/29/82)

13. Crusher Blackwell, Larry Hennig & Tom Zenk vs. The Fabulous Freebirds (8/22/85)

14. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Super Ninja & Larry Zbyszko (2/21/87)

15. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (4/20/86)

16. The Nasty Boys vs. Rock n Roll Express (4/16/88)

17. King Tonga, Masked Superstar, & Sheik Adnan Kaissey vs. Crusher Blackwell & Sgt. Slaughter (Cage Match) (4/21/85)

18. Crusher Blackwell vs. Masked Superstar (3/7/85)

19. Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler vs. Original Midnight Express (10/30/87)

20. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig (11/21/86)

21. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Rick Martel (7/19/85)

22. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Jim Brunzell (3/15/84)

23. Buddy Rose, Doug Somers & Sherri Martel vs. Midnight Rockers & Despina Montegues (11/27/86)

24. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Larry Zbyszko (7/11/87)

25. Nick Bockwinkel & Mr. Saito vs. Curt & Larry Hennig (11/8/84)

[goodhelmet]

TWO DAYS BITCHES!!!

[Johnny Sorrow]

Ok, I finally got this done, and considering my chicken scratch notes and hazy memory plus my incompetence with spreadsheets, it's a miracle.

 

My top 25:

 

Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig (11/21/86)

Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (Cage Match) (12/25/86)

Stan Hansen vs. Curt Hennig (5/31/86)

Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (8/30/86)

Nick Bockwinkel vs. Wahoo McDaniel (8/28/83)

Da Crusher & Greg Gagne vs. Crusher Blackwell & Sheik Adnan Kaissey (Cage Match) (3/25/84)

Nick Bockwinkel & Mr. Saito vs. The Fabulous Ones (9/30/84)

Stan Hansen vs. Sgt. Slaughter (2/23/86)

Stan Hansen vs. Sgt. Slaughter (Bunkhouse Match) (3/9/86)

Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich (12/13/88)

Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (4/20/86)

Adrian Adonis & Bob Orton Jr. vs. Midnight Rockers (January 1988)

Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler vs. Original Midnight Express (10/30/87)

Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig (3/7/87)

Stan Hansen vs. Leon White (3/13/86)

Ric Flair vs. Magnum TA (9/28/85)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Rick Martel (5/13/84)

Crusher Blackwell & Ken Patera vs. Blackjack Mulligan & Jerry Lawler (3/4/84)

Crusher Blackwell vs. Mad Dog Vachon (Algerian Death Match) (5/22/83)

East-West Connection vs. High Flyers (Cage Match) (3/22/81)

Ken Patera, Jesse Ventura& Bobby Heenan vs. Hulk Hogan & High Flyers (3/13/83)

Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie vs. High Flyers (Cage Match) (4/18/82)

Little Tokyo & Lord Littlebrook vs. Cowboy Lang & Little Coco (7/18/85)

Nick Bockwinkel, Mr. Saito, & Bobby Heenan vs. Blackjack Lanza & The Fabulous Ones (9/9/84)

Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (1/27/87)

 

 

My bottom 10:

 

Larry Zbyszko vs. Nikita Koloff (11/18/89)

Mando Guerrero vs. Pat Tanaka (6/12/88)

Curt Hennig vs. Mitch Snow (10/30/87)

Rick Martel vs. Brad Rheingans (9/9/84)

Curt Hennig vs. DJ Petersen (8/29/87)

Nick Bockwinkel vs. Pat O'Connor (3/22/81)

Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts vs. Da Crusher & Baron Von Raschke (6/13/85)

Steve Regal vs. Buck Zumhofe (11/28/85)

Sherri Martel vs. Debbie the Killer Tomato (7/26/86)

Verne Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel (7/18/80)

 

 

[goc]

A few matches away from finishing up my ballot, and not to sound overly critical but although the acronym doesn't fit, AWA was far more deserving of the "Wheel Chair Wrestling" dig than WCW ever was.

[goodhelmet]

Just get that ballot in!!!!!!!!!!!

[goc]

Just sent my ballot in.

