Infinit Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 2 hours ago, odessasteps said: Wikipedia says last us champs were Slater/barbarian. They beat Freebirds who had beaten Taylor/Valentine. Lol I knew Slater and Valentine were in there somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 I was sitting here thinking "wasn't it the Freebirds?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 On 3/24/2017 at 6:13 PM, Infinit said: Didn't the keep Orndorff on standby just in case Andre's health acted up? That was the rumor but having just watched the SNME pre-WMIII battle royal where Hogan pretty much treated Orndorff like he was nothing, I find that a little hard to believe. And Orndorff was off television until May or June, I'm pretty sure he was injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 They've started uploading Mid-South TV. Six episodes or so today. Starting in December '81. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Awesome! That first '81 December show has a really good DiBiase/Orndorff match and Jimmy Garvin vs. Ed Wiskoski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I want the episode where Gilbert and The Russians bury Watts under the Soviet flag while JR nearly has a heart attack uploaded now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Incredible. Good to see Corny back in the WWE fold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I made a "playlist" for my Mania pre-game on Sunday. I picked one match from each WM and made it so that no wrestler could appear more than once. WM Match1 King Kong Bundy vs. SD Jones2 Bulldogs vs. The Dream Team3 Piper vs. Adrian Adonis4 Bam Bam Bigelow vs. One Man Gang5 Brainbusters vs. Strike Force6 Demolition vs. Colossal Connection7 Warrior vs. Savage8 Natural Disasters vs. Money Inc.9 Doink the Clown vs. Crush10 Luger vs. Yoko11 Razor vs. Jarrett12 Undertaker vs. Diesel13 Bret vs. Austin14 Taka vs. Aguila15 Butterbean vs. Bart Gunn16 T&A vs. Head Cheese17 Vince vs. Shane18 The Rock vs. Hogan19 Matt Hardy vs. Rey Mysterio20 Victoria vs. Molly Holly21 Angle vs. HBK22 Edge vs. Foley23 Benoit vs. MVP24 Floyd Mayweather vs. Big Show25 HHH vs. Orton26 Cena vs. Batista27 Morrison/Trish/Snookie vs. Dolph/LayCool28 Punk vs. Y2J29 Mark Henry vs. Ryback30 Woman's Battle Royal31 Roman Reigns vs. Brock32 Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Whatever process led to having Triple H vs Orton in there is deeply flawed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 On 3/27/2017 at 5:57 PM, Shane said: They've started uploading Mid-South TV. Six episodes or so today. Starting in December '81. I counted 51 episodes earlier today. Sweeeeeeet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assfax Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 I tried to watch it but it cut out after DDP and never came back on. I also didn't give a shit to keep trying either. Is this typical for live shit on the network with hot programs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 11 hours ago, cwoy2j said: I made a "playlist" for my Mania pre-game on Sunday. I picked one match from each WM and made it so that no wrestler could appear more than once. trying to come up with my personal list with the same restrictions.....you're a better man than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew8798 Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 We got a lot of Mid-South Episodes added from 81-83 Hope we get some 84-85 episodes. That is said to be when they are at their best 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 13 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: Whatever process led to having Triple H vs Orton in there is deeply flawed. It's really tricky. A big stumbling block was WM12 b/c it only had 5 matches to choose from. I'd already used Piper and needed Austin, Bret, HBK for others. Another issue was guys using multiple gimmicks. Matt Borne coming back as Doink and Smash as Repo Man. I was going to use the Jericho vs. Legends match from that Mania but I wanted Jericho for his match vs. Punk as that's the only WM I've been to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 WM16 was tough as well b/c every match was a multi-person match. So I'd go to use a match and realize I'd already used one person or wanted to use them for something else. I had to use Head Cheese vs. T&A for Jeebus' sake. The MITB and TLC matches were pretty much dq'ed as well b/c of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norwegian Rudo Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 PWInsider reports that today may be the day we get the announcement for the indies on the network. Progress and ICW are the ones we "know". Interesting to see how they want to do it. Do we get higher priced versions of the Network, and if so, do we get the archives? Are there other indies? No American ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 On 4/1/2017 at 3:16 AM, andrew8798 said: We got a lot of Mid-South Episodes added from 81-83 Hope we get some 84-85 episodes. That is said to be when they are at their best Awesome. I'm just happy to have ANY territory get some added shows. Never knew until just now that the Blow Away Diet and the Ted DiBiase cape promo are on the Colorful Characters Collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 They really did pick the perfect point to start the Mid-South shows. The first episode is Boyd Pierce with an incredibly bored-sounding Ted DiBiase. As luck would have it, the second episode is Boyd with some plucky young wrestling fan named Jim Ross who all but takes the show away from him and never lets go. The territories sure did love that "wrestler A couldn't make it so wrestler B brags about what a loser he is until wrestler A shows up and we find out wrestler B was responsible" angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 When I saw Johnny B. Badd and the Freebirds run that angle I had no idea it had been done a dozen times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Watching the new MSW from April 1982 and the canned music is continuing to kill me. I'd love to know what Killer Karl Kox (of all people to have a theme song) was using there. Also dug Orton Jr vs Mike Sharpe in a battle of future arm gimmicks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 4 hours ago, Pete said: Watching the new MSW from April 1982 and the canned music is continuing to kill me. I'd love to know what Killer Karl Kox (of all people to have a theme song) was using there. Also dug Orton Jr vs Mike Sharpe in a battle of future arm gimmicks. Maybe that match was the nexus point for both men injuring their arms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 I think they started with the beginning of the tape library. When you could order from the website, it started in mid 81. That might be when Bill bought out mcguirk for sole ownership Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Something else about MSW: they cram so much stuff into their hour but nothing ever feels rushed. The show I was watching this morning had at least SIX matches (Budro/Jesse Barr Young Lions tag, three squashes, Sharpe vs Orton and Roop vs Olympia) plus a couple of promos into just over 40 minutes, yet their TV just breezes by. Iron Mike Sharpe, white-meat babyface GENTLE GIANT~! is a hoot and a half if you were raised on his burly shouty WWF run. This is really good stuff. I'll get through this new block if it kills me- or if the wife does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 When i was doing recaps of the 84 TV, i was surprised how many segments each show had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 5 hours ago, Pete said: Watching the new MSW from April 1982 and the canned music is continuing to kill me. I'd love to know what Killer Karl Kox (of all people to have a theme song) was using there. The announcers actually say his theme song was "Here Comes Da Judge" which is most likely the version by Pigmeat Markham. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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