 

Top 25:

1. Stan Hansen vs. Curt Hennig (5/31/86)2. Rick Martel vs. Jimmy Garvin (3/7/85)3. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Pat O'Connor (3/22/81)4. Terry Gordy vs. Rick Martel (August 1985)5. Crusher Blackwell vs. Da Crusher (No DQ) (2/26/84)6. Adrian Adonis vs. Jim Brunzell (6/28/81)7. Crusher Blackwell & Ken Patera vs. Dino Bravo & Steve O (8/28/83)8. The Nasty Boys vs. Rock n Roll Express (4/16/88)9. Crusher Blackwell vs. Masked Superstar (3/7/85)10. Bobby Duncum & Billy Robinson vs. Jim Brunzell & Tonga Kid (4/21/85)11. Larry Zbyszko vs. Ray Stevens (5/30/87)12. Curt Hennig vs. Greg Gagne (6/12/88)13. Mando Guerrero vs. Pat Tanaka (6/12/88)14. Cactus Jack Manson & The Rock n Roll RPM's vs. Chavo, Hector, & Mando Guerrero (12/13/88)15. Verne Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel (7/18/80)16. Greg Gagne vs. Larry Zbyszko (July 1987)17. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Greg Gagne & Jimmy Snuka (9/20/86)18. Mike Rotundo vs. Doug Somers (5/1/86)19. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Boris Zuhkov (8/30/86)20. Crusher Blackwell vs. Kamala (Bodyslam Challenge)21. Little Tokyo & Lord Littlebrook vs. Cowboy Lang & Little Coco (7/18/85)22. Midnight Rockers vs. Kevin Kelly & Nick Kiniski (12/27/87)23. Paul Diamond vs. Pat Tanaka (11/18/89)24. Curt Hennig vs. Mitch Snow (10/30/87)25. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig (11/21/86)

 

Bottom 10:

140.Rick Martel vs. Harley Race (4/20/86)141.King Tonga, Masked Superstar, & Sheik Adnan Kaissey vs. Crusher Blackwell & Sgt. Slaughter (Cage Match) (4/21/85)142.Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Rick Martel (9/29/85)143.Stan Hansen vs. Crusher Blackwell (6/28/86)144.Nick Bockwinkel vs. Wahoo McDaniel (8/28/83)145.Leon White vs. Boris Zuhkov (2/21/87)146.Adrian Adonis & Bob Orton Jr. vs. Midnight Rockers (January 1988)147.Tito Santana & Rick Martel vs. High Flyers (8/29/82)148. Buddy Rose, Doug Somers & Sherri Martel vs. Midnight Rockers & Despina Montegues (11/27/86)149. Crusher Blackwell vs. Mad Dog Vachon (Algerian Death Match) (5/22/83)150. Steve Regal vs. Buck Zumhofe (11/28/5)

[Matt D]

Your ballot is amazing.

 

I don't even know where to begin. I want you to explain everything though, at detail, because it's amazing.

[Jamie Virtue]

3. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Pat O'Connor (3/22/81)

 

Yes, please explain this.

[goodhelmet]

Yeah... holy shit. 

[Exposer]

Goc wins number one 80s ballot of all time. The final countdown is going to be incredible.

 

Also, I love that Regal-Buck can't even get a break on the extreme outlying ballots. It's the definite 150. 

[goc]

Haha that's not my real ballot, I was just toying around with trying to make a completely screwed up top 25 and bottom 10. Here's my legit ballot to pick apart:

 

Top 25:

1. Stan Hansen vs. Curt Hennig (5/31/86)2. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig (11/21/86)3. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens vs. Super Ninja & Larry Zbyszko (2/21/87)4. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (Cage Match) (12/25/86)5. Ken Patera, Jesse Ventura & Bobby Heenan vs. Hulk Hogan & High Flyers (3/13/83)6. Greg Gagne & Super Destroyer Mark II vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan (10/3/80)7. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (8/30/86)8. Buddy Rose, Doug Somers & Sherri Martel vs. Midnight Rockers & Despina Montegues (11/27/86)9. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Hulk Hogan (4/18/82)10.Nick Bockwinkel vs. Larry Zbyszko (11/27/86)11.Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig (6/14/84)12.Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich (12/13/88)13.Ken Patera & Brad Rheingans vs. Badd Company (3/25/89)14.Col. Debeers vs. Jimmy Snuka (Glove On A Pole Match) (2/21/87)15.Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig (5/2/87)16.Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (1/27/87)17.Stan Hansen vs. Crusher Blackwell (6/28/86)18.Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Rick Martel (9/29/85)19.Nick Bockwinkel vs. Larry Zbyszko (7/11/87)20.Little Tokyo & Lord Littlebrook vs. Cowboy Lang & Little Coco (7/18/85)21.Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (4/20/86)22.Adrian Adonis & Bob Orton Jr. vs. Midnight Rockers (January 1988)23.Original Midnight Express vs. Midnight Rockers (12/27/87)24.Nick Bockwinkel vs. Ric Flair (1/17/86)25.Crusher Blackwell & King Kong Bundy vs. The Road Warriors (11/22/84)

 

Bottom 10:

141.Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts vs. High Flyers (5/23/85)142.Jerry Lawler & Greg Gagne vs. Riki Choshu & Mr. Saito (5/14/88)143.Jimmy Garvin & Steve Regal vs. Scott Hall & Curt Hennig (11/14/85)144.Manny Fernandez, Teijho Khan & Soldat Ustinov vs. Robert Gibson & The Top Guns (6/12/88)145.Rick Martel vs. Jimmy Garvin (3/7/85)146.Crusher Blackwell vs. Mad Dog Vachon (Algerian Death Match) (5/22/83)147.Wahoo McDaniel & Tom Zenk vs. Manny Fernandez & Larry Zbyszko (2/7/89)148.Larry Zbyszko vs. Ray Stevens (5/30/87)149.Wahoo McDaniel vs. Manny Fernandez (7/6/88)150. Steve Regal vs. Buck Zumhofe (11/28/5) 

[Exposer]

EDIT: Goc wins greatest troll post of all time on the 80s sets.

[goodhelmet]

I was about to ban him from the forum for having Wahoo-Bock in his bottom ten. I may have DEAN ban him for not having it in his Top 25. 

[Lee B.]

Ha-ha, that was good, Goc!  Here's my ballot results.  Thanks everyone for a great, great set.  It was an exhausting process, but lots of fun wrestling.

 

Bottom 10

141. Hulk Hogan, Buck Zumhoffe & Baron Von Raschke vs. Bobby Heenan, Ken Patera & Bobby Duncum (2/28/82) 142. Verne Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel (7/18/80) 143. Jimmy Garvin & Steve Regal vs. Scott Hall & Curt Hennig (11/14/85) 144. Crusher Blackwell & Ken Patera vs. Steve O & Buck Zumhofe (2/3 Falls) (4/15/84) 145. Steve Regal vs. Buck Zumhofe (11/28/85) 146. Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts vs. Da Crusher & Baron Von Raschke (6/13/85) 147. Sherri Martel vs. Debbie the Killer Tomato (7/26/86) 148. Col. DeBeers vs. Buck Zumhofe (2/23/86) 149. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Pat O'Connor (3/22/81) 150. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Brad Rheingans (7/3/83)

 

 

Top 25

1.  Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (8/30/86) 2.  Stan Hansen vs. Curt Hennig (5/31/86) 3.  Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie vs. High Flyers (Cage Match) (4/18/82) 4.  Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (Cage Match) (12/25/86) 5.  Crusher Blackwell vs. Mad Dog Vachon (Algerian Death Match) (5/22/83) 6.  Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig (11/21/86) 7.  Nick Bockwinkel vs. Wahoo McDaniel (8/28/83) 8.  Da Crusher & Greg Gagne vs. Crusher Blackwell & Sheik Adnan Kaissey (Cage Match) (3/25/84) 9.  Buddy Rose & Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers (Cage Match) (1/17/87) 10.Crusher Blackwell & Ken Patera vs. Blackjack Mulligan & Jerry Lawler (3/4/84) 11.Big John Studd & Jerry Blackwell vs. High Flyers (2/20/81) 12.East-West Connection vs. High Flyers (Cage Match) (10/25/81) 13.Stan Hansen vs. Crusher Blackwell (6/28/86) 14.Crusher Blackwell & Ken Patera vs. High Flyers (11/24/83) 15.The Road Warriors vs. High Flyers (3/28/85) 16.Crusher Blackwell & Sheik Adnan Kaissey vs. Baron Von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon (Taped Fist Match) (3/13/83) 17.King Tonga, Masked Superstar, & Sheik Adnan Kaissey vs. Crusher Blackwell & Sgt. Slaughter (Cage Match) (4/21/85) 18.Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich (12/13/88) 19.Nick Bockwinkel, Mr. Saito, & Bobby Heenan vs. Blackjack Lanza & The Fabulous Ones (9/9/84) 20.East-West Connection vs. High Flyers (3/1/81) 21.Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig (5/2/87) 22.Crusher Blackwell & King Kong Bundy vs. The Road Warriors (11/22/84) 23.Mr. Saito vs. Rick Martel (4/24/85) 24.Nick Bockwinkel & Mr. Saito vs. The Fabulous Ones (9/30/84)

25.Terry Gordy vs. Rick Martel (August 1985)

[Lee B.]

Ack, sorry for the poor formatting, but please note Bock v. Wahoo is #7.

[goodhelmet]

I might have Phil ban you for not having it in your Top 5

[DylanWaco]

Congrats to Lee for being the other voter to get the top two matches correct

[soup23]

Goc's first ballot was amazing